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Trib HSSN football team of the week for Nov. 18, 2024Video
Trib HSSN football team of the week – Clairton Bears Coach: Wayne Wade (11th season) Result: Clairton 24, Bishop Canevin 0 Record: 13-0 overall #Earned: Nearly four decades ago, one of the greatest defensive efforts over a single season was put in the books by the 1985 Chicago Bears, who...
Peters Township goalkeeper Molly Kubistek wins Moe Rosensteel Award as top girls soccer player
For the first time, a goalkeeper has won the Moe Rosensteel Most Outstanding Player Award. Molly Kubistek of Peters Township won the award, given annually to the top girls soccer player in the WPIAL since 2019. Kubistek, a University of Cincinnati recruit, led Peters Township to the WPIAL Class 4A...
Trib HSSN football player of the week for Nov. 18, 2024Video
Trib HSSN football player of the week – Maclane Miller School: Pine-Richland Class: Junior Height/Weight: 5-foot-9, 185 pounds Position: Running back, linebacker #Earned: The young man known as Mac was as sharp as a knife in the WPIAL Class 5A semifinals victory Friday over Bethel Park. Miller was determined not...
Kiski Area boys basketball team returns on a mission
The Kiski Area boys basketball team last season fell one win short of a berth in the PIAA Class 5A playoffs. The Cavaliers suffered a two-point loss to Gateway in a seventh-place game with a spot in the state tournament on the line. “That was the third time we played...
Springdale girls soccer team reflects on impressive season
In the moments that turned into hours after Friday’s 4-3 loss to District 1 champion Dock Mennonite in the PIAA Class A championship game at Cumberland Valley’s Eagle View Middle School, Springdale girls soccer players remained upbeat despite the disappointment of coming up just short of the title. Coach Marc...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Deer Lakes’ Waylon Schiller
Deer Lakes senior Waylon Schiller came into the 2024 season in a competition for an outside back position. “I came ready to go, came to every practice in the prep week before the season,” Schiller said. “Even though I was battling younger players, the competition was still tough. The coaching...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Franklin Regional’s Tyler Pipon
Last year, Franklin Regional’s boys soccer team finished 12-9 overall, which included a trip to the WPIAL Class 3A semifinals. That wasn’t good enough for the Panthers. This year, they finished 14-4-2 overall, including an 8-2 record in Section 3-3A, and reached the WPIAL championship game. “I thought we had...
PIHL standings through Nov. 17, 2024
Here are the latest 2024-25 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday. 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. Class 3A Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime Wins-Overtime...
High school sports schedules for Nov. 18, 2024
High school Football WPIAL playoffs Championship Saturday’s schedule Class 5A Pine-Richland (11-1) vs. Peters Township (11-1) at Acrisure Stadium, 8 p.m. Class 3A Avonworth (10-3) vs. Central Valley (7-5) at Acrisure Stadium, 5 p.m. Class 2A Seton LaSalle (11-0) vs. South Park (11-1) at Acrisure Stadium, 2 p.m. Class A...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Nov. 18, 2024
The District 7 high school football playoffs conclude with four games set for Championship Saturday this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has audio coverage of the WPIAL Class 5A, 3A, 2A and A football title games Saturday, along with a PIAA Class A quarterfinal set...
Highlands boys basketball team seeks respect under new coach
Ali Shareef doesn’t have to bear the burden of being saddled with the same high expectations as recent Highlands boys basketball teams. But not being paid the same amount of respect as previous seasons doesn’t sit right with the Golden Rams senior point guard, either. “I’m looking forward to competing...
Highlands girls basketball welcomes fresh faces
First-year coach Dan LaGamba is open to all possibilities for the Highlands girls basketball program this season. The Golden Rams only have one starter — Tyarah Woody — returning from a team that reached the PIAA Class 4A playoffs. That means Highlands will need to grow together if it wants...
