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Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week — Week ending Feb. 1, 2020
Fifty-two years ago, Laurel Highlands won the WPIAL and PIAA Class AAA boys basketball championships. Now, while this year’s team might not win it all, it has some impressive wins on its resume. The 1968 Mustangs were led by Wil Robinson and a strong supporting cast. The 2020 Laurel Highlands...
Seneca Valley girls stop Fox Chapel in section showdown
Seneca Valley got 19 points from junior Jaden Davinsizer as the Raiders defeated Fox Chapel, 51-47, in a Section 1-6A showdown Monday night. With both teams sharing the same record coming into the contest and both having already qualified for the postseason, the game represented an opportunity for both teams...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week: Week ending Feb. 1, 2020
Last week began with Hempfield tied for third place with Norwin in a crowded Section 3-6A, but the Spartans were only one game ahead of cellar dwellers Connellsville and Latrobe. Two wins in a row might not sound like much of a streak, but it can make a huge difference...
Ligonier Valley boys advance to Heritage championship with win over Penns ManorVideo
Ligonier Valley sophomore Matthew Marinchak had a quiet first half Monday in a Heritage Conference semifinal game against Penns Manor. But he made lot of noise in the second half when the visiting Comets were making a run at the Rams (20-2, 14-0). Marinchak scored 22 of his personal-best 28...
WPIAL approves 2 GCC transfers; Bailey Kuhns remains ineligible for basketball playoffs
Girls basketball standout Bailey Kuhns is immediately eligible to join Greensburg Central Catholic’s lineup, but the sophomore won’t be allowed to take part in the upcoming playoffs. The WPIAL reversed earlier decisions and ruled Kuhns and football player Mark Mizerak eligible for the regular season after separate hearings Monday in...
WPIAL finds no evidence of racial taunts in Leechburg-Propel Andrew Street game
The WPIAL found no evidence a Propel Andrew Street boys basketball coach was the target of racial taunts during a game last month, but Leechburg will take proactive steps anyway. Representatives from the two schools and on-court officials attended a closed-door hearing Monday at the WPIAL office in Green Tree...
Cambria Heights to replace Ligonier Valley in Heritage Conference
Heritage Conference president Jody Rainey announced on Monday that the conference voted to approve Cambria Heights as its new member to replace Ligonier Valley, which left for the WPIAL. The vote was 8-0. Cambria Heights will begin competition in the conference starting with the 2021-22 school year. Cambria Heights is...
Riverview pair gearing up for WPIAL swim meet
As a freshman, Beth Shoop declared her independence as the only high school varsity swimmer from Riverview. She earned her WPIAL individual time cuts at designated dual meets and competed in her first WPIAL championship meet at Pitt’s Trees Pool. It was the first time a swimmer represented Riverview in...
Divers delivering for Derry
Diving is a strength again for Derry, and longtime swimming and diving coach Jeff Kelly said it is among the most cohesive groups he has overseen. Junior Alison Cowan, seniors Jakob Riggle and Cameron Washburn and freshman Ashley Baker qualified for the WPIAL Class AA diving championship Feb. 21 at...
Valley to honor late basketball standout Chipper Harris
Late basketball standout Chipper Harris, who helped lead Valley High School to a state basketball title and Robert Morris to an NCAA tournament berth, never forgot his New Kensington roots. Now, Valley High School wants to make sure nobody forgets Chipper Harris. The school will be holding a brief ceremony...
High school schedules for Feb. 3, 2020
High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s schedule WPIAL Class 5A Section 2 West Mifflin at Montour, 7:30 p.m. Nonsection Brentwood at Fort Cherry, 7:30 p.m. Mapletown at Hundred (W.Va.), 7:30 p.m. South Allegheny at Carlynton, 7:30 p.m. West Greene at Frazier, 7 p.m. District 6 Heritage Homer-Center at West Shamokin, 7...
Blackhawk girls looking to rebound for another section title
Blackhawk was thinking sweep, but Central Valley had other ideas. The Warriors snapped the Cougars’ nine-game winning streak Thursday with a 58-50 win. It halted Blackhawk’s home winning streak at 21 games, too. The Cougars’ last loss on John Miller Court came nearly three years ago in a 57-54 setback...
