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Trib HSSN’s top stories from the 2024-25 school year
Top high school sports stories from 2024-25 Sept. 18, 2024 Girls flag football officially becomes a PIAA-sanctioned sport. With more than 100 school-sponsored teams statewide, the PIAA board votes to add the sport in the 2025-26 school year. Sept. 27, 2024 Hopewell’s Rocco Marcantonio ties a WPIAL record with a...
2-sport North Allegheny star excited to play college ball at Drake
Whether he was defending passes in football or soaring through the air in track, Nick Humphries left his mark at North Allegheny. Now he’s ready to make the leap all the way to Des Moines, Iowa. The 2025 NA graduate departed in late June for Drake, where he will begin...
Fox Chapel Herald notebook: Shady Side Academy’s Javon Johnston impresses at nationals
Shady Side Academy’s Javon Johnston impressed at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. Johnston finished in first place in the triple jump in the freshman division, winning the event with a leap of 45 feet, 11.5 inches. Johnston also finished third in the long jump with...
North Allegheny’s Kayli Dings a rising star in WPIAL girls golf
North Allegheny’s Kayli Dings remembers when she had a hard time hitting a golf ball more than 50 yards. “It was very frustrating,” she said. “But, honestly, that’s what made it so fun. It was so competitive. It motivated me to get better.” Dings, who will be a senior at...
Baseball standout Jeremy Haigh caps Fox Chapel career with all-star game, all-state selection
Jeremy Haigh was caught off guard when he received an email from Fox Chapel baseball coach Jim Hastings. The recent Foxes graduate didn’t realize he had been nominated for the Pennsylvania State Baseball Coaches Association All-State team. Haigh, who was chosen by the organization as first team all-state as a...
Trib HSSN 2024-25 parade of champions: Individual titles
There is no I in team, but there is an I in the word impressive. These district athletes rose above all others to claim gold in their respective high school sports in the 2024-2025 school year. This salute to champion’s parade includes these folks who marched alone to what turned...
Trib HSSN 2024-25 parade of champions: Team titles
What better way to honor the top teams from the 2024-2025 school year than to march the WPIAL champions in a victory parade stretching from Lawrence County down to Washington County. Everybody enjoys a nice parade in the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer as we wrap up another District...
Plum’s Owen Proskin ‘shoots for the stars,’ takes 2nd in decathlon at national meet
Most athletes are excited to compete at the national level for just one track event, but Plum rising senior Owen Proskin has taken it to the next level. “My dad is always saying let’s shoot for the stars,” Owen said of his coach and father, Matt Proskin. “Anywhere we are...
Jeannette boys basketball team wants to add another, more special title to its resume
Winning a WPIAL championship last winter meant a lot to the Jeannette boys basketball team. But a different title — should the host Jayhawks win it Saturday — would carry a different meaning. Special meaning. “We want to do it for his parents,” Jeannette rising junior guard Markus McGowan said,...
Franklin Regional shortstop Luke Williams pivots to Vanderbilt
When he first decommitted from Virginia three weeks ago, it was tough for baseball player Luke Williams to mentally erase the image he had of himself in a Cavaliers uniform. Virginia and AI had already given him an idea of what he’d look like in his fresh digs and he...
Former Latrobe basketball star Austin Butler settles into new role as Hempfield coach
Granted, it was a low-key summer tournament game on just his 38th day on the job, but Austin Butler’s stomach didn’t seem to be in knots when he took the floor to coach Thursday night at Jeannette. He looked different somehow in Hempfield blue and white, but he was in...
Quaker Valley graduate Adou Thiero headed to Lakers in 2nd round of NBA Draft
Quaker Valley graduate Adou Thiero is headed to the Los Angeles Lakers. Thiero was chosen with the sixth pick of the second round of the NBA Draft on Thursday night, 36th overall. The Lakers were apparently eager to pick him, moving up from 55th with a pair of trades to...
2025 TribLive HSSN Softball Player of the Year: Neshannock’s Addy Frye
TribLive HSSN Softball Player of the Year Addy Frye Neshannock, sr., P The Neshannock softball team went 100-1 in Addy Frye’s four seasons with the Lancers, a dominance that ranks their dynasty among the greatest in WPIAL history. They won four WPIAL titles and three state championships. This spring for...
2025 TribLive HSSN Baseball Player of the Year: Riverside’s Zach Hare
TribLive HSSN Baseball Player of the Year Zach Hare Riverside, sr., P/1B Zach Hare realized he was on a crazy run after he pitched 5⅓ no-hit innings in Riverside’s playoff opener, threw a five-inning no-hitter in the quarterfinals and added seven more no-hit innings in the semifinals. If that weren’t...
