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Knoch draws highest seed among A-K Valley girls basketball playoff teams
Last year at this time, Knoch girls basketball coach Chris Andreassi and the Knights faithful were still exhaling from a WPIAL Section 1-4A playoff chase that went down to the final day of the regular season. Knoch ended a hectic last couple of weeks in a three-way tie with Apollo-Ridge...
Hempfield reinstates wrestling coach after suspension
After a two-day suspension, the Hempfield wrestling team once again has a head coach. Tommy Dolde, who was suspended last week because of a personnel matter, was reinstated after several parents expressed frustration to school board members Monday at the decision to suspend the coach near end of the season....
Breaking down the 2020 WPIAL girls basketball playoffs
Here is a breakdown of the 2019-20 WPIAL girls basketball playoffs: Class 6A Favorite: Bethel Park (19-2) looked like it might be the top seed, but the Black Hawks lost to Class 4A North Catholic Monday. Bethel Park allows just 37.7 points per game and has a pair of formidable...
Breaking down the 2020 WPIAL boys basketball playoffs
Here is a breakdown of the 2020 WPIAL boys basketball playoffs: Class 6A Favorite: Butler hasn’t won a WPIAL title since 1991, but Purdue recruit Ethan Morton might have the Golden Tornado in position to finally win one. Morton has come close twice, losing in the WPIAL finals in both...
Butler captures WPIAL rifle championship
For the first time since 1993, the Butler rifle team can celebrate a WPIAL championship. A wild-card entry into the WPIAL event, Butler (5-4) shot 800-67x to capture the district title Tuesday at Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen’s Club. It was the third WPIAL title for the Golden Tornado, who also won...
WPIAL releases 2019-20 basketball playoff pairings
The North Catholic girls basketball team has grown accustomed to hoisting the WPIAL championship trophy. The Trojanettes have won the past three WPIAL Class 4A titles. They are favored to repeat. The North Catholic girls were among five defending champions that were awarded a No. 1 seed Tuesday night when...
Live: Trib HSSN reveals the WPIAL basketball playoff pairings
It’s time for the postseason, and Trib HSSN has you covered as the WPIAL girls and boys basketball playoff pairings are announced Tuesday night. Don Rebel and Kyle Dawson are broadcasting live and will reveal the playoff brackets on the WPIAL Basketball Playoff Pairings Show, presented by Sendell Motors, starting...
Riverview tabs Carlynton alum Trevor George as football coach
The Riverview Raiders have found their new football coach. On Monday, the Riverview school board approved Trevor George, a former offensive coordinator for Ambridge and assistant for Blackhawk, to lead the program. “(Riverview) is a great place to be, and that’s the most attractive thing about it,” George said. “One...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Highlands’ Sarah Sawhook and Leechburg’s Dylan Cook
Sarah Sawhook Class: Senior School: Highlands Sport: Basketball Report card: Sawhook finished her high school career with a pair of 20-point efforts, scoring a personal-best 25 in a 73-48 loss to Apollo-Ridge and 22 in a 47-44 loss to Burrell. She was a four-year starter. What’s the most memorable moment...
George Guido: A-K Valley teams set to make run in basketball playoffs
The 108th WPIAL basketball tournament is set to start this weekend with seven boys and seven girls teams from the Alle-Kiski Valley qualifying. Brackets are available on tribhssn.triblive.com. Seeding is always interesting as Fox Chapel, Knoch, Highlands and Springdale have been ranked in the Trib HSSN boys top five for...
Coaching changes in Penn-Trafford soccer programs
Penn-Trafford’s soccer teams will be under new leadership next season. The school district Monday night accepted the resignation of girls coach and new mother Jackie Bartko, who guided the Warriors to their second WPIAL championship in 2017. The boys team, meanwhile, has a new coach in Sotiri Tsourekis, who coached...
Seton LaSalle boys bolstered by all-senior starting lineup
Veteran coach Mark Walsh is a staunch Seton LaSalle advocate, and is fully committed to the boys basketball program. As the saying goes, Walsh “bleeds green and gold.” His Rebels qualified for the WPIAL playoffs as the second-place team in Section 2-3A. In fact, the Rebels have advanced to the...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 10, 2020
Basketball Boys Monday’s results WPIAL Nonsection Beaver 56, South Side Beaver 55 Brentwood 60, McGuffey 56 Butler 58, Hampton 48 California 59, Brownsville 56 Canon-McMillan 49, Hempfield 46 Charleroi 66, Greensburg Central Catholic 57 Chartiers-Houston 52, Fort Cherry 46 Chartiers Valley 56, Mt. Lebanon 51 Connellsville 65, Albert Gallatin 44...
