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Moon lineman Trent Fraley commits to Marshall
Moon’s Trent Fraley, the son of a former NFL lineman, announced his commitment Sunday to Marshall. The 6-foot-2, 290-pound two-way tackle chose the Herd over offers from St. Francis and Robert Morris, his father Hank’s alma mater. The rising senior announced his commitment on Twitter. Fraley earned first-team all-conference honors...
WPIAL, PIAA champions among 2021 TribLive HSSN Baseball All-Stars
Among the six teams crowned WPIAL baseball champions this spring, their individual stories varied greatly. A few were first-time winners. Others won their first title in a decade or two. Another, North Allegheny, won its eighth WPIAL title, setting a record for most championships in league history. It was a...
TribHSSN Preseason WPIAL Football All-Star team: Brad Birch, Gateway
The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 22 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. Brad Birch is a little like a stranger visiting a foreign land when he...
TribHSSN Preseason WPIAL Football All-Star team: Landon Alexander, Central Valley
The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 22 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. A TikTok account that pays tribute to the former kid stars of “Friday Night...
North Allegheny baseball appreciates contribution of seniors, looks to bright future
North Allegheny’s Cole Young shared hugs and handshakes with teammates near the first base dugout at Penn State’s baseball field, season-ending thank yous to the seniors whose high school careers were ending there. But after falling one run short in the state finals, the junior shortstop added that a return...
La Salle College starter shuts down North Allegheny in Class 6A finalsVideo
Sometimes, it’s not a pitcher’s fastball velocity that makes him unhittable. La Salle College starter Ryan Marler proved that true Friday night. The right-hander threw frequent change-ups in the PIAA Class 6A championship, a strategy that led to weak contact and some easy outs. North Allegheny faced more off-speed pitches...
Shenango’s rally falls 1 run short in PIAA Class 2A championshipVideo
UNIVERSITY PARK – At 67, Shenango coach Larry Kelly was four years younger than his state championship counterpart in the other dugout Friday. Scott Buffington has coached Schuylkill Haven for 44 years, or a nice round 50 if you add his six seasons as an assistant. And Buffington celebrated his...
Facing 1-year suspension, Seton LaSalle football coach Mauro Monz resigns
Suspended football coach Mauro Monz, facing a one-year ban from the WPIAL over recruiting allegations, said he’s resigning at Seton LaSalle rather than continue to appeal. “It’s too much for the school and too much for my family to take,” Monz said Thursday night, but the first-year coach maintained his...
Clutch pitching carries Bethel Park past star-studded Red Land to PIAA baseball titleVideo
UNIVERSITY PARK — Red Land has a future MLB first-rounder batting leadoff and some ex-Little League World Series stars behind him. So, Bethel Park staked its title hopes on an old adage that good pitching beats good hitting. In the state finals, the Black Hawks proved that’s still true. Bethel...
Slow start dooms Eden Christian baseball in 1st PIAA finals appearance
UNIVERSITY PARK — As a first-time state finalist, Eden Christian will remember Thursday’s game for years to come, even if they’d like to forget the first two innings. Eden Christian committed three early errors, walked in a couple of runs and saw Halifax score eight times in those first two...
Future 1st-round MLB Draft pick awaits Bethel Park in PIAA final vs. Red Land
At around 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Bethel Park pitcher Eric Chalus will take the mound for the PIAA Class 5A championship at Penn State’s Medlar Field and face Red Land’s leadoff hitter. That idea alone has him excited. The fact that Red Land’s leadoff hitter is a projected first-round MLB Draft...
Seneca Valley adds former Pine-Richland football assistants Lehmeier, Sasson
Assistant football coaches Tim Sasson and Ryan Lehmeier were left searching for new jobs when their time together at Pine-Richland abruptly ended. So, they offered themselves as a packaged deal to any school needing an offensive line coach and an offensive coordinator. They found their fit at Seneca Valley. The...
Butler tight end Charlie Kreinbucher commits to Akron
The Butler football program has struggled in recent years, but the Golden Tornado has a Division I talent in rising senior Charlie Kreinbucher. The 6-foot-5, 225-pound tight end committed Tuesday to Akron. Kreinbucher chose the Zips over Division I FCS offers from Robert Morris, Bucknell, Elon, Fordham and Lehigh. He...
