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Editor’s note: The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 15 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. Washington went undefeated in their conference (5-0) last season for the first...

2022 Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Year Evan Holewinski School: Bethel Park Class: Junior Evan Holewinski likes to find video of MLB pitcher Max Scherzer and sync his throwing motion with that of the three-time Cy Young winner. They’re both tall right-handers, each about 6-foot-3, with a knack for...

Emma Blair has her first NCAA Division I scholarship offer. The girls basketball standout from Latrobe was offered over the weekend by South Carolina-Upstate in Valley Falls, S.C. The 6-foot-1 throwback forward, who is known for her prowess to produce double-doubles, averaged 13.6 points and 12.5 rebounds and shot 56%...

Editor’s note: The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 15 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. Peyton Faulkner has been there for the highs and the lows of...

2022 Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Year Payton List School: Beaver Class: Senior There are several ways to measure athletic ability. There’s the modern day analytics, using a player’s statistics to help determine their level of greatness. Then there is the old-school eye test. Find folks who know the...

The WPIAL released new section alignments for the next two-year cycle in all sports, and changes will be implemented starting this fall. This summer, the Tribune-Review will break down changes for each of the WPIAL sports. Here’s a look at the upcoming WPIAL girls tennis season: 2021 WPIAL championships Class...

Kyle Blackwell spent his past four seasons playing volleyball at Deer Lakes. The right-side hitter always had a passion for the sport and was motivated to play after watching his older sister, Allison Blackwell, play for the Lancers. Blackwell was the team’s only senior this season. On Senior Night, he...

Coming into 2022, Mt. Pleasant’s softball team was without six seniors from the previous season. And in 2021, the Vikings won both a WPIAL and a PIAA championship, so it is a memory no one would soon forget. With the inexperience on the team this year, Mt. Pleasant started 2-6...

The WPIAL released new section alignments for the next two-year cycle in all sports, and changes will be implemented starting this fall. This summer, the Tribune-Review will break down changes for each of the WPIAL sports. Here’s a look at the upcoming WPIAL field hockey season: 2021 WPIAL championships Class...

In WPIAL softball, there’s no requirement for underclassmen to wait their turn. Just take a look at this year’s champions. Many of them relied on freshmen and sophomores in key roles on their journey to the WPIAL or state finals. Among them, Neshannock freshman pitcher Addy Frye led the Lancers...

This was a good year around the WPIAL for dominant pitchers and slick-fielding shortstops. North Allegheny’s Cole Young should hear his name called next month during the MLB Draft, but the senior shortstop wasn’t the only impact player around Western Pennsylvania this spring. Among the others, Bethel Park’s Evan Holewinski...

Editor’s note: The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 15 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. Referred to as “the best finisher” Penn-Trafford has had in the John...

They formed a firm foundation for the Quaker Valley boys tennis program the past four years. Twin brothers Mike and Will Sirianni were top-flight singles players at QV since their freshman season. “As a coach, if someone came to you and said you will ‘inherit’ twin brothers who will define...

Quaker Valley’s boys lacrosse season started early and ran late. “This was a historic and fun season,” coach Chip Hansen said. “This started with the senior dinner in February when the seniors set their goals to win the section, finish in the top three of the WPIAL and win a...

The excitement still hasn’t worn off for Charles Morris. Spending time working with his players on the Penn Hills football team feels right. Morris, a 2005 Penn Hills graduate who spent time as an assistant at Gateway and Plum, is excited to take over the Indians program with his first...

For years it has been Donna Stephenson’s mission to grow the game of field hockey in Western Pennsylvania. So, when she was presented with a unique opportunity to host a clinic featuring instruction from nationally renowned coaches and former USA national players it was a no-brainer. Pine-Richland will host a...

The top-seeded Penn State D1 club baseball team went into the bottom of the ninth down 3-1 against Florida State in the semifinals of the National Club Baseball Association World Series in Greenwood, S.C. With a win, the Nittany Lions would get to play Florida State again for a berth...

Some might say Palmer Jackson’s golf game is a 9 out of 10. No golfer is perfect. The game won’t allow for it. But Jackson had nine top-10 finishes this past college season, which also points to excellence. The junior from Notre Dame is one of the top players in...

Playing a sport on the same team with a brother is a goal that siblings often have. Playing a sport at the NCAA Division I level with a brother, however, is something that Cam Marshalwitz gets to experience. Casey Marshalwitz, Cam’s brother, is going into his senior year with Youngstown...

Mallory Dietrich has parlayed an outstanding swimming career at Oakland Catholic and the Naval Academy to her rise to captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. The Aspinwall native who graduated from Oakland Catholic in 2006 is now the deputy director of protocol for the superintendent of the Naval Academy in...

2022 Valley News Dispatch Baseball All-Stars Player of the Year Justin Brannagan Deer Lakes, Sr., P/INF Justin Brannagan had a propensity this year for coming up big in clutch playoff scenarios. In February, Deer Lakes trailed Blackhawk by one point in the final seconds of a WPIAL Class 4A first-round...

2022 Valley News Dispatch Softball All-Stars Player of the Year Katie Armstrong Burrell, Jr., P If the regular season didn’t already show it, then a WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinal game against Belle Vernon proved just how dominant Burrell junior pitcher Katie Armstrong was throughout the spring. Armstrong held a potent...

The evolution of Mia Smith’s high school softball career began in 2019 when she was a freshman. A closer two seasons ago when Penn-Trafford won a PIAA championship, Smith took over the lead role in the circle this season and shined. She led the Warriors (20-4) to a runner-up finish...

Player of the Year Logan Short Latrobe, Sr., C Latrobe baseball coach Matt Basciano and Latrobe American Legion coach Jason Bush heap praise on senior Logan Short. The Wildcats’ catcher batted .537 this spring and was 0.0013 percentage points from breaking Zach Kokoska’s batting average record. Short did set the...

Editor’s note: The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 15 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. When coach Randy Walters talks about Leechburg football star Braylan Lovelace, he...