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Burrell girls get 1st victory of season, beat Freeport
The Burrell girls basketball team was not able to taste the thrill of victory over its first eight games. But as the Bucs turned the calendar to January, they were able to put one in the win column. Senior Hope Clark scored a team-best 18 points, and junior Addy Landowski...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Jan. 4, 2022: Boys basketball section action tips off
Tuesday has been a day a lot of WPIAL boys basketball teams in the two smallest classifications have had circled on their new calendars. Section play finally tips off. Half of Class 3A and all of 2A and A will begin playing their section schedules. Unlike last year, these are...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week for Jan. 3, 2022
Five years ago, the North Hills boys basketball team reached the WPIAL semifinals, losing to eventual Class 6A champion Pine-Richland. The Indians finished 19-7. Since then, the Indians have fallen on hard times, missing the playoffs each year except for the open tournament last year. Since 2017-2018, North Hills has...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week for Jan. 3, 2022
Last year in 13 games for Propel Braddock Hills, Ben Mayhew scored a total of 77 points. Last week in the two games at the Bentworth Holiday Tournament, Mayhew matched that total with 77 points as the Lions split two games against Bentworth and Waynesburg. “Ben is constantly in the...
Low numbers, big goals for Greensburg Salem swimming
At the start of each season, Greensburg Salem swimming coach Bill Salathe hands out papers to each of his swimmers, asking them to write down their goals for the upcoming year. Last season, goals, hopes and dreams were dashed, as covid-19 caused one interruption after another and kept some talented...
Burrell soccer players head to Spain for international tournament
The trip has been in the planning stages since the summer months. Now, it is a reality. Burrell freshman Miley Kariotis and middle schooler McKenna Miller earned positions on Futsal USA National teams currently competing in an international soccer tournament in Madrid, Spain. Miley Kariotis, 14, is an all-section midfielder...
Westmoreland Senior Spotlight: Latrobe’s Jenna Tallman
Jenna Tallman Latrobe softball Last season’s game against Indiana may have ended the season for Latrobe’s softball season, but it also marked the last time Jenna Tallman caught her older sister Jordan in a high school game. The younger Tallman, who is preparing to start her senior season, was a Tribune-Review...
A-K Valley senior spotlight: Highlands’ Jrake Burford
Jrake Burford Highlands wrestling Jrake Burford has built quite a collection of wrestling medals and accomplishments during his career. Before reaching high school, he was a two-time All-American who placed seventh at the prestigious Greco-Roman Nationals at Fargo, N.D. Since then, the Highlands senior has been a section and WPIAL...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for week ending Jan. 2, 2022
After years of success, the Beth-Center girls basketball program struggled last season, finishing with a 3-11 record that included 10 straight losses. Even in a year where all were welcome to participate in the WPIAL basketball playoffs, the Bulldogs passed on playing in the open tournament. This season has been...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 3, 2022: Big night for girls basketball
Welcome to the first day of high school sports in 2022. The new year begins with a bang as there are 48 WPIAL girls section basketball games, including section openers in classes 2A and A, Monday. Six of the past seven WPIAL girls basketball champions in the highest classification have...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for week ending Jan. 2, 2022
A lot of attention deservedly has been paid to the Union boys basketball team this season. A preseason top-five team, the Scotties were 7-0 before losing to Class 2A power Neshannock in the finals of the Neshannock Holiday Tournament. However, there is another Scotties basketball team that is proving to...
This week on Trib HSSN: Week of Jan. 3, 2022
Happy New Year from all of us at Trib Total Media and HSSN! Now that the holidays are behind us, we begin the New Year with plenty of winter scholastic sports this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have video and audio coverage of over 40 high...
High school sports schedules for Jan. 3, 2022
High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Monday’s schedule Class 2A Section 2 Fort Cherry at Chartiers-Houston, 7:30 p.m. Nonsection Cathedral Prep at North Catholic, ppd. Mars at Knoch, 7:30 p.m. Valley at Deer Lakes, 7:30 p.m. Girls Monday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Norwin at North Allegheny, 7:30 p.m. Penn-Trafford at...
