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High school roundup for Feb. 14, 2023: Penn-Trafford hockey trips up South Fayette
Xavier Solomon and Nate Loughner each had two goals and two assists to lead Penn-Trafford to a 5-1 victory over second-place South Fayette in PIHL Class 2A hockey Tuesday night. Cam Kiste added a goal, Jack Blank had two assists and Jackson Kerrigan stopped 17 shots in net for Penn-Trafford...
Plum hires former Mars football coach, athletic director Scott Heinauer as interim AD
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...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week for Feb. 14, 2023
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...
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week for Feb. 14, 2023
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....
High school wrestling notebook: Individual postseason starts Friday
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...
Freeport Area swimmers in good position to make waves at WPIALs
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...
WPIAL Individual Wrestling Rankings: Feb. 15, 2023
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);...
WPIAL brings back play-in games to determine state basketball playoff qualifiers
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...
Choosing Hampton’s seed becomes tricky decision with leading scorer ineligible
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 school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 13, 2023
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...
High school roundup for Feb. 13, 2023: Jack Dunbar leads Peters Township in playoff tuneup
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...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for Feb. 12, 2023Video
There was a point during the regular season that the logjam atop Section 2-3A had little to no separation. Avonworth, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart and Keystone Oaks were fighting for a section crown with little room for error on game night. However, following a Jan. 9 loss to...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for Feb. 12, 2023Video
When Gabby Baldasare took over the Pine-Richland girls basketball program last summer, like most coaches, she had a learning curve to go through. She had a bunch of green and white pieces of clay that needed to be shaped and molded into a winning team. One of those pieces was...
Breaking down the 2023 WPIAL boys basketball playoff brackets
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...
Norwin girls lead Westmoreland County contingent into playoffs as No. 3 seed
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...
Handful of A-K Valley basketball teams get No. 5 seeds in WPIALs
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...
Allderdice teams, Shady Side girls wrap up spots for high school fencing league playoffs
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...
GCC freshman Samir Crosby grabs Division I football offer
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...
Breaking down the 2023 WPIAL girls basketball playoff brackets
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...
WPIAL reveals basketball playoff brackets asking: ‘What have you done lately?’
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 hockey team ready to ‘make noise’ in Penguins Cup playoffs
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...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Fox Chapel’s Elsie Smith
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...
Group effort helped Hempfield competitive spirit team defend PIAA title
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...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Mt. Pleasant’s SaraJo Gardner
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 school sports schedule for Feb. 13, 2023
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...
