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Westmoreland athletes of the week: Latrobe’s Alex Walker, Norwin’s Jayla Wehner
Alex Walker School: Latrobe Sport: Hockey Class: Sophomore Claim to fame: Walker, who led Latrobe with 41 points (11 goals and 30 assists) during the regular season, finished with a goal and three assists to help Latrobe (15-4-1) to a 4-1 win over Hampton in a PIHL Penguins Cup Class...
Ringgold advances to PIHL Division II championship
Ringgold hockey is going to the ‘ship. The Rams are on the hunt for the program’s first PIHL Division II championship since 2010, punching their ticket to the final with a 5-0 shutout of Neshannock on Monday night at the RMU Island Sports Complex. Goaltender Evan Cook made 19 saves...
5 things to watch in PIAA girls basketball: 4th matchup for Peters Twp., Bethel Park
Bethel Park is having an outstanding season. In fact, the Black Hawks may be one of the best girls basketball teams that didn’t win a district title, reach the district finals or even win a section crown. That’s because there is a neighboring school 7.9 miles away that is enjoying...
5 things to watch in PIAA boys basketball: WPIAL, City League clash
The WPIAL and City League champions will meet head-to-head Wednesday for the fourth year in a row in the PIAA boys basketball playoffs. Mt. Lebanon (23-3) plays Allderdice (22-5) at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Canon-McMillan in a second-round matchup in Class 6A. The clash of champions was once rare, but...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week: Monessen
Our Trib HSSN Team of the Week has shined under both a first-year coach and a first-year point guard to reach the Class A WPIAL semifinals and now the second round of the state playoffs — the Monessen Greyhounds. You always want to be the person who follows the person...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week: Quaker Valley’s Ryan Stowers
Ryan Stowers School: Quaker Valley Class: Senior Quaker Valley had a nine-point leading heading into the fourth quarter of the WPIAL Class 4A boys basketball championship game against a team the Quakers beat two times earlier this season. Then a bad storm struck down the Quakers in the fourth quarter...
Burrell beats Connellsville, headed to PIHL finalVideo
Tyler Stewart and Gio Palombo’s chemistry on the ice started on the pavement when they played street hockey together in their youth. They formed a friendship and a keen sense of where each other is going to be when they play together, and they showed it Monday in helping Burrell...
High school scores, schedules for March 11, 2019
High Schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs Second round Class 6A Wednesday’s schedule Abington (28-1) vs. Pennridge (23-4) at Bensalem, 7:30 p.m.; Boys Latin (23-5) vs. Methacton (21-7) at Harriton, 7 p.m.; William Allen (18-9) vs. La Salle College (24-3) at Geigle Complex, 6 p.m.; Lower Merion (25-3) vs. Roman Catholic...
Depth, experience keys to success for Fox Chapel baseball
Dressed in parkas and tassel caps, the Fox Chapel baseball team braved the cold last Thursday, getting in a few minutes of infield work on the turf before heading inside to the batting cages. At each spot on the diamond were several players waiting for an opportunity to field a...
Youthful Fox Chapel softball sets sights toward future
Fox Chapel softball coach Lisa Hess is in a situation she hasn’t seen in her five seasons with the program after nine seniors graduated from a team that made the postseason last year. Hess has a roster short on numbers and experience, with 13 girls out for the team and...
Greensburg Salem baseball hopes to build on strong finish to 2018Video
A seven-game winning streak, which included a win over No. 1 Blackhawk in the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs, toward the end of last season gives Greensburg Salem baseball coach Bill Wisniewski a reason to be optimistic about the 2019 season. Wisniewski believes his team can challenge Knoch for the top...
Rosters released for 23rd annual Cager Classic
Organizers for the Cager Classic All-Star basketball game released the rosters for the 23rd annual event, which will take place March 22-23 at Highlands High School. The event features senior players from the Alle-Kiski Valley and surrounding schools. For the first time, the game will include players from Butler and...
A-K Valley swimmers get shot at PIAA gold this week
Rachel Halapchuk is a four-time WPIAL medalist with two each in the 100-yard butterfly and 100 backstroke. The Springdale senior posted a pair of eighth-place individual finishes at WPIALs earlier this month. But she didn’t want her high school career to conclude without an opportunity to swim at the PIAA...
