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Quarzo, Anderson run personal bests at New Balance Nationals Indoor
Brownsville’s Gionna Quarzo and Greensburg Salem’s Malia Anderson, two of the WPIAL’s top runners, set personal bests Sunday at the New Balance Nationals Indoor in New York. Quarzo, a junior, placed 17th in the girls two-mile run in 10 minutes, 35 seconds at the Armory Track and Field Center. Anderson,...
Burrell hockey eyes payback against Connellsville in PIHL Division II semifinals
A month ago, the Burrell hockey team skated into Connellsville looking to wrap up an undefeated regular season. Instead, the Bucs got a reminder of what could happen if they don’t play what coach Max Rickard calls “the Burrell way.” The Falcons frustrated the Bucs on Feb. 12 and put...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Team of the Week: Bethel Park
Bethel Park improved to 22-3 and defeated a district champion in the opening round of the PIAA playoffs, earning Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Team of the Week It has been another successful season for coach Jonna Burke at her alma mater. The Black Hawks finished the regular season 20-2 and...
Southern trip gives Deer Lakes baseball time to build into winner
Graduation hit the Deer Lakes baseball team hard the past two seasons. A combined 19 players moved on, including nine from last year’s squad that posted an 11-9 record and qualified for the WPIAL playoffs for the third year in a row and eighth time in nine seasons. But with...
Mars, Meadville drop out of Trib HSSN PIHL power rankings
Every Sunday during the PIHL hockey, the Trib Live High School Sports Network releases the weekly Power Rankings. These rankings have no classification boundaries. This is our final Top 10 of the season. Next week, we will rank the eight finalists in the PIHL playoffs. Here are the rankings for...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Week: Blackhawk’s Mackenzie Amalia
Mackenzie Amalia School: Blackhawk Class: Junior This has been a unique season for the Blackhawk girls’ basketball team. Right before the start of a highly anticipated campaign, it was announced assistant coach and the father of one of the top players, Bob Amalia, was in a fight for his life...
Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings for week of March 10, 2019
The Road to Hershey is open, and the fun has begun. Only one round into the PIAA girls basketball playoffs and five teams were bounced from the Trib HSSN rankings. Warren, Springfield-Delco, Scranton Prep, Penns Manor and Lancaster Country Day are eliminated from the postseason and out of the rankings....
Greensburg Central Catholic baseball on fast track to success
If the 2019 baseball season if a journey, Greensburg Central Catholic expects to spend the trip in the passing lane. The past couple of excursions for the Centurions lasted into June, each ending in the PIAA Class A semifinals. Along the way, GCC won one-run games, defeated out-of-district teams and...
Numbers, hopes up for Greensburg Central Catholic softball
Two things were missing from Greensburg Central Catholic softball last season: players and possibilities. The Centurions occasionally fielded only nine players for games, and they never had more than 11. The lack of depth led to a difficult season for a program that qualified for the WPIAL playoffs in each...
Latrobe hockey looks for balance in semifinal matchup
Any victory in the Penguins Cup playoffs is a good one. For Latrobe, it was especially pleased with its 4-1 win over Hampton. Coach Josh Werner was encouraged with the Wildcats’ all-around play and the balanced scoring they delivered to advance to Wednesday’s Class 2A semifinals against Pine-Richland at 7...
A-K Valley high school lookahead: Week of March 11, 2019
Monday Hockey: Burrell will get a chance to avenge its lone regular-season when it faces Connellsville in a PIHL Division 2 Penguins Cup semifinal at 7:15 p.m. at Robert Morris’ Island Sports Center. Connellsville beat Burrell, 6-1, in the Bucs’ regular-season finale Feb. 12. Burrell won the first meeting, 7-2....
Westmoreland high school lookahead: Week of March 11, 2019
TUESDAY Girls basketball: The state playoffs will continue for Norwin as the Knights take on Northhampton, a District 11 school near Philadelphia, in the second round of the PIAA Class 6A playoffs. The game tips at 5 p.m. at Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg. Boys basketball: Monessen, the last...
Sites, times posted for PIAA girls basketball 2nd-round matchups
Class 6A Tuesday’s games 1-1 Garnet Valley (26-1) vs. 11-2 Bethlehem Freedom (23-5) at Souderton, 6 p.m. 3-2 Dallastown (25-3) vs. 1-7 Council Rock North (20-6) at Governor Mifflin, 7:30 p.m. 12-1 Cardinal O’Hara (14-11) vs. 1-4 Spring-Ford (22-4) at Harriton, 6 p.m. 2-1 Hazleton (20-5) vs. 1-2 Neshaminy (23-4)...
