Bill Hartlep stories, Page 16

Lola Abraham Class: Junior School: Riverview Sport: Soccer Report card: Abraham scored 18 goals in a two-day span to help Riverview (8-7, 5-7) advance to the WPIAL Class A playoffs as the fourth-place team in Section 1. She had four goals Monday in a loss to Springdale, then scored five...

Here are four WPIAL high school football players to watch in Week 8: Aidan Besselman Upper St. Clair, sr., WR/FS Besselman caught eight passes for 181 yards and a touchdown last week in a 28-24 nonconference loss to Class 6A Canon-McMillan. Besselman and the Panthers will return to Class 5A...

Mars’ girls soccer team and Seneca Valley’s boys soccer team have dominated WPIAL competition in recent years. Both are again favored to defend their district titles. The WPIAL soccer playoff brackets were released Wednesday afternoon, and both teams earned No. 1 seeds in their respective brackets. Mars (14-0) is chasing...

Macy Kubla Class: Senior School: Leechburg Sport: Volleyball Report card: Macy Kubla helped Leechburg’s girls volleyball team to a pair of victories this week as the Blue Devils moved to 10-3 overall and 7-3 in Section 4-A. An all-section selection last year, the senior outside hitter had 14 kills and...

The TribLIVE High School Sports Network is offering viewers the “best seat in the house” for the 2022 WPIAL football championships, and for the first time that offer extends to all six title games. Trib HSSN will be the exclusive home for the Class 6A and 5A finals Nov. 19,...

Here are four WPIAL high school football players to watch in Week 7: Alec Anderson Carmichaels, sr., QB/LB Anderson threw for 290 yards and four touchdowns and also ran for 50 yards and two scores for Carmichaels in last week’s 36-40 loss to Monessen. The Mighty Mikes (5-2, 3-1) will...

Briana Ross Class: Sophomore School: Springdale Sport: Soccer Report card: Springdale sophomore forward Briana Ross netted two goals Wednesday to help the Dynamos beat Serra Catholic, 4-0. An all-section selection last year, Ross has 14 goals and seven assists this season for Springdale (9-2, 8-1), which rebounded from a 5-1...

Here are four WPIAL high school football players to watch in Week 6: Jason Cross Bishop Canevin, jr., QB Cross completed 11 of 13 passes for 325 yards and four touchdowns to guide Bishop Canevin to a 60-7 win over Fort Cherry. The top-ranked Crusaders (5-1, 3-0) will host Cornell...

Riley Koziatek Class: Senior School: Kiski Area Sport: Soccer Report card: Koziatek scored four goals for the Cavaliers in Tuesday’s 6-0 win over Ligonier Valley. The next day she netted two goals in a 9-0 triumph over Obama Academy. The senior attacking midfielder, who was an all-section selection last fall,...

Here are four WPIAL high school football players to watch in Week 5: Quentin Goode Aliquippa, jr., QB Goode threw for 166 yards and a touchdown last week as Class 4A Aliquippa defeated West Allegheny, 19-16, in a Parkway Conference showdown. He has thrown for nearly 600 yards this season...

Anna Yourish Class: Senior School: Deer Lakes Sport: Golf Report card: Yourish made three birdies and shot 84 on Wednesday to finish tied for third at the Section 1-2A qualifier at Cedarbrook Golf Course. She advanced to the WPIAL tournament first round, which is set for Monday at Youghiogheny Country...

Seniors Katie Rose Rankin and Lauren Kardos and junior Megan Manesiotis all reached the target score at last week’s Section 1-3A girls golf qualifier and advanced to the WPIAL tournament. Rankin and Kardos shot 78 and Manesiotis 84 at Diamond Run Golf Course on Sept. 21. They advanced to the...

Here are four WPIAL high school football players to watch in Week 4: Brock Borgo Hampton, jr., RB/OLB Borgo returned an interception for a touchdown and also ran for 174 yards and a score on 22 carries last week as Hampton shut out Kiski Area, 38-0. The Talbots (2-2, 1-0)...

North Allegheny girls volleyball came away victorious over host Pine-Richland last week at a “Spike Out Cancer” event. The Tigers defeated the Rams, 3-0, by game scores of 25-20, 25-18, 25-14, in the Section 1-4A opener. Carissa Treser had 10 kills, and Mia Tuman had eight kills, 29 assists and...

Here are four WPIAL high school football players to watch in Week 3: Khiryn Boyd North Allegheny, jr., WR/CB Boyd had five catches for 133 yards, including a 74-yard TD pass from Logan Kushner, in North Allegheny’s 29-18 nonconference victory over McDowell. The Tigers (3-0) will host Baldwin (1-2) in...

Annabel Arhin Class: Senior School: Plum Sport: Soccer Report card: Arhin had two goals and an assist to help Class 3A No. 3-ranked Plum (3-0, 3-0 Section 3) to a 4-2 win over No. 4 Latrobe on Wednesday. The Mercyhurst recruit scored 11 goals last season in helping the Mustangs...

North Allegheny’s water polo teams continued their strong start to the season with a pair of victories over McDowell on Sept. 6. Carissa Jones scored seven goals and Rebecca Melanson added six to guide the NA girls team to a 15-7 win. Katyusha Peregoncev and Lily Tang also scored. Izzie...

Here are four WPIAL high school football players to watch in Week 2: Luke Cignetti Shaler, sr., RB/FS Cignetti scored on runs of 23, 3 and 6 yards to lift Shaler to a come-from-behind victory over Hampton in a nonconference game Friday night. He ran for 51 yards on 10...

Taylor Heuser Class: Senior School: Valley Sport: Soccer Report card: Heuser scored three goals Wednesday to lead the Vikings (1-1, 0-1 Section 2-2A) to a 7-0 victory over East Allegheny in nonsection play. The senior forward, a three-time letter winner, was Valley’s leading scorer last year. How did the team...

The North Allegheny football team scored a 41-0 nonconference victory over visiting Allderdice on Aug. 26. Logan Kushner threw for 167 yards and three touchdowns to lead Class 6A No. 3 North Allegheny (1-0). Tyree Alualu ran for two touchdowns and caught another for the Tigers. Field hockey team tops...

Here are four WPIAL high school football players to watch in Week 1: Nehemiah Azeem OLSH, sr., QB/FS Statistics don’t always tell the story but, in this case, they are pretty telling. OLSH senior quarterback Nehemiah Azeem completed 25 of 34 passes Friday night for 437 yards and five touchdowns...

College football season has arrived, and the Tribune-Review has you covered. Check out today’s four-page college football preview in the e-edition, featuring previews of each of the Power 5 conferences and feature stories, plus top games, players to watch, coaches on the hot seat, impact transfers and odds for each...

Jerry Richey, a cross country and track and field standout at North Allegheny in the late 1960s, will be inducted into the Pitt Athletics Hall of Fame in the Class of 2022. During a Pitt career from 1967-71, Richey earned All-America stature five times, winning two NCAA championships, achieving a...

Here are four WPIAL high school football players to watch in Week Zero: Bobbie Boyd Jr. McKeesport, sr., RB/S Boyd will be a focal point of McKeesport’s vaunted rushing attack again this season after rushing for 1,545 yards and 16 touchdowns a year ago. The Trib HSSN preseason all-star has...

Competition will again be stiff among City League football teams this fall. Allderdice capped off a thrilling 2021 league season by upsetting two-time reigning champion Westinghouse to win the City title for the third time in the past five seasons. The Dragons have played for the title in four of...