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Pine-Richland swimmers set for WPIAL championships
The Pine-Richland swimming teams are gearing up for the WPIAL Class AAA championships set for Feb. 28 and March 1 at Pitt’s Trees Pool. The Rams are armed with athletes who are experienced in the itle meet and others who are qualifying for the first time. Regardless of their experience...
Pine-Richland competitive cheer team places at nationals
The Pine-Richland competitive cheer team put together a number of strong performances at the 2019 UCA National High School Cheerleading Championship in Orlando, Fla., surviving the cut to the the final round before collecting 11th place at the annual event. The solid finish marked a notable improvement for the Rams,...
Led by Decheck, Taylor, Plum swimmers ready to compete at WPIAL meet
Justin Decheck secured his place at the next level before this season by signing a letter of intent in November to swim at Gannon. Now, Decheck hopes to conclude his senior season with top swims at the championship events, including the WPIAL Class AAA meet Feb. 28 and March 1...
Norwin swimmers ready to cash in at WPIALs
All season, first-year Norwin swimming coach Doug Watson told his swimmers they were making money. With each lap, turn and stroke in the pool, the Knights were investing in their future. “I like to tell them they’re putting money in the bank, and we’re not going to withdraw it until...
Norwin hockey looks to get back to its aggressive game
Norwin’s hockey team achieved its first goal: qualifying for the PIHL Class A Penguins Cup playoffs. The Knights hope to check off more accomplishments on their list. “Any team that makes the playoffs has a shot of getting to the championship. That’s the mentality you have to have,” Norwin junior...
Franklin Regional swim team enjoys surprise success
Longtime Franklin Regional swimming coach Vic Santoro was expecting this season to be a rebuilding year. Until it wasn’t. “At the beginning of the season, if you would have told me that we would win both sections and the girls would’ve repeated (as) WCCA (champs), I would said that wasn’t...
The Herald Spotlight Athlete: Shady Side Academy’s Grady Munroe
Grady Munroe, a junior on the Shady Side Academy basketball team, was one of top performers on the team all season. The 6-foot-2 swingman averages 12 points and also is on the SSA golf team. He hopes to pursue film and/or writing in college. Here’s a closer look at this...
Keith Dambrot leads Duquesne into final six games of `draining’ seasonVideo
After the game has been over for hours and the janitor has swept up the last bit of spilled popcorn from the bleachers, one light stays lit inside Palumbo Center. After losses, anyway. Keith Dambrot is still at work in his office, trying to figure out what went wrong, guarding...
Trib HSSN Girls Swimmer of the Week: Gateway’s Olivia Livingston
Olivia Livingston set the bar for the rest of the WPIAL in the second week of December when she established a time of 23.49 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle against Upper St. Clair. She was coming off a trip to USA Swimming’s Junior Winter Nationals in North Carolina, and that...
Trib HSSN Boys Swimmer of the Week: New Castle’s Zachary Bell
Zachary Bell is making the most of his final WPIAL swimming season. The senior, an independent competitor representing New Castle, recently established a new personal season-best time and a WPIAL-best mark in the Class AA boys 200-yard freestyle when he swam 1 minute, 45.19 seconds to claim the title at...
W&J favored to win PAC baseball title
The Washington & Jefferson baseball team picked up eight of nine first-place votes and was the Presidents’ Athletic Conference coaches’ pick to win the conference. The Presidents were 28-16-1 overall and 16-2 in the conference in 2018, made their 10th consecutive trip to the conference tournament and finished second to...
Tri-State PGA announces award winners
Each year, the Tri-State PGA Section recognizes the top contributors to its organization and the district golf community. Award winners for this year were announced this week. They are as follows: Golf Professional of the Year: Tom Beeder, Grandview Golf Club Teacher of the Year: Chuck Scally, Scally’s Golf Center...
Mt. Lebanon’s Anderson named state’s top cross country runner by Gatorade
Mt. Lebanon runner Patrick Anderson, who won WPIAL and PIAA titles in the fall, was named this week as the state’s Gatorade Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year. The 5-foot-8, 150-pound junior also placed sixth at the Foot Locker Northeast Regional in Bronx, N.Y., and finished 29th at the...