PIAA 2nd round sites, times announced for boys basketball playoffs
Class 6A Wednesday’s games 1-1 Abington (28-1) vs. 1-4 Pennridge (23-4) at Bensalem, 7:30 p.m. 12-2 Boys Latin (23-5) vs. 1-7 Methacton (21-7) at Harriton, 7 p.m. 11-1 William Allen (18-9) vs. 12-4 La Salle College (14-3) at Geigle Complex, Reading, 6 p.m. 1-3 Lower Merion (25-3) vs. 12-1 Roman...
WPIAL, City League champions will clash at Canon-McMillan
WPIAL champion Mt. Lebanon and City League champion Allderdice will meet Wednesday night at Canon-McMillan in the second round of the PIAA Class 6A boys basketball playoffs. The site was announced on Twitter by the schools. Start time is 7 p.m. PIAA Boys Basketball ? Allderdice vs Mt Lebanon @...
Trib HSSN PIHL Player of the Week: Franklin Regional goalie Danny Soltesz
As a two-time Penguins Cup champion goaltender, a four-year starter and a three-time PIHL All-Star for Franklin Regional, senior Danny Soltesz’s expectations are always high. But Soltesz, more often than not, exceeds expectations. Such was the case in the Panthers’ 2-1 win over Mars in which Soltesz stopped 37 of...
Burrell, Valley wrestlers end season on high note
HERSHEY — When their Friday night didn’t go as planned, Burrell sophomores A.J. Corrado and Ian Oswalt and Valley senior Noah Hutcherson awoke Saturday with one goal: win their final wrestling match of the season. Their Saturday afternoon proved much more effective, then, as Corrado, Oswalt and Hutcherson secured fifth-place...
Apollo-Ridge baseball team to start fresh
It’s been 12 short days since new Apollo-Ridge coach Jason Mamros was hired. To say it was a late hire would be an understatement if Mamros was an outsider, but the 1987 Leechburg grad knew his new team long before they were Vikings. “I’ve coached a lot of these kids...
Canon-McMillan’s Nijenhuis stuns 2-time champ, named Outstanding Wrestler at PIAA Class AAA finalsVideo
HERSHEY — How do you win the PIAA Class AAA wrestling championship’s Outstanding Wrestler award? You easily handle a two-time state champion in the finals. That’s what Canon-McMillan junior Gerrit Nijenhuis did Saturday at the Giant Center, defeating Susquehanna Township senior Edmond Ruth, 8-3, to win the 170-pound title. Ruth...
Kiski Area’s Miller finishes decorated career with state wrestling title
HERSHEY — Darren Miller brought a companion to the top of the podium Saturday night: a 5-pound Hershey’s milk chocolate bar. What it took to get there was even sweeter. In the final match of his record-setting Kiski Area wrestling career, Miller beat Franklin Regional’s Colton Camacho, 6-5, in a...
Burrell softball motivated for final run under coach Brian Eshbaugh
Evidence of the Burrell softball team’s motivation — and its persistent practice — lies in some beyond-battered equipment. “We’ve been hitting until our batting gloves are literally just shredded,” senior Lea Coffman said. “It’s ridiculous how much we do.” A WPIAL playoff team the past 13 seasons, Burrell knows the...
High school scores, schedules for March 9, 2019
High schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs Class 6A First round Saturday’s results Abington 69, Cumberland Valley 44 Allderdice 61, Canon-McMillan 58 (OT) Boys Latin 78, Norristown 69 Butler 56, Chambersburg 42 Chester 55, Parkland 41 Coatesvile 85, Emmaus 76 Harrisburg 63, Downingtown East 61 Kennedy Catholic 55, Fox Chapel 28...
Perennial power Kennedy Catholic too much for Fox Chapel
The Fox Chapel boys basketball team took a trip to the “Magic City” on Saturday evening became part of the magic show. The Foxes hung around early, but trying to keep up with District 10 champion Kennedy Catholic was a tall task as the Golden Eagles rolled to a 55-28...
Thomas Jefferson girls top Trinity for 3rd time this seasonVideo
The third time was not a charm for Trinity, and because of that, the Hillers’ girls basketball season ended at the hands of a team coming off a silver lining. Senior Jenna Clark scored 22 points as Thomas Jefferson pulled out a 50-44 victory over the section rival Hillers for...
Franklin Regional’s Dibert, Kiski Area’s Miller claim PIAA Class AAA goldVideo
HERSHEY — Franklin Regional sophomore Carter Dibert didn’t waste any time in the 106-pound final at the PIAA Class AAA wrestling championships Saturday at Giant Center. He let Seneca Valley sophomore Dylan Chappell know he meant business. Dibert (41-2) got a five-point move in the first 25 seconds of the...
