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What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 28, 2023: Section hopefuls to collide on volleyball court
Section play continues in one WPIAL Class 3A boys volleyball section and begins in a pair of 2A sections Tuesday. In Section 2-3A, defending champion North Allegheny tries to avoid an 0-2 start in the section when it visits rival North Hills, which is attempting to go to 2-0 in...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball State Rankings for March 27, 2023
For the third straight year, District 12 has proven to be the epicenter of PIAA girls basketball. Three of the six state championships crowned in Hershey last week were from District 12, which consists largely of schools from the Philadelphia Public League and the Philadelphia Catholic League. Archbishop Carroll in...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week for March 27, 2023
Some young athletes watch TV to see their sports heroes in action. Others get a chance to actually meet the players who inspire them. Lincoln Park junior Brandin Cummings got to live under the same roof with his basketball role model. Lincoln Park graduate Nelly Cummings scored 2,411 points in...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 27, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Monday’s results Class 5A Section 1 Plum 12, Armstrong 2 Fox Chapel 2, Penn-Trafford 1 Franklin Regional at Penn Hills, ppd. Class 3A Section 1 Beaver Falls at Shenango, ppd. Mohawk at Quaker Valley, ppd. Riverside 9, Ellwood City 2 Section 3 Burrell 7, Valley 2...
High school roundup for March 27, 2023: Toryn Fulton belts 4 homers as Franklin Regional wins slugfest
Toryn Fulton went 6 for 6 with four home runs, two doubles, nine RBIs and seven runs scored to lead Franklin Regional to a 28-19 victory over Plum in an epic nonsection softball slugfest Monday. The game was tied 19-19 after seven innings when the Panthers put up a nine-spot...
Burrell takes advantage of Valley miscues to win renewal of baseball rivalry
Baserunning miscues, walks galore, a period of moderate rain and perhaps, surprisingly, no errors made for a quirky but typical March baseball game in Western Pennsylvania. In the end, visiting Burrell on Monday came away with a 7-2 victory over neighboring Valley in a renewal of their WPIAL rivalry in...
Kiski Area senior Anders Bordoy joins Pittsburgh Riverhounds for on-the-job training
In 2015, Anders Bordoy served as a ball boy on the sidelines of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds’ US Open Cup match with DC United. Eight years later, he’s training with the Hounds’ senior team. Bordoy, a senior at Kiski Area, signed a USL Academy contract with Pittsburgh for the 2023 season...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: St. Joseph’s Jimmy Giannetta
The end of a sports season for underclassmen marks a time of reflection and preparation, but for seniors, it marks the end of an era. For St. Joseph senior Jimmy Giannetta, there’s a lot to look back on, especially because he was one of the top scorers in the WPIAL...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Yough’s Laney Gerdich
Yough’s girls basketball team made the playoffs for the first time in 13 years this season. The postseason didn’t end the way the team wanted, as the Cougars lost in the Class 3A preliminary round to Beaver Falls, but the feat of reaching the postseason was a major accomplishment for...
Latrobe jumps to No. 1 in Western Pa. coaches boys volleyball poll
Section play is set to begin for nearly all the WPIAL boys volleyball teams this week, with the exception of Section 2-3A which got started last week. As the matches take on more meaning, there was some movement in the weekly Western Pa. Volleyball Coaches Association polls released Monday. In...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of March 26, 2023: Spring sports kick into high gear
The final week of March gives us a taste of spring, spring sports that is, with action from the field, the court and the diamond this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN continues coverage of WPIAL softball and boys and girls lacrosse. Plus it’s the spring...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for March 26, 2023Video
In Game 5 of the NBA Finals 26 years ago, Michael Jordan helped Chicago beat Utah despite playing with the flu that had him dehydrated and exhausted. Jordan ended up with 38 points. It might not be at the same level or hype, but Union junior Kelly Cleaver put on...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for March 27, 2023: Baseball, softball section play begins
It seems appropriate that on the first day of section play in several WPIAL baseball sections, rain is in the forecast Monday. The popular “section series” begins for teams in Section 1-5A, Section 1-3A, Section 3-3A, Section 4-3A, Section 1-2A, Section 2-2A, Section 3-2A, Section 1-A, Section 2-A and Section...
