High School category, Page 1059
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...
Trib HSSN May Madness results for Tuesday, May 11
The HSSN May Madness results are in from Tuesday, May 12 in the opening round of the brackets to determine the WPIAL athlete of the century. Both matchups were fairly close and were won by the most recent players who had plenty of district and state championship gold on their...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Christa Harmotto, Hopewell vs. Brianna Schwartz, Shaler
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: Adam DiMichele, Sto-Rox vs. A.Q. Shipley, Moon
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: Beaver County Christian volleyball standout hoped to repay leadership debt
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. As a freshman, Zac Barbato started on the right side for the Beaver County Christian boys volleyball team that won the WPIAL Class AA title and advanced to the...
WPIAL newcomer Ligonier Valley lands in basketball sections
Each time the WPIAL releases section alignments for 2020-21, Ligonier Valley feels more welcomed to the league. Football conferences came out in January, and the Rams, who are leaving District 6 for District 7, were pleased with their draw. On Tuesday, the WPIAL peeled back the curtain to reveal new...
With family help, Kiski Area seniors succeeded in athletic endeavors
Editor’s note: This is the 10th in an 18-part series profiling nominees for the Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete Excellence Awards. When Kiski Area’s Jack Blumer and Sidney Palla first got started in high school, they had the opportunity to get ushered in by their older siblings. For Blumer, he was joined...
Trib HSSN May Madness results for Monday, May 11
The HSSN May Madness results are in from Monday, May 11 in the opening round of the brackets to determine the WPIAL athlete of the century. Both wins proved how the west was won as the more versatile athlete who starred in more than one sport in high school defeated...
WPIAL reveals new basketball sections for 2020-21 season
Central Catholic coach Brian Urso will use this stay-at-home time to binge watch some game film. He spent his first season at Central learning all about the boys basketball teams to the north and now will study Westmoreland County. “I‘ll have the time,” Urso said. The WPIAL revealed updated boys...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Phil Jurkovec, Pine-Richland vs. Rushel Shell, Hopewell
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...
