Blairsville

District 31 American Legion Baseball playoffs are scheduled to resume Saturday with two semifinal round games. Regular-season champion Latrobe will play host to rival Unity at 2 p.m at Legion Keener Field. Game 2 of the best-of-three series will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Whitney. Latrobe opened the playoffs...

River Valley might be the newest school in Western Pennsylvania, but its problem Wednesday was as old as basketball itself. The Panthers (3-5) committed 27 turnovers and Leechburg (6-0), the No. 5 team in this week’s TribHSSN Class A rankings, took advantage with a strong showing, resulting in a 69-31...

A new high school on the horizon. Blairsville and Saltsburg will be merging July 1 and will become River Valley High School. That same day, the Blairsville-Saltsburg School District will be officially known as the River Valley School District. The new school will be called the Panthers and will wear...

The season is a go for nine Westmoreland County American League baseball teams. The first game scheduled is June 13 when Yough battles West Hempfield at 11 a.m. at Lint Field. There are three games June 14 as Derry travels to West Lebanon in Indiana County to battle Young Township...

It was quite a year for the Ligonier Valley boys basketball team in the school’s final season in District 6. The school’s athletic teams will move to the WPIAL for the 2020-21 season. The boys basketball team won the Heritage Conference title and played in the Class 3A title for...

Heritage Conference president Jody Rainey announced on Monday that the conference voted to approve Cambria Heights as its new member to replace Ligonier Valley, which left for the WPIAL. The vote was 8-0. Cambria Heights will begin competition in the conference starting with the 2021-22 school year. Cambria Heights is...

With Ligonier Valley on the verge of moving to the WPIAL, pending PIAA approval, the Heritage Conference and Bishop Carroll have come to a two-year agreement in football. The announcement was made in a news release by Bishop Carroll principal Lorie Ratchford and Heritage Conference president Jody Rainey. The Heritage...

The final PIAA District 6 football rankings were released, and Ligonier Valley (10-0) is seeded second behind returning Class 2A champion Richland. Bellwood-Antis (10-0) finished third, and once-beaten Penns Valley (9-1) ended up fourth. Richland defeated Ligonier Valley in last year’s championship game, and both could be on a collision...

Despite another easy win in the PIAA District 6 Heritage Conference, Ligonier Valley dropped a spot in the football rankings in Class 2A. The Rams (9-0) fell from second to third behind unbeaten Richland (9-0) and Bellwood-Antis (9-0). District 6 doesn’t rank teams based on ability. It ranks teams using...

Last week: 10-3 (76.9) Season: 85-18 (82.5) The Birdie has been reflective lately. He has hearkened back to the old Saturday Night Live skit, “Daily Affirmations With Stuart Smalley.” (Kids, look it up on YouTube.) The local football legend turns and looks into a mirror. “I’m good enough. I’m smart...

Class 6A Hempfield (2-6, 1-6) at Butler (0-8, 0-6) 7:30 p.m. Friday at Art Bernardi Stadium On the air: TribHSSN.triblive.com; 1050 AM Last week: North Allegheny 62, Hempfield 35; Central Catholic 55, Butler 6 Coaches: Rich Bowen, Hempfield; Eric Christy, Butler Players to watch: Nathan Roby, Hempfield (Sr., 5-7, 155,...

Ligonier Valley and Saltsburg still sit close to the top of the PIAA District 6 football rankings after big wins on Friday. The unbeaten Rams (8-0), who clinched a fourth consecutive Heritage Conference championship a week ago, rolled over Northern Cambria, 42-7. Ligonier Valley, winner of 36 consecutive Heritage Conference...

Ligonier Valley and Saltsburg made leaps in the PIAA District 6 football rankings after big wins Friday. The unbeaten Rams (7-0), who clinched their fourth consecutive Heritage Conference championship with a 46-0 victory against Marion Center, moved past Bellwood-Antis into second place behind Richland in Class 2A. Despite the loss...

The PIAA District 6 football rankings have been posted through Week 5. There still are three games involving District 6 that need to be completed Monday and Tuesday. Here are the top teams in each classification: 6A: State College (6-0); 5A Hollidaysburg (2-4); 4A: Bellefonte (5-1); 3A: Bald Eagle Area...

United School District informed Ligonier Valley officials late Saturday the football team will forfeit its Week 2 game Saturday because of a lack of healthy players. United began the season with 18 players on the roster a year after the team played in the District 6 Class A championship game....

It was quite a football season for teams from the District 6 Heritage Conference in 2018. Ligonier Valley (Class 2A) and United (A) played in the PIAA District 6 finals, nine of 10 teams qualified for the playoffs and during the annual cross-over battle with the WestPAC, Heritage Conference teams...

To no one’s surprise, Ligonier Valley again is the favorite to win the Heritage Conference title. If the Rams achieve the feat, it would be their fourth consecutive championship. But can anyone challenge them? “I hope there is someone,” Purchase Line coach Matt Falisec said. “No one has the past...

Trib HSSN individual wrestling rankings Class AAA 106: 1. Dylan Chappell, Seneca Valley (39-4); 2. Carter Dibert, Franklin Regional (37-2); 3. Mason Prinkey, Connellsville (32-6); 4. Costa Moore, Canon-McMillan (26-8); 5. Briar Priest, Hempfield (30-10); 6. Vince Citrano, Plum (30-6); 7. Troy Hohman, Penn-Trafford (21-17); 8. Brook Petras, Indiana (27-10)....