Bill Hartlep stories, Page 20

PIAA Class 5A girls basketball final Chartiers Valley vs. Cardinal O’Hara 5 p.m. Friday, Giant Center, Hershey On the air: TV: PCN; Audio: TribLive HSSN; Radio: 95.3 FM PIAA titles: Chartiers Valley 1 (2019), Cardinal O’Hara 1 (2021) Chartiers Valley (28-2) Coach: Tim McConnell Probable starting lineup No., Name, Ht.,...

PIAA Class A boys basketball final Bishop Canevin vs. St. John Neumann 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Giant Center, Hershey On the air: TV: PCN PIAA titles: Bishop Canevin 0, St. John Neumann 0 Bishop Canevin (24-4) Coach: Gino Palmosina Probable starting lineup No., Name, Ht., Cl., Pos. 3, Amari Evans, 6-3,...

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...

Last spring was a celebration as district athletes returned to the diamonds after the 2020 season was canceled because of the covid-19 shutdowns. Softball was a success throughout as the WPIAL crowned four new champions while Laurel and West Greene remained on top in 2A and A. District softball squads...

Position flexibility is key for any softball team but even moreso for those in Class A. St. Joseph enters the 2022 season with 12 players on its roster and just one senior. Though the small roster might provide some challenges, it also will offer opportunities for players to show their...

Bradley Bestic has experience leading a Class A baseball team to success. This spring, he will lean on that experience in guiding St. Joseph. Bestic, who was named St. Joseph’s athletic director in November, enters his first season as coach of the Spartans’ baseball program. He coached Vincentian Academy from...

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...

Last spring was a celebration as district athletes returned to the diamonds after the 2020 season was canceled because of the covid-19 shutdowns. Softball was a success throughout as the WPIAL crowned four new champions while Laurel and West Greene remained on top in 2A and A. District softball squads...

Jesse Van Wyk wasn’t named league MVP after his freshman season. That slight motivated him in the offseason and throughout his sophomore campaign. The league voters couldn’t ignore his performance this time around. The Redeemer Lutheran sophomore basketball player averaged 24.1 points and was named MVP of the Southwestern Pennsylvania...

At the biggest moment of the season, Rei Sperry was at her best. The Fox Chapel senior swimmer helped the Foxes capture gold medals in the 200-yard medley relay (1:43.90) and 400 freestyle relay (3:29.23) March 3-4 at the WPIAL Class 3A championships at Pitt’s Trees Pool. “She really came...

Delaware gave fans at PPG Paints Arena an early thrill Friday afternoon, but Villanova’s talent, experience and pinpoint perimeter shooting proved too much to overcome. The No. 2-seeded Wildcats used a strong inside-outside game to finish the first half and were solid at both ends of the floor in the...

David Jean-Baptiste started the madness this March. He and his Chattanooga Mocs teammates are hoping it won’t be their “One Shining Moment.” Jean-Baptiste drilled a buzzer-beating 3-pointer in overtime to defeat Furman, 64-63, in the Southern Conference championship game March 7 at Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville, N.C. It was...

No. 5 Houston vs. No. 12 UAB 9:20 p.m. Friday, PPG Paints Arena TV: TNT Winner plays: Winner of No. 4 Illinois/No. 12 Chattanooga in second round Sunday Series history: UAB leads 18-6 Houston Cougars (28-5, 15-3 American) Coach: Kelvin Sampson How they got here: Houston earned an automatic bid...

No. 4 Illinois vs. No. 13 Chattanooga 6:50 p.m. Friday, PPG Paints Arena TV: TNT Winner plays: Winner of No. 5 Houston/No. 12 UAB in the second round Sunday Series history: Chattanooga leads 2-0 Illinois Fighting Illini (22-9, 15-5 Big Ten) Coach: Brad Underwood How they got here: Illinois earned...

No. 15 Delaware vs. No. 2 Villanova 2:45 p.m. Friday, PPG Paints Arena TV: CBS Winner plays: Winner of No. 7 Ohio State/No. 10 Loyola Chicago in second round Sunday Series history: Villanova leads 14-0 Villanova Wildcats (26-7, 16-4 Big East) Coach: Jay Wright How they got here: Villanova won...

