High School category, Page 1227
High school roundup for March 26, 2019: Latrobe duo combines for perfect game
Jordan Tallman and Kyle Myers combined on a five-inning perfect game Tuesday as Latrobe softball opened Section 1-5A action with an 11-0 victory against Laurel Highlands (0-2, 0-1). Tallman struck out nine and Myers six for the Wildcats (2-0, 1-0). Makayla Munchinski drove in four runs and went 2 for...
High school scores, schedules for March 26, 2019
High Schools Baseball Tuesday’s results WPIAL Nonsection Apollo-Ridge 6, Leechburg 4 Bishop Canevin 17, Carlynton 4 Blackhawk 7, Cathedral Prep 6 Brownsville 12, West Mifflin 7 Burrell 4, Kiski Area 2 Ellwood City 12, Shenango 7 Freeport 12, Washington 1 Fox Chapel 5, Plum 4 Gateway 5, Hampton 4 Highlands...
Burrell set for USA Hockey nationals
Burrell didn’t get the PIHL championship it sought all season, but the Bucs are now 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...
Sharrow, Burrell girls again have high expectations for track season
Kaylen Sharrow has her sights set on a return to the PIAA championships in the Class AA 300-meter hurdles. The Burrell senior placed third in the 300 at WPIALs last year and challenged for a medal at states. “I trained throughout the offseason, and I think I am ready for...
Bethel Park hires Brian DeLallo as new football coach
Bethel Park administrators talked with a handful of football coaches from outside the district, but decided that their best candidate already was on staff. The school board voted unanimously Tuesday night to promote assistant Brian DeLallo, 48, to head coach of the Black Hawks. He replaces longtime coach Jeff Metheny,...
Hempfield’s Zoey Wilson fought through injuries to carry on family swimming tradition
One of Zoey Wilson’s goals for this season was to follow in her brother’s footsteps, but her season was plagued by injuries. Zoey Wilson, a senior on the Hempfield girls swimming team, specializes in the 200-yard freestyle. Her brother, Zane, had a decorated swimming career for the Spartans from 2013-17....
With more veterans in the fold, Norwin boys lacrosse looking for continued improvement
The Norwin boys lacrosse team is growing up. Last season the team relied on several underclassmen in key positions. Despite a slow start, the Knights won six of their final seven games to clinch a spot in the WPIAL playoffs. A year later, Norwin enters the season with experience on...
George Guido: Deer Lakes grad Dana Petruska an early beneficiary of Title IX
If you’re a female playing or coaching high school sports, you owe a debt of gratitude to U.S. Sen. Birch Bayh, who died recently at 91. You might never have heard of Bayh, but that’s OK. He hasn’t held office since 1981. What Sen. Bayh (D-Ind.) should be thanked for...
High school roundup for March 25, 2019: Riverside’s Ottaviani tosses no-hitter
Nic Ottaviani had quite the debut outing Monday afternoon. The senior lefty tossed a no-hitter with nine strikeouts to lead Riverside to a 1-0 victory over Freedom in a nonsection baseball game in Beaver County. Ottaviani also knocked in the lone run of the game with a single in the...
High school scores, schedules for March 25, 2019
High Schools Baseball WPIAL Monday’s results Ripken Experience tournament In Myrtle Beach Upper St. Clair 5, Fordham Prep (N.Y.) 3 WPIAL Nonsection Armstrong 4, Ellwood City 1 Butler 18, New Castle 1 (3 inn.) Franklin Regional 10, Medina (Ohio) 5 Greensburg Salem 13, North Hills 2 McGuffey 4, Chartiers-Houston 1...
New-look Deer Lakes boys volleyball team looks to maintain high standard of success
Deer Lakes boys volleyball coach Brady Schuller said he had a couple of curveballs thrown his way last year with some injuries to key players in a season that ended one win short of a second consecutive PIAA playoff berth. This year the metaphorical pitch is more like a changeup....
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Team of the Week: Chartiers Valley
The Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Team of the Week played 30 games and won all of them on their way to a district and state championship — the Chartiers Valley Colts. Call it what you want: A dream season, a golden season, a perfect season. It was all of that...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Week: Peters Township’s Makenna Marisa
Makenna Marisa School: Peters Township Class: Senior She helped her team win double gold, now Makenna Marisa is a double winner again, as the Trib HSSN Player of the Week. The senior closed out an incredible scholastic career in leading Peters Township to a season of firsts. The Indians won...
Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings for week of March 24, 2019
The Road to Hershey is over and the 2018-19 girls high school basketball season is in the books. The WPIAL hoisted two gold basketballs in Hershey while Districts 3, 5, 6 and 11 ended up with one state champion each. Below are the final Trib HSSN state rankings of the...
High school scores, schedules for March 24, 2019
High Schools Baseball WPIAL Sunday’s results WPIAL Nonsection Ripken Experience tournament In Myrtle Beach Peters Township 2, Fordham Prep (N.Y.) 1 Nonsection Upper St. Clair 3, Revere 2 Upper St. Clair 13, West Carrolton 1 Monday’s schedule WPIAL Nonsection Ambridge at New Brighton, 4 p.m. Apollo-Ridge at Leechburg, 3:45 p.m....
Alle-Kiski Valley lookahead for Week of March 25, 2019
MONDAY Baseball: Four nonsection games pairing Alle-Kiski Valley opponents dot the schedule. Armstrong County rivals Apollo-Ridge and Leechburg meet, as do next-door neighbors St. Joseph and Highlands. Burrell and Kiski Area and Valley and Springdale complete the quartet. Softball: Class 6A softball has just two sections, which will create some...
Trib HSSN PIHL Team of the Week: Pine-Richland
Going into the season, Pine-Richland’s goal was to win a state championship. In order to do that, the Rams needed to win a Penguins Cup at the Double-A level. The Rams set their goal before finding out they would represent the PIHL in the USA Hockey Division 1 High School...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week: Lincoln Park’s Isaiah Smith
Isaiah Smith School: Lincoln Park Class: Junior What do you get when you add a highly decorated player to a perennial basketball powerhouse? WPIAL and PIAA gold is a nice start. After helping Sewickley Academy win back-to-back WPIAL titles and a PIAA championship in his first two years of high...
Trib HSSN PIHL Player of the Week: Pine-Richland goalie Danny Stauffer
During the PIHL regular season, Pine-Richland junior goaltender Danny Stauffer led Double-A in goals-against average. Ask him, and he will tell you it has a lot to do with the guys in front of him. “I mean, really it’s the players in front of me,” Stauffer said in December on...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week: Moon
The Trib HSSN Team of the Week suffered heartbreak at the WPIAL finals only to bounce back with five consecutive wins in the PIAA playoffs and earn a state championship, as we salute the Moon Tigers. All losses hurt, but when you lose a big double-digit second-half lead in the...
Boys basketball rankings for week of March 24, 2019
Moon, Lincoln Park, Imhotep Charter, Kennedy Catholic, Math, Civics & Science and Sankofa Freedom Academy were celebrating at the end of the Road to Hershey. The final rankings are easy because they are based on what just happened in the last few rounds of the PIAA playoffs. The real test...
Pine-Richland finishes season atop Trib HSSN PIHL power rankings
For the final time in the recently completed 2018-19 PIHL hockey season, the TribLive High School Sports Network releases the weekly Power Rankings. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. In the final rankings are three Penguins Cup winners, a PIHL Division II champ and a Pennsylvania Cup state champion, along...
Derry volleyball faces challenging start to season
Derry’s boys volleyball team began the season ranked among the top WPIAL Class 2A teams. However, the Trojans will find out just exactly where they are — and where they need to be — after a daunting start to the season. They opened with a 3-1 loss to Northeastern, which...
High school sports broadcasts scheduled this week on Trib HSSN
Call it the calm between the storms as we transition from the winter to spring high school sports seasons starting this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN turns the page to spring with the debut of coverage of both WPIAL boys volleyball and boys lacrosse. It’s...
Recchia hits another winner as East boys best West at Cager Classic
Mars senior Andrew Recchia is getting accustomed to winning shots. Earlier this month, Recchia fired in a 3-pointer to lift the Planets to their second consecutive WPIAL Class 5A basketball title. On Saturday night at Highlands, Recchia took a pass from teammate Brandon Caruso and hit the winning shot with...
