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TribLive HSSN broadcast listings: Week of Feb. 6, 2023
The final week of the 2023 high school basketball season is upon us with plenty of key games on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has another week full of big WPIAL, District 6 and District 9 boys and girls games. We are also your home for several...
PIHL standings, playoff clinchings through Feb. 5, 2023
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings and postseason clinchings through Sunday: *- indicates clinched a playoff spot x- indicates eliminated from playoff chase #- indicates ineligible for Penguins Cup Playoffs Class 3A: (7 of 8 teams have clinched playoff spots) Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Norwin’s Vogel commits to IUP football
Norwin’s Noah Vogel had his top schools all lined up and was about to make a decision on his football future when a new opportunity came in. An opportunity he could not refuse. IUP had been interested in Vogel since his junior year but increased its financial offer only a...
Freeport pitcher Rape uses showcase to catch eye of Penn State, commits to Nittany Lions
A showcase in New Jersey in July changed the landscape of Freeport sophomore Dustin Rape’s baseball career. It is where the left-handed pitcher hit 90 mph on a radar gun for the first time, and he caught the eye of some major Division-I baseball coaches, including Penn State assistant Dallas...
Olivia Kovach is 1st Mt. Pleasant gymnast to make WPIALs in a decade
The last time Mt. Pleasant was represented in gymnastics, Olivia Kovach was an infant. Brittany Ruggeri was a WPIAL medal winner for Mt. Pleasant in 2011 and ’12. Now 14 years old, Kovach now is a highly competitive freshman gymnast. And what a remarkable representative she has been. Kovach is...
Gateway seniors sign on to continue football careers
Leonard Sherrod, Racari El, Anez Jordan and Malachi Moore shared in the celebration of senior football teammates Matt Brooks and Dallas Harper when they finalized their decisions to attend Division I Duquesne and Youngstown State, respectively, on the first day of the National Letter of Intent early signing period in...
Quaker Valley girls coming together for stretch run
After a sluggish start, the Quaker Valley girls basketball team quickly picked up steam this season. The Quakers won 11 of 13 games to end the month of January with a 6-1 record in Section 2-4A and 13-6 overall. “I’m pretty pleased with how the team is playing,” QV coach...
Quaker Valley divers preparing for WPIAL, PIAA championships
A trio of skillful Quaker Valley divers has laid the foundation for a potentially prodigious high school career. The QV girls competed Jan. 28 at the Beaver Bobcats Diving Invitational against many of the top divers in Western Pennsylvania. Repeating their performance at last year’s PIAA Class 2A championships, QV...
Quaker Valley boys exceed expectations to challenge for section title
A section title still was within grasp of the Quaker Valley boys basketball team in games at the end of January. The defending WPIAL champion Quakers were tied with South Allegheny atop Section 4-4A with a 6-1 record. QV ended last month 11-5 overall; SA was 15-2. “We have shown...
Penn-Trafford wrestlers end team season strong despite loss to Canon-McMillan
Penn-Trafford’s wrestling team can now focus on getting individuals ready for their part of the season after losing to Canon-McMillan in the first round of the WPIAL Class 3A team tournament Feb. 1. The Big Macs defeated the Warriors, 49-15. The individual competitions begin with the section tournament Feb. 25,...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Patton Graziano wins county swimming title
Junior Patton Graziano captured the 100-yard freestyle title at the annual Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association Swimming Championship Jan. 28 at Derry Area. Graziano won the race with a time of 47.72 seconds. He also was on two relay teams that earned medals — the 200 medley team that finished fourth,...
Experienced duo makes difference for Penn Hills bowling team
Logan Kennedy and Nick Hepler didn’t have to wait to form a bond until they were on the Penn Hills bowling team. The duo had already met through club competitions a few years before. Now, the pair are starting to help the Indians form the foundation of a strong boys...
Pine-Richland notebook: Rams wrestlers gear up for postseason tournaments
The Pine-Richland wrestling team was eliminated in the first round of the WPIAL Class 3A tournament, falling 44-19 to West Allegheny on Wednesday night. Now the Rams will turn their attention to the individual postseason and have several wrestlers in good form. Prior to the WPIAL team playoffs, the Rams...
