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League of their own: Norwin girls wrestlers relish special moments during PIAA’s inaugural season
Avalin Barry sat in the black-and-gold bleachers of North Allegheny High School’s gymnasium, her Sasquatch-patterned sweatpants tucked into a gray medical boot on her right leg and a brown cowboy boot on the left. The Norwin freshman and first-year wrestler wasn’t able to compete in the first WPIAL...
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week for March 10, 2024Video
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week: Derek Errett School: Fort Cherry Class: Senior Height: 5-foot-11 Position: Point guard What coach says: “Even though his shots were not falling and Karns City was sending help defenders at him, he continued to attack the basket and finish with 26 points,”...
What to watch for in Western Pa. sports for March 11, 2024: PIHL semifinals commence
The PIHL Penguins Cup playoffs begin the week-long Final Four games at the RMU Island Sports Complex on Neville Island and on Trib HSSN. The winners head to the championship game next week while the losers pack their gear until next season. Monday features the two Class 3A semifinals. Going...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week for March 10, 2024Video
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week: Fox Chapel Foxes Coach: Zach Skrinjar (15th season) Record: 7-3 in Section 2-5A, 16-11 overall #Earned: After losing to eventual champion Moon in the WPIAL quarterfinals, Fox Chapel earned the No. 5 seed with back-to-back consolation game victories over Kiski Area and...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of March 11, 2024
The high school basketball state playoffs move into the second round and quarterfinals while the high school hockey postseason shifts to the final four this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. The Road to Hershey continues with PIAA boys and girls basketball second-round playoff action Tuesday and Wednesday...
Butler senior Drew Griffith breaks national indoor high school track record in 2-mileVideo
This time it counts. Butler senior Drew Griffith broke a national indoor track record in the 2-mile run Sunday at the New Balance Nationals Indoor in Boston, earning an honor that eluded him last month on a technicality. Griffith beat the previous mark, which was set in 2013, by more...
Westmoreland notebook: Mid Mon Valley hall of fame selects newest class
Longtime Belle Vernon softball coach Tom Rodriguez, former Monessen football standout Joe Como and late Belle Vernon administrator Steve Russell are part of the 29th Mid Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame class. The class will be inducted June 21 at St. Spyridon’s Hellenic Center in Monessen. Rodriguez has...
High school sports schedules for March 11, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys Class 6A Second round Wednesday’s schedule Lower Merion (26-1) vs. Archbishop Wood (17-8) at Bensalem, 7:30 p.m.; Springfield Delco (14-14) vs. Spring-Ford (21-6) at Norristown, 7:30 p.m.; Parkland (22-5) vs. Chambersburg (20-6) at Central Dauphin East, 7:30 p.m.; WC Henderson (25-5) vs. Roman Catholic (26-2) at...
Sites, times released for PIAA Class 5A, 4A, A girls basketball 2nd round
With the exception of Class 5A, of course, it was a middle-of-the-road experience for WPIAL girls basketball teams in the first round of the Class 5A, 4A and A state playoffs Saturday. Historically, the Road to Hershey has been kind early for the district teams in 5A, and this season...
PIAA sets sites for 2nd-round boys basketball games in Class 6A, 3A, 2A
Class 2A boys basketball teams from the WPIAL got off to a great start on The Road to Hershey, while it was a slightly below average start for district teams from 6A and 3A. Combined, the 17 District 7 teams were 9-8 in the opening round of those three classes...
2024 WPIAL Class 6A softball preseason breakdown
Hempfield climbed back to the top of the pack in WPIAL Class 6A softball last season. The Spartans had won five straight championships in the highest classification from 2015-19 and added their eighth district crown last spring. They return a loaded lineup and Division I pitcher for another run at...
2024 WPIAL Class 6A baseball preseason breakdown
One of the top high school sports stories in 2023 took place in the WPIAL Class 6A baseball championship game when defending champion Mt. Lebanon took on North Allegheny. For the second time over the last half-century in the WPIAL, a no-hitter was thrown in the highest classification’s title game....
Gateway swimmers find success at WPIAL meet, earn berths to state competition
Gateway sophomore Gunner Raymer briefly faced a measure of adversity right before his 200-yard freestyle swim at the WPIAL Class 3A championships Feb. 29 at Pitt’s Trees Pool. He had a minor equipment failure as his goggles broke. “That kind of gave me an adrenaline rush,” Raymer said. “You obviously...
