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City League QB among 5 finalists for Willie Thrower Award for 1st time
Westinghouse quarterback Keyshawn Morsillo, who led the Bulldogs on a historic run to the state football finals, was announced Tuesday as one of five finalists for the Willie Thrower Award. Morsillo is the first City League player selected as a finalist in the three-year history of the award, which recognizes...
WPIAL individual wrestling rankings for Jan. 24, 2023
Here are this week’s Trib HSSN WPIAL individual wrestling rankings. Class 3A 107: 1. Santino Slaboda, Butler (27-0); 2. Tanner Mizenko, Canon-McMillan (22-6); 3. Landon Lynn, Connellsville (18-9); 4. Owen Campbell, Plum (18-4); 5. Gus Stedeford, North Allegheny (21-9); 6. Dylan Barrett, Penn-Trafford (24-10). 114: 1. Luke Willochell, Latrobe (20-2);...
WPIAL team wrestling rankings for Jan. 24, 2023
Here are this week’s WPIAL and City League team wrestling rankings. Teams are listed with overall record and last week’s ranking. WPIAL Class 3A Rank, team, record, previous 1. Waynesburg (9-2) 3 2. Canon-McMillan (8-2) 3 3. Connellsville (11-4) 3 4. Latrobe (5-2) 6 5. West Allegheny (9-1) NR 6....
Central Catholic hires former Seneca Valley, Pine-Richland assistant Ryan Lehmeier as football coach
Central Catholic’s new football coach wasn’t chosen from the school’s alumni list, but that doesn’t mean Ryan Lehmeier isn’t already familiar with the team’s tradition. Eleven times in the past eight years, Lehmeier coached a team on the opposite sideline from Central Catholic, so he can appreciate the success of...
Bethel Park hires offensive coordinator Phil Peckich as football coach
Bethel Park promoted offensive coordinator Phil Peckich to head coach Tuesday night, giving the Black Hawks football program some continuity under a coach who’s among the youngest in the WPIAL. The 31-year-old is a first-time head coach but brings eight years of experience to the job. Peckich spent five seasons...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 23, 2023
High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Monday’s results Nonsection Beaver Falls 79, Rochester 52 Charleroi 63, Frazier 53 Hillel Academy 48, Propel Montour 35 Monessen 45, Brownsville 43 Propel Andrew Street 51, Redeemer Christian School 17 Riverside 55, Cornell 44 South Allegheny 59, Mars 55 Southmoreland 76, Ligonier Valley 55 City...
High school roundup for Jan. 23, 2023: Upper St. Clair knocks off Norwin in clash of 6A contenders
Kate Robbins and Rylee Kalocay scored 14 points apiece to lead No. 2 Upper St. Clair to a 56-45 victory over No. 1 Norwin in a nonsection clash of section leaders and WPIAL title contenders in Class 6A girls basketball Monday night Mia Brown added 12 and Olivia Terlecki had...
Plum girls mount double-digit 4th-quarter rally to beat Franklin Regional
It’s rare a team wins a basketball game after making one field goal in an entire half. Not every team has Megan Marston, however. After a difficult first half when nothing would fall for anyone, Marston found a rhythm and her Plum teammates followed. And they pulled off an epic...
Knoch girls avenge earlier loss to Highlands as Shaw scores 22
When the Highlands and Knoch girls basketball teams met at Highlands on Dec. 19, the Golden Rams prevailed by 10. Knights senior guard Nina Shaw was held under 10 points that night. But Shaw was on point in the rematch Monday. She scored 22 points, including 10 in a difference-making...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 24, 2023: Last undefeated team to face challenge
Then there was one. Over the course of the last two weeks, undefeated boys and girls basketball teams started to drop from the ranks of the unbeaten. Blackhawk girls, Bishop Canevin boys, New Castle boys, Lincoln Park boys and then on Saturday, South Allegheny boys team tasted defeat for the...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week for Jan. 23, 2023Video
Maybe they should call him Magic Mike. Coach Mike O’Lare has transformed his magical touch from the girls to the boys basketball program at Mohawk. “I was blessed the last few years with the girls to have teams that played a high level of basketball,” O’Lare said. “For me to...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week for Jan. 23, 2023
When he’s not torturing opponents on the hardwood, North Hills junior Royce Parham said he likes to get together with his buddies, hang out and shoot the breeze. If he’s as good at shooting the breeze as is his shooting a basketball, then his pals are in for some good...
