Girls lacrosse champs headline successful school year for Chartiers Valley sports
There is change in the air on several fronts as Chartiers Valley’s athletic programs prepare for the 2022-2023 season. However, this isn’t about looking ahead, this is about celebrating the success Colts teams enjoyed from this past school year. “For me, success is defined differently for each program,” Chartiers Valley...
2022 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Chartiers Valley’s Lamont Payne
Editor’s note: The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 15 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. Lamont Payne entered his junior season with high expectations. Chartiers Valley was...
Championship teams guide Hampton to top of Class 5A Trib Cup standings
Hampton captured three district championships and one state title this past school year, with three of those four coming during the fall sports season. Consistent success throughout all three seasons, however, was a big part of the Talbots showing plenty of bark in winning the Trib HSSN Cup for Class...
Chartiers Valley softball season punctuated by memorable playoff wins
Success isn’t always measured by championships. For a second straight season, the Chartiers Valley softball team enjoyed a strong regular season followed by a deep run in the district playoffs and a season-ending loss in the state postseason. “Overall, I think we had a really good season,” Chartiers Valley coach...
Chartiers Valley girls lacrosse catches lightning in a bottle in WPIAL championship season
The Chartiers Valley girls basketball team’s run of three straight WPIAL championships ended this past season. However, that doesn’t mean the school didn’t mine any gold this year. The Colts girls lacrosse team captured its first district crown this spring, becoming the third girls program to win a WPIAL team...
19 WPIAL teams prepare for PIAA softball playoffs
The 2022 PIAA softball playoffs start Monday with 19 WPIAL teams searching for state gold, including recently crowned district winners Seneca Valley, Armstrong, Beaver, Avonworth, Neshannock and Union on the hunt for more treasures. The state playoffs are made up of four rounds with the championships to be played at...
Chartiers Valley runs past Mars to capture 1st WPIAL girls lacrosse championship
If Chartiers Valley raised a few eyebrows with an upset win over top-seeded Blackhawk in the semifinals, the remaining eyebrows are now up. The Colts used a couple of runs in each half to defeat second-seeded Mars, 17-6, to win the school’s first WPIAL girls lacrosse championship in the Class...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for May 25, 2022: Boys volleyball, lacrosse titles up for grabs
The district gold starts to flow Wednesday with two WPIAL boys volleyball and three district lacrosse title matches. In boys volleyball, could there be a changing of the guard in Class 3A? North Allegheny has completely dominated the 3A landscape with 21 WPIAL boys volleyball championships, four straight crowns and...
Penn-Trafford rallies to semifinal win over Chartiers Valley
This wasn’t calculated. Nothing about it was based on analytics. And it had nothing to do with what was written on a wrist band. What Penn-Trafford softball coach Denny Little and his staff did in the fifth inning Tuesday was pure, unscripted feel — as good as drawing up a...
Westmoreland softball playoff capsules: Games of Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Class 5A semifinals 11-Chartiers Valley (15-4) vs. 2-Penn-Trafford (17-2) 5 p.m. at West Mifflin Winner plays: Winner of 4-North Hills (16-3) vs. 1-Armstrong (18-4) on June 2 (time TBD) in championship at Cal (Pa.) Players to watch: Marie Kinchington, Chartiers Valley; Cam Ponko, Penn-Trafford Extra bases: Chartiers Valley stunned No....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for May 23, 2022: Rematches set for baseball playoffs
Welcome to Semifinals Monday in the 2022 WPIAL baseball playoffs. Unless your team is in classes 6A or 4A, then it’s Welcome to Quarterfinals Monday. Whether it’s the second or third round, the recurring theme is rematches. Of the 16 scheduled games, 11 are matchups between teams that faced each...
Q and A with former Chartiers Valley basketball coach Tim McConnell
The district basketball world was stunned earlier this month when one of the most decorated coaches in WPIAL history decided to make a change and leave the school he had been at for nearly three decades. Tim McConnell resigned from his job as Chartiers Valley girls basketball coach to take...
