High School category, Page 5

To locate a player they believe will be an important member of Pitt’s defensive line for years to come, Pat Narduzzi and Tim Daoust looked into their own backyard. They found North Allegheny’s Lincoln Hoke, a two-way standout who committed to the Panthers this summer before officially signing with the...

High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s results Nonsection Apollo-Ridge 66, Homer Center 40 Armstrong 65, Perry Traditional Academy 41 Bentworth 45, Beth-Center 43 Butler 69, Bishop Canevin 53 Canon-McMillan 70, Bethel Park 60 Carlynton 55, Rochester 34 Hopewell 71, Ellwood City 57 Keystone Oaks 52, Chartiers-Houston 32 Mt. Pleasant 62, Yough...

Maggie Spell led scored 23 points as Thomas Jefferson stayed undefeated in the early season with a 69-56 girls basketball nonsection victory over Elizabeth Forward on Monday night. Emma Altavilla followed with 15 points, Emily Hritz had 14 and Allie Wilson added 11 for the Jagurs (4-0). Mia Sostaric scored...

The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League paid it forward. Four forwards with scoring punch are the league’s players of the month for November. Class 3A: Junior Braden Morin of Seneca Valley had 14 points over a three-game stretch (9 goals, 5 assists), recording three straight hat tricks for the Raiders (8-0-1-0)....

There will be 834 WPIAL boys basketball section games played this season, and the first one takes place Tuesday. In an early Section 2-6A clash, two-time defending WPIAL champion Upper St. Clair hosts Norwin at 7 p.m. in a game you can watch here on Trib HSSN. USC is off...

When things got a little chippy early in the fourth quarter — there was some pushing, and words were exchanged — Jeannette pulled back and didn’t retaliate. It could have, and maybe it would have in a previous version of itself. Instead, the Jayhawks girls basketball team directed the ire...

The Plum girls basketball team, fresh off victories over Latrobe and North Hills on Friday and Saturday to win its tip-off tournament, hoped to keep things rolling Monday as it visited rival Kiski Area in the final tune-up before the start of section play. The Cavaliers hoped to quell the...

High schools Basketball Boys Sunday’s result North Catholic tournament North Catholic 78, Devon Prep 70 Monday’s schedule Nonsection Beth-Center at Bentworth, 7:30 p.m. Bishop Canevin at Butler, 7:30 p.m. Canon-McMillan at Bethel Park, 7:45 p.m. Chartiers-Houston at Keystone Oaks, 7:15 p.m. Homer-Center at Apollo-Ridge, 7:30 p.m. Hopewell at Ellwood City,...

Two teams that clashed for district gold not once, but two years in a row nearly a decade ago, headline a busy night of WPIAL girls basketball nonsection action Monday. North Allegheny (0-2) tries to shake off a slow start as it hits the road for the first time this...

With the fall sports season officially in the rear-view mirror, full attention now switches to the winter sports season as we inch closer to the holidays this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN continues coverage of WPIAL boys and girls basketball with section play beginning this...

Here are the latest 2025-26 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday. The point system in the PIHL this year gives three points for a regulation win, two points for an overtime win and one point for an overtime loss. Class 3A Team: Wins – Losses – Overtime Wins-Overtime Losses...

Samir Crosby couldn’t wait to tell everyone the news. The Greensburg Central Catholic football star was eager to post his college commitment on social media Saturday night after he zeroed in a school. “We had to wait for all the paperwork to go through and everything,” Crosby said. “I was...

It may be difficult to top last season’s success for the Sewickley Academy boys basketball team. But the Panthers appear up for the challenge. Sewickley won the Section 2-2A championship with a 12-0 record, strung together 15 wins in 16 games during one stretch, advanced to the WPIAL semifinals and...

Curtis Williams has seen the tough times with the Gateway girls basketball team the past couple of years. The Gators went 0-19 last year, won just six games the past three seasons and are riding a 36-game section losing streak. But Williams sees the program turning the corner. He saw...

Quaker Valley wrestler Bruce Anderchak joined an exclusive club Jan. 15 against Carlynton when he earned the 100th win of his career. It took the 114-pound Anderchak just 15 seconds to pin his opponent and go 29-2 with 15 falls for the season and 100-23 with 40 falls for his...

Franklin Regional boys soccer coach Nick White guided the Class 3A all-stars to a 5-3 win over Class 4A in the Western Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association All-Star Game on Nov. 29 at Pine-Richland. The game was for seniors only. Owen Householder of Thomas Jefferson, Xavier Jackson of Bethel Park (2),...

When Alvis Rogers surprised some within the Gateway boys basketball community with his resignation in late August for family and personal reasons after seven seasons as Gators head coach, the athletic administration didn’t have to look far for his replacement. Vern Benson, a trusted assistant to Rogers for several seasons,...

Shaler junior Anthony Jones believes he has the tools to be a good wrestler. His work on the mat says it. Jones is a two-time WPIAL Class 3A qualifier who placed seventh as a freshman at 107 pounds. What Jones is searching for is the mental strength to take the...

Tony Grenek appreciates the plethora of players he can deploy with the Shaler Area girls basketball team. The former Point Park coach believes this year’s Titans squad will be deeper than past seasons. While the record may not end up quite as pretty, Shaler finished 20-3 and shared the Section...

Bill Evans has been a wrestling coach for a long time. Like any coach, as each new season rolls around, he is filled with excitement for the positive outcomes that await his teams. What really gets Evans excited is seeing how much fun his wrestlers have throughout the year. “When...

When Chris Santilli graduated from Chartiers Valley in 2019, he didn’t expect to return to the pool deck for quite a while. As a swimmer for the Colts from 2016-2019, Santilli found a passion for the sport, making it to states his sophomore and senior years. After college, he spent...

The Thomas Jefferson wrestling program has caught its collective breath following the successful decade-long run of Michael Ladick as head coach. Ladick retired following last year’s banner season. He coached for 19 years, including the past 10 with the Jaguars, and he recorded 122 career wins. Marc Allemang is in...