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Deer Lakes boys insist celebration of streak-busting win over OLSH will be short
Happy Holidays, Deer Lakes. The Lancers received an early present leading to the Christmas weekend when, on Thursday, they ended the nation’s longest winning streak in high school boys basketball by defeating two-time PIAA champion Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. The celebration of their decisive 70-55 victory, said their...
2022 WPIAL All-Conference Football: Sto-Rox tops Century with 9 players on 1st team
Sto-Rox was a newcomer in the Class 2A Century Conference, but the Vikings made themselves right at home this season. They went 6-0 and were rewarded with nine first-team spots on the all-conference team. Dre Miller-Ross was voted the MVP, quarterback Josh Jenkins was the offensive player of the year...
2022 WPIAL All-Conference Football: Steel Valley leads 1st team with 9 spots in Allegheny
Steel Valley’s Cruce Brookins was a two-way standout for the Ironmen, but he wasn’t the only player on the roster making an impact on both sides of the ball. Three Steel Valley players were voted first-team all-conference in the Class 2A Allegheny for both offense and defense. The conference champions...
Freeport volleyball’s Phillips leads Alle-Kiski hall of fame class
Freeport volleyball coach Tom Phillips is famous for maintaining one of the state top scholastic girls volleyball programs — and wearing his lucky gold ballcap. But the coach of the two-time state champion Yellowjackets won’t be needing his good-luck ballcap May 20 as he will be one of 10 inductees...
Though not a football fan, Greensburg C.C.’s Franco Alvarez takes pride in name
Franco Alvarez isn’t a big football fan. In fact, he admittedly didn’t know much about Franco Harris. Yet he has a connection to the late Pittsburgh Steelers great: The junior basketball player from Greensburg Central Catholic is named after Harris. “That’s pretty cool,” Alvarez said. “I think I heard my...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 22, 2022
High Schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Thursday’s results Class 4A Section 2 Lincoln Park 87, Ambridge 47 Class A Section 3 Neighborhood Academy 62, Hillel Academy 24 Nonsection Aliquippa 48, Steel Valley 45 Bishop Canevin 52, Carlynton 41 Burgettstown 67, Avella 34 California 73, Frazier 71 Canon-McMillan 73, Connellsville 34 Chartiers-Houston...
High school roundup for Dec. 22, 2022: Deer Lakes stops OLSH’s state-record win streak at 74
Bryce Robson scored 21 points as Deer Lakes ended the longest winning streak in Pennsylvania boys high school basketball history at 74 games Thursday night, beating Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, 70-55. Billy Schaeffer added 17 points and Nate Litrun had 12 for the Lancers (5-3), who jumped out...
Role player Riley helps GCC boys basketball grind out win over Hempfield
Braden Riley is your prototypical role player. He takes charges and plays energetic defense. He passes and cuts. He defers to the upper-class players. But the Greensburg Central Catholic sophomore guard saw an opportunity to be more assertive and help his team win Thursday night. Riley didn’t score in double...
North Catholic runs away from Plum in victory
Max Hurray and North Catholic got off to a sizzling start and didn’t slow down. Hurray, a junior, scored 14 points in the first quarter with a trio of 3-pointers and helped the Trojans build an 18-point lead on their way to an 89-47 win over Plum in a nonsection...
2022 WPIAL All-Conference Football: Avonworth sweeps MVP honors in Western Hills
Avonworth’s Luke Hilyard and Brandon Biagiarelli swept the conference MVP honors, and nine teammates also were named first-team all-conference after the Antelopes won the Class 3A Western Hills title. The team went 6-0 in the conference and finished 11-2 overall as the WPIAL Class 3A runner-up. Hilyard was voted the...
2022 WPIAL All-Conference Football: Freeport, Shady Side Academy lead Allegheny 6 honors
Conference champion Freeport received 10 first-team all-conference spots in the Class 3A Allegheny 6, led by Ben Lane, Jacksen Reiser and Jacob Bollinger, who also earned individual awards. Lane was voted the conference’s Offensive MVP, Reiser shared the co-Defensive MVP award and Bollinger was tabbed as the top defensive lineman....
Westmoreland County boys basketball notebook: Cavalry arrives for Belle Vernon
Now that its basketball team is back to full strength, can Belle Vernon make a run at football and basketball titles? The Leopards have eight players back from the football team that won WPIAL and PIAA Class 3A championships. Three are starters: Quinton Martin, the returning Trib Westmoreland player of...
