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Quaker Valley’s Adou Thiero named 2022 TribLive HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Year
2022 TribLive HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Year Adou Thiero Quaker Valley 6-foot-6, Senior, Guard When your father played college ball for John Calipari and your mother was selected in the WNBA draft, you grow up knowing basketball might be in your future. Adou Thiero liked that idea. “I...
Penn-Trafford drops Franklin Regional in section opener
Nolan Marasti told his coach after a recent practice that he planned to pitch seven innings in the section opener. The Penn-Trafford junior lived up to his promise, tossing a complete game Monday as the Warriors started Section 1-5A play with a crisp, 4-3 victory over No. 2 Franklin Regional...
Highlands softball team pounds 5 HRs among its 20 hits in win over Freeport
After scoring single runs in losses to Shaler and Laurel to open its season, the Highlands softball team broke out in a big way Monday in the Section 1-4A opener against Freeport at Freeport Community Park. The Golden Rams pounded out 20 hits, including five home runs, and senior Jaycee...
Valley tennis team ready to defend Section 3 championship
Snow squalls and temperatures in the teens didn’t really signify the start of spring over the weekend, but the spring high school sports season is actually in full swing. Valley’s boys tennis team certainly has come out swinging the racquets to start the chilly campaign. The Vikings opened with a...
Kiski Area boys tennis taking aim at WPIAL playoff berth
The Kiski Area boys tennis team was a win away from a WPIAL playoff berth last season. With the entire young lineup returning, coach Trent Goerk and the Cavaliers are focused on a trip to the postseason. “We definitely hope to have the playoffs in our sights for the kids,”...
Westmoreland senior spotlight: Derry’s Ryan Hood
Last season, Derry’s baseball team made some history, winning its first section title since 1992 and winning its first playoff game since 2005. That moment for the team meant a lot, especially to senior pitcher Ryan Hood. “It’s pretty hard to put into words,” Hood said. “The chemistry that we...
A-K Valley senior spotlight: Valley’s Ben Aftanas
A new sports season has begun, which means it’s again time for Ben Aftanas to get to work. The Valley senior is putting on a third uniform this school year as he takes the field as a captain for the Vikings baseball team. Also a golfer and basketball player, Aftanas...
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart is Class 2A’s new No. 1 in coaches association volleyball rankings
There’s a change at the top of the Western PA Volleyball Coaches Association’s WPIAL Class 2A rankings released Monday morning. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart ascends to the top spot in the coaches’ vote from its No. 2 position in last week’s poll. It won three nonsection matches in...
2022 TribLive HSSN Boys Basketball All-Stars | Terrific 10
This was a history-making year for WPIAL boys basketball with Our Lady of the Sacred Heart leading the way. The record-setting Chargers were one of three teams that won a WPIAL title with an undefeated record, joining Quaker Valley and Laurel Highlands. All three championships squads are represented here among...
2022 TribLive HSSN Girls Basketball All-Stars | Terrific 10
This season marked the end of an era for some WPIAL girls basketball programs or maybe just the beginning for others. Among them, Chartiers Valley says goodbye to a talented senior class that lost just seven games in four years. They were among four WPIAL girls teams to reach the...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for April 4, 2022: Section games on tap in baseball, softball
Last week, five of the 20 WPIAL baseball sections got the early jump on section games. On Monday, teams from the other 15 sections join in on the fun. Of course, as is the case all week long it appears, weather permitting. Of the 20 district sections, only three ended...
High school schedules for April 4, 2022
High schools Baseball WPIAL Monday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Allderdice at Butler, 4 p.m. Central Catholic at Pine-Richland, 4 p.m. Seneca Valley at North Allegheny, 6 p.m. Section 2 Canon-McMillan at Mt. Lebanon, 4:15 p.m. Hempfield at Upper St. Clair, 4 p.m. Norwin at Baldwin, 4 p.m. Class 5A...
PIHL’s top players fill the nets during 2022 all-star games
The PIHL hosted its four all-star games Sunday at Alpha Ice Complex. The top players in Class 3A, 2A, A and Division 2 took the ice for the 2022 event. Class 3A Team Gold 6, Team Blue 4 — Team Blue fired 48 shots on goal, but Team Gold was...