Report: Antonio Brown, Art Rooney II to meet in Florida
Art Rooney II might finally get his meeting with Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown after all. After initially reporting Brown refused to meet with Rooney during the Steelers team president’s trip to Florida, NFL Network’s Ian Rapaport said Friday that Brown changed his mind and will meet with Rooney,...
Colin Moran hopes for improved mobility at 3rd base for PiratesVideo
BRADENTON, Fla. – Colin Moran was honest with his self-evaluation, so the Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman spent the offseason working on his mobility to improve his defensive range. “When I’m ready to react to the ball, the right muscles are firing so I’m maybe not as slow on the first...
Penguins defenseman Justin Schultz off injured list, could play Saturday
The long, slow road back to the lineup for Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Justin Schultz looks to be nearing its conclusion. The Penguins activated Schultz from the injured list on Friday afternoon. Earlier in the day, at practice in Cranberry, he skated on a regular defense pair with Jack Johnson and...
5 players to watch in the opening round of the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs
The five-day forecast calls for cold weather across Western Pennsylvania, but here are five WPIAL boys basketball players worth braving the wind chill to watch. All five are in action during the first round of the WPIAL playoffs. Keandre Bowles, Woodland Hills, senior Bowles was the WPIAL’s leading scorer in...
Penguins’ Teddy Blueger, Garrett Wilson on track to stay in lineup
With Evgeni Malkin returning from a one-game suspension and Zach Aston-Reese back from a hand injury, the Pittsburgh Penguins have as large a crop of available forwards as they’ve had at any point in the season. That means tough decisions for coach Mike Sullivan when the Penguins host Calgary on...
Dan Zangrilli returns, Kraig Riley joins Pirates shows on 93.7 The Fan
Dan Zangrilli will host Pittsburgh Pirates pregame and postgame broadcasts on flagship station 93.7 The Fan, returning to a role he held from 2012-16. Analyst Jack Zduriencik, a former Pirates scouting director and Seattle Mariners general manager, returns for his fourth season. Kraig Riley, a producer at The Fan since...
Ohio State joins list of schools recruiting Mars’ Michael Carmody
Mars junior Michael Carmody added his ninth Big 10 football offer Thursday when conference champion Ohio State joined his scholarship list. The Buckeyes joined conference foes Penn State, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Maryland, Nebraska, Rutgers and Wisconsin in recruiting the 6-foot-6, 290-pound offensive tackle. Overall, Carmody holds nearly two dozen...
First call: Possible Odell Beckham Jr. trade could impact Antonio Brown market
In “First Call” Friday, a coach calls his own team “a dumpster fire.” Will OBJ impact A.B.? And Marc-Andre Fleury sharpens his goal-scoring touch. ••• OBJ impacting A.B. Some are wondering if the Antonio Brown trade market may be impacted by a deal surrounding another outspoken wide receiver. It’s Odell...
Pirates begin 3-way battle for 5th spot in starting rotationVideo
BRADENTON, Fla. — The Pittsburgh Pirates believe pitching is one of their biggest strengths this season, with four starters already penciled into their starting rotation. That leaves the competition involving Jordan Lyles, Nick Kingham and Steven Brault for the fifth spot in one of the biggest position battles of spring...
Breaking down the fantasy impact of an Antonio Brown trade
Antonio Brown posted on Instagram that he is open for business. Great. He isn’t allowed to conduct that business. But from a fantasy sports standpoint, if Brown is on the move, what would be the most impactful landing spot? I ask Jeff Erickson of Rotowire about that in our weekly...
Is there logic to speculation about Le’Veon Bell going to Ravens?
Mike Garofolo of the NFL Network is the latest football analyst to opine that Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell may go to the Baltimore Ravens. This conversation was touched off when Bell publicly flirted with Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson on social media in the wake of a previous NFL Network...
Steelers’ Josh Dobbs proud of 2018, vows to progress more in ’19
It was only 12 pass attempts spread out over 30 snaps, mostly in six possessions, in five games. But to Josh Dobbs, the satisfaction of getting his first taste of NFL regular-season action outweighed its brevity. “It was great to get out there, and I am definitely fiending for some...
