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High school roundup for Dec. 11, 2023: South Fayette girls polish off rival Chartiers Valley
Juliette Leroux scored 20 points and Haylie Lamonde added 19 to lead South Fayette to a 67-49 nonsection girls basketball victory over rival Chartiers Valley on Monday night. Erica Hall chipped in 11 and Lainey Yater finished with 10 for South Fayette (3-1). Lilah Turnbull scored 14 points for Chartiers...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Dec. 12, 2023: Playoff rematch on tap in Class 3A boys basketball
The 12th day of the 12th month of the year is a busy one for nonsection WPIAL boys basketball action, including a rematch from a Class 3A playoff game a year ago. When the 2023 basketball brackets were unveiled, Mohawk was the No. 4 seed in 3A while Deer Lakes...
Norwin girls overcome slow start, pull away from Latrobe in 2nd half
Kendall Berger said Norwin allowed Latrobe to dictate the tempo early in Monday night’s nonsection girls basketball matchup. Berger and Norwin, though, quickly changed the pace and flipped a close game in their favor. The Lady Knights, ranked No. 2 in Class 6A, picked up their defensive pressure, imposed their...
PIAA football championship notebook: Despite criticism, St. Joseph’s Prep coach proud of powerhouse team’s achievements
St. Joseph’s Prep football has dominated the state’s largest classification for over a decade, and the Philadelphia team’s coach isn’t about to apologize for the school’s success. The Hawks won their eighth title in 11 years on Saturday by defeating WPIAL champion North Allegheny, 45-23, in a Class 6A final...
Trib HSSN football player of the week for 2023 Week 15Video
Aliquippa senior quarterback Quentin Goode has several nicknames, including “The General.” Another one he is commonly known for is “Cheese,” although he claims he’s been called that his whole life, so he doesn’t even consider it a nickname. After wrapping up his scholastic career with another championship, he may just...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Greensburg Central Catholic’s Avery Davis
Last year, the girls basketball team from Greensburg Central Catholic made it to the WPIAL quarterfinals and PIAA semifinals. The team is still stacked with talent, with the potential of making another deep playoff run. Avery Davis, who figures to have a large role with the Centurions, is motivated as...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Highlands’ Jocelyn Bielak
Highlands forward Jocelyn Bielak quietly has become a leader on a team striving to bring home a section title for the first time in 48 years. “She is a joy to coach. Her work ethic and commitment to improve is on an extremely high level,” coach Shawn Bennis said. “She...
PIAA football playoffs recap: Western Pa. teams finish 2-4 in MechanicsburgVideo
The March to Mechanicsburg is history as the six WPIAL and City League schools playing for a PIAA title finished 2-4 overall. Aliquippa captured its first PIAA title with an undefeated record by winning a second Class 4A state championship in three years. Belle Vernon rolled to victory in the...
Trib HSSN football team of the week for 2023 Week 15Video
The Aliquippa football program has enjoyed record amounts of success through the decades. The Quips have reached the WPIAL championship game 16 years in a row and counting. They have won more WPIAL football titles than any other district school, capturing their 20th crown last month. Aliquippa added more gold...
PIHL standings through Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023
Here are the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday. Don’t miss live and archived PIHL action every week here at TribHSSN.TribLive.com. *-clinched a playoff spot x-eliminated from playoff chase #-Ineligible for Penguins Cup Playoffs Team, Wins-Losses-Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points Class AAA North Allegheny, 7-2-0 = 14 Pine-Richland, 7-2-0...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Dec. 11, 2023
The pucks are flying high as we turn full attention to winter scholastic sports this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We double your pleasure of PIHL action with a Monday and Thursday high school hockey doubleheader. We also have links to WPIAL boys and girls basketball...
What to watch for in high school sports for Dec. 11, 2023: Rivals South Fayette, Chartiers Valley to square off
Call it the Battle of Thoms Run Road. Two schools separated by less than 5 miles on Thoms Run Road continue their girls basketball rivalry Monday when South Fayette visits Chartiers Valley. The Lions and Colts have won six of the seven WPIAL Class 5A girls basketball championships, with the...
