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Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week for Jan. 8, 2023
While most WPIAL basketball teams spent the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day participating in a traditional holiday tournament, the Thomas Jefferson boys basketball team did not. The Jaguars spent most of the week in their gym practicing, and practicing, and practicing some more. It wasn’t a form of...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Hempfield’s Brooke McCoy
Hempfield girls basketball got off to a solid start to the season, going 6-3 heading into the new year. The next hurdle to clear for Hempfield, which is looking for its first winning season since 2016-17, will be section play, which was set to begin Jan. 2. “We’re getting chemistry...
Greensburg Salem hockey team hungry for more success
It’s been a lot of fun for the Greensburg Salem hockey team to quite often assemble and break bread. The guys seem to enjoy gathering at the conclusion of a spirited practice. A tight-knit group, with most players having been together since middle school, this dogged bunch has mostly craved...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Valley’s Jada Norman
With big victories over Deer Lakes and Ligonier Valley in the books, the Valley girls basketball team has already surpassed its win total from a 1-18 season last year. Among the talented players on the roster is senior Jada Norman. “After our win against Deer Lakes, we went into the...
PIHL standings through Jan. 8, 2023
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday. Class 3A Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points Seneca Valley, 10-2-1 = 21 North Allegheny, 9-3-2 = 20 Peters Township, 9-3-0 = 18 Central Catholic, 8-4-1 = 17 Cathedral Prep, 8-5-0 = 16 Pine-Richland,...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week for Jan. 9, 2023
There are several high school athletes who do very well at more than one sport during the school year. Then there is Joe Roth. His story has become a familiar one since he started his scholastic career two years ago. The Ellwood City junior excels at two sports during the...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for Jan. 8, 2023
It was a bit of a rough start to the new year for the Charleroi girls basketball team. Three days in, the Cougars had a three-game winning streak snapped as they lost to Waynesburg Central, 65-55. This despite the scoring of junior McKenna DeUnger, who had more than half of...
High school sports results, schedule for Jan. 8, 2023
High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Sunday’s result Cleveland (Ohio) Play-by-Play Classic Garfield Heights, Ohio 66, Imani Christian 46 Monday’s schedule Class 5A Section 3 Gateway at Kiski Area, 7 p.m. Nonsection Greensburg Central Catholic at Berlin-BrothersValley, 7:30 p.m. Slippery Rock at Ellwood City, 7:30 p.m. Girls Monday’s schedule Class 6A...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for Jan. 8, 2023
The 2020-21 Shady Side Academy girls basketball team finished the covid-shortened season with a record of 1-10. Less than two years later, the Bulldogs have completely turned things around. Heading into the second week of January, they are 10-1 overall, tied for first place in Section 3-3A and are No....
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Jan. 9, 2023
We drop the puck on our 2023 high school hockey coverage, along with plenty of big high school basketball games this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has a week full of WPIAL boys and girls section basketball games, plus more mat action with district scholastic...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Jan. 9, 2023: Section 3-5A girls basketball showdown on tap
Call them the terrific trio of Section 3-5A in WPIAL girls basketball. Oakland Catholic leads the way with a 4-0 section record, followed closely by McKeesport and Penn-Trafford, each a half-game back at 3-0 in section play. Combined, the trio has an overall record of 28-4. Beginning Monday and continuing...
Westmoreland high school notebook: PIHL all-stars headed to RMU
Robert Morris’ Island Sports Center will be the place for the PIHL All-Star Games on Jan. 29. The Division 2 all-stars will play in the first of five games, beginning at noon. Class A will have two games: Class A Gold will play at 1:40, followed by Class A Blue...
Ty George expected to be named head football coach at Greensburg Salem
According to the school board agenda for Wednesday night’s meeting, Greensburg Salem will vote to hire Ty George as its football coach. George is a 2014 Hempfield graduate who was a standout wide receiver in the WPIAL and at Seton Hill. He most recently was an assistant coach at Greensburg...
