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Free passes help Mt. Lebanon sweep Baldwin

Tuesday was a beautiful day in Southwestern Pennsylvania to get out and run, jog or walk around a nearby park. The Mt. Lebanon baseball team chose the last of those three choices. The Blue Devils converted four walks and four hit batters into seven runs and held on to beat...
Lizzy Groetsch, Aislin Malcolm among 20 WPIAL girls basketball players named all-state

North Allegheny’s Lizzy Groetsch and Chartiers Valley’s Aislin Malcolm each added another statewide honor to their resumes. Groetsch, a senior, and Malcolm, a junior, each earned Pennsylvania Player of the Year honors in their classifications when girls basketball all-state teams were announced Monday. Groetsch was named the state’s top player...
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...
WPIAL awards $1,000 scholarships to 20 scholar-athletes, cancels luncheon

The WPIAL/James Collins Scholar-Athlete Program luncheon was canceled again this spring because of the pandemic, but the $1,000 scholarships will be awarded as planned. The WPIAL announced 10 boys and 10 girls scholarship recipients Wednesday during the league’s annual meeting with school administrators. This is the second year in a...
North Allegheny, Mt. Lebanon move on to Penguins Cup finals in Class AAA

Connor Chi’s second goal of the game 30 seconds into overtime gave No. 4 North Allegheny a 4-3 win over Peters Township in the first of two PIHL Class AAA semifinal matchups at the RMU Island Sports Center on Neville Island on Monday night. Chi, who also connected on a...
Trib HSSN What to Watch for: Monday, April 12, 2021

Over the past 10 seasons, there have been two dominant WPIAL baseball teams in the sport’s highest classification that have played in eight district title games, winning six Class AAAA or 6A championships. Pine-Richland and Seneca Valley. The Rams won in 2010, 2017 and 2019. The Raiders won three championships...
Bethel Park softball fires on all cylinders in rout of rival Mt. Lebanon

Mt. Lebanon knew it had to play a perfect softball game against rival Bethel Park. The Blue Devils did not bring their A game, leaving the Black Hawks still perfect. Bethel Park exploded for five runs in the second inning and added 10 more runs in the fourth inning to...
Sophomore Andrew Kocan comes up big for Canon-McMillan baseball

Sophomore Andrew Kocan wasn’t even supposed to be playing varsity baseball this year. Canon-McMillan is glad he is. Kocan went from being a JV player to varsity hero Tuesday when he went 2 for 2 with a home run and two RBIs in helping the Big Macs win their section...
2021 Trib 10 Girls Basketball All-Stars

This year’s Trib 10 girls basketball all-star team has an impressive collection of medals. This winter alone, counting both gold and silver medals, these players combined collected eight from the WPIAL and added four more from the PIAA. But for many, this year’s medal wasn’t their first. Chartiers Valley teammates...
PIHL sets brackets for Penguins Cup playoffs

After a most unprecedented regular season with more changes and ups and downs than one can count, the PIHL has reached the Penguins Cup varsity playoffs. The brackets for the Class AAA, Class AA and Class A and Class B tournaments have been revealed, and quarterfinal games throughout the region...
2021 WPIAL Class 6A baseball preseason breakdown

WPIAL baseball players have been waiting nearly two seasons to get back on the field of play after the coronavirus pandemic forced officials to cancel the entire 2020 campaign. With the 2021 season moving forward, district players are eager to showcase their skills and lead their teams to the postseason....
North Allegheny handles Mt. Lebanon, advances to 6th straight WPIAL finals

Lizzy Groetsch’s pass to the perimeter allowed Jasmine Timmerson to snap a cold spell midway through the first quarter for the North Allegheny girls basketball team. Timmerson knocked down a 3-pointer that pulled the Tigers within one and stopped a string of four team misses from the perimeter. Even when...
Mt. Lebanon edges Bethel Park in Class 6A battle

Senior Morgan Palmer drained a key 3-pointer in overtime then connected on a free throw with 4.5 seconds remaining to give Mt. Lebanon a thrilling 59-58 overtime win over Bethel Park in the WPIAL Class 6A quarterfinals Saturday afternoon. The win for the Blue Devils avenged a semifinal loss to...
Seneca Valley tops Mt. Lebanon without its coach, earns 1st playoff win since ’13

With about 30 seconds until half, Mt. Lebanon decided to hold for the final shot, but Seneca Valley wasn’t in a wait-and-see mood. Connor Lyczek converted a steal near midcourt into a breakaway layup and teammate Caiden Oros followed with a steal and layup seconds later as Seneca Valley played...
WPIAL takes no action against Mt. Lebanon basketball coach for objecting to official

Mt. Lebanon boys basketball coach Joe David testified in a WPIAL hearing Thursday that he was uncomfortable with one of the officials assigned to his game last week, but insisted he never threatened to take his team and leave. The WPIAL questioned coaches, administrators and officials involved in Saturday’s nonsection...
Breaking down the 2021 WPIAL boys basketball playoffs

Here is a breakdown of the 2020-21 WPIAL boys basketball playoffs: Class 6A Favorite: Upper St. Clair has talent and depth but also experience, having reached the WPIAL semifinals and PIAA second round a year ago with much of the same lineup, led by Luke Gensler (13.7 ppg), David Pantelis...

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