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WPIAL Class 3A preseason Top 10 for 2023-24 wrestling season
Preseason Top 10 Class 3A Team (Last year’s record), Last year’s rankings 1. Canon-McMillan (17-4), 1 2. Trinity (11-3), 10 3. Connellsville (15-6), 4 4. Waynesburg (16-5), 1 5. Franklin Regional (7-2), NR 6. Plum (15-3), 9 7. North Allegheny (10-5), NR 8. Norwin (15-4), 5 9. Latrobe (11-3), 8...
WPIAL Class 3A wrestlers to watch for 2023-24 season
Class 3A Wrestlers to Watch Shawn Taylor West Allegheny, Sr. (95-16 career, 40-3 2022-23) • 2023 WPIAL 160-pound champion; 2023 PIAA 160 second, 2022 PIAA 160 fourth. Committed to West Virginia. Vaughn Spencer Pine-Richland, Jr., (28-2 career, 28-2 2022-23) • 2023 WPIAL 189 champion; PIAA qualifier who went 1-2. Luke...
Trib HSSN 2023-24 WPIAL Class 4A girls basketball preseason breakdown
North Catholic, Blackhawk and Elizabeth Forward won section titles with undefeated records last season, and all three bring back their leading scorer. That doesn’t mean this season is destined to be a repeat of last in Class 4A girls basketball, but it does mean it will take some doing for...
Trib HSSN 2023-24 WPIAL Class 4A boys basketball preseason breakdown
With apologies to the late voice of NFL Films, John Facenda, there are 24 teams in WPIAL Class 4A boys basketball, then there are the Lincoln Park Leopards. The Leopards may be better than last year, and all they did in 2022-2023 was go 30-1 and sweep WPIAL and PIAA...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 27, 2023
High schools Football PIAA playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Saturday’s schedule Central Bucks South (13-1) vs. St. Joseph Prep (11-1) at North Penn, 1 p.m.; Harrisburg (12-1) vs. North Allegheny (12-1) at Mansion Park, Altoona, 1 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Friday’s schedule Imhotep Charter (13-0) vs. Strath Haven (13-1) at Coatesville,...
High school roundup for Nov. 27, 2023: Seneca Valley hockey moves into 1st-place tie with win over North Allegheny
Cenzo Ditullio made 31 saves to help Seneca Valley to a 3-2 victory over North Allegheny on Monday night, moving into a tie atop the PIHL Class 3A hockey standings. Andrew Malichky, Marshall Hewitt and John Sroka scored for Seneca Valley (6-2). Evan Kerber and Brendan White scored for North...
Trib HSSN football player of the week for 2023 Week 13Video
When asked how many medals and trophies he has earned in his youth as a three-sport standout, Fort Cherry sophomore quarterback Matt Sieg has no idea. However, it’s safe to say that the one he earned on Friday at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh has moved to the head of the...
Valley girls have much to figure out with major turnover
As the Valley girls basketball team focuses on the start of another season in rugged Section 1-4A, the Vikings will be doing it with a minimal roster. For the first time in Marta Regus’ tenure with the Valley program, the Vikings will be without a junior varsity team and will...
Jenkins wants to toughen up Valley boys basketball
When Ed Jenkins learned of the boys basketball coach opening at Valley in August, he became intrigued. Serving as an assistant for the first-year staff of the Valley football program, he thought, why not build some continuity across the two programs? Looking to use a similar message and voice, Jenkins...
With experienced lineup, new coach, Yough girls hoping for another playoff season
Excuse Brian Znavor as he navigates a return to high school basketball. He’s been out of the loop for a bit. “Probably 12 or 13 years,” the first-year Yough girls coach said. “I think cellphones were just getting popular around my last year. I still remember when we had phone...
With top scorer Terek Crosby leading charge, Yough boys pumped up to have strong season
The last whistle of an early afternoon practice gives way to the clang of weights as Yough boys basketball players continue their preseason training. Yough was strong last season. The team is even stronger now, literally. “These kids are working really hard,” coach Jim Nesser said, scouring a crowded weight...
