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PIAA football Class A championship game preview: Fort Cherry vs. Steelton-Highspire
The first of six PIAA championship games features two brilliant quarterbacks as District 3 and defending PIAA champion Steelton-Highspire takes on WPIAL champion Fort Cherry. This is the 35th year of the PIAA football playoffs, which began in 1988. Since then, the state championship games have been played at one...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school football rankings for Dec. 5, 2023
The final weekend of the 2023 high school football season is upon us as the six PIAA championship games are set for Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg. Seven of the 12 teams playing for state gold this week also were in the title game a year ago. St. Joseph’s...
High school roundup for Dec. 5, 2023: Mt. Lebanon beats North Allegheny in 3OT thriller
Riley Farabaugh scored 32 points to lead Mt. Lebanon to a wild 83-80 victory over North Allegheny in three overtimes in nonsection boys basketball Tuesday night. North Allegheny’s Anthony Sciote hit a shot from half-court to tie the game at the end of regulation and Tigers teammate Ty Iwanonkiw hit...
Kiski Area girls hold off late push by St. Joseph to bounce back from loss
The Kiski Area girls basketball team bounced back from a tough loss to Armstrong Saturday and handed St. Joseph its first loss of the young season with a 44-35 victory Tuesday in a nonsection clash at Kiski Area High School. “It was nice to come back and get a good...
Bigger, stronger Norwin girls outmuscle Penn-Trafford for nonsection win
Norwin’s girls looked taller and stronger when they took the court against rival Penn-Trafford. A coach joked that someone stretched the players out in the offseason. No, it’s just a reflection of intense conditioning and the returning WPIAL and PIAA semifinalists getting into game shape. Norwin, the No. 2-ranked team...
Wrestling notebook: Penn-Trafford’s Barrett, Coy win titles at Hickory tournament
Penn-Trafford sophomore Dylan Barrett (114) and senior Hayden Coy (145) captured titles at the Hickory Invitational on Dec. 2. Barrett (5-0) record four first-period pins and then defeated Northwestern’s Micah Rodriguez by technical fall, 18-3 (5 minutes, 27 seconds), in the finals. Coy (5-0) rolled to easy wins in his...
WPIAL wrestling rankings for week of Dec. 3, 2023
Class 3A Top 10 Team (Last year’s record) Last year’s rankings 1.Canon-McMillan (0-0) 1 2. Trinity (0-0) 2 3. Connellsville (0-0) 3 4. Waynesburg (0-0) 4 5. Franklin Regional (0-0) 5 6. Plum (0-0) 6 7. North Allegheny (0-0) 7 8. Norwin (4-1) 8 9. Latrobe (0-0) 9 10. Kiski...
Belle Vernon players, coaches recall ‘The Stand’ ahead of return to PIAA championship game
He teared up before it happened in person, and he tears up when he watches it again on video. “I still get chills when I think about it,” Belle Vernon senior defensive back Adam LaCarte said. “I had tears in my eyes just as we were about to line up...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 4, 2023
High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s results Nonsection Greensburg Central Catholic 82, Ligonier Valley 37 Hopewell 74, New Brighton 54 Southmoreland 76, Frazier 50 Uniontown 97, Washington 40 West Shamokin 58, Apollo-Ridge 36 Tuesday’s schedule Class 4A Section 2 Lincoln Park at Beaver, 7:30 p.m. Nonsection Ambridge at New Brighton, 7...
High school roundup for Dec. 4, 2023: Behind 31 points from Megan Marston, Plum wins again
Megan Marston scored 31 points to lead Plum to a 62-38 girls basketball victory over Beaver on Monday in a nonsection matchup of teams that opened the season with undefeated weekends. Riley Stephans added 10 for the Mustangs (3-0), who won a pair of games at the Freeport tournament. Samantha...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Dec. 5, 2023: Lincoln Park gets early start on section play
Some believe Lincoln Park might be the best boys basketball team in the WPIAL. So if the Leopards are first, then it would only be appropriate that the defending WPIAL and PIAA Class 4A champs are the first to open up section play this season. On Tuesday, Lincoln Park and...
Trib HSSN football team of the week for 2023 Week 14Video
Two and a half weeks ago, the North Allegheny football team repeated as WPIAL 6A champions, 11 years after it won three straight district titles. Now following a victory Saturday, the Tigers (13-1) are one win away from their third PIAA football crown and their first state title in 11...