Baldwin-Hempfield girls basketball game holds major ramifications
The final week of the WPIAL basketball regular season is here with games that will help determine section championships and playoff seeding. Oh yes, and some will determine which teams qualify for the postseason. Two of those games will be played Monday, one in 6A and the other in 2A....
Trib HSSN broadcasts for Week of Feb. 3-9
The WPIAL basketball section schedule concludes with plenty of big games coming up this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have plenty of WPIAL boys and girls section basketball games as section play comes to an end, including the final HSSN boys and girls video stream Games...
PIHL high school hockey standings through Feb. 2, 2020
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday, Feb. 2. Exclusive coverage of the 2020 PIHL Penguins Cup hockey playoffs can be heard and viewed only here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. In Class AAA, the top 8 teams qualify for the playoffs. In Class...
Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings for Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020
As the clock winds down on the 2019-2020 regular season, some classes have been shaken with change while others remain intact from last week in the Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings. The largest classification was hit with the biggest changes. Three teams dropped out, including top-ranked Plymouth-Whitemarsh after two...
Trib HSSN PIHL Player of the Week: Week ending Feb. 2, 2020
With his team facing two big games last week, Thomas Jefferson coach Bill Crousey knew his team needed his stars to play like stars. They did, and one played especially well and added a five-point All-Star Game to his week. Add those five points to the eight in the two...
Ligonier Valley diver Nick Roddy learns fast
After competing in gymnastics, Ligonier Valley sophomore Nick Roddy took up swimming, then diving, and has had success in both, especially diving. Roddy earned a gold medal in the boys 1-meter event at the Westmoreland County Coaches Association championship meet Jan. 24 at Derry. Ligonier Valley coach Chelsea Brant said...
Trib HSSN PIHL Team of the Week: Week ending Feb. 2, 2020
The biggest games on the schedule for North Hills are still ahead, and the Indians know that. After all, the Indians play in what has been one of the best divisions in the PIHL, if not the best. Class A’s Southwest Division boasts Thomas Jefferson (30 points), South Park (26...
WPIAL Girls Basketball Team of the Week: Week ending Feb. 1
For most of this season, the chase for the top spot in Section 3-3A has involved four teams. But a strong week by Carlynton has given the Cougars the edge heading into the final week of the regular season. The Cougars are 10-2 in the section and have a one-game...
WPIAL Girls Basketball Player of the Week — Week ending Feb. 1
When the week began, Charleroi was tied with Brownsville for third place in girls basketball Section 2-3A. Thanks to another big week by senior Bella Skobel, though, the Cougars are alone in third and have clinched a WPIAL playoff spot. That itself is cause for celebration after Charleroi finished 5-16...
WPIAL to hold hearing for Leechburg basketball game, Greensburg CC transfers
The WPIAL wants to know why the Propel Andrew Street vs. Leechburg boys basketball game was cut short Jan. 17 and whether anyone in attendance used racially charged taunts. Representatives from the two schools will attend a hearing Monday at the WPIAL office in Green Tree. The section game was...
High school roundup for Feb. 1, 2020: Quaker Valley boys edge Cornell in Shootout at Sewickley Academy
K.C. Johns, who finished with 16 points, made a basket with less than a minute remaining to give the Quaker Valley boys (14-5) a one-point lead against Cornell (13-5), and the Quakers held on to win 72-69 at the Shootout at Sewickley Academy. Adou Thiero scored a team-high 22 points,...
High school scores, schedules for Feb. 1, 2020
High schools Basketball Boys Saturday’s results WPIAL Nonsection Carrick 45, South Park 33 Laurel 71, Mercer 50 North Catholic 63, Central Catholic 46 North Hills 78, Shady Side Academy 46 Washington 82, Burgettstown 39 Shootout at Sewickley Academy Quaker Valley 72, Cornell 69 Beaver 56, Sewickley Academy 53, OT Vincentian...
Central Catholic senior Poillucci will be ‘great asset’ to Navy rowing team
Central Catholic senior Colson Poillucci, who gave up football to row, is headed to one of the country’s top men’s lightweight rowing teams. Poillucci, 18, of Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood, committed to compete for Navy next season. Before this season, Poillucci rowed only part of the year. He decided he needed...