Greensburg Salem softball looking to contend in new sectionVideo
A move to a new section could be the right formula for the Greensburg Salem softball team this season. Greensburg Salem dropped from Class 5A to Section 1-4A, and while the new section isn’t any easier, second-year coach Rachel (Roddy) Brannigan and her players are excited about the challenges. The...
Norwin girls overwhelm opponents with depth, substitutions
Usually by state playoff time, basketball teams have pared their rotations down to a workable number, maybe six or seven players. They go with what got them there and don’t mess with chemistry. Championships have been won with minimal depth. Then there is this year’s Norwin girls team. As the...
Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings for week of March 11, 2019
If this week’s Trib HSSN boys’ basketball state rankings look familiar, there’s a simple reason. There were no shockers on opening weekend of the PIAA boys basketball playoffs as all 30 ranked teams were winners in Round 1. That will change this week with several possible head-to-head matchups in the...
Similiarities exist between PIAA basketball opponents Monessen, Bishop Carroll
It will be a “Dog Day Afternoon” tonight at Greensburg Salem as Monessen takes on District 6 runner-up Bishop Carroll in a PIAA Class A second-round game. The Greyhounds (16-9) and Huskies (20-5) have plenty of tradition in the state playoffs, with both having made deeps runs in the past....
Mt. Pleasant’s Gardner, Belle Vernon pair among top seeds at PIAA swim championships
Four Westmoreland County swimmers are among individual favorites at the PIAA Class AA championship meet Wednesday and Thursday at Bucknell. On the girls side, Mt. Pleasant junior Heather Gardner is seeded first in the 50-yard freestyle (23.24 seconds) and second in the 100 breaststroke (one minute, 3.92 seconds) after earning...
Franklin Regional hockey relishing underdog role
After years of being one of the top-seeded teams in the PIHL Penguins Cup playoffs, Franklin Regional is relishing its underdog role this postseason. The Panthers (12-8) served noticed they are a force with a 2-1 upset win over Mars in the first round. It set up a semifinal encounter...
Hopewell’s Ealy, Kiski Area’s Miller picked for PA All-Stars at Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic
Fresh off winning their first PIAA championships over the weekend, Hopewell’s Jacob Ealy and Kiski Area’s Darren Miller were picked to represent the PA All-Star team at the upcoming Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic. Ealy became the first individual state wrestling champion when he won the 138-pound title at the PIAA Class...
Trib HSSN PIHL Team of the Week: Franklin Regional
After back-to-back Class A Penguins Cup championships, Franklin Regional exited the postseason earlier than they hoped last season, bowing out in the quarterfinals to eventual Double-A champion Armstrong. Fast forward to 2019, and the Panthers are one step away from the Class AA title game. That’s because Franklin Regional recorded...
High school schedules for March 11, 2019
High Schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs Second round Class 6A Wednesday’s schedule Abington (28-1) vs. Pennridge (23-4) at Bensalem, 7:30 p.m.; Boys Latin (23-5) vs. Methacton (21-7) at Harriton, 7 p.m.; William Allen (18-9) vs. La Salle College (24-3) at Geigle Complex, 6 p.m.; Lower Merion (25-3) vs. Roman Catholic...
Deer Lakes softball hopes to get back on track this season
The Deer Lakes softball team was denied a seventh straight section title last spring and suffered a WPIAL first-round exit, an uncharacteristically early exit for the Lancers after advancing to the WPIAL title game five times in the previous six seasons. But veteran coach Craig Taliani said his team improved...
A-K Valley athletes dot rosters for Roundball Classic
The Alle-Kiski Valley will be well-represented at the Roundball Classic. The annual all-star basketball games, featuring seven games over two days April 12-13 at Geneva, will include more than 200 senior players, including 13 from the A-K Valley. On April 12, there will be three boys games: East vs. West...
Broadcasts planned this week on Trib HSSN
The Road to Hershey shares the postseason winter spotlight with the Penguins Cup hockey playoffs this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN continues our postseason hoops coverage with second round and quarterfinals action of the 2019 PIAA boys and girls basketball playoffs. Trib HSSN also has...
