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Pine-Richland: Kasperowicz let go following investigation into ‘allegations of inappropriate student conduct’Video
Pine-Richland’s school board president did not release any details about a three-month long investigation into allegations of misbehavior in the high school football program during a news conference Tuesday. He said at the conclusion of the district’s probe “neither the administration nor any member of the nine-member school board” could...
Kiski Area hires alum Corey Smith as new boys basketball coach
Corey Smith is coming home, and he couldn’t be happier. “It’s a great day to be a Cavalier,” Smith said. Smith, who attended Kiski Area from 1999-2002 and played for the Cavaliers as a sophomore, junior and senior, was named Kiski Area’s new boys basketball coach Monday night. The Cavaliers...
High school roundup for April 19, 2021: Blackhawk baseball wins wild one to stay unbeaten
Anthony Malagise gave up a three-run homer to Matt Luchovick in the top of the seventh, but got his revenge in the bottom of the inning, hitting an RBI single and scoring on a wild pitch to lead Blackhawk to a 6-5 win over Montour in Section 2-4A baseball Monday....
Led by a natural hat trick from Tanner Agnello, Indiana captures 1st Penguins Cup crown
If the waiting is indeed the hardest part, consider the hard part over for the Indiana Little Indians. Paced by a second-period hat trick from Tanner Agnello, Indiana won its first Penguins Cup title, capturing the PIHL Class A championship with a 3-2 victory over Chartiers Valley at the Robert...
North Allegheny tops Mt. Lebanon, celebrates back-to-back Penguins Cup titlesVideo
North Allegheny goalie Josh Bailey didn’t mince words Monday night. The second period, when he was peppered with 20 shots and the puck stayed trapped inside NA’s blue line, was bad. “Terrible,” he said. “It was terrible.” Yet, Bailey was very good. Against a Mt. Lebanon attack determined to test...
Goalie Riley Mastowski makes 53 saves to deliver 1st PIHL title to Neshannock
Two years ago, by a 5-1 score, Ringgold won a PIHL title over Neshannock in the Lancers’ first season of varsity hockey. This time, it was same score, different outcome. Neshannock flipped the script to capture its first hockey championship with the 5-1 victory over Ringgold in the Class B...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 19, 2021
Baseball Monday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler 5, Pine-Richland 4 North Allegheny 8, Central Catholic 1 Seneca Valley 12, Allderdice 0 Section 2 Norwin 10, Canon-McMillan 0 Hempfield 6, Mt. Lebanon 3 Baldwin 6, Upper St. Clair 5 Class 5A Section 1 Penn-Trafford 8, Kiski Area 0 Franklin...
What to watch for in high school sports for April 20, 2021: 2 more title games on ice
Franklin Regional enters the PIHL Penguins Cup Class AA championship game Tuesday with a six-game winning streak and having hoisted gold twice in the last four years. However, the Panthers will be the underdogs when they face off against Baldwin at the RMU Island Sports Complex on Neville Island. Baldwin...
Motivated Hopewell baseball tops Ellwood City, shares section leadVideo
In 2019, then-sophomore Roman Gill was a key part of a Hopewell team that reached the WPIAL Class 3A championship game. In fact, he was on the mound trying to save the game for the Vikings when Steel Valley rallied and eventually won, 5-4 in eight innings. Gill says that...
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week for week ending April 18, 2021
California High School senior Payton Conte knows the game of baseball. His father Mike is in his 25th season as head coach at Cal (Pa.). However knowing the game and excelling at it are two different things. Check off both boxes for Payton. “His obvious strengths are his overall natural...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week for week ending April 18, 2021
West Mifflin senior Lauren Yuhas was 8 for 10 in three games last week, with three home runs, eight RBIs and six runs scored. Some would call that outstanding. For one of the top hitters in the WPIAL, Yuhas calls it another week at the office. “Absolutely,” West Mifflin coach...
Mike Brown officially named Hempfield football coach
When Mike Brown interviewed for the Hempfield football coaching position, he told the school board he wasn’t the fastest or strongest player. He was just a person who played with energy, passion and had a great work ethic. He was convincing enough to be hired, replacing Rich Bowen, who resigned...
WPIAL grants eligibility to pair of football players
The WPIAL granted eligibility to Central Catholic’s Jayden Thrift and McKeesport’s Jake Miller, two football players who switched schools this winter. Each took part in separate eligibility hearings Monday at the WPIAL office in Green Tree. Thrift, a freshman, transferred from Norwin. Miller, a junior, came from Plum. Thrift was...
