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Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Latrobe’s Mikayla McClain
It’s not every day new sports are being added to the NCAA varsity list. Starting in 2023, there will be a new one on display for collegiate cheerleaders. STUNT, described as “an exciting head-to-head game between two teams who execute skills-based routines in various categories — partner stunts, jumps/tumbling, pyramids/tosses...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Burrell’s Addy Landowski
March is a time of transition in high school sports, with the winter season wrapping up and spring sports getting started. It’s a time of change for Burrell senior Addy Landowski as well. Having wrapped up her senior season on the court for the Bucs, she’s looking ahead to her...
2023 WPIAL Class 6A baseball preseason breakdown
It’s a realignment year in WPIAL baseball and, once again, the higher classifications have taken a hit. While Class 6A is down one team from the last two-year cycle, Class 5A is down one whole section after shrinking from 25 teams to 19 teams for the 2023 and 2024 seasons....
2023 WPIAL Class 6A softball preseason breakdown
The 2023 WPIAL softball season brings a different look to the Class 6A schedule. Gone is the two-section format, as just nine teams remain in the highest classification via PIAA realignment, leading the WPIAL committee to form just one section for Class 6A teams. Here is a rundown of the...
Defending champions to be challenged in PIHL Penguins Cup semifinals
A year ago, the PIHL Penguins Cup was raised by Peters Township in 3A, Thomas Jefferson in 2A, Norwin in A and Neshannock won the Division II championship. Three of those four are still alive as the league heads into its weeklong Frozen Four. The PIHL will have four days...
What to watch for in high school sports for March 13, 2023: Dominant PIHL teams to battle
A week of PIHL Penguins Cup Frozen Four high school hockey games begins Monday with the Class 3A semifinals. Over the last 10 years, the most dominant PIHL Class 3A programs have been North Allegheny and Peters Township. North Allegheny won Penguins Cup titles in 2013, 2019 and 2021 while...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for March 12, 2023
Nine days earlier, the Penn-Trafford girls basketball team had to win to keep their season alive, and they did, beating Hampton in the WPIAL seventh-place consolation game. On Saturday in the opening round of the PIAA basketball playoffs, again the Warriors had to win to survive and advance, and they...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week for March 12, 2023
Falling behind early on the road in a PIAA basketball playoff game is not a good recipe for success. Trailing by double-digit points heading into the fourth quarter of a state playoff game is usually a countdown to your season being over. The Neshannock boys experienced both of those not-so-enjoyable...
Trib HSSN broadcast listings: Week of March 13, 2023
With spring sports season beginning this weekend, our focus remains on the winter sports postseason this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN continues our coverage of the Penguins Cup high school hockey playoffs with video streams off all eight PIHL semifinals contests. We will also continue...
High school scores, schedules for March 12, 2023
High schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs Class 6A Wednesday’s schedule Second round Chambersburg (16-11) vs. Archbishop Wood (17-8) at Cedar Crest, 7:30 p.m.; North Penn (19-8) vs. Coatesville (19-9) at Pottstown, 7:30 p.m.; Parkland (19-9) vs. Garnet Valley (18-9) at Geigle Complex, 6 p.m.; Lower Merion (22-4) vs. Roman Catholic...
Canon-McMillan’s Solorio, North Allegheny’s Rumpler earn titles at girls wrestling state championships
Thirteen champions were crowned Sunday at the Pennsylvania girls wrestling state championships at Central Dauphin High School. Canon-McMillan’s Valarie Solorio and North Allegheny’s Leyna Rumpler were among those standing at the top of the awards podium. Solorio pinned South Western’s Natalie Handy in 47 seconds to win the 100-pound championship....
Latrobe hockey relishes 2nd chance in Penguins Cup playoffs
Latrobe is not about to waste a second chance at PIHL glory. In 2020, the Wildcats hockey team made the Penguins Cup championship, but the covid pandemic sent Latrobe to the penalty box for something it didn’t do. The Wildcats never came out. The championships were canceled, and Latrobe packed...
Westmoreland high school notebook: PIHL Class A final could feature 2 local teams
One Westmoreland County team is guaranteed a spot in the PIHL Class A championship. But there could be two. Blue No. 3 seed Norwin (17-4) will take on No. 1 seed Fox Chapel (19-2) at 7 p.m. Wednesday in one semifinal, with Blue No. 2 Greensburg Salem (18-3) and Gold...
