High School category, Page 452
Big summer for Monroeville Marlins youth swimming program
The Monroeville Marlins summer swim program’s opportunity to utilize Gateway’s facilities has paid off as the organization will be well represented at a local long course championship meet later this month. The Marlins, who used to be based at the Haymaker Swim Club, have utilized the Gateway natatorium for the...
North Allegheny’s Kellie McConnell follows familiar path, commits to Duquesne basketball
Kellie McConnell’s family is already linked with Duquesne basketball’s past and present, so she decided to help shape the program’s future as well. The rising senior point guard at North Allegheny has committed to the Dukes, which is somewhat of a family tradition. Her mother Sherri (Hannan) McConnell played basketball...
Trib Cup celebrates 20 years of honoring all-around high school sports excellence
Happy Anniversary, Sports Cup! Over the next few weeks, we will be unveiling the winners and final standings of the annual Trib Cup competition. This marks the 20th year that The Network has been recognizing the best sports programs in each WPIAL class over the entire school year. Points are...
2023 Pennsylvania All-State Softball Team
Avonworth’s Alivia Lantzy, Seneca Valley’s Lexie Hames and Serra Catholic’s Caroline Malandra earned individual honors Thursday when the all-state softball team was announced. Lantzy was named Pitcher of the Year in PIAA Class 3A, and Hames earned top pitcher honors in 6A. Malandra, a third baseman, was named Player of...
Former pro player in Florida takes over Leechburg boys soccer program
Justin Grubb recently moved back to Western Pennsylvania after wrapping up a five-year career playing professional soccer in Florida. He wants to give his kids the chance to grow up in the same environment he did and at the same time stay involved in the game. So he searched for...
9 athletes to join Kiski Area Sports Hall of Fame in Class of 2023
Sean Arnold graduated from Kiski Area in 1998 after a decorated varsity career with the Cavaliers that included nine varsity letters in soccer, football, basketball and track and field. The All-WPIAL performer continued to play in college, enjoying a four-year soccer career at Robert Morris. Arnold gave back to his...
Trib HSSN Parade of Champions: Athletes celebrate WPIAL, PIAA individual titles in 2022-23
While most of the high school sports played in the fall, winter and spring put the emphasis on teams, there are some sports that are individually oriented. This championship parade took a lot of great individual efforts. Trib HSSN is proud to salute the WPIAL and PIAA individual champions from...
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Belle Vernon’s Zion Moore shines at summer events
With his brother, Dwight Moore Jr., standing pat and clenching his teeth about 30 feet away under the basket, Zion Moore took three casual dribbles toward him, jump-hopped and went straight up. Fully extended, he soared over his brother and threw down a one-handed slam dunk that sent the spotty...
Quaker Valley girls volleyball looks ahead to promising ’23 season
Quaker Valley’s girls volleyball team ended up 15-3 in the 2022 regular season and won 12 times by 3-0 scores. The QV netters landed the fifth seed in Class 2A for the WPIAL playoffs and advanced to the semifinal round. Quaker Valley defeated No. 12 Burrell and No. 4 Central...
Gartley siblings find success with Quaker Valley track and field
Mia Gartley of Quaker Valley is a 5-foot-2 dynamo of an athlete. As a freshman this spring, Gartley won the WPIAL girls high jump event in Class 2A at the championship meet at Slippery Rock. She also placed fifth in the high jump at the PIAA finals at Shippensburg. QV...
Julian Dugger, Penn Hills teammates shine at Pitt passing camp
This offseason has left many people around the Penn Hills football program itching for the 2023 season to start. The Indians will get that opportunity when they host Seneca Valley in Week Zero action Aug. 25 at home. After missing the playoffs last season, second-year coach Charles Morris was excited...
5 athletes, 1960 football team selected for Pine-Richland Athletic Hall of Fame’s Class of ’23
The Pine-Richland Athletic Hall of Fame announced its 2023 class last week. Michael Buterbaugh, Bill Colpo, Matthew Crummy, Kevin McCabe, Kristen Murslack and the 1960 Richland football team are the new members that will be inducted this fall. They are the Hall’s fifth class. The class was approved by the...
Laurel Highlands’ Rodney Gallagher named 2022-23 TribLive HSSN Boys Athlete of the YearVideo
Rodney Gallagher was so good at both basketball and football that the Laurel Highlands star considered for a while trying to play both in college. However, his mindset changed a couple of years ago, and he remembers exactly when. While riding home from watching a Steelers game at Heinz Field,...
