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A-K Valley boys basketball notebook: Knoch and Leechburg riding balance

Balanced attacks can lead to high-scoring offenses, and this season, that formula is working for several area boys basketball teams. Knoch (4-1, 1-0) has had at least three players score in double-digits in all five of its games, and in two of those games, four or more players have recorded...
Undefeated Springdale boys basketball team surprise of WPIAL Class 2A

Heading into this season, it might have been easy to overlook the Springdale boys basketball team. The Dynamos were coming off a 12-9 season, having lost to Jeannette in the first-round of the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs. On top of that, they also lost four seniors, including 6-foot-4 standout Mike...
North Allegheny’s Nico Butera to swim at Wisconsin

Nico Butera, a North Allegheny junior who competes for a USA Swimming club, committed to the Wisconsin men’s team for the 2021-22 season. A member of Team Pittsburgh Elite Aquatics at Pitt, Butera, a 16-year-old from McCandless, reached the B final of the 100-yard freestyle in the Speedo Winter Junior...
Home cooking helps Talbots boys basketball to strong start

Hampton basketball is off to a hot start — at least in the games that matter. And that can be attributed, in part, to a little bit of home cooking. The team started its first week of section play with section wins over Franklin Regional, Indiana, and Plum — two...
Shaler hockey trying to find right formula for stretch run

Playoff prospects for the Shaler Area hockey team are bleak but still a possibility. Finding a way to join the PIHL Class AA postseason will rely on figuring out a difficult problem. Coach Steve Stayduhar said he believes Titans have hung tough for two periods for most of their games....
Despite short bench, Shaler boys off to strong start to season

Playing eight or nine deep is the goal for Shaler Area boys basketball coach Rob Niederberger. For much of this season, the Titans’ health woes made that seem like an off-in-the-distance dream. In Shaler’s Section 3-5A opener against Kiski Area, Niederberger played Darin Mizgorski and Logan Bernesser, who both had...
Carlynton multi-sport athlete Natali Lutsiv brings versatility to swimming poolVideo

During her years as an athlete at Carlynton, junior Natali Lutsiv has proven to be a versatile performer. She is a setter and right-side hitter on the Cougars volleyball team, which qualified for the WPIAL Class AA playoffs in the fall. During the 2019 track and field season, she was...
Penn Hills athletes look to get jump start with indoor track season

The journey for the Penn Hills track program starts now as the group will utilize the indoor season to prepare for outdoor season in the spring. Seniors Eliza Brennan and Kemi Balogun, junior Faith Crawford and sophomore Miniya Pinnix headline the Indians’ team this season. Pinnix hopes to rebound from...
North Allegheny swimming, diving teams off to fast start as they look to defend titles

The North Allegheny swimming and diving teams are favored to repeat as WPIAL Class AAA champions and, for the first time, could earn PIAA titles in the same season. Both are 3-0 going into the New Year’s Meet Challenge on Jan. 4 at Bucknell, where they will face squads from...
Top 19 of ’19: Trib HSSN breaks down the top stories of the year — No. 6

The 2019 high school sports season is nearly in the books. While we anxiously look ahead to 2020, let’s reflect on the district high school sports scene over the last 12 months. Here is a look back at the top 19 stories from around the WPIAL in 2019. HSSN Top...
Sophomore guard Mankins soaring for Greensburg Salem girls basketball

Greensburg Salem’s Abby Mankins has developed into a star for the Golden Lions. Still, the 5-foot-10 sophomore guard and the rest of her team know there’s plenty of room for everyone to keep growing. Mankins has established herself as one of the top sophomores in the WPIAL, averaging 24.0 points...
Fox Chapel girls showing glimpses of potential

In the latter stages of the third quarter of Friday’s game at WPIAL power North Allegheny, the Fox Chapel girls basketball team led the Class 6A No. 2 Tigers, 31-25, and had designs on finishing off a key early-season Section 1 victory. However, North Allegheny battled back and used a...
Westmoreland County girls basketball notebook: Latrobe eagerly awaiting return of Anna Rafferty

Latrobe is hoping to get sophomore Anna Rafferty back after the holiday break. The 6-foot-1 forward makes a difference. She has been strong on the low block on offense and a shot-altering presence on defense for the Wildcats (2-4, 0-3), who are looking to dig out of an early hole...
A-K Valley girls basketball notebook: Springdale sheds long losing streak

Two years ago Friday, the Springdale girls basketball team defeated Yough, 47-28, in the consolation game of the Valley Tournament. The team then experienced a losing streak that extended through the first six games of this season. But Springdale put that 37-game skid to rest last Friday with a 31-18...
Top 19 of ’19: Trib HSSN breaks down the top stories of the year — No. 7

The 2019 high school sports season is nearly in the books. While we anxiously look ahead to 2020, let’s reflect on the district high school sports scene over the last 12 months. Here is a look back at the top 19 stories from around the WPIAL in 2019. HSSN Top...
George Guido: Unbeaten Springdale — and its pet turtle — worth remembering

As time marches on, an unfortunate casualty can be reunions of great sports teams. That was the problem several months ago when James Yanni, captain of the 10-0 Springdale football team from 1959, tried to organize a reunion marking the 60th anniversary of one of the greatest Dynamos teams. Sadly,...

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