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Bethel Park’s Mason Miller taken in 3rd round of MLB draft by Athletics
It can seem like a long road from Bethel Park to the majors. For Mason Miller, the path there has taken a circuitous route. But a big step in that direction came Monday when he was drafted in the third round by the Oakland Athletics. A 6-foot-5 right-handed pitcher, Miller...
Hopewell graduate, Ohio U. lefty Joe Rock goes to Rockies at 68th overall
Hopewell graduate Joe Rock turned a productive junior season at Ohio University — highlighted by a no-hitter against Morehead State in February — into a reputation the Colorado Rockies couldn’t ignore. Rock, 6-foot-6, 200-pound left-hander, was chosen 68th overall by the Rockies in Compensatory Round B of the MLB Draft...
A-K Valley football teams set for annual Freeport 7-on-7
With the start of preseason high school football campst five weeks away, Freeport coach John Gaillot hopes Wednesday’s locally infused Freeport seven-on-seven event will help serve as a springboard to the final series of summer workouts and also generate excitement for the start of the 2021 season. Seven schools —...
Trib HSSN girls athlete of the year: NA’s Paige Morningstar caps gold-plated 2-sport career
What better way to conclude a golden scholastic career than to be named the MaxPreps national high school female athlete of the year? How about being named the 2020-21 Trib HSSN WPIAL female athlete of the year for a second straight year? Paige Morningstar may need a Brink’s truck to...
Trib HSSN boys athlete of the year: Pine-Richland’s Cole Spencer wins titles in 2 sports
Early in the winter, Pine-Richland’s Cole Spencer called his future college wrestling coach with some bad news. He’d injured his left shoulder and would eventually need surgery to repair a torn labrum. Should he sit out his senior year? Weeks removed from quarterbacking Pine-Richland’s football team to a PIAA championship,...
Latrobe advances to American Legion District 31 finals
Latrobe American Legion baseball used a different method to defeat Young Township on Sunday in Game 2 of the District 31 playoffs. The Jethawks used the no-hit pitching of Jake Bradish to win Game 1. The bats came alive late in Game 2. Latrobe scored 10 runs over the final...
Trib HSSN Preseason WPIAL Football All-Star team: Quinton Martin, Belle Vernon
The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 22 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. Quinton Martin has scholarship offers from Pitt, Penn State, West Virginia, Rutgers, Virginia Tech...
Hampton wrestling shakes up coaching staff
When Chris Hart told his Hampton wrestlers at their season-ending banquet last month that he was stepping down as head coach, their next coach was standing only a couple of feet away. Talbots assistant coach Nick Endres is expected to be promoted to the top job, and Hart will return...
Quaker Valley Hall of Famer takes reins of school’s girls basketball program
Quaker Valley has been a focal point in many chapters of Ken Johns’ life. He was a three-sport athlete at the school, coached at the youth and middle school levels and has watched his children make their athletic impact with the Quakers. Now he’s ready to add to his Quaker...
Soccer, lacrosse titles lift Mars to Class 5A Trib Cup championship
Thanks to a historic run in soccer and lacrosse this past school year, Mars’ climb to the top of the HSSN Trib Cup standings in Class 5A was out of this world. The Fightin’ Planets swept district and state gold on the pitch by winning boys and girls WPIAL and...
Bradish tosses no-hitter to lead Latrobe in opener of District 31 Legion semifinals
Jake Bradish has pitched in big games all season for the Latrobe American Legion team, and he has had some great games. But Saturday’s Game 1 of the District 31 semifinals might be his most memorable. Bradish pitched a no-hitter to lead Latrobe to a 4-0 victory against Young Township...
Gateway’s Patrick Body makes verbal commitment to top 10 team
Patrick Body continued a run of Gateway defensive backs heading to NCAA Division I colleges Saturday when he made a verbal commitment to Cincinnati. The 6-foot-2, 175-pound safety picked the Bearcats from a long list of suitors that included Pitt, West Virginia, Akron, Army, Ball State, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Illinois,...
Valley News Dispatch Girls Athlete of the Year: Kennedie Montue, Plum
Consistency was the calling card for recent Plum graduate and basketball standout Kennedie Montue. Four years of sustained success culminated in a senior season in which the 5-foot-11 guard/forward led the WPIAL in scoring at 23.3 points through the Mustangs’ 14 games. Montue said she and her teammates worked hard...
