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HERSHEY — Shamar Simpson missed his first five shots from beyond the arc, but his sixth was golden. A 3-pointer by Simpson with 40 seconds left keyed a late-game stand as Neighborhood Academy defeated Sankofa Freedom Academy, 60-51, in the PIAA Class A final Thursday at Giant Center. Neighborhood Academy’s...

High schools Baseball Wednesday’s results Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional 18, Penn Hills 0 Class 4A Section 2 Belle Vernon at Uniontown, ppd. Class 3A Section 3 Burrell 9, Yough 5 Section 4 Waynesburg 13, Brownsville 5 Seton LaSalle 5, Keystone Oaks 4 Class A Section 1 Carmichaels 14,...

PIAA Class 3A girls basketball final Shady Side Academy vs. Loyalsock 6 p.m. Thursday, Giant Center, Hershey On the air: NFHS Network livestream PIAA championships: Shady Side Academy 0; Loyalsock Township 0 Shady Side Academy (28-1) Coach: Jonna Burke Projected starting lineup No., Name, Ht., Yr., Pos. 1, Laila Banner,...

PIAA Class A boys basketball final ​Neighborhood Academy vs. Sankofa Freedom Academy 2 p.m. Thursday, Giant Center, Hershey On the air: NFHS Network livestream PIAA titles: Neighborhood Academy 0; Sankofa Freedom Academy 1 (2019) Neighborhood Academy (28-1) Coach: Jordan Marks Projected starting lineup Pos., Name, Ht., Yr., Pos. 0, Courtney...

The Road to Hershey, a little bit of a longer journey this season, is now complete as 24 boys and girls basketball teams converge on the Giant Center in Chocolate Town for the first of three days of PIAA basketball championship games. Six WPIAL teams are headed east with two...

Welcome to the first edition of the Trib HSSN state baseball rankings for the 2025 season. We first begin by going back to the end of the 2024 season. Last year’s PIAA baseball champions were Landisville Hempfield in 6A, Governor Mifflin in 5A, Holy Ghost Prep in 4A, Neumann-Goretti in...

The high school softball season is underway, and it’s time for the first weekly Trib HSSN state softball rankings of the year. We start with a recap of the 2024 softball campaign. This year’s defending champions are North Penn in 6A, Thomas Jefferson in 5A, Blue Mountain in 4A, Harbor...

Riley Miller threw a five-inning no-hitter and struck out seven to lead Hempfield to a 14-0 victory over Mt. Lebanon (2-2, 0-1) in Section 1-6A softball Wednesday. Ella Berkebile went 3 for 4 with a double, home run and two RBIs, Allie Cervola homered and Lauren Howard doubled for the...

The Plum softball team entered the season with a lot of momentum with the return of eight starters from last year’s WPIAL Class 5A playoff qualifier. All eight of them — seniors Bella Tavella and Dani Pici; juniors Jaiden Gentile, Riley Stephans, Liana Yusko, Mackenzie Marotta, and Gia Tavella; and...

As a future Ivy League finance major, it’s safe to say Courtney Wallace Jr. is good with numbers. That was true on the basketball court this winter, where the Neighborhood Academy senior is averaging a triple-double for a team headed Thursday to the state finals. A 6-foot-2½ point guard committed...

Latrobe softball coach Bob Kovalcin expected his team to hit the ball early in the season, but with technique, not just haphazard power. Sure, the big swings are there, but look at how the Wildcats opened the season and there is proof they could be more disciplined at the plate....

In the 2020 and 2021 WPIAL girls basketball seasons, Shady Side Academy finished with a combined record of 8-25. However that was B.B. — before Burke. Jonna Burke stunned many when after the 2021 season, she decided to leave her alma mater of Bethel Park and take over the struggling...

High schools Baseball Tuesday’s results Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional 18, Penn Hills 3 Penn-Trafford 9, Latrobe 6 Plum 14, Armstrong 6 Section 2 Moon 8, South Fayette 4 Chartiers Valley 5, Trinity 4 Bethel Park 7, Upper St. Clair 4 Bethel Park 15, Upper St. Clair 0 Section...

Luke Jarzynka and Max Saban each went 2 for 4 with three RBIs as Shaler beat Fox Chapel, 11-5, in Section 3-5A baseball Tuesday. Troy Leas doubled and knocked in two runs for the Titans (3-2, 2-0). Jeremy Haigh homered and drove in four runs for the Foxes (2-2, 0-2)....

Penn-Trafford was limited offensively for the first five innings Tuesday and stared down a five-run deficit for most of the game. But the defending WPIAL champion Warriors saved their best for last, rallying for nine runs over the last two innings to pull past Latrobe, 9-6, to earn a Section...

Dane Firmstone’s inside-the-park grand slam highlighted a nine-run second inning for Mt. Pleasant, and the Vikings beat Freeport, 14-4, in five innings in a WPIAL Section 3-3A baseball game Tuesday at Freeport Park. Mt. Pleasant (2-2, 2-0) scored all its runs in the first two innings in its second victory...

In 2009, the Hempfield softball team defeated Shaler in the WPIAL 4A championship game, 3-2, to capture the school’s second district softball crown. A year later, Mt. Lebanon knocked off Shaler in the 2010 district 4A finals, 7-2, earning the school its second softball title. In the last 13 seasons...

Twelve girls basketball teams are headed to center stage, which this week is the Giant Center in Hershey, as they prepare to play for PIAA gold. The girls championship field in Chocolate Town is a balanced group compared to the boys. The WPIAL and District 12 are sending three teams...

Outside of Class 6A, there was very little movement from the semifinals to the state championship games in the Trib HSSN state rankings. Three second-ranked teams in 3A, 2A and A lost and were replaced by the No. 3-ranked teams from last week. While 5A and 4A remained the exact...

Then there were three. Three boys teams and three girls squads are headed east to Hershey to play for the ultimate high school basketball prize, the PIAA championship. As those six teams prepare to play for state gold, they also rise up the ladder in the latest Trib 10 power...

An opening day starting pitcher wants quality and control, but he will gladly accept excellence. Take Belle Vernon senior Parker Lind. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound left-hander was dominant in his first start of the season as the Leopards (2-0) blanked McGuffey, 14-0, on opening day. Lind struck out 11 and walked...

Imani Christian is among the WPIAL’s smallest schools, but Penn State has landed a big football recruit from there two years in a row. David Davis, a highly recruited junior, committed Tuesday to the Nittany Lions. The 6-foot, 190-pound defensive back shared a top-six list in January that included Penn...

High schools Baseball Monday’s results Class 5A Section 1 Plum 8, Armstrong 0 Franklin Regional at Penn Hills, ppd. Penn-Trafford 5, Latrobe 3 Section 2 Bethel Park at Upper St. Clair, ppd. Trinity 6, Chartiers Valley 5 South Fayette 7, Moon 2 Section 3 West Allegheny 10, Allderdice 0 Shaler...

Holding a preseason workout with a baseball team from another school was a mistake, Baldwin’s representatives said at a WPIAL hearing Monday, but they also questioned whether a PIAA rule was too vaguely written. The rule prohibits teams from “participating in any team competition” in the 10 days leading up...

Weather permitting, the first WPIAL baseball section series of the season conclude Tuesday with plenty of action in each classification outside of Class 6A. As a refresher, the district baseball committee began playing back-to-back home and away section games against the same opponent mostly on Monday and Tuesday of each...