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Kiski Area blanks Greensburg Salem on opening night of PIHL playoffs
The Kiski Area hockey team is headed back to the PIHL Penguins Cup Class A semifinals. For the second year in a row, the No. 2 Cavaliers will play in the final four after posting a 5-0 victory over No. 7 Greensburg Salem in a quarterfinal contest Monday at Belmont...
Freeport tops McDowell in PIHL quarterfinals to avenge early season loss
Kelly Mason took over the Freeport hockey program three years ago, and the Yellowjackets have been searching for a playoff win ever since. On Monday, in the quarterfinals of the Class A Penguins Cup Playoffs, No. 5 Freeport (15-3-1) finally broke through. Sophomore Caleb Hoffman scored in the second period,...
Emma Little slugs Penn-Trafford past NorwinVideo
Emma Little did not spend Easter Sunday afternoon eating candy. She was too busy working on her softball swing. “I made a complete change,” the Penn-Trafford senior catcher said. “Me and my dad came to the field, and I changed my whole swing, stance-wise. It was something I needed to...
North Allegheny’s Lizzy Groetsch named Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Year
North Allegheny senior basketball player Lizzy Groetsch has been taking piano lessons since she was 6 years old. She enjoys playing classical music. That’s seems appropriate since she and her Tigers teammates have just completed a season for the ages. Groetsch led North Allegheny to a 27-1 season in which...
North Catholic takes over Class AA top spot in latest WPIAL coaches boys volleyball rankings
The Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its Week 2 boys volleyball rankings Monday morning, and there is a change at the top in Class AA. North Catholic, No. 3 in last week’s top 10 poll, has taken over the No. 1 position, unseating Seton LaSalle. The teams went head-to-head...
Large, diverse list of candidates seeks WPIAL board of directors seat
This year’s ballot for electing new WPIAL board members has the largest and most diverse list of candidates in recent memory, executive director Amy Scheuneman said. In all, 16 school administrators were on the ballot this spring for one of the 10 at-large seats on the 19-person board. Online voting...
Big 33 Football Classic down to 13 WPIAL players for May all-star game
The Big 33 Football Classic is down to 13 WPIAL athletes for this year’s game after a sixth player withdrew. WPIAL leading rusher and Beaver Falls senior Josh Hough was replaced on the all-star game roster this week. The 6-foot-3, 240-pound running back is a Syracuse recruit and withdrew from...
Trib HSSN What to Watch for: Monday, April 5, 2021
In the spring of 2019, the Armstrong softball team lost its first 13 games. The River Hawks won two of their final three games two years ago but ended up tied for last place in Section 1-5A with an overall record of 3-16. Two years later, and things have changed...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week for week ending April 4, 2021
After a great start to the season March 26-27, the strikeouts and the victories kept coming for Mia Edwards and Shenango softball last week. In three games, all wins, the senior pitcher threw 18 innings without giving up a run. She allowed six hits and struck out 37. “The biggest...
High school sports schedules for April 5, 2021
High schools WPIAL Baseball Monday’s schedule Nonsection Laurel at Seton LaSalle, 4 p.m. Hockey PIHL Penguins Cup Playoffs Monday’s schedule Quarterfinals Class AAA Peters Township (15-4) vs. Bethel Park (7-11-0-2) at Robert Morris, 6:30 p.m. North Allegheny (13-5-0-2) vs. Seneca Valley (13-6-0-1) at Baierl Ice Complex, 6:30 p.m. Canon-McMillan (15-4)...
TribLive High School Sports Network broadcasts: Week of April 5, 2021
No need to hunt here and there for outstanding high school sports coverage, just check out the basket of video and audio treats this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have the start of section play with WPIAL baseball and softball on the diamonds, along with boys...
Final regular season PIHL standings through April 4, 2021
Here are the final PIHL high school hockey standings through the end of the regular season. The PIHL Penguins Cup playoffs are set to start with all of the quarterfinals games Monday. Trib HSSN will have video steam coverage of the semifinals and finals. The Pennsylvania Cup state hockey championships...