Greensburg Central Catholic girls doubles pair proud of state medal
The 2023 season was one of success for the top Greensburg Central Catholic tennis doubles team. It culminated with medals and a fourth-place finish in the PIAA Class 2A doubles championships. “I feel really accomplished. Not many teams have brought home a state medal,” sophomore Stella Bossert said. Added junior...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Latrobe’s Belle Blossey
As the fall season wound down, many athletes were preparing to play their final games representing their high school in their respective sports. That’s not the case for Latrobe’s Belle Blossey, who wrapped up her field hockey season just in time to start preparing for basketball. On the field, the...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Springdale’s Ashley Ross
Ashley Ross was disappointed not to play with her teammates in the final game of the year. She suffered an ankle injury in the opening round of the PIAA playoffs and was unable to go for the team’s quarterfinal match against rival Riverview. “She was a huge loss with the...
High school sports schedule for Nov. 27, 2023
High schools Football PIAA playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Saturday’s schedule Central Bucks South (13-1) vs. St. Joseph Prep (11-1) at North Penn, 1 p.m.; Harrisburg (12-1) vs. North Allegheny (12-1) at Mansion Park, Altoona, 1 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Friday’s schedule Imhotep Charter (13-0) vs. Strath Haven (13-1) at Coatesville,...
Trib HSSN 2023-24 WPIAL Class 5A girls basketball preseason breakdown
South Fayette claimed a second straight WPIAL Class 5A girls basketball title last winter behind Trib HSSN player of the year Maddie Webber and a relentless defense. Webber, who averaged 17.3 points and was named the state’s Class 5A player of the year, is now at Villanova, but the cupboard...
Trib HSSN 2023-24 WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball preseason breakdown
The 2022-23 season was the year of the Indians in WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball. A pair of tribes met for gold in the district title game as Penn Hills edged Peters Township to capture the program’s sixth WPIAL crown and first since 2018. The classification kept up its reputation...
Trib HSSN football team of the week for 2023 Week 13Video
The year-long battle to climb the hill and be the only one standing at the top in the end is the ultimate golden experience. It’s one thing to do that once, but to do it again can be very challenging. Three WPIAL football teams were able to repeat this season...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Nov. 27, 2023
We swing into winter high school sports mode as November becomes December this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. The PIHL feature games this week are a high school hockey doubleheader Thursday. We get the ball rolling on a new basketball season with coverage of all four boys...
2023-24 PIHL standings through Nov. 26, 2023
Here are the latest 2023-24 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday. Don’t miss live and archived PIHL action every week at TribHSSN.TribLive.com. Class 3A Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points North Allegheny, 6-1-0 = 12 Pine-Richland, 5-2-0 = 10 Seneca Valley, 5-2-0 = 10...
With small, young roster, Southmoreland girls aim to improve, stay competitive
Southmoreland will begin the 2023-24 girls basketball season with “a clean slate.” It’s simply the best description coach Amber Cernuto can surmise. Perhaps, it’s the only one? “We only have 10 players, so we won’t even be having a JV season this year,” she said. “Everybody is going to get...
Ty Keffer hopes to lead Southmoreland boys basketball team on tough road to playoffs
For the Southmoreland boys basketball team, some important business is at hand. Not surprisingly, a return to the postseason tops the list. The process long has been underway. “We’ve got some seasoned guys back, some guys who played a lot of basketball for us last year,” coach Frank Muccino said....
Loaded St. Joseph girls basketball team has eye on WPIAL finals
For the second straight year, the St. Joseph girls basketball team reached the WPIAL Class A semifinals. Two years ago, the Spartans pulled off one of the biggest upsets in recent memory, taking down No. 1 Rochester, a three-time defending WPIAL champion, in the quarterfinals. Last year, St. Joseph didn’t...
Underdog status doesn’t keep St. Joseph boys basketball team from aiming high
Charlie Ross hopes to be a central figure in St. Joseph boys basketball’s attempt this season to return to the WPIAL Class A playoffs. The only player back with varsity experience from last year’s Spartans squad which went o 8-14 overall and 2-8 in Section 3-A, Ross said he sees...
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Hempfield set to host annual tip-off tournament
High school basketball season starts Friday. Hempfield will be buzzing with local openers at the Spartan Field House on Friday and Saturday. Six boys teams will play in the 19th Hempfield tip-off tournament. On Friday, the matchups are Franklin Regional vs. Connellsville at 4:45 p.m., Penn-Trafford vs. Greensburg Central Catholic...
