High School category, Page 486

When he’s not torturing opponents on the hardwood, North Hills junior Royce Parham said he likes to get together with his buddies, hang out and shoot the breeze. If he’s as good at shooting the breeze as is his shooting a basketball, then his pals are in for some good...

Quinton Martin might miss a few basketball games this season as he continues his ascent to major college football. The junior from Belle Vernon is playing 7-on-7 football this winter with the nationally renowned Trillion Boys organization out of Los Angeles. Martin is seeking top-level competition as he works toward...

Plum senior Sarah Kvortek hoped for one final solid performance at the WPIAL individual gymnastics championships Feb. 11 to close out her high school career. But those hopes came to a sudden halt last Friday at a high school meet at Premier Gym and Cheer in Baldwin. While preparing for...

Venicia Vignoli won’t forget the first win of her high school basketball career any time soon. Why? Because it snapped Jeannette’s 51-game losing streak, a streak that had stretched back to 2020 when she was a freshman. The junior guard has become a go-to scorer for the Jayhawks. A first-year...

Sometimes it helps to look past the record when evaluating a team and its leadership. That’s the case for Ligonier Valley’s boys basketball team, which is 3-11. The Rams have a young team after the graduation of eight seniors from last year’s team. This year’s roster includes just two seniors:...

After missing the WPIAL playoffs last year, the Riverview boys basketball team had a good first half of the season, beating section favorite Greensburg Central Catholic on Dec. 16 and posting a section record of 2-1. Contributing to the solid start is senior Ben Hower. “This year’s goal is to...

The Kiski Area hockey team already was trending in the right direction, but after the heist pulled off against Norwin on Jan. 10, the group should galvanize even more. The Cavaliers trailed 3-2 late in the third period but received a power play and took full advantage. Ethan Bombalski scored...

High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Monday’s schedule Nonsection Brownsville at Monessen, 7 p.m. Charleroi at Frazier, 7 p.m. Hillel Academy at Propel Montour, 6 p.m. Mars at South Allegheny, 7 p.m. Riverside at Cornell, 6:30 p.m. Rochester at Beaver Falls, 7:30 p.m. Southmoreland at Ligonier Valley, 7:15 p.m. City League...

Former Perry star basketball player Eddie Benton has returned home to the Pittsburgh area after several years as an assistant coach of the women’s basketball teams at Cincinnati and Mississippi State. Oakland Catholic is thrilled with his homecoming. In his first year, Benton has Oakland Catholic soaring in Class 5A,...

Freedom junior Shaye Bailey enjoys painting. She painted her bedroom in a Partridge Family bus pattern featuring the colors purple and gray. She might want to redo her room adding some gold, lots of gold. Bailey and several of her Bulldogs teammates took home the gold this past fall in...

Last year, the Freedom girls basketball team reached the WPIAL Class 3A title game before falling to North Catholic, 48-43. Also in the 2022 playoffs, the Shenango girls hoops team reached the WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinals before losing to eventual champion Neshannock. On Monday, the Bulldogs and Wildcats meet for...

Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday: Class 3A Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points Central Catholic, 11-5-1 = 23 Peters Township, 10-3-1 = 21 Seneca Valley, 10-4-1 = 21 North Allegheny, 9-4-3 = 21 Cathedral Prep, 9-6-0 = 18 Upper...

Time is winding down on section play in WPIAL team wrestling and district basketball in the final full week of January as the action picks up in both sports plus more, this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has a week full of WPIAL, District...

Amari Mack caught the attention of college coaches when he received a scholarship offer to play at Sacred Heart as a sophomore. Schools are still plenty interested in the senior from Greensburg Central Catholic. Mack, a 6-foot, 180-pound running back, wide receiver and defensive back, has a preferred walk-on offer...

With a six-days-a-week running schedule that equates to about 40 miles, Emma Jiancristoforo is always on the move. You can catch her running up and down the hills through her neighborhood or trekking the wooded trails of Bushy Run, BY Park or Yough. The Norwin senior’s competitive career also is...

A 14-team, seven-game basketball showcase event will take place this weekend at Seton Hill in Greensburg. For the first time, the “Shootout at Seton Hill” will be played over two days at the Griffins’ McKenna Center. There will be two games Saturday and five Sunday. The schedule is as follows:...

Gateway swimming and diving coach Glenn Raymer said his boys and girls teams jumped into a busy January ready to work and compete after a challenging series of practices between Christmas and New Year’s Day. “They definitely put some extra work in,” he said. “The kids were here ready to...

Cam Thomas was pleased that though imperfect, his start to the indoor track season showed tangible progress from the year before. The Penn Hills junior finished the 60-meter dash in 7.27 seconds to place third at the first TSTCA indoor meet at Edinboro University. Thomas’ time improved on his best...

Adding skills to the Penn Hills’ girls basketball team is a gradual progress. Indians coach Robert Cash said the Indians have been working throughout the season to become a team that is suited to match up with any team they come across. Penn Hills has limited their opponents to 47.5...

Max Heckert got a look at the rings in the Slippery Rock trophy case during his visit to the school and it reminded him of what he accomplished at Pine-Richland, winning two WPIAL and state championships in four years. That was just one of the similarities between his high school...

Noah Lang doesn’t want to rely on a good taper to be prepared for the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships. The Shaler sophomore already has a mental checklist built up of things to work on to pursue the school record in the 500 freestyle and a good performance at the...

Being able to see the rewards of gradual progress has Shane Ciganik relishing his opportunity to represent the PIHL Class A Blue Division in the PIHL All-Star game. Ciganik made his first start as a freshman goalie too nervous to think about the challenge ahead. Now, Ciganik has a different...

It’s a young team on the mats at Chartiers Valley High School but a team longtime coach Bill Evans is watching develop in front of his eyes day after day. The Colts are led by two future NCAA Division I wrestlers in Pitt commit Dylan Evans and Davidson College recruit...

Prior to the start of the 2022-23 boys basketball season, fifth-year coach Brandon Sensor and his Chartiers Valley program set high expectations. The team, according to Sensor, was farther ahead on offense and defense than they were at the end of an 8-15 season in 2021-22 that saw them make...