Pine-Richland’s Ryan Palmieri joins teammate in committing to Sacred Heart
The majority of high school athletes post their college commitment on social media as a way to celebrate the accomplishment and let everyone know where they are headed. When Pine-Richland senior Ryan Palmieri found the right school to continue his football career, he didn’t follow that trend. Instead, he quietly...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 4, 2023
High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Saturday’s results Class 2A Section 2 Propel Montour at Propel Braddock Hills, ppd. Slammin’ at Sewickley Academy Blackhawk 66, Eden Christian 52 Laurel Highlands 56, South Allegheny 55 Lincoln Park 66, Aliquippa 54 Nonsection Berlin-BrothersValley 67, Bishop Canevin 52 Mapletown 79, Beth-Center 61 Neshannock 70,...
High school roundup for Feb. 4, 2023: Laurel Highlands edges past South Allegheny in 4A heavyweight clash
Keondre Deshields scored 15 points, including a pair of go-ahead free throws with 43.4 seconds remaining, to lead Laurel Highlands to a 56-55 victory over South Allegheny in a matchup of ranked teams in WPIAL Class 4A boys basketball at the Slammin’ at Sewickley event Saturday. Rodney Gallagher led No....
WPIAL girls basketball rankings: Week ending February 5, 2023
Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Upper St. Clair, 17-2, 1 2. North Allegheny, 14-4, 2 3. Norwin, 17-3, 3 4. Mt. Lebanon, 14-6, 4 5. Chartiers Valley, 10-7, NR Out: Butler (10-9, 5) Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. South Fayette, 17-2, 1 2. Oakland Catholic, 18-2,...
WPIAL boys basketball rankings: Week ending February 5, 2023
Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. New Castle, 17-2, 1 2. Central Catholic, 11-8, 2 3. Butler, 14-5, 4 4. Upper St. Clair, 12-8, 5 5. Mt. Lebanon, 13-4, 3 Out: none Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Penn Hills, 15-2, 1 2. Peters Township, 16-3, 2 3....
Burgettstown wrestlers get vengeance, win WPIAL team title
Burrell had gotten the better of Burgettstown four times in the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs over the past decade. That included wins in the 2020 and 2021 championship matches. But Saturday at Chartiers-Houston, Burgettstown turned the tables and captured its first WPIAL Class 2A team-tournament title 31-24. “That was a...
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Mt. Pleasant’s Lily King, Hempfield’s Eli Carr
Lily King School: Mt. Pleasant Sport: Swimming Class: Sophomore Claim to fame: King was dominant for the second straight year at the Westmoreland County Coaches Association championships at Derry, winning the 100- and 200-yard freestyle races in record fashion. She set county records of 49.63 seconds in the 100 free...
Canon-McMillan edges Waynesburg on criteria to capture 10th WPIAL wrestling title
Waynesburg’s run as king of WPIAL wrestling ended Saturday at Peters Township. Canon-McMillan got pins from Collier Hartman (107 pounds) and Joseph Ryder (127) to defeat Waynesburg, 28-28, by criteria D, most team wins, in the Class 3A team championship. The Big Macs (14-2) won seven matches to the Raiders’...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Kiski Area’s Eliza Miller, Parker Sterlitz
Eliza Miller Class: Junior School: Kiski Area Sport: Swimming Report card: Miller won a pair of gold medals at the WCCA championship meet Jan. 28 at Derry. The junior broke her own school record in winning the 500 freestyle in 5 minutes, 5.31 seconds. She also won the 100 breaststroke...
North Allegheny notebook: Tigers win triple-overtime thriller
Ty Iwanonkiw put up 19 points, Joey Dopirak hit for 18 and Joe Marquis added 11 as North Allegheny earned a 61-54 win over Pine-Richland (5-13, 1-6) in triple overtime in a Section 1-6A boys basketball game Jan. 31. Emery Moye dropped 22 points and Owen Luellen finished with 14...
Franklin Regional boys swimmers check box with Westmoreland County title
During the preseason, Franklin Regional swimming coach Vic Santoro said one of the goals for his team was to win the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association title. That goal was achieved as the Panthers boys claimed the title with 298 points Jan. 28, edging Class 2A Kiski Area (285). The girls,...
Hampton wrestlers set sights on next hurdle
Hampton missed the WPIAL wrestling playoffs in its first season as a Class 2A program, but there’s still a lot to shoot for. The Talbots have turned their attention to the WPIAL individual postseason, which begins with the 14-team Eastern Sectional Feb. 18 at Greensburg Salem. The top six finishers...
