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Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Latrobe’s Jacob Hannah
As most hockey fans are aware, Pittsburgh Penguins great Jaromir Jagr had his No. 68 jersey retired by the organization Feb. 18. One Latrobe IceCat was glad to see it go up in the rafters alongside Mario Lemieux’s 66 and Michel Briere’s 21. “Watching him get his number retired shows...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Deer Lakes’ Zachary Nacey
Last year, Deer Lakes’ hockey team made it all the way to the semifinals in the PIHL’s Division 2, but Ringgold, the eventual champion, got the best of it. This year, Deer Lakes clinched a playoff yet again with high hopes to advance to the title game. Senior center Zachary...
What to watch for in Western Pa. sports for March 4, 2024: PIHL quarterfinals on tap
With temps climbing into the 70’s the next few days, it’s a perfect time to think…ice hockey and the quarterfinals of the PIHL Penguins Cup playoffs. The league has scheduled 16 quarterfinal playoff games into two days with 12 of them taking place Monday. There will be a lot of...
Final 2023-24 PIHL standings, with Penguins Cup playoff field set
Here are the final 2023-24 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through the end of the regular season, along with all the PIHL playoff qualifiers. The PIHL Penguins Cup quarterfinals are set for Monday and Tuesday. Don’t miss live and archived video of PIHL playoff action at TribHSSN.TribLive.com. *- indicates clinched...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for March 3, 2024Video
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week: Maggie Spell School: Shady Side Academy Class: Sophomore Height: 5-foot-9 Position: Guard What coach says: “Her start and aggressive mindset was very important for us,” Shady Side Academy coach Jonna Burke said about the championship game. “She realized early that they were...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for March 3, 2024Video
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week: South Fayette Lions Coach: Bryan Bennett (sixth season) Record: 10-2 in Section 3-4A, 20-2 overall #Earned: Few thought another WPIAL championship was in the cards for South Fayette after they finished in third place in a tough Section 4-5A, and were seeded...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of March 4, 2024
The February Frenzy shifts to the Madness of March as we put the Path to the Pete basketball postseason in the rear view mirror and prepare for the Penguins Cup hockey postseason to kick into full swing and the start of the Road to Hershey this weekend. The playoff basketball...
Westmoreland high school notebook: PIAA basketball playoff pairings, schedule set
The PIAA basketball playoffs will begin this weekend. Times were announced Sunday for first-round games, with higher seeds earning home games. Boys state playoff teams from Westmoreland County are: Franklin Regional in 5A, Burrell and Derry in 3A, Greensburg Central Catholic and Jeannette in 2A and Monessen in A. Franklin...
Burrell boys get unlikely extra home game in PIAA playoffs
It’s been nearly a month since Burrell’s boys basketball team played a home game. After their 58-44 win over rival Valley on Feb. 9, the Bucs were expected to be road warriors for the remainder of the season. As the No. 11 seed for the WPIAL playoffs, they upset No....
High school sports schedules for March 4, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys PIAA tournament Class 6A First round Saturday’s schedule Cedar Crest (18-7) at Lower Merion (25-1), 1 p.m.; Archbishop Wood (16-8) vs. Methacton (19-7) at Cardinal O’Hara, 5 p.m.; Springfield Delco (13-14) at Abraham Lincoln (13-12), 3 p.m.; Spring-Ford (20-6) at Scranton (20-4), 4 p.m.; Plymouth Whitemarsh...
PIAA releases sites, times for 1st round of 2024 girls state basketball playoffs
The brackets are set for the 2024 PIAA girls basketball state playoffs with first-round games scheduled for Friday and Saturday. There are 37 girls teams from the WPIAL ready to battle on the Road to Hershey. Since the expansion to six classifications seven years ago, six District 7 girls basketball...
PIAA announces sites, times for 1st round of 2024 boys state basketball playoffs
The PIAA has released the brackets for the 2024 boys basketball state playoffs with first-round games scheduled for Friday and Saturday. There are 36 boys teams from the WPIAL ready to battle on the Road to Hershey. Since the expansion to six classifications seven years ago, eight District 7 teams...
Adlan Hifri making a splash with Quaker Valley swimming in 1st year in United States
It’s been a succession of firsts for Quaker Valley swimmer Adlan Hifri. “This school year is my first year living in the United States, my first time to attend a public school, and my first experience on a U.S. swim team,” said Hifri, a junior. “I started my journey of...
