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Trib HSSN WPIAL baseball rankings for week of April 7, 2019
Baseball rankings Class 6A 1. Central Catholic, 7-1, 3 2. Penn-Trafford, 7-0, - 3. Seneca Valley, 5-1, 1 4. Bethel Park, 4-1, 4 5. Pine-Richland, 5-3, 5 Out: Hempfield (4-3, 2) Class 5A 1. Moon, 4-0, 4 2. Mars, 5-2, 1 3. West Allegheny, 5-1, 3 4. Shaler, 5-2, 5...
Ousted at West Mifflin, football coach Ray Braszo returns to roots in Steel Valley
Ray Braszo wore West Mifflin blue and gold for nearly three decades, but the veteran football coach also has deep roots in Steel Valley. It was there in Munhall, Homestead and West Homestead that Braszo got his start years ago as an assistant to George Novak and later coached the...
North Allegheny runner posts early-season time to beat in 3,200 meters
Outdoor track season is only two weekends old, but elite North Allegheny runner Zach Kinne already holds the state’s top time in the 3,200 meters. Kinne competed this weekend in the Adidas Raleigh Relays at North Carolina State and posted a 9:13.06 in the 3,200 race. He took ninth in...
Central Catholic’s A.J. Beatty nears 3 dozen offers with ACC, Big 10, Big 12 options
The offers keep coming for Central Catholic junior A.J. Beatty. The 6-foot-5, 255-pound defensive end is approaching three dozen Division 1 football offers with options in the ACC, Big 10 and Big 12 conferences, among others. His latest additions this week included an offer from North Carolina, his fourth school...
Pine-Richland’s Dan Petcash commits to Binghamton
Pine-Richland’s Dan Petcash, one of the WPIAL’s top seniors, committed Sunday to Binghamton. He announced his decision in Twitter. The 6-foot-4 guard averaged 22 points this season for the Rams, who went 22-4 and reached the WPIAL semifinals and the PIAA second round. Proud to announce my commitment to Binghamton...
Bethel Park’s Maddie Dziezgowski commits to St. Bonaventure
Bethel Park junior Maddie Dziezgowski, who helped the Black Hawks reach the WPIAL girls basketball semifinals, announced her commitment Saturday to St. Bonaventure. The 5-foot-11 guard/forward averaged 14 points for Bethel Park, which went 22-4 overall with all four losses coming to eventual PIAA Class 6A champion Peters Township. The...
Aliquippa’s Zuriah Fisher becomes 2nd WPIAL junior with Penn State offerVideo
Aliquippa’s Zuriah Fisher became the second WPIAL junior with a Penn State football offer when the Nittany Lions joined his scholarship list Saturday. The 6-foot-3, 230-pound linebacker announced his offer on Twitter. He joins Mars lineman Michael Carmody as the only WPIAL recruits in the 2020 class with a Penn...
WPIAL baseball rankings for week of March 30, 2019
Rankings Class 6A Rk, Team, W-L, Last 1. Seneca Valley, 4-0, 4 2. Hempfield, 4-0, 5 3. Central Catholic, 4-1, — 4. Bethel Park, 2-1, 3 5. Pine-Richland, 3-2, 2 Out: Canon-McMillan (2-2, 1) Class 5A 1. Mars, 4-0, 1 2. South Fayette, 1-0, 2 3. West Allegheny, 3-0, 3...
Former Elizabeth Forward basketball standout Tre Mitchell commits to UMass
Former Elizabeth Forward basketball standout Tre Mitchell, who left the WPIAL for a prep school in Connecticut, committed to Massachusetts on Friday. Mitchell revealed his decision on Twitter. The 6-foot-9, 230-pound center transferred to Woodstock Academy in 2017 after playing two seasons at Elizabeth Forward. He quickly became that state’s...
Arizona basketball offer adds to Donovan Johnson’s month of madness
March has brought more joy than madness for Moon’s Donovan Johnson and his family. Johnson won a state basketball title last Friday in Hershey, watched his brother play in the NCAA Tournament two days later in Columbus, and then on Monday the 6-foot-7 junior received a scholarship offer from Arizona....
McKeesport’s Deamontae Diggs draws 1st FBS offer as Buffalo blankets WPIAL
Buffalo had two football players with Western Pennsylvania roots last season, but the Bulls coaches spent this week trying to boost that number. Seven WPIAL juniors announced scholarship offers from coach Lance Leipold’s staff in the past three days: Central Catholic’s A’meer and A’maar Allen, Gateway’s Tui Brown, McKeesport’s Daemontae...
Woodland Hills TE Joshua Rawlings sees 3rd Big 10 school join recruiting list
Woodland Hills junior Joshua Rawlings quickly became one of the WPIAL’s hottest football recruits. The 6-foot-6, 235-pound tight end and defensive end added his third Big 10 offer Wednesday from Indiana. He now lists two dozen scholarships with nine arriving since Feb. 1. Minnesota and Rutgers each started recruiting him...
North Catholic’s Tess Myers adds 8th college offer after reaching state finals
North Catholic’s Tess Myers, one of the WPIAL’s top juniors, added another Division I offer after leading her basketball team to the state finals. The 5-foot-10 guard announced an offer from Atlantic 10 member St. Joseph’s this week, raising her scholarship total to eight. Myers added three others just in...