PIAA boys basketball playoffs continue in 2nd round for 23 WPIAL teams
There were 36 WPIAL boys basketball teams taking part in the 2023 PIAA playoffs, and after the first round on opening weekend, the field of District 7 representatives has been cut to 23 teams. Here are the sites and times for the second-round games on Tuesday and Wednesday on The...
21 WPIAL teams learn sites, times for 2nd round of PIAA girls basketball playoffs
The WPIAL started with 37 girls basketball teams participating in the PIAA playoffs and after first-round play on opening weekend, the field of District 7 representatives has been sliced to 21 teams. Here are the sites and times for second-round games Tuesday and Wednesday on The Road to Hershey. Girls...
Gateway swimmers hope to finish season strong at PIAA championships
Members of the Gateway boys and girls swim teams are at Bucknell this week competing at the PIAA Class 3A and 2A championships, and they hope to build on strong individual and relay performances from the WPIAL meet at Pitt two weeks ago. “All of the kids are pumped for...
After tough season, Gateway softball seeks improvement in ’23
When the Gateway softball team faced Thomas Jefferson for the first of two Section 2-5A matchups last year, the Jaguars stung the young Gators, 15-0, in three innings. Three weeks later, Gateway took TJ to the full seven innings in a 9-0 loss. To second-year Gators coach Donny Holl, that...
Girls relay teams push pace for Quaker Valley swimmers
The stars of the show for the Quaker Valley swim program were the girls relay teams. All three relay units were medalists at the WPIAL Class 2A championships March 3-4 at Pitt’s Trees Pool. The 200-yard freestyle relay team, consisting of senior Ella Fuener, sophomores Kwilai Karto and Paige Juliano...
Senior scorer steps up during Quaker Valley playoff run
Maria Helkowski had a memorable run in the WPIAL playoffs for the Quaker Valley girls basketball team. The gritty 5-foot-6 senior guard was the Quakers’ leading scorer in all three games, a 52-39 win at home over Knoch in the Class 4A quarterfinals, a 51-40 loss to Blackhawk at North...
Penn-Trafford sends record number of wrestlers to states
Waynesburg assistant coach Scott Rhodes said he was surprised when he looked in the PIAA individual championship brackets and saw that Penn-Trafford qualified five wrestlers for the state tournament. “I thought we had the most (five), but they had a heck of a tournament,” Rhodes said. “I was shocked that...
Penn Hills boys learn from past losses to climb all the way to top of WPIAL mountain
Make no mistake, Penn Hills senior guard Noah Barren appreciated the pomp and circumstance. The Indians boys basketball team was treated to the full cycle of congratulations after winning its sixth WPIAL title. Penn Hills, which beat Peters Township, 70-65, on March 2 at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center to win...
Penn Hills baseball sets simple goal: Playoffs
Rodney Stubbs made the goal for the Penn Hills baseball team a succinct one. “I better get in the playoffs this year,” Stubbs said. Stubbs, who stated the goal with a laugh, believes some of the upgrades the program was able to make will help the Indians out. Penn Hills,...
Hard work pays off in WPIAL gold for Pine-Richland swimmer
Sarah Anne Shaffer realized a dream at the WPIAL swim meet when she crossed the finish line first at Pitt’s Trees Pool to win her first individual title. Shaffer, a sophomore at Pine-Richland, had the fastest seed time in 100 breaststroke going into the district meet and backed it up...
From Sidney Crosby’s youth program to PIHL playoffs, Peacocks make Pine-Richland proud
Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby has had a major impact on many youth hockey players in Western Pennsylvania and a couple of good examples are Pine-Richland seniors Ryan and Shawn Peacock. The Peacocks, who are twins, got their start on the ice at age 6 through Crosby’s Little Penguins Learn...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 11, 2023
High schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs Class 6A Saturday’s results First round Upper Darby 66, Bethlehem Liberty 64 (2OT) Archbishop Wood 61, CB East 37 North Penn 64, Central 52 Central Catholic 50, Wilson 28 Chambersburg 68, Plymouth-Whitemarsh 56 Coatesville 68, Scranton 58 Landisville Hempfield 62, Emmaus 59 New Castle...