Quaker Valley divers fill podium at WPIAL meet
Two, three and five. The Quaker Valley diving team ended up with three girls among the top five at the WPIAL 2A finals Feb. 23 at North Allegheny. QV junior Ruby Olliffe placed second for the third year in a row with a 405.55 final score, ahead of third-place finisher...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Emily Valenta places 3rd in state rifle competition
Penn-Trafford junior Emily Valenta ended up placing third in the state in the high school individual rifle competition. She finished with a 411.1 total to finish behind Everett’s Trey Myers (413.8) and Kinzey Williams (413.1). Emily’s sister Carlee, a senior, placed 16th with a 406.2 score. Emily Valenta was the...
Dedication pays off with trip to WPIAL tournament for Penn Hills wrestler
Penn Hills wrestling coach Jeremy Packer couldn’t help but admire Julian Lavender’s desire to make his senior year a special one. One day, Packer, who lives in West Deer and works in Pittsburgh, wasn’t planning on coming in to open up the wrestling room. Lavender, a 127-pound senior wrestler, called...
Penn Hills track team builds toward spring at state indoor meet
Mackenzie McIntyre has been slowly building toward bigger accomplishments. The Penn Hills junior has been making strong contributions to the track team since her freshman year. McIntyre was one of two members of the Penn Hills indoor track team to reach the PTFCA indoor state championship Feb. 25 at Penn...
Pine-Richland notebook: Realignment puts Rams in conference with Aliquippa
Pine-Richland football coach Jon LeDonne will face his alma mater, Aliquippa, next fall. It’s a scenario that seems crazy with Aliquippa’s Class 2A enrollment, but due to the PIAA competitive balance rules, the Quips will be bumped up to Class 5A next year and are in a conference with the...
Riverview girls turn attention to PIAA playoffs
“It almost was a Cinderella story.” Those were the descriptive words from Riverview coach Jill Catanzaro as her Riverview girls basketball team came close to upending No. 2 Aquinas Academy in a battle for the third-place spot in WPIAL Class A on Feb. 28. The game at Shaler High School ultimately...
Plum, Riverview athletes benefit from indoor track and field season
Owen Proskin finished as one of the top scorers for the Plum boys basketball team this season. The 6-foot-4 sophomore also made the most of his athletic double duty this winter through indoor track and field training and competition. His versatility showed with a third-place medal in the high jump...
Gateway boys earn berth to PIAA tournament
The Gateway boys basketball team faced a do-or-die scenario for a trip to the PIAA playoffs. After a loss to No. 2 Franklin Regional in the WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinals and then a close setback at home to Bethel Park in the fifth-place consolation semifinals, the Gators were still alive...
Bentworth’s Chris Vargo pulls huge upset at 2A wrestling Southwest Regional
ALTOONA — Ask Bentworth senior Chris Vargo what it means to win four regional wrestling championships, and the response might seem surprising. Even after a convincing decision Saturday against a nationally ranked opponent. “Right now, it doesn’t mean (anything),” Vargo said. On a night when Frazier standout Rune Lawrence notched...
Butler’s Santino Sloboda stuns top-ranked wrestler to win WPIAL Class 3A crown
Very few people at the WPIAL Class 3A wrestling championships Saturday at Canon-McMillan gave Butler sophomore Santino Sloboda a chance at beating the No. 1 wrestler in the country at his weight class. Sloboda and his circle did. A reversal with two seconds left in the 114-pound final gave Sloboda...
Kiski Area’s Cooper Roscosky wins WPIAL title; pair from Plum headed to states
Kiski Area sophomore Cooper Roscosky has one-upped his brother, Braydon. With his 4-2 overtime win against Norwin senior Nathan Campbell, Cooper became the first in the family to win a WPIAL Class 3A title. He claimed the 189-pound title at the WPIAL Class 3A wrestling championships at Canon-McMillan. Now his...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 2, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship Saturday’s result Upper St. Clair 64, Baldwin 41 Class 2A Championship Saturday’s result Aliquippa 69, Greensburg Central Catholic 32 Girls WPIAL playoffs Class 5A Championship Saturday’s result South Fayette 70, Armstrong 63 Class 4A Championship Saturday’s result North Catholic 40, Blackhawk...