Mars junior Michael Carmody adds 2 ACC, 2 SEC football offersVideo
Mars junior lineman Michael Carmody added two more ACC and SEC football offers this week, pushing his scholarship total to more than two dozen. His latest additions came Wednesday from Louisville, Texas A&M and Ole Miss. He also announced a Miami (Fla.) offer Monday, giving him an offer from eight...
Fresh off NCAA upset, Sewickley Academy’s Isiah Warfield commits to Liberty
Isiah Warfield didn’t fill out an NCAA tournament bracket but did urge others to pick against fifth-seeded Mississippi State in the first round. “I told them you’d better take Liberty,” said the Sewickley Academy junior, who watched the TV broadcast with excitement Friday as the No. 12 seed pulled off...
Pitt coaches offer scholarship to Aliquippa linebacker Zuriah FisherVideo
Pitt football coaches in decades past found great success recruiting in Aliquippa, a list that starts with all-time greats Mike Ditka, Sean Gilbert and Darrelle Revis. That connection had softened some in recent years, but coach Pat Narduzzi appears interested in maintaining that bridge. Quips junior Zuriah Fisher, a 6-foot-3,...
Bethel Park hires Brian DeLallo as new football coach
Bethel Park administrators talked with a handful of football coaches from outside the district, but decided that their best candidate already was on staff. The school board voted unanimously Tuesday night to promote assistant Brian DeLallo, 48, to head coach of the Black Hawks. He replaces longtime coach Jeff Metheny,...
Chartiers Valley finishes perfect season with victory over Archbishop Carroll in PIAA finalsVideo
HERSHEY — Had he known girls were so easy to coach, Tim McConnell would have switched years ago, the longtime boys basketball coach told his team. His first season as a girls coach was absolutely perfect. Mackenzie Wagner scored 24 points, Gabi Legister had 13 and Chartiers Valley finished its...
Lincoln Park hangs on for 1-point victory over Trinity in PIAA championship
HERSHEY — This wasn’t the first time Lincoln Park built a double-digit lead and then held its breath until the clock reached zeroes. But this time was for the state championship. “It’s always scary when we’re starting to give up a lead,” senior Casey Oliver said, “because we’ve done it...
PIAA Class 5A girls championship breakdown: Chartiers Valley vs. Archbishop Carroll
PIAA Class 5A girls championship Chartiers Valley vs. Archbishop Carroll 6 p.m., Saturday at Giant Center, Hershey TV: PCN Radio: WJPA-FM/TribLive HSSN Chartiers Valley (29-0) Coach: Tim McConnell No., Name, Pos., Ht., Yr. 4, Megan McConnell, G, 5-7, Jr. 12, Mackenzie Wagner, G, 5-10, Sr. 23, Alexandra Ferrella, G, 5-6,...
PIAA Class 3A boys championship breakdown: Lincoln Park vs. Trinity
PIAA Class 3A boys championship Lincoln Park vs. Trinity (Camp Hill) 2 p.m., Saturday at Giant Center, Hershey TV: PCN Radio: WBVP-AM/TribLive HSSN Lincoln Park (26-4) Coach: Mike Bariski No., Name, Pos., Ht., Yr. 0, Montae Reddix, F, 6-5, So. 1, Johnnie Bryant, G, 6-0, Jr. 5, Isaiah Smith, G,...
PIAA Class 4A girls championship breakdown: North Catholic vs. Bethlehem Catholic
PIAA Class 4A girls championship North Catholic vs. Bethlehem Catholic Noon, Saturday at Giant Center, Hershey TV: PCN North Catholic (26-3) Coach: Molly Rottmann No., Name, Pos., Ht., Yr. 2, Emma Pospisil, G, 5-5, Jr. 3, Cassie Foster, G, 5-7, Jr. 21, Kylee Lewandowski, G, 6-1, Jr. 23, Tess Myers,...
Moon rallies in 4th quarter to defeat Archbishop Wood in PIAA Class 5A finalVideo
HERSHEY — Moon coach Adam Kaufman was certain that this win would shock folks around the state. Rarely does the Philadelphia Catholic League lose in the state finals, especially not to WPIAL schools. Yet, senior Connor Ryan scored 17 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter and Moon overcame...
Bentworth promotes assistant Knabb to coach football team
Bentworth promoted assistant John “J.J.” Knabb to head football coach, said athletic director Brian Malecki. Knabb previously coached at South Park and Peters Township. He replaces Ron Skiles, who went 23-26 in five seasons with the Bearcats. The team went 5-5 overall last season, 4-3 in the Class A Tri-County...
PIAA Class 5A boys championship breakdown: Moon vs. Archbishop Wood
PIAA Class 5A boys basketball championship Moon vs. Archbishop Wood 8 p.m., Friday at Giant Center, Hershey TV: PCN Radio: WBVP-AM/TribLive HSSN Moon (26-2) Coach: Adam Kaufman No., Name, Pos, Ht., Yr. 3, Jioni Smith, G, 6-2, Sr. 5, Donovan Johnson, F, 6-6, Jr. 10, Austin Ryan, G, 5-11, Sr....
