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WPIAL Class 5A softball preseason breakdown
West Allegheny captured the WPIAL Class 5A championship a year ago, but the Indians weren’t without challengers. Both Connellsville and Albert Gallatin were in the WPIAL Final Four. Many others made runs throughout the season. Here’s a look at who could be among the top teams and players in Class...
Plum softball hoping to turn last season’s close losses into wins
For the Plum softball team, 2018 was a season filled with several close games in which it had an opportunity to win but came up short. In eight of their 10 losses, the Mustangs lost by three runs or fewer, and four of those eight were by one run. Their...
Trib HSSN PIHL Team of the Week: Ringgold
Of the eight teams in the Penguins Cup championships or the Division 2 championship, only one is a seeded lower No. 2. In Class AAA, the top two seeds made it. In classes AA and A, both division winners, thus the two top seeds, will play for the title. In...
WPIAL Class 5A baseball preseason breakdown
While Mars has been golden on the boys basketball court the last two years, the Fightin’ Planets are tired of seeing the silver lining on the diamond. After losing to Latrobe in the first WPIAL Class 5A championship game in 2017, Mars was knocked off by North Hills in an...
PIHL playoff capsule: Pine-Richland vs. Upper St. Clair
PIHL Penguins Cup Class AA Championship Pine-Richland (20-0-1) vs. Upper St. Clair (16-3-2) 8:30 p.m. Monday at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex How they got here: Pine-Richland: def. Latrobe, 5-2, in the semifinals and Hempfield, 8-4, in the quarterfinals. Upper St. Clair: def. Franklin Regional, 9-8, in overtime in the semifinals...
Burrell ready for 3rd clash with pesky Ringgold, this time in finals
From the beginning of the season, the Burrell hockey team made no secret that its goal is to win the school’s first PIHL title. Standing in the way is one final hurdle. That hurdle is a Ringgold team that arguably has played the Bucs the toughest since they restarted the...
Despite losses of key players, Plum baseball aims to contend again
During his tenure as Plum’s baseball coach, Carl Vollmer has aimed to perpetuate his team’s culture. “It’s just an understanding of how to win baseball games,” Vollmer said. “I believe we have the culture to win. I just think it’s getting each and every kid to learn that and getting...
No surprises for PIAA Class A semifinalists Monessen, Vincentian Academy
The last time Monessen and Vincentian Academy faced one another, a trip to the WPIAL Class A championship game was on the line. Three weeks later, it’s time for Round 2. And the stakes are higher. With a trip to Hershey up for grabs, the Greyhounds (18-9) will take on...
Norwin softball looks to build on breakout year
It was breakthrough season for the Norwin softball team in 2018. After going 10-6 during the regular season, the Knights put together their most successful postseason run in recent memory. The team reached the WPIAL Class 6A semifinals and finished one game away from the state tournament. It was the...
Norwin baseball team loaded with experience
Experience should be on the Norwin baseball team’s side this season. The Knights are looking to rebound from going 7-8 in 2018. While that team entered the year with little experience, the 2019 squad returns six starters. “We will still have a mix of older and younger guys, but most...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week: Moon’s Donovan Johnson
Donovan Johnson School: Moon Class: Junior Donovan Johnson has been scoring points all year for Moon. The senior is averaging more than 23 points per game. However, when points are harder to come by as the regular season turns into the district and state playoffs, Johnson has continued to do...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week: Vincentian Academy Royals
The Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week reached the title game in the WPIAL Class A playoffs and is one win away from playing for state gold in the PIAA finals — the Vincentian Academy Royals. Talk about mixed feelings. On one side, there is the team you...
High school sports broadcasts scheduled this week on Trib HSSN
Both the Road to Hershey and the PIHL Penguins Cup hockey playoffs conclude this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN continues postseason hoops coverage with semifinals and possibly championship game action from Hershey for the 2019 PIAA boys and girls basketball playoffs. The Network also has...
