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Westmoreland County baseball notebook: Franklin Regional gets off to hot start in Florida
One Westmoreland County baseball team was in midseason form for spring training. Franklin Regional opened the season with a three-game sweep at the Jackie Robinson Sports Complex in Vero Beach, Fla. The Panthers (3-0) defeated Wissahickon, 7-2, in the first game as Jonah Willochell pitched five strong innings. Liam Bernadowski...
Austin Dzadovsky erupts for 5 goals as Avonworth beats Mars for 1st Penguins Cup title
With 2:39 left in the second period, Austin Dzadovsky chased down his miss behind the back of the net. After he recovered the puck, he snuck it in behind Mars’ goalie Adam Goul for his record-tying fifth goal of the game. “I was just going out to play,” Dzadovsky said,...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 17, 2025
High schools Baseball Monday’s results Baseball City At St. Petersburg, Fla. St. Petersburg 11, South Fayette 6 Jackie Robinson Baseball At Vero Beach, Fla. Brighton (CO) 11, West Mifflin 7 Franklin Regional 10, D’Evelyn (CO) 7 Mt. Pleasant 10, D’Evelyn (CO) 5 Ripken Experience At Myrtle Beach, S.C. Governor Mifflin...
What to watch for in Western PA high school sports on March 18, 2025: 2 more hockey titles to be decided
Four more area high school hockey teams take center stage as they play for the chance to raise the Penguins Cup and Division 2 trophy Tuesday. The 2025 PIHL high school hockey concludes with the Class 2A and Division 2 titles decided at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for March 17, 2025Video
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week – Brady Wehner School: North Catholic Class: Sophomore Height: 5-foot-8 Position: Guard #Earned: After she chipped in and helped North Catholic win a WPIAL championship as a freshman last season, graduation hit the Trojans hard and Brady Wehner was asked to play...
Seneca Valley stings South Fayette in 3OT thriller in Penguins Cup Class 3A final
Seneca Valley’s Marshall Hewitt and his late-game heroics earned the Raiders a 3-2 victory over South Fayette in three overtimes Monday night and the program’s second PIHL Class 3A Penguins Cup title. After 38 minutes and 31 seconds of overtime, Hewitt corralled the puck and skated to the center point,...
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week for March 17, 2025Video
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week – Jude Rottmann School: North Catholic Class: Junior Height: 6-foot-3 Position: Guard #Earned: All year long, the dynamic duo of junior guards Jude Rottmann and Jason Fredericks have been leading the way for North Catholic. In the district playoffs, Rottmann scored 20...
High school roundup for March 17, 2025: South Park pitcher opens season with 13 Ks
Winning pitcher Cooper Hochendoner threw a complete game, allowing one run on three hits with 13 strikeouts, to lead South Park to a 6-1 victory over Ringgold in nonsection baseball Monday. Hochendoner also singled and drove in two runs, Robert Lenzi doubled and knocked in a run as Keegan Fekety...
WPIAL says baseball, softball teams violated PIAA rules with preseason workouts
A PIAA rule about open gyms has tripped up some WPIAL baseball and softball teams this spring. The rule prohibits PIAA teams from “participating in any team competition” in the 10 days leading up to their first official preseason practice. Four WPIAL teams violated the rule by holding a joint...
Fox Chapel sees fruits of talent, coaching in lead-up to Pens Cup final
Ryan Loebig felt fortunate he didn’t have to build the Fox Chapel hockey program from the ground up. When Loebig took over before this season, his desire was to tinker with some small things to make the team more productive. The Foxes will see if that is enough to get...
Teams rise up Western PA boys volleyball coaches poll after opening weekend
WPIAL boys volleyball season got underway Friday and Saturday with nonsection matches and early-season tournaments, and additional matches are scheduled throughout this week. The Western PA Volleyball Coaches Association on Monday recognized teams for their opening efforts with the top 10 polls for Class 3A and 2A. North Allegheny and...
