Michael Love stories, Page 144
Sewickley Academy girls basketball team returns to action with playoff matchup
After an eight-day break from competition, the Sewickley Academy girls basketball team kicks off the WPIAL 1A playoffs against California on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Canon-McMillan. The Panthers (11-7) are the No. 8 seed, and they face a Trojans (10-10) squad hoping to get back on track after losing...
No. 13 Quaker Valley girls upset No. 4 Freeport in Class 4A 1st round
It is often said that when the WPIAL playoffs begin, every team enters with a clean slate. The No. 13 Quaker Valley girls basketball team held fast to that belief and used it to score a 41-38 Class 4A first-round upset of No. 4 Freeport on Monday at North Allegheny....
Quaker Valley girls open WPIAL playoffs Monday
The 13th-seeded Quaker Valley girls basketball team opens the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs against No. 4 Freeport on Monday at 6:30 p.m. at North Allegheny High School. The winner will take on the winner of No. 12 Knoch and No. 5 Elizabeth Forward in the quarterfinals Thursday at a site...
St. Joseph boys top West Greene for 1st playoff win since 2011
The St. Joseph boys basketball team saw a double-digit first-half lead trimmed to six at halftime of Friday’s WPIAL Class A first-round game at Mt. Lebanon. But the No. 5 Spartans took over at both ends in the second half and used a 25-0 run to break the game open...
Livingston, freshmen standouts ready to lead Gateway at WPIAL swim championships
Gateway junior Olivia Livingston is a WPIAL veteran and a district champion with four individual titles over her first two appearances at Pitt’s Trees Pool. On the flip side, Gators freshmen Summer Raymer and Andrew Holmes will get their first taste of the WPIAL championships Feb. 28 and March 1...
Led by Decheck, Taylor, Plum swimmers ready to compete at WPIAL meet
Justin Decheck secured his place at the next level before this season by signing a letter of intent in November to swim at Gannon. Now, Decheck hopes to conclude his senior season with top swims at the championship events, including the WPIAL Class AAA meet Feb. 28 and March 1...
Trib HSSN Girls Swimmer of the Week: Gateway’s Olivia Livingston
Olivia Livingston set the bar for the rest of the WPIAL in the second week of December when she established a time of 23.49 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle against Upper St. Clair. She was coming off a trip to USA Swimming’s Junior Winter Nationals in North Carolina, and that...
Trib HSSN Boys Swimmer of the Week: New Castle’s Zachary Bell
Zachary Bell is making the most of his final WPIAL swimming season. The senior, an independent competitor representing New Castle, recently established a new personal season-best time and a WPIAL-best mark in the Class AA boys 200-yard freestyle when he swam 1 minute, 45.19 seconds to claim the title at...
Knoch’s Cummings takes advantage of sole high school season
Matt Cummings is making the most of his first and only high school swimming season. The Knoch senior, a Lafayette commit and a member of the acclaimed Racer-X club team, has produced top times in several events, and it has paid dividends for not only himself but also his Knights...
IUP women’s basketball up one spot in WBCA national rankings
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania women’s basketball team ticked up one spot to No. 3 in the latest Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Division II Top 25 Coaches’ Poll released Tuesday. The Crimson Hawks (20-1) have won five games in a row, including recent victories over Slippery Rock (88-51) and...
IUP men’s basketball team rises to No. 3 in national poll
Wins over Slippery Rock and Gannon in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference play last week has the Indiana University of Pennsylvania men’s basketball team up to No. 3 in the latest National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II Coaches’ Poll released Tuesday. The Crimson Hawks (21-2) also were aided with losses...
IUP men’s basketball slips to No. 6 in NABC rankings
Coming off just its second loss of the season, the Indiana University of Pennsylvania men’s basketball team dropped two spots to No. 6 in this week’s National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II poll released Tuesday. The Crimson Hawks fell 64-63 to Mercyhurst on Saturday and are 19-2 overall and...
IUP women’s basketball moves up one spot in national poll
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania women’s basketball team moved up one spot to No. 4 in the latest Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll released Tuesday. IUP remains the only Division II team to be ranked in the top five of every national coaches poll this...
Annual Golden Gloves tournament to begin Saturday
The Western Pennsylvania Police Athletic League will host Golden Gloves tournament bouts Saturday at the Royal Place Restaurant, 2660 Library Road in Pittsburgh. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the first bell set for 7. For information or tickets, call Gloria Cvetic at 412-576-9285. The Royal Place card is the...
IUP women’s basketball drops to No. 5 in latest WBCA poll
The IUP women’s basketball team, which suffered its first loss of the season last week, fell four spots to No. 5 in the latest Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll released Tuesday. The Crimson Hawks (16-1) are the only Division II program to be ranked...
Duquense women’s basketball alum to have jersey retired
The Duquesne athletic department will retire women’s basketball alum April Robinson’s No. 32 jersey on Sunday before the Dukes’ Atlantic 10 Conference game against George Washington at the A.J. Palumbo Center. Robinson, a 2016 graduate, finished her career as the captain of a Duquesne squad that recorded 28 victories and...
Gateway graduate Perhac making saves for Lebanon Valley
Tyler Perhac is expected to be a factor in goal for the Lebanon Valley hockey team as it continues the stretch run of its season. The Gateway product, a third-year goaltender for the Flying Dutchmen, has shared starting duties with three others this season. Perhac made his sixth start Jan....
McPhatter leads local group on Division II football all-star list
The Don Hansen Football Gazette All-Region Committee released the 2018 NCAA Division II All-Super Region 1 squad Friday, and several local players were named to the lists. Lamont McPhatter, a New Castle graduate and junior safety at Cal (Pa.), was selected the Defensive Player of the Year after recording 63...
Gateway grad John Paul Kromka makes immediate impact for UPJ men’s basketball
In his first college basketball game Nov. 9, John Paul Kromka found himself in a pressure situation with all the eyes in the arena fixated on him. The 6-foot-7 Gateway graduate and freshman on the Pitt Johnstown men’s basketball team went the foul line with one second left and the...
Point Park baseball earns second national ranking
The Point Park baseball team is ranked 14th in the Perfect Game College Baseball NAIA Top 25 preseason poll released Thursday. The Pioneers are fueled by a pitching staff that returns nearly intact from last season when it ranked No. 2 in the NAIA with a 2.85 team earned-run average....
Gateway ice hockey alumni gather for Black vs. White game
Gateway ice hockey alumni from five decades gathered recently at Center Ice Arena in Delmont to celebrate an athletic tradition and to honor three past Gators greats. Corey Perhac (2010), Shawn Jesih (1996) and Joe Kasper (2007) were recognized with induction onto the Gateway Hockey Honor Roll. They are the...
Plum graduate Loebig aims for another run at nationals with Pitt hockey
Last year, Ryan Loebig was one of several first-year members of Pitt’s Division I men’s hockey team to hear shared stories from the Panthers’ 2017 trip to the American College Hockey Association national tournament. Then, after helping Pitt to a successful regular season, which included the College Hockey Mid-American championship...
