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Ligonier Valley’s Nick Roddy takes silver at PIAA diving championships
LEWISBURG — Ligonier Valley senior Nick Roddy missed out on a chance to dive at the Class 2A state championships as a sophomore in 2020 as the PIAA canceled the entire Class 2A meet at the onset of the covid-19 pandemic. Last year, as the pandemic continued to toy with...
With Griffin back, Ligonier Valley softball team looks to make another run
Ligonier Valley’s first season in the WPIAL was a memorable one for the softball team. The Rams (22-3) won their section, reached the WPIAL Class 2A semifinals and made it to their first PIAA championship, losing to Line Mountain, 1-0, in nine innings. “Us being new to the WPIAL and...
New Ligonier Valley baseball coach has high expectations
Ligonier Valley has a new man coaching the baseball team, and he brings a lot of experience. Jason Bush, who is the coach of the Latrobe American Legion team and was an assistant at Chatham, takes over after Brett Marabito resigned to become an assistant principal at Ligonier Valley. Bush...
WPIAL swimmers secure top seeds for PIAA Class 2A championship heats
LEWISBURG — After taking the baton from Class 3A, the WPIAL swimmers from Class 2A were off and running Friday morning at the PIAA championships at Bucknell. In the first session, WPIAL boys competitors secured five top seeds for Friday evening’s championship finals. Indiana freshman Preston Kessler secured the top...
Seneca Valley boys capture Class 3A team title at PIAA swimming and diving championships
LEWISBURG — The PIAA Class 3A boys swimming and diving team title is back with the WPIAL. Seneca Valley captured its first team championship Thursday at Bucknell, and it also ended the two-year reign of District 12’s LaSalle College. The Raiders clinched the title in the final event — the...
Neshannock returns to PIHL Division 2 final after edging Ringgold
Neshannock will get a chance to defend its Division 2 title, but it didn’t come easy. Ringgold scored three unanswered goals to erase a three-goal deficit before Neshannock’s Micah Dejulia scored the eventual game-winning goal late in the third period of a 4-3 victory in the PIHL Division 2 semifinals...
Strong showing from Franklin Regional, Hempfield boys teams at PIAA championships
LEWISBURG — The Franklin Regional boys 400-yard freestyle relay team had its sights set on capping the PIAA Class 3A swimming championships Thursday evening at Bucknell with a swim in the finals heat. But the Panthers quartet of senior Owen Holm, sophomores Benjamin Holm and Holden Thomas, and junior Aiden...
High school sports scores, schedules for March 17, 2022
High schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Saturday’s schedule Lower Merion (27-3) vs. Roman Catholic (22-4) at Coatesville, 4 p.m. Archbishop Wood (20-7) vs. Fox Chapel (27-1) at Chambersburg, 4 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Friday’s schedule New Castle (26-2) vs. Gateway (18-6) at Norwin, 7 p.m. Saturday’s schedule...
Kiski Area’s Miller ‘in awe’ of 4th-place finish at PIAA Class 3A swimming championships
Eliza Miller made the most of her first finals swim at the PIAA Class 3A championships. The Kiski Area sophomore, tied for third after her preliminary swim in the 100-yard breaststroke Thursday at Bucknell , came back in the evening and posted a fourth-place finish in a time of 1...
What to watch for in high school sports for March 18, 2022: Basketball semifinals tip off
Welcome to Semifinals Friday in the PIAA basketball playoffs. With Blackhawk losing in the quarterfinals, there are no undefeated girls teams from the WPIAL left here in 2022. One team still alive for state gold lived the perfect season dream 13 years ago. Mt. Lebanon finished 31-0, defeating Fox Chapel...
Quaker Valley rises to top of Trib 10 basketball power rankings
For the second week in a row, there is a change at the top of the boys and girls Trib 10 power rankings, and the field of district teams still alive for state gold continues to dwindle. A pair of undefeated teams were knocked from their respective perches in the...
Latrobe softball hopes old-school approach leads to playoff push
Bob Kovalcin is a throwback. He is as old-school as they come and darn proud of it. “I still have a flip-phone,” the Latrobe softball coach said with a grin. “I don’t even own a computer. Don’t need one.” In addition to his pencil-and-paper stats, Kovalcin also is vintage when...