Seton Hill recruit Orr leads McGuffey past Southmoreland
McGuffey broke into the TribHSSN Class 3A baseball rankings Sunday at No. 5. And with the way the Highlanders played Monday, they’d like to continue ascending the ladder. McGuffey pounded out 12 hits and was issued 14 free bases (11 walks, three hit batters) and defeated Southmoreland, 15-2, in five...
Talbots top Fox Chapel in extra innings to earn key section victory
Redemption was the name of the game Monday night at Hampton High School as the Talbots topped Section 2-5A opponent Fox Chapel, 4-3. With the Talbots (5-5, 5-2) down by one in the bottom of the seventh inning, senior Brock Mattiuz hit a fly ball to the infield and rounded...
Fired football coach Eric Kasperowicz reaches out to Pine-Richland to ‘come to a resolution’
With students, parents and community members demanding Pine-Richland rehire Eric Kasperowicz, the ousted football coach has asked school administrators to meet with him and “come to a resolution quickly.” The Pine-Richland football coach and his assistants were fired last Wednesday. Kasperowicz re-applied for the school’s head coach position Friday and...
Pine-Richland community shows ‘silent support’ for fired football coach Eric KasperowiczVideo
Reaction to the firing of Pine-Richland high school football coach Eric Kasperowicz has been swift and strong. It has ranged from confusion and anger over the school board’s lack of an explanation — citing their policy not to comment on personnel matters — to students rallying outside their football stadium,...
Hockey player/golfer Abdallah is Franklin Regional’s version of Happy Gilmore
Zach Abdallah is a hockey player who plays golf. Or is it the other way around? Either way, he would make Happy Gilmore proud. “Hockey led to golf for me,” the Franklin Regional junior said. “I started playing because of (golf teammate) Michael Wareham. Now, I play all the time.”...
North Allegheny, Ambridge hold their top spots in boys volleyball coaches rankings
The Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its WPIAL Week 4 boys rankings Monday morning, and North Allegheny (Class AAA) and Ambridge (Class AA) maintained their No. 1 positions in their respective polls. In Class AAA, Seneca Valley remained at No. 2, while Hempfield, which made it to the finals...
Trib HSSN What to Watch for: Monday, April 19, 2021
The last time the PIHL crowned a Penguins Cup Class AAA champion, North Allegheny skated away with its first title in six years in 2019. On Monday, North Allegheny has a chance to “defend” its title in the Penguins Cup Class AAA final when it faces off against Mt. Lebanon...
Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week for week ending April 18, 2021
Coming into last week, the Hempfield team had split its first four Section 2-6A games and was 2-4 overall. The start was the opposite of the 4-2 start the Spartans enjoyed in 2019, a season in which they finished 11-10 and lost in the opening round of the WPIAL Class...
High school schedules for April 19, 2021
High schools Baseball Monday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler at Pine-Richland, 4 p.m. North Allegheny at Central Catholic, 3:30 p.m. Seneca Valley at Allderdice, 3:30 p.m. Section 2 Baldwin at Upper St. Clair, 7 p.m. Canon-McMillan at Norwin, 4 p.m. Mt. Lebanon at Hempfield, 4 p.m. Class 5A...
GCC’s Brewer ranked No. 1 in steeplechase after weekend performance
Greensburg Central Catholic junior Corinn Brewer jumped to No. 1 in the state and No. 6 in the country by winning the 2K steeplechase at the Jack Roddick Invitational on Saturday at Shippensburg. Her winning time was 7 minutes, 26.20 seconds. State College’s Karsyn Kane and Marlee Kwasnica placed second...
WPIAL girls lacrosse standings through April 18, 2021
Here are the WPIAL girls lacrosse standings through April 18. The top six teams in each section will qualify for the district postseason. Only section records are shown. #-Clinched section championship *-Clinched playoff berth x-Eliminated from playoff chase Class AAA Section 1 Bethel Park, 4-0 Upper St. Clair, 4-0 Canon-McMillan,...
WPIAL boys lacrosse standings through April 18, 2021
Here are the WPIAL boys lacrosse standings through April 18. The top six teams in each section will qualify for the district postseason. Only section records are shown. #-Clinched section championship *-Clinched playoff berth x-Eliminated from playoff chase Class AAA Section 1 Mt. Lebanon, 3-0 Upper St. Clair, 2-0 Bethel...