Westmoreland notebook: Latrobe boys basketball jilted after holiday trip to Farrell
The Latrobe boys basketball team never played a holiday tournament game, but it did get called for traveling. In a strange scheduling snafu, the Wildcats were jilted after a long bus ride to the Ohio border. The team drove more than 100 miles to play in the Farrell Tournament on...
Drop to Class 5A could be boost for football teams at Hempfield, Norwin
It was like a release valve was turned for Norwin and Hempfield when enrollment numbers showed the schools would drop to Class 5A for football. That meant leaving the rigors of Class 6A, with a schedule that demands near perfection on a weekly basis just to be able to compete,...
Trib HSSN WPIAL boys basketball rankings for Week of Jan. 2, 2022
Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. North Hills, 6-0, 1 2. North Allegheny, 8-0, 2 3. Fox Chapel, 7-1, 3 4. Central Catholic, 5-2, 4 5. Upper St. Clair, 6-1, 5 Out: none Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Laurel Highlands, 6-0, 1 2. Penn Hills, 7-0, 2...
TribHSSN WPIAL girls basketball rankings: Week ending Jan. 2, 2022
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny, 6-0, 1 2. Upper St. Clair, 7-0, 2 3. Mt. Lebanon, 8-0, 3 4. Norwin, 5-1, 4 5. Butler, 6-2, 5 Out: none Class 5A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Chartiers Valley, 8-1, 1 2. Moon, 8-0, 3 3. Oakland Catholic,...
Westmoreland County athletes of the week: Terek Crosby and Mercedes Majors
Terek Crosby School: Yough Sport: Basketball Year: Sophomore Claim to fame: Crosby scored 19 of his 45 points in the fourth quarter and made 17 of 21 from the foul line as Yough (4-4) won, 77-70, against Ligonier Valley in the Kiski Area Tournament on Dec. 29. He had 18...
George Guido: Cager Classic set to return after 2-year hiatus
Let’s open 2022 with some good news. The Cager Classic at Highlands High School is set to return after a two-year hiatus brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. The 25th event — we no longer can call it annual — will go with its usual Thursday-Saturday format March 24-26. The...
A-K Valley High School Athletes of the Week: Rylen Campbell and Madilyn Boyer
Rylen Campbell Class: Sophomore School: Plum Sport: Wrestling Report card: Campbell won the 106-pound title at the Southmoreland Holiday Classic on Tuesday. He was the sixth seed but worked his way through the bracket and upset top-seeded Ana Malovich of Butler via a pin in the second period in the...
Westmoreland boys basketball notebook: Football players add toughness to Penn-Trafford
Penn-Trafford added some championship toughness to its boys basketball rotation. Football players Tommy Kalkstein and Conlan Greene are back from football season after helping the Warriors win WPIAL and PIAA championships. A pair of juniors, Kalkstein brings athleticism and ball-handling to an already deep backcourt, and Greene helps fill a...
Trib HSSN Head of the Class: Coach of the year in each of WPIAL football’s 6 classes
The students are expected to execute a good lesson plan, but it takes a top teacher to develop the plan and find ways to get the most from their students. The same could be said on the football field. Yes, teams need good players to be successful, but coming up...
Trib HSSN Top 21 Stories of 2021: Pine-Richland coach Eric Kasperowicz ousted
The year 2021 wasn’t one giant leap for mankind, but it was one big step back toward “normalcy” for all of us, especially the high school athletes from around the WPIAL. They were able to do what they love to do, compete on area fields, courts, mats and pools. They...
2021 Trib 25 Football Team: WPIAL, state champions highlight HSSN all-stars
This was a historic football season for the WPIAL, which had four teams celebrate state titles in Hershey. The WPIAL never before had won more than three in a year, but Mt. Lebanon, Penn-Trafford, Aliquippa and Central Valley all made history this fall. Each team had a unique story. The...
Powerade wrestling notebook: Loaded tournament was brutal for WPIAL’s best
It says how tough the 55th annual Powerade Wrestling Tournament was this season when only 26 wrestlers from the WPIAL earned medals and only six reached the finals. The competition was extremely difficult. “All these wrestlers are amazing,” Franklin Regional coach Matt Lebe said. “This was the toughest tournament we’ve...
