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High school roundup for Jan. 27, 2025: Neshannock avenges loss to Aliquippa
Payton Newman scored 19 points as Neshannock avenged its only loss in Section 1-2A girls basketball this season with a 69-39 victory over Aliquippa on Monday night. Ainsley Allison added 16 points, Sophia Bonner had 13 and Lily Rowe finished with 10 for the Lancers (16-2, 6-1). Aunesty Johnson scored...
Greensburg Salem pins loss on Knoch in WPIAL Class 2A preliminary round
For the second consecutive match, Sadie Sarver picked up a key victory for the Greensburg Salem wrestling team. Sarver recorded a first-period pin, one of five by the team, and Greensburg Salem won its first WPIAL Class 2A match since 2018 with a 41-29 preliminary-round victory against Knoch. The Golden...
Norwin uses late surge to roll past Upper St. Clair in girls Section 2-6A basketball showdown
Last week, Canon-McMillan defeated Upper St. Clair to unlock the door to first place in Section 2-6A girls basketball. On Monday, defending WPIAL champion Norwin kicked the door in and took over sole possession of the top spot in the section. Defense, rebounding and free throws were big keys as...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Latrobe’s Kyle McNeil
When the Latrobe boys basketball team finished 8-13 overall and 3-7 in section play last season, the Wildcats knew they had more potential. This year, they’ve turned that potential into results, winning 15 of their first 16 games, including seven of their first eight in section play. “Everybody came with...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: St. Joseph’s Gabe Maltese
The St. Joseph boys basketball team is hovering around the .500 mark this season, which is a stark contrast to last season, when the Spartans finished 3-20 overall and 2-8 in section play. Senior guard Gabe Maltese said the turnaround is, in part, because of the leadership he and his...
High school sports scores, schedules for Jan. 26, 2025
High schools Basketball Boys Sunday’s results PBC Classic At North Allegheny Allderdice 72, Chartiers Valley 63 Montour 70, Pine-Richland 52 Moon 57, Bethel Park 42 North Allegheny 45, Canon-McMillan 19 PBC Classic At Rize Sports Complex Central Valley 63, Highlands 29 Sewickley Academy 70, Sto-Rox 28 Shootout at Seton Hill...
Jeannette rises to occasion, routs Derry at Seton Hill
The high school boys basketball playoffs might have started a bit early this season for Jeannette. Not really. But the Jayhawks certainly were in a playoff state of mind Sunday at Seton Hill. Xavier Odorisio-Farrow scored 21 points to top four players in double figures, and Jeannette defeated Derry, 74-51,...
High school roundup for Jan. 26, 2024: Belle Vernon takes down Class 2A No. 1 Greensburg C.C.
Zion Moore poured in 25 points as Class 4A No. 2 Belle Vernon defeated Class 2A No. 1 Greensburg Central Catholic, 71-51, in a nonsection boys basketball game Sunday night at the Shootout at Seton Hill. Trevor Kovatch added 16 points for the Leopards (15-4), who won three games in...
3 of PIHL’s 5 All-Star Games decided by 1 goal
The PIHL held its 2025 all-star games Sunday at Robert Morris’ Island Sports Center. Dozens of players competed in five games throughout the day: Class 3A Blue 8, Gold 4 — Robert Chiappettas (South Fayette), Cam Lorenzi (Thomas Jefferson) and Carson Verszyla (Pine-Richland) scored twice each, and Marc Joyson (North...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 27, 2025: Norwin, Upper St. Clair meet in 1st-place clash
Welcome to the stretch run of the WPIAL girls basketball season, the start of the final two weeks of section play. Now the focus just isn’t on the battles for section championships, it is also on securing the needed positioning in a section to secure a district playoff berth. The...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for Jan. 26, 2025Video
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week – Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Chargers Coach – Don Eckerle (22nd season) Record – 15-2 overall, 10-0 in Section 1-3A #Earned – The Our Lady of the Sacred Heart girls basketball teams had built a nice lead in Section 1-3A...
