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Derry’s Mason Horwat, Burrell’s Cam Baker could be 3-time WCCA champs
Some of the top wrestlers in the state will be competing in the 73rd Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association tournament Friday and Saturday at Greensburg Salem High School. The top WPIAL Class 3A and 2A squads will be battling for the team title, and some of the top individuals will be...
Fort Cherry QB Matt Sieg named Maxwell Football Club’s national player of year
Matt Sieg made his mark in the WPIAL with a prolific prep career at Fort Cherry that was capped by a record-breaking senior season. But his accomplishment had a ripple effect that reached levels well beyond Western Pennsylvania. Countrywide levels. The star quarterback received a prestigious honor Tuesday when he...
Confidence builds as wins pile up for Burrell wrestlers
Before moving into the new year, the Burrell boys wrestling team ended 2025 on the right foot with an undefeated performance at the Wheeling Park Duals in West Virginia to move to 9-1 on the season. During the two-day tournament, the Bucs were shorthanded and gave up 12 points in...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 5, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s results Class 6A Section 1 New Castle 59, Pine-Richland 55 Class 5A Section 2 Shaler 54, Kiski Area 32 Section 4 Moon 66, Mars 39 Nonsection Clairton 73, Westinghouse 51 Hillel Academy 52, Greensburg Central Catholic 49 Neighborhood Academy 54, Farrell 48 Sto-Rox 67, Ellwood...
High school roundup for Jan. 5, 2026: Mt. Lebanon girls knock off top-ranked team in Class 6A
Chloe Shea scored 17 points to lead Mt. Lebanon to a 49-43 victory over Trib HSSN Class 6A No. 1 Norwin in Section 2-6A girls basketball Monday, handing the Knights their first loss and giving coach Mark “Knobby” Walsh his 300th career victory. Elizabeth Twyman followed with 12 points and...
Surging Burrell knocks Freeport off kilter
The Freeport girls basketball team alternated wins and losses from the start of the season to a holiday victory over District 9’s Clarion Limestone. The Yellowjackets hoped to break that pattern with a second straight victory Monday in a Section 1-4A matchup at rival Burrell. But the homestanding Bucs didn’t...
1st-place Indiana locks in on defense to take care of Latrobe
Sophomore Sophia Boyer understood the assignment. Her aggressive play early against Latrobe standout forward Maggie Maiers, coupled with the hot shooting of senior guard Julia Antonacci, propelled No. 4 Indiana to a 52-33 victory at Latrobe on Monday night in a Section 2-5A girls basketball game. The wire-to-wire win was...
Plum girls keep cool, hold on to defeat Penn Hills in key section matchup
Taylie Auth didn’t hide that the Plum girls basketball team was nervous heading into a home Section 1-5A matchup with Penn Hills on Monday night. The Mustangs guard had ample reason to be nervous. With how tight the top half of the section is, there is little margin for error...
Derry rolls over Latrobe in clash of Westmoreland County wrestling titans
Derry wrestling coach Troy Dolan said he was eager to see how his team responded after a subpar performance at the Powerade Tournament on Dec. 30. Trib HSSN’s No. 1-ranked WPIAL Class 2A team came out strong Monday against Latrobe, the No. 8-ranked Class 3A team by Trib HSSN. The...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 6, 2026: Upper St. Clair, Imani Christian clash as section races intensify
Tuesday marks the first busy night of WPIAL boys basketball section action in the new year. Two years ago, both teams were hoisting WPIAL gold, one in the highest classification and the other in the smallest district class. Now they are Section 2-6A rivals set to meet for the first...
Latest Ligonier Valley Hall of fame class announced
Ligonier Valley announced its 2026 athletics hall of fame class. The latest inductees include four athletes, a team, a coach and a contributor. The hall of fame honors those who played or contributed at Ligonier, Laurel Valley and Ligonier Valley high schools. Laurel Valley and Ligonier formed Ligonier Valley with...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Belle Vernon softball player Sypolt commits to Kent State
Belle Vernon junior Kaylee Sypolt will play college softball at the Division I level. The power-hitting shortstop/third baseman announced a verbal commitment to Kent State. Sypolt also had visits set up with Drexel, Sienna and Rhode Island but did not yet have a scholarship offer from those schools. Kent State...