This week on Trib High School Sports Network: Week of April 4, 2022
Section play is in full force in all of the spring sports this week. Weather permitting, Trib HSSN will have video and audio coverage of WPIAL baseball and softball. Weather is not a factor in our coverage of WPIAL boys volleyball and WPIAL boys and girls lacrosse. Plus, we continue...
Talented young goalie backstops Quaker Valley hockey to memorable season
Landon Buterbaugh stepped in as Quaker Valley’s starting goalkeeper from Day 1 of his freshman year. It doesn’t happen often in high school hockey. But QV coach Kevin Quinn didn’t hesitate to station the 5-foot-9, 130-pound Buterbaugh in front of the net this season. He responded with an all-star performance....
Gateway swimmers send off coach at PIAA championships
The 2021-22 season is the last for Sherry Sonetti as head coach of the Gateway swim teams, and she also is retiring from the Gateway School District at the end of the academic year in June. She said she was pleased with the ending to her tenure with the Gators....
Quaker Valley swim teams seeing results
John Nemeth recently completed his second season as Quaker Valley’s swim coach. Nemeth, a physical education teacher at QV’s middle school, was an eight-time All-American at Denison. Nemeth coached at Chartiers Valley from 2015-20 and is a coach with Pittsburgh Elite Aquatics. He previously coached at Centerville High School in...
Penn Hills rugby team exposing more players to sport in program’s 2nd season
Matt Rosemeyer is excited to see what the Penn Hills Big Red rugby program will be able to able to accomplish in year two. With the Big Red’s roster composition, Rosemeyer will likely see a big difference between games one and two of their schedule. Many of his players from...
Stop the Violence alumni game aims to bring people together
Two torn Achilles tendons gave Wilkinsburg’s Taz Williams the hint. Williams, who co-organizes the Stop the Violence Alumni Shootout, decided to retire from playing in the 2022 event. Not that it’s an admission that the 39-year-old still can’t play. It’s a sign the interest revolving around participating has skyrocketed. Many...
Pine-Richland notebook: Brandon Saad finding good fit in St. Louis
Former Pine-Richland standout Brandon Saad signed a five-year, $22.5 million dollar contract with the St. Louis Blues over the summer and has immediately found his new surroundings to his liking. Saad had 19 goals and 19 assists in 62 games through the end of March. He had five goals and...
Seamless coaching transition for Pine-Richland boys lacrosse team
Dave Offner was an assistant coach for the Pine-Richland boys lacrosse team for six years, so moving to the head coaching position in 2022 has been fairly seamless. He inherits a team with good depth in each portion of the field and is excited to see how the season unfolds....
East boys get overtime victory in Cager Classic
Just like the girls game at Cager Classic on Saturday at Highlands High School, the boys game went into overtime. Armend Karpuzi of Deer Lakes hit a 3-pointer for the West with 3.5 seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime. Unlike the girls, however, the boys only...
West girls edge East in double OT in record-setting Cager Classic
At the midway point of the first overtime of Saturday’s 25th Cager Classic girls all-star game at Highlands, a loose ball off a missed shot caused a mad scramble involving a couple of players from both the East and West squads. Bodies collided as they hit the floor. Instincts took...
Knoch’s Maddie Boyer named Valley News Dispatch Girls Basketball Player of the Year
Maddie Boyer Knoch, 5-10, Sr., Guard As a freshman, Maddie Boyer helped the Knoch girls basketball team make the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs. The Knights suffered a first-round loss to Elizabeth Forward. Two years ago, Boyer increased her role at both ends of the court, and Knoch increased its standing...
Fox Chapel’s Eli Yofan takes Valley News Dispatch Boys Basketball Player of the Year honors
Eli Yofan Fox Chapel, 6-2, Sr., Guard Eli Yofan averaged 19.3 points throughout the 2021-22 boys basketball season, but he was limited for most of Fox Chapel’s WPIAL Class 6A title game against North Hills early last month at the Petersen Events Center. But as he did all season, the...
