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Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week for Jan. 8, 2024Video
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week: Greensburg Central Catholic Centurions Record: 4-0 in Section 3-2A, 11-2 overall Last year: Greensburg Central Catholic was section champion with a record of 11-1, two games in front of Serra Catholic. The Centurions finished 18-7 overall, losing in the WPIAL semifinals to...
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week for Jan. 8, 2024Video
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week: Joey Dopirak School: North Allegheny Class: Senior Position: Guard/Forward What coach says: “We have had guys out and we have had to rely on him more as a scorer. The impressive thing has been his efficiency. He’s only taking about 14 shots...
Franklin Regional bowling off to blazing start despite switching sections
Franklin Regional’s bowling team dealt with a major change before the season began. The Panthers, last year’s Northeast section and WCCA champions, were moved to the more competitive East section. “That raised a lot of eyebrows in our area because it puts us in the same section with two strong...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Derry’s Brady Angus
Derry’s boys basketball team ended last year with a loss to Mohawk in the first round of the WPIAL playoffs. After the loss, Brady Angus had some fire coming into his final high school season. “It definitely gave us some motivation to be the Derry team to make a run...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Plum’s Mason Wilkes
Going into his senior season, Mason Wilkes knew there would be challenges ahead for the Plum hockey team. First, the team would have a new coach in Jon Gratton. Second, the Mustangs would be a young, inexperienced unit coming off a disappointing 3-14-1 record a season ago. But Mason has...
High school sports schedule for Jan. 8, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s schedule Class A Section 3 Hillel Academy at St. Joseph, 7:30 p.m. Nonsection Beaver County Christian at Propel Montour, 7 p.m. Girls Monday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny at Butler, 7:30 p.m. Norwin at Hempfield, 7:30 p.m. Pine-Richland at Seneca Valley, 7:30 p.m....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Jan. 8, 2024: Top girls teams in Section 3-5A face off
Monday begins a new week of district high school basketball with another busy night of girls hoops around the WPIAL. One game in the loss column separates the top four teams in Section 3-5A, and those four schools go head-to-head on Monday. Oakland Catholic is 4-0, McKeesport is 3-0 and...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Jan. 8, 2024
We begin to settle back in after the holidays with plenty of high school hoops and pucks this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We shine the spotlight on section high school basketball with several girls and boys WPIAL hoops games throughout the week. We also drop...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for Jan. 7, 2024Video
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week: Norwin Knights Record: 2-0 in Section 1-6A, 9-3 overall Last year: Norwin was co-section champion with North Allegheny at 9-1. The Knights finished 24-5 overall, losing in the WPIAL semifinals to eventual champion NA, 38-36. They then lost in the PIAA semifinals...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for Jan. 7, 2024
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week: Iyanna Wade School: Clairton Class: Junior Position: Guard What her coach says: “Scoring is easy for her,” Clairton coach and Iyanna’s father Carlton Wade said. “She’s not just a scorer, she’s a leader.” #Earned: Wade hit 50 points in a game twice...
2023-24 PIHL standings through Jan. 7, 2024
Here are the latest 2023-24 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday. Don’t miss live and archived PIHL action every week at TribHSSN.TribLive.com. Class 3A Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points Seneca Valley, 10-3-0 = 20 North Allegheny, 8-3-1 = 17 Peters Township, 8-4-1 =...
Even at the high school level, football coaches take measures to avoid signs being stolen
There was a commotion in the bleachers at a WPIAL football game one night when some opposing coaches had their notes fall from the press box window. Those notes turned out to be a cheat-sheet of sorts. “They had written on them, ‘This is outside zone. This is speed option,’...
Before heading to Cincinnati, South Park’s Katie Jackovic aims for more WPIAL, PIAA success
Like many elite swimmers at the high school level, Katie Jackovic is versatile in what she can do in the water. That again is evident by the fact that the South Park senior already has qualified for WPIALs in every individual event. What she will swim at WPIALs in early...
West Virginia-bound Patton Graziano an all-around performer for Penn-Trafford Water Warriors
Patton Graziano gained a second home in November as he signed a national letter of intent to swim at Division I West Virginia. His first home, Penn-Trafford, is where he hopes to continue to make his mark in a senior season filled with high expectations. The defending WPIAL Class 3A...
