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Fox Chapel girls add to win streak, hand Plum its first loss
The Fox Chapel girls basketball team lost its season opener, falling by seven to Highlands at the Freeport Tip-Off on Dec. 2. The Foxes have reeled off four straight since then. The latest triumph came Monday evening at Plum. Led by a balanced effort where five players had at least...
Undefeated Norwin girls shut down undermanned Latrobe
Norwin played lockdown defense on another opponent, only that opponent looked quite different than the one the Knights expected to see Monday night. Norwin ran away with a 59-21 nonsection girls basketball victory at Latrobe, but the host Wildcats were missing their centerpiece: 6-foot-1 standout Emma Blair. The Knights (5-0)...
Former Gateway star Derrick Davis announces plans to transfer from LSU
Former Gateway standout Derrick Davis, the TribLive HSSN Football Player of the Year in 2019, has announced plans to transfer from LSU. The 6-foot, 210-pound safety and running back said he’d entered the transfer portal Monday. Davis played in four games this season for LSU and saw action on both...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Dec. 12, 2022
With the fall sports season now completed, high school hoops heats up this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Tune into Trib HSSN for coverage of WPIAL and District 6 boys and girls basketball, as well as hockey and wrestling. Here’s a look at this week’s broadcasts: Monday,...
Belle Vernon sees no ‘racial intent’ by football players in controversial social media video
The Belle Vernon football players involved in a controversial social media video weren’t trying to racially taunt anyone, said the school’s top administrator, but they will face consequences for including a racial slur. The TikTok video, which used an audio file popular in the app, was filmed on the team...
PIHL announces November players of the month
The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League announced its November players of the month. In Class 3A, Bethel Park senior forward Christian Strang claimed top honors after scoring a pair of goals in November. Strang, who has battled illness and injury, has seven points (5 goals, 2 assists) this season for the...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Derry’s Mara Lewis
Derry’s girls basketball team plays in one of the toughest sections in the WPIAL, and the Lady Trojans are now without 23-point-per-game scorer Tiana Moracco, who graduated and moved on to Pitt-Greensburg. While Moracco’s departure is a tough pill to swallow, senior power forward Mara Lewis is confident the team...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Apollo-Ridge’s Brinley Toland
Having lost no seniors to graduation, the Apollo-Ridge girls basketball team has quite a familiar roster this season. The way senior standout Brinley Toland sees it, that gives the Vikings an advantage. “We play really well together and have been playing together for a long time through in-house, middle school...
Belle Vernon credits defense for state championship
Yes Virginia, defense does win championships. And if anyone says otherwise, just roll the tape of Belle Vernon’s PIAA 3A championship win over Neumann-Goretti. The Saints feature a number of Division I recruits. It didn’t matter. The Saints won eight straight games entering the championship matchup. It didn’t matter. No...
High school sports scores, schedule for Dec. 11, 2022
High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Sunday’s result Clash at New Castle Union 52, Fairview 43 Monday’s schedule Nonsection Apollo-Ridge at Homer-Center, 7:30 p.m. Freedom at Rochester, 7:30 p.m. Hopewell at Riverside, 7:30 p.m. Indiana at DuBois, 7:30 p.m. McGuffey at West Greene, 7 p.m. Mohawk at Wilmington, 7:30 p.m. New...
PIHL standings through Dec. 11, 2022
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday: Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points Class 3A Seneca Valley, 8-1-1 = 17 North Allegheny, 8-2-1 = 17 Peters Township, 7-1-0 = 14 Central Catholic, 6-3-1 = 13 Cathedral Prep, 6-5-0 = 12 Baldwin,...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Penn-Trafford’s Schall, Latrobe’s Fenton honored
A pair of local players made the Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association All-State teams in the two largest classifications. Penn-Trafford senior outside hitter Kate Schall was selected in Class 4A, and Latrobe senior setter Lily Fenton was a 3A pick. Schall helped guide the Warriors to the WPIAL semifinals. She finished...
Alex Keeling-Oliver leads Gateway bowlers into 2022 season
Alex Keeling-Oliver finished seventh in the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Bowling League’s East section last year with a 184.03 average with a high game of 242 and a top series of 644. The Gateway junior used those totals to earn a trip to the WPIBL and Western Regional singles tournaments. Keeling-Oliver,...