Southmoreland boys finding different ways to win
The Southmoreland boys basketball team put up 83 points in one game and 44 in another and won both games. So what does that say about the Scotties, who had their best start since 2014-15? “That’s a sign of a good team,” coach Frank Muccino said. “We want to be...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 21, 2022
High Schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results Class 4A Section 2 Ambridge 40, Hopewell 39 KSA Classic (Kissimmee, Fla.) McGuffey 34, Monclair Kimberley Academy (N.J.) 32 Uniontown 62, Salem (Mass.) 37 Seahawk Holiday Classic (Hilton Head, S.C.) Mt. Lebanon 42, Westview (Tenn.) 37 Nonsection Allderdice 68, Pine-Richland 59 Aquinas Academy...
Western Pa.’s Top 10 football prospects for the Class of 2024
College football coaches needing a linebacker, running back, wide receiver or offensive lineman will be visiting Western Pennsylvania in the coming months. Need a quarterback? The WPIAL has a few of those, too. Now that many in the 2023 recruiting class made their commitments official Wednesday, the WPIAL’s 2024 graduates...
High school roundup for Dec. 21, 2022: Allderdice knocks off another WPIAL foe
Ethan Anish scored 22 points and made four 3-pointers while Major Rainey and Jack Segall added 12 points apiece to lead Allderdice to a 68-59 victory over Pine-Richland in nonsection boys basketball Wednesday night. Sam Kelly finished with 10 for the Dragons (7-1), who improved to 7-0 against WPIAL opponents...
‘He was super:’ Franco Harris was 3-sport star in New Jersey before NFL fame
Before a legendary NFL career that elevated him to football royalty and before his proud college days at Penn State playing for Joe Paterno, the late Franco Harris was a standout three-sport star at a small high school in New Jersey. Some swear Harris was from Pennsylvania because he is...
Penn-Trafford trio signs letters of intent, proving program’s power
The WPIAL and PIAA trophies in the display case at Penn-Trafford tell the story of how far the football program has come. But so do the college signers. The hardware is the centerpiece, the ultimate goal, but NCAA signing day also symbolizes the progress the Warriors have made in recent...
Leechburg’s Braylan Lovelace, Apollo-Ridge’s Nick Curci carry A-K Valley flag on signing day
Braylan Lovelace and Nick Curci may be headed to different colleges, but the two Alle-Kiski Valley football standouts on Wednesday shared a similar celebratory atmosphere. They finalized their college decisions to Pitt and Duquesne, respectively, along with friends, family, teammates and coaches on the first day of the NCAA’s National...
Early signing day: WPIAL, City League players sign with Division I programs
High school football recruits used to have to wait until February to sign a national letter of intent, but that changed six years ago when the NCAA added an early signing period for Division I football. Now, most of the top recruits sign in mid-December. Here’s a look at senior...
Steel Valley’s Cruce Brookins signs with Pitt
It didn’t take Cruce Brookins long to find a new home after he de-committed from Kent State last month. Brookins, a three-star prospect who played quarterback and defensive back at Steel Valley, signed a letter of intent Wednesday morning with Pitt. He committed to Kent State this summer, but wavered...
Westmoreland County girls basketball notebook: Norwin tops Class 6A poll
There is a new No. 1 in WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball. Undefeated Norwin surged into the top spot after some impressive wins over other ranked teams. Norwin (6-0), which began the season at No. 4, knocked off Class 4A No. 1 South Fayette (43-40), 4A No. 2 Indiana (47-28),...
After knee injury, Greensburg Salem’s Kaitlyn Mankins is back and better than ever
Led to believe she could make a full recovery in four months, a goal-oriented and motivated Kaitlyn Mankins aimed for a shorter time to mend. The Greensburg Salem forward suffered a gruesome injury last January in a game at Franklin Regional. It ended her season 12 games into her sophomore...
2022 TribLive HSSN Terrific 25 Football All-Stars
Western Pennsylvania had five high school football teams reach the state finals this season, including a postseason run by Westinghouse that was the City League’s first PIAA championship game appearance in decades. Pine-Richland, Aliquippa, Belle Vernon and Union also reached Cumberland Valley, the new home for the PIAA finals. Those...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 20, 2022
High Schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results Class 4A Section 2 Blackhawk 52, Central Valley 42 Beaver 83, Hopewell 40 Class 3A Section 1 Mohawk 83, Freedom 32 Neshannock 70, Ellwood City 44 New Brighton at Beaver Falls, (n) Section 2 South Park 55, Seton LaSalle 49 Keystone Oaks 52,...
