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Trib HSSN Softball State Rankings for June 21, 2023
The 2023 high school softball season is history with six new PIAA champions mining diamond gold. All six were double golden winners, taking home a district championship before claiming victory in their last four games to win a state title. Two of the new champions capped off perfect seasons with...
Trib HSSN Softball State Championship Team of the Week for June 21, 2023
At some point in the near future, members of the Montour softball team will look back at the spring of 2023 with great memories of an 18-win season and reaching both the district and state championship games. However, the pain of coming up just short in one-run losses to Belle...
Mt. Pleasant’s Jackson Hutter adds 1st Division I scholarship offer
Jackson Hutter hopes the Division I college football offer he received this week is the first of many. The rising senior linebacker prospect from Mt. Pleasant received an offer to play at Saint Francis (Pa.) after attending the Red Flash’s camp Tuesday in Loretto. Hutter (6-foot-1, 200 pounds) also recently...
Latrobe hires Livingston as girls basketball coach
When Mackenzie Livingston interviewed for a teaching position in the Greater Latrobe School District, she was excited to learn the girls basketball coaching position was available. It was perfect timing. At Tuesday’s school board meeting, Livingston was hired as a high school health and physical education teacher and the school’s...
Final Trib HSSN state baseball rankings for June 20, 2023
The 2023 high school baseball season is in the books six new state champions have been crowned. All six were double golden winners, winning their district championship before claiming victory in their last four games to win a PIAA title. Heading into next spring, the defending state champions will be...
Trib HSSN Baseball State Championship Player of the Week for June 20, 2023
Less than a week after leading Riverside to a perfect season, capped by a win the PIAA championship game at Penn State, sophomore Christian Lucarelli was out on the golf course. After doing well on the front nine, he struggled mightily on the back nine and ended up carding a...
Trib 10: Riverside baseball, Hempfield softball top final power rankings
There were a lot of silver linings at the end of the district baseball and softball season. Seven WPIAL teams reached the PIAA finals at Penn State; however, five brought home the silver runner-up trophy. Those teams coming so close to a state championship included Mt. Lebanon baseball, Hempfield softball,...
Trib HSSN Softball State Championship Player of the Week for June 19, 2023
The end came quickly, and it hurt. While a season-ending loss in the PIAA Class A softball championship game may be a lesson and a stepping stone for a young Union team, for the lone senior starter, it was the end of a golden journey capped off with a silver...
Trib HSSN Baseball State Championship Team of the Week for June 18, 2023
In 55 years as head coach of the Riverside baseball program, coach Dan Oliastro has witnessed a lot. One of the things he had never seen a perfect season — until this past week. The Panthers became the first WPIAL baseball team to win a PIAA championship with a perfect...
High school wrestling coaches take wait-and-see approach with 3-point takedown
There was a major shakeup in college wrestling earlier this month when the value of a takedown was changed from two to three points in a move meant to encourage more aggressive offense. Will that rule change make its way down to the high school level? Local coaches don’t think...
Basketball championship highlighted 2022-23 school year for Penn Hills sports
The 2022-23 school year produced more than a few memorable moments for Penn Hill athletic programs. The Indians had a productive year and in one case, the boys basketball program was able to add to the school’s trophy case. Here’s a look at a few of the moments that made...
Pine-Richland teams filled trophy case during memorable 2022-23 school year
What a year it was for Pine-Richland athletics. Five Rams teams won WPIAL championships, the football team returned to state champion glory, and there were several individuals that won district and state championships. Inside a newly renovated gym for 2023-24, there will be plenty of updated banners. Below is a...
Seniors play key role in Pine-Richland girls lacrosse’s return to championship form
The Pine-Richland girls lacrosse team received a pretty tough draw in the Class 3A state quarterfinals. Not only were the Rams up against one of the best teams in the state in Penncrest, but they had to play the morning after seven seniors on the team had their graduation ceremony....
Monroeville baseball team lets Gateway grads stay in game
Donovan Baxter is feeling a wave of redemption this summer as a manager and player for the Monroeville Red Pandas in the Pittsburgh North American Baseball Association. He and a number of his Gateway classmates were denied their senior seasons in 2020 when the covid pandemic shut down all spring...
