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Steelers honor 11 high school football players with Jerome Bettis Leadership Award
The Pittsburgh Steelers honored 11 WPIAL and City League football players Friday as recipients of the Jerome Bettis Leadership Award. Designated for athletes “who go above and beyond to provide mentor-like support for their teammates,” this year’s award winners were South Fayette’s Connor Hiser, Bethel Park’s Charles Simmons, Greensburg Salem’s...
After strong start, Plum girls basketball braces for upcoming section tests
Rich Mull knows that for his Plum girls basketball team to earn a playoff berth and contend for a title in Section 1-5A, it is going to have to make sure to take care of the little things that often form a razor-thin line between triumph and defeat. “The section,...
Behind lone senior Elizabeth Kantoris, Latrobe girls wrestling continues to build
The Latrobe girls wrestling team has an uphill battle heading into its third season as a program, but things got off to a promising start at the annual Powerade tournament last weekend. Elizabeth Kantoris, the lone senior on the five-person squad, earned a sixth-place finish at 235 pounds, going 3-3...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Jan. 2, 2026: Pine-Richland, North Allegheny to collide
Happy New Year from all of us here at the TribLive High School Sports Network! The year’s first WPIAL basketball section contest takes place Friday with a pair of northern rivals set to ring in 2026. Pine-Richland visits North Allegheny in a boys basketball Section 1-6A clash that will be...
High school sports schedule for Jan. 2, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys Friday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Pine-Richland at North Allegheny, 7 p.m. Nonsection Beaver Falls at Ambridge, 7:30 p.m. Beth-Center at South Side, 7:30 p.m. Brownsville at Geibel, 7:30 p.m. Central Catholic at Penn Hills, 7:30 p.m. Deer Lakes at Mohawk, 7:30 p.m. Fox Chapel at...
Kiski Area girls place 3 wrestlers at prestigious Powerade tournament
Kiski Area has been known for the success of its wrestling program, and after a fourth-place team finish at the Powerade tournament, the girls are looking to add to that reputation. During the annual tournament held at Canon-McMillan High School this past weekend, the Cavaliers earned their podium finish with...
Girls basketball notes: Norwin-Hempfield section showdown picks up intensity
Though Norwin versus Canon-McMillan looks like the premier matchup in Section 2-6A girls basketball, another encounter is becoming more intriguing. Could Norwin (9-0, 2-0) versus Hempfield (9-2, 1-1) be a sneaky-good matchup to watch? Canon-McMillan opened the season as the TribLive preseason No. 1-ranked team, but unbeaten Norwin has taken...
Westmoreland boys basketball notes: Hempfield tinkers with lineup, substitutions
Hempfield boys basketball coach Austin Butler and his staff were none too happy when they saw their team’s energy dip in recent games. So Butler, the first-year leader of the Spartans, mixed things up a bit. At the two-game Greensburg Salem Holiday Classic, Butler used a five-in, five-out rotation in...
2025 Trib HSSN year in review top stories countdown: Nos. 5-1
The year 2025 in WPIAL sports saw a lot of history and unusual happenings that kept all three sports seasons exciting. Whether it’s a game, a season or multiple seasons, this is a perfect way to wrap up the countdown with historic performances aplenty, plus a shot clock for down...
Former Laurel Highlands star Rodney Gallagher to transfer from West Virginia
Former Laurel Highlands star Rodney Gallagher is hitting the transfer portal. The 5-foot-10, 180-pound receiver played three seasons for West Virginia, totaling 64 catches for 605 yards and three touchdowns. This past season, he caught 28 balls for 243 yards. The versatile Gallagher also rushed 45 times for 221 yards...
2025 Trib HSSN year in review top stories countdown: Nos. 10-6
The year 2025 in WPIAL sports saw a lot of history and unusual happenings that kept all three sports seasons exciting. In our year-end tradition, Trib HSSN winds down the year with a daily countdown and a look back at the top 25 WPIAL stories from 2025. A PIAA policy...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 30, 2025
High schools Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results Ambridge tournament Consolation Valley 51, Rochester 44 Championship New Brighton 60, Ambridge 56 Bentworth tournament Consolation West Greene 65, Waynesburg 51 Championship Bentworth 61, Carrick 45 Berlin Brothersvalley tournament Northern Garrett (MD) 74, Perry Traditional Academy 53 Central Valley tournament At Geneva College Chartiers...
High school roundup for Dec. 30, 2025: North Catholic, Greensburg CC pick up holiday tournament wins
Brady Wehner scored 17 points and Lauren Reitz had a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds to lead the host team to a 52-49 girls basketball victory over Berlin Brothersvalley at the North Catholic holiday tournament Tuesday. North Catholic (6-3) rallied from four points down after three quarters. Bryn...
