High School category, Page 630
Westmoreland high school notebook: Transfer to prep school a tough decision for Franklin Regional lineman
Andrew Nesler is on the move. The rising senior football player is leaving Franklin Regional for The Hill School, a prep academy in Pottstown, about 70 miles east of Hershey. Nesler, a 6-foot-2, 285-pound lineman, said the transfer is motivated by personal and family reasons. He was a key player...
PIAA may strengthen competitive-balance rule by adding all team sports, removing transfers
The PIAA appears ready to rewrite its competitive-balance rule to include all team sports while also making it easier to force successful teams into a higher classification. The current rule applies only to football and basketball. As now written, it measures a team’s postseason success and counts the number of...
MLB Draft ‘starting to feel real’ for North Allegheny’s Cole Young
Rather than fly to Los Angeles, Cole Young will spend Sunday closer to home, watching the MLB Draft on television, maybe from his house in Franklin Park. The recent North Allegheny graduate was invited to attend draft festivities on the West Coast, but the likely first-round pick wasn’t lured by...
New AD charting course for future of Springdale athletic programs
Amanda Noel is three months into her new role as Springdale athletic director, and she said she is equally as excited with what has been accomplished so far and with what is yet to come as the fall sports season begins in less than a month. “Our coaches and athletes...
Franklin Regional’s Anthony DiFalco nominated for USA Today’s national soccer player of the year
One of the best boys soccer players to come out of the WPIAL in recent years also is being mentioned with the top talent in the country. Three-time All-American forward Anthony DiFalco, who had a stellar, four-year career at Franklin Regional, was named to the All-USA Today High School Sports...
New Yough football coach set on bringing winning mentality to program
Working at Lucky Lottery in Trafford has given Ben Hoffer a greater appreciation for the game of chance. There, anyone can scratch off a winner or prosper with a random combination of numbers. The new Yough football coach has his team in line to play the Powerball. Why not? The...
2022 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Central Valley’s Jayvin Thompson
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. There was a youth football camp July 11 at Central Valley hosted by former...
PIAA moves closer to allowing NIL deals for high school athletes
Local TV commercials might feature high school football players or a popular basketball star could sell ads on social media. Those ideas are now closer to reality for Pennsylvania high school athletes once they’re allowed to profit from selling their name, image and likeness under a tentative policy the PIAA...
2022 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Central Catholic’s Anthony Speca
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. On the heels of a breakout freshman season when he led the...
Tim Bukowski soldiers on in friend’s stead as Southmoreland football coach
Tasked with taking over a program that initially was going to be in his friend and fellow assistant’s hands, Tim Bukowski is adjusting to his new role as head football coach at Southmoreland as a new season draws near. Bukowski was hired in March after Ron Frederick died suddenly from...
Breaking down the 2022-23, 2023-24 WPIAL rifle alignment
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 rifle season: 2021-22 WPIAL championships WPIAL team...
Breaking down changes to the 2022-23, 2023-24 WPIAL gymnastics alignment
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 gymnastics season: 2021-22 WPIAL championships WPIAL team...
A-K Valley notebook: Freeport captures summer league title
High school basketball season is still months away, but excitement levels ramped up a little early for the Freeport boys basketball team. The Yellowjackets captured the St. Joseph summer league championship with a buzzer-beating victory over Kiski Area on Thursday. Rising junior Brady Sullivan hit the game-winning shot. Fellow rising...
Breaking down changes to the 2022-23 WPIAL football alignment
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 football season: 2021 WPIAL championships Class 6A:...
No more ‘Highway to Heinz,’ but WPIAL plans to hold 4 football finals at Acrisure Stadium
The WPIAL football playoffs no longer can be called the “Highway to Heinz,” but the league plans to use the newly named North Shore stadium again this fall for some of its high school football championships. The WPIAL intends to hold four games at Acrisure Stadium, formerly Heinz Field, on...
Quaker Valley’s Bulger set to begin quest for 4th WPIAL golf title
High school golf starts in a month. That’s when Quaker Valley senior Eva Bulger officially will begin her quest to win a fourth consecutive WPIAL Class 2A championship. Although if you ask Bulger, it’s more about team goals than personal aspirations. Quaker Valley does not have a girls golf program,...
2022 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Chartiers Valley’s Lamont Payne
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. Lamont Payne entered his junior season with high expectations. Chartiers Valley was...
2022 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Armstrong’s Cadin Olsen
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. Cadin Olsen passed for more yards in 2021 than every quarterback in...
George Guido: Josh Vick highlights Kiski Area’s Hall of Fame class
After a two-year hiatus, the Kiski Area High School’s Sports Hall of Fame is set to resume inductions Sept. 3. The Hall will induct nine Cavaliers greats at the Greek Social Club in Oakmont. One of the inductees will be Josh Vick, who wrapped up his record-setting “throwing” career in...
Success across sports spectrum leads Greensburg CC to Trib Cup in Class A
The battle for the HSSN Trib Cup in Class A in 2021-2022 turned into one of the closest and most unique battles where overall success won out. In the end, it was Greensburg Central Catholic hoisting the cup aloft again, this despite the school only winning one district championship all...
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Norwin senior wowed by Donald at workout
Noah Vogel went to Pitt for what initially looked like an unremarkable football workout. Another day in the blazing summer heat. But his day ended up becoming quite remarkable. Vogel, a senior tight end and defensive end at Norwin, received one-on-one instruction from Pitt great and Super Bowl champion Aaron...
Quaker Valley athletics celebrates banner year of championship success
Quaker Valley athletics is synonymous with success. Over the years, the Quakers have established a championship caliber reputation around the WPIAL with many elite performances. But there hasn’t been a better school year for title-winning teams and individuals, perhaps, than 2021-22. “QV athletics over the last 10 years has won...
16-time WPIAL champion boys volleyball coach Dan Schall steps down at North Allegheny
Walking away from a defending state champion can be a tough call for a coach, but North Allegheny’s Dan Schall found it “maybe a bit easier” after winning four in a row the way his Tigers just did. “This season was storybook, very Disney-esque, so that was a pretty special...
Hampton announces latest class for Athletic Hall of Fame
Former Hampton cross country coach Tom Tobin knows all about Halls of Fame. He was a member of the first North Hills Athletic Hall of Fame class in 1995, and three years ago joined the WPIAL Hall of Fame as a part of North Hills’ dominant 1979 WPIAL and PIAA...
2022 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Sto-Rox’s Dre Miller-Ross
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. The Sto-Rox Vikings won 12 games for the first time since 2013...
