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Sewickley Academy baseball overcomes obstacles to earn playoff berth
The Sewickley Academy baseball team produced a successful squeeze play in 2024 at the end of its section schedule. Sewickley won consecutive games against Clairton twice and Carlynton once down the season’s home stretch to clinch a WPIAL playoff berth in Section 3-A. The Panthers finished fourth in the section...
Quaker Valley announces hall of fame Class of 2024, induction weekend festivities
The 2024 Quaker Valley Sports Hall of Fame weekend will take place in October. Four former QV athletes, one current coach and two teams will be inducted into the hall of fame this year. The 2024 class consists of the following former athletes: 2013 graduate Spencer Caravaggio Granger (girls tennis),...
Eden Christian’s Caleb Emswiler caps memorable season with Class A player of the year honors
Caleb Emswiler capped an outstanding baseball career at Eden Christian Academy with a top individual honor. Emswiler, a talented senior pitcher/corner infielder, was named Class A player of the year by Trib HSSN following the 2024 postseason. The right-handed hurler led the Warriors to a section title and WPIAL and...
Penn Hills Eagles track club runner smashes record, leads contingent to regional meet
Londyn Tomman was nervous and excited for the USATF Three Rivers Championship at Slippery Rock University. The uncertainty of an event with such a deep field of competitors was an exciting challenge for her. Sure, it’s possible to do some research with many club teams posting times and information online....
Big summer for Pine-Richland volleyball ace includes Pitt commitment, spot on national team
The month of June has been pretty exciting for Isabelle Hoppe. Not only did she verbally commit to Pitt, but she also learned she’ll be a member of the USA Volleyball U19 national team. Hoppe, who will be a junior at Pine-Richland and one of the top women’s volleyball recruits...
WPIAL wrestlers boost Pennsylvania to 1st girls junior national duals title
North Allegheny’s Leyna Rumpler has been traveling to Tulsa, Okla. for the past four years to compete with wrestlers from around Pennsylvania in the Air Force Special Warfare Junior National Duals. This year, however, was different as it was her last trip as a high school athlete after graduating in...
Franklin Regional notebook: Panthers to move into new-look basketball section
The WPIAL announced its winter sports realignment for the next two-year enrollment cycle. In basketball, the returning WPIAL runner-up Franklin Regional boys will be in a new-look Section 1-5A along with Albert Gallatin, Gateway, Latrobe, Laurel Highlands, McKeesport, Penn-Trafford and Uniontown. The Panthers’ girls team will compete in Section 1-5A...
2024 TribLive HSSN Softball Player of the Year: Seneca Valley’s Lexie HamesVideo
It’s not always easy being the most dominant pitcher in the area, playing for a team with WPIAL title expectations. Seneca Valley’s Lexie Hames would know that as well as anyone. “It definitely puts a lot of pressure on you,” said the junior, who often made it look easy. “Our...
2024 TribLive HSSN Baseball Player of the Year: Mt. Lebanon’s David ShieldsVideo
David Shields will likely hear his name called at the MLB Draft in a couple of weeks, but the Mt. Lebanon senior isn’t counting the days. Instead, he’s in South Florida getting a start on his college education at Miami. “The idea is to put myself in the best position...
Kiski Area 3-sport star Eliza Miller 3-peats as Valley News Dispatch girls athlete of the year
Reflecting on her time at Kiski Area brought a realization of the rapid pace the high school years went by for Eliza Miller. “Everyone always tells you that it’s going to go by fast, but you really don’t believe it until you’re actually graduating,” Miller said. “You look back and...
Freeport runner Michael Braun named Valley News Dispatch boys athlete of the year
Michael Braun had a couple of major goals he set for his junior year at Freeport. He wanted to earn a top 10 at states in cross country and a top five in track. Some challenges came his way, like a sprained ankle and tendinitis in his knee, but at...
Mt. Pleasant swimming star Lily King repeats as TribLive Westmoreland girls athlete of the year
Lily King got her first taste of the Olympic experience last week and she’s anxious to take her swimming to another level. The Mt. Pleasant junior recently competed in the United States Swimming Olympic Team Trials on June 15-23 in Indianapolis and returned home with personal records in the 50-...
