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Patience pays off as Woodland Hills outlasts Greensburg Salem
With offense relegated to half-court sets and fouls piling up, the more patient team was going to have the advantage down the stretch. Woodland Hills played like it had that trait in its back pocket and methodically pulled away from upstart Greensburg Salem, which played its first Section 4-5A girls...
Knoch girls basketball team wins section showdown with Highlands
The lead in Section 1-4A was on the line Monday as 3-0 Knoch and 3-0 Highlands did battle at Highlands High School. The visiting Knights established themselves early and gradually were able to pull away for a 50-33 victory. “We wanted to come out quickly and establish ourselves and make...
Mars school board set to open job of football coach Scott Heinauer
Mars appears ready to open the job of longtime football coach Scott Heinauer to applicants. The online agenda for Tuesday’s school board meeting includes a motion “to open the varsity head football coaching position” along with those of Heinauer’s varsity assistants and middle school coaches. Heinauer said he intends to...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 11, 2022: Latrobe, McKeesport girls to meet in main event
While it is a busy night of section boys basketball games, one of the top contests around the WPIAL is a girls hoops showdown in Class 5A. In fact, this bout is receiving top billing in what was a girls-boys doubleheader. Now when the Latrobe boys and girls basketball teams...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week for Jan. 10, 2022
Eight games into last season, the Carlynton boys basketball team was 4-0 in Section 2-2A, 7-1 overall. The Cougars finished the regular season in second place with a record of 12-4 and were the No. 7 seed in the 23-team Class 2A playoffs. Carlynton was stunned in the first round...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week for Jan. 10, 2022
Last year, they were the supporting cast to a senior team that ended a 16-year drought and won WPIAL gold. The current group of Upper St. Clair boys basketball starters proved to be quick studies and are now excelling in their role as leads in another successful season. The Panthers...
Family, friends fondly remember longtime Laurel Valley football coach Jerry Page
The Laurel Highlands took a hit last month that was bigger, harder and louder than any collision ever witnessed during a Saturday afternoon football game in New Florence. Rest in peace, Jerry Page. Your absence leaves a gaping hole in and around Westmoreland County. Page, a former mathematics teacher who...
Valley bowlers show improvement under 1st-year coach
First-year Valley bowling coach Walt Livingston has a young team with only one senior. But that does not mean the group lacks the enthusiasm and commitment to the sport. “I’ve got 13 bowlers who are loyal to the game and loyal to the school. I feel honored that they let...
Knoch, TikTok benefitting from Traggiai’s talents
With his athletic life revolving around shedding seconds off of a clock, it’s no surprise Caden Traggiai’s go-to social media platform is TikTok. Traggiai, a senior at Knoch, is one of the top swimmers in the A-K Valley, finishing sixth in the 500-yard freestyle and seventh in the 200-yard freestyle...
Westmoreland Senior Spotlight: Mt. Pleasant’s Ashlyn Hornick
Ashlyn Hornick Mt. Pleasant swimming Mt. Pleasant’s girls swimming team is regarded as one of the best around, and last season the Vikings made program history. With their gold in the 200-yard freestyle relay, the swimming team captured the program’s first WPIAL relay title. One of the members of that relay...
A-K Valley senior spotlight: Deer Lakes’ Reese Hasley
Reese Hasley Deer Lakes basketball Whether it’s a pull-up jumper, a drive to the basket or a floater in the paint, Reese Hasley has shown a propensity for putting points on the board for the Deer Lakes girls basketball team. That started right out of the gate as a freshman when...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 10, 2022: Big night for girls basketball
A busy night of WPIAL girls basketball is highlighted by a couple of games for first place. One of those contests is in Section 2-3A as South Park hosts Brownsville. The Eagles (7-2, 3-0) are No. 3 in the latest Trib HSSN Class 3A rankings. South Park had won six...