Gateway bowlers celebrate regional title, look ahead to state competition
When the Gateway boys bowling team wrapped up the Western Regional championship title March 2 at AMF Noble Manor Lanes, coach Joe Bowman got a message from two members of the last Gators team to qualify for the state tournament. “They (Mark Kuehn and Dominic Beau) shared a picture of...
Mike Scerbo named new athletic director at Sewickley Academy
Mike Scerbo knows he has big shoes to fill. But he is undaunted with the task of stepping in for Win Palmer, who died last year after a lengthy career as Sewickley Academy’s director of athletics. In the interim, Heather Border and Kelly Carioto have been serving as assistant athletic...
Sewickley Academy boys proud of accomplishments during difficult season
A winning season. Two victories in the Holiday Bash tournament at North Allegheny. A fourth-place finish and a WPIAL playoff berth out of Section 1-2A. All solid reasons why the Sewickley boys basketball team enjoyed a successful 2023-24 season. “When reflecting on the season based on the initial circumstances and...
Quaker Valley track team takes pride in showing at prestigious indoor state meet
Five of the top athletes in the Quaker Valley track and field program displayed their resolve during the 2023-24 indoor season. Senior Ellie Cain and juniors Jay Olawaiye, Davin “Macky” Gartley, Clark LaLomia and Thomas Debelak all advanced to the Tri-State Track Coaches Association indoor state championships Feb. 25 at...
Penn-Trafford swimmer Patton Graziano looking to finish senior season strong
Penn-Trafford senior Patton Graziano is hoping to end high school career on a good note. A PIAA Class 3A swimming title would be preferred, but he’d be satisfied with breaking his records in the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke. He did that at the WPIAL swimming and diving championships March...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Warriors hockey advances in Penguins Cup playoffs
Gavin Paterson scored the tie-breaking goal in the final minute of the second period and Tyler Funk made 31 saves as No. 8 Penn-Trafford knocked off defending champ South Fayette, the No. 1 seed, 4-3, in the PIHL Class 2A Penguins Cup quarterfinals March 4. Ben Zierski, Cam Kiste and...
Penn Hills wrestling program’s rebuilding project taking root
Jeremy Packer believes his two-year project has yielded strong results for the Penn Hills wrestling program. The Indians decided not to compete in a dual meet schedule during the last enrollment cycle to help build the program. Numbers were low because of the pandemic, and Packer felt the Indians needed...
Trip to WPIAL meet sparks Penn Hills swim team
The Penn Hills swim team took a much bigger contingent to Pitt’s Trees Pool this season for the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships. What made Indians coach Morgan Bush excited for next season was the prospect of seeing all of her swimmers turn in their best times of the season...
Pine-Richland notebook: Vaughn Spencer captures 2nd WPIAL wrestling title
Vaughn Spencer became a two-time WPIAL wrestling champion in style March 2, at Canon-McMillan. Spencer breezed his way through the Class 3A 172-pound bracket, earning a pin in the second period over Latrobe’s Hunter Snyder in the final. He had three pins in his four bouts. Spencer won by fall...
Pine-Richland hockey finds recipe for success with power play, defense
There wasn’t much separation in PIHL Class 3A with four teams finishing within one point of each other, but Pine-Richland has a couple traits that helped them eke into the top seed in the Penguins Cup playoffs. The Rams boast the top-ranked power play and have been exceptional at closing...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 9, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys Class 6A First round Saturday’s results Lower Merion 85, Cedar Crest 55 Archbishop Wood 81, Methacton 73 Springfield Delco 59, Abraham Lincoln 43 Spring-Ford 55, Scranton 52 Parkland 65, Plymouth Whitemarsh 35 Chambersburg 72, CB East 41 WC Henderson 80, Hazleton Area 73. Roman Catholic 63,...
PIAA announces details for boys 2nd-round games in Class 5A, 4A and A
The WPIAL got off to a good start Friday in the opening round of the Class 5A, 4A and A boys state basketball playoffs. The district was a combined 13-6 with 5A and 4A teams both going 5-2 while Class A teams from the WPIAL were 3-2. Now 13 boys...