Greenburg Central Catholic competitor Tyree Turner named TribLive Westmoreland boys athlete of the year
While he lives in Indiana, Tyree Turner often feels more like a Greensburg kid because he spent so much time in and around the city. It’s tough to argue that he hasn’t been the face of Greensburg Central Catholic basketball and football, and a key player in baseball, for the...
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Latrobe girls golf to debut; Terek Crosby picks Saint Vincent
The new fall season will come with a new varsity sport at Latrobe. A girls golf team will begin play in WPIAL Section 4-3A with Armstrong, Fox Chapel, Indiana, Kiski Area, Oakland Catholic and Plum. Plum also is a first-year program. Latrobe will start as a self-sustaining club team. This...
2023-24 parade of individual champions in WPIAL sports
There is no “I” in team, but there is an “I” in the word individual … and impressive. These district athletes rose above all others to claim gold in their respective high school sports this past school year. This salute to champion’s parade includes these folk who marched alone to...
2023-24 parade of team champions in WPIAL sports
What better way to honor the top teams from the 2023-2024 school year than to march the WPIAL champions in a victory parade stretching from Lawrence County down to Greene County. Everybody enjoys a nice parade on the brink of out nation’s birthday as we wrap up the District 7...
Top stories of the 2023-24 school year in WPIAL sports
Here’s a look back at the biggest high school sports stories of the 2023-24 school year. Oct. 11, 2023 Moon’s Bill Pfeiffer, in his 28th season, became the first girls soccer coach in the WPIAL to win 500 career games. Pfeiffer and the Tigers later celebrated winning a third straight...
Championship softball coach Chris Brunson leaving Mt. Pleasant for Waynesburg University
Championship softball coach Chris Brunson is making the jump to the college level as he leaves the Mt. Pleasant high school team to head to Waynesburg University. Brunson resigned after leading Mt. Pleasant for the last six seasons and accepted the Yellow Jackets’ head coach position. He replaces Brett Shimek,...
Highlands goes with the Flow, finds new boys basketball coach teaching English class
Highlands likes to play fast, up-tempo basketball. It always has, even when a new coach took over. From the late Rich Falter and Shawn Bennis to Tyler Stoczynski and Corey Dotchin, the team just liked to get it and go. For their next coach, the Golden Rams will go with...
Fierce QB competition brewing at Southmoreland between Caden Matthews, Anthony Smith
There is a good old-fashioned quarterback competition brewing in Alverton, and the top preseason storyline for Southmoreland football already has people chewing the fat at gas stations and mini-marts. “It’s the talk of the town,” Scotties coach Tim Bukowski said. “People are asking me, ’Coach, who’s it going to be?’...
2024 TribLive HSSN Terrific 10 Baseball All-Stars
Here’s a look at the TribLive HSSN baseball all-stars for the 2024 season. Terrific 10 David Posey North Allegheny, sr., P/1B Posey knew his Tigers needed a big outing from him on the mound in the WPIAL 6A final, and he responded with a no-hitter and 11 strikeouts. The Navy...
2024 TribLive HSSN Terrific 10 Softball All-Stars
Here’s a look at the TribLive HSSN softball all-stars for the 2024 season. Terrific 10 Lexie Hames Seneca Valley, jr., P Hames continued to dominate in the circle and contributed to another championship run. The Clemson recruit went 16-1 with 265 strikeouts in 114 2/3 innings. At the plate, she...
Latrobe QB/DB John Wetzel verbally commits to Marshall for football
Rising senior John Wetzel has seen first hand the resurgence of the Latrobe football program. He has noticed the change in attitude. The shift in perception. The wins. “We have a lot more we want to do: A state title is the main goal,” said Wetzel, a quarterback and defensive...
With 1st-year coach, Mt. Pleasant American Legion baseball looks to build on solid foundation
After the Mt. Pleasant high school baseball team took first place in Section 4-3A with an 11-1 record this past season, the Mt. Pleasant American Legion baseball team, sponsored by Legion Post 446, is looking to build off of that success in District 31 play. Several players from the section...
Seniors help ‘make a name’ for Chartiers Valley softball
Every year, teams often live by a saying or quote that resonates. Coaches put it inside their dugouts and gyms when they work out or even on the back of a shirt. For Chartiers Valley’s softball team, this year’s designated saying on the back of its shirts read, “A dream...
