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A-K Valley senior spotlight: Deer Lakes’ Emily Warrene
Emily Warrene Deer Lakes A 4-0 start has made the inaugural season a successful one thus far for Deer Lakes’ girls bowling team. But the bowlers’ enjoyment goes beyond the scoreboard, according to senior Emily Warrene. “We’re very uplifting to each other,” she said of the girls and boys teams....
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for week ending Jan. 23, 2022
When Dave Sarra, the former football and boys basketball coach at Waynesburg Central, took over as the girls basketball coach four years ago, he began the process of improving a program that finished the 2017 season with a record of 1-21. Last year, the team finished with a winning record...
High school sports schedules for Jan. 24, 2022
High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s schedule Class 5A Section 1 West Mifflin at Laurel Highlands, 7:30 p.m. Class 4A Section 2 Hopewell at Lincoln Park, 7:30 p.m. Class A Section 3 Leechburg at Aquinas Academy, 7 p.m. Nonsection Avonworth at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, 7:30 p.m. Bishop Canevin...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for week ending Jan. 23, 2022
The saying at Thomas Jefferson High School is “Tradition never graduates.” Star players do, though. Jaguars senior Graci Fairman is one of the leading scorers in the district, averaging more than 21 points per game. The girls basketball coach is Lisa Fairman, Graci’s Mom. It has been another successful season...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Penn-Trafford golfer Turowski to play in national event
Penn-Trafford sophomore Nick Turowski, the reigning WPIAL Class 3A golf champion, will play in a prestigious tournament this summer. Turowski will compete in the National High School Golf Invitational on July 10-13 at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina. He will join a field of the top 270 prep players in...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 24, 2022: OLSH, Neshannock look for milestone wins
Monday could be a historic day around WPIAL basketball with two possible landmark victories. First, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart is one win away from tying the WPIAL record for consecutive victories in boys basketball. The Chargers have won 51 straight games since losing to Aliquippa, 73-69, on Jan....
This week on TribLive High School Sports Network: Week of Jan. 24, 2022
There is a big-time chill in the air as winter high school sports action heats up in the final week of January. We have video and audio coverage of nearly 60 high school boys and girls basketball games from the WPIAL, along with games from District 6 and District 9....
WPIAL boys, girls basketball playoff clinchings through Jan. 23, 2022
There are three weeks left in the regular season for WPIAL basketball teams. The open district tournament from a year ago is a thing of the past. The WPIAL playoffs will once again be made up of teams that have earned a spot in the postseason brackets. The top four...
2021-22 PIHL standings through Jan. 23, 2022
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday, Jan. 23. Eight teams in each classification qualify for the PIHL playoffs. *- indicates clinched a playoff spot x- indicates eliminated from playoff chase #-Indicated ineligible for Penguins Cup Playoffs Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss =...
Quaker Valley wrestling crowns pair of county champs
Quaker Valley wrestlers Mason Diemert and Jack Kazalas displayed their tenacity and mettle at the Allegheny County championships held Jan. 14-15 at Fox Chapel. Both won county titles in impressive fashion. Diemert, a senior, secured a pin in 1 minute, 49 seconds against Montour’s Aaron DeLuca in the 172-pound final...
Quaker Valley hockey looks to shake off midseason slump
It was an inauspicious start to the new year for the Quaker Valley hockey team. After reeling off nine consecutive victories in the first half of the season, QV dropped consecutive decisions to Moon, 5-1, North Catholic, 4-3, and North Hills, 4-3, in early January. The Quakers, nonetheless, maintained a...
Captains McKenna, Heningcamp help spark growth for Gateway wrestling
Floyd McKenna entered his junior season hoping to make his mark on the mat for the Gateway wrestling team. The junior 172-pounder won 15 matches combined the past two seasons. This year, McKenna owned 16 victories against just seven losses through a Section 1 dual match with Plum on Jan....
