Jerin Steele stories, Page 29

There were 14 girls who came to tryouts for the Pine-Richland girls golf team, and each one had a varying degree of experience. A couple of them, Emily Campbell and Ruby McCune, played on the varsity team last year. Others have played golf, but not in competition, and there’s some...

Plum football enters this fall in a position it hasn’t been in since 1983: defending conference champion. The Mustangs had a banner year in 2020, going undefeated in the Greater Allegheny Conference, and they were within three points of knocking off eventual state champion Thomas Jefferson in the WPIAL semifinals....

Cadin Olsen burst onto the WPIAL football scene last year by throwing for more than 2,000 yards and 23 touchdowns in his debut season as the Armstrong quarterback. Olsen led the WPIAL in passing yards and earned All-State honors. Now a junior, he’ll look to put together an encore performance,...

When the Pittsburgh Riverhounds and Tampa Bay Rowdies met Wednesday at Highmark Stadium, each played like a defensively sound team expected to be at the top of the standings. Neither relinquished the top spot, and they played to a 0-0 draw. The Riverhounds and Rowdies remained tied for first in...

When Moon won a conference championship two seasons ago, its formula for success was controlling the line of scrimmage, running the ball effectively and winning the time-of-possession battle. Tigers coach Ryan Linn sees all of the pieces being in place to execute that plan once again. Moon returns four starters...

When Kenardo Forbes scored early in the second half, it looked as if the Pittsburgh Riverhounds were on their way to a fifth consecutive victory. Instead, they ended up with their first loss in more than a month. Miami FC rallied with three goals in the second half, including the...

Ryder Davis will be looking for redemption when he gets on his motorcycle at Pittsburgh International Race Complex in Wampum. A lap into last year’s event, the 11-year-old racer was taken out in an accident and broke his arm. But coming off a podium finish at his last race at...

Alex Tanabe was living in Philadelphia last year when the covid-19 pandemic hit, and when his employer told him to start working from home, he decided to move back to Pittsburgh to be closer to his family. Returning home allowed him to reconnect with his younger brother Chris on the...

Ryan Stowers’ dream has always been to play college basketball at a four-year school and in late June it came to fruition when he signed on to play at Bluefield State, an NCAA Division II school in West Virginia. The journey to get there has had some twists and turns....

After the Pittsburgh Riverhounds were denied by Hartford Athletic keeper Jeff Caldwell several times in the first half, Alex Dixon found the finishing touch and helped his team move into first place. Dixon scored twice in the second half to propel the Riverhounds to a 3-1 win over Hartford on...

The Kiski Valley 14-and-under Pony League baseball team was an example of perfection this summer. Not only did they finish 19-0 and win the Allegheny River League Championship, but they dominated every aspect of the game. Kiski Valley outscored opponents 185-21 and recorded a 3-1 victory over Kiski 2 in...

Brad Sweet beat the field — and the weather — Tuesday night at Lernerville Speedway. With lightning flashing in the distance, Sweet, the current World of Outlaws points leader and two-time defending series champion, took the lead from local favorite Sye Lynch on Lap 12 and cruised to a $25,000...

In a 2020 World of Outlaws season that had plenty of close finishes, last year’s Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup was near the top of the highlight reel. Ten-time series champion Donny Schatz, two-time defending champion Brad Sweet and Kyle Larson waged a battle over the last 15 laps. Schatz...

For their first date, Michael Bauer took his future wife, Shannon, to a sprint car race he was competing in at Mercer Raceway Park and the night couldn’t have gone any better. “We won the heat and the feature,” Michael said. “It was kind of funny because I had to...

Former Quaker Valley girls soccer coach Jamie Birmingham knew he was going to step down at the end of last season, so he approached assistants Maggie Behun and Rachel Loudermilk and asked them if they wanted to step up into the role. It didn’t take long for the pair to...

The good news for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds on Saturday night was they won their third straight game at Highmark Stadium with a 1-0 victory over Loudoun United F.C. and moved into a first-place tie in the USL Atlantic Division. Their play however, in the eyes of coach Bob Lilley, left...

Quaker Valley has been a focal point in many chapters of Ken Johns’ life. He was a three-sport athlete at the school, coached at the youth and middle school levels and has watched his children make their athletic impact with the Quakers. Now he’s ready to add to his Quaker...

Fox Chapel boys basketball coach Zach Skrinjar looks at summer team camps as a good way to self scout and grow as a unit in a more relaxed environment compared to the grind of a WPIAL basketball season. Winning is always good too, no matter where the ball is being...

Young Township struck for seven runs in the fourth inning, and then lightning struck. Rain soon accompanied the lightning, and the inclement weather eventually forced a suspension of Thursday’s District 31 American Legion quarterfinal with No. 4 Young Township leading No. 5 Murrysville, 7-1, in the bottom of the fourth...

The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 22 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. Jeremiah Hasley went on a visit to Duke in late June and left with...

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds celebrated the Fourth of July weekend by finally beating Charlotte Independence. After going winless in their first dozen tries against Charlotte, the Riverhounds broke through with a 1-0 victory Saturday night at Highmark Stadium. The Riverhounds had seven losses and five draws against the Independence, but Anthony...

Bailey Bonnett left the U.S. Olympic swimming trials a couple weeks ago knowing she gave everything she had. The belief that she left everything in the pool and being around her Kentucky teammates made her second trip to the Olympic trials in Omaha, Neb., an enjoyable experience despite coming within...

Zoe Skirboll went into this year’s Olympic swimming trials with the attitude of enjoying the moment and gaining experience for the future. She didn’t make the Team USA swim team, but she produced one of the her best efforts and gained confidence she could one day be an Olympian. Skirboll,...

Like many local athletes, Jeremiah Hasley’s recruiting process started with phone calls and Zoom meetings with college coaches last year with campus visits restricted due to the covid-19 pandemic. Once Hasley got the green light to go on some visits this summer, Duke was on his list, and he immediately...

At age 5, Amelia Suhayda started swimming just for fun. Never did she or her parents imagine that six years later, she’d become one of the top swimmers in the country in her age group. Suhayda, a rising sixth grader in the Quaker Valley School District, recently won two events...