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Preview: Bishop Canevin, Carlynton form co-op for track and field; Char Valley boys look to defend section title
The big change for high school track and field in the Carnegie area is Carlynton and Bishop Canevin forming a co-op. It’s the first time the neighboring schools have combined for track and field, though they are no strangers to joining forces. “We had talked about it for year,” Carlynton...
Penn Hills baseball players gain experience on trip to Myrtle Beach
When Jerry Cammuso took over as the Penn Hills baseball coach last season, he wanted to change the culture and perception of the program. Cammuso has been making those strides as the Indians head into his second season following a 6-10 campaign with a 1-9 record in Section 2-6A. Penn...
Penn Hills’ Dunson recognized for defensive play
Penn Hills’ Ariana Dunson has been known for the heart and effort she plays with on the defensive end of the court. That style of play will help her continue to play basketball at the collegiate level. The senior guard plans to play at Cal (Pa.) next fall. “I loved...
North Allegheny girls lacrosse gets defensive in season-opening win
North Allegheny girls lacrosse coach Harry Datz didn’t need much time to diagnosis what made the Tigers’ offense more potent. Behind seven goals from Old Dominion recruit Brooke Ferringer, the Tigers opened the season with a 19-9 win over Franklin Regional in their season opener. It was the most goals...
‘Baptism by fire’ could pay off for Hampton softball
The Hampton softball team had inched its way toward a playoff berth for a couple of years before it finally broke through last year. Now, the freshmen and sophomores who were thrown into the top-notch competition by coach Ron Fedell are juniors and seniors, and they are poised for a...
Small, young Shaler Area volleyball team adapts scheme to find success
Trapper Crain knows the Shaler boys volleyball team isn’t likely to overpower opponents. The 5-foot-10 junior outside hitter wants the Titans to set the pace. For Shaler to extend its streak of making the WPIAL playoffs to a third year, the Titans plan on moving quickly. “During preseason, we did...
Shaler Area’s Kalbaugh sets sights on another trip to state championships
Shaler junior Dalton Kalbaugh is in position to make his accomplishments a seasonal affair. Heading into the outdoor track season, Kalbaugh will try to be the only member of the Titans’ track and field team to reach states in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track. Kalbaugh qualified for the...
Hampton girls lacrosse depth will be tested In quest for three-peat
Hampton girls lacrosse coach Kelsey Viets tells her team every year is a new challenge. This year is no different. The Talbots are among the favorites to win the WPIAL championship, which would be their third in a row. But two weeks ago, the team’s chances took a hit when...
Martindale’s grand slam lifts North Allegheny past No. 1 Hempfield
After missing last softball season with a knee injury, Rachel Martindale was anxious to get back on the field. The North Allegheny senior shortstop, though, could have shelved what seems to have become her second-best sport. She is headed to Akron on a basketball scholarship. She was one of the...
McKeesport’s Deamontae Diggs draws 1st FBS offer as Buffalo blankets WPIAL
Buffalo had two football players with Western Pennsylvania roots last season, but the Bulls coaches spent this week trying to boost that number. Seven WPIAL juniors announced scholarship offers from coach Lance Leipold’s staff in the past three days: Central Catholic’s A’meer and A’maar Allen, Gateway’s Tui Brown, McKeesport’s Daemontae...
Woodland Hills TE Joshua Rawlings sees 3rd Big 10 school join recruiting list
Woodland Hills junior Joshua Rawlings quickly became one of the WPIAL’s hottest football recruits. The 6-foot-6, 235-pound tight end and defensive end added his third Big 10 offer Wednesday from Indiana. He now lists two dozen scholarships with nine arriving since Feb. 1. Minnesota and Rutgers each started recruiting him...
North Catholic’s Tess Myers adds 8th college offer after reaching state finals
North Catholic’s Tess Myers, one of the WPIAL’s top juniors, added another Division I offer after leading her basketball team to the state finals. The 5-foot-10 guard announced an offer from Atlantic 10 member St. Joseph’s this week, raising her scholarship total to eight. Myers added three others just in...
Mars junior Michael Carmody adds 2 ACC, 2 SEC football offersVideo
Mars junior lineman Michael Carmody added two more ACC and SEC football offers this week, pushing his scholarship total to more than two dozen. His latest additions came Wednesday from Louisville, Texas A&M and Ole Miss. He also announced a Miami (Fla.) offer Monday, giving him an offer from eight...