Mark Katarski returns to alma mater as Mt. Pleasant boys basketball coach
When he was in middle school, Mark Katarski sharpened his No. 2 pencils and kept score for the Mt. Pleasant boys basketball team. He reveled in the details, the facts and figures that go into a game. “It was the 1990-91 season,” Katarski said. “My senior year, in 1995, I...
WPIAL notebook: Eligibility for former Southmoreland QB Anthony Smith on hold for now
Former Southmoreland quarterback Anthony Smith, a transfer to Seton LaSalle, must wait a month to learn his eligibility for the fall. The WPIAL board reviewed transfer paperwork for some students Wednesday, with Smith among them. Most were approved, but the board did not make Smith eligible because Southmoreland had flagged...
Norwin’s Preston Stoner wins Westmoreland County Junior Amateur
There are some impressive names on the Westmoreland County Junior Amateur trophy. They include amateur Nick Turowski, pro Palmer Jackson, pro Mark Goetz and pro Will Wears. Recent Norwin graduate Preston Stoner can add his name to the list. Stoner won the junior tournament Wednesday at Latrobe Country Club by...
Imani Christian Academy edge rusher Will Gorman commits to Youngstown State
Imani Christian Academy edge rusher William Gorman announced a verbal commitment to Youngstown State on X on Tuesday. Proud to announce my commitment to play football at Youngstown State University @ysufootball. Thank you @youngstownstate @YSUsports @1coachshep @fbcoachdp @Coach_Haneline @Rays_World9 @210ths @Chise89 pic.twitter.com/n5iYBIv2B0— Will KI Gorman (@willkigorman) June 24, 2025 The...
5th edition of Tre Cunningham Memorial Basketball Tournament set to tip off
“New” is the theme for the 5th annual Tre Cunningham Memorial Basketball Tournament set for Thursday through Saturday at the Jeannette elementary and high schools. New coaches and new teams will greet attendees at an event that honors late Jayhawks great Tre Cunningham, a three-sport standout who died in a...
Pine-Richland’s Jay Timmons flips commitment to Florida State, father’s alma mater
Another Timmons is headed to Florida State. Pine-Richland’s Jay Timmons, whose father Lawrence played linebacker for the Seminoles, flipped his commitment from Indiana to Florida State on Tuesday. A 5-foot-11, 175-pound rising senior, the younger Timmons is a highly ranked defensive back. He committed in late April to the Hoosiers...
State champ Cam Ponko of Penn-Trafford adds another highlight in 2nd annual all-star game
Cam Ponko wasn’t against having one more opportunity to wear her green-and-gold Penn-Trafford softball uniform after seeing her senior season culminate with a PIAA Class 5A title. She may have a harder time pulling on her crimson-and-black threads at IUP this fall after creating so many strong memories this spring....
West Virginia lands commitment from Bishop Canevin linebacker Minikon Johnson
Bishop Canevin outside linebacker Minikon Johnson committed to West Virginia on Tuesday, choosing the Mountaineers less than two weeks after getting his first college offers. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound rising junior also listed offers from Akron and Kent State, with all three arriving in the past 11 days. Johnson announced his...
2025 TribLive HSSN Terrific 10 Softball All-Stars
Here’s a look at the TribLive HSSN softball all-stars for the 2025 season. Terrific 10 Bria Bosiljevac Shaler, jr., P Bosiljevac went 13-3 with a 0.90 ERA and pitched Shaler to a WPIAL Class 5A title. The Indiana recruit struck out 191 batters in 101 innings and walked only 14....
2025 TribLive HSSN Terrific 10 Baseball All-Stars
Here’s a look at the TribLive HSSN baseball all-stars for the 2025 season. Terrific 10 Keegan Deihl Pine-Richland, sr., P In a season where standout pitching was the story across the WPIAL, Deihl showed one of the top arms. The Baylor recruit went 10-1 with a 2.04 ERA and led...
Former Seton Hill women’s basketball coach Katarski expected to be hired as Mt. Pleasant boys coach
Mt. Pleasant will vote Wednesday to hire recommended candidate Mark Katarski, a Vikings alum, as boys head basketball coach. Katarski most recently served as interim boys basketball coach at Hempfield during last season’s investigation of former Spartans coach Bill Swan. He will replace Annie Malkowiak, who was not retained after...
