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Trib HSSN May Madness: Amanda Kalin, Pine-Richland vs. Madison Wiltrout, Connellsville
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: Terrelle Pryor, Jeannette vs. Tre Tipton, Apollo-Ridge
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...
Mars’ Michael Carmody, Laurel Highlands’ Rodney Gallagher earn all-state honors in Class 5A boys basketball
Mars’ Michael Carmody and Laurel Highlands’ Rodney Gallagher, whose teams clashed in the WPIAL boys basketball finals, were named first-team all-state Friday. They were the only WPIAL players selected to the Class 5A team in a vote of Pennsylvania sports writers. For Carmody, a Notre Dame football recruit, it was...
‘Size doesn’t matter’ as South Fayette’s Charley Rossi adds first Division I offerVideo
Charley Rossi took a break from helping his dad clean out the garage Monday to return a phone call to a college football coach. He knew how the conversation would go. How’s quarantine going? Is everybody in his family healthy? How’s school? What are his workouts like nowadays? All standard...
Senior Spotlight: Possible golden softball season lost for Upper St. Clair infielder, classmates
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. They weren’t the Fab Five, but in the spring of 2017, you could refer to Zoe Malone, Paige Stevenson, Alex Wunderlich, Haley Beardley, Danielle Orendi and Grace Swigart as...
Senior Spotlight: 4-sport Avonworth athlete racked up 13 varsity letters in decorated career
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Four-sport athletes don’t have much free time on their hands to begin with, so the shelter-in-place order has wreaked havoc on their daily schedules and preparation. But the down...
WPIAL lands 2 players on Class 4A boys basketball all-state team
Highlands’ Johnny Crise and Central Valley’s Isiah Warfield will play different sports in college, but right now they’re both all-state basketball players. The two WPIAL stars were selected all-state in Class 4A on Thursday in a vote of Pennsylvania sports writers. Warfield was named to the second team and Crise...
HSSN May Madness: Vote for the WPIAL’s best of the century
The NCAA college basketball tournament has grown over the decades to become one of the top sporting events on the calendar. Hardcore hoop fans, casual supporters and even folks who don’t watch a single game the entire season love to take part in March Madness, as people across the country...
PIAA considers dropping weight class as wrestling rule changes are made
The National Federation of State High School Associations announced 11 rule changes on Tuesday, none involving the reduction of weight classes. But that was the No. 1 topic discussed Wednesday when the PIAA wrestling steering committee met as a group via Zoom. The PIAA wresting committee is proposing to cut...
Senior Spotlight: West Mifflin infielder proud of program’s growth
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Jaden Arcuri had plenty of ups and downs in her abbreviated three-year softball career at West Mifflin. Starting as a freshman, the Titans struggled and finished 6-13 overall. However,...
North Catholic’s DeGregorios share all-state honors in Class 3A boys basketball
Two months after celebrating a WPIAL basketball title, North Catholic’s Dave and Isaac DeGregorio are sharing some statewide recognition. Isaac DeGregorio, a senior guard, earned second-team all-state honors in Class 3A and his father Dave DeGregorio was named as the classification’s top coach Wednesday in a vote of Pennsylvania sports...
Senior Spotlight: Latrobe’s Wetzel grits teeth through shutdown
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Sadie Wetzel wasn’t in a good mood Tuesday. The Latrobe senior just wasn’t feeling it until she went and did a track workout for college. Having a stay-at-home order...
WPIAL approves new basketball sections; won’t reveal them yet
Basketball sections for next season are almost ready, but WPIAL players, coaches and fans must wait a little longer to see them. The WPIAL board approved updated section alignments at its April meeting, said associate executive director Amy Scheuneman, but those included multiple contingencies in case the PIAA competitive-balance rule...
Senior Spotlight: WPIAL singles champion hoped to build on success
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Zach Palko wasn’t satisfied. The Indiana senior had the 2019 WPIAL Class AA boys singles title and a trip to the PIAA semifinals in his growing portfolio, but he...
All-state boys basketball: OLSH’s DiMichele, Spadafora, Rodriguez lead Class 2A team
OLSH junior Dante Spadafora and sophomore Jake DiMichele earned first-team all-state honors Tuesday, and the Chargers’ Mike Rodriguez was named the state’s top coach in Class 2A. In all, four WPIAL players were selected in a vote of Pennsylvania sports writers. Sto-Rox’s Malik Smith and California’s Malik Ramsey earned second-team...
PIAA shouldn’t enforce competitive-balance rule, Lincoln Park basketball coach says
If the PIAA competitive-balance rule forces the Lincoln Park boys basketball team into a higher classification next season, coach Mike Bariski thinks that’s unfair. “We’re not averse to going up,” he said. “I just totally disagree with the process.” Two months ago, Bariski would have accepted the promotion without objection....
Senior Spotlight: Painful exit from the family business for Alderson at Chartiers-HoustonVideo
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Since she was born, Kaci Alderson had spent a good amount of time every spring at Allison Elementary School Field, home of the Chartiers-Houston Buccaneers. Until this...
Senior Spotlight: Plum lacrosse player spending spring as ‘essential worker’
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Most of the world might be shut down, but Carli Chini has never been busier. The Plum senior might not be able to take the field with...
All-state boys basketball: Cornell’s Kaden DiVito named Player of the Year in Class A
Cornell’s Kaden DiVito, who saw his senior season cut short two wins away from the PIAA finals, earned statewide recognition Monday as the Class A boys basketball player of the year. A 5-foot-11 guard committed to Washington & Jefferson, DiVito averaged 20.8 points for the WPIAL runner-up. In the state...
Hempfield senior Lukas Kissell vaults into new sport: Skeleton
Lukas Kissell was helping Hempfield win a WPIAL Class AAA team track title a year ago. And if things were normal today, the senior would be trying to help the Spartans win another title. “I was looking forward to the outdoor season,” Kissell said. “I had a good indoor season,...
Moon sophomore Reilly Sunday adds 5 Division I offers since late MarchVideo
Social distancing hasn’t kept basketball scholarship offers away from Moon’s Reilly Sunday. Gyms are closed, but the all-state sophomore added five more Division I offers in recent weeks. Her most recent came Saturday from Kent State. Since March 26, she’s also added offers from American, Penn, Princeton and George Washington....
Quaker Valley’s Corinne Washington adds Duquesne scholarship offerVideo
Quaker Valley’s Corinne Washington, one of the WPIAL’s top juniors, added a scholarship offer Saturday from Duquesne women’s basketball coach Dan Burt. It’s the second offer this month for the 5-foot-11 guard, who added Boston University on April 20. The 18-point scorer earned all-section honors this season and was named...
Senior Spotlight: Artistry expands beyond the volleyball court for Ambridge’s Liam Buck
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Liam Buck fashioned himself an on-court artist for the Ambridge boys volleyball team as the outside hitter turned his talents into a trio of Class AA all-section and All-WPIAL...
Westmoreland high school notebook: WPIAL names dot Outlaws roster
Travel softball has turnover, just like the high school level. But some teams, like the Ohio Outlaws 18U squad, have managed to sew together the same group for an extended time. It is a valued trait in the current circumstances. “I have coached these same girls for four seasons,” said...
Jeannette to pay sports officials despite cancellation of spring sports season
The PIAA canceled spring sports across the state, but Jeannette School District still will pay the officials scheduled to work its games. It is a gesture of appreciation, said Paul Sroka, the district’s business manager. Officials will receive $37.50 for each Jeannette game on their schedule, half of the typical...