High school roundup for Feb. 10, 2020: North Catholic picks up pair of statement wins
Teams all over the WPIAL used Monday night as a chance to tune up for the playoffs or wrap up the season with a nonsection matchup. North Catholic’s boys and girls teams used the occasion to make a statement. On the boys side, Ryan Feczko hit a game-winning 3-pointer at...
WPIAL basketball brackets unveiled, team rifle finals set for Tuesday
The Path to the Pete officially begins Tuesday as the WPIAL unveils brackets to the six boys and six girls basketball playoff tournaments. Some of the questions heading into the big reveal: • How far will Fox Chapel fall in boys Class 6A after losing for the first time Friday?...
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Boys basketball No. 9
There were a lot of changes to the WPIAL basketball championships over the last 10 years. They expanded from two days to three days and from eight boys and girls finals to a dozen championship games. The district also switched venues, moving from the Palumbo Center at Duquesne to the...
Fox Chapel, Lincoln Park, Vincentian all fall from No. 1 in HSSN boys state rankings.
There was some shuffling and a couple of changes at the top of the classes but not a whole lot of exiting and entering in this week’s Trib HSSN weekly boys basketball state rankings as the regular season concludes. We have four new No. 1 teams in Class 6A, 4A,...
Freeport girls honor seniors, tune up for playoffs with win over Deer Lakes
Former and most likely future section foes met Monday in a nonsection tuneup for the WPIAL girls basketball playoffs. Behind a game-best 20 points and nine rebounds from senior Sidney Shemanski, Freeport earned its sixth straight victory over Deer Lakes, 57-38 at Freeport Middle School. “It was pretty emotional,” Shemanski...
Fox Chapel learns from loss to Upper St. Clair as postseason approaches
For a majority of this season, the Fox Chapel boys basketball team produced a spotless record. The Foxes have defended with an intensity that has allowed them to produce the best scoring defense in the WPIAL at 43.5 points per game, which is just over two points lower than the...
Fox Chapel diver hopes to take next step at WPIALs, reach states
Two years ago, five members of the Fox Chapel boys diving team earned qualifying marks for the WPIAL Class AAA championships at North Allegheny. However, that created a problem for the Foxes and then-coach Vernon Yenick. Qualifying policy states a maximum of four from one team are permitted to dive...
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week: Week ending Feb. 8, 2020
In a school year in which the football team played its first WPIAL playoff game in 40 years and the girls basketball team took a perfect record into the final night of the season, the Southmoreland boys basketball team has a message: Don’t forget about us. The Scotties finished on...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week: Week ending Feb. 8, 2020
As Santa Claus was checking his list one final time before his big day, he may have noticed the Jeannette boys basketball team was on the naughty side. Coming up on the holiday break, the Jayhawks were 0-1 in Section 2-2A and 1-6 overall. Since then, Jeannette has risen to...
Football coach Loran Cooley leaves Baldwin after 3 years for college job
Loran Cooley wants to become a full-time football coach once he retires as a Pennsylvania state trooper, a transition that’s not too far in the future. So, when a college coach offered him a job, he couldn’t say no. Cooley, 41, resigned as Baldwin’s football coach after three seasons to...
Belle Vernon swimmer Delaney Patterson joins teammate Ian Shahan among WPIAL’s best
Belle Vernon has had some outstanding male swimmers in recent seasons, but a female also deserves a piece of the spotlight. Sophomore Delaney Patterson ranks third among WPIAL Class AA performers in the girls 100-yard breaststroke (1 minute, 8.90 seconds) and the 200 individual medley (2:13.41). Patterson achieved both marks...
Trib HSSN PIHL player of the week: Canon-McMillan goalie Mario Eafrati
Team success usually hinges on good goaltending, and good goaltending coupled with team success usually leads to the netminder being in the spotlight. Those statements ring true for Canon-McMillan goalie Mario Eafrati, who picked up his third shutout of the season Monday night in a 3-0 Big Macs win over...