WPIAL upholds suspensions of Seton LaSalle football coaches
The WPIAL heard additional evidence about Seton LaSalle’s suspended football coaches during a lengthy hearing Monday but ultimately reached the same decision. As a result, coach Mauro Monz and assistant Jason Pinkston remain suspended for one year. “The board listen to additional testimony and felt that the sanctions provided on...
Anthony Miller’s 12 Ks lead New Castle to 1st appearance in state baseball finals
Maybe the big-game atmosphere had Anthony Miller feeling ready, seeing hundreds of New Castle fans filter into Neshannock’s baseball field. Maybe it was the fact his Red Hurricanes were one win away from the state finals. Whatever it was, Miller felt fantastic. “He said, ‘Coach, listen, I have it today....
Where is Eden Christian? Baseball team puts school on map with PIAA playoff run
In his 15 years as a teacher, administrator and now baseball coach at the school, Steve Good is often asked: Where is Eden Christian? “The best way I explain it is, you always hear on traffic reports about the 279 and 79 split,” he said. “We are right in the...
PIAA reveals sites, times for state baseball semifinals
The WPIAL is guaranteed to have at least two teams in the state baseball finals and could have as many as five. The PIAA Class 4A and 2A brackets each will have an all-WPIAL semifinal matchup Monday at Neshannock. New Castle and Montour will play at 4 p.m. in the...
Semifinal sites, times announced for PIAA softball playoffs
The PIAA softball semifinals will feature a pair of WPIAL championship rematches Monday at Mars. In Class 4A, Beaver plays Highlands at 2 p.m., and the 5A semifinal between Armstrong and North Hills follows at 4 p.m. The all-WPIAL matchups guarantee that at least two WPIAL teams will reach the...
Montour shuts out Cathedral Prep, earns semifinal rematch against New CastleVideo
Before Montour pitcher Dylan Mathiesen took the mound for the 12th time this season, his coaches wondered if the right-hander might be tiring a little. His previous outing came in the WPIAL finals, and Mathiesen’s stuff that day maybe wasn’t his sharpest. But here in the PIAA playoffs, two wins...
On the clock: PIAA will discuss basketball shot clock in months ahead
Will Pennsylvania high school basketball have a shot clock in 2022? The PIAA will address that question in the coming months, executive director Bob Lombardi said Wednesday, but it hasn’t begun to explore the issue in depth since the National Federation of State High School Associations made that an option...
Penn State will allow full capacity for PIAA baseball, softball championships
Penn State will allow full capacity at its baseball and softball stadiums for the upcoming PIAA championships, alleviating worries the softball finals might need to be moved. The games are June 17-18. “We’re very pleased with the dialog that we’ve had with them and the assistance that they’ve given us,”...
WPIAL approves 3 Seton LaSalle transfers, Jackson Pons’ return to Norwin
Mauro Monz’s status as Seton LaSalle coach remains in doubt, but the WPIAL ruled his son eligible to play football for the Rebels this fall. The WPIAL held hearings Monday for three transfers from South Fayette to Seton LaSalle — Dominic Monz, Alex Boyce and Matt Boyce — and ruled...
Softball playoff sites, times set for PIAA quarterfinals
Norwin will host an all-WPIAL doubleheader Thursday in the state softball quarterfinals. The PIAA revealed sits and times for its quarterfinal games. Among them, Class 4A teams Beaver and Elizabeth Forward will play at noon at Norwin, followed by Mt. Pleasant and Avonworth at 2 p.m. All games are Thursday....
PIAA reveals quarterfinal sites, times for state baseball playoffs
PIAA baseball quarterfinalists learned Tuesday where they’re playing next. The North Allegheny and Hempfield baseball teams are both traveling east to the same place for a PIAA quarterfinal doubleheader Thursday in Wingate. All quarterfinals are Thursday. The PIAA also scheduled doubleheaders involving WPIAL teams at Latrobe and Slippery Rock. WPIAL...
Serra Catholic naming court after longtime girls basketball coach Bill Cleary
Serra Catholic is naming its basketball court after longtime girls coach Bill Cleary, the school announced Friday. “William J. Cleary Court” will be dedicated officially in December, said an announcement from associate principal Robert Childs. Cleary is retiring this summer after more than four decades working at the school as...
