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Stop the Violence alumni game aims to bring people together
Two torn Achilles tendons gave Wilkinsburg’s Taz Williams the hint. Williams, who co-organizes the Stop the Violence Alumni Shootout, decided to retire from playing in the 2022 event. Not that it’s an admission that the 39-year-old still can’t play. It’s a sign the interest revolving around participating has skyrocketed. Many...
Pine-Richland notebook: Brandon Saad finding good fit in St. Louis
Former Pine-Richland standout Brandon Saad signed a five-year, $22.5 million dollar contract with the St. Louis Blues over the summer and has immediately found his new surroundings to his liking. Saad had 19 goals and 19 assists in 62 games through the end of March. He had five goals and...
Seamless coaching transition for Pine-Richland boys lacrosse team
Dave Offner was an assistant coach for the Pine-Richland boys lacrosse team for six years, so moving to the head coaching position in 2022 has been fairly seamless. He inherits a team with good depth in each portion of the field and is excited to see how the season unfolds....
East boys get overtime victory in Cager Classic
Just like the girls game at Cager Classic on Saturday at Highlands High School, the boys game went into overtime. Armend Karpuzi of Deer Lakes hit a 3-pointer for the West with 3.5 seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime. Unlike the girls, however, the boys only...
West girls edge East in double OT in record-setting Cager Classic
At the midway point of the first overtime of Saturday’s 25th Cager Classic girls all-star game at Highlands, a loose ball off a missed shot caused a mad scramble involving a couple of players from both the East and West squads. Bodies collided as they hit the floor. Instincts took...
Knoch’s Maddie Boyer named Valley News Dispatch Girls Basketball Player of the Year
Maddie Boyer Knoch, 5-10, Sr., Guard As a freshman, Maddie Boyer helped the Knoch girls basketball team make the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs. The Knights suffered a first-round loss to Elizabeth Forward. Two years ago, Boyer increased her role at both ends of the court, and Knoch increased its standing...
Fox Chapel’s Eli Yofan takes Valley News Dispatch Boys Basketball Player of the Year honors
Eli Yofan Fox Chapel, 6-2, Sr., Guard Eli Yofan averaged 19.3 points throughout the 2021-22 boys basketball season, but he was limited for most of Fox Chapel’s WPIAL Class 6A title game against North Hills early last month at the Petersen Events Center. But as he did all season, the...
Belle Vernon’s Quinton Martin named Tribune-Review Westmoreland Boys Basketball Player of the Year
Quinton Martin Belle Vernon, So., G/F At this rate, Belle Vernon football star Quinton Martin is going to mess around and get mistaken for a basketball player. Martin, the five-star football prospect who is racking up Power 5 scholarship offers, had a breakthrough sophomore season on the court for the...
Latrobe’s Emma Blair named Tribune-Review Westmoreland Girls Basketball Player of the Year
Emma Blair Latrobe, Jr., F Emma Blair is known for her ability to play in the post. But what really makes her the player she is, what truly rounds her off, is her ability to rebound the basketball. The 6-foot-1 junior forward knows how to get position under the rim...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 2, 2022
High schools Baseball WPIAL Saturday’s results Class 2A Section 4 Burgettstown 6, Chartiers-Houston 3 Nonsection Avonworth 4, Ambridge 3 Montour 5, Hopewell 2 Hempfield 11, Pine-Richland 3 Valley 2, Riverview 1 Valley 4, Riverview 2 Chartiers Valley at West Mifflin, ppd. Ligonier Valley at Somerset, ppd. Our Lady of the...
High school roundup for April 2, 2022: Hutter homers Mt. Pleasant softball to 1st win
Katie Hutter hit a solo home run with two outs in the top of the ninth inning to lead Mt. Pleasant to a 9-8 victory over Latrobe in nonsection softball Saturday. Hutter went 3 for 5 and also doubled. Krista Brunson and Abby Swank singled and doubled twice for the...
George Guido: Big 33 game calls on Kiski Area’s ‘Beef’
Kiski Area offensive lineman Brandon Lawhorn-Moore was named to this year’s Pennsylvania Big 33 team. The 6-foot-5, 295-pound Lawhorn-Moore, affectionately known as “Beef” to those in the Kiski Area community, was named to the team to replace Drew Shelton of Downingtown West, who had to opt of the game because...
