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Signal Item cross country preview: Young runners get chance to shine
Cross country season opens with many of the Carnegie-area teams looking to replace their top runners. The good news? Most of the teams were young last season and have plenty of experience coming back. A look at the teams: Bishop Canevin Coach Eric Shafer’s girls return most of their top...
South Fayette girls golf wastes no time making program history
Aug. 27 is a date that will go into the South Fayette history books. The girls golf team, in the first match of its inaugural season, recorded a 206-259 win over Bethel Park for the first victory in program history. Coach Rocky Violi hopes it is just one of many...
Hampton volleyball aims to continue winning ways despite change
Two significant changes affect the Hampton girls volleyball team this year. Making the necessary adjustments to both will help ensure continued success for the program. New coach Mike Hansen steps in to lead a team that has been largely successful over the past three seasons. It made playoffs each of...
Experienced lineup returns for Penn Hills girls volleyball
After having one of their best seasons in a decade, the Penn Hills girls volleyball program looks to have another successful campaign with a majority of the starting lineup returning. Last season, Penn Hills (7-10, 2-10 Section 3-4A) scored wins over Gateway, Woodland Hills, Carrick, Allderdice and Trinity Christian, while...
Penn Hills golfers lean on 3 returning starters
After 30 years of coaching, Charlie Buttgereit continues to share his love for golf with those involved in the Penn Hills golf program. The Indians, who have split their first four matches this season, return their three top starters from last year’s four- win team. Senior Gene Brown and juniors...
North Hills boys soccer strives to complete turnaround
From the start of the 2017 season to the early stages of the ‘18 season, the North Hills boys soccer team went 2-21-1. But in their final 12 contests last season, the Indians ran off a record of 7-5 to right the ship. Now, with 13 seniors bolstering this year’s...
North Allegheny notebook: Girls soccer goes after 4th third straight playoff berth
North Allegheny girls soccer won’t be lacking for firepower when it begins its quest for a third straight WPIAL Class AAAA playoff berth. The Tigers, who opened the season last Friday against perennial power Mars at Newman Stadium, bring back plenty from a team that advanced to the WPIAL quarterfinals...
Young Hampton girls tennis team pushes on without Cordisco
The Hampton girls tennis team is left to contend with a big loss it hardly gained begin with. But the team makeup remains the same and provides hope for the future. The Talbots looked to be locked in as a playoff contender with the top freshman in the state, Madison...
Chick’s Picks worked out the kinks during Week Zero ‘preseason’
Welcome to Week 1 of the high school football season. Week Zero was a rough one for Chick’s Picks, to say the very least. A less than stellar prognosticating performance left Chick’s Picks questioning her abilities. After a bit of soul searching with her trusty crystal ball, though, Chick’s Picks...
Trib HSSN high school football players to watch in Week 1
Here are four WPIAL football players to watch for during Week 1: Ben Jackson West Greene, Sr., RB/LB After running for 253 yards and six scores on just 15 carries Monday night in a win over Cameron, W.Va., Jackson will try for an encore against Bentworth on Friday night. John...
After world juniors, Upper St. Clair’s Matheny to compete at U.S. Olympic swimming trials
Upper St. Clair junior Joshua Matheny is shifting his focus to the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials after taking his place recently among the world’s best under-18 swimmers. Matheny, 16, earned a gold medal in the men’s 200-meter breaststroke (2 minutes, 9.40 seconds) and a silver medal in the 100...
Division I linemen clash as No. 2 Central Catholic visits No. 4 Seneca Valley
Ron Butschle apologized for using what might sound to some like an old coaching cliché. “We have to win the majority of battles on the line of scrimmage,” the Seneca Valley coach said. But it’s not just coach-speak when he says Friday night’s game between No. 4 Seneca Valley and...
Trib HSSN debuts football power rankings for ’19 season
Every Thursday during the 2019 WPIAL football season, the TribLive High School Sports Network will release weekly Trib 10 power rankings. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. This is the first week of the Trib 10 WPIAL football power rankings where classifications are not reality and the strength of the...
High school sports scores for Aug. 28, 2019
High schools Golf Boys Wednesday’s results WPIAL Class AAA Section 1 Greensburg Salem 210, Indiana 221 Medalists: Jeff Mankins (GS), 37: Ryan Nalevanko (GS), 40 Latrobe 212, Penn-Trafford 220 Medalist: Alex Turowski (P-T), 37 Section 2 Belle Vernon 199, Connellsville 220 Medalists: Tyler Mocello (BV), 34; Gage Goodwin (C), 42...
