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Head of the Class: The top WPIAL softball coaches in each classification in 2025
This was a golden spring for our Trib HSSN coaches of the year. Three of them enjoyed district championship runs; one led his team to a state title while a pair of coaches from Lawrence County had their brooms in hand as they swept both WPIAL and PIAA softball gold....
Head of the Class: The top WPIAL baseball coaches in each classification for 2025
Five WPIAL teams made it through the first three rounds of the PIAA playoffs to finish the Path to Penn State and play in the state championship games in their respective classifications. Only two of the five district teams returned home with gold, but that was two more than the...
Mars receiver Gabe Hein commits to Sacred Heart
Mars rising senior Gabe Hein announced a verbal commitment to Sacred Heart on Wednesday morning via his X account. The 6-foot, 170-pound wide receiver played alongside his older brother, Liam Hein, at wideout last season. Liam graduated and will be wrestling at Point Park for the upcoming school year. Hein...
Aliquippa QB Marques Council Jr. commits to Yale
Aliquippa quarterback Marques Council Jr. is headed to the Ivy League. The 6-foot-2, 191-pound rising senior announced his commitment to Yale via social media Monday night. Council completed 81 of 169 passes (47.93%) for 1,477 yards, 16 touchdowns and three interceptions last season. He also had 36 carries for 115...
Pitt football announces 19 newcomers, including 2 WPIAL walk-ons
With the season opener 75 days away, Pitt announced 19 additions to the football roster Monday. The list includes seven freshman from the early signing period in December, three specialists plus Latrobe defensive back John Wetzel — who committed this year — three transfers and five freshman walk-ons. Two WPIAL...
State champion Penn-Trafford softball team plans youth camp
After Penn-Trafford won the PIAA softball championship Friday at Penn State, Warriors coach Denny Little had his players take photos with some younger fans celebrating from the bleachers at Beard Field. He said it would be nice to make it a tradition. The next generation of girls will have a...
Always improving Kiski Area wrestler Cooper Roscosky headed to University of Buffalo
Cooper Roscosky doesn’t wait long to hear what Kiski Area wrestling coach Chris Heater has to say about how a practice went. What Heater appreciates is that Roscosky is more interested in the feedback than the manner it is delivered. “On a daily basis, he would want to know what...
Trib HSSN softball player of the week for June 16, 2025Video
Trib HSSN softball player of the week – Kylie Anthony School – Penn-Trafford Class – Senior Position – Shortstop #Earned – While Anthony went hitless in the PIAA Class 5A championship game, she was rock solid on defense in helping Penn-Trafford win a second PIAA championship in the last six...
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week for June 16, 2025
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week – Tim Birch School – Indiana Class – Senior Position – Outfielder #Earned – Indiana leaned heavily on its pitching depth on the road to sweeping both district and state gold this season. Senior Greg Minnick was the Trib HSSN Player of the...
Penn-Trafford, Neshannock, Union complete season atop Trib HSSN state softball rankings
It turned out to be a banner state softball postseason for WPIAL teams. Six PIAA champions were crowned, and half of them returned to District 7 with gold. Penn-Trafford in 5A, Neshannock in 2A and Union in Class A are celebrating state championships. The others were spread out among three...
Indiana, Riverside finish season atop Trib HSSN state baseball rankings
The baseball diamond crown will be shared in 2025 as two districts were able to boast of double state champions. The WPIAL sent five teams to Penn State, but only two came home with gold — Indiana in 4A and Riverside again in 3A. District 1 in suburban Philadelphia also...
Gateway bowlers compete at high school nationals after strong season
In 2024, the Gateway boys bowling team finished fourth overall at the state championships. At the time, the players and coaches didn’t know there was a national championship tournament or that they had qualified for it based on making the state tournament. This year, however, the Gators were keenly aware...
Shaler baseball, softball, boys volleyball teams share success at WPIAL, PIAA level
Tom Sorce is happy for the Shaler Area sports community. The Titans softball coach did wish he was worried less about the chores around the house and more about what his colleagues in other sports were. The Shaler softball team joined the boys volleyball and baseball teams in capturing WPIAL...
