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Shady Side Academy boys, Allderdice girls claim Pittsburgh Interscholastic Fencing Association team titles
A several-month long series of matches culminated last Friday in the Pittsburgh Interscholastic Fencing Association playoffs at Allderdice High School, and the Allderdice girls and Shady Side Academy boys claimed team championships. The Shady Side Academy girls came into the playoffs as the top seed after finishing the regular season...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Burrell’s Ryan Scheftic
After missing by two points last year, the Burrell hockey team is ready to take on the playoffs this season. The Bucs go into the first round with a record of 8-5. Contributing to the success this season is senior defenseman Ryan Scheftic. “This year, the team understood that we...
Despite shorthanded roster, Redeemer Lutheran’s ‘Fab 5’ found success
To say Redeemer Lutheran High School faced some challenges in fielding its first girls varsity basketball team might be an understatement. Consider: • The school in Verona — with 36 students in grades nine through 12 — does not have a gymnasium large enough to host varsity basketball games. •...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Latrobe’s Fletcher Harvey
Sometimes in sports, a team needs a little failure to propel itself forward. That was the case for Latrobe’s hockey team last season and the start of this season. The Wildcats missed the postseason for the first time in 17 years last year. Senior Fletcher Harvey was on that team,...
Westmoreland County hockey teams prepare for Penguins Cup playoff run
For hockey teams still competing this time of year in the PIHL, the buzz around the rink automatically is amped up a notch. This is the case for a handful of teams around Westmoreland County that are competing in the Penguins Cup playoffs. Greensburg Salem (17-3) earned the 2B seed...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for March 5, 2023
In the four years before Rob Nogay was hired as girls basketball coach at his alma mater, the Union program won a total of 8 games. Four years after Nogay took over as sideline boss, the Scotties are district champions. Top-seeded Union captured its first WPIAL Class A girls basketball...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week for March 5, 2023
It’s official: 2023 is the Year of the Deer. At least when it comes to WPIAL 3A boys basketball. No. 5 seed Deer Lakes became the streak busters for the second time this season against Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. First, the Lancers ended the Chargers’ district- and state-record...
PIAA releases preliminary qualifiers for swimming and diving championships
The PIAA released the at-large (time) qualifiers Sunday afternoon for the Class 2A and Class 3A state swimming championships March 15-18, at Bucknell University. The WPIAL is well represented in every boys and girls event and owns numerous top seeds. Only the champion in each event at all of the...
What to watch for in high school sports for March 6, 2023: Penguins Cup quarterfinals on tap
Five years ago, Seneca Valley defeated Peters Township in the Class 3A finals to win the 2018 PIHL Penguins Cup championship. This postseason, the Raiders are the No. 2 seed and the Indians are No. 1 as the 2023 PIHL Penguins Cup playoffs kick into full gear with eight quarterfinal...
For Norwin girls basketball team, there’s no substitution for depth
Norwin likes to manage minutes, using group substitutions to keep the lineup fresh at all times. It has become a way of life for the girls basketball team, which returns to the PIAA playoffs this week after three years away. Watch a game, no matter its level of importance, and...
Final 2022-23 PIHL standings
Here are the final PIHL high school hockey standings and postseason clinchings through the end of the regular season. The Penguins Cup playoffs in 3A, 2A and A, along with the PIHL Division II postseason begin with quarterfinal games Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Watch the high school hockey postseason with...
High school sports scores, schedules for March 5, 2023
High schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs Class 6A Saturday’s schedule Chambersburg (15-11) at Plymouth-Whitemarch (24-4), 4 p.m.; CB East (22-4) vs. Archbishop Wood (16-8) at Archbishop Ryan, 6:30 p.m.; Cenral (16-11) vs. North Penn (18-8) at West Philadelphia, 3 p.m.; Coatesville (18-9) at Scranton (14-11), 5 p.m.; WC Henderson (16-11)...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of March 6, 2023
We all take a deep breath with the completion of the WPIAL basketball, wrestling and swimming championships. Now our attention turns to the PIHL Penguins Cup hockey postseason and the PIAA basketball and wrestling playoffs this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN continues our coverage...
