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Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Mt. Pleasant’s Seth Painter
Mt. Pleasant’s swimming program, both boys and girls, long has been regarded as one of the best in Class 2A, if not the entire WPIAL. The Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association championship Jan. 24-25 was another example of that, as the Vikings boys and girls won team titles. A key contributor...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Kiski Area’s Paige Kunkle
When asked where her medals were from the WPIAL championships last year, when the Kiski Area girls swim team was Class 2A champion, senior Paige Kunkle wasn’t sure. “I honestly don’t know,” she said. It’s not the actual medals that are most meaningful to Kunkle. It’s the memories of how...
High school sports schedule for Feb. 10, 2025
High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s schedule Nonsection Albert Gallatin at Connellsville, 6 p.m. Ambridge at Seton LaSalle, 7:30 p.m. Armstrong at Valley, 7 p.m. Avonworth at Fox Chapel, 7 p.m. Bentworth at West Greene, 5:30 p.m. Bishop Canevin at New Castle, 7:30 p.m. Brownsville at Jefferson-Morgan, 7 p.m. Canon-McMillan at...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Franklin Regional seniors bond together
Senior night was special for a group of girls who are having a special season. Few saw coming this year’s run to a section championship by the Franklin Regional girls basketball team — the program’s first section title since 1979 — except for maybe the five seniors on the team....
Penn-Trafford girls basketball team conjures memories of 1973
The Penn-Trafford girls basketball team made history Saturday. Sort of. With a thrilling 59-57 win over Upper St. Clair, the Lady Warriors capped a perfect 22-0 regular season, the No. 3-ranked team in WPIAL Class 5A going on the road to knock off the No. 2 team in 6A. The...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Feb. 10, 2025: Basketball playoff pairings to be revealed
Welcome to the Christmas Day for district high school basketball fans with everybody’s favorite present under the tree set to be unwrapped Monday afternoon, the gift of the WPIAL basketball bracketology. There are 85 boys teams and 84 girls teams preparing for the second season. Now they will find out...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Feb. 10, 2025
Let the games begin! This is a special week celebrated by lovers all around. Sure, Valentine’s Day is Friday, but I speak for the round ball lovers as we prepare for the start of the 2025 WPIAL basketball playoffs this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We get...
PIHL standings, playoff clinchings through Feb. 9, 2025
Here are the latest 2024-25 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday, along with the latest playoff qualifiers. The point system in the PIHL this year gives three points for a regulation win, two points for an overtime win and one point for an overtime loss. *- indicates clinched a...
Sewickley Academy swimmers find success alongside Quaker Valley teammates
Marcus Zhan is one of a handful of Sewickley Academy students competing in the collaborative swim program at Quaker Valley this season. Zhan, a junior, is joined by his younger brother Augustin, a freshman, along with another freshman, Yourin Li, on the QV boys team. The older Zhan sibling specializes...
Gateway’s Amari Gans, Kenny Lewis, Dyson Harper ready to start new chapter at college level
Amari Gans had a breakout senior season for the Gateway football team this past fall. Now, the newly signed commit to Division II Wheeling hopes to make a similar impact at his new home. Gans was celebrated last Wednesday as he finalized his decision on the first day of the...
Gateway hockey team makes final push for Division 2 playoff berth
Gateway is closing in on the end of the PIHL Division 2 regular season, and the Gators find themselves in the heat of the chase for a spot in the PIHL postseason. The Gators, who won four in a row and five of six heading into a key matchup Monday...
Quaker Valley senior headed to Michigan State after getting out of the pool and into a boat
Quaker Valley senior Paige Juliano apparently is a fast learner. After jumping into the sport of rowing for just one year, Juliano, who has a 4.22 GPA, has landed a spot on the Michigan State women’s rowing team. “Funny story about rowing,” she said. “I have been a year-round swimmer...
Penn-Trafford’s Emily Valenta looking for big finish at WPIAL rifle championships
Even though the Penn-Trafford rifle team graduated 13 seniors, coach Diana Cholock expected a good season. But things did not turn out as she hoped. The Warriors had a tough campaign, which ended Feb. 6. They went 2-9 overall and 1-7 in Section IV. “It was not a good season,”...
Penn-Trafford notebook: P-T hockey gets split in return to ice
The Penn-Trafford hockey team returned to action after a two-week break and picked up an 8-1 victory at Armstrong on Jan. 30. But things did not go as well Feb. 3 against Hempfield. The Spartans rallied to stun the Warriors, 6-5. Against Armstrong, the Warriors broke a tie in the...
