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Plum limits section rival Gateway to win battle for first place
The Plum girls basketball team got defensive Monday against rival Gateway in a battle for first place in Section 2-5A. The Mustangs held the Gators 24 points under their season scoring average in a 41-27 victory at Gateway’s Furrie Sports Complex. “We knew this was a huge game, and we...
GCC’s Nate Ward beats Clairton with bomb at the buzzer
Nate Ward simply has a knack for creating bedlam. A tie-busting forward in soccer — one of the top recruits in the country in the Class of 2020 — Ward has a penchant for game-winning goals. The Greensburg Central Catholic senior took that tendency onto the basketball court Monday night...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 13, 2020
Basketball Boys Monday’s results WPIAL Class A Section 2 Geibel 76, Mapletown 64 Section 3 Greensburg Central Catholic 66, Clairton 65 (OT) Nonsection Brownsville 71, Bentworth 50 Freedom 87, Rochester 35 Mohawk 68, Portersville Christian 62 Mt. Pleasant 43, Brentwood 42 District 6 Heritage Ligonier Valley 69, West Shamokin 53...
High school roundup for Jan. 13, 2020: Emma Walsh hits from half court to lift Seton LaSalle to OT win
Emma Walsh hit a desperation shot from half court at the buzzer to lift Seton LaSalle to a dramatic 54-53 overtime victory over South Park in Section 2-3A girls basketball Monday night. South Park’s Cassie Klocek hit the go-ahead shot for South Park with four seconds left in OT. Walsh...
WPIAL boys basketball hits midway point of section play with rivalry Tuesday
Fifteen years ago, Danny Holzer led Upper St. Clair to the WPIAL Class AAAA boys basketball championship. The following year, in 2006, Joey David guided Mt. Lebanon to a district Quad-A title. The Blue Devils also won WPIAL gold under David 10 years ago and last year. Upper St. Clair...
Riley DeRubbo stars for Trinity in win over Thomas Jefferson
Last year, Thomas Jefferson, as part of a 22-win season in girls basketball, beat Trinity three times. Thomas Jefferson won twice in the regular season and in the first round of the state playoffs, including a 72-41 triumph at Hiller Hall. That Trinity team didn’t have its best player, Riley...
Soccer standout Sam Nemeth nets a different kind of game winner for GCC girls
As a standout soccer player, Sam Nemeth has scored winning goals before for Greensburg Central Catholic. She’s been known to show out in the clutch. On Monday night, she got her kicks for the girls basketball team — with some more flair for the dramatic. Nemeth, a senior forward, ran...
Fox Chapel rises to top in 6A, Quaker Valley out in 4A in state boys hoops rankings
It was an active first week of January in the Trib HSSN weekly boys basketball state rankings with a couple of teams losing their grip on the top spot and others falling completely out. We have new No. 1 teams in Class 6A and 4A with Kennedy Catholic and Archbishop...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week — Week ending Jan. 11, 2020
What a difference a week makes. Last week began with Blackhawk tied with Central Valley for third place in Section 2-4A, trailing both Ambridge and Quaker Valley in the chase for first place. After key section wins over the Bridgers and Quakers, the Cougars are about to hit the midway...
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week — Week ending Jan. 11, 2020
A lot of eyebrows were raised on Tuesday when Frank Stumpo had a game for the ages in a Keystone Oaks victory. The senior guard scored 51 points and the Golden Eagles needed nearly all of those points in an 80-75 victory at Freedom. “I think his shot selection and...
Knoch swimmer Braden Zukowski takes nothing for granted in WPIAL title quest
Knoch’s Braden Zukowski finished third overall in the boys 100-yard breaststroke at last year’s WPIAL Class AA championships at Pitt’s Trees Pool. He is the top returner from that race, as both the champion, Belle Vernon’s Robert Spekis, and the runner-up, Greensburg Salem’s William Crites, graduated. While Zukowski figures to...
WPIAL Girls Basketball Team of the Week: Week ending Jan. 11
Their names are legendary in Greene County and well known by WPIAL softball and basketball fans. Madison and McKenna Lampe, Kaitlyn Rizor, Brianna Goodwin and Savannah Pettit graduated this last spring after leading West Greene to four straight WPIAL softball championships, two PIAA softball titles along and three straight girls...