Quaker Valley senior commits to storied Brown University rowing program
Ellie Graham, a senior at Quaker Valley, has opted to extend her rowing career at Brown University of the Ivy League. “I selected Brown because of its culture of academic rigor, but also for the fact that, while it is rigorous, it does not seem to be extremely cutthroat like...
Penn Hills notebook: Indians boys hoops steps up competition
Penn Hills boys basketball had a unique opportunity in late December and early January. The Indians were able to take on three teams that were all major players on the state stage last season. Penn Hills played two teams that reached the PIAA Class 6A semifinals — Archbishop Wood and...
Gateway’s Matt Brooks, Dallas Harper look forward to future in football
Matt Brooks didn’t wait around for his college experience to begin. The December Gateway graduate moved into his dorm room at Duquesne on Jan. 4 and began classes the next day. The start of winter football workouts was to follow Friday and pick up in intensity this week. “It feels...
Renovations moving quickly for Gateway’s state-of-the-art baseball, softball fields
Two weeks ago, outfield walls similar to what is seen at PNC Park were installed on the baseball and softball fields at Gateway High School. “It is a pretty neat visual,” Gateway athletic director Don Holl said. It was the latest addition to a project to renovate both fields that...
Penn Hills officially sponsors girls wrestling, taking 1st step toward creating a team
Penn Hills isn’t ready just yet to field a high school girls wrestling team. But Indians athletic director Steph Strauss wants the district to be ready for when the day comes, so Penn Hills became the 78th school in Pennsylvania to sponsor a girls varsity wrestling team. One hundred schools...
Pine-Richland girls, junior Madison Zavasky enjoying breakout season
Madison Zavasky made the tough decision to end her soccer career and put her full sports focus into basketball. The returns on that investment have been high. Zavasky, a junior, scored in double digits in each of Pine-Richland’s first eight games and averaged 20.5 points per game in that span....
Quaker Valley wrestlers learn from Powerade experience, set sights on WPIAL repeat
A select group of Quaker Valley athletes did some big-time wrestling over the holiday break. Freshman Bruce Anderchak (107), junior Isaac Maccaglia (114) and seniors Brandon Krul (127) and Logan Richey (145) participated in the varsity division of the nationally acclaimed Powerade Tournament on Dec. 29-30 at Canon-McMillan. Following the...
Westmoreland High School Athletes of the Week: Week ending Jan. 7, 2023
Lauren Palangio School: Norwin Sport: Basketball Class: Junior Claim to fame: A 6-foot-1 center, Palangio has helped Norwin to a 10-1 record, the No. 1 ranking in WPIAL Class 6A, and the No. 4 ranking in the state. She had 16 points and seven rebounds in a 56-32 win over...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 7, 2023
High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Saturday’s results Class 4A Section 2 North Catholic 96, Hopewell 41 Chuckie Mahoney Classic At Burgettstown Fort Cherry 66, Avella 31 West Allegheny 62, Chartiers-Houston 50 Washington 49, Quaker Valley 46 Weir (WV) 70 Burgettstown 54 Erie Burger King Classic Championship Lincoln Park 61, De...
High school roundup for Jan. 7, 2023: Brandin Cummings lifts Lincoln Park to tourney title
Brandin Cummings scored 29 points to lead Lincoln Park to a 61-48 victory over De La Salle (IL) in the championship game of the Burger King Classic in Erie. Meleek Thomas added 22 for the Leopards (10-0). Days after committing to Pitt, Cummings totaled 62 points in the two-game tournament....
Penn Township’s Brian Sakowski ready to officiate national championship game
Sixteen years ago, as Brian Sakowski remembers, he worked his first varsity football game, a WPIAL rivalry between Trinity and Canon-McMillan. That game almost was his last, he says now, with a laugh. “There was a blocked punt, and I called this absolutely horrible holding call when the ball was...
Central Valley wins 1st WPIAL spirit title; Hempfield 3-peats
With 17 seniors on the Hempfield competitive spirit squad, expectations were high for the Spartans to secure another district championship on their home court. Mission accomplished. Hempfield secured its third consecutive Class 3A competitive spirit championship Saturday afternoon, edging out Thomas Jefferson for the gold medal. In the Class 2A...