High school sports schedules for Jan. 10, 2022
High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Monday’s schedule Class 4A Section 2 Lincoln Park at Ambridge, 7:30 p.m. Nonsection Armstrong at Freeport, 7:30 p.m. Frazier at Beth-Center, 7 p.m. Highlands at Allderdice, 7:30 p.m. Girls Monday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Butler at Pine-Richland, 7:30 p.m. North Allegheny at Shaler, 7:30...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for Jan. 10, 2022
After enjoying one of the best seasons in program history, a lot of question marks surrounded Trinity girls basketball during the summer. Several talented players graduated from a Hillers team that finished 21-2 and lost to Chartiers Valley in the WPIAL Class 5A championship game. In July, head coach Kathy...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for Jan. 10, 2022
They are the Fabulous Five of WPIAL girls basketball. Chartiers Valley has five Division I players who have been together and winning championships their entire scholastic career. Aislin Malcolm is heading to Pitt, Perri Page to Columbia, Marian Turnbull to Northeastern, and Helene and twin sister Hallie Cowan to Seton...
2021-22 PIHL standings through Jan. 9, 2022
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Jan. 9, 2022: Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points Class 3A North Allegheny, 11-1-0 = 22 Peters Township, 10-4-1 = 21 Pine-Richland, 9-3-0 = 18 Baldwin, 6-3-3 = 15 Seneca Valley, 7-5-0 = 14 Bethel...
This week on Trib HSSN: Week of Jan. 10, 2022
The winter high school sports action picks up a week into 2022 with section play on the courts, mats and ice, and in the pool on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have video and audio coverage of more than 50 high school boys and girls basketball games from...
High school notebook: Belle Vernon football won’t play up to 4A
Belle Vernon has been one of the top football teams in WPIAL Class 4A for nearly half a decade. The Leopards have reached the semifinals four straight years and made the finals at Heinz Field in 2019 and ‘21. Class 3A, brace yourself because here come the Leopards. Belle Vernon...
Penn Hills girls basketball looking to shake off slow start
Reinforcements are on the way for the Penn Hills girls basketball team. Indians coach Robert Cash hopes getting some fresh blood will reinvigorate an undermanned unit. While Penn Hills has 10 players on the varsity roster, the Indians have mostly been playing six or seven while the less experienced players...
Gateway swimmers earn early WPIAL qualifying times
The Gateway boys and girls swimming and diving teams have entered the Section 3-3A portion of their schedules, and coach Sherry Sonetti hopes that a strong series of practices over the holiday break will pay dividends. “I beat them up a little bit with wanting them to get that yardage...
Confidence soars for Pine-Richland wrestler after strong Powerade showing
A major focus for Kelin Laffey lately has been the mental side of wrestling. He has received advice and motivation from the Pine-Richland coaches on believing in himself and his abilities every time he steps onto the mat. Now, he has some tangible evidence to build confidence going into the...
Quaker Valley hockey bounces back into title contention
Quaker Valley finished with a 6-11 record in the PIHL Varsity A Southwest Division last season. That didn’t sit well with the Quakers. The postseason absence provided QV with the impetus for a comeback this year. Through nine games, QV was undefeated and comfortably atop the Varsity A Northwest Division....
Leetsdale softball standout follows diamond dreams to Carlow
Dreams, whether big or small, do come true. Just ask Leetsdale’s Isabella DeGori. “Playing college softball has been a dream of mine,” DeGori said. “Due to the pandemic, college recruiting for the class of 2022 was cut short. I’ve ran into a lot of dead ends with the recruiting and...
Hohman’s title highlights strong performance from Penn-Trafford at Powerade tournament
Penn-Trafford senior Troy Hohman has been close to winning big tournament titles during his career. Other than a couple Eastern Area Invitational championships, he’s been on the cusp of standing atop the podium at a prestigious tournament. You can erase that from the list of goals he’s set after he...
Penn Hills indoor track, basketball teams rolling with covid-related schedule changes
Amidst another winter of uncertainty, the Penn Hills athletic department has found itself no stranger to altering schedules due to the pandemic. Because of a surge of cases at Edinboro University, the Tri-State Track Coaches Association’s first indoor track meet, set to take place last Saturday, was canceled. The second...