Sewickley Herald notebook: Sewickley Academy lacrosse players earn all-section honors
A total of 14 Sewickley Academy athletes were named all-section in lacrosse in 2025. On the boys side, Section 2-2A all-stars included Jake Donesec, Max Soderstrom, Eli Gargani and Eli Stephan on the second team and Luca Peluso, Briggs Jamison and Jack and Matthew Bruno as honorable mention selections. For...
Defense will have new look but future looks bright for Quaker Valley girls lacrosse
The Quaker Valley girls lacrosse team won’t be embarking on a rebuilding process following a successful 2025 season. Instead, the Quakers are expected to be retooling their starting lineup — particularly on defense. “I’m very proud of the way this team never gave up this season,” QV coach Laura Peery...
After historically strong season, Quaker Valley baseball expects growth to continue
Quaker Valley’s baseball squad finished as the WPIAL Class 3A runner-up and a PIAA quarterfinalist in 2025. It marked the first time in more than a decade that a QV baseball team reached the WPIAL championship game. It also was more than a decade since the Quakers advanced to the...
Banner season for Quaker Valley track included medal haul at MAC meet
The Midwestern Athletic Conference track and field championships provide high-energy competition the Quaker Valley athletes look forward to annually. This year’s early season 26-team invite took place April 23 at Shenango, and the WPIAL champion Quakers proved to be dazzling. QV took home 32 medals from the WPIAL tune-up meet...
Sewickley Academy runner honored for achievements on, off track
Cooper D’Antonio wrapped up his scholastic career as one of Sewickley Academy’s top senior award recipients. A two-sport competitor in track and cross country, D’Antonio landed the Stan Partenheimer Sportsmanship Award at the spring sports banquet held May 21 in Rhea Auditorium. “I am very grateful to have received the...
Hard work pays off with trip to nationals for Brauer brothers
In the sport of rowing, consistency plays a key role. It helps when crews stick together so that everyone is familiar with each other’s cadences and strategy, so that the team can put forth its best effort and emerge victorious in a race. Grant and Christian Brauer, who row for...
Despite abrupt end, Pine-Richland girls lacrosse team savors season’s highlights
Pine-Richland girls lacrosse coach Shannen Wood wishes the team’s season had ended differently. After putting together another outstanding season, making a third WPIAL championship game appearance and a third straight trip to the PIAA state playoffs, the Rams’ season came to an end in a 18-3 loss at the hands...
Plum bowlers relish experience at high school national championships
When the Plum boys and girls bowling teams punched their tickets to the state championships in March, they also secured return trips to the U.S. High School Bowling National Championships on June 7-9, in Fort Wayne, Ind. For seniors Cade Schimmer and Vince Rossetti on the boys side, and the...
Former Norwin standout fills scoresheet as college hockey freshman
Mario Cavallaro was a sophomore in 2022 when he played a key role in Norwin’s PIHL Penguin Cup championship run. He scored the game-winning goal in the finals on an assist from his brother, Anthony. But Super Mario was far from finished. Cavallaro went on to play for the South...
North Hills athletes buy in, earn postseason success on track
As North Hills assistant outdoor track and field coach, Wade Endress knows the importance of buy-in from top to bottom of the roster. Unlike most coaches, though, he and head coach Mark Timko oversee more than 100 athletes. “I think any coaching staff probably experiences this in some way, but...
Growth mindset helps North Hills softball to solid season, chance to build in future
After bowing out in the second round of the 2024 WPIAL playoffs, the North Hills softball team could have looked at the 2025 season as an opportunity for redemption. The Indians didn’t look at it that way, though, and that served them pretty well. “You know, the narrative for (the...
North Allegheny grad represents country, hooks medal at fly fishing world championships
Mike Komara’s trip with Team USA to the 2025 World Fly Fishing Championships last month in the Czech Republic featured a medal and some metal. “We had an extra day in Prague, and we went to an Iron Maiden concert,” Komara said. “It was great. It was actually my first...
