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Despite short bench, Shaler boys off to strong start to season
Playing eight or nine deep is the goal for Shaler Area boys basketball coach Rob Niederberger. For much of this season, the Titans’ health woes made that seem like an off-in-the-distance dream. In Shaler’s Section 3-5A opener against Kiski Area, Niederberger played Darin Mizgorski and Logan Bernesser, who both had...
Carlynton multi-sport athlete Natali Lutsiv brings versatility to swimming poolVideo
During her years as an athlete at Carlynton, junior Natali Lutsiv has proven to be a versatile performer. She is a setter and right-side hitter on the Cougars volleyball team, which qualified for the WPIAL Class AA playoffs in the fall. During the 2019 track and field season, she was...
Penn Hills athletes look to get jump start with indoor track season
The journey for the Penn Hills track program starts now as the group will utilize the indoor season to prepare for outdoor season in the spring. Seniors Eliza Brennan and Kemi Balogun, junior Faith Crawford and sophomore Miniya Pinnix headline the Indians’ team this season. Pinnix hopes to rebound from...
North Allegheny swimming, diving teams off to fast start as they look to defend titles
The North Allegheny swimming and diving teams are favored to repeat as WPIAL Class AAA champions and, for the first time, could earn PIAA titles in the same season. Both are 3-0 going into the New Year’s Meet Challenge on Jan. 4 at Bucknell, where they will face squads from...
Top 19 of ’19: Trib HSSN breaks down the top stories of the year — No. 6
The 2019 high school sports season is nearly in the books. While we anxiously look ahead to 2020, let’s reflect on the district high school sports scene over the last 12 months. Here is a look back at the top 19 stories from around the WPIAL in 2019. HSSN Top...
Sophomore guard Mankins soaring for Greensburg Salem girls basketball
Greensburg Salem’s Abby Mankins has developed into a star for the Golden Lions. Still, the 5-foot-10 sophomore guard and the rest of her team know there’s plenty of room for everyone to keep growing. Mankins has established herself as one of the top sophomores in the WPIAL, averaging 24.0 points...
Fox Chapel girls showing glimpses of potential
In the latter stages of the third quarter of Friday’s game at WPIAL power North Allegheny, the Fox Chapel girls basketball team led the Class 6A No. 2 Tigers, 31-25, and had designs on finishing off a key early-season Section 1 victory. However, North Allegheny battled back and used a...
Westmoreland County girls basketball notebook: Latrobe eagerly awaiting return of Anna Rafferty
Latrobe is hoping to get sophomore Anna Rafferty back after the holiday break. The 6-foot-1 forward makes a difference. She has been strong on the low block on offense and a shot-altering presence on defense for the Wildcats (2-4, 0-3), who are looking to dig out of an early hole...
A-K Valley girls basketball notebook: Springdale sheds long losing streak
Two years ago Friday, the Springdale girls basketball team defeated Yough, 47-28, in the consolation game of the Valley Tournament. The team then experienced a losing streak that extended through the first six games of this season. But Springdale put that 37-game skid to rest last Friday with a 31-18...
Top 19 of ’19: Trib HSSN breaks down the top stories of the year — No. 7
The 2019 high school sports season is nearly in the books. While we anxiously look ahead to 2020, let’s reflect on the district high school sports scene over the last 12 months. Here is a look back at the top 19 stories from around the WPIAL in 2019. HSSN Top...
George Guido: Unbeaten Springdale — and its pet turtle — worth remembering
As time marches on, an unfortunate casualty can be reunions of great sports teams. That was the problem several months ago when James Yanni, captain of the 10-0 Springdale football team from 1959, tried to organize a reunion marking the 60th anniversary of one of the greatest Dynamos teams. Sadly,...
High school basketball holiday tournament schedule
Boys basketball Thursday, Dec. 26 Charleroi Tournament Southmoreland vs. Clairton, 5:30 p.m. Frazier vs. Belle Vernon, 7 p.m. Yough vs. Charleroi, 8:30 p.m. Jeannette Tournament Valley vs. Serra Catholic, 6 p.m. Indiana vs. Jeannette, 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 27 Apollo-Ridge Tournament Leechburg vs. Riverview, 4:30 p.m. Saltsburg vs. Apollo-Ridge, 7:30...
Westmoreland Athletes of the Week: Penn-Trafford’s Zach Rocco, Norwin’s Danielle Rosso
Zach Rocco School: Penn-Trafford Sport: Basketball Class: Senior Claim to fame: Rocco scored 28 points to lead Penn-Trafford (6-1, 1-0) to a 66-41 win over David Douglas (Ore.) on Dec. 19 in the KSA Events Classic in Orlando, Fla. Rocco scored 21 points in a 70-66 win over Uniontown in...
