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2022 WPIAL Class 3A softball preseason breakdown
Last spring was a celebration as district athletes returned to the diamonds after the 2020 season was canceled because of the covid-19 shutdowns. Softball was a success throughout as the WPIAL crowned four new champions while Laurel and West Greene remained on top in 2A and A. District softball squads...
Norwin hockey rolls into state final against West Chester East
Norwin hockey players held up a poster board with two words written on it Monday night after their first championship victory. The words? “Roll Academy.” The meaning? “We call ourselves the Academy,” sophomore goaltender Owen Burmeister said. “It’s just a name we came up with. We want to keep it...
Greensburg Central Catholic’s Mullaney taking game to new level with regional bowling title
On the day Mike Mullaney won a bowling title, his high school coach at Greensburg Central Catholic suggested he take a bit of time away to reflect and refresh. Hours later, Don Yuhouse walked into Hillview Bowling Lanes on East Pittsburgh Street in Greensburg to visit his son, Aaron, the...
After postseason upset, St. Joseph girls eager to build
While St. Joseph’s girls basketball team didn’t achieve the ultimate WPIAL prize of a district basketball title, it did pull off the win of the postseason. And it might be a sign of things to come. The Spartans finished the season with a 10-15 record but upset Class A’s top...
Norwin blanks McDowell to claim 1st Penguins Cup championship
Norwin likes to give out a banana to its top player after each hockey win, the recipient being the choice of senior defenseman Will Dillner. The Knights were going bananas Monday night as they made program history, but Dillner could hardly decide on one player. There were a bunch. This...
High school scores, schedules for March 21, 2022
High schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs Finals At Hershey’s Giant Center Class 6A Saturday’s schedule Roman Catholic (23-4) vs. Archbishop Wood (21-7), 7:30 p.m. Class 5A Friday’s schedule New Castle (27-2) vs. Imhotep Charter (27-4), 7:30 p.m. Class 4A Thursday’s schedule Neumann-Goretti (22-4) vs. Quaker Valley (27-0), 7:30 p.m. Class...
2022 WPIAL Class 4A softball preseason breakdown
Last spring was a celebration as district athletes returned to the diamonds after the 2020 season was canceled because of the covid-19 shutdowns. Softball was a success throughout as the WPIAL crowned four new champions, and Laurel and West Greene remained on top in Class 2A and A. District softball...
2022 WPIAL Class 4A baseball preseason breakdown
Last spring was a celebration as district athletes returned to the diamonds after the 2020 season was canceled because of covid-19 shutdowns. Baseball thrived throughout the WPIAL as six new champions were crowned, some in dramatic fashion. That success carried over to the state playoffs as WPIAL teams captured two...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week for March 21, 2002
As a junior in 2021, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart guard Jake DiMichele averaged more than 30 points in leading the Chargers to another WPIAL and a PIAA championship in what was a perfect season. DiMichele was part of a dynamic duo like no other, as senior teammate Dante...
Peters Township uses 3rd-period surge to capture Class 3A Penguins Cup title
All of their players adorned with blond hair, the Peters Township hockey team captured PIHL gold. The Indians scored four times in the third period to bust open a tight game and bump aside Seneca Valley, 6-2, to capture their third Penguins Cup title, the first since 2017, on Monday...
What to watch for in high school sports for March 21, 2022: More PIHL titles on the line
Welcome to Day 2 of the PIHL Penguins Cup Championships. Two title games remain after Monday’s high school hockey golden action in Class 3A and A. Both the Class 2A and Division 2 title games will take place at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry and can be watched...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week: March 21, 2022
In a one-week span last March, the Bishop Canevin boys basketball team went from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows. On March 12, the Crusaders defeated Rochester in the Class A finals to win the program’s first WPIAL championship. One week later, 10 minutes before tipoff of...
Franklin Regional learns lesson, returns to finals
The Franklin Regional hockey team learned a valuable lesson when it played South Fayette in the PIHL Class 2A semifinals March 15: don’t underestimate your opponent. Despite routing the Lions, 7-2, during the regular season, the Panthers (18-2) faced a different foe and needed some late-game heroics to pull out...