High school schedules for Jan. 13, 2020
High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s schedule WPIAL Class A Section 3 Clairton at Greensburg Central Catholic, 7:30 p.m. Nonsection Bentworth at Brownsville, 7:30 p.m. Mohawk at Portersville Christian, 7:30 p.m. Mt. Pleasant at Brentwood, 7:30 p.m. Rochester at Freedom, 7:30 p.m. District 6 Heritage Homer-Center at Northern Cambria, 6 p.m....
Bethel Park joins Chartiers Valley, North Catholic on top in Trib HSSN state rankings
There were big changes to the state’s highest classification in the Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings after the first full week in January. Three teams, including No. 1 Upper Dublin, exited the Class 6A rankings. The shakeup centered around District 1, where two teams were bumped, and two D-1...
WPIAL Girls Basketball Player of the Week — Week ending Jan. 11
The 2018-19 season was a struggle for perennial girls basketball power Mt. Lebanon. While section rival Peters Township was perfect, the Blue Devils finished 12-11 and lost to Norwin in the opening round of the playoffs. But it was hardly a lost season for Mt. Lebanon, as it marked the...
Deaf Latrobe diving coach Brownlee teaching more than technique
Latrobe diving coach Trish Brownlee, who is deaf, said it can be challenging at times to communicate with her divers. “All of my divers know when they first meet me I’m deaf and accept it,” she said. “They are aware I read lips. “They even learned (a) few sign languages...
PIHL high school hockey standings through Jan. 12, 2020
Here are the latest PIHL standings through Sunday, Jan. 12. Exclusive coverage of the 2020 PIHL Penguins Cup hockey playoffs can be heard and viewed only on the TribLive High School Sports Network. In Class AAA, the top eight teams qualify for the playoffs. In Class AA, the top two...
Trib HSSN PIHL Team of the Week: Jan. 12, 2020
After a 6-0 start to PIHL play, Seneca Valley started a tailspin. The Raiders lost four of their next five heading into the break. The holidays allowed the Raiders to reset after the rough patch, and they righted the ship this week. Seneca Valley has wins in back-to-back games, 3-2...
Big week for WPIAL basketball, section wrestling on HSSN
High school basketball hits the midway point of section play, and the regular season for team wrestling winds down this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We are covering plenty of WPIAL boys and girls section basketball games, including the HSSN Video Stream Games of the Week. There...
Trib HSSN PIHL Player of the Week: Week ending Jan. 12, 2020
The name Tyler Stewart should be familiar to anyone who has followed the PIHL recently. Two seasons ago, he was the TribLIVE High School Sports Network PIHL Player of the Year. Last season, he earned Trib HSSN’s honor as the top player in Division II. As a sophomore in 2016-17,...
First half of section play concludes in WPIAL girls basketball Monday
The first half of section play concludes in WPIAL girls basketball Monday. Outright first place will be up for grabs in three games, including a pair in Class A. In Section 2, 5-0 West Greene will visit 4-0 Avella. “We still have to twice play a really good Avella team...
Burrell standout Stewart surprises with return to varsity hockey team
After spending some time in the junior hockey ranks this season, Tyler Stewart made a surprise return to the ice for Burrell hockey last Monday. What wasn’t a shock was his production. Stewart, who was the PIHL scoring champion the last two years, netted six goals in his season debut,...
Shenango shot putter Emma Callahan ranks 1st nationally in indoor season
Shenango sophomore Emma Callahan climbed to the top of the national shot put rankings this weekend. Callahan won the Youngstown State Open high school indoor meet Saturday with a 47-foot, 11-inch throw that ranked as the nation’s longest girls shot put distance this season, according to Milesplit.com stats. Three of...
Gateway goalkeeper Maddy Neundorfer earns spot at U.S. development program camp
Maddy Neundorfer didn’t know who Hope Solo or Briana Scurry was when she began to play soccer. Long before she emulated women’s U.S. national team legends, Maddy was her older brother Bryan’s biggest fan. They were known to play soccer in the backyard, on the road and at a soccer...
Gateway bowlers rely on team concept
Through six matches, the Gateway bowling team is focused on turning the program into an efficient unit. The team features bowlers ranked among the WPIBL East Division’s top 10 varsity averages through four games on both the boys and girls side, including Liam Brown, Cody Beckwith and Tiffany Wilkerson, but...