Pine-Richland stays atop Trib HSSN PIHL power rankings
Every Monday during the 2018-19 PIHL hockey season, the TribLive High School Sports Network releases weekly Power Rankings. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. This is our next to the last rankings of the season. Next week, we will have postseason rankings following the Pennsylvania Cup state finals. Here are...
Girls basketball rankings for week of March 17, 2019
The Road to Hershey has shuffled the deck with three rounds in the book and two more coming this week. Four of the six top-ranked teams in the Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings are still alive for a PIAA title. Two others saw their golden dreams come to an...
PIAA girls basketball sites, times: Chartiers Valley, Thomas Jefferson rematch Tuesday
WPIAL champion Chartiers Valley and runner-up Thomas Jefferson will rematch at 7 p.m., Tuesday in a PIAA Class 5A semifinal at Peters Township. They’re among the four WPIAL teams that are one win away from a trip to the state finals in Hershey. In Class 6A, Peters Township plays Upper...
PIAA boys basketball sites, times: 6 WPIAL teams reach state semifinals
New Castle’s field house will host a state semifinal two nights in a row. WPIAL champion Lincoln Park and District 10 champion Sharon will play their Class 3A semifinal in New Castle at 7 p.m., Tuesday. The PIAA already had picked New Castle to host the Class 5A semifinal Monday...
Matheny sets national record at PIAA championships
Josh Matheny was witness to history at last year’s PIAA Class AAA swimming championships at Bucknell University. The Upper St. Clair sophomore saw the North Allegheny boys 400-yard freestyle relay swim into the record books and establish a new National Federation of High Schools record. On Saturday evening, Matheny had...
OLSH uses 3rd quarter surge to top Ridgway in PIAA quarterfinals
The Our Lady of the Scared Heart boys basketball team has been playing with emotion all season. The Chargers found themselves in a fast-paced, up-and-down the floor game against District 9 champ Ridgway, and it hit a fever pitch in the final seconds of the first half. OSLH’s Daren DiMichele...
Fox Chapel’s Manelis, Skirboll earn silver at PIAA swimming/diving championships
LEWISBURG — David Manelis wanted to move up the ladder during Saturday’s PIAA Class AAA boys diving championships at Bucknell. The Fox Chapel sophomore placed 10th last year, and this time around, he had designs on improving from his ninth seed. Manelis, the fourth-place finisher at WPIALs three weeks ago,...
PIAA notebook: Deer Lakes done, but accomplishments will ring out
Although the Deer Lakes ride came to an end Saturday afternoon at Slippery Rock University, the memories generated by the Lancers in the past few months will be savored for many years. Fans know the factoids by now: best section start since 1987; first outright section title since 1992; first...
Leechburg softball chases 33rd straight playoff spot
The Leechburg softball program has been soaring for more than 30 seasons. But senior catcher Kristen Knapp will be doing her own sort of soaring in the fall as she has enlisted in the Air Force. First, however, Knapp and her teammates will try to extend Leechburg’s WPIAL record streak...
Penn-Trafford’s Sherwin just misses out on PIAA diving medal
LEWISBURG — Penn-Trafford senior Logan Sherwin hoped to snag a top-eight medal in his first opportunity to compete at the PIAA Class AAA state diving championships. He stayed close to the top eight throughout the 11-dive meet before finishing ninth with 420.65 points Saturday afternoon at Bucknell University. Sherwin was...
Shaw, Weber cap special careers with Thomas Jefferson wrestling
It sounds like a distinguished law firm: Shaw, Weber & Co. Max Shaw and Alex Weber certainly have enjoyed distinguished seasons and careers with the Thomas Jefferson wrestling program. The two senior matmen advanced to the PIAA Class AAA tournament in Hershey off their performances at the recent WPIAL championships....
High school scores, schedules for March 16, 2019
High Schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Saturday’s results Coatesville 96, Chester 82 Kennedy Catholic 68, Mt. Lebanon 51 La Salle College 55, Roman Catholic 47 Pennridge 50, Methacton 47 Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Times, sites TBD Pennridge (25-4) vs. La Salle College (26-3); Coatesville (29-2) vs. Kennedy Catholic...
