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Senior Spotlight: Tennis success has led to teaching opportunities for City League singles champ

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Sachin Thiagarahan represented both Obama Academy and the City League three times at the PIAA Class AAA boys tennis championships. He got his first taste of competition at Hershey...
Senior Spotlight: Greensburg Salem hurdler had sights set on school record

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Greensburg Salem senior hurdler Brenden Lewis was looking forward to his final track season. He was coming off a successful indoor season where he placed fourth in the state...
Trib HSSN May Madness results for Thursday, May 14

The HSSN May Madness results are in from Thursday, May 14 in the opening round of the brackets to determine the WPIAL athlete of the century. Both matchups were one-sided as two athletes from northern district schools nearly garnered three-quarters of the vote and each of their first-round wins. In...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Luke Hagy, Mt. Lebanon vs. Ryan Mundy, Woodland Hills

Over the course of the next month and a half, May Madness will determine who fans believe is the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. HSSN has put together two 32-player brackets, one for the boys and one for the girls, of WPIAL alums. Outside of a few exceptions, the field...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Breehana Jacobs, Laurel Highlands vs. Makenna Marisa, Peters Township

Over the course of the next month and a half, May Madness will determine who fans believe is the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. HSSN has put together two 32-player brackets, one for the boys and one for the girls of WPIAL alums. Outside of a few exceptions, the field...
Veshio tabbed to lead perennially powerful Quaker Valley boys soccer program

As a member of the boys soccer team at Quaker Valley from 1999-2002, J.J. Veshio was a part of successful squads that won PIAA and WPIAL championships and added a state runner-up finish under the direction of revered coach Gene Klein. Veshio returned to the Quakers as an assistant coach...
Monessen seniors stay busy during successful high school careers

Editor’s note: This is the 12th in an 18-part series profiling nominees for the Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete Excellence Awards. Milana Sacco and Cameron Frolo have spent their entire high school careers representing Monessen in the best way they could. From athletic endeavors on the track, soccer pitch and baseball field,...
Coronavirus pandemic speeds up recruiting for Western Pa. Bruins girls basketball players

If this were any other spring, Corinne Washington would be traveling to Detroit this weekend with her Western Pa. Bruins teammates for an AAU basketball tournament in the Motor City. Instead, the Quaker Valley junior is limited to one-on-one games with her brother and father on an outdoor neighborhood court....
Senior Spotlight: Mt. Pleasant center fielder a ‘difference-maker’

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. When she was about 8 years old, Sydney Kanuch was playing catch with her grandma. Grandma had never done this before but saw no harm in a simple backyard...
Senior Spotlight: Indiana runner has eye on nationals, career at Pitt

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. The WPIAL track and field championships would have been held Thursday at Slippery Rock University. Indiana senior Kendall Branan doesn’t need a reminder; he knows the date of when...
Trib HSSN May Madness results for Wednesday, May 13

The HSSN May Madness results are in from Wednesday, May 13 in the opening round of the brackets to determine the WPIAL athlete of the century. Both matchups were again fairly competitive and were won by neighboring athletes west of the city of Pittsburgh near the Allegheny/Beaver county border. In...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Katie Miller, Hempfield vs. Meghan Klingenberg, Pine-Richland

Over the course of the next month and a half, May Madness will determine who fans believe is the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. HSSN has put together two 32-player brackets, one for the boys and one for the girls, of WPIAL alums. Outside of a few exceptions, the field...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Malik Hooker, New Castle vs. Robert Foster, Central Valley

Over the course of the next month and a half, May Madness will determine who fans believe is the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. HSSN has put together two 32-player brackets, one for the boys and one for the girls, of WPIAL alums. Outside of a few exceptions, the field...
Senior Spotlight: Quaker Valley 2-time WPIAL champ hoped to make final splash

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Annie Wicker’s senior year didn’t start or end like she planned. In the fall, the two-time defending WPIAL Class AA cross country champion was looking to complete the trifecta,...
Senior duo set standard for leadership at Ligonier Valley

Editor’s note: This is the 11th in an 18-part series profiling nominees for the Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete Excellence Awards. Jane Garver and Michael Petrof, Ligonier Valley’s nominees for the Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete award presented by Judge John J. Driscoll, were leaders at their school both on and off the field....
Senior Spotlight: Trinity standout left 3-sport legacy

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Trinity was in the thick of a state title chase in girls basketball when covid-19 shut down the PIAA playoffs. That was painful enough for Marlaina Bozek, a starting...

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