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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...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 8, 2022
High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Saturday’s results WPIAL Chuckie Mahoney Classic at Burgettstown Beaver 79, Weir, W.Va. 58 Chartiers-Houston 62, California 32 Fort Cherry 74, Avella 35 Washington vs. West Allegheny, ppd. Showdown at Sharon Laurel 51, West Middlesex 43 Neshannock 55, Sharon 37 Nonsection Avonworth at McGuffey, ppd. Eden...
High school roundup for Jan. 8, 2022: North Hills earns another quality win, beating Montour
Royce Parham scored 27 points as North Hills defeated Montour, 78-61, in nonsection boys basketball Saturday to remain undefeated. Matt Seidl added 15 points for Class 6A No. 1 North Hills (9-0) while Will Blass contributed 10 points. Dian Pickett led Class 4A No. 5 Montour (7-2) with 16 points...
Latrobe team dominates WCCA tournament
If no one noticed, the Latrobe wrestling team is starting to make noise around the WPIAL. The Wildcats, No. 2 in the Trib HSSN Class 3A rankings, easily won the 69th annual Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association tournament at Kiski Area with 252 points. Latrobe had four champions and eight finalists....
Kilkeary-Hohman, Priest-Roth rematches highlight WCCA championships
“Until we meet again.” That’s what four Westmoreland County wrestlers have in store for the rest of the season. And that’s what Latrobe junior Vinny Kilkeary and Penn-Trafford senior Troy Hohman, and Hempfield senior Briar Priest and Latrobe junior Nate Roth said after their matches Saturday at the 69th annual...
TribHSSN girls basketball rankings for Jan. 9, 2022
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny, 8-0, 1 2. Mt. Lebanon, 10-0, 3 3. Upper St. Clair, 9-1, 2 4. Norwin, 6-3, 4 5. Seneca Valley, 7-3, NR Out: Butler (6-4, 5) Class 5A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Chartiers Valley, 10-1, 1 2. Moon, 10-0, 2...
Various Alle-Kiski Valley schools change classifications
After many years of high-level contests in WPIAL Class 2A, including five seasons that resulted in WPIAL championships, the Freeport girls volleyball team made a move to Class 3A two years ago. But the winning didn’t wane as the Yellowjackets posted co-section championships this past fall and in 2020. The...
TribHSSN boys basketball rankings for Jan. 9, 2022
Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. North Hills, 9-0, 1 2. Fox Chapel, 9-1, 3 3. Central Catholic, 7-2, 4 4. Upper St. Clair, 8-1, 5 5. Butler, 8-2, NR Out: North Allegheny (8-2, 2) Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Laurel Highlands, 9-0, 1 2. New Castle,...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Burrell’s Brandon Coury, Kiski Area’s Abbie Johns
Brandon Coury Class: Senior School: Burrell Sport: Basketball Report card: Coury scored 30 points, including 18 in the second quarter, to help Burrell earn a 53-45 win at Section 1-4A rival Deer Lakes. He is 120 points shy of 1,000 for his career. How’d it feel to help the team...
Westmoreland H.S. athletes of the week: GCC’s Brevan Williams, Belle Vernon’s Viva Kreis
Brevan Williams School: Greensburg Central Catholic Sport: Basketball Year: Senior Claim to fame: Williams, who is averaging 19.4 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists this season, scored a game-high 32 points with four 3-pointers to lead Greensburg Central Catholic (6-1, 1-0) to an 87-45 win over Propel Braddock Hills in...
Hempfield, Laurel win 2022 WPIAL spirit championships
Clean and crisp. That’s what Laurel coach Jenn Horodyski wanted to see from her squad’s performance when they stepped onto the mat for the WPIAL competitive spirit championships Saturday at Hempfield. She got that and more as Laurel delivered a performance with zero deductions to run away with the WPIAL...
George Guido: PIAA enrollment numbers affect A-K Valley teams
Schools discovered which classifications they’ll be playing in over the next two school years. The PIAA delayed the disclosure of classes after some schools had miscalculated their enrollment figures based on the number of vo-tech students from their districts. Several local changes are in the offing as the area’s demographics...
Fox Chapel, Shady Side Academy football players earn postseason honors
Several members of the Fox Chapel and Shady Side Academy football teams were recently recognized for their efforts this past season. Earning first-team all-star recognition in the Tribune-Review’s Valley News Dispatch edition were: Fox Chapel’s Khi’Lee Patterson at wide receiver and defensive back. The 5-foot-8, 150-pound senior finished second on...
Allegheny County Wrestling Tournament to make anticipated return at Fox Chapel
One of the winter’s main events is coming up as Fox Chapel High School will be the site of the 20th Allegheny County Wrestling Tournament. This year’s event will take place Jan. 14-15. As of press time, 33 schools have confirmed their plans on participating in the event. More are...
Patience, hard work paying off for Plum girls basketball
Early last month, as the Plum girls basketball team was going through its final paces in practices and scrimmages to get ready for the 2021-22 season, first-year coach Rich Mull said patience and hard work would be key components in the improvement of a young group with just one senior...
Riverview’s Fichte finds success with new bowling program
Gwyn Fichte has had quite the year so far in terms of sports success. In October, the Riverview sophomore placed 16th overall in the Class A girls race at the WPIAL cross country championships at Cal (Pa.). The finish also earned Fichte a berth to the state meet in Hershey....
Pitt the ‘best of both worlds’ for North Allegheny’s Timmerson
Jasmine Timmerson noticed her cell phone is a little quieter nowadays without so many calls or texts from college coaches. “I like it that way,” she said with a laugh. Timmerson’s recruiting process had started much earlier than most. The North Allegheny junior was still weeks away from entering high...
North Allegheny notebook: Junior Lucia Wells commits to play soccer at Pitt
One of the WPIAL’s top soccer players made her college decision last week. North Allegheny junior forward Lucia Wells made a verbal commitment to Pitt. “I am so grateful to announce my verbal commitment to play D1 soccer at The University of Pittsburgh!,” she wrote on Twitter. “Thank you to...
Busy weeks ahead for Franklin Regional wrestling
It will be an interesting couple of weeks for the Franklin Regional wrestling team. Fresh off its 32nd-place finishing at the Powerade tournament Dec. 29 and 30 which saw senior Finn Solomon place third and finish 6-1, the Panthers get ready for consecutive Section 1B (3A) matches that will determine...
Hampton senior shows off all-around ability in IM
Hampton swimming coach Morgan Zweygardt quickly spotted something about then-freshman Will Retsch. No matter what stroke the Talbots were working on at early season practices, Retsch went fast. “We realized he really had four solid strokes,” Zweygardt said. “It was very natural. As we are training, you realize, ‘Whoa, he’s...
Former Pitt assistant Marion joins Texas staff, immediately offers WPIAL stars Gallagher and Martin
Brennan Marion has been on the Texas football staff for less than two weeks and he already has tossed a lasso at WPIAL recruiting territory. Marion, a Greensburg Salem alum who coached wide receivers at Pitt this season before taking the same job with the Longhorns, extended scholarship offers to...