Former Gateway coach Daryn Freedman leads Penn State Greater Allegheny to No. 1 ranking
Daryn Freedman entered his fourth season as Penn State Greater Allegheny men’s basketball head coach in the fall, and his team had its sights set on making its mark in the Penn State University Athletic Conference and beyond. So far, things have gone well for the former boys head coach...
Focus on defense fuels 8-1 start for Gateway boys basketball
The Gateway boys basketball team kicked off 2024 in winning fashion Jan. 2 with a 62-46 victory over McKeesport in its Section 3-5A opener. It continued what has been a strong start for the Gators, who improved to 8-1 overall. While coach Alvis Rogers is happy with the way his...
After strong start, Sewickley Academy boys look ahead to section play
Sewickley Academy’s boys basketball team closed out the month of December most impressively. The Panthers won four consecutive games and six of seven down the month’s home stretch. Their only loss during this time was a tense one-point decision Dec. 8 to Serra Catholic. The Panthers followed up with victories...
Fisher’s Files: Quaker Valley’s Bruce Anderchak, Jack Kazalas among WPIAL’s best wrestlers early on
Notebook items from Quaker Valley and Sewickley Academy athletics: Quaker Valley’s Bruce Anderchak (107 pounds) and Jack Kazalas (139 pounds) were ranked first in their weight divisions in the WPIAL 2A individual wrestling rankings for the week of Dec. 25. Anderchak, a sophomore, ended the month with a 15-1 record;...
Penn-Trafford senior Carlee Valenta signs with UTEP rifle team
Penn-Trafford senior Carlee Valenta said she was 12 years old when her grandfather, John Malazich, taught her how to shoot a rifle in his backyard. “We’d shoot at soda cans,” Valenta said. “Then my uncle Andy (John Andrew Malazich) got me involved in a local shooting club.” She honed her...
Penn-Trafford rifle team ready to defend title
Penn-Trafford rifle coach Diana Cholock isn’t making any bold predictions for this season. But if things fall right like they did last year, the Warriors have a chance at celebrating back-to-back state titles. The Warriors return five starters from the squad that picked the right time to jell in 2023....
Penn Hills runner sticks with sport, emerges as captain, key relay contributor
Maliah Powell agreed to go out for the Penn Hills track team as a freshman via peer pressure. Powell’s decision to stay when her two friends abandoned ship was voluntary. Now a senior captain for the indoor track team, Powell decided to stick around after flourishing on the Indians’ 1,600...
Steady approach helps Penn Hills boys, girls basketball coaches hit 100-win mark
Robert Cash always wants his team to approach every task with the same intensity, and the Penn Hills girls varsity girls basketball coach attempts to hold himself to the same standard. In his eighth season leading the varsity program, Cash hit the 100-win total. Cash was the second Indians coach...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 6, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys Saturday’s results BK Classic At Erie Consolation Niagara Falls (NY) 76, Cathedral Prep 60 Championship Neumann Goretti 82, Lincoln Park 67 Chuckie Mahoney Classic At Burgettstown Washington 74, Fort Cherry 68 McGuffey 68, Chartiers-Houston 44 OLSH 42, Quaker Valley 41 Weir (WV) 82, Avella 38 West...
High school roundup for Jan. 6, 2024: Lincoln Park falls to Neumann-Goretti in state title rematch
Larenzo Jerkins scored 23 points to lead Neumann-Goretti to an 80-67 win over Lincoln Park in the BK Classic in Erie on Saturday night, avenging a loss to the Leopards in last year’s PIAA Class 4A championship game. St. Joe’s recruit Khaafiq Myers added 22 points for Neumann-Goretti (10-0). Meleek...
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Latrobe’s Elle Snyder, Derry’s Anthony Mucci
Elle Snyder School: Latrobe Class: Senior Sport: Basketball Claim to fame: Snyder, a 5-foot-9 guard, announced last week her college commitment to Division I Evansville. She has helped lead the Wildcats to three straight wins, including 54-42 over Penn Hills and 55-24 over Connellsville. Against Penn Hills, she registered 29...
