Greg Macafee stories, Page 46
Aliquippa’s Fisher ready to improve on breakout junior year
The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason WPIAL Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 23 during a HSSN Media Day live broadcast at Kennywood Park. When the Aliquippa football team captured its first PIAA state...
Legion baseball teams adapting to athletes and their busy summers
Since 1925, American Legion baseball has been a staple in small communities all across the country. In Western Pennsylvania alone, 34 teams currently play in two different regions, and over the course of the next few weeks a majority of those teams will compete for spots in regional and state...
Fox Chapel golfers turn in solid performances at WPGA Amateur
The Fox Chapel golf program has been known to produce talented golfers, and over the past week a few of them got to test themselves at Oakmont Country Club for the Western Pennsylvania Golf Association Amateur Championship. Michael Marisco (2016 grad), Andrew Friend (’18), Gregor Meyer (’19) and Scott Bitar...
Trib HSSN rewind: A look back at the 2018-19 girls gymnastics season
Just like most of the gymnasts performing their routines, the 2018-19 gymnastics season had a lot of twists and turns that ultimately made it an extraordinary campaign. For the first time in the short history of its program, Thomas Jefferson captured a WPIAL championship. After losing to Moon by a...
After health scare, Charlie Batch announces he’s close to 100%
After suffering a bacterial infection, last week former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch announced that he is as close to being back to 100% as he can be. I just wanted to take a moment to say THANK YOU. Thank you to each and every one of you who sent...
First Love’s Jett Roesing starting to stack up Division I offers
In a matter of 24 hours, former Sewickley Academy guard Jett Roesing added four more Division I offers to an ever-growing list. After announcing offers from both Canisius and Towson last week, Roesing pulled in offers from Manhattan, Delaware, UMass and Youngstown State on Monday and Tuesday. Blessed and thankful...
Burrell’s Oswalt competes on national stage
Burrell’s Ian Oswalt was ranked among the best wrestlers in his weight class this past season. But the talented sophomore, who lost twice all season, fell in the PIAA semifinals to Notre Dame-Green Pond’s Ryan Crookham, the eventual state champion. “I was pretty upset after that,” Oswalt said. “That drove...
Mars O-lineman Michael Carmody looking to fine tune blocking before college
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 23 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. Mars offensive lineman Michael Carmody has been one of the most well-known players in...
Freeport’s Sidney Shemanski named Valley News Dispatch Girls Athlete of the Year
Since she was a freshman, Freeport’s Sidney Shemanski has been a key contributor in three sports. She began her high school career by starting as freshman in soccer and contributed to a run in the state tournament. Then, in basketball, she was named a captain and earned a spot in...
Trib HSSN Rewind: A look back at the 2018 field hockey season
All teams seek the glory of capturing a WPIAL championship, whether it be in football, baseball, softball or field hockey. No matter what the sport, the feeling is always the same for any team that comes into contact with the WPIAL hardware. Three field hockey teams got to experience that...
Young Township Legion looks for strong pitching down stretch
Like five other teams in the Westmoreland American Legion baseball standings, Young Township sits in the middle of the pack with six wins. Young Township is 6-4, but it is tied with two other teams for the fewest games played because of weather cancellations. But no matter the amount of...
Trib HSSN rewind: A look back at the 2018 girls volleyball season
For the second straight year, the North Allegheny girls volleyball team went undefeated and captured both a WPIAL and PIAA championship. BACK-TO-BACK STATE CHAMPS!!!@nagirlsvb @NorthAllegheny @Big56Conference @TribLiveHSSN @astockeyWTAE pic.twitter.com/SLAzCLdNs3— NATigers (@NATigers18) November 18, 2018 Match winning point for North Allegheny to beat Baldwin in the girls 4A volleyball championship game...
Leechburg brings back Damian Davies to head boys basketball program
After parting ways with boys basketball coach Corey Smith last week, the Leechburg School Board found its new coach, and the members didn’t have to look far. On Wednesday, Damian Davies, was approved by the board to return to the program for the 2019-20 season. “We went through our evaluation...