Quaker Valley plans encore after breakthrough season
It most definitely was a season to remember. Quaker Valley wrapped up the best wrestling season in school history March 12 with four individual medalists at the PIAA Class 2A championships at Giant Center in Hershey. “We qualified five kids to compete in arguably the toughest wrestling tournament in the...
Emily Connors, Quaker Valley swimmers set goals high
Emily Connors has experienced much success in her two years in the Quaker Valley pool. Connors ended her outstanding sophomore season in 2021-22 as a triple medalist at the PIAA Class 2A girls championships held at Bucknell. She placed sixth in the 100-yard freestyle and eighth in the 100-yard butterfly....
Penn-Trafford junior swimmers set for big season
Penn-Trafford’s swimming teams opened the season by defeating Greensburg Salem, getting off to a strong start to a season coach Dave Babik considers pivotal for the future of the program. The boys breezed to a 91-50 victory as juniors Patton Graziano and Conner Alexander each qualified for the WPIAL meet...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Hockey team hands South Fayette its 1st loss
Xavier Solomon scored three goals, and Penn-Trafford handed South Fayette its first loss of the season in PIHL Class 2A action Dec. 5. The Warriors got goals from Jack Blank and Solomon in the first period to grab a 2-1 lead. They extended the lead to 5-2 after two periods...
Penn Hills notebook: Longtime volleyball coach steps down
Longtime Penn Hills volleyball coach Jay Mitlo had stepped down. Mitlo, a 1989 Penn Hills graduate, has been head coach of the girls volleyball program since 1997. He took over the boys program in 2011. His resignation was accepted at a Dec. 7 school board meeting. “It basically came down...
New-look Pine-Richland boys basketball team learning ropes
The Pine-Richland boys basketball has a much different look this season. All five starters from last year – Luke Shanahan, Joey Dudowski, Andrew Alexander, Andy Swartout and Jameson O’Toole — graduated, as did sixth man Nate Zavasky, from a team that made the WPIAL Class 6A quarterfinals before losing to...
3 Plum wrestlers claim Eastern Area titles
Plum wrestling coach Mike Supak said the Eastern Area Invitational Wrestling Tournament on Dec. 2 and 3 at Gateway was a strong first step for his young but experienced group. The Mustangs finished a close second to Bethel Park in the team standings and produced three champions, one runner-up, a...
Plum girls swim team boasts talent, depth
Plum swim coach Shawn Haupt looks up and down his girls roster and is excited for what could transpire throughout the 2022-23 season. “It is exciting because not only is our core and leadership coming back, but our freshmen coming in are just as excited and enthusiastic and are expected...
Norwin looking for wrestlers to lead program into future
The buzzword around the Norwin wrestling team this preseason was leadership. Coach Kyle Martin was searching for movers and shakers to guide the Knights this year — and into the future. “The expectation is always to be leaders in the wrestling room, leaders in the classroom, leaders in life,” Martin...
Norwin notebook: Girls basketball team starts season on winning note
The Norwin girls basketball team sprinted out of the gates to open the season. The Lady Knights captured the championship at the Indiana tip-off tournament. Defense and balanced scoring have been staples in the program, and both shined through in a pair of wins. Norwin defeated Marion Center, 61-27, then...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 10, 2022
High Schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Saturday’s results Central Catholic Tournament Moon 39, Gateway 37 Central Catholic 66, Penn Hills 60 Mike Rettger Memorial Tournament At Franklin Regional Baldwin 73, Carlynton 65 Franklin Regional 61, West Mifflin 43 St. Joseph Tournament Springdale 57, Propel Andrew Street 17 St. Joseph 55, Winchester...
High school roundup for Dec. 10, 2022: Central Catholic trips up Penn Hills
Payton Wehner scored 13 points to lead the host Vikings to a 66-60 boys basketball victory over Penn Hills at the Central Catholic Tournament on Saturday. Cole Sullivan and Dante DePante added 12 points each for Central Catholic (1-1). Daemar Kelly led Penn Hills (1-1) with 24 points. Baldwin 73,...
