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...
Moon’s Mia Cochran earns state’s top honor from track and field coaches
Moon senior Mia Cochran turned in quite a performance at the PIAA track and field championships the weekend of May 27-28. She won three distance races — 800, 1,600 and 3,200 meters — in Class 3A, and for that effort she was named the Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association’s...
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...
South Fayette’s Tyler Pitzer dazzles Franklin Regional with 5-inning perfect game
This outing was perfect for South Fayette pitcher Tyler Pitzer in more ways than one. Shoulder soreness had the junior shut down for about a month earlier this season, but the South Carolina commit showed Tuesday night what he can do at full strength when he pitched a five-inning perfect...
Westmoreland County WPIAL baseball playoff preview capsules for May 17, 2022
WPIAL baseball playoffs Capsule previews Class 5A First round 12-Thomas Jefferson (13-6) vs. 5-Latrobe (12-7) 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Hempfield Winner plays: Winner of 13-Chartiers Valley (9-11) vs. 4-Mars (14-5) on Thursday in quarterfinals Players to watch: T.J. Bucy, Sr., Thomas Jefferson; Logan Short, Sr., Latrobe Last year’s finish: Thomas...
Greensburg Central Catholic, Norwin ready for team finals in WPIAL track
When Mike Brewer took over the Greensburg Central Catholic track and field program 10 years ago, he had a team of 12 — five boys and seven girls. Now the program has a full roster and Wednesday, the boys and girls teams are hoping to perform at a high level...
Rain soaks Baldwin Invitational but doesn’t dim Quaker Valley hurdler’s sunny outlook
A cold rain drenched everyone at the Baldwin Invitational, but Quaker Valley hurdler Nora Johns was among those not too bothered by the wet weather. “Honestly, it wasn’t as bad as I’d thought,” she said. “There was a nice breeze. It wasn’t too warm. And the rain wasn’t too hard,...
WPIAL track notebook: Baldwin Invitational returns to 1-day format
When Baldwin track and field coach Ed Helbig approached the Baldwin-Whitehall School District administration about the 48th annual Baldwin Track and Field Invitational, they wanted the event to be held over two days because of covid concerns. But with the covid threat diminishing, Helbig was told recently the meet could...
OLSH returns to top of Class 2A in latest boys volleyball coaches’ rankings
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart is back on top of the Class 2A rankings as the Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its Week 6 WPIAL boys top-10 polls Monday morning. The Chargers defeated No. 5 Ambridge, 3-1, in Section 1 play last week and also toppled No. 4...
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...
Former South Fayette softball player Lauren Bernett dies
The James Madison softball program Tuesday was mourning the death of sophomore catcher Lauren Bernett, a South Fayette graduate who helped the Dukes reach the College World Series a year ago. “Our hearts are aching, hearing the news of the loss of one of our student-athletes,” university president Jonathan Alger...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for April 21, 2022: Softball showdowns set in Class 6A, 4A
A couple of showdowns in Class 6A and 4A highlight a busy Thursday around the softball diamonds. In Section 2-6A, Hempfield is back in a familiar place, in first place with a perfect 5-0 record, including 3-0 in section play. The Spartans however have only played once in the last...
Softball teams maintain spots in latest Trib 10 power rankings; Beaver, Laurel baseball enter
You can call it staying power, or you can acknowledge that Mother Nature has not permitted enough WPIAL baseball or softball games to be played over the past week. Whatever the case, the inaugural power rankings in district softball were so good, they remain unchanged into the second edition of...
South Fayette’s Patterson, North Catholic’s Scheller repeat as WPIAL tennis champs
It was repeat Wednesday at the WPIAL singles tennis championships at the Pure Athletex Sportsplex in Wexford. South Fayette senior Jake Patterson retained the Class 3A title and North Catholic senior Nicolas Scheller the Class 2A crown, breezing to their second titles. They were the 18th and 19th players to...
Defending champs back in finals in WPIAL boys tennis tournament
South Fayette’s Jake Patterson and North Catholic’s Nicolas Scheller are in position to defend their WPIAL boys singles championships, having won three matches Tuesday to advance to the district finals at noon Wednesday at Pure Athletex Sportplex in Wexford. Patterson lost a total of three games in three matches en...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for April 11, 2022: Neighboring Class 5A baseball powers clash
Though there is a chance of rain, the temperatures are starting to rise, and just in time for a busy day of WPIAL baseball with 53 section games on Monday’s schedule. Last year, one of the top races in district baseball was in Section 3-5A. All six head-to-head games between...
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...
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...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for April 4, 2022: Section games on tap in baseball, softball
Last week, five of the 20 WPIAL baseball sections got the early jump on section games. On Monday, teams from the other 15 sections join in on the fun. Of course, as is the case all week long it appears, weather permitting. Of the 20 district sections, only three ended...
Trib 10 teams head to Hershey for PIAA championship games
Three boys and two girls WPIAL basketball teams saw their dreams of merging gold and chocolate together come to an end last week with a loss in the PIAA semifinals. However, nine district teams have booked their hotels and are heading east in search of a state championship…and chocolate. While...
2022 WPIAL Class 5A baseball preseason breakdown
Last spring was a celebration as district athletes returned to the diamond after the 2020 season was canceled because of covid-19 shutdowns. Baseball thrived throughout the WPIAL as six new champions were crowned, some in dramatic fashion. That success carried over to the state playoffs as WPIAL teams captured two...
TJ’s Bilski nets hat trick, FR’s Knizner scores OT winner in Penguins Cup semifinals
Thomas Jefferson scored four second-period goals, including a hat trick by Colby Bilski, and skated past Penn-Trafford, 6-2, in the PIHL Cup Class 2A semifinals Tuesday at the Robert Morris University Island Sports Center. . The victory puts the Jaguars in the Penguins Cup championship game against Franklin Regional on...
Westmoreland PIHL playoff preview capsules: Games of March 15, 2022
Tuesday’s games Class 2A Semifinals 4-Penn-Trafford (16-4) vs. 1-Thomas Jefferson (18-1) 7 p.m. at Robert Morris University Island Sports Center, Moon Winner plays: Winner of 3-South Fayette (17-3)/2-Franklin Regional (17-2) in championship 6:30 p.m. March 22 at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex, Cranberry Coaches: Chris Cerutti, Penn-Trafford; John Zeiler, Thomas Jefferson...
