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Parade of champions: WPIAL winners from the 2021-22 school year
WPIAL TEAM CHAMPIONS FALL Boys Cross Country 3A – North Allegheny 2A – Hampton A – Riverview Girls Cross Country 3A – North Allegheny 2A – Montour A – OLSH Field Hockey 3A – Pine-Richland 2A – Penn-Trafford A – Shady Side Academy Football 6A – Mt. Lebanon 5A –...
Beaver’s Payton List tabbed Trib HSSN Girls Athlete of the Year
Specialization in one sport became the thing to do for high school athletes in the early years of this century. If you showed promise in one sport that could take you to the next level, you were told to focus on that one sport year round to give you the...
Kiski Area’s Eliza Miller named Valley News Dispatch Girls Athlete of the Year
Just a sophomore, Eliza Miller already has accomplished what most athletes dream about. The Kiski Area standout qualified for the PIAA championships during all three sports seasons this past school year, competing in cross country, track and field and swimming. For her performance on the trail, in the pool and...
Hempfield state champ Liz Tapper named Tribune-Review Westmoreland Girls Athlete of the Year
Liz Tapper’s unbelievable junior track and field season at Hempfield is turning into a great summer. That’s because Tapper has been on the road visiting colleges. She’s made a unofficial visits to Duke, Penn State, Michigan and Maryland and plans to make a couple of officials visits later in the...
3-sport star Caden Smith of Franklin Regional named Tribune-Review Westmoreland Boys Athlete of the Year
Franklin Regional started an athletics hall of fame this year. A future inductee might have just graduated. Caden Smith made the best of his time at Franklin Regional, excelling in three sports for the better part of four years. His senior season was his best as he made first-team all-conference...
Westmoreland notebook: Belle Vernon slugger Maren Metikosh class of 4A softball
Maren Metikosh has a name that rolls off the tongue. It is pure alliteration for broadcasters and announcers at Belle Vernon softball games. Her swing is even smoother. The rising senior had a memorable season for the Leopards as she launched home runs off the Dairy Queen sign in left...
George Guido: Late Riddinger made a number of contributions to Oakmont area sports
Warren Riddinger, who coached the first Alle-Kiski Valley girls basketball team to a PIAA playoff win and made a number of other contributions to Oakmont area sports, died last week. He was 90. Riddinger founded the girls basketball program at Oakmont and Riverview, where he led the Raiders to three...
2022 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Seneca Valley’s Luke Lawson
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 Luke Lawson was a freshman, his older brother Gabe led Seneca...
As playoffs start, American Legion baseball thriving in some parts of Western Pa., struggling in others
American Legion Baseball starts to get a little more intense beginning this week. That’s when league playoffs are scheduled in Region 6 (Allegheny, Beaver and Fayette County leagues) and in Region 7 (District 31 for Westmoreland and Indiana county teams, Central Penn and Cambria leagues). The region tournaments are scheduled...
Armstrong quarterback Cadin Olsen commits to Ivy League school
Armstrong’s Cadin Olsen, a dual-threat quarterback and one of the WPIAL’s top passers, committed Friday to Penn. Olsen announced his decision on Twitter. The 6-foot-5, 205-pounder will be a senior in the fall. He passed for 2,051 yards a season ago, third best among all WPIAL passers. He also threw...
2022 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Aliquippa’s Cameron Lindsey
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. Cameron Lindsey’s favorite play from last season came in the state championship...
Justin Walther brings competitive fire to Plum boys basketball program
The Plum Mustangs made the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs seven times in the nine-year span from 2008-16 — but only once since. Plum would like to get back to that scenario as quickly as possible. The school board earlier this week hired Justin Walther, coach at Winchester Thurston the past...
Deer Lakes track champion Carson McCoy selected Valley News Dispatch Boys Athlete of the Year
Carson McCoy worked his way into becoming a Division I runner. Thanks to countless hours of running and training, he has earned a spot on Eastern Michigan’s track and field team. He spent his four years of high school building that resume at Deer Lakes, where he recently graduated after...
Beaver’s Payton List, Mt. Lebanon’s Deirdre Flaherty top all-state softball awards
Mt. Lebanon catcher Deirdre Flaherty and Beaver pitcher Payton List topped the list of players earning all-state honors Thursday from the Pennsylvania High School Softball Coaches Association. Flaherty was named as the state’s top position player, and List shared pitcher of the year honors with North Penn’s Julia Schearer. Two...
2022 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Central Catholic’s Peter Gonzalez
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. Central Catholic football players have grown accustomed to vying for WPIAL titles....
Championship girls basketball coach Dori Oldaker steps down at Mt. Lebanon to take spot in South Fayette stands
One of the top basketball coaches in the state is putting down her whiteboard and whistle and is preparing to be a fan. Dori Oldaker announced on Wednesday she was stepping down as head coach of the Mt. Lebanon girls basketball team after 19 years and multiple championships. Oldaker and...
2022 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Laurel Highlands’ Rodney Gallagher
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. Rodney Gallagher ranked among the WPIAL’s top quarterbacks last season, but the...
Plum hires Justin Walther as boys basketball coach
Plum has hired Justin Walther as its new boys basketball coach, the school announced Tuesday. Walther coached at Winchester Thurston the last two seasons, compiling a 20-14 record and making the WPIAL playoffs twice. Before that, he coached four seasons at Serra Catholic, going 58-36, including a 21-5 season in...
Breaking down changes to the 2022-23 WPIAL girls volleyball 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 girls volleyball season: 2021 WPIAL championships Class...
A-K Valley teams adjust to changes in basketball alignment
Basketball in the A-K Valley will have a bit of a different look next winter. The WPIAL board of directors approved section alignments for the next two-year cycle in boys and girls basketball on June 13. Several A-K Valley teams were impacted. Here’s a look at some of the changes:...
2022 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Washington’s Davoun Fuse
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: Bethel Park’s Evan Holewinski
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...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Latrobe’s Blair gets D-I offer
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%...
2022 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Avonworth’s Peyton Faulkner
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: Beaver’s Payton List
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...