Freedom’s Shaye Bailey named 2022-23 TribLive HSSN Girls Athlete of the Year
In an era where specialization is trendy in high school sports, Freedom’s Shaye Bailey doesn’t like that idea. “I’ve always played more than one sport,” said Bailey, who’ll be a senior in the fall. “I did gymnastics and softball, and I switched to basketball when I quit gymnastics. Then I...
2023 Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Year: Shaler’s Miguel Hugas
The Strath Haven students behind the third base dugout decided to taunt Miguel Hugas with chants of “overrated.” The Shaler senior responded with two blasts over the fence at Penn State’s ballpark, home runs that helped the Titans ultimately win the PIAA Class 5A championship game in extra innings. On...
Looking back: The WPIAL’s top storylines from 2022-23
Nov. 11, 2022 Thomas Jefferson coach Bill Cherpak became the fourth coach in WPIAL history with 300 career wins, joining an exclusive list with Jim Render (406 wins), Joe Hamilton (342) and George Novak (306). Cherpak has coached the Jaguars for 28 seasons. Nov. 19, 2022 Two remarkable state title...
Riverview track champion Amberson Bauer selected Valley News Dispatch Boys Athlete of the Year
Amberson Bauer’s high school distance running career wasn’t entirely complete once he left Seth Grove Stadium at Shippensburg University as the PIAA Class 2A boys 800-meter champion May 27. The recent Riverview graduate’s season-best time in the 800-meter run — 1 minute, 53.22 seconds — qualified him to run the...
Multi-sport standout Eliza Miller repeats as Valley News Dispatch Girls Athlete of the Year
Eliza Miller will combine her love of distance running and swimming along with a newer venture in cycle racing on the newly formed women’s triathlon team at Duquesne University. She gave a verbal commitment to the school and to the program earlier this year and already is preparing for her...
Mt. Pleasant state champ Lily King named Tribune-Review Westmoreland Girls Athlete of the Year
Expectations can change, even for someone as talented as Lily King. “I went in expecting to swim the 50(-yard freestyle) and came out with a 200(-yard freestyle) time I never thought I’d be able to get,” said King, a rising junior swimmer at Mt. Pleasant. “I learned to really trust...
Latrobe wrestling champ Vinny Kilkeary selected Tribune-Review Westmoreland Boys Athlete of the Year
Vinny Kilkeary isn’t wasting any time getting started at Ohio State. The Latrobe graduate reported to Columbus last week and enrolled in two summer classes. The three-time WPIAL and PIAA Class 3A wrestling champion also is lifting and training in preparation for his first collegiate wrestling season. He capped off...
WPIAL, Pa. Sports Hall of Fame inductee Robert ‘Tick’ Cloherty dies at 88
Robert “Tick” Cloherty exuded one quality more than any other, according to long-time friend Paul Palmer. “He was a leader in whatever he did,” said Palmer, who played football with Cloherty at what was then Clarion State College. “If there was an award for being big man on campus, he...
Norwin’s Alex Thomas trades skates for shoes to play in international ball hockey championships
Trading skates for court shoes, Alex Thomas still is faster than many of his opponents and can sling an orange ball past goaltenders with the same zip as a hockey puck. The rising senior at Norwin is playing ball hockey this summer and doing so at a high level. Thomas...
Allegheny Force FC girls soccer team advances to nationals
A half-dozen girls soccer players from Franklin Regional qualified to play in a national tournament July 7-11, in Wichita, Kan. The Allegheny Force FC 2007 team worked its way through the youth national series, advancing past local and regional play and winning the coveted U.S. Soccer President’s Cup. Franklin Regional...
New multipurpose field progressing at Hampton
Construction of the new softball/multipurpose field at Hampton High School is rounding second and — slowly but surely — heading for home. Part of the district’s $17.4 million Phase One renovation, the field is expected to be ready for general multipurpose use in the summer of 2024 “at the earliest”...
Trib HSSN Parade of Champions: Teams celebrate WPIAL, PIAA titles in 2022-23
Most parades draw large crowds that are entertained by the many bands and floats and other spectacles that march through a specific route, making for a fun and unique event. This parade was a golden team effort. Trib HSSN is proud to salute the WPIAL and PIAA team champions from...
