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With experienced lineup, new coach, Yough girls hoping for another playoff season
Excuse Brian Znavor as he navigates a return to high school basketball. He’s been out of the loop for a bit. “Probably 12 or 13 years,” the first-year Yough girls coach said. “I think cellphones were just getting popular around my last year. I still remember when we had phone...
With top scorer Terek Crosby leading charge, Yough boys pumped up to have strong season
The last whistle of an early afternoon practice gives way to the clang of weights as Yough boys basketball players continue their preseason training. Yough was strong last season. The team is even stronger now, literally. “These kids are working really hard,” coach Jim Nesser said, scouring a crowded weight...
Greensburg Central Catholic girls doubles pair proud of state medal
The 2023 season was one of success for the top Greensburg Central Catholic tennis doubles team. It culminated with medals and a fourth-place finish in the PIAA Class 2A doubles championships. “I feel really accomplished. Not many teams have brought home a state medal,” sophomore Stella Bossert said. Added junior...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Latrobe’s Belle Blossey
As the fall season wound down, many athletes were preparing to play their final games representing their high school in their respective sports. That’s not the case for Latrobe’s Belle Blossey, who wrapped up her field hockey season just in time to start preparing for basketball. On the field, the...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Springdale’s Ashley Ross
Ashley Ross was disappointed not to play with her teammates in the final game of the year. She suffered an ankle injury in the opening round of the PIAA playoffs and was unable to go for the team’s quarterfinal match against rival Riverview. “She was a huge loss with the...
High school sports schedule for Nov. 27, 2023
High schools Football PIAA playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Saturday’s schedule Central Bucks South (13-1) vs. St. Joseph Prep (11-1) at North Penn, 1 p.m.; Harrisburg (12-1) vs. North Allegheny (12-1) at Mansion Park, Altoona, 1 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Friday’s schedule Imhotep Charter (13-0) vs. Strath Haven (13-1) at Coatesville,...
Trib HSSN 2023-24 WPIAL Class 5A girls basketball preseason breakdown
South Fayette claimed a second straight WPIAL Class 5A girls basketball title last winter behind Trib HSSN player of the year Maddie Webber and a relentless defense. Webber, who averaged 17.3 points and was named the state’s Class 5A player of the year, is now at Villanova, but the cupboard...
Trib HSSN 2023-24 WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball preseason breakdown
The 2022-23 season was the year of the Indians in WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball. A pair of tribes met for gold in the district title game as Penn Hills edged Peters Township to capture the program’s sixth WPIAL crown and first since 2018. The classification kept up its reputation...
Trib HSSN football team of the week for 2023 Week 13Video
The year-long battle to climb the hill and be the only one standing at the top in the end is the ultimate golden experience. It’s one thing to do that once, but to do it again can be very challenging. Three WPIAL football teams were able to repeat this season...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Nov. 27, 2023
We swing into winter high school sports mode as November becomes December this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. The PIHL feature games this week are a high school hockey doubleheader Thursday. We get the ball rolling on a new basketball season with coverage of all four boys...
2023-24 PIHL standings through Nov. 26, 2023
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 North Allegheny, 6-1-0 = 12 Pine-Richland, 5-2-0 = 10 Seneca Valley, 5-2-0 = 10...
With small, young roster, Southmoreland girls aim to improve, stay competitive
Southmoreland will begin the 2023-24 girls basketball season with “a clean slate.” It’s simply the best description coach Amber Cernuto can surmise. Perhaps, it’s the only one? “We only have 10 players, so we won’t even be having a JV season this year,” she said. “Everybody is going to get...
Ty Keffer hopes to lead Southmoreland boys basketball team on tough road to playoffs
For the Southmoreland boys basketball team, some important business is at hand. Not surprisingly, a return to the postseason tops the list. The process long has been underway. “We’ve got some seasoned guys back, some guys who played a lot of basketball for us last year,” coach Frank Muccino said....
