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Notable changes to the 2024-25, 2025-26 WPIAL girls basketball alignment
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...
Hempfield grad Bridget Williams’ Olympic run ends in pole vault qualifying round
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,...
U.S. Senior Women’s Open notebook: Fox Chapel’s unique Biarritz green to test field
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,...
U.S. Senior Women’s Open notebook: After nearly 40 years, Donna Andrews returns to Fox Chapel
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...
Upper St. Clair’s Josh Matheny advances to 200-meter breaststroke final at Paris Olympics
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...
What to know for this week’s U.S. Senior Women’s Open at Fox Chapel Golf Club
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...
Calder Cup champion forward Jimmy Huntington signs with Penguins
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)...
Hempfield grad Bridget (Guy) Williams qualifies for Olympics; Connellsville’s Madison Wiltrout likely to join herVideo
Bridget (Guy) Williams is headed to the Olympics and earned her spot in impressive fashion Sunday night. The 2014 Hempfield graduate finished first in the women’s pole vault final at the U.S. Olympic Trials after clearing 4.73 meters (15 feet, 61⁄4 inches) with no misses at Oregon’s Hayward Field. She...
2024 WPIAL Class 5A softball championship preview: Armstrong vs. Thomas Jefferson
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 preview: Mohawk vs. South Park
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 preview: Serra Catholic vs. Seton LaSalle
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 preview: Bishop Canevin vs. Eden Christian
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 preview: Riverside vs. Avonworth
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....
A-K Valley high school baseball playoff preview capsules for May 20, 2024
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...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Knoch’s Ava Santora, Freeport’s Michael Braun
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...
PIAA moves closer to approving girls flag football as official sport
High school girls flag football took an important step toward becoming an official PIAA-sponsored sport Wednesday. The PIAA board of directors unanimously approved on a first reading to sanction girls flag football as a sport. Girls flag football achieved emerging status last July by reaching 25 schools statewide. At the...
A-K Valley softball playoff preview capsules: Games for Wednesday, May 15, 2024
WPIAL softball playoffs Class 4A Quarterfinals 2-Hampton (15-4) vs. 7-Knoch (15-6) 4 p.m. Wednesday at Mars Winner plays: Winner of 3-Indiana (13-6)/11-Blackhawk (9-7) in semifinals (time, date, site TBD) Players to watch: Mackenzie Reese, Hampton; Marlee Fraser, Knoch Extra bases: Hampton won Section 3 at 11-1 and is averaging 10.1...
A-K Valley high school baseball playoff preview capsules for May 15, 2024
WPIAL baseball playoffs Class 5A First round 5-Plum (13-7) vs. 12-Trinity (8-8) 7 p.m. Wednesday at Gateway Winner plays: 4-Bethel Park (13-6) May 20 in quarterfinals (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Erik Streussnig, Plum; Matthew Robaugh, Trinity Extra bases: Plum tied for the Section 1 title with Penn-Trafford, Fox...
A-K Valley high school baseball playoff preview capsules for May 14, 2024
WPIAL baseball playoffs Class 3A First round 14-Burrell (11-8) vs. 3-Mt. Pleasant (13-4) 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Gateway Winner plays: Winner of 6-Waynesburg (13-3)/11-Neshannock (11-9) on May 20 in quarterfinals (time, site TBD) Players to watch: A.J. McLafferty, Burrell; Jacob Kitz, Mt. Pleasant Extra bases: Kitz and Connor Drzal have...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Valley’s Dante Taliani, Apollo-Ridge’s Jocelyn Snyder
Jocelyn Snyder School: Apollo-Ridge Class: Sophomore Sport: Softball Report card: Apollo-Ridge sophomore Jocelyn Snyder tossed a no-hitter with 11 strikeouts and also was 2 for 4 with a double and RBI in an 11-0 nonsection win over Leechburg on Monday. She also was 3 for 3 with a home run,...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Fox Chapel’s Mason Miles, Plum’s Gabrielle Layne
Gabrielle Layne School: Plum Class: Junior Sport: Track and field Report card: Plum junior Gabrielle Layne won the 200-meter dash in 25.56 seconds Friday at the Pine-Richland Invitational. She also placed third in the 100 (12.56). One of the WPIAL’s top sprinters, she finished fifth in the 100 and eighth...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Plum’s Riley Stephans, Kiski Area’s Nate Witt
Riley Stephans School: Plum Class: Sophomore Sport: Softball Report card: Plum sophomore Riley Stephans tossed two no-hitters and a two-hitter this week in leading the Mustangs (9-4, 6-3) to three victories. On Monday, she allowed zero hits and struck out 10 in four innings in a 15-0 win over Oakland...
23 WPIAL players picked to 2024 all-state boys basketball team, including 2 players of the year
A pair of WPIAL boys basketball standouts were recognized as players of the year in Pennsylvania on Tuesday in a statewide vote of media members. Lincoln Park senior Brandin Cummings, a Pitt recruit, was named the Class 4A Player of the Year after helping Lincoln Park (28-3) win WPIAL and...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Knoch’s Marlee Fraser, Springdale’s John Hughes
Marlee Fraser School: Knoch Class: Sophomore Sport: Softball Report card: Knoch sophomore pitcher Marlee Fraser tossed a two-hitter with 10 strikeouts and also had the winning double as the Knights beat Freeport, 1-0, in a nonsection game Wednesday. On Friday, she struck out 10 and scattered 11 hits in a...
Trib Sports writers, section earn 2024 Associated Press Sports Editors awards
The Tribune-Review again was selected by Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) as one of the top 10 daily sports sections in the country for its circulation division. The Trib also received Top 10 honors for its print section in 2020 and ’21 and digital recognition for TribLive content in 2022....
