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2024 WPIAL Class 3A baseball championship preview: Riverside vs. Avonworth
2024 WPIAL Class 3A baseball championship No. 1 Riverside (16-1) vs. No. 7 Avonworth (15-8) 4 p.m. Tuesday at Wild Things Park, Washington On the air: Trib HSSN How they got here: Riverside defeated No. 16 Keystone Oaks, 4-1; No. 9 South Park, 11-1; and No. 4 South Allegheny, 2-0....
Pennsylvania beats Maryland in 2024 Big 33 Football Classic
Imhotep Charter’s Tyseer Denmark caught three touchdown passes, helping Pennsylvania defeat Maryland, 31-7, in the Big 33 Football Classic on Sunday night at Cumberland Valley’s Chapman Field. It was Pennsylvania’s fifth straight win over Maryland in a game filled with graduating senior all-star football players. Manheim Township quarterback Hayden Johnson...
High school sports scores, schedules for May 26, 2024
High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship Wednesday’s schedule Mt. Lebanon (18-4) vs. North Allegheny (16-5) at Wild Things Park, 7 p.m. Class 5A Championship Tuesday’s schedule Penn-Trafford (18-3) vs. Bethel Park (15-6-1) at Wild Things Park, 7 p.m. Third place Wednesday’s schedule Franklin Regional (14-8) vs. West Allegheny...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of May 27, 2024
For the final time this school year, the district playoffs conclude on the diamond with baseball and softball championship and consolation action this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has plenty of gold and state playoff berths to be had between Tuesday and Thursday with the...
Trib HSSN softball player of the week for May 26, 2024Video
Trib HSSN softball player of the week: Emma Paul School: Armstrong Class: Senior Position: Shortstop #Earned: One of the top players in the district came through again in the clutch for Class 5A top-seeded Armstrong. In first round and quarterfinal victories the previous week, Paul had a double, home run...
Trib HSSN softball team of the week for May 26, 2024Video
Trib HSSN softball team of the week: Thomas Jefferson Jaguars Coach: Heidi Karcher (12th year) Record: 6-4 in Class 5A Section 4, 11-7 overall #Earned: Thomas Jefferson finished the regular season as the third-place team in Section 2-5A and with an overall record just above .500 at 8-7. Thomas Jefferson...
Penn-Trafford track and field teams cap successful season at PIAA championships
In Eric Reger’s 14 years as track coach at Penn-Trafford, the program has made steady progress. This season, Reger took nine athletes (a record for him) to the PIAA track and field championships last Friday and Saturday at Shippensburg’s Seth Grove Stadium. There were five individuals and one relay team....
Perseverant Penn Hills sends contingent of runners to state meet
Paris Bey, Tymere Alston, Tindah Mofor and Achan Green came together as a strong 1,600-meter relay team during the South Fayette Invitational in late April. When they put up a time of 4 minutes, 28 seconds during their first race together, Indians coach Lee Zelkowitz was excited to see what...
Penn Hills notebook: Fitness competitor wins back-to-back national titles
Jadyn Wright continues to build on the legacy he has created on the Penn Hills fitness team. When Wright went to the Marine Corps Youth Physical Fitness National Championship in Little Rock, Ark., he once again brought home top honors. Wright finished slightly short of a perfect score while capturing...
Pine-Richland grads on both sides of Pitt-Penn State rivalry at ultimate frisbee nationals
Eliot and Reid Duncan are brothers who play on the Pitt ultimate frisbee team, where they are joined by former Pine-Richland teammate Aiden Landis. Landis, however, has a younger brother, Ethan, who plays for Penn State along with longtime friend Luke Gochis. What they all have in common is that...
Gateway boys volleyball players earn all-star honors after WPIAL playoff exit
The third time didn’t end up being the charm for the Gateway boys volleyball team against No. 1 Mars in the WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinals May 16. “There’s no way around it; Mars has an exceptional, disciplined program that is littered with legitimate athletes,” Gateway coach Phil Randolph said. “Not...
Gartleys lead another golden effort for Quaker Valley at WPIAL track meet
Mia Gartley is only a sophomore at Quaker Valley. Yet in her two years on the QV girls track and field team, she has won two WPIAL individual titles in the Class 2A girls high jump. Gartley claimed first place May 15 at Slippery Rock University by clearing a height...
Mike Iuzzolino takes over Sewickley Academy boys basketball program
Altoona native Mike Iuzzolino’s has had a distinguished basketball career. Iuzzolino’s proficiency on the basketball court has taken him all over the globe. Most recently, he worked for eight years on the Robert Morris men’s basketball staff, including the last three as associate head coach. Iuzzolino, 56, is settling in...