Valley News Dispatch Boys Athlete of the Year: Eli Yofan, Fox Chapel
Eli Yofan made the most of his athletic opportunities during the 2020-21 school year. The rising senior at Fox Chapel performed at a high level while helping navigate his teammates through seasons of covid restrictions and other related uncertainties. An all-section selection in soccer as a sophomore, Yofan made the...
Westmoreland County Girls Athlete of the Year: Olivia Cernuto, Southmoreland
Unless she takes a summer vacation or a few random days off, Olivia Cernuto gets little rest during the sports year. “A few days here and there,” the rising junior at Southmoreland said. When you play three sports to the level at which Cernuto does, rest is immaterial. Cernuto had...
Westmoreland County Boys Athlete of the Year: Christian Zilli, Hempfield
It’s a rare feat when an athlete from a large high school excels in three sports. It happens more often at smaller schools, but usually not in larger classifications. Hempfield’s Christian Zilli is an exception. As a senior, Zilli was the quarterback on the football team, one of the top...
Parade of champions: WPIAL winners from the 2020-21 school year
A look at athletes and teams that brought home WPIAL or PIAA gold during the 2020-21 school year: WPIAL TEAM CHAMPIONS FALL Football 6A – Central Catholic 5A – Pine-Richland 4A – Thomas Jefferson 3A – Central Valley 2A – Beaver Falls A – Jeannette Boys Soccer 4A – Seneca...
A year like no other: The top stories of the 2020-21 school year in WPIAL sports
8.21.20 The PIAA board of directors ignored a “strong recommendation” from Gov. Tom Wolf to postpone sports until January and voted 25-5 to start fall sports as scheduled, ending weeks of worry for athletes, coaches and families. “We know there are no guarantees, but we’re at least making the attempt...
George Guido: Leechburg stadium renovation is good news for soccer players, neighbors
The 75th football season at Leechburg’s Veterans Memorial Stadium promises to be a special one. Despite all the rain this past week, a construction project is on track to have artificial turf installed in time for Leechburg’s football home opener Sept. 10 against Brentwood. It’s part of a $1.1 million...
Westmoreland high school notes: Basketball tournament to honor late Jeannette standout
Almost a year to the day that he was killed in a motorcycle accident, former Jeannette three-sport star athlete Tre Cunningham will be honored through a charity basketball event. The “Tre Cunningham Memorial Basketball Tournament,” sponsored by the Jeannette Educational Foundation, will be July 23-24 at Jeannette High School. Open...
South Fayette boys volleyball makes massive strides in program’s 1st season
All of the spring high school sports teams around the WPIAL and throughout the state were in the same boat this past season. Everybody had to regroup and start all over after losing the 2020 spring sports season to the covid-19 pandemic. Perhaps that was to the advantage of the...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Alex Turowski wins at Diamond Run
Penn-Trafford graduate Alex Turowski has been battling a little midseason slump on the golf course. He hasn’t been playing to his standards. Turowski finished 73rd in a field of 156 at the Pennsylvania Golf Association’s Boys Championship at Hershey on June 29. He finished the two rounds at 15-over par...
Pittsburgh Hardball Academy provides travel ball opportunity for Penn Hills players
Playing for the Pittsburgh Hardball Academy provided Anthony Sciulli with a chance to play travel baseball he may not have otherwise had. Sciulli, a Chatham commit and 2021 Penn Hills graduate, has always played on more than one baseball team. When Penn Hills didn’t have a American Legion team, he...
Fox Chapel basketball gets boost from summer competitions
Fox Chapel boys basketball coach Zach Skrinjar looks at summer team camps as a good way to self scout and grow as a unit in a more relaxed environment compared to the grind of a WPIAL basketball season. Winning is always good too, no matter where the ball is being...
Speed, versatility help Abby Quickel play key role for Bethel Park softball
Yes, Bethel Park’s Abby Quickel, as her surname suggests, is quick. But as a junior outfielder on the Black Hawks’ WPIAL championship team, the versatile Quickel also displayed her altruism and selflessness. Quickel hit .380 during the WPIAL portion of her team’s schedule and ranked among the team leaders in...