Gateway shows championship mettle during 2022-23 school year
The 2022-23 school year featured a number of standout moments for Gateway athletic programs. Individuals and teams produced top results and raised the level of pride for those who support the Gators in black and gold. Here is a look at a few of the notable moments that made this...
WPIAL runner-up finish caps strong season for Quaker Valley boys track
Quaker Valley’s boys track and field team emerged from the shadow of its counterpart girls squad this season. The QV girls captured their second consecutive WPIAL Class 2A team title in 2023. The QV boys also capped a successful team season with a runner-up finish at the WPIAL championship meet....
Quaker Valley 3-sport standout Nora Johns picks Ohio Wesleyan
Quaker Valley’s loss is Ohio Wesleyan’s gain. QV graduate Nora Johns has opted to continue her athletic and academic careers at Ohio Wesleyan, where she will compete on the women’s basketball team and in the track and field program. Johns, a three-sport standout in soccer, basketball and track in high...
Royce Parham leaves North Hills to play senior year at Ohio prep school
One of the top high school basketball players in Pennsylvania is leaving the WPIAL and the state for his upcoming senior year. North Hills junior Royce Parham is transferring to Western Reserve Academy, a prep school in Northeast Ohio. The Marquette recruit said the idea of playing his high school...
Shaler softball falls in state finals on 9th-inning play at the plate
In a game full of heart-stopping moments, Saturday’s PIAA Class 5A championship contest between Shaler and District 3 champion Northern York at Penn State’s Beard Field at Nittany Lion Softball Park came down to a play at the plate. With the teams tied 2-2 in the bottom of the ninth...
Mt. Lebanon’s 7th-inning rally falls short in state finals loss to Father Judge
UNIVERSITY PARK – The Mt. Lebanon baseball players left the state championship game with silver medals, but the Blue Devils’ coach insisted he’d always remembered this team as golden. When they started the year with eight consecutive losses, nobody could’ve predicted then they’d reach the state finals. Yet their dream...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 17, 2023
High schools Baseball PIAA championships Class 6A Championship Saturday’s result Father Judge 4, Mt. Lebanon 1 Class 4A Championship Saturday’s result Bellefonte 7, Dallas 1 Class 2A Championship Saturday’s result Bald Eagle Area 11, Mount Union 0 Lacrosse PIAA championships Boys Class 3A Championship Saturday’s result Radnor 8, Springfield 1...
Marple Newtown stops Mars lacrosse’s repeat bid in final seconds of state championship game
The Mars Fightin’ Planets were looking for history to repeat itself. The Marple Newtown Fightin’ Tigers were looking for revenge. It was a fight Marple Newtown won, earning an 11-10 comeback victory over Mars in the PIAA Class 2A boys lacrosse championship game Saturday at Penn State. The Planets and...
Keystone Oaks defensive back Clinton Robinson commits to Syracuse
Keystone Oaks defensive back Clinton Robinson, who’ll be a senior in the fall, has committed to Syracuse. He announced his decision on Twitter. The 6-foot-1, 195-pound safety chose the Orange over offers from West Virginia, Bowling Green, Howard, Kent State, Miami (Ohio), Monmouth, Ohio, Temple and Western Michigan. The recruiting...
Parkland knocks off Shaler, takes PIAA boys volleyball title east
UNIVERSITY PARK — For the first time since 2017, there will be a new PIAA Class 3A champion in boys volleyball. Parkland moved the trophy east for the first time in years with a 3-0 sweep of WPIAL champion Shaler on Saturday at Rec Hall at the Penn State University....
District 31 Legion teams catching up after success of high school programs
It is catch-up time for baseball teams in District 31 American Legion. Four teams’ seasons — Bushy Run, Homer City, Latrobe and Unity — were delayed to varying degrees by the success of the Indiana, Latrobe and Penn-Trafford high school programs. All three qualified for the PIAA tournament, and Indiana...