High school sports scores, schedules for March 26, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Sunday’s result Nonsection Montour 4, Avonworth 2 Monday’s schedule Class 5A Section 1 Armstrong at Plum, 4 p.m. Fox Chapel at Penn-Trafford, 4 p.m. Franklin Regional at Penn Hills, 4 p.m. Class 3A Section 1 Beaver Falls at Shenango, 4:15 p.m. Mohawk at Quaker Valley, 4:15...
Kittanning grad Terry Thompson headed to A-K Valley Sports Hall of Fame
When asked to reflect on his more than six decades in basketball, Terry Thompson was quick with a clarification. “I’m still coaching, so my career isn’t over. I’m only 80 (years old), you know,” he said with a chuckle. Thompson serves as an assistant boys coach at Conneaut (Ohio) High...
Former Franklin Regional football player Joe Purdue remembered for kindness, positivity
About eight months ago, when he was diagnosed with pediatric brain cancer, Joe Purdue said this: “I am letting God take the wheel on this one.” The Franklin Regional grad and former football player put up a fight as support grew around him, but he could not hang on any...
Trib HSSN wrestling all-stars: Latrobe’s Vinny Kilkeary earns top honors with run to 3rd state title
Wrestler of the year Vinny Kilkeary Latrobe, sr., 127 pounds 2022-23 record: 29-0 Overall record: 131-12 When Vinny Kilkeary won the 106-pound PIAA Class 3A title as a freshman in 2020, he shocked the state. He defeated Bethlehem Catholic’s Tyler Kasak, 14-10, in the semifinals with a great comeback and...
Thomas Jefferson junior dives headfirst into 2-sport winter schedule
Addison Arndt literally dives headfirst into her winter athletic schedule at Thomas Jefferson. Arndt, a junior, competes as a diver on the TJ girls swim team and as an advanced gymnast as a member of the gymnastics team. She qualified for the PIAA finals in both sports, placing fourth in...
Quaker Valley hockey players to play in national championships
Many of the skaters in the PIHL maintain their time on the ice as members of local club teams. Five Quaker Valley hockey players — four freshmen and one middle schooler — are on club squads that have advanced to the USA Hockey national championships to be held March 30...
Optimism abounds for Quaker Valley hockey after playoff season
The PIHL regular season is a long grind, beginning in October and running into February. Quaker Valley, competing in the Varsity A Gold division, finished fourth behind North Hills, McDowell and North Catholic with a 14-5-0-1 record. The Quakers started out 2-2 then skated to wins in nine of their...
New-look Quaker Valley lineup aims to bring aggressiveness, hard work to diamond
Quaker Valley’s baseball team suffered massive graduation losses last year. Eight of the nine starters in 2022 were seniors, leaving only shortstop Hunter Doherty as the lone returning starter in 2023. Doherty started at second base last season. “We will be competitive,” said Rich Garbee, QV’s first-year coach. “We will...
Penn-Trafford volleyball looking to carry momentum from strong playoff showing
The Penn-Trafford boys volleyball team came on strong in 2022 by qualifying for the WPIAL playoffs and coming within one victory of making the PIAA tournament. The Warriors (12-7, 8-4) saw their season come to an end with losses to North Allegheny in the WPIAL Class 3A semifinals and Shaler...
Penn-Trafford softball looking for new leaders to emerge
Penn-Trafford softball coach Denny Little had his team back at work March 21 after a nonsection loss at Mt. Pleasant. They were working on the fundamentals, especially defensive aspect of the game. Despite the loss, Little said there were some good things he saw from the team. “We play a...
Hurdler, distance runner among returning standouts for Gateway track team
One of the leading returning competitors in the Gateway track and field program this season is junior hurdler Kierra Pitts. A two-time WPIAL qualifier, Pitts, who is known as Kiki, placed eighth in 17:18 in the girls 100-meter hurdles at last year’s WPIAL Class 3A finals. She also competed in...
Relay team leads Gateway swimmers at WPIAL, PIAA meets
The Gateway girls 400-yard freestyle relay team was handed the fifth seed at the PIAA Class 2A swim championships at Bucknell. As it turned out, the Gators finished fifth with a time of 3:38.79, beating their prelim time (3:41.65) by more than three seconds. The medal-winning relay team consisted of...
