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Rowan Carmichael poured in 36 points to lift Class 4A No. 2 Avonworth to a 65-38 victory over Plum at the Win Palmer Classic on Sunday at Sewickley Academy. Avonworth (16-3) jumped out to a 25-13 lead in the first quarter and pulled ahead 39-22 at halftime. Will Beckner had...

The February Frenzy is upon us with winter sports postseason action on the horizon. For now, the final week of the high school basketball season is here with plenty of key boys and girls hoops games coming your way this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We...

The final week of the regular season in WPIAL basketball begins with a bang with several key games for both a section crown and a postseason berth in girls basketball. There are three games with first place at stake that could determine either an outright winner or co-section champions. In...

WPIAL champions Burrell (Class 2A) and Franklin Regional (3A) earned home matches Tuesday in the PIAA team wrestling tournament. Burrell will face the winner of the Penns Valley and Quaker Valley match at 6:30 p.m. Penns Valley is the District 6 runner-up and Quaker Valley finished fourth in the WPIAL....

Here are the latest 2024-25 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday, along with the latest playoff qualifiers. The point system in the PIHL this year gives three points for a regulation win, two points for an overtime win and one point for an overtime loss. *- indicates clinched a...

Burrell hockey coach Drew Burkett remembers well the trip he and his Bucs teammates made to the 2019 USA Hockey High School Division II National Championship tournament. The goaltender for that year’s Burrell team, Burkett helped the Bucs reach the championship game before losing to Boulder/Monarch from Boulder, Colo. Current...

Every state has an Olympic Development Program for soccer, but not every player makes it as far as Abby Paterline has. The Franklin Regional senior midfielder continued her breakout year at the club level as she was selected to play for the U.S. Youth Soccer ODP National Team, which will...

The beat goes on for the Sewickley Academy boys basketball team. The Panthers ended January with Section 2-2A wins against Leechburg, Eden Christian, Brentwood and Winchester Thurston and were scheduled to wrap up the month Jan. 31 at home against Propel Braddock Hills. “I’m just really pleased with how our...

Quaker Valley’s girls swim team improved to 4-0 in Section 2-2A thanks to recent dominating wins against Riverside and Blackhawk. The Quakers defeated Riverside, 79-42, after coasting by Blackhawk, 99-67. Led by senior Margaret Getty, QV racked up a dozen first-place performances against the Panthers. Getty finished first in the...

Quaker Valley held its annual college signing day Jan. 16 with 10 senior athletes formally announcing their college choices. All 10 are PIAA or WPIAL medalists, and each has a GPA above 4.0. Kirsten Close (tennis) signed with at Haverford, Margaret Getty (swimming) chose West Chester, Paige Juliano (rowing), opted...

Quaker Valley’s boys basketball team went on the road to earn perhaps its biggest win of the regular season. The Quakers stunned Class 4A No. 1 Avonworth, 59-56, on Jan. 28 for its fifth consecutive victory and improved to 13-4 overall. Avonworth entered the game with a 6-0 record in...

The Penn-Trafford swimming teams did not win any gold medals at the annual Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association meet Jan. 25, but all swimmers who competed recorded their best times of the season. The times showed how strong the county meet was at Derry with swimmers from Mt. Pleasant, Latrobe, Hempfield...

The Penn-Trafford wrestling team qualified for the WPIAL Class 3A team tournament as a wild card. The short-handed Warriors dropped a tough decision to North Hills, 40-25, in a preliminary round match. Penn-Trafford was missing star 189-pound senior Tasso Whipple, who has not wrestled since injuring his foot at the...

The Gateway unified bocce teams hosted Fox Chapel on Thursday at the Furrie Sports Complex in front of a large contingent of junior and senior students. The special start time of 2 p.m. allowed for a vast cheering section for the two Gators teams in the thick of the chase...

Oumou “Mimi” Thiero entered select territory in the Quaker Valley girls basketball progam. The 6-foot-5 Thiero, a junior guard/forward and Division I recruit, recently joined an elite group of Quaker Valley players in the school’s 1,000-point club. Thiero scored 29 points Jan. 20 to reach the career milestone and lead...

The Quaker Valley hockey team and coach Kevin Quinn won the 500th game in program history Dec. 2 in a 6-2 decision against Chartiers Valley at Mt. Lebanon Ice Arena. “We enjoyed the moment as a program,” said Quinn, the first and only coach of the QV hockey program. “It...

High schools Basketball Boys Saturday’s results Class 2A Section 1 Greensburg Central Catholic 74, Clairton 34 Section 3 West Greene 47, Burgettstown 48 Section 4 Neshannock 58, South Side 39 Win Palmer Memorial Classic At Sewickley Academy Eden Christian 62, Ellwood City 50 Nazareth Prep 26, Sewickley Academy 25 Nonsection...

Haylie Lamonde scored 13 points as Trib HSSN Class 5A No. 2 South Fayette defeated Class 6A No. 1 Norwin, 48-36, in a nonsection battle of WPIAL girls basketball title contenders Saturday. Lailah Wright and Ryan Oldaker added 11 points each for the Lions (19-1), who ran their winning streak...

To win championships, sometimes athletes need the unexpected to happen. That’s what happened Saturday in the WPIAL Class 3A wrestling team championships at Peters Township’s AHN Arena. No. 2 Franklin Regional got wins at 107 and 114 pounds and upset No. 1 Connellsville, 32-25, to win its third WPIAL title....

The Westmoreland County Athletes of the Week is presented by Smail Kia. Look for the tags and look for the savings at Smail Kia in Greensburg. Lily King School: Mt. Pleasant Class: Senior Sport: Swimming Claim to fame: King was impressive once again as she won multiple titles in record...

Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Norwin, 11-6, 3 2. Upper St. Clair, 13-5, 1 3. Seneca Valley, 13-5, 2 4. Mt. Lebanon, 11-8, 5 5. Canon-McMillan, 11-7, 4 Out: none Class 5A 1. Peters Township, 16-2, 1 2. South Fayette, 18-1, 2 3. Penn-Trafford, 19-0, 3 4. Thomas...

Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Upper St. Clair, 18-2, 1 2. Central Catholic, 12-6, 3 3. Imani Christian, 12-6, 4 4. New Castle, 15-3, NR 5. Fox Chapel, 15-4, 5 Out: Seneca Valley (11-9, 2) Class 5A 1. Montour, 17-1, 1 2. Baldwin, 18-1, 2 3. Uniontown, 17-3,...

Chalk up another WPIAL Class 2A team tournament title for the Burrell wrestling program. The top-seeded Bucs stopped No. 2 Derry, 33-27, in a battle of Westmoreland County schools. In was Burrell’s 19th title, 17th in the past 19 years and second consecutive after not winning in 2022 and 2023....