Bill Hartlep stories, Page 5

Editor’s note: Trib HSSN will publish team-by-team previews for one conference per day until the start of the high school football season Friday. New head coach, new conference, lots of new faces. The 2024 season brings about plenty of change for Neshannock football, but the goal remains the same. “I...

South Side football players keep wanting to take the next step. Over the past three years, they’ve accomplished that goal. This year, it will be even tougher to achieve. In 2021, South Side advanced to the WPIAL quarterfinals before falling to Steel Valley, 28-12. The 2022 season ended with a...

Shenango football coach Jimmy Graham cited staying healthy as a key component to competing in the rugged Class A Big Seven Conference. With a roster of 28 players and five dealing with injuries through training camp, the Wildcats were happy to get through their scrimmage mostly intact ahead of the...

Antonio Laure is looking forward to stepping back on a football field, breaking through a wall of defenders and scampering into the end zone. It’s something he does better than most Western Pennsylvania ball carriers in Class A. Rochester’s standout senior running back missed most of last season with a...

Northgate’s football roster was hovering in the mid-teens five seasons ago. The limited numbers made it a challenge to compete. As the numbers crept up, the wins followed. There were four wins in 2022 and five last fall. This season, there are 43 players on the Flames’ roster, enough that...

Nonconference Allderdice at Fox Chapel 7 p.m. Friday, Burke Stadium, Fox Chapel Last year’s result: Did not play • Fox Chapel will be playing a City League team for the first time in the school’s 64-year history. The Foxes, who went 0-10 last season, are looking to end a 21-game...

The WPIAL released new section alignments for the next two-year cycle in all sports, and changes will be implemented starting this fall. This summer, the Tribune-Review will break down changes for each of the WPIAL sports. Here’s a look at the upcoming WPIAL gymnastics season: 2023-24 WPIAL championships WPIAL team...

Highlands’ move into the Class 3A Allegheny 7 Conference brought about some exciting rivalry matchups with nearby A-K Valley foes such as Burrell, Deer Lakes, Freeport and Valley. It also likely will lead to some sleepless nights for those teams’ coaches, quarterbacks and wide receivers. The Golden Rams will field...

The WPIAL released new section alignments for the next two-year cycle in all sports, and changes will be implemented starting this fall. This summer, the Tribune-Review will break down changes for each of the WPIAL sports. Here’s a look at the upcoming WPIAL boys basketball season: 2023-24 WPIAL champions Class...

The WPIAL released new section alignments for the next two-year cycle in all sports, and changes will be implemented starting this fall. This summer, the Tribune-Review will break down changes for each of the WPIAL sports. Here’s a look at the upcoming WPIAL girls basketball season: 2023-24 WPIAL champions Class...

Bridget (Guy) Williams fell just short of qualifying for the finals in the pole vault at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Monday morning in Saint-Denis, France. The Hempfield grad failed to clear 4.55 meters and finished outside the top 20 qualifiers who advanced to Wednesday’s finals. Competing for Team USA,...

Swell or not so swale. Players’ reactions are sure to be mixed depending where their tee shot lands on the par-3 17th hole this week at the U.S. Senior Women’s Open at Fox Chapel Golf Club. The unique green, known as a Biarritz, features a deep, 4-foot swale, or gully,...

Donna Andrews was a freshman at North Carolina when she played in the 1985 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Fox Chapel Golf Club. In the nearly 40 years since, she has become a six-time LPGA Tour winner, played in the Solheim Cup and started working as a golf instructor at Pine...

Former Upper St. Clair swimming standout Josh Matheny is one step from an Olympic medal. Competing for Team USA, Matheny finished sixth overall (fourth in his heat) in the semifinals of the men’s 200-meter breaststroke Tuesday. His time of 2 minutes, 9.70 seconds qualified him for the final, which will...

Some of the most accomplished women’s golfers in the world will be in town this week to compete in the sixth U.S. Senior Women’s Open Championship at Fox Chapel Golf Club. A field of 120 golfers ages 50 and older will tee off in the opening rounds Thursday and Friday...

Fresh off winning the Calder Cup last month with the AHL’s Hershey Bears, forward Jimmy Huntington was signed by the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday. Huntington, 25, agreed to a one-year contract with a salary cap hit of $775,000 at the NHL level. He had 33 points (16 goals, 17 assists)...

2024 WPIAL Class 5A softball championship No. 1 Armstrong (17-3) vs. No. 10 Thomas Jefferson (11-7) 2:15 p.m. Thursday at Cal (Pa.)’s Lilley Field On the air: Trib HSSN How they got here: Armstrong defeated No. 16 Western Beaver, 9-5, in the first round; No. 8 Connellsville, 4-1, in the...

2024 WPIAL Class 3A softball championship No. 4 Mohawk (17-5) vs. No. 3 South Park (19-1) 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Cal (Pa.)’s Lilley Field How they got here: Mohawk beat No. 13 Waynesburg, 8-5, in the first round; No. 12 Freeport, 2-1, in the quarterfinals; and No. 1 Avonworth, 5-3,...

2024 WPIAL Class 2A baseball championship No. 1 Serra Catholic (17-1) vs. No. 3 Seton LaSalle (16-3) 1 p.m. Wednesday at Wild Things Park, Washington On the air: Trib HSSN How they got here: Serra Catholic had a first-round bye and then beat No. 8 Laurel, 9-1, in the quarterfinals;...

2024 WPIAL Class A baseball championship No. 4 Bishop Canevin (14-4) vs. No. 2 Eden Christian (16-4) 1 p.m. Tuesday at Wild Things Park, Washington On the air: Trib HSSN How they got here: Bishop Canevin had a first-round bye then defeated No. 5 Western Beaver, 10-0, in the quarterfinals...

2024 WPIAL Class 3A baseball championship No. 1 Riverside (16-1) vs. No. 7 Avonworth (15-8) 4 p.m. Tuesday at Wild Things Park, Washington On the air: Trib HSSN How they got here: Riverside defeated No. 16 Keystone Oaks, 4-1; No. 9 South Park, 11-1; and No. 4 South Allegheny, 2-0....

WPIAL baseball playoffs Class 5A Quarterfinals 7-Penn-Trafford (17-3) vs. 2-Fox Chapel (14-6) 7 p.m. Monday at Gateway Winner plays: Winner of 6-Franklin Regional/3-North Hills on Tuesday (time, site TBD) in semifinals Players to watch: Tyler Freas, Penn-Trafford; Jeremy Haigh, Fox Chapel Extra bases: The teams split a two-game series March...

Ava Santora School: Knoch Class: Senior Sport: Track and field Report card: Santora picked up a pair of top-three finishes at the WPIAL track and field championships this week. She was the runner-up in the Class 2A 1,600-meter run (5 minutes, 16.16 seconds) and knocked nearly 2 seconds off her...