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Thomas Jefferson rallies past Franklin Regional to win Class 2A Penguins Cup title in OT
Scotty Allan picked a great time to score his first goal of the playoffs. Allan scored 46 seconds into overtime, and Thomas Jefferson rallied for the second time in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League playoffs to defeat Franklin Regional 6-5, in the Class 2A Penguins Cup championship game Tuesday at...
St. Joseph softball team will rely on players’ ability to play multiple positions
Position flexibility is key for any softball team but even moreso for those in Class A. St. Joseph enters the 2022 season with 12 players on its roster and just one senior. Though the small roster might provide some challenges, it also will offer opportunities for players to show their...
New coach Bestic will try to bring success to the St. Joseph baseball team
Bradley Bestic has experience leading a Class A baseball team to success. This spring, he will lean on that experience in guiding St. Joseph. Bestic, who was named St. Joseph’s athletic director in November, enters his first season as coach of the Spartans’ baseball program. He coached Vincentian Academy from...
2022 WPIAL Class 3A 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...
Penn-Trafford softball team is reloading for another title run
If the Penn-Trafford softball team’s first scrimmage was any indication, the power lost by graduation will be minimal. The Warriors pounded out seven home runs against Plum, which surprised coach Denny Little. Penn-Trafford isn’t rebuilding. It’s just reloading. “We still have girls who have power,” Little said. “We have some...
Finding pitchers to replace 6 who graduated key for Penn-Trafford baseball team
Most baseball coaches would be concerned after the bulk of their pitching staff graduated. But not Penn-Trafford coach Dan Miller. He is excited to see what players are ready to step up and fill the holes left by the six graduates: Riley Bellan, Trevor Wilson, Tyler Hoover, Zach Hoffman, Tommy...
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...