Sewickley Academy honors former coach, AD at Win Palmer Memorial Classic
The Win Palmer Memorial Classic was a two-day basketball event held Feb. 1-2 at Sewickley Academy. It was held to pay tribute to Palmer, Sewickley Academy’s former beloved coach and director of athletics. “The weekend went wonderfully,” Sewickley athletic director Mike Scerbo said. “We had 11 games over two days...
Sewickley sports notebook: Quaker Valley swimmers look ahead to MAC, WPIAL meets
Anna Fuener is a key member of the Quaker Valley girls swim team. Like the majority of swimmers on the boys and girls teams at QV, Fuener is looking forward to taking a dip into some of the “faster” pools in the area in hopes of lowering event times across...
Quaker Valley wrestlers make impact at WPIAL team tournament
Quaker Valley advanced to the WPIAL Class 2A wrestling dual meet tournament as the No. 4 seed. The Quakers finished with a 2-2 record in the tournament, beating Elizabeth Forward, 54-18, and Freedom, 48-23, before suffering semifinal and consolation-round losses to No. 1 Burrell, 55-13, and No. 3 McGuffey, 44-21....
WPIAL bracketology: Chris Harlan, Don Rebel forecast the 2025 boys basketball playoff pairings
The 2025 boys basketball playoff field is set with 85 teams in the six classifications. Class A heads straight into the quarterfinal round while the five other classifications start with first-round games. Class 5A has 17 teams with one pigtail game and 3A has a full 16-team bracket with no...
WPIAL bracketology: Don Rebel, Chris Harlan forecast the 2025 girls basketball playoff pairings
The 2025 girls basketball playoff field is set with 84 teams in six classifications. Class 6A girls starts with eight teams in the quarterfinals while Class 5A has a complete 16-team bracket and 3A is one short with 15. Both 4A and 2A have 17 teams, which means pigtail-mania. Class...
Mt. Pleasant’s Olivia Kovach dethrones 3-time champ to win WPIAL all-around gymnastics title
Mt. Pleasant junior Olivia Kovach dethroned three-time champion Abby Rexrode of Baldwin in the all-around at the WPIAL gymnastics championships Saturday at Moon. Kovach, who was runner-up in the all-around last year, used a first-place finish with a 9.8 score in the beam to claim the Advanced Division championship. She...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 8, 2025
High schools Basketball Boys Saturday’s results Class 2A Section 1 Jeannette 71, Bentworth 25 The Battle at North Allegheny Kiski School 65, Sewickley Academy 47 Knoch 62, South Allegheny 59 Meadville 60, North Allegheny 47 The Clash of Champions At New Castle New Castle 57, Aliquippa 56 Erie 36, Central...
High school roundup for Feb. 8, 2025: Penn-Trafford tops Upper St. Clair to finish regular season undefeated
Torrie DeStefano scored 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds as Penn-Trafford overcame a slow first half to cap off a perfect regular season by beating Upper St. Clair, 59-57, in nonsection play Saturday afternoon. Hanna Weishaar and Lauren Marton contributed 12 points each for Penn-Trafford (22-0), which trailed by 13...
WPIAL boys basketball rankings: Week ending Feb. 9, 2025
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Upper St. Clair, 20-2, 1 2. New Castle, 18-3, 4 3. Imani Christian, 13-7, 3 4. Central Catholic, 13-8, 2 5. Mt. Lebanon, 14-7, NR Out: Fox Chapel (15-6, 5) Class 5A 1. Montour, 20-1, 1 2. Baldwin, 20-1, 2 3. Uniontown, 19-3,...
WPIAL girls basketball rankings: Week ending Feb. 9, 2025
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Norwin, 13-7, 1 2. Upper St. Clair, 15-6, 2 3. Seneca Valley, 15-5, 3 4. Canon-McMillan, 12-8, 5 5. Mt. Lebanon, 12-9, 4 Out: none Class 5A 1. Peters Township, 19-2, 1 2. South Fayette, 21-1, 2 3. Penn-Trafford, 22-0, 3 4. Shaler,...
Westmoreland H.S. athletes of the week: GCC’s Erica Gribble and Franklin Regional’s Max Firestine
The Westmoreland County Athletes of the Week is presented by Smail Kia. Look for the tags and look for the savings at Smail Kia in Greensburg. Erica Gribble School: Greensburg Central Catholic Class: Junior Sport: Basketball Claim to fame: Gribble, a Richmond recruit, has led GCC to a 26th straight...
