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Girls basketball players back former coach Amy Gumbert at McKeesport school board meeting
Dozens of supporters of Amy Gumbert packed Thursday’s school board meeting to speak out for the McKeesport girls basketball coach, who recently resigned. Four players, family members and former assistant coaches spoke in defense of Gumbert at the emotionally charged meeting, which saw the board vote unanimously to accept her...
Mt. Pleasant’s Jackson Hutter makes college decision
An opportunity to play Division I college football has driven Jackson Hutter since he first realized he had the ability to invade opposing backfields and keep teams behind the sticks. A wrecker at 6-foot-1 and 210 pounds, the senior linebacker from Mt. Pleasant continues to be motivated by the chance...
Star tight end among Class of ’24 in Ligonier Valley Athletics Hall of Fame
Former Connecticut tight end Alec Bloom, who went to training camp with the Arizona Cardinals in 2018, is among eight individuals and a team highlighting the 2024 Ligonier Valley Athletics Hall of Fame class. The group will be inducted April 13 during a banquet at The Barn at Ligonier Valley....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 1, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys Thursday’s results Class 5A Section 3 Gateway 37, Kiski Area 36 (OT) Class A Section 3 Neighborhood Academy 63, Hillel Academy 34 Nonsection Indiana at Burrell, ppd. Nazareth Prep at Perry Traditional Academy, (n) Propel Montour at Northside Urban Pathways, (n) Southwestern Christian Athletic Conference Cheswick...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 2, 2024: Rivals Mt. Lebanon, Upper St. Clair to meet with 1st place on the line
The biggest question on this Groundhog Day among district basketball fans isn’t whether Phil sees his shadow or not, it’s who will end the day in first place in Section 2-6A. Like Punxsutawney Phil on Feb. 2, it seems routine to have the Upper St. Clair and Mt. Lebanon boys...
WPIAL clinched: Girls basketball playoff qualifiers through Feb. 1, 2024
The 2024 WPIAL girls basketball playoff field is taking shape as the regular season has just over one week remaining. The district will release the girls playoff brackets Tuesday, Feb. 13, and Trib HSSN will broadcast the WPIAL Playoff Pairings Show. Here is the updated list of teams that have...
High school roundup for Feb. 1, 2024: Moon girls stun unbeaten Lincoln Park
Maria Depner scored 24 points and Jaedin Griggs added 16 as Moon mounted a fourth-quarter comeback to claim a 66-53 victory and hand Lincoln Park its first loss of the season in Section 4-5A girls basketball Thursday night. Lincoln Park (18-1, 7-1) led by 12 points after three quarters. The...
Norwin’s depth fuels victory over Hempfield as Knights improve to 8-0 in section
Norwin didn’t have its best game offensively on senior night and left the door open just enough for cold-shooting Hempfield to get its hopes up. Senior point guard Bailey Snowberger left the floor just before halftime with a significant nosebleed, and shots were not falling for Norwin as it tried...
Gateway gets much-needed win, surviving against Kiski Area in overtime
Alvis Rogers slid the final bite of a pretzel into his mouth and looked around the visitor’s locker room. Satisfied that everything was in order, the Gateway boys basketball coach, happy to get out of Kiski Area with a victory Thursday night, followed the last of his players into the...
Improvement during season’s 2nd half has Freeport in playoff hunt in Section 1-4A
When reading through the local boys basketball results last weekend, seeing Freeport 61, Knoch 55 might have been a surprise to some. For the Yellowjackets, the upset win over their neighboring rival was a product of hard work and determination that’s led to improvement. It also was a boost as...
6-foot-6 Derry freshman’s game still growing
His father stands 6-foot-10, so Derry freshman Stanley Rajkovich may have room to grow. He’s already 6-6 and showing flashes of a dominance in the post, a budding big with a wing span that goes on for days. But his game is growing, too. With a Kevin Durant frame, Rajkovich...
Westmoreland County boys basketball notebook: Greensburg Central Catholic savors signature win
Greensburg Central Catholic made a splash at the Shootout at Seton Hill last weekend, posting one of the most impressive regular-season wins in coach Christian Hyland’s five-year tenure. GCC (18-2), the No. 2-ranked team in Class 2A, took complete control in the second half and raced past Class 5A No....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 31, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results Class 5A Section 1 Peters Township 84, Ringgold 41 Class 4A Section 2 Blackhawk 71, Hopewell 69 Class 3A Section 1 Ellwood City 67, New Brighton 31 Section 3 Valley 63, Apollo-Ridge 32 Nonsection Moniteau 65, Laurel 54 Waynesburg 48, West Greene 37 City...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 1, 2024: Drama in Section 2-4A girls basketball as February begins
Welcome to the start of the February Frenzy, a month where district playoffs take place and WPIAL winter sports champions will be determined. It might be a short month, but it will be packed with excitement, beginning Thursday with a full slate of WPIAL girls basketball section games. The Blackhawk...
