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Westmoreland Scholar/Athlete committee announces excellent group; banquet on holdVideo
Will the 64th annual Westmoreland Scholar/Athlete banquet be held this year? Westmoreland Judge John J. Driscoll sure hopes so. The annual banquet was supposed to be April 28 but has been postponed. “We’re hoping we can hold something in June or July,” Driscoll said. “Right now, we’re in the process...
Freeport’s Isiah Bauman overcoming knee injury to play basketball at Point Park
Playing college football always was the goal for Freeport senior Isiah Bauman. After a junior season in which he was second on the Yellowjackets in tackles (73) and had two interceptions and seven deflected passes, his goal seemed like it was within reach. He said he was talking to a...
Stock continues to rise for Penn-Trafford do-it-all junior Ethan CarrVideo
Ethan Carr put together quite a highlight reel last football season at Penn-Trafford, and it’s a good thing. With the future of summer showcases and camps in question because of coronavirus, top prospects such as Carr might have to use their 2019 film as leverage to score scholarship offers. Restrictions...
WPIAL football has NFL draft streak that’s more than 2 decades long
The WPIAL has had at least one former player picked each year in the NFL draft since 1994, a remarkable streak that could be extended again this week. New Castle’s Geno Stone (Iowa), Cornell’s Dane Jackson (Pitt), Imani Christian’s Kenny Robinson (West Virginia) and McKeesport’s Khaleke Hudson (Michigan) are the...
Senior Spotlight: Penn-Trafford ace exits as program’s winningest pitcher
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Morgan Hilty works at a Dairy Queen but the ace softball pitcher from Penn-Trafford wasn’t able to put the curl on top of her high school career. With the...
Big 26 Baseball Classic canceled
The Big 26 Baseball Classic, the annual summer all-star competition between rising high school juniors and seniors from Pennsylvania and Maryland, will not take place this year in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Hershey Harrisburg Sports & Events Authority made the announcement Thursday morning. The event, which includes...
Upper St. Clair football coach Jim Render among 12 selected for Pa. Sports Hall of Fame
Former Upper St. Clair football coach Jim Render, who retired last summer with the most wins in WPIAL history, was among 12 individuals chosen for induction into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame this fall. The 2020 class also includes professional hockey player R.J. Umberger of Plum, Steelers assistant coach...
Hempfield softball coaches get pick-me-up from former players
When he finished watching a personalized YouTube video from his former players, Bob Kalp felt a range of emotions. In what has been a bummer of a high school softball season, one that never happened because of the coronavirus lockdown and the PIAA’s cancellation of spring sports, the veteran Hempfield...
Latrobe searching for wrestling coach after Ciotti resigns
Mike Ciotti knew early in the season this was going to be his last as Latrobe’s wrestling coach. Ciotti was newly married and lived in Fox Chapel. The trip to Latrobe during the winter was draining. “I was basically away from my wife for six months,” Ciotti said. “I didn’t...
Senior Spotlight: Valley tennis standout Odrey knocking off the rust
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Michael Odrey enjoyed getting out in the sun and fresh air a couple of days ago as he hit a few tennis balls with his father. “It was the...
Senior Spotlight: Southmoreland multi-sport standout continues to stay upbeat during pandemic
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. With a player as spirited and happy-go-lucky as Charity Henderson on the roster, the Southmoreland softball and girls basketball teams had no choice but to feed off her vibe....
All-state girls basketball: Ellis’ Natalie Jasper, Canevin’s Diajha Allen receive Class 2A honors
Ellis School junior Natalie Jasper and Bishop Canevin senior Diajha Allen, who led their teams deep into the playoffs, earned all-state honors Wednesday in Class 2A girls basketball. Jasper was named to the second team and Allen made third team in a vote of Pennsylvania sports writers. Bishop Canevin went...
All-state girls basketball: Rochester teammates share statewide honors in Class A
Rochester teammates Alexis Robison and Corynne Hauser, who repeated as WPIAL girls basketball champions, drew statewide recognition Wednesday by earning all-state honors in Class A. Robison, a junior, made the first team and Hauser, a sophomore, made second team in a vote of Pennsylvania sports writers. Rochester went 26-1 and...