Loaded St. Joseph girls basketball team has eye on WPIAL finals
For the second straight year, the St. Joseph girls basketball team reached the WPIAL Class A semifinals. Two years ago, the Spartans pulled off one of the biggest upsets in recent memory, taking down No. 1 Rochester, a three-time defending WPIAL champion, in the quarterfinals. Last year, St. Joseph didn’t...
Underdog status doesn’t keep St. Joseph boys basketball team from aiming high
Charlie Ross hopes to be a central figure in St. Joseph boys basketball’s attempt this season to return to the WPIAL Class A playoffs. The only player back with varsity experience from last year’s Spartans squad which went o 8-14 overall and 2-8 in Section 3-A, Ross said he sees...
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Hempfield set to host annual tip-off tournament
High school basketball season starts Friday. Hempfield will be buzzing with local openers at the Spartan Field House on Friday and Saturday. Six boys teams will play in the 19th Hempfield tip-off tournament. On Friday, the matchups are Franklin Regional vs. Connellsville at 4:45 p.m., Penn-Trafford vs. Greensburg Central Catholic...
PIAA reveals sites, dates, times for football semifinals
The March to Mechanicsburg has hit Final Four weekend. There are four teams remaining in each classification in the hunt for state gold and seven of the 24 teams left in the PIAA playoffs are from the WPIAL and City League. Freshly minted District 7 champions Aliquippa in 4A, Belle...
Franklin Regional notebook: Honors keep coming for former Panthers swimmer
A college freshman now, Aiden Bunker is still reaping the rewards of a terrific career as a student-athlete at Franklin Regional. A 2023 graduate who currently is a swimmer at Villanova, Bunker was named to the USA Swimming Scholastic All-American list, a notable accomplishment for the former WPIAL standout. The...
Talented senior class ushered in golden era for Hampton volleyball
The journey began innocently enough, at a spring-time middle school volleyball tournament at Montour. A team of seventh-grade Hampton girls, competing together for the first time, surprised everyone by winning the title. “We were brand new to volleyball,” said senior Avery Koontz, who would develop into an all-WPIAL libero. “I...
Hampton looks for balance behind top scorer Peter Kramer
Hampton boys basketball coach Joe Lafko called it the “X factor” this season. Coming off a 24-win season, the Talbots are looking for complementary scorers behind star senior guard Peter Kramer. Hampton lost first-team all-section guard Eric Weeks, the team’s second-leading scorer at 13.1 points per game, and three-year starting...
Fox Chapel graduate Katie Livingstone makes college conference’s all-decade team
Gail Murphy watched Katie Livingston battle through a back injury during her senior season to play for the Denison women’s soccer program. When Livingston, a Fox Chapel graduate, was named to the North Coast Athletic Conference All-Decade team, it was a fact that made Murphy proud. “Those coaches for her...
Deep, balanced lineup gives Fox Chapel confidence heading into season
There will be plenty of decisions for Michael Frank and the Fox Chapel wrestling program to make this season. Frank has a wrestling room with plenty of available bodies to help the Foxes’ program continue to show improvement. Fox Chapel has 45 boys out for the team this year from...
Gateway wrestling team bolstered by deep collection of athletes
When Ryan Sula looked out on the mat in the Gateway wrestling room during an early-season workout, he saw more than two dozen wrestlers taking part in drills, the most in his eight years as the Gators’ coach. The numbers and the enthusiasm for Gateway wrestling encourages Sula who hopes...
With Hunter Raymer out to regain WPIAL crown, Gateway swimmers look to reach goals
Last year, Hunter Raymer was hoping to successfully defend his title in the 500-yard freestyle at the WPIAL Class 3A championships. However, Raymer finished in third place, making him hungry to reclaim the title this year. The Gateway junior finished with a time of 4:40.48, which was behind a pair...
Playoff season builds excitement for future of Quaker Valley girls soccer
Quaker Valley’s girls soccer team finished as a WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinalist this season. The Quakers ended up 11-6-1 overall after going 6-5-1 in Section 1. “Rachel and I couldn’t be prouder,” said Maggie Behun, QV’s co-head coach with Rachel Loudermilk. “These girls stepped to the plate and exceeded our...