Belle Vernon’s Martin playing with elite 7-on-7 football team, will miss some basketball games
Quinton Martin might miss a few basketball games this season as he continues his ascent to major college football. The junior from Belle Vernon is playing 7-on-7 football this winter with the nationally renowned Trillion Boys organization out of Los Angeles. Martin is seeking top-level competition as he works toward...
Plum gymnast Sarah Kvortek suffers season-ending foot injury
Plum senior Sarah Kvortek hoped for one final solid performance at the WPIAL individual gymnastics championships Feb. 11 to close out her high school career. But those hopes came to a sudden halt last Friday at a high school meet at Premier Gym and Cheer in Baldwin. While preparing for...
Westmoreland County Junior Spotlight: Jeannette’s Venicia Vignoli
Venicia Vignoli won’t forget the first win of her high school basketball career any time soon. Why? Because it snapped Jeannette’s 51-game losing streak, a streak that had stretched back to 2020 when she was a freshman. The junior guard has become a go-to scorer for the Jayhawks. A first-year...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Ligonier Valley’s James Pleskovich
Sometimes it helps to look past the record when evaluating a team and its leadership. That’s the case for Ligonier Valley’s boys basketball team, which is 3-11. The Rams have a young team after the graduation of eight seniors from last year’s team. This year’s roster includes just two seniors:...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Riverview’s Ben Hower
After missing the WPIAL playoffs last year, the Riverview boys basketball team had a good first half of the season, beating section favorite Greensburg Central Catholic on Dec. 16 and posting a section record of 2-1. Contributing to the solid start is senior Ben Hower. “This year’s goal is to...
After sweeping defending champion Norwin, Kiski Area hockey team continues rise in standings
The Kiski Area hockey team already was trending in the right direction, but after the heist pulled off against Norwin on Jan. 10, the group should galvanize even more. The Cavaliers trailed 3-2 late in the third period but received a power play and took full advantage. Ethan Bombalski scored...
High school sports schedules for Jan. 23, 2023
High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Monday’s schedule Nonsection Brownsville at Monessen, 7 p.m. Charleroi at Frazier, 7 p.m. Hillel Academy at Propel Montour, 6 p.m. Mars at South Allegheny, 7 p.m. Riverside at Cornell, 6:30 p.m. Rochester at Beaver Falls, 7:30 p.m. Southmoreland at Ligonier Valley, 7:15 p.m. City League...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for Jan. 22, 2023
Former Perry star basketball player Eddie Benton has returned home to the Pittsburgh area after several years as an assistant coach of the women’s basketball teams at Cincinnati and Mississippi State. Oakland Catholic is thrilled with his homecoming. In his first year, Benton has Oakland Catholic soaring in Class 5A,...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for Jan. 22, 2023
Freedom junior Shaye Bailey enjoys painting. She painted her bedroom in a Partridge Family bus pattern featuring the colors purple and gray. She might want to redo her room adding some gold, lots of gold. Bailey and several of her Bulldogs teammates took home the gold this past fall in...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Jan. 23, 2023: Section play heats up in girls basketball
Last year, the Freedom girls basketball team reached the WPIAL Class 3A title game before falling to North Catholic, 48-43. Also in the 2022 playoffs, the Shenango girls hoops team reached the WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinals before losing to eventual champion Neshannock. On Monday, the Bulldogs and Wildcats meet for...
PIHL standings through Jan. 22, 2023
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday: Class 3A Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points Central Catholic, 11-5-1 = 23 Peters Township, 10-3-1 = 21 Seneca Valley, 10-4-1 = 21 North Allegheny, 9-4-3 = 21 Cathedral Prep, 9-6-0 = 18 Upper...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Jan. 23, 2023
Time is winding down on section play in WPIAL team wrestling and district basketball in the final full week of January as the action picks up in both sports plus more, this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has a week full of WPIAL, District...
Westmoreland high school notebook: GCC’s Mack catches Maine’s eye
Amari Mack caught the attention of college coaches when he received a scholarship offer to play at Sacred Heart as a sophomore. Schools are still plenty interested in the senior from Greensburg Central Catholic. Mack, a 6-foot, 180-pound running back, wide receiver and defensive back, has a preferred walk-on offer...