After year absence, Gateway alumni reunite for annual Black/White hockey game
Stefan Biancaniello surveyed the landscape at Palmer Imaging Ice Arena in Delmont on Dec. 26, and his heart was warmed. After covid canceled Gateway hockey’s 2020 alumni gathering, Biancaniello hoped things would return to the way they were. With more than 40 alumni in attendance for a kickoff event to...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Swimmers clock WPIAL-qualifying times
Penn-Trafford sophomores Patton Graziano and Conner Alexander are having good seasons for the swimming team. Both have qualified for the WPIAL in various events. Graziano had qualified in every event except the 100 breaststroke. He’s qualified in 50-, 100-, 200- and 500-meter freestyle, the 100 IM, the 100 butterfly and...
Penn-Trafford hockey looks to finish season strong
The Penn-Trafford hockey team was flying high after it avenged an early season loss to rival Franklin Regional on Dec. 6. The 7-1 victory put the Warriors in a first-place tie with the Panthers in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League Class 2A East Division. A 3-2 win three days later...
Penn Hills indoor track team hits ground running
Penn Hills indoor track coach Lee Zelkowitz was disappointed when the first meet of the season got canceled due to covid-19 precautions. The Indians coach thought his team was on pace to have a strong season and looked forward to getting started. When the season got going Jan. 14 at...
Hempfield grad eager to take reins of Penn Hills softball program
Ashley Banner couldn’t overstate the impact her high school softball program had on her. Banner, a 2001 Hempfield graduate, hopes to leave a new generation of players with the same impression Bob Kalp had on her. Kalp, who recorded a 431-111-1 with the Spartans during a tenure that stretched from...
Zavasky displays shooting touch off the bench for Pine-Richland boys basketball
When Nate Zavasky has an open look, Pine-Richland boys basketball coach Bob Petcash is typically yelling “shoot it.” Zavasky showed why late in the third quarter in a game with North Allegheny Jan. 14 when he drained a deep 3-pointer that put the Rams ahead, and they went on to...
Pine-Richland’s Ava Boyd turns heads at soccer showcase
Ava Boyd boarded a plane to Florida knowing she was going to play in a soccer game with some of the best girls in the country. She came home with an experience to remember. Boyd, a junior at Pine-Richland, showcased her talents in the Elite Clubs National League U16/17 national...
After strong finish at Allegheny County tournament, Plum looks forward to postseason
Few teams at the Allegheny County tournament Jan. 14 and 15 at Fox Chapel High School had the overall performance the Plum wrestling team produced. Led by senior Vinny Citrano, who placed first at 132 pounds, and sophomore Rylen Campbell, runner-up at 106, the Mustangs took third overall. It was...
Plum, Riverview fall sports teams look forward to new, current rivalries
Whether they’re joined in the same conference or separated in the same or a different classification, the Plum and Franklin Regional football teams usually find themselves on the same field each season. This fall, the Mustangs and Panthers will be together again in one of three Class 5A conferences as...
Shaler cross country duo to run at Robert Morris
Ryan Paris didn’t feel tied down when making his college decision. The Shaler Area senior and cross country standout got what he thought was a fantastic offer, which made it an easy decision to sign with Robert Morris. The fact the Colonials were interested in his teammate, Tyler Paszkowski, only...
Former Shaler Area wrestler returns as assistant coach to help bolster program
Drew D’Agostino counts himself lucky. Building a coaching staff after two years away from the Shaler wrestling program didn’t take interviewing many random applicants. The Titans were able to get some of the band back together when Mickey Moran, a 2004 Shaler graduate, relocated back to the district from New...
Hitting 1,000-point milestone a dream come true for Thomas Jefferson’s Graci Fairman
It was a much-anticipated night at Thomas Jefferson. TJ hoopster Graci Fairman eclipsed the 1,000-point mark for career scoring Jan. 7 during her team’s 49-23 section win at home against Uniontown. The 5-foot-5 senior point guard connected on a trey from the corner early in the third quarter to become...
Baldwin, Brentwood boys basketball teams in playoff hunt
The Baldwin boys basketball team registered one of its biggest wins in recent memory, socking host Bethel Park, 86-66, on Jan. 18 in a pivotal Section 2-6A game. James Wesling, a 6-foot-1 sharp-shooting junior guard, was sensational for the Highlanders, pouring in a career-high 48 points. The Highlanders’ 20-point victory...