Highlands’ Foster sprinted to Alle-Kiski Valley Sports Hall of Fame
When Robert Foster began running track and field at Highlands, he wasn’t sure where the sport would take him. With hard work and determination, it took him to championships and into the record books. Foster made his mark on the track as one of the fastest to compete at Highlands,...
TribHSSN baseball rankings for April 2, 2022
Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny, 1-0, 1 2. Butler, 2-0, 4 3. Seneca Valley, 3-0, NR 4. Upper St. Clair, 2-1, NR 5. Baldwin, 4-1, NR Out: Hempfield (0-3, 2), Norwin (0-3, 3), Mt. Lebanon (1-4, 5) Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Bethel Park,...
TribHSSN softball rankings for April 2, 2022
Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Hempfield, 2-0, 3 2. Bethel Park, 0-2, 1 3. Norwin, 0-1, 2 4. Seneca Valley, 1-0, 5 5. North Allegheny, 2-0, NR Out: Mt. Lebanon (0-1, 4) Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Shaler, 3-0, 1 2. Armstrong, 3-0, 2 3. Penn-Trafford,...
Westmoreland H.S. notebook: Local players dot rosters for Roundball Classic
The Roundball Classic basketball games return this year, and a number of local players made the all-star rosters. Nine all-senior games will be played May 19-21 at Geneva College in Beaver Falls. Norwin’s Lance Maha will coach the 6A Silver boys team. Area boys selected include Nick Crum and Noah...
After strong season, future bright for Plum wrestling program
Seven Plum wrestlers took part in the WPIAL/Southwest Regional Class 3A tournament March 4 and 5 at Canon-McMillan High School. The wrestling over those two days capped a strong season for the Mustangs, who displayed competitiveness and depth throughout a youthful lineup. With just two graduating — Lucas Heath and...
Plum swimmers cap special season at PIAA championships
Sam Schohn was one of the top performers in the Class 2A boys 100-yard breaststroke all season. The Plum senior’s talent was on display at the WPIAL championships March 4 with a third-place finish behind Southmoreland’s Henry Miller and Mt. Pleasant’s Joseph Gardner. Those three kept the pace two weeks...
Norwin sports notebook: Mumpower makes volleyball list
Norwin senior Luke Mumpower was one of three WPIAL players selected as the Class 3A player of the week by the Western PA Volleyball Coaches Association. Norwin was ranked No. 5 in the classification in the second coaches poll of the season. Tough opener The Norwin baseball team opened the...
Norwin hockey celebrates ‘huge accomplishment’ of Penguins Cup
In an unforgettable run of validation, Norwin showed championship confidence early in the season and put it on display late, capturing the first PIHL Penguins Cup title in program history. But Knights coach Mike Robinson said he doesn’t think this will be a one-hit-wonder kind of team. He believes his...
With big-time talent, North Allegheny baseball team sets big goals
At least a dozen pro scouts watched North Allegheny’s baseball scrimmage, an early indication the Tigers have an eventful season ahead. Senior shortstop Cole Young is projected to be a first-round MLB Draft pick this summer, but the team has other goals to accomplish before then, like winning WPIAL and...
Coaching continuity helps Hampton track team enter season with confidence
When Derek Brinkley stepped down as Hampton track and field coach after 18 seasons this offseason, a priority for athletic director Bill Cardone was keeping the staff as intact as possible. Assistant Heather Dietz, a long-time cross country coach who works with the track distance runners, offered to handle the...
Will Retsch ends Hampton swimming career with record-shattering flourish
Hampton swimmer Will Retsch is proof that water is the universal solvent. When he’s around, records disappear. Retsch will graduate with his name etched in the WPIAL record books and all over the Talbots’ all-time leaderboard. On his way to bringing home the school’s first PIAA swimming title since 2007,...
Shady Side Academy softball program seeks rebound
After a post-pandemic 1-9 season last year, Shady Side Academy is looking for quick improvement. “I’m hoping to win a few more of our section games this year,” coach Rebecca Uhlean said. “Truth be told, it’s a pretty tough section for the level we’re at right now. We’re still a...
Shady Side Academy baseball looks to keep momentum rolling
Shady Side Academy made the WPIAL baseball playoffs last season, finished in second place in Section 3-2A and had its first winning season (10-6, 8-2) in five years. But in 2022, the Bulldogs want more. “We’re trying to build on what they did last year and continue with the tradition...