Canon-McMillan girls wrestling team wins 1st Western Regional
The growth of girls wrestling was on display Sunday as more than 100 girls wrestlers competed in the first MyHouse Western Regional girls championships at Kiski Area. In a meet composed of wrestlers from schools in PIAA Districts 7, 8 and 10, the wrestlers from the WPIAL schools shined: 10...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Hockey teams ready for next round
The high school hockey playoffs continue this week for eight Westmoreland County teams. In PIHL Class 2A, No. 8 seed Hempfield (7-11) travels to Kittanning to play No. 1 Armstrong (17-3) in the quarterfinals at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. No. 4 seed Penn-Trafford (13-7), meantime, hosts No. 5 Thomas Jefferson (12-8)...
37 WPIAL teams enter state tournament as PIAA releases girls basketball brackets
The Path to the Pete is complete as the focus turns to the Road to Hershey and the start of the PIAA basketball postseason next weekend. The state basketball playoffs tip off Friday and Saturday. Here is a look at the dates, sites and times for the 37 WPIAL girls...
WPIAL boys basketball teams set for opening-round matchups in PIAA playoffs
The Path to the Pete is complete as the focus turns to the Road to Hershey and the start of the PIAA basketball postseason next weekend. The state basketball playoffs tip off Friday and Saturday. Here is a look at the dates, sites and times for the 36 District 7...
Early-season tests provided foundation for Deer Lakes’ run to WPIAL title
When Deer Lakes’ boys basketball team took the floor against the top teams in the WPIAL during the district playoffs, the Lancers felt right at home. Mostly because they already had played some of the best teams Western Pennsylvania has to offer. Those early-season tests helped shape the Lancers and...
Developmental season for Penn Hills wrestling ends with near-misses for WPIAL hopefuls
Penn Hills wrestling spent the season in a developmental phase, trying to build self-confidence on the roster and give kids a chance to qualify for the WPIAL Class 3A championship tournament. The Indians, though, faced a daunting task by seeing its inexperienced roster having to navigate through a sectional field...
Led by Emily Smallwood, Pine-Richland divers have successful WPIAL meet
Senior Emily Smallwood and sophomores Kendyll Jerry and Jake Jones advanced to the final round of 16 divers at the WPIAL Class 3A diving championships at North Allegheny High School on Feb. 25. Smallwood finished best among the Rams qualifiers, placing eighth with a score of 380.25. Jerry was right...
Season-ending win, young roster leave Pine-Richland boys hopeful about future
It wasn’t the season that the Pine-Richland boys basketball team hoped for, but it did end on a high note. The Rams capped a 6-15 season with a 76-72 win over playoff-bound Butler in their season finale on senior night. “It was a good way to end,” Pine-Richland coach Bob...
Plum girls value experience in WPIAL basketball playoffs
Plum girls basketball coach Rich Mull said he knew his team had its work cut out for it when it took on No. 1 South Fayette in a WPIAL Class 5A first-round matchup Feb. 21. “South Fayette had a great reputation that precedes them, obviously, and it was a challenge...
Norwin notebook: Adam Bilinsky bids farewell in boys basketball playoff loss
Basketball season ended in the WPIAL Class 6A quarterfinals for the Norwin boys. The Knights had to face the No. 1 seed in their playoff opener and, although they played with host New Castle for much of the contest, they dropped a 59-47 decision. Norwin ends the season at 14-9...
Hampton freshman makes name for himself in WPIAL wrestling postseason
Hampton freshman Dustin Kerr proved a wrist fracture and a sore elbow couldn’t prevent him from climbing a podium. The 15-year-old 127-pounder, who missed a total of six weeks this season with lingering injuries, placed second at sectionals in mid-February and fifth at the WPIAL Class 2A wrestling championships Feb....
Hampton’s Benny Haselrig fulfills Division I dream with decision to walk on at Pitt
Hampton senior Benny Haselrig agonized a bit during the recruiting process. Should he walk on at a big-time Division I football program or take a full ride to a smaller Division II school? In the end, Benny bet on himself. The three-time all-Greater Allegheny Conference first-team wide receiver committed to...