High school sports scores, schedules for Dec. 10, 2023
High schools Basketball Boys Sunday’s results The Clash at New Castle Franklin 53, Mohawk 50 Mt. Lebanon 71, Erie 47 Shenango 55, Ellwood City 47 Monday’s schedule Nonsection Aliquippa at Ambridge, 7:30 p.m. Armstrong at Perry Traditional Academy, 7 p.m. Beth-Center at Waynesburg, 7:30 p.m. Brentwood at Albert Gallatin, 7:30...
Belle Vernon football team celebrates 2nd straight state title, looks ahead to possible 3-peat
Belle Vernon returned home from Mechanicsburg on Saturday night after winning its second PIAA Class 3A title and partied one last time this year at “The Beach” (James Weir Stadium). The team received a fire truck parade to the stadium, where it rang the victory bell one last time before...
Westmoreland high school notebook: GCC’s Kerr chooses college
The recruiting process ended just as quickly as it began for Riley Kerr. After the WPIAL girls soccer season concluded with a rare first-round loss for Greensburg Central Catholic, the junior forward began to get a feel for the lay of the land. She gauged interest and looked for the...
Basketball teams adjust to new free-throw rule in early part of season
One-and-one free throws always have been a gamble. Make the first one, and you get a chance to make another. Miss, and you’re out of luck. The jury still is out on whether a new free-throw rule is a make or miss. A key change in the rulebook this season...
Penn-Trafford baseball making strides in offseason, wins fall league title
With the graduation of the team’s top two pitchers, Nolan Marasti and Dylan Grabowski, Penn-Trafford baseball coach Lou Cortazzo knew he had to get some younger pitchers some work. So Cortazzo got the Warriors into two leagues, played 31 games (going 27-4) and ended up winning the West Penn Fall...
Penn-Trafford’s Antolena Damico hitting all the right notes for future in golf, dentistry
Things are starting to line up for Penn-Trafford senior Antolena Damico. She recently committed to play golf at Washington & Jefferson College and pursue a degree in dentistry. She wants to be an orthodontist and plans on majoring in biology and chemistry. Damico, who carries a 4.6 grade point average,...
Penn Hills wrestlers build confidence with success at early season tournament
Penn Hills wrestling coach Jeremy Packer set up the team’s schedule so things would get progressively tougher. Competing at the Southwest Kickoff Classic at Valley High School was the right way to build confidence. Penn Hills had three wrestlers — Daemon Phipps (121 pounds), Julian Lavender (127) and Jacen Wright...
Penn Hills notebook: Charles Morris picks up coach of the year award
The Penn Hills football team collected plenty of accolades from the Big 56 Conference. Indians coach Charles Morris was selected as the Northeast Conference’s coach of the Year. Penn Hills had eight players selected to the first team for all-conference. Julian Dugger and Amir Key were selected to on the...
Gateway sports notebook: Boys basketball team earns pair of early-season wins
The Gateway and Allderdice boys basketball teams played close throughout their nonsection game Dec. 5 at Allderdice High School. The Gators led by three at halftime and by two at the end of the third quarter before holding on for a 56-51 victory over the Dragons. The win moved Gateway...
Sewickley Academy boys basketball looks to show growth during challenging times
There’s only one direction the Sewickley Academy boys basketball team wants to go in 2023-24. That is up. After finishing 3-18 last year, first-year coach Jim Dudas said the Panthers have been adjusting well while learning a new system. “I am optimistic we will show significant improvement on both sides...
Quaker Valley volleyball players scoop up awards after memorable season
Talk about a landslide vote. Eight members of the Quaker Valley girls volleyball team were honored as all-section selections in 2023. Two seniors, right-side hitter Annica Kagle and middle hitter Katelyn Clark, and two juniors, outside hitter Molly MacDonald and setter Vanessa Pickett, were named to the first team. Kagle...
Mimi Thiero provides spark for young Quaker Valley girls basketball roster
Oumou “Mimi” Thiero is a still-growing 6-foot-4 sophomore guard/forward who was an all-section selection last year. Thiero was named by Trib HSSN as a 4A player to watch “who has perhaps the highest ceiling of any player in WPIAL girls basketball.” And she showed why with her two-game production in...
Senior guard Joe Coyle, Quaker Valley boys start season on right foot
Joe Coyle is back for his senior year in the Quaker Valley boys basketball program. And what a splash he made to start the season. A talented 6-foot-1 guard, Coyle was the Quakers’ leading scorer and a first-team all-section selection last year. Much is expected of him this season; he’s...