Imani Christian basketball moving to 6A in 2024, football also playing up
Imani Christian is one of the smallest schools in WPIAL basketball, but the Saints want to compete with the big boys. After winning WPIAL and PIAA Class A titles last winter, Imani Christian has decided to voluntarily move up to 6A for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons. The PIAA on...
The Kiski School builds on success, wins 4th straight PAISAA championship
Going into the season, The Kiski School boys soccer team was expected to have a down year. Seemed surprisingly odd considering the program had won a Pennsylvania Independent Schools Athletic Association (PAISAA) championship last year, its third in a row. Losing 14 seniors from the previous year’s team was a...
Westmoreland County senior spotlight: Jeannette’s Isaiah Mallich
Last year, Jeannette’s boys basketball team lost in the first round of the WPIAL playoffs to Northgate. There are plenty of reasons for the Jayhawks not to dwell on that defeat. It came at the end of a perfectly respectable regular season — they went 13-8, 7-5 in section play...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Cheswick Christian’s Grant Rochkind
Grant Rochkind and his teammates have enjoyed success together playing basketball for Cheswick Christian Academy. “Our teams have gotten better over the last few years,” Rochkind said. “A lot of the guys have been playing together for the last few years, and we’ve been able to build a good chemistry.”...
Freeport hockey ready to take next step with young core
There is a lot to look forward to with Freeport hockey. The young Yellow Jackets started the season with a 1-5 record, but Freeport has racked up five points with two overtime losses and a shootout loss. Freeport remained competitive in November, especially during a shootout loss to Moon, which...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Dec. 4, 2023: Uniontown hosts Washington in nonsection showdown
The first full week of high school basketball kicks into full gear with plenty of nonsection roundball in the early part of the week. One matchup to watch in boys basketball Monday is Class 4A power Uniontown opening its season at home against 3A power Washington (0-2). Last season, Uniontown...
5 WPIAL teams, Westinghouse make March to Mechanicsburg for PIAA championships
The March to Mechanicsburg is complete as five WPIAL and one City League team will be part of the six-pack heading to Cumberland Valley High School and the PIAA football finals this week. This will be the second time District 7 sends as many as five teams to the football...
Trib HSSN football player of the week for Week 14
When not running through or around opposing players on the football field, Aliquippa senior running back John Tracy runs his own business. After being introduced by his cousin, Tracy breeds and trains American Bullies dogs. He should be good at it since he is used to running with the big...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Dec. 4, 2023
We get the ball rolling on scholastic sports in December by wrapping up the high school football season and continuing with the start of the winter scholastic sports campaign this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Six local high school football teams are headed to the PIAA championships,...
High school sports scores, schedules for Dec. 3, 2023
High schools Basketball Boys Sunday’s results Midland Classic At Lincoln Park Blackhawk 71, Rochester 66 East Liverpool 79, Western Beaver 40 Lincoln Park 63, Moon 53 North Catholic Tournament North Catholic 79, St. Joe’s (N.Y.) 48 Ursuline 85, Devon Prep 68 Play 4 Mae Tip-Off Tournament At Woodland Hills West...
High school sports roundup for Dec. 3, 2023: Lincoln Park tops Moon in battle of No. 1 teams
Four players scored in double figures as Lincoln Park beat Moon, 63-53, in a battle of No. 1 teams Sunday night at the Midland Classic. Pitt recruit Brandin Cummings and Meleek Thomas each had 19 points, and Mikey Crawford and Dontay Green each added 11 for Class 4A No. 1...
2023-24 PIHL standings through Dec. 3, 2023
Here are the latest 2023-24 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday. Don’t miss live and archived PIHL action every week at TribHSSN.TribLive.com. Class 3A Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points North Allegheny, 6-2-0 = 12 Pine-Richland, 6-2-0 = 12 Seneca Valley, 6-2-0 = 12...
Jim Schall steps down as girls volleyball coach at Penn-Trafford
There will be a new person coaching the Penn-Trafford girls volleyball team next year. Longtime coach Jim Schall said he felt it was time to step away. It will allow him to spend more time with his family (wife Nancy and children Patrick and Kate) and focus more on the...