High school roundup for Jan. 31, 2024: Bethel Park slips past North Allegheny in dramatic WPIAL wrestling quarterfinal
Ryan Walsh won a 6-5 decision over Mason Hartung in the final bout of the night at 189 pounds to lead Bethel Park to a 26-19 victory over North Allegheny in a back-and-forth battle in the WPIAL Class 3A team wrestling quarterfinals Wednesday night. Landon Hartman (285) recorded the only...
Mt. Pleasant freshman scores clutch win to top Derry in WPIAL quarterfinal thriller
The nervous energy mounted in front of a packed crowd at Derry. The seventh-ranked Trojans were mounting a comeback against No. 4 Mt. Pleasant as they trailed by three points, and it came down to the final bout. It was seasoned Trojan junior Giovanni Beatrice against Vikings freshman Tristan Wtorkiewiecz...
Franklin Regional moves on to 3A wrestling semis with pair of convincing wins
Franklin Regional wrestling coach Matt Lebe paced back-and-forth in front of his match early in his team’s WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinal-round showdown against Latrobe. The No. 3-ranked Panthers lost the first two bouts against No. 4 Wildcats on Wednesday, and they had their coach nervous. But the feisty Panthers (18-0)...
Burrell wrestling moves step closer to getting back to top of WPIAL Class 2A
The Burrell wrestling team topped Hampton and Bentworth in the first two rounds of the WPIAL Class 2A team tournament Wednesday at Burrell High School. The victories continued the Bucs’ streak of consecutive seasons in the WPIAL semifinals that stretches back more than two decades. But, as is the standard...
Trib 10: 2 new teams enter boys power rankings
The elite district girls teams continue to be dialed in with no changes in the Trib 10 for the third straight week. Three girls teams suffered losses: North Allegheny lost to No. 2 Norwin, Greensburg Central Catholic fell to No. 7 McKeesport, and North Catholic came up short against PIAA...
St. Joseph girls basketball team wants to keep rolling
Senior Maggie Bernat understands where the veteran St. Joseph girls basketball team stands as it enters the final stretch of the regular season. Closing in on another section championship, the Spartans also hope to keep pace with the likes of Union and Aquinas Academy at the top in Class A...
‘We want it’: Norwin girls basketball players excel during small moments in quest for championships
Norwin leads the league in smiles. Watch the girls play basketball and you see an infinite loop of happy moments. High-fives and fist-bumps interrupted by hugs and pats on the back. It looks like fun to play for this team. Senior guard Ava Kobus makes a high-arcing 3-pointer that seems...
Westmoreland County girls basketball notebook: Franklin Regional back in playoff chase after 1-9 start
Franklin Regional’s girls basketball team picked up a big 45-42 win over Penn Hills on Jan. 26 to stay afloat in the WPIAL Class 5A playoff race. But the Panthers weren’t finished. With senior point guard Angelina Brush back and healthy, they dispatched of Kiski Area, 53-38, to move to...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 30, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Butler 70, New Castle 57 North Allegheny 72, Pine-Richland 53 Central Catholic 60, Seneca Valley 25 Section 2 Baldwin 67, Canon-McMillan 57 Mt. Lebanon 64, Hempfield 49 Upper St. Clair 68, Norwin 30 Class 5A Section 1 Peters Township 79,...
Exquisite timing helps Shaler avenge loss to Woodland Hills
“Exquisite” was the fancy word Brandon London’s teammates urged him to work into his postgame interview. He’d already scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds Tuesday night, but the Shaler senior decided to deliver once more for his guys. London used the eloquent adjective to describe the rare 3-pointer he...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 31, 2024: New contenders take mat in Class 3A wrestling
On the final day of January, the WPIAL team wrestling playoffs take center stage with first-round and quarterfinal matches. What a difference a year has made in Class 3A. The two finalists from a year ago, Canon-McMillan and Waynesburg, did not qualify for the 2024 postseason. Of the final four...