No. 7 Ohio State vs. No. 10 Loyola Chicago 12:15 p.m. Friday, PPG Paints Arena TV: CBS Winner plays: Winner of No. 2 Villanova/No. 15 Delaware in second round Sunday Series history: Ohio State leads 4-0 Ohio State Buckeyes (19-11, 12-8 Big Ten) Coach: Chris Holtmann How they got here:...

College basketball fans will flock to PPG Paints Arena this week as March Madness comes to Pittsburgh. The Uptown venue will host NCAA Tournament first- and second-round games Friday and Sunday, respectively. Tickets are still available for all three sessions. The first session begins at 12:15 p.m. Friday with Loyola...

Cole Clark feels a responsibility to carry on the tradition of Burrell wrestling. One of the state’s most consistent programs, Burrell has built a tradition of success rivaled by very few teams in the Commonwealth. “You carry that standard with you when you wrestle, whether for team wrestling or individual,”...

Class A Quarterfinals 8-North Hills (12-8-0-0) vs. 1-Fox Chapel (19-0-0-1) 7:20 p.m. Monday, Alpha Ice Complex Winner plays: Winner of 4-Norwin/5-Westmont Hilltop in semifinals, 6:45 p.m. March 16 at Robert Morris Island Sports Center, Moon Ice chips: The Foxes led PIHL Class A in points (39), goals (128) and goals...

It wasn’t the start Mt. Lebanon was hoping for. The finish, though, was as good as gold. The top-seeded Blue Devils earned their fourth WPIAL girls basketball championship Friday night with a 55-44 victory over No. 3 Upper St. Clair in the Class 6A title game at Petersen Events Center....

WPIAL Class 5A girls basketball championship No. 1 Chartiers Valley vs. No. 2 South Fayette 5 p.m. Saturday, Petersen Events Center On the air: Video livestream: TribHSSN.TribLive.com; Audio: WJPA-FM 95.3 WPIAL titles: Chartiers Valley 4 (2017, ‘19, ‘20, ‘21); South Fayette 1 (2016) Chartiers Valley (24-1) Coach: Tim McConnell Projected...

WPIAL Class 4A girls basketball championship No. 1 Blackhawk vs. No. 3 Knoch 3 p.m. Saturday, Petersen Events Center On the air: Video livestream: TribHSSN.TribLive.com; Audio: WBVP-AM 1230, WBVP-FM 99.3, WMBA-AM 1460, WISR-AM 680, FM 107.5 WPIAL titles: Blackhawk 7 (1996, ‘97, ‘99, 2000, ‘11, ‘14, ‘15); Knoch 0 Blackhawk...

WPIAL Class A girls basketball championship No. 4 Aquinas Academy vs. No. 7 Bishop Canevin 11 a.m. Saturday, Petersen Events Center On the air: Video livestream: TribHSSN.TribLive.com WPIAL titles: Aquinas Academy 0; Bishop Canevin 5 (2013, ‘16, ‘17, ‘18, ‘20) Aquinas Academy (14-6) Coach: Chris Lebakken Projected starting lineup No.,...

WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball championship No. 1 Mt. Lebanon vs. No. 3 Upper St. Clair 7 p.m. Friday, Petersen Events Center On the air: Video livestream: TribHSSN.TribLive.com; Audio: WJPA-FM 95.3 WPIAL titles: Mt. Lebanon 3 (2009, ‘10, ‘12); Upper St. Clair 6 (1973, ‘93, ‘94, ‘96, 2003, ‘08) Mt....

WPIAL Class 2A girls basketball championship No. 1 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart vs. No. 2 Neshannock 3 p.m. Friday, Petersen Events Center On the air: Video livestream: TribHSSN.TribLive.com WPIAL titles: OLSH 1 (2019); Neshannock 2 (2019, 2021) OLSH (21-4) Coach: Don Eckerle Projected starting lineup No., Name, Ht.,...