High School category, Page 1067
Senior spotlight: Quaker Valley tennis champ tries to take stalled senior year in stride
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. Quaker Valley tennis player Zach Albert has a philosophy he tries to live by: Only worry about things you can control. It worked for him on...
Belle Vernon’s Devin Whitlock named Tribune-Review Westmoreland Boys Basketball Player of the Year
Tribune-Review Boys Basketball Player of the Year Devin Whitlock Belle Vernon, 5-9, So., Guard A player reaching the 1,000-point milestone is a significant but somewhat common achievement in high school basketball. Seeing a sophomore nudge his career point total into four digits, well, that’s different. That indicates there’s a special...
Senior spotlight: All-American girls lacrosse player aims to give Mt. Lebanon shot at WPIAL 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. Maddie Reisinger and members of the Mt. Lebanon girls lacrosse team want a chance to play for a WPIAL title. After finishing fourth in Class AAA...
Hempfield athletic director Greg Meisner to step down
For the first time in 15 years, Hempfield will have a new athletic director this summer. Greg Meisner will step down from his athletic director position for personal reasons effective June 30, superintendent Tammy Wolicki confirmed in an email Friday. Rich Bowen, Hempfield’s football coach and athletic operations manager, will...
Franklin Regional wrestler Spears chooses Brown, will enroll in 2021
Mason Spears has aspirations of being a surgeon. He has found a college that will help him realize that dream. He’ll also get to continue with his other passion — wrestling. The Franklin Regional senior committed to wrestle at Brown University on Thursday. “I was looking for a school that...
High school, college players feel effect of MLB Draft change
If things were normal, Serra Catholic catcher Mark Black would be about two weeks into his senior season, wowing scouts, fans and teammates with his daily power displays as he tried to boost his stock for the MLB Draft. If things were normal, Pitt outfielder Nico Popa would be in...
Elizabeth Forward’s Ryan Michaels, 2-time WPIAL wrestling champ, reopens recruitment
Two-time WPIAL champion Ryan Michaels of Elizabeth Forward has reopened his college recruitment. Michaels, who went 45-3 and reached the PIAA finals at 120 pounds as a senior, announced via Twitter he has decommitted from Campbell University. When Michaels announced his commitment to Campbell in January, he cited the school’s...
Senior spotlight: Future is full of possibilities for Bethel Park infielder
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. What’s the next step in Kevin Kogler’s baseball career? If the spring sports season is called off, the Bethel Park senior may have played his last...
Peters Township’s Corban Hondru commits to Miami (Ohio)
Corban Hondru will continue to wear the red and white at the college level. The Peters Township junior linebacker on Friday made a commitment to play at Miami (Ohio). “The coaches are all very straight forward, and it’s the place that made me feel most comfortable for my next four...
Southmoreland’s Gracie Spadaro wins Tribune-Review Westmoreland Girls Basketball Player of the Year honors
Tribune-Review Girls Basketball Player of the Year Gracie Spadaro Southmoreland, 5-11, So., Forward It was a good year to be a Southmoreland Scottie. In the fall, the football team made the WPIAL playoffs for the first time since 1979. In the winter, the girls basketball team had the best season...
Burrell hockey star Stewart headed to Alaska for next step in pro dream
Tyler Stewart is headed back to the world of junior hockey and continuing his path toward a professional career. That path is leading to the other side of the country. The Burrell senior signed a North American Hockey League tender agreement Wednesday with the Fairbanks Ice Dogs in Alaska. Though...
Mt. Lebanon boys lacrosse featured on ESPN’s ‘Senior Night’ segment
The Mt. Lebanon boys lacrosse team has yet to play an official game this spring but received recognition on national television Wednesday night. ESPN’s SportsCenter featured the Blue Devils’ 13 seniors as part of Scott Van Pelt’s nightly “Senior Night” series that is recognizing senior high school and college athletes...