Riverview softball program seeking rebound
Until the pandemic came, Riverview softball was on a roll. The Raiders had made the WPIAL playoffs the first five seasons of coach Jim Albaugh’s tenure. After the pandemic wiped out the 2020 season, Riverview struggled to an uncharacteristic 0-9 record last year. Now, the challenge is to rebuild the...
Riverview baseball team hungry for more after title-game run
Even though Wild Things Park in Washington is 44 miles away, the Riverview baseball team wants to spend as much time at that facility as possible. The Raiders made an unexpected run to the WPIAL Class A title game last season at Wild Things Park, losing to Union. Riverview returned...
Expectations are high for Norwin softball team
Satisfied is not a word you want to associate with the Norwin softball team heading into the 2022 season. After losing three straight times in the WPIAL Class 6A semifinals, the Lady Knights want to finally see how the other half lives. “We want to put a banner up on...
Westmoreland PIHL playoff capsule: Penguins Cup championship, March 22, 2022
Today’s game Class 2A Penguins Cup championship 2-Franklin Regional (18-2) vs. 1-Thomas Jefferson (19-1) 6:30 p.m. at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex, Cranberry Coaches: John Winebrenner, Franklin Regional; John Zeiler, Thomas Jefferson How they got here: Franklin Regional — beat Butler in quarterfinals (10-2), and South Fayette in semifinals (3-2, OT);...
‘Expectations never change’ for talent-rich Norwin baseball team
Norwin is trying to put last baseball season in the rearview mirror, although the Knights still wonder what might have been. They had one of the most talented teams in WPIAL Class 6A with a host of college-level talent. They earned the No. 2 seed in the playoffs but saw...
North Allegheny, Seton LaSalle top preseason boys volleyball polls
It should come as no surprise that defending WPIAL and PIAA Class 3A champion North Allegheny, and WPIAL 2A winner Seton LaSalle top the Western PA Volleyball Coaches Association preseason polls. Both boys programs are primed for more success in 2022. Powerhouse North Allegheny has won the last four WPIAL...
Redeemer Lutheran’s Jesse Van Wyk named SWPAA MVP
Jesse Van Wyk wasn’t named league MVP after his freshman season. That slight motivated him in the offseason and throughout his sophomore campaign. The league voters couldn’t ignore his performance this time around. The Redeemer Lutheran sophomore basketball player averaged 24.1 points and was named MVP of the Southwestern Pennsylvania...
Burrell boys coach encouraged by breakthrough season
Burrell boys basketball’s impressive turnaround has surprised a lot of people around the WPIAL. You can include the program’s head coach, Mike Fantuzzo, in that group. “I can’t say I totally expected to make the state tournament,” said Fantuzzo, in his third season with the Bucs. “But I know that...
Westmoreland Senior Spotlight: Jordan Crupie, Hempfield
When it comes to winning a WPIAL competition, most athletes would be content with a medal or finishing well in a specific event. But how about four events? That’s what Hempfield swimmer Jordan Crupie accomplished at the WPIAL meet earlier this month, medaling in the 100-yard butterfly (sixth), 100 backstroke...
A-K Valley senior spotlight: Fox Chapel’s Rei Sperry
At the biggest moment of the season, Rei Sperry was at her best. The Fox Chapel senior swimmer helped the Foxes capture gold medals in the 200-yard medley relay (1:43.90) and 400 freestyle relay (3:29.23) March 3-4 at the WPIAL Class 3A championships at Pitt’s Trees Pool. “She really came...
2022 WPIAL Class 5A softball preseason breakdown
Last spring was a celebration as district athletes returned to the diamonds after the 2020 season was canceled because of the covid-19 shutdowns. Softball was a success throughout as the WPIAL crowned four new champions while Laurel and West Greene remained on top in 2A and A. District softball squads...
2022 WPIAL Class 5A baseball preseason breakdown
Last spring was a celebration as district athletes returned to the diamond after the 2020 season was canceled because of covid-19 shutdowns. Baseball thrived throughout the WPIAL as six new champions were crowned, some in dramatic fashion. That success carried over to the state playoffs as WPIAL teams captured two...
