High School category, Page 1061
Trib HSSN May Madness: Natalie Bower, Latrobe vs. Nikki Doria, South Park
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: Sean Lee, Upper St. Clair vs. Jordan Whitehead, 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...
Basketball coach Bill Sacco retires after 18 seasons at Cornell
Bill Sacco had already retired from teaching and coaching when he noticed Cornell was hiring a boys basketball coach and decided to apply. On interview day, the candidates lined up. “I sat there that whole time waiting for guys to go in and explain what they were going to do...
Busy Latrobe seniors nominated for excellence awards
Editor’s note: This is the fifth in an 18-part series profiling nominees for the Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete Excellence Awards. It’s been almost 14 years since Latrobe was without a Harter runner, and senior Rachel Harter enjoyed being the last. “Every single Harter child has been a runner from seventh grade...
Senior Spotlight: Moon lacrosse player takes up new hobby before putting his head in the stars
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Zack Jadlocki is like many other high school seniors. He fills his time with schoolwork, video games and athletics. The coronavirus pandemic, however, has taken sporting competition away from...
WPIAL board member, retired school administrator Enrico Antonini dies
Enrico “Rego” Antonini, a member of the WPIAL board of directors and a retired Beaver County school administrator, died Tuesday. He was 81. A former principal at New Brighton and superintendent at Western Beaver, Antonini served on the WPIAL board for nearly two decades. He joined the board from 1990-2004...
Senior Spotlight: Plum’s Tarzoho looking to make huge jump into college track and field
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Joel Tarzoho, like every athlete in the WPIAL and across the state, had his senior season end earlier than planned. The coronavirus denied the Plum senior from having possibly...
Trib HSSN May Madness results for Wednesday, May 6
The HSSN May Madness results are in from Wednesday, May 6 in the opening round of the brackets to determine the WPIAL athlete of the century. Both wins were convincing as small school beat big school athletes in the boys’ contest while versatility once again beat out a single sport...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Kaitlyn Orstein, Mt. Lebanon vs. Maddie Holmberg, Hempfield
Over the course of the next month and a half, May Madness will determine who you 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: Aaron Donald, Penn Hills vs. Pat McAfee, Plum
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...
Baldwin hires 5-time WPIAL champion Jeff Ackermann as boys basketball coach
Until this week, Jeff Ackermann coached basketball at Pine-Richland, lived in South Fayette and taught at Chartiers Valley, a commute that saw him and his family crisscross the county. With an 8-year-old son, a daughter who’s 6 and another son who’s 2½, that arrangement couldn’t last forever. “The drive kind...
Franklin Regional seniors Huczko, Hudson in contention for excellence awards
Editor’s note: This is the fourth in an 18-part series profiling nominees for the Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete Excellence Awards. Jo-Michelle Huczko joined the Franklin Regional track and field team shortly before the 2019 spring season. She certainly made the most of her one year. Huczko captured last year’s WPIAL Class...
Lower Burrell native signs with top collegiate bass fishing school
When Lower Burrell native Austin Aikins started fishing, he never could have imagined how his future would pan out. But the Central Catholic senior is ecstatic with how it has. While some high school athletes are looking for a college scholarship in sports such as football, baseball or basketball, Aikins...
Trib HSSN May Madness results for Tuesday, May 5
The HSSN May Madness results are in from Tuesday, May 5 in the opening round of the brackets to determine the WPIAL athlete of the century. Both wins were convincing as a couple of big school athletes north of the city of Pittsburgh are advancing. On the boys’ side, Pine-Richland...
Senior Spotlight: Hempfield outside hitter turns focus to Penn State career
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Will Kuhns had big plans this spring for himself and the entire Hempfield boys volleyball team. “With a team that has been together since seventh grade, and all the...
Senior Spotlight: Thomas Jefferson slugger ‘the epitome of what a team player is’
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Coming to terms with the new normal is half the battle for high school senior athletes who had their spring seasons ripped from their grasp. The waves of fear...
Senior Spotlight: North Catholic standout proud of claiming WPIAL gold in two sports
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Just a few years ago, North Catholic senior Ryan Feczko arrived onto the Pittsburgh baseball scene as a young southpaw who led the Trojans to their first WPIAL baseball...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Cassidy Krug, Montour vs. Becky Novacek, 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...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Tyler Boyd, Clairton vs. Justin King, Gateway
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: Few McGuffey athletes can match Cole’s all-around credentials
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. C.J. Cole may not be the best athlete to come through McGuffey in the last 40 years, but he has to be among the best. That list includes wrestler...
Well-rounded Derry standouts Huss, Kelly up for awards
Editor’s note: This is the third in an 18-part series profiling nominees for the Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete Excellence Awards. A pair of 4.0 students and three-sport athletes from Derry had as much to give in the classroom as they did in athletics. Justin Huss and Kamryn Kelly found a way...
Latrobe’s Walker signs NAHL tender with Wichita Falls
Add another Latrobe hockey standout to the Wichita Falls Warriors’ roster. Forward Alex Walker signed a tender contract to play for the Warriors, a team in the North American Hockey League. Walker, a junior, joins Latrobe teammate Lane Ruffner, a defenseman who signed with Wichita in December. Walker and Ruffner...
Trib HSSN May Madness results for Monday, May 4
The HSSN May Madness results are in from Day 2 of the brackets, Monday, May 4, to determine the athlete of the century. Both matchups were won in what could be considered a landslide. In a battle of Quips on the boys side, M.J. Devonshire was left abandoned on Revis...
Ligonier Valley’s Marinchak, Silk headline Heritage Conference postseason awards
It was quite a year for the Ligonier Valley boys basketball team in the school’s final season in District 6. The school’s athletic teams will move to the WPIAL for the 2020-21 season. The boys basketball team won the Heritage Conference title and played in the Class 3A title for...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Rachel Martindale, North Allegheny vs. Alison Riske, 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...