2021 Trib 10 Boys Basketball All-Stars
This year’s Trib 10 boys basketball all-star team could look a lot like next year’s team. Of the 10 players selected, six are juniors or sophomores. That list includes Laurel Highlands sophomore Rodney Gallagher and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart junior Jake DiMichele, who earned Trib 10 honors for...
2021 Trib 10 Girls Basketball All-Stars
This year’s Trib 10 girls basketball all-star team has an impressive collection of medals. This winter alone, counting both gold and silver medals, these players combined collected eight from the WPIAL and added four more from the PIAA. But for many, this year’s medal wasn’t their first. Chartiers Valley teammates...
Multi-sport athletes bring spark to Gateway volleyball
Gateway boys volleyball coach Phil Randolph has plenty of fresh faces on his team this season who bring athleticism from playing other sports. That’s a positive considering the Gators only had a few players return after losing a large senior class that had its 2020 season canceled due to the...
Renewed hope takes over for Gateway track and field athletes
Gateway track and field head coach Tom LaBuff is used to spending the spring coaching Gators athletes to top finishes at meets and invitationals. So, it took some time for him, his fellow Gateway coaches and the athletes to process last spring’s season cancellation by the PIAA amid growing covid...
Young Thomas Jefferson softball lineup looks to surprise in Class 5A
There is no mystery behind the success of the Thomas Jefferson softball program. “We are looking to replace a talented group of seniors with highly talented freshmen, sophomores and juniors,” TJ coach Heidi Karcher said It sounds like the definition of a rock-solid, winning program that reloads rather than rebuilds....
Shaler boys volleyball lacks varsity experience but ‘stacks up well’ with top teams
Ian Weber stepped on the court last Thursday against North Allegheny in an unfamiliar spot. The Shaler Area junior middle blocker is the only returning starter from the Titans’ 2019 boys volleyball season. That season marked a landmark one. The Titans finished third in the WPIAL and won their first...
Experience in middle of field strengthens Brentwood softball squad
Despite the cancellation of the 2020 softball season because of covid-19 restrictions, Brentwood still has four returning starters back. The Spartans appear to be strong up the middle with juniors Bailey Herrea (P/SS), Kellie Bruschi (SS/P) and senior Sidney Wuenschell (CF) back, along with a fourth returning starter in junior...
Baldwin finding balance as unusual softball season kicks into gear
Baldwin softball coach Gina Fuchs is counting on junior shortstop Maleah Pacella to be the team’s linchpin this season, both offensively and defensively. Pacella hit .483 as a freshman in 2019 and can play either middle infield position. “I expect Maleah to anchor our defense at shortstop,” Fuchs said. “She...
Sewickley Academy softball focused on development
The Sewickley Academy softball team will look to build in 2021. After losing four-year starting pitcher Alexis Barlock, along with four other starters, the Panthers won’t have any seniors this season and co-head coaches Heather Border and Shannon Rankin are looking to build the program back up. “We’re just focusing...
Quaker Valley boys lacrosse looking to improve with inexperienced team
Two years ago, with a team that was filled with experienced talent, Quaker Valley boys lacrosse earned a third-place finish in the WPIAL tournament and punched its ticket to the PIAA playoffs. But after a canceled season due to the coronavirus pandemic and the graduation of a talented group, the...
Father-son duo forms backbone of Penn Hills volleyball program
Joe Mitlo has latched onto several integral roles this year on the Penn Hills boys volleyball team. He is a 6-foot-2 middle hitter, senior team leader, team captain, student-athlete, team player, a teaching tool at times, plus he is the coach’s son. “To be honest, I sometimes forget that I’m...
Penn Hills baseball team follows 2-sport captains into battle
A trio of co-captains who play two sports but excel on the diamond — Josh Zambito, Anthony Sciulli and Josh Gerken — will lead the Penn Hills baseball team into this season. Zambito, a first baseman and pitcher, was a two-way lineman on the football team. His baseball skills are...
Intrigue surrounds 2021 PIHL Penguins Cup playoffs
After the 2020 playoffs were suspended and eventually canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, the PIHL is ready to crown Penguins Cup champions once again. The 2021 version of the playoffs are set to get underway with quarterfinal games in each classification scheduled for Monday. There’s intrigue in each class....