Fink leading way for young, up-and-coming Greensburg Salem hockey team
Jake Fink wasn’t always a fan of hockey. In fact, he once took a short hiatus from the sport. “Yeah, I tried it in kindergarten. I just did not like it,” Fink said with a chuckle. His laughter was appropriate in that moment because, a short time beforehand, Fink had...
High school sports schedule for Jan. 5, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Pine-Richland at New Castle, 7:30 p.m. Section 2 Upper St. Clair at Imani Christian, 7:30 p.m. Class 5A Section 2 Kiski Area at Shaler, 7 p.m. Section 4 Moon at Mars, 7:30 p.m. Class A Section 1 Beaver County Christian...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Jan. 5, 2026: Penn Hills, Plum girls to battle in Section 1-5A
Welcome to the first night of WPIAL girls basketball section action in 2026. When section play ended prior to Christmas, the holiday traffic was heavy in the battle for first place in Section 1-5A with four teams deadlocked for the top spot. Two of those teams go head-to-head Monday when...
PIHL standings through Jan. 4, 2026
Here are the latest 2026 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday. The point system in the PIHL this year gives three points for a regulation win, two points for an overtime win and one point for an overtime loss. Class 3A Team: Wins – Losses – Overtime Wins-Overtime Losses...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Jan. 5, 2026
A new year of high school sports begins with a potpourri of district winter sports action this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN continues coverage of WPIAL boys and girls basketball with a return to section play after the holidays. Plus, we also have WPIAL scholastic...
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Norwin’s Landon Sidun, Southmoreland’s Zoey Murphy
Landon Sidun School: Norwin Class: Junior Sport: Wrestling Claim to fame: Sidun is the No. 1 ranked 120-/121-pound wrestler in the country by FloWrestling. He recently won the Beast of the East and Powerade tournaments for the second consecutive year. He is a three-time Powerade champion. His career record is...
High school roundup for Jan. 3, 2026: Chartiers Valley takes care of Aliquippa
Julian Semplice scored 26 points to lead Trib HSSN Class 5A No. 3 Chartiers Valley to a 60-45 boys basketball victory over Class 3A No. 2 Aliquippa at The Rumble at North Allegheny on Saturday. Logan Helfrick added 12 points and the Colts (9-1) jumped out to a 14-7 lead...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 3, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys Saturday’s results Class 6A Section 2 Imani Christian 53, Norwin 46 Chuckie Mahoney Classic At Burgettstown Avella 60, Burgettstown 47 Washington 59, Fort Cherry 40 McGuffey 45, Weir (WV) 28 Neighborhood Academy 74, Beaver 53 Slammin’ at The Port At McKeesport Central Catholic 49, Woodland Hills...
WPIAL girls basketball rankings for week ending Jan. 4, 2026
Here’s a look at this week’s Trib HSSN girls basketball rankings: Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Norwin, 9-0, 1 2. Canon-McMillan, 9-2, 2 3. Hempfield, 9-2, 4 4. Seneca Valley, 5-5, 3 5. Pine-Richland, 6-5, NR Out: Upper St. Clair (3-6, 5) Class 5A 1. South Fayette, 11-1,...
WPIAL boys basketball rankings for week ending Jan. 4, 2026
Here’s a look at this week’s Trib HSSN boys basketball rankings: Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. New Castle, 9-0, 1 2. Central Catholic, 9-1, 2 3. Upper St. Clair, 10-1, 3 4. Norwin, 7-4, 5 5. Mt. Lebanon, 8-3, NR Out: North Allegheny (6-5, 4) Class 5A 1....
Imani Christian plays fast in 4th quarter, dashes to win over Norwin
Imani Christian had just come back from playing two games at the Governor’s Challenge in Maryland, where the Saints lost two games but played with a 30-second shot clock. Their return to WPIAL play could have come with a stopwatch. Playing faster in the fourth quarter allowed Imani to finally...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Plum’s Riley Stephans, Fox Chapel’s Grant Fenton
Riley Stephans School: Plum Class: Senior Sport: Basketball Claim to fame: Stephans scored 57 total points across two games at the Peter Sauer Memorial Tournament at Shady Side Academy. She went off for 33 points in a loss against Class 6A Pine-Richland on Monday. She then followed that with her...
Glass-cleaning skills help Knoch boys get off to sparkling start
Teegan Finucan knows which skill set the Knoch boys basketball team needs to lean on to win games. The 6-foot-1 senior guard and his teammates aren’t afraid to employ it. “A lot of it comes from genetics,” Finucan said. “We have a lot of length, and we want to abuse...
