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After early struggles, Burrell girls showed improvement late in season
Untimely injuries, young players stepping into starting roles, tough calls late in games, buzzer beaters and losing streaks weren’t enough to break the will and determination of the 2021-22 Burrell girls basketball team. All these struggles did was build character and light a fire moving forward. “It was a tough...
Westmoreland Senior Spotlight: Hempfield’s Lydia Dunn
A perfect season, topped with a perfect ending. Hempfield shooter Lydia Dunn scored a 10 on all 10 of her attempts in every section rifle match this season, and then helped her team to a WPIAL team title. Of course, rifle is not a sport that gets put in the...
A-K Valley senior spotlight: St. Joseph’s Sam Wygonik
Sam Wygonik finishes classes each day and heads to swim practice, but for the St. Joseph senior, it’s not as simple as walking down a few hallways to the natatorium. Wygonik is the lone swimmer at St. Joseph and does his daily workouts at Fox Chapel High School. He’s an...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Feb. 28, 2022
Championship Week for several WPIAL winter sports is so big, we are breaking the golden week in half here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We close out the WPIAL basketball semifinals with video and audio coverage of all 16 third-round games remaining on the Path to the Pete....
2021-22 PIHL standings, playoff clinchings through Feb. 27, 2022
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday, Feb. 27. Eight teams in each classification qualify for the PIHL playoffs. *- indicates clinched a playoff spot x- indicates eliminated from playoff chase #-