Fort Cherry relay team wins PIAA gold after coming close in football, basketball
SHIPPENSBURG — Before the state track championships started, Fort Cherry’s relay team of Dylan Wudkwych, Tegan Henke, Shane Cornali and Matt Sieg got a text from the school’s basketball coach. His message was simple: The third time is the charm. “And we got it done,” Sieg said. The school’s football...
Hampton’s Dale Hall golden again, but in a different event, at PIAA meet
SHIPPENSBURG — Hampton’s Dale Hall won a state title in the 800 meters Saturday at the PIAA track championship, a year after winning gold in the 1,600 meters. Winning two different events shows the senior’s versatility. In fact, Hall wants to next try the 2,000-meter steeplechase next Friday during “Night...
Avonworth/Northgate sprinter Hayzes Robinson joins sisters’ tradition with PIAA gold in 100
SHIPPENSBURG — Winning gold medals at Seth Grove Stadium is somewhat of a tradition for the Robinson sisters, one that Hayzes was more than excited to join Saturday. The Avonworth/Northgate senior earned her first by winning the 100-meter dash at the PIAA Class 2A track championship, joining sisters Hunter and...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 25, 2024
High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship Wednesday’s schedule Mt. Lebanon (18-4) vs. North Allegheny (16-5) at Wild Things Park, 7 p.m. Class 5A Championship Tuesday’s schedule Penn-Trafford (18-3) vs. Bethel Park (15-6-1) at Wild Things Park, 7 p.m. Third place Wednesday’s schedule Franklin Regional (14-8) vs. West Allegheny...
With ‘perfect’ combination of speed, stamina, Laurel sprinter wins 400-meter gold
SHIPPENSBURG – Laurel junior Tori Atkins had a busy but productive Saturday at the PIAA Track and Field Championships at Shippensburg University’s Seth Grove Stadium. Of the 18 points earned by the Spartans, Atkins was responsible for 14 of them. Atkins placed in three sprint races. She won the Class...
Senior triple jumper wins East Allegheny’s 1st PIAA track gold medal
SHIPPENSBURG — East Allegheny senior Lorenzo Fancher entered the PIAA Track and Field Championship seeded No. 1 in Class 2A triple jump. And he left Shippensburg University’s Seth Grove Stadium as he came, still No. 1. Fancher became the first track athlete from East Allegheny to win a PIAA title...
Westmoreland high school athlete of the week: Norwin’s Brookelyn Kotch and Penn-Trafford’s Brandon Roher
Brookelyn Kotch School: Norwin Class: Senior Sport: Softball Claim to fame: Kotch did something many pitchers have not done in recent years: She beat Hempfield. Kotch scattered six hits, did not issue a walk and struck our four while forcing 13 flyouts as Norwin upset top-seeded and defending WPIAL Hempfield,...
A-K Valley high school notebook: Deer Lakes’ Cochran named section MVP
Deer Lakes senior outfielder Ryan Cochran’s fielding and hitting made Section 3-3A coaches stand up and take notice this spring, and the Lancers veteran was awarded in a vote as the section’s MVP. Cochran led Deer Lakes with an average of better than .450 throughout the season and fronted the...
Butler’s Drew Griffith breaks PIAA championship record in 3,200, but national mark must wait
SHIPPENSBURG — Drew Griffith won his second PIAA gold medal and broke a state championship record Saturday, but unlike a day earlier, the Butler star didn’t take a run at any national marks. He’ll save that for summer. The senior won his second title in two days at the PIAA...
Freeport’s Michael Braun adds 2nd state medal to his collection
SHIPPENSBURG — After crossing the finish line at Seth Grove Stadium, distance runners are ushered to the infield turf where they can go in a few different directions. Some make their way toward the shade of their team tents, which Freeport’s Michael Braun did a year ago. But this year,...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Freeport’s Mady Kirsch, Burrell’s Stevie Hasson
Mady Kirsch School: Freeport Class: Sophomore Sport: Hockey Report card: Kirsch scored two goals and had an assist to lead the East girls hockey team to a 4-1 win over Northeast in a PIHL girls hockey game Thursday. She has 18 goals and five assists this season for East (5-5)....
Cross country champion Jaxon Schoedel of Mohawk adds PIAA title in 3,200 meters
SHIPPENSBURG — Mohawk’s Jaxon Schoedel was stuck in a slow heat for the 1,600 meters a day earlier, but the 3,200 meters had everybody in one big group Saturday. That’s how he likes it. “Yesterday was about racing the clock and today was about racing one of the best distance...
