New Castle

For the first time in the 2019-20 WPIAL basketball season, the Trib Live High School Sports Network presents the boys and girls weekly power rankings. Each Thursday during the high school basketball season, we will rank the top 10 for each gender. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. As a...

Claiming a Class 5A title in WPIAL football will be that much more difficult next season, according to enrollment numbers released by the PIAA Thursday. Pine-Richland, a Class 6A finalist this season, will drop to 5A for the new two-year cycle that begins in the fall. The Rams will now...

A new decade of WPIAL boys basketball tips off next weekend. Preparing to defend their district championships from a year ago are Mt. Lebanon (6A), Mars (5A), New Castle (4A), Lincoln Park (3A), Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (2A) and Nazareth Prep (A). New Castle is looking for a...

South Fayette had six players named to the Northwest Eight all-conference team and coach Joe Rossi was tabbed as the conference Coach of the Year. Knoch and Montour both had five players named to the team. Blackhawk’s Marques Watson-Trent was named as the Offensive Player of the Year and Montour’s...

Belle Vernon prides itself on defending the beach and ringing the bell, and there was no way the seniors were going to be upset on their gold turf. The Leopards (9-1) fell behind early after a turnover, then scored 49 unanswered points behind physical football and big plays by their...

Halloween is one of Chick’s Picks’ favorite holidays — mostly for the candy, but also for the costumes. As always, Chick’s Picks puts plenty of effort into her disguise each year. While the team at the TribLive High School Sports Network consists of lots of exceptional talent, Chick’s Picks knows...

Last week: 11-2 (84.6) Season: 110-20 (84.6) Playoff time gets the Birdie pumped up to talk football. He raps about pigskin with random people when he is in line at the bank (where he deposits his big bucks), at local pizza shops when he picks up a late-night snack, and...

Class 5A: FIRST ROUND No. 16 Fox Chapel (4-6) at No. 1 Penn-Trafford (9-1) 7 p.m. Friday at Warrior Stadium On the air: TribHSSN.triblive.com Winner plays: Winner of No. 8 North Hills (6-4)/No. 9 Upper St. Clair (6-4) Last week: Shaler 27, Fox Chapel 20; Penn-Trafford 21, Franklin Regional 0...

Naman Alemada threw for 271 yards and four touchdowns as No. 2 South Fayette held off No. 4 Montour, 31-24, in the Class 4A Northwest 8 Conference on Friday night. South Fayette led at halftime, 24-0. Charley Rossi caught 14 passes for 165 yards and two touchdowns for South Fayette...