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Valley News Dispatch Girls Basketball Player of the Year: Plum’s Kennedie Montue
Valley News Dispatch Girls Basketball Player of the Year Kennedie Montue, Plum 5-11, Sr., Forward In Plum’s season-opening win over Mars, Kennedie Montue scored 29 points. Two nights later, she scored 30 as the Mustangs nearly upended Upper St. Clair. Montue then hit for 30 as Plum rolled past Kiski...
Valley News Dispatch Boys Basketball Player of the Year: Fox Chapel’s Eli Yofan
Valley News Dispatch Boys Basketball Player of the Year Eli Yofan, Fox Chapel 6-2, Jr., Guard Heading into this season, the Fox Chapel boys basketball team was set to replace four senior starters from a team that went 21-2 the previous year and earned the No. 2 seed in the...
Tribune-Review Westmoreland Girls Basketball Player of the Year: Latrobe’s Anna Rafferty
Tribune-Review Westmoreland Girls Basketball Player of the Year Anna Rafferty, Latrobe 6-2, Jr., C With defenders closing in all around her — and looking up at her in the process — Anna Rafferty calmly paused and made moves to the basket. Time and again, the junior center from Latrobe seemed...
Tribune-Review Westmoreland Boys Basketball Player of the Year: GCC’s Brevan Williams
Tribune-Review Westmoreland Boys Basketball Player of the Year Brevan Williams, Greensburg Central Catholic 6-3, Jr., G/F Nobody saw the type of season Brevan Williams had in store — not even Brevan Williams. The junior at Greensburg Central Catholic exploded onto the scene, both on a local and WPIAL-wide scope, as...
Hampton tennis off to quick start in return to Class AA
The Hampton boys tennis team is hoping to make a racket this season. After playing in a loaded Class AAA section for most of the past decade, the Talbots are competing in Class AA as part of the enrollment-based realignment. Four-time defending WPIAL Class AAA champion Fox Chapel, perennial power...
Hampton hockey rolls with punches
The youthful Hampton hockey team endured a lot of growing pains this season. The Talbots finished 4-14 in a season that started one month late because of the pandemic. They were shut down for two weeks in mid-February when a player tested positive after a practice, and two key players...
Shady Side Academy girls lacrosse ready to rewrite story
Two years ago, the Shady Side Academy girls lacrosse program won its first WPIAL championship in historical fashion. In a game that stretched over 24 hours because of weather conditions, Shady Side Academy’s Molly Walsh scored with three minutes left in the second overtime of their WPIAL championship match with...
Shady Side Academy’s Melissa Riggins ready to end high school career on high note
Shady Side Academy senior Melissa Riggins had her sights set on becoming the first girl to win state medals in the 800- and 1600-meter races in four straight years. She was halfway there heading into her junior season when the coronavirus pandemic brought an end to that goal after the...
Strong season has South Fayette girls basketball excited about program’s future
Every team had to deal with the pandemic this past basketball season, but covid-19 related issues hit some programs more than others. The South Fayette girls basketball team had several stops and starts it had to deal with, but it was able to enjoy success in a season that started...
Pine-Richland track team boasts large crop of WPIAL, PIAA contenders
The Pine-Richland boys and girls track teams are looking to go the distance this spring. The finish line many of the Rams hope to cross is at the state championship. That includes the endurance runners, who are part of a deep and talented group of athletes on both the boys...
Pine-Richland hockey team solidly in Class AAA mix
A glance at the PIHL Class AAA standings shows the field is wide open with the top five teams separated by four points. A closer look at Pine-Richland’s season really highlights the parity. The Rams, who were third in the final standings, split with the other top-five teams: Peters Township,...
Riverview track and field athletes aim to maintain section success
After being denied an opportunity to compete and defend section championships last spring, members of the Riverview boys and girls track and field teams got back to competition March 27 at the Altoona Igloo Invitational. It was the first glimpse of what Riverview coach Dave Illnicki hopes are productive seasons....
Senior Logan Parker leads deep, talented Plum track team
Logan Parker made the most out of his winter competitions. The Plum senior built momentum heading into his senior season by placing 13th in the shot put at the Adidas Indoor Nationals in late February. Parker’s best throw of 53 feet, 9 inches placed him 13th overall and second of...
North Journal notebook: North Allegheny, North Hills teams start spring season
The high school sports spring season kicked into full swing last week. Here’s a look at how some of the North Allegheny and North Hills teams opened the campaign. Baseball Danny Gallon doubled and drove in three runs and winning pitcher Brady Palmer struck out seven to lead North Allegheny...
Franklin Regional baseball sets tone with strong start to season
They say the first game of the season can be a good or bad omen for baseball teams. It can set the tone for what lies ahead. Franklin Regional liked what it saw in its first game of 2021 — its first in nearly two years because of the coronavirus...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 2, 2021
High schools WPIAL Baseball Saturday’s schedule Class 5A Section 1 West Mifflin at Laurel Highlands, 1 p.m. Section 4 Plum at Armstrong, 11 a.m. Armstrong at Plum, 1:30 p.m. Nonsection Connellsville at Penn-Trafford, 12 p.m. Hempfield at Pine-Richland, 12 p.m. Riverside at Ellwood City, 1 p.m. Hockey PIHL Penguins Cup...
Trib HSSN Head of the Class: WPIAL boys basketball’s best in each classification
Many years ago, when a student did well in the classroom, the teacher would sometimes move him to a seat in the front of the class. Well, this is the Trib HSSN boys basketball version of that with social distancing protocols still in effect. There were plenty of players and...
Trib HSSN Head of the Class: WPIAL girls basketball’s best in each classification
There are certain perks to doing well. Sometimes you get to move to the front of a line, like the long line of standout girls basketball players in the WPIAL in 2021. There were plenty of top-notch players and coaches who stood out for their performances on the girls basketball...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for April 3, 2021: Section rivals play 2
“It’s a beautiful day for a ballgame. Let’s play two.” That was the famous quote from Hall of Famer Ernie Banks, the late, great shortstop of the Chicago Cubs. His words are fitting for two WPIAL baseball teams Saturday afternoon. Two days after the snow was falling and the wind...
WPIAL wrestlers shine at Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic as Team PA knocks off Team USA
Western Pennsylvania is known for its wrestling, and Friday night at the 47th annual Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic, WPIAL wrestlers showed they can stack up against some of the best in the country. In the first match of the evening, a team made up of WPIAL all-stars dominated a Maryland all-star...
Mixture of upperclassmen, freshmen gets Yough off to fast start
When playing softball for Yough and coach Art ‘Dutch’ Harvey, one thing is for sure: Harvey plays his best players. Yough returns seven players who saw starts in 2019, but some are competing against talented freshmen for playing time. Harvey started five freshmen in the Cougars’ (3-0, 1-0) first three...
Infusion of young talent boosts Valley softball
While there are many things Valley softball coach Carrol Perroz is concentrating on this season, planning a senior-day ceremony isn’t one of them. A youthful Vikings squad will take the field made up primarily of sophomores and freshmen. There are no seniors and just one junior is on the 17-player...
Valley baseball builds momentum with experienced lineup
When looking for silver linings in what was an otherwise frustrating turn of events with the sudden cancellation of high school sports last spring, Valley baseball coach Jim Basilone knew that he would have nine players returning with varsity experience gained in either 2018 or ’19. Now, with the 2021...
Drop in classification could benefit youthful Yough baseball team
Yough opened the 2021 baseball season with consecutive losses to Upper St. Clair and Mt. Pleasant. But sixth-year coach Craig Spisak isn’t too concerned. He saw a lot of good things from a team that returns two starters from a 2019 WPIAL semifinalist. Center fielder/pitcher Vinny Martin and shortstop/pitcher Sean...
Deer Lakes defender Colton Spence commits to Robert Morris
For the past two seasons, Deer Lakes senior defender Colton Spence has been the backbone of the Lancers defense on the soccer field and now he’s taking his talents to Robert Morris. Earlier this week, Spence announced he was signing with the Colonials to continue his soccer career after helping...