Burrell baseball team wants to build on PIAA appearance
With March weather as unpredictable as it is, the Burrell baseball team rolled with the punches at the start of official preseason practices two weeks ago with workouts the first two days on the football field before practices in the gym at Charles Huston Middle School. Warmer, dryer weather last...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Latrobe’s Leo Joseph
When the PIAA wrestling tournament concluded March 8, Latrobe’s Leo Joseph knew his high school career had come to an end. It was a career to be proud of, one with 140 victories, including a personal-best 39 wins in his senior season. One of those wins was a sudden overtime...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Freeport’s Colin Cummings
It can be devastating when an athlete goes from being at the top of his game, or even the best player in his sport, to a level that is unsatisfactory to him. Freeport senior bowler Colin Cummings went through a difficult season last year, and it almost caused him to...
High school sports scores, schedules for March 16, 2025
High schools Baseball Sunday’s results Jackie Robinson tournament At Vero Beach, Fla. Franklin Regional 7, Wissahickon 2 Upper St. Clair vs. Riverdale Ridge (CO) (n) North Penn 4, West Mifflin 3 Baseball City Spring Training tournament At St. Petersburg, Fla. Montour 16, St. Raymonds (N.Y.) 2 South Fayette 9, Kennedy...
What to watch for in Western Pa. sports for March 17, 2025: Penguins Cup champs to be crowned
The spotlight shines on four area high school hockey teams as they play for gold around their neck and the chance to raise the Penguins Cup on St. Patrick’s Day. The 2025 PIHL high school hockey championship are set with the Class 3A and Class A titles to be decided...
Field set for PIHL Penguins Cup championships
The stage is set for the cup to be raised in the PIHL high school hockey playoffs. The finals are set for Monday and Tuesday in the 2025 Penguins Cup playoffs. Watch all four PIHL championship contests from the UPMC Lemieux Ice Complex on Trib HSSN. Here is the finals...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of March 17, 2025
The winter high school sports season is down to the final two weeks while spring sports begin with a bang this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has championship coverage of the PIHL Penguins Cup high school hockey playoffs with all four title games, along with...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for March 16, 2025
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week – Upper St. Clair Panthers Coach – Pete Serio (11th season) Record – 8-2 and second place in Section 2-6A, 22-6 overall #Earned – In five previous seasons in this decade, the Upper St. Clair girls basketball program has had its share...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week for March 16, 2025Video
Trib HSSN boys basketball teams of the week – Upper St. Clair Panthers Coaches – Danny Holzer (30th season) Records – 13-1 and champions in Section 2-6A, 26-2 overall #Earned – A year ago, Upper St. Clair followed up a WPIAL championship with a narrow win at home over Central...
Westmoreland high school notebook: County dots baseball, softball rankings
A new spring season has arrived, and a number of local baseball and softball teams made the TribLive HSSN preseason rankings. For baseball, Hempfield starts the spring at No. 3 in Class 6A, Belle Vernon is No. 3 in Class 4A and Greensburg Central Catholic is No. 4 in A....
Greensburg CC boys get time to reset before continuing PIAA run in semifinals
As the late Tom Petty sang, waiting is the hardest part. Greensburg Central Catholic earned a spot in the PIAA Class 2A boys basketball semifinals but has to sit a week between games. The Centurions (26-3) will play Sewickley Academy (23-5) at noon Saturday at Peters Township in the western...
With women’s wrestling about to earn official NCAA championship status, WPIAL alumni compete on national stage
For the first time, former WPIAL girls wrestlers competed at the National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships in Iowa. For the last time, they did so outside of the sport being an NCAA-sanctioned championship. The four wrestlers — Ana Malovich (Butler), Leyna Rumpler (North Allegheny), Abbie Miles (Laurel) and Grace O’Korn...
8 WPIAL teams learn times, sites for PIAA boys basketball semifinals
The first three rounds of the 2025 PIAA boys basketball playoffs are in the books, and the WPIAL is trying to make history. District 7 is guaranteed a spot in the Class 3A and 2A state championship game, and has one team left in each of the other four classifications....
6 WPIAL girls basketball teams set for PIAA semifinal matchups
Heading into the PIAA girls basketball semifinals, there are two guarantees for the six remaining teams from the WPIAL. There will be two District 7 teams playing for state gold in Class 5A and 3A, and there will be no district teams in the 2A and Class A title games....