Top 19 of ’19: Trib HSSN breaks down the top stories of the year — No. 8
The 2019 high school sports season is nearly in the books. While we anxiously look ahead to 2020, let’s reflect on the district high school sports scene over the last 12 months. Here is a look back at the top 19 stories from around the WPIAL in 2019. HSSN Top...
Trib HSSN PIHL team of the week — Dec. 23, 2019
The Montour Spartans didn’t get off to the start they hoped for in the 2019-20 PIHL regular season. They lost three of their first four games after winning their opener against Armstrong. That span included a 9-1 loss to Baldwin and a 7-2 loss to West Allegheny. The other was...
Norwin’s Kurtis Phipps ready to defend Powerade titles
Norwin senior Kurtis Phipps didn’t have a usual summer wrestling in different major tournaments. He couldn’t. Phipps spent his summer rehabbing from surgery on his left foot. “I didn’t start wrestling live until October,” Phipps said. “I wrestled in the Super 32 and didn’t do well. But I feel I’m...
A-K Valley high school athletes of the week: Knoch’s Nevaeh Ewing, Apollo-Ridge’s Keighton Reese
Nevaeh Ewing Class: Jr. School: Knoch Sport: Basketball Report card: Ewing helped Knoch to two Section 1-4A victories last week. She had 13 points in a 39-37 win over Indiana on Monday and 27 in a 64-42 victory over Greensburg Salem on Thursday. Ewing also had a team-high 16 points...
WPIAL wrestling notebook: Waynesburg takes over top spot in rankings
It was quite a week in the WPIAL and for the Waynesburg wrestling program. The WPIAL reversed its original decision to ban Waynesburg junior Wyatt Henson from postseason competition and then No. 4 Seneca Valley and No. 5 Canon-McMillan each defeated No. 1 Hempfield and No. 2 Kiski Area in...
Trib HSSN WPIAL team wrestling rankings for Dec. 24, 2019
Class AAA Team Record LW 1. Waynesburg 3-0 3 2. Seneca Valley 4-0 4 3. Canon-McMillan 4-0 5 4. Hempfield 12-2 1 5. Kiski Area 7-2 2 6. Norwin 5-2 6 7. Connellsville 6-1 7 8. Mt. Lebanon 7-1 9 9. Butler 2-1 10 10. Greensburg Salem 2-1 8 Class...
Trib HSSN state team wrestling rankings for Dec. 24, 2019
Class AAA Team Record LW 1. Nazareth (11) 3-0 1 2. Bethlehem Catholic (11) 2-0 2 3. Waynesburg 3-0 5 4. Seneca Valley 4-0 8 5. Canon-McMillan 4-0 9 6. Council Rock South (1) 3-0 6 7. Erie Prep (10) 1-0 7 8. Hempfield Area 12-2 3 9. Northampton (11)...
Trib HSSN wrestler of the week: Waynesburg’s Wyatt Henson
The Beast of the East Tournament in New Jersey had close to 130 teams this past weekend and Waynesburg’s Wyatt Henson found a way to earn a third-place finish in the 138-pound bracket. The Iowa commit went 6-1 against wrestlers from Maryland, Ohio, New Jersey, Florida and Delaware. All six...
Sewickley Academy athlete of the week: Kamryn Lightcap
Kamryn Lightcap School: Sewickley Academy Sport: Girls Basketball Class: Junior Claim to fame: Kamryn Lightcap’s favorite subject in school is math. If she’s not in the classroom crunching numbers to find an answer, you can probably find her solving opponents on the basketball court. Lightcap has nearly averaged a double-double...
Quaker Valley athlete of the week: Colin Rice
Colin Rice School: Quaker Valley Sport: Hockey Class: Senior Claim to fame: Colin Rice was on his first hockey team about a decade ago when he thought he could be a good goaltender. He asked his dad if he could try it and hasn’t left the crease since. Rice has...
Offensive mindset leads to good start for Highlands wrestler Jrake Burford
In his first high school season on the mat last year, Highlands’ Jrake Burford turned in quality performance after quality performance as he was a key contributor to his team’s playoff appearance. So far this season, Burford has continued that trend. He has three losses, and this past weekend at...
TribHSSN PIHL player of the week for the week of Dec. 23, 2019
Danny Stauffer’s in-net success at Pine-Richland is well-documented. Last season, as a junior, Stauffer was 18-0-1 in the regular season and 4-0 in the postseason, helping the Rams to championships in the Penguins Cup playoffs in Class AA and in the Pennsylvania Cup. His .909 save percentage and 1.68 goals-against...