Hempfield pulls away from hosts, celebrates win at Greensburg Salem tournament
A locker room thick with the voice of Austin Butler went silent for a few seconds. The mousy squeak of a dry-erase marker followed. Suddenly, exuberance and cheering erupted from Hempfield boys basketball players and coaches as the number seven went up on the board. “Winning is hard,” said Butler,...
WPIAL wrestling notebook: West Allegheny leads pack at Southmoreland
West Allegheny crowned three champs and took the team title at the Southmoreland Holiday Classic on Tuesday. Michael Johnson defeated Pine-Richland’s Bennett Ferraro, 4-3, at 114 pounds to get things started for West A. Thomas Bencho beat Marion Center’s Griffin Tinsman, 4-0, at 139, and heavyweight Cam Danna edged Corry’s...
Norwin boys close out Peters Township tournament with win over Belle Vernon
During the holiday season, local basketball teams play in tournaments hoping to be challenged by different teams in a way that will harden them for the upcoming barrage of section games. Whether that happens or not can depend, but there was no doubt that Norwin and Belle Vernon got their...
Norwin’s Landon Sidun represents WPIAL on top of Powerade podium for 2nd straight year
For the second consecutive season, Norwin junior Landon Sidun carried the WPIAL flag at the 59th annual Powerade Holiday Classic at Canon-McMillan High School. Sidun was the only WPIAL wrestler to reach the finals. Three others — Canon-McMillan freshman Lee Dreshman, Derry junior Mason Horwat and Kiski Area sophomore Mario...
Ligonier Valley boys edge Greensburg Central Catholic as Wisniewski hits winner in OT
Mike Wisniewski said he was pulled from the game for taking an ill-advised shot in the second half. No worries. No harm done. The senior guard from Ligonier Valley more than made up for it by hitting the game-winning shot. Wisniewski buried a pull-up jumper from the right wing to...
2025 in Westmoreland County sports: Bevy of titles added to trophy cases, banners
TribLive Westmoreland Sports Year in Review Top 10 local stories of 2025 See that trophy on the shelf? Slide it over a few inches. Now, keep going. And those banners dangling from the rafters? Those are going to need to be updated. Westmoreland County needs a lot more room for...
2025 Trib HSSN year in review top stories countdown: Nos. 15-11
The year 2025 in WPIAL sports saw a lot of history and unusual happenings that kept all three sports seasons exciting. In our year-end tradition, Trib HSSN winds down the year with a daily countdown and a look back at the top 25 WPIAL stories from 2025. The year saw...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 29, 2025
High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s results Ambridge tournament New Brighton 74, Valley 60 Ambridge 67, Rochester 26 Apollo-Ridge tournament Consolation Leechburg 59, Trinity Christian 51 Championship Apollo-Ridge 45, Summit Academy 22 Avella tournament Consolation Fort Cherry 63, McGuffey 48 Championship Chartiers-Houston 51, Avella 49 Bentworth tournament Carrick 37, Waynesburg 30...
Norwin’s Landon Sidun 1 of 4 WPIAL wrestlers to make Powerade semifinals
Norwin’s Landon Sidun began the defense of his 121-pound title at the ultracompetitive Powerade tournament at Canon-McMillan successfully Friday, winning three times to advance to the semifinals. After two tech falls, Sidun blanked Gabe Swann of Baylor, Tenn., 14-0 in the quarters. He will meet No. 4 Brock Rothermel of...
High school roundup for Dec. 29, 2025: Jeannette star hits milestone; top-ranked North Catholic prevails at Gateway
Kymon’e Brown scored 15 points to hit the 1,000-point mark for his career, helping Trib HSSN Class 2A No. 2 Jeannette to a 67-52 boys basketball victory over Bishop Canevin on Monday at the Holiday Bash at North Allegheny. Markus McGowan led the Jayhawks (9-1) with 21 points while Jayce...
Aliquippa rides 2nd-half surge to win at Central Valley Roundball Classic
Aliquippa put together a 22-point third-quarter surge, sparking the Quips to a 54-45 victory over the host Warriors at the Central Valley Roundball Holiday Classic on Monday at Geneva College. Qa’lil Goode, with 15 points and seven rebounds, and Cam Evanochko, with 14 points, led the Quips. In a low-scoring...
Greensburg Salem boys blow past Mt. Pleasant, match last season’s win total
Lights in the gymnasium flickered a few times as high winds ripped past Greensburg Salem on Monday evening. The school’s boys basketball team had a similar effect against Mt. Pleasant. Their play was lights-out on the opening day of the Greensburg Salem Holiday Classic. Greensburg Salem started the second half...