Latrobe baseball team hopes pitching catches up to offense
Vinny Amatucci’s nickname is “Ammo.” The senior third baseman thinks the Latrobe baseball team is locked and loaded and can turn some heads in WPIAL Class 5A — if it can develop pitching. Bats don’t seem to be an issue. The uncertainty on the mound, now that is a different...
With solid underclassmen group, Kiski Area baseball team builds toward future
When Aaron Albert started coaching at Beaver six years ago, he had a lineup featuring eight sophomores. That team won a WPIAL championship two years later. Fast forward to present day and Albert finds himself in a similar situation entering his fourth year with the Kiski Area baseball team. The...
‘Good nucleus’ to keep Kiski Area softball team competitive in tough section
John Kinnamon led Apollo-Ridge softball to four consecutive WPIAL playoff appearances, but this year he moved up the Kiskiminetas River a few miles to coach Kiski Area. Kinnamon is a Kiski Area graduate, and he’ll look to improve the softball program like he did when he was with the Vikings....
Chunko resigns as Yough football coach
Yough football will drop to Class 2A next season, but it will do so without Chris Chunko. Chunko has resigned as head coach after two years in the position. He said his job has become more demanding, taking his attention away from the program. “I can’t put forth the time...
North Allegheny’s Christina Shi captures 2nd straight PIAA diving championship
LEWISBURG — The PIAA Class 3A girls diving championship meet went down to the wire Thursday afternoon, and the pressure was on Christina Shi as she attempted to win her second straight state title. But the North Allegheny junior was more than up to the task. Leading by seven points...
PIAA semifinal games to be broadcast on Trib HSSN
The PIAA basketball playoffs have reached the final four this weekend here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. On Friday and Saturday, we have coverage of five semifinals games in the 2022 PIAA basketball playoffs. Plus, we update the PIAA basketball playoffs and chat with another WPIAL championship winning...
WPIAL swimmers advance to PIAA championship finals on Day 2
LEWISBURG — The WPIAL will have several swimmers and relays battling for state medals and championship gold Thursday evening on Day 2 of the PIAA Class 3A championships at Bucknell. The boys consolation (ninth through 16th) and championship finals will begin at 6:05 p.m., with the girls consey and championship...
PIAA reveals sites, times for state basketball semifinals
Peters Township will host a PIAA semifinal Saturday between the Chartiers Valley and McKeesport girls, one of four all-WPIAL pairings in the final four of the state basketball tournament. The Class 5A teams play at noon at the school’s AHN Arena. Also at noon Saturday, the Aliquippa and South Allegheny...
Gambino takes over Charleroi football program
The Charleroi Area School Board found their man to take over the Cougars football program. Mark Gambino, most recently an assistant coach on Mike Collodi’s staff at Elizabeth Forward, was hired Tuesday with a unanimous vote by the board. “It all happened really fast,” Gambino said Wednesday. “I was contacted...
Aliquippa finds ‘happy balance,’ tops Avonworth for 3rd time in PIAA quarterfinals
After missing a few long jumpers in the first quarter, Aliquippa’s D.J. Walker understood why he was being called to the bench and the junior didn’t argue. “He knows,” said Quips coach Nick Lackovich, who wanted his players to work for better shots. “I said, ‘Hey, you’ve got to ….’...
Seneca Valley’s Daniel Simoes captures PIAA gold in 200 IM
Daniel Simoes placed second in the 200-yard individual medley at last year’s PIAA Class 3A championships at Cumberland Valley High School. He was runner-up to Upper St. Clair standout and current Indiana University freshman Josh Matheny. A move back to Bucknell for this year’s state meet also brought gold to...
What to watch for in high school sports for March 17, 2022: Division II semifinals on tap
PIHL semifinals week concludes Thursday with a pair of Division II games at RMU Island Sports Center on Neville Island. Division II programs in the PIHL are made up of players from different schools that don’t have hockey teams playing on one team, like a co-op in the WPIAL. The...
Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings for March 16, 2022
We have seen in the past, complete turmoil takes over this time of year when it comes to the state rankings with so many head-to-head clashes. For the most part, the latest Trib HSSN rankings held up. Nine teams dropped out after losses in the PIAA second round and quarterfinals,...