Greensburg Salem, Penn-Trafford and Belle Vernon look to advance in wrestling playoffs
It has been six years since Greensburg Salem competed in the WPIAL team wrestling tournament and seven years since the team won a playoff match. But the improved Golden Lions (7-3) are back in the playoffs and will host Knoch (7-3) in a Class 2A preliminary-round match at 7:15 p.m....
WPIAL girls basketball playoff clinchings through Jan. 26, 2025
The stretch run of the 2025 WPIAL girls basketball season is underway as the district postseason field begins to take shape. A change in the playoff format this season has sections with eight or more teams sending the top five teams to the playoffs while sections with seven or less...
WPIAL boys basketball playoff clinchings through Jan. 26, 2025
The stretch run of the 2025 WPIAL boys basketball season begins this week as the district postseason field slowly takes shape. A change in the playoff format this season has sections with eight or more teams sending the top five teams to the playoffs while sections with seven or less...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for Jan. 26, 2025Video
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week: Emma Larkin School: Geibel Catholic Class: Junior Height: 5-foot-5 Position: Guard What coach says: “Her leadership and hustle,” Geibel Catholic coach Sara Larkin said when asked what stood out about her daughter’s performance in a big section win over Clairton on Monday....
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Jan. 27, 2025
While the mercury is finally showing signs of life and slowly defrosting the area, district high school basketball fans prepare to twist and bend with the start of the stretch run of the high school hoops regular season this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have...
PIHL standings through Jan. 26, 2025
Here are the latest 2024-25 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday. 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. Class 3A Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime Wins-Overtime...
Latrobe’s Andy Tatsch gets 3rd Division I football offer
Latrobe junior Andy Tatsch is looking to follow in his brother Alex’s footsteps to Division I football. The wide receiver and defensive back pulled in a scholarship offer this weekend from Buffalo, giving him three FBS offers. The others are from Akron and West Virginia. Alex Tatsch, a linebacker, is...
Quaker Valley wrestlers pick up section wins, place at tournaments
The bitterly cold temperatures in January haven’t curbed the efforts of the athletes in the Quaker Valley wrestling program. After celebrating the new year with a second-place showing at the Ed Driscoll MAC Tournament, the Quakers won section decisions at Avonworth, 51-24, and at home against Carlynton, 54-18. QV also...
100-match winners lead Quaker Valley wrestlers at Allegheny County tournament
Quaker Valley junior Bruce Anderchak has dominated in high school wrestling for the past two-and-a-half years. Case in point: Anderchak joined an exclusive club Jan. 15 at home against Carlynton when he secured his 100th career win as a QV grappler. “Bruce has wrestled for more than two-thirds of his...
Quaker Valley notebook: Former Quakers swimmer lends expertise as coach
Did you know that Matt Kwalick, a Quaker Valley assistant swim coach, competed for the Quakers swim team when he was a high school student? “We are super thrilled to have Matt Kwalick as a new assistant this year,” said Margaret Getty, a senior leader on the QV girls team....
After slow start, Gateway wrestlers rally at Allegheny County tournament
Gateway wrestling coach Ryan Sula said he didn’t see a lot of good things early on during the two-day Allegheny County tournament Jan. 17 and 18 at Fox Chapel High School. “I thought we got out to a slow start in the first round or two and didn’t wrestle very...
Chartiers Valley wrestlers hitting their stride at right time
When speaking about his wrestlers and the season they’ve been having, Chartiers Valley coach Bill Evans brought up a quote he recently read: “Your culture is not words on a website or posted on the wall. It’s how your people feel on Sunday night.” The quote references how the members...
Chartiers Valley’s Domi Crowley vaulting to new heights
For someone who spends a lot of time in the air, Chartiers Valley senior pole vaulter Domi Crowley is very grounded. That’s because the humbling nature of his sport and the training involved. Crowley is training in a Monroeville warehouse with Danny Smith, one of several coaches he seeks guidance...
Behind 4 Allegheny County champions, Thomas Jefferson wrestling focused on WPIAL team postseason
Thomas Jefferson wrestlers Bode Marlow, Maddox Shaw and Shepard Turk made team history last season as all three won WPIAL championships. Can the three seniors do it again? “We have a balanced team this year with a lot of guys coming up from ninth grade and returning 10th graders,” TJ...
