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Big 33, East-West all-star football games canceled
Organizers for the Big 33 Football Classic and East-West Game hoped the annual all-star games could be played over Memorial Day weekend. On Tuesday, those plans were canceled. Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association executive director Garry Cathell announced both all-star games and the events surrounding them will not be held...
WPIAL announces 14th Hall of Fame class inductees, award winnersVideo
The 14th annual class of the WPIAL Hall of Fame is unlike any that came before it. Eight athletes, two coaches, two teams, one official, two contributors, one Heritage Award honoree and a Courage Award recipient will be honored … just not this year. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, this...
Senior spotlight: WPIAL pitchers missed chance to whiff all-state Seneca Valley outfielder
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Over the last two seasons, few hitters in WPIAL softball have been a tougher out than Seneca Valley outfielder Kearson Wagner. Last season, for instance, she hit...
Shady Side Academy basketball standout Nyla Rozier picks St. Francis
Shady Side Academy junior Nyla Rozier made her college choice Monday, committing to St. Francis. A 5-foot-11 guard, Rozier averaged 19.8 points per game for the Indians this season. As a sophomore, she averaged 14 points per game and helped Shady Side Academy to a 17-3 record, a Section 3-3A...
Senior spotlight: Keystone Oaks ace headed to Akron after giving WPIAL hitters fits
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. For left-handed batters in Section 3-3A, there was a silver lining in last week’s announcement that the PIAA had canceled spring sports. They won’t have to try...
Senior spotlight: WPIAL pole vault champ takes talents into kitchen
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Jo-Michelle Huczko can’t pole vault in her living room. There’s no landing mat in her driveway or space for a 15-foot pole in the kitchen. Perfecting her...
Senior spotlight: Mt. Lebanon’s Emelia Krakora looks forward to future in lacrosse
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Emelia Krakora will play competitive lacrosse again. It just might not be until next spring. A Mt. Lebanon senior bound for Division III Bowdoin College in Maine,...
PIAA cancellation hits Mt. Pleasant WPIAL champion swimmer hard
The sight of a team full of high school swimmers huddled together in the lobby of Kinney Natatorium at Bucknell, tears streaming down their faces, that’s not something Mt. Pleasant’s Heather Gardner will forget any time soon. Frankly, the way her senior year is ending will probably be seared into...
Pair of young stars join senior-heavy Trib 10 boys basketball all-star team
This year’s Trib 10 boys basketball all-star team is a senior-heavy group, with two young and talented exceptions. Freshman Rodney Gallagher opened his high school career by scoring nearly 600 points in leading Laurel Highlands to its first WPIAL championship since 1968. Sophomore Jake DiMichele helped lift OLSH to a...
Senior spotlight: Bethel Park’s McGowan has college ball at James Madison to look forward to
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic. All-section outfielder Sean McGowan and this year’s crop of seniors on the Bethel Park baseball team emerged on the scene as a group of feisty sophomores...
Former Penn Hills basketball standout Daivon Stephens headed to Coastal Carolina
Daivon Stephens’ college basketball career has carried him to the sunny shores of Myrtle Beach, S.C. Stephens, a former Penn Hill star, committed Thursday to Coastal Carolina University. A 6-foot-7 forward, Stephens led Penn Hills to the 2018 WPIAL Class 6A championship, averaging 17.9 points, 8.6 rebounds and 4.2 assists...
High school athletes struggle with PIAA’s decision to cancel winter, spring sports
Liv Kelly figured this news was coming. It didn’t make it any easier to take. On Thursday afternoon, Gov. Tom Wolf announced all Pennsylvania schools would be shut down for the rest of the academic year. A few hours later, the PIAA canceled its suspended winter sports championships and the...
PIAA officials cancel spring sports season, winter sports championships
For nearly a month, high school student-athletes held out hope they could return to normalcy on the fields, courts and track. On Thursday, those hopes were dashed. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced all schools in the state will remain closed for the remainder of the school year as people all...
Senior spotlight: North Allegheny’s Isaiah Davis hopes to lead Tigers to title
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic. The North Allegheny boys lacrosse team advanced to the WPIAL Class AAA semifinals last season before losing to runner-up Mt. Lebanon. Isaiah Davis was a major...
Successful football coach Tim Sweeney leaves Derry for Baldwin
Tim Sweeney had a big job ahead of him when he took over as football coach at Derry in 2013. Consider it a job well done. After bringing his alma mater from the brink of extinction to the WPIAL championship game at Heinz Field, Sweeney was named coach at Baldwin...
Butler’s Ethan Morton named Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Year
Ethan Morton just wants to play basketball. Whether it’s in the PIAA tournament or on a playground court. The coronavirus pandemic has taken away that competition, the camaraderie, the memories and, well, basketball in general. When the coronavirus outbreak quarantine ends, Morton says he will “Probably go play basketball, even...
Scholarship offers rolling in for Elizabeth Forward’s Chase Whatton
It’s been a pretty productive offseason for Elizabeth Forward junior Chase Whatton. Not many football players can say that given the restrictions of the coronavirus outbreak that has rendered team workouts and activities forbidden. While he has continued to lift weights and build strength, Whatton has seen the most growth...
Senior spotlight: Before college football starts, Seton LaSalle’s Shaughnessy savors memories on court
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic. Early in the recruiting process, Seton LaSalle senior Alex Shaughnessy realized the idea of playing two sports in college might be a little too much. A...
Impact players from powerhouse teams headline Trib 10 girls basketball all-stars
It might not have been as obvious as last season, when Peters Township and Chartiers Valley went undefeated on their way to state titles, but WPIAL girls basketball was dominated by a select group of super teams this season. Chartiers Valley went undefeated again while North Catholic and Rochester each...
Peters Township’s Donovan McMillon adds LSU offerVideo
Donovan McMillon announced his top 15 schools late last month, narrowing a growing list of football scholarship offers. He might have to add another team or two to the group. National champion LSU offered the Peters Township junior safety on Tuesday afternoon. The LSU Tigers brought some needed ☀️ to...
Senior spotlight: Highlands’ speedy Sarah Sawhook selects Seton Hill
Editor’s note: Each day, the Tribune-Review will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic. For more athletes’ stories, visit TribHSSN.triblive.com. At a time like this, with their lives stuck in an awkward sort of limbo, high school seniors could use...
Chartiers Valley’s Aislin Malcolm named Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Year
Some athletes are motivated by the desire to win. Others are driven by the fear of losing. Chartiers Valley sophomore guard Aislin Malcolm would be happy to talk about which group she belongs to, but there’s a small problem with that. She doesn’t really know what losing is like, not...
Senior spotlight: West Allegheny outfielder not ready to hang up spikes
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic. Before softball practice was suspended last month, West Allegheny’s Maci Priddi was in the process of making a position switch. An all-section infielder as the Indians...
Plum’s Kennedie Montue named Valley News Dispatch Girls Basketball Player of the Year
Valley News Dispatch Girls Basketball Player of the Year Kennedie Montue Plum, 5-11, Jr., Forward Kennedie Montue is one of the most dominant interior players in the WPIAL. At 5-foot-11, the Plum junior also has the range to play around the perimeter and can defend all over the court. Her...
Highlands’ Johnny Crise named Valley News Dispatch Boys Basketball Player of the Year
Valley News Dispatch Boys Basketball Player of the Year Johnny Crise Highlands, 6-7, Sr., Forward Every coach wants players to improve as the season progresses so they are hitting their peak in time to compete for championships. Highlands’ Tyler Stoczynski saw that improvement with senior forward Johnny Crise. His continued...
