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The Plum School Board on Tuesday appointed former Mars athletic director and football coach Scott Heinauer as interim athletic director and coordinator of student activities. Heinauer is expected to begin his duties soon and work with outgoing athletic director Brian Miller to guide the Plum athletes still involved in the...

This season has been a see-saw for the Seton LaSalle boys basketball team. Good thing for the Rebels that they were on the upswing as the regular season concluded. Following a 1-7 start, Seton LaSalle won seven straight games, including five consecutive section games, to finish in third place in...

Bishop Canevin guard Shea Champine was asked about his unique first name. He said he asked his mother and she explained that she thought it was different and she liked it. Most of the Crusaders opponents find Champine’s game unique and very few have been able to slow him down....

There is no rest for the wrestlers in Class 2A. The start of the postseason individual tournament gets underway around the state Friday. WPIAL teams begin Saturday at three sites: Sections 1 and 2 at Burgettstown, Sections 3 and 4 at Keystone Oaks and Section 5 and 6 at Greensburg...

The Freeport Area girls swim team earned a fifth-place finish at last year’s WPIAL Class 2A championship meet at Pitt’s Trees Pool. A major piece from that team, Alexis Schrecongost, graduated and now is swimming for Division I Toledo. But many of the other key members of the team return...

TribLive HSSN Individual Rankings Class 3A 107:1. Santino Slaboda, Butler (30-0); 2. Tanner Mizenko, Canon-McMillan (30-8); 3. Owen Campbell, Plum (21-4); 4. Gus Stedeford, North Allegheny (23-9); 5. Dylan Barrett, Penn-Trafford (26-11); 6. Ejiro Montoya, Mt. Lebanon (22-3). 114: 1. Luke Willochell, Latrobe (27-2); 2. Connor Smith, Seneca Valley (22-6);...

No more sitting and waiting. Many WPIAL basketball teams will have their state-playoff hopes in their own hands this winter with the return of a consolation bracket. Rather than the traditional follow-the-winner tiebreaker system used for years, the WPIAL will hold play-in games to decide some PIAA tournament qualifiers. The...

The chairman of the WPIAL basketball committee largely avoided one of Monday’s most-interesting debates, since it was a topic close to his heart. Where to seed the Hampton boys? As a section champion with a 20-2 record, Hampton has a resume worthy of a top two seed. But the Talbots...

High schools WPIAL Monday’s results Boys Nonsection Armstrong 76, Indiana 44 Beaver 61, Mars 58 Burgettstown 56, South Side 53 Butler at Gateway, ppd. Central Valley 55, Mohawk 53 Cornell 50, Freedom 47 Eden Christian 73, Freeport 70 Keystone Oaks 70, Bethel Park 56 Knoch 56, Shady Side Academy 53...

Jack Dunbar dropped 41 points and drained seven 3-pointers, battling James Wesling in a duel of top scorers, as Class 5A top seed Peters Township geared up for the playoffs with an 85-79 victory over Baldwin in nonsection boys basketball Monday night. Jake Ziegler and Nate Miller each scored 14...

A closer look at the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs, which begin Thursday night: Class 6A Favorite: New Castle was bumped up to the WPIAL’s largest classification this winter, but that move hasn’t slowed the Red Hurricanes. They’re led by a pair of 17-point scorers in seniors Jonathan Anderson and Isaiah...

For most of December and even late into January, the Norwin girls looked like the favorite to win WPIAL Class 6A. The Lady Knights were ranked No. 1 for much of the basketball regular season, but a couple of losses to Upper St. Clair and North Allegheny put a dent...

The WPIAL boys and girls basketball “second season” now is set as the 12 brackets were revealed Monday afternoon. The Highlands and Deer Lakes boys and St. Joseph and Knoch girls lead the Alle-Kiski Valley qualifiers as all four drew No. 5 seeds in their respective tournaments. “We definitely have...

The Shady Side Academy and Allderdice girls and the Allderdice boys all clinched playoff spots as the Pittsburgh Interscholastic Fencing League hosted matches Friday at Allderdice High School. In the first round Friday, the top-ranked Allderdice boys beat Fox Chapel, 5-4, with sophomore Jake Burgos earning the winning team point...

One Division I football scholarship offer often leads to many more for rising prospects. That could be the case for Samir Crosby, a freshman at Greensburg Central Catholic, who already is on the radar following a promising debut season. Crosby picked up his first high-level scholarship offer Monday, from the...

A closer look at the WPIAL girls basketball playoffs, which begin with preliminary round games Thursday night: Class 6A Favorite: Upper St. Clair (19-2) has not lost in 2023 and takes a 13-game winning streak into the postseason. The Panthers reached the finals last year and lost to Mt. Lebanon...

If the season ended three days ago, the Penn Hills boys probably would’ve earned a No. 1 seed in the WPIAL basketball playoffs. So, too, might’ve Mohawk. Instead, losses in their section finales Friday night opened the door for Peters Township in Class 5A and Steel Valley in 3A to...

Burrell’s hockey team features a collection of veteran and freshman players from the rival Burrell, Highlands and New-Ken Arnold school districts who share a common goal: to qualify for the PIHL Penguins Cup playoffs. The Bucs did just that, accumulating a record of 8-5-0-1 with 18 points and a fourth-place...

After coming off a tough season, Fox Chapel’s girls basketball team has quite a lot to be proud of this winter, putting itself in the playoff chase. Contributing to the success is the lone senior, Elsie Smith. “Last year was a very difficult season for us, but I think it...

It was another stirring performance for the Hempfield competitive spirit cheerleading squad. The high-energy Hempfield cheerleaders captured their second consecutive team championship in the PIAA Class 3A large varsity division Jan. 27-28 at Giant Center in Hershey. Hempfield coach Suzannah Mayer was ecstatic about the Spartans’ performance in the two-day...

Mt. Pleasant’s girls swimming team has been one of the WPIAL’s most dominant programs the last few seasons. Last month, the Vikings claimed their third Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association team title in four years. (The meet was canceled in 2020.) A big part of the team’s success is SaraJo Gardner,...

High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Monday’s schedule Nonsection Baldwin at Peters Township, 7:30 p.m. Berlin-BrothersValley at New Castle, 7:30 p.m. Burgettstown at South Side, 7:30 p.m. Butler at Gateway, 7:30 p.m. Franklin Regional at Norwin, 7:30 p.m. Freedom at Cornell, 7:30 p.m. Freeport at Eden Christian, 7:30 p.m. Indiana at...

The week begins with a bang with the WPIAL spotlight shining bright on basketball bracketology. The district will release the brackets for the upcoming WPIAL boys and girls basketball playoffs. Whether your favorite school is in a classification with first-round byes or preliminary-round contests prior to the opening round, you...