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Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Pharoh Fisher, Serra Catholic
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. So what separates Pharoh Fisher from the rest of the football players he goes...
Trib HSSN Head of the Class: Softball Player and Coach of the Year for each classification
Whether their school had students in the classroom or virtually this spring, there is a special seat up front reserved for these standout performers and coaches in the return to the softball diamonds. Trib HSSN salutes all of the players and coaches for their great work in the return of...
Trib HSSN Head of the Class: Baseball Player and Coach of the Year for each classification
Whether their school had students in the classroom or virtually this spring, there is a special seat up front reserved for these standout performers and coaches in the return to the baseball field. Trib HSSN salutes all players and coaches for their great work in the return of spring sports...
Westmoreland high school notes: Hempfield’s Sierk has smarts
Dan Sierk is as much a student of the game as he is a fierce, run-blocking tight end and an edge-turning defensive end. An incoming senior at Hempfield, Sierk is a load at 6-foot-5 and 240 pounds. But it takes more than size and skill to play college football at...
George Guido: Remembering a wild Burrell baseball run
The 2001 Burrell baseball season had a little of everything. Start with a quest for a school-first undefeated regular season, then a game that took three days to complete, three games decided by wild pitches, capped with a trip to the PIAA title game. As that 22-2 team looks back...
Murrysville Star notebook: Local volleyball team headed to nationals
The Westmoreland Elite 17 Black volleyball team qualified for the USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Tournament, which was set to begin Saturday in Las Vegas. The team, coached by Greg Lockley, consists of Sydney Andrews (Penn-Trafford), Rebecca Hess (Greensburg Central Catholic), Julia Kubera (Franklin Regional), Anna Novak (Burrell), Isabella Panasko...
Large crop of Bethel Park baseball, softball players headed to college diamonds
The senior class on Bethel Park’s PIAA championship and WPIAL runner-up baseball team will be well represented on college diamonds next spring. They include pitcher Eric Chalus (Kent State), catcher/infielder Sawyer D’Andrea (Bethany), pitcher Jimmy Gasper (Saint Vincent), outfielder Shane Hamel (Penn State Wilkes-Barre), outfielder Larry Kusan (Davis and Elkins)...
State championship might be just the beginning for Bethel Park baseball
Eric Chalus, the winning pitcher in the 2021 PIAA Class 5A championship game, was one of three seniors in Bethel Park’s starting lineup along with center fielder Shane Hamel and first baseman Zack Sackett. Next season, the Black Hawks will have starters returning at almost every position, starting with pitcher...
Chartiers Valley lacrosse beats odds to have memorable season
Overcoming great odds. It is the stuff of lore that has been the focus of many Hollywood scripts. It also could be the theme for the 2021 Chartiers Valley boys lacrosse team. What started as a season of major roster concerns ended with success in the regular season, the district...
Hampton grad competes at U.S. Open qualifier, NCAA tournament in golf season to remember
Hampton graduate Ben Huber this spring was part of the best golf team in Carnegie Mellon history and struggled to an 80th-place finish at an event in Columbus, Ohio. He will remember both just as fondly. Three weeks after helping CMU to a program-best fourth-place finish at the 2021 NCAA...
Kathy McConnell-Miller leaves Trinity bench for college basketball job
Kathy McConnell-Miller is returning to the college coaching ranks after two seasons with the Trinity girls basketball team. Gulf Coast State, a junior college in Panama City, Fla., announced Thursday it had hired McConnell-Miller as women’s basketball coach. She couldn’t be reached but Trinity athletic director Ricci Rich confirmed McConnell-Miller...
Central Valley’s Mark Lyons nominated for NFL high school coach of the year
Central Valley’s Mark Lyons was among 32 nominees announced Thursday for the Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year award. Each NFL team can recommend one candidate and Lyons’ was the Pittsburgh Steelers’ nominee. Lyons, who’s entering his 12th season at Central Valley, won WPIAL and PIAA Class...
WPIAL graduates give back by organizing, working football clinic in WilkinsburgVideo
The voice was as loud and distinctive as it was during his three seasons at Pitt. Only, this time, it was a bit playful. Clearly, Paris Ford was enjoying himself. A few boys weren’t getting in a straight enough line to suit Ford, one of five NFL players with WPIAL...
2021 Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Year: Eric Chalus, Bethel Park
2021 HSSN Baseball Player of the Year Eric Chalus School: Bethel Park Class: Senior Bethel Park’s Eric Chalus is rather stoic on the mound, rarely showing emotion after a batter strikes out or walks. But after throwing the final pitch of his high school career, an inning-ending strike in the...
2021 Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Year: Payton List, Beaver
2021 HSSN Softball Player of the Year Payton List School: Beaver Class: Junior After missing out on her sophomore season in 2020, Payton List had the perfect return to action for her junior campaign this spring. List was exceptional in the circle and at the plate in leading Beaver to...
Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team: Tyreese Fearbry, Perry
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. When Tyreese Fearbry stands next to Pat Narduzzi — and you can bet Pitt’s...
Week Zero football showcase returns to Wolvarena in August
Week Zero is back on the football schedule this fall, and with it returns the Western Pa. vs. Everyone football showcase hosted by Woodland Hills. The multi-game event Aug. 27-28 matches a WPIAL or City League team against an opponent from either Eastern Pa. or a neighboring state. The six...
TribHSSN Preseason WPIAL Football All-Star team: Robert Dickerson, North Hills
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. Robert Dickerson’s idea of a summer vacation is maybe taking a couple sips of...
Diane Metzger to take over Norwin girls soccer team
Diane Metzger is the new girls soccer coach at Norwin. A former player for the Knights, she was a member of the 1996 PIAA championship team before graduating in 2000. A goal-scorer from the midfield, she played college soccer at Grove City. Metzger replaces Lauren Karcher, who resigned after seven...
Butler basketball’s Devin Carney commits to Elon
One of college basketball’s stingiest defenses added some scoring power Thursday when Butler’s Devin Carney committed to Elon. The 6-foot-1 combo guard averaged 30 points per game last winter and led Butler to the WPIAL Class 6A semifinals. He ranks among the WPIAL’s top players in the 2022 graduating class....
District 31 American Legion baseball season winding down
The District 31 American Legion baseball season wraps up Sunday, but the final four days are turning out to be a race between the final eight playoff teams. Teams are jockeying for positions as the season wraps. The top four teams in the league earn home-field advantage in the opening...
TribHSSN Preseason WPIAL Football All-Star team: Joey Daniels, Mt. Lebanon
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. Mt. Lebanon quarterback Joey Daniels vividly remembers every interception he threw last season. That’s...
Mark Madden: From Pine-Richland to Robert Morris, fighting the power is futile
Pine-Richland school district fired Eric Kasperowicz as its high school football coach almost three months ago. Kasperowicz won four WPIAL championships and two state titles in eight seasons as Pine-Richland coach. The excuse for his dismissal was vague, inexact hazing allegations. Personal resentment of Kasperowicz by certain Pine-Richland administrators seems...
Talented young players headline Trib HSSN Softball All-Stars
The 2021 WPIAL softball season proved two things were true. First, diamond action was sorely missed after the 2020 season was canceled due to the covid-19 pandemic. Second, the future of district softball has a very bright future. Half of the TribLive HSSN Softball All-Star Team is underclassmen. So while...
TribHSSN Preseason WPIAL Football All-Star team: Nick Bryan, Thomas Jefferson
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. A long-standing tradition of the renowned Thomas Jefferson football program is the dominating play...