1st-year Jeannette girls basketball coach welcomes bigger roster
Jenna Lusby didn’t have to look far to find an assistant coach as she embarks on her first season as girls basketball coach at Jeannette. Her husband, Arnold, will serve as her assistant. Love and basketball was never truer than this arrangement. The couple met playing pick-up hoops at an...
Jeannette hopes success on football field carries over to basketball court
Waiting on 10 players to return from football season might seem like a burden to some WPIAL basketball coaches. (Cue the “Jeopardy” think music.) But not to Jeannette boys coach Adrian Batts, whose message to the two-sport guys was this: take your time coming back. “For me, it’s not new,”...
Matchups set for 2024 PIAA football quarterfinals
Two WPIAL champions are officially on the hunt for PIAA gold while eight other District 7 teams prepare to play for gold at the big house on the North Shore. Central Catholic in 6A and Thomas Jefferson in 4A are freshly minted WPIAL champs and will participate in state second...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Hockey team stays perfect with another shutout
Penn-Trafford’s hockey team recorded another victory and their fourth shutout of the season Nov. 7. The Warriors (6-0) went to Johnstown for the second time this season and came back with their second shutout victory against Bishop McCort, winning 5-0. They won 6-0 on Oct. 21. This time, it was...
Penn-Trafford football seasons ends with loss to Peters Township, optimism for future
Too many turnovers and a talented Peters Township team were the biggest reasons the Penn-Trafford’s football season came to an end Nov. 8. The returning Class 5A champs scored on their first two possessions, did a good job stuffing Penn-Trafford’s running game and rolled to a 42-13 quarterfinal round victory....
Gateway girls hungry to get back to winning ways
The numbers haven’t been pretty the past couple of seasons for the Gateway girls basketball team since making the WPIAL playoffs in 2020-21. The Gators own just 11 wins the past three seasons and were victorious twice last year in 22 games. The team enters this season hoping to snap...
Gateway boys basketball players step into increased roles after heavy graduation loss
A senior-laden Gateway boys basketball team was stopped by rival Franklin Regional in last year’s WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinals. But the Gators rallied after the loss, and a dramatic down-to-the-wire home victory over Kiski Area in the seventh-place game propelled them to the state playoffs for the third year in...
Communication key as Penn Hills girls basketball seeks return trip to playoffs
The Penn Hills girls basketball team will be challenged to continue a winning tradition when its season starts this December. The Indians reached the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs for the second straight season last year, winning a preliminary round game before being knocked out by Oakland Catholic. Penn Hills, which...
Penn Hills youth team repeats as Cheer Bowl champs
The Penn Hills Youth Football and Cheer Association cheerleading team won the Western Pennsylvania Youth Athletic Association Cheer Bowl championship for the third straight year in the big and little divisions. Cheer coach Ashley Blake said that she emphasizes to all the girls on the team that the judging isn’t...
Led by next generation of Letters family, Shaler girls wrestling team eager to hit mat
Shaler girls wrestling coach Robert Taylor remembers when he found out there would be a program for the first time this season. The Titans coach was in a classroom when Lilly Conner burst in. “I remember it vividly,” Taylor said. “Lilly Conner came in and said, ‘Coach, are we going...
New coach takes over promising Shaler swimming program
Stephen Adametz feels fortunate to be taking over the Shaler swim program at a time when it is full of promise. The girls team had its best result at the WPIAL Class 3A championships in a decade last season. Shaler finished in 17th place, and many of the top swimmers...
Chartiers Valley girls looking to make strides, take better care of ball
It’s been a learning process for Chartiers Valley girls basketball coach Mike Semplice and his team since he was hired in 2022. In his first year, the team struggled with adjustments, specifically when those adjustments were drawn up on the fly during timeouts. But last year, and into the team’s...
New coach hopes to put Chartiers Valley boys basketball back on winning track
New Chartiers Valley basketball coach Corey Dotchin was looking for a coaching job closer to home last winter after he and his wife had their first baby. “The round trip was a lot,” said Dotchin. “I was getting up and leaving for work at 6 in the morning, going to...