Chartiers Valley boys tennis team scratches out playoff spot
For the second straight spring, the Chartiers Valley boys tennis team finished fourth in rugged Section 4-3A. “We had a pretty good season,” Colts coach Bobby Mack said. “We are in a tough section, and for us to make it in the playoffs is great.” The Colts lost to North...
Tim McConnell accepts Bishop Canevin job after resigning as Chartiers Valley coach
Tim McConnell had walked into Chartiers Valley’s gym countless times, but the longtime basketball coach felt somewhat sentimental when he entered Tuesday morning. He knew it would be his last visit as Colts coach. “When I went to meet with my team and I walked through the doors and I...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 4, 2022: Softball playoff berths on the line
Win and you’re in. Those four words are sweet music to the ears of any high school team on the bubble as section play winds down. In district softball, several teams can earn a playoff berth with a victory Wednesday — weather permitting, of course. • In Section 1-6A, Baldwin...
21 WPIAL girls basketball players earn all-state honors, Neshannock’s Luann Grybowski named top coach
Twenty-one WPIAL girls basketball players earned all-state honors Thursday, and Neshannock’s Luann Grybowski was named Class 2A Coach of the Year after leading the Lancers to a state championship this winter. Nine WPIAL players earned first-team honors, including Neshannock teammates Neleh Nogay and Mairan Haggerty, who guided the Lancers to...
It’s ‘go time’ for new Chartiers Valley football coach
The move earlier this month was no April Fool’s joke. After five years as head football coach at Chartiers Valley, Dan Knause resigned to take the job as assistant principal and head football coach at Trinity. “Dan leaving was unexpected,” Chartiers Valley athletic director Mike Gavlik said. “He was moving...
Chartiers Valley’s comeback Colts in thick of tough section baseball race
The early part of the 2022 Chartiers Valley baseball schedule has played out like a day at a great amusement park. An occasional bump in the road, but one thrill ride after another that leaves you on top of the world and wanting more as you leave the park. The...
Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week for April 17, 2022
The early part of the 2022 Chartiers Valley baseball schedule has played out like spending the day at a great amusement park. An occasional bump in the road, but one thrill ride after another that leaves you on top of the world and wanting more as you leave the park....
Trinity hires former Chartiers Valley football coach Dan Knause
After working five years to build up his alma mater’s football program, coach Dan Knause will take on a new project elsewhere. The former Chartiers Valley coach was hired Thursday night as assistant high school principal and football coach at Trinity, a program that seeks its first playoff win since...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for April 6, 2022: Key softball games scheduled
Weather permitting, Wednesday is lined up and down with WPIAL section softball games still in the early days of the 2022 season. However, it’s not too early to point out some of the key games in each classification. • Section 2-6A, North Allegheny visits Norwin. The Tigers and Knights are...
2022 Trib HSSN Head of the Class: WPIAL girls basketball’s best in each classification
There were a lot of players and coaches who put in plenty of time on the basketball court this season to be the best they could be. While we salute all of those who participated in a memorable 2022 girls high school basketball campaign, we have a special seat in...
WPIAL lacrosse match rescheduled after officials decline to accept assignment
A simmering discontent by officials about pay and travel forced Trinity to reschedule a boys lacrosse game, but the WPIAL was optimistic the season won’t be disrupted by a widespread work stoppage. Trinity intended to host Chartiers Valley in a section contest Tuesday night, but the three officials declined in...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for April 5, 2022: Section boys volleyball matches commence
On the same night section play begins in WPIAL Class 2A boys volleyball, a couple of early-season showdowns highlight Tuesday’s Class 3A section schedule. A share of first place in Section 1-3A and Section 3-3A will be at stake when Peters Township visits Bethel Park and Latrobe hosts Norwin. In...
2022 TribLive HSSN Girls Basketball All-Stars | Terrific 10
This season marked the end of an era for some WPIAL girls basketball programs or maybe just the beginning for others. Among them, Chartiers Valley says goodbye to a talented senior class that lost just seven games in four years. They were among four WPIAL girls teams to reach the...