High school scores, schedules for March 27, 2019
High Schools Baseball Wednesday’s results Ripken Experience In Myrtle Beach South Park 11, Sheldon Clark (Kentucky) 0 WPIAL Nonsection Albert Gallatin 3, Uniontown 0 Allderdice 7, Woodland Hills 4 Armstrong 13, Indiana 3 (5 inn.) Baldwin 6, Central Valley 2 Beaver Falls 5, Blackhawk 4 Bentworth 6, Jefferson-Morgan 3 Bethel...
High school roundup for March 27, 2019: South Allegheny edges South Park
Two of the WPIAL’s top softball teams kicked off the Section 3-3A slate with a nail-biter Wednesday afternoon. Kennedy Pikula had three hits and two RBIs, and Olivia Stetz doubled twice to help South Allegheny earn a 5-4 victory over No. 2-ranked South Park. Cortney Woytovich earned the win for...
Sunny starts for A-K Valley baseball, softball teams
Freeport waited a few extra days to finally hit the field for real this baseball season, the weather relenting enough for the Yellowjackets to play a nonsection game Tuesday against Washington. Compared to last season, they’ll take it. While the early-spring weather in Western Pennsylvania remains predictably unpredictable, the sun...
Regular-season marks again will be used for WPIAL track and field qualifying
Times, heights and distances recorded during regular-season track and field meets and invitationals again will be used as qualification to the WPIAL championships. For each individual and relay event, a maximum of 24 in AAA and 16 in AA will punch tickets to the WPIAL meet, set for May 16...
Alle-Kiski Valley notebook: Burrell hockey gets shot at nation’s best
Burrell didn’t get the PIHL championship it sought, but the Bucs are turning their attention from competing against Western Pennsylvania to playing some of the top teams in the country. The Bucs, coming off a 4-3 loss to Ringgold in the PIHL Division II championship game last week, will open...
Fresh off NCAA upset, Sewickley Academy’s Isiah Warfield commits to Liberty
Isiah Warfield didn’t fill out an NCAA tournament bracket but did urge others to pick against fifth-seeded Mississippi State in the first round. “I told them you’d better take Liberty,” said the Sewickley Academy junior, who watched the TV broadcast with excitement Friday as the No. 12 seed pulled off...
Maund helps Penn-Trafford top North Allegheny on future home field
Maclean Maund plans to play college baseball at Seton Hill. The Penn-Trafford senior looked right at home on his future field Wednesday as he and his teammates avenged a playoff loss to North Allegheny on the turf at the Seton Hill Baseball Complex. Maund was glad his team rented the...
Moon boys, Peters Township girls finish atop Trib 10 power rankings
For the final time in the 2018-19 WPIAL basketball season, the TribLive High School Sports Network presents the last weekly Power Rankings. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. Here are the final rankings for the season, with final overall records included. BOYS TRIB 10 1. Moon Tigers (28-2) (Last Week...
Latrobe boys volleyball team ready to make a run
Now is the time for Latrobe to make a run through the boys volleyball postseason. With 10 starters back and a senior-laden roster, the Wildcats have high hopes. “We always set our goals high, but we have to be realistic,” Latrobe senior Reed Fenton said. “We definitely have the opportunity...
Sewickley Academy boys tennis playing up in Class AAA
The Sewickley Academy and Shady Side Academy boys tennis teams are playing up in Class AAA this season. The Indians are familiar with matches in Class AAA, but it’s a new thing this year for the Panthers, who won 14 straight WPIAL Class AA team titles through last year. Sewickley...
Pitt coaches offer scholarship to Aliquippa linebacker Zuriah FisherVideo
Pitt football coaches in decades past found great success recruiting in Aliquippa, a list that starts with all-time greats Mike Ditka, Sean Gilbert and Darrelle Revis. That connection had softened some in recent years, but coach Pat Narduzzi appears interested in maintaining that bridge. Quips junior Zuriah Fisher, a 6-foot-3,...
Regula resigns as Derry girls basketball coach
Matt Regula’s stay was short at Derry, his departure not altogether by his choice. But he looks back on his time coaching the girls basketball team at his alma mater with pride. “It gave me the chance to prove that I can be a successful head coach,” said Regula, who...