Senior spotlight: Seton LaSalle volleyball’s Manion brings a lot to the table
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. Luke Manion made a name for himself on the Seton LaSalle volleyball team the past three seasons, earning all-WPIAL and all-state honors as a setter for...
Penn Hills to open football season against West Virginia power
Penn Hills announced the opening game on its 2020 football schedule Wednesday night, and it’s a headline-grabber for a variety of reasons. The Indians will meet West Virginia power Martinsburg at 5 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 29 as part of the WPIAL vs. Everyone season-opening event at Woodland Hills’ Wolvarena. The...
Scott Arnold takes over Franklin Regional girls soccer program
Scott Arnold has spent parts of the past 20-plus years coaching various levels of club soccer. Now, he is getting a chance to coach at the high school level. Arnold was hired Monday night to lead the Franklin Regional girls soccer program. “I knew it was a really good fit...
Big 33, East-West football all-star games still planned for Memorial Day weekend
The Big 33 Football Classic and East-West Game remain scheduled for Memorial Day weekend, according to Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association executive director Garry Cathell. The organization extended its timeline for making a decision on the annual football all-star games to April 15. The continued outbreak of the coronavirus has...
Senior spotlight: West Allegheny catcher misses camaraderie on softball diamond
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. West Allegheny senior Britney Wilson is hoping against hope that there’s a softball season this year, but not because she has a chance to win a...
Belle Vernon’s Callaway rehabbing from knee injury as he prepares to play at Dayton
It wasn’t long ago Larry Callaway questioned if he would play football again. A multi-sport athlete who also excelled on the basketball court at Belle Vernon, Callaway was less than a week into his senior basketball season when it came to a sudden end. Early in the fourth quarter of...
Baldwin’s Dorien Ford draws Arizona offer
Baldwin’s Dorien Ford has scholarship offers from teams in the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC. On Tuesday, he completed the tour of the Power 5 Conferences. The junior defensive lineman received an offer from Arizona, which finished 4-8 overall and 2-7 in the Pac-12 Conference last fall. Blessed...
Senior spotlight: TJ tennis standout would like another crack at WPIAL 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. If there’s a WPIAL tennis player who most hopes there is a season this year, it just might be Yash Maheshwari. The Thomas Jefferson senior has...
Chartiers Valley headlines Big 56 all-section basketball teams
No team in the WPIAL had as successful a 2019-20 season as the Chartiers Valley girls. The Colts were the only team to emerge from the WPIAL tournament undefeated, and they set a district record by running their winning streak to 57 games. The postseason awards they’re receiving reflect that...
PCN to broadcast 2017 basketball title tilt between Pine-Richland, Reading
Led by Miami recruit Lonnie Walker, Reading High came into the 2017 PIAA Class 6A basketball finals with a caravan of fired-up fans hoping to see the school win its first state title. Led by Notre Dame football recruit Phil Jurkovec, Pine-Richland’s plan was to silence the crowd and claim...
PIAA denies proposal to allow football scrimmage day after heat acclimatization
The PIAA Board of Directors on Monday voted to deny a proposal that would have allowed schools to hold a non-contact scrimmage with an opponent the day after the five-day heat acclimatization period in August. Teams still will be allowed to hold a full-contact scrimmage the following Friday before playing...
PIAA keeps winter championships, spring sports on hold
The PIAA kept the fate of unfinished winter championships and the start of spring sports on hold Monday while awaiting further action from Gov. Tom Wolf’s office and the Pennsylvania Department of Health and Department of Education. During the board of directors meeting, there was no further clarity on winter...
North Catholic’s Isaac DeGregorio to walk on at Kentucky
North Catholic standout Isaac DeGregorio will continue his basketball career at one of the most successful college programs in the country. DeGregorio will attend Kentucky as a preferred walk-on, he announced Saturday afternoon via his Twitter account. A 5-foot-11 point guard, DeGregorio led North Catholic to a Class 3A WPIAL...