Charleroi names athletic director Brady Barbero as new football coach
Charleroi didn’t have to search far and wide to find its new football coach after Lance Getsy tendered his resignation near the end of February. Current Charleroi athletic director and former California head coach Brady Barbero was hired Tuesday with a unanimous vote of the school board. “This is something...
Southmoreland girls basketball coach Brian Pritts steps down after banner season
Every day during the stay-at-home era, Brian Pritts has seen firsthand why he put space between himself and basketball. He wakes up at 6 a.m., drinks a tall glass of water, works out and reads. But first, he does a head count of his blessings: his wife, Kristin, and his...
Penn Hills’ Collins preparing for a 2-sport college career
AJ Collins is seeing with double vision as he will join both the men’s soccer and baseball teams at Penn State New Kensington. Baseball always has been the first love for the Penn Hills senior as he started to play the sport at a young age. Soccer came later —...
Derry hopes to hire football coach within month
When Derry hired Tim Sweeney as its football coach in 2013, athletic director Brett Miller considered it a home run. Sweeney took a struggling program and made it a winner, which brought excitement back to Friday nights in eastern Westmoreland County. But Miller knew with that success and Sweeney’s desire...
Together again: Highlands guards commit to Point Park for basketball
Since they were young, Luke Cochran and Korry Myers have developed a special bond on the basketball court. From youth leagues to middle school to this winter, when they brought Highlands its first WPIAL championship since 1995, the guards have created an endless amount of memories. Most on-court relationships like...
All-state girls basketball: Mohawk’s Karly McCutcheon, Carlynton’s Jada Lee honored in Class 3A
Mohawk’s Karly McCutcheon and Carlynton’s Jada Lee, whose girls basketball teams met twice in the playoffs this winter, each earned all-state honors Tuesday in Class 3A. They were the only WPIAL players selected in 3A in a statewide vote of Pennsylvania sports writers. Both earned third-team honors. Lee is headed...
All-state girls basketball: North Catholic’s Tess Myers, Kylee Lewandowski among 6 WPIAL players selected in 4A
North Catholic teammates Tess Myers and Kylee Lewandowski, who extended their team’s WPIAL title streak to four, shared first-team all-state girls basketball honors Tuesday in Class 4A. Blackhawk senior Mackenzie Amalia also earned first-team honors, giving the WPIAL three of the top six roster spots. Myers is a Duquesne recruit,...
Senior spotlight: Seton LaSalle hoops standout won’t forget good times on diamond
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Seton LaSalle’s Michael Bigley is a basketball guy at heart. He averaged 18.2 points per game this season, going over the 1,000-point mark for his career, and...
Beaver Falls RB/LB Josh Hough commits to SyracuseVideo
Beaver Falls junior Josh Hough, who saw his recruiting stock rise quickly in recent months, committed Monday to Syracuse. The 6-foot-2, 240-pound running back and linebacker announced his decision on Twitter. Hough drew nearly 20 Division I offers and received them all since Jan. 10. Syracuse offered him a scholarship...
Horse or no horse, Penn Hills football schedules scrimmage at Aliquippa
Jon LeDonne is taking his Penn Hills football team to Aliquippa to scrimmage at his alma mater’s stadium this fall. With one condition. “I told them to make sure they’ve still got the horse and the flaming spear,” said LeDonne, a 2001 Aliquippa graduate who witnessed the Quips’ pregame tradition...
Peters Township hires new coaches for boys, girls basketball teams
Peters Township filled two vacant coaching jobs Monday night by hiring Joe Urmann to lead the boys basketball team and Bob Miles to lead the girls. Urmann coached the Baldwin boys for seven seasons from 2011-18 and was previously an assistant at Mt. Lebanon for four. His Baldwin teams went...
All-state girls basketball: 8 WPIAL players, coach Tim McConnell earn statewide honors in 5A
Chartiers Valley teammates Aislin Malcolm and Megan McConnell earned first-team all-state honors along with Gateway’s Lexi Jackson as WPIAL girls basketball players dominated the statewide Class 5A vote Monday. In all, eight of the 18 all-state roster spots went to WPIAL players, and Chartiers Valley’s Tim McConnell was named Coach...