Southmoreland boys soccer team expects bigger things
Last season was a learning experience for Jeremy Niemiec in his first year as Southmoreland boys soccer coach. Niemiec has made some adjustments going into his second season. “Our biggest goal, as it has been in prior years, is to contend for a section title,” Niemiec said, “as well as...
Westmoreland County high school football don’t-miss matchups for Week 1
Class 6A Norwin (0-1) at North Allegheny (1-0) 7:30 p.m. Friday, Newman Stadium, McCandless On the air: TribHSSN.triblive.com Coaches: Dave Brozeski, Norwin; Art Walker Jr., North Allegheny Players to watch: Sean Pavlic, Norwin (Sr., 5-8, 155, WR/DB); Luke Colella, North Allegheny (Sr., 5-11. 180, WR/DB) Last week: Penn-Trafford 42, Norwin...
A-K Valley football Q&A with Apollo-Ridge’s Logan Harmon
Leechburg was on Apollo-Ridge’s 4-yard line and trailing by a touchdown with a minute left in the first half of a Week Zero matchup. A Leechburg touchdown would mean a tie score and a swing of a momentum heading into the second half. Apollo-Ridge junior linebacker Logan Harmon knew the...
The Birdie is on the clock picking Westmoreland County football games
The Birdie is on the clock. Westmoreland’s guru of the gridiron was tasked with making each of his Week 1 predictions while face-to-face with a running 40-second clock. “Like our teams this year,” Birdie said. “Refs want to speed things up. Same goes for our copy editors. They want my...
A-K Valley football players to watch in Week 1
Seth Fischbach Burrell, sr., WR/DB The big-play Bucs veteran made himself known on both sides of the ball in Friday’s Week Zero win over Valley. He caught Burrell’s first touchdown pass, a 56-yarder from Alex Arledge, and finished with four receptions for 109 yards. He made a defensive impact with...
A-K Valley high school football don’t-miss matchups for Week 1
Class 5A Big East Franklin Regional (0-0) at Plum (1-0) 7 p.m. Friday, Mustang Stadium, Plum Coaches: Greg Botta, Franklin Regional; Matt Morgan, Plum Players to watch: Anthony Bonacci, Franklin Regional (Sr., 6-1, 260, C/DT); Reid Martin, Plum (Jr., 5-9, 170, WR/DB) Last week: Franklin Regional (DNP); Plum 28, Highlands...
The Birdie puts his faith in A-K Valley teams
When the Birdie came into the office Monday he was as mad as a fantasy football team owner who had just drafted Andrew Luck with his first-round pick five minutes before he made his retirement announcement. He walked through the office, sat down at his desk and started typing furiously....
High school football schedule for Week 1
Thursday District 8 City League Brashear at Perry, 7 p.m. Nonconference Allderdice at Steubenville, Ohio, 7 p.m. Friday WPIAL Class 6A Central Cath. at Seneca Valley, 7:30 p.m. Mt. Lebanon at Canon-McMillan, 7 p.m. Norwin at North Allegheny, 7:30 p.m. Pine-Richland at Hempfield, 7 p.m. Class 5A Allegheny 8 Bethel...
Westmoreland football Q&A with Greensburg Central Catholic’s Brandon Brown
Teammates and coaches like to call Brandon Brown “Slow-mo” when he practices. Yet Brown is considered by many of those same people to be the fastest player on the Greensburg Central Catholic football team. The paradox sits well with Brown, a senior wide receiver and defensive back whose opening-night efforts...
Westmoreland County football players to watch in Week 1
Anthony Giansante Norwin, jr., T The junior tackle is part of an offensive line that has been tasked to protect prize quarterback Jack Salopek. Giansante’s cousin, Jimmy Giansante, was a star wide receiver at Thomas Jefferson, and his uncle, Jim, was a star running back for the Jaguars. Norwin will...
Championship contenders Gateway, Penn-Trafford to Battle for the Bell
For whom will the bell chime late Friday night at Warrior Stadium — No. 1 Gateway or No. 3 Penn-Trafford? The annual Battle for the Bell carries extra significance as supremacy in the WPIAL Class 5A Big East Conference will be on the line in this early-season contest. It also...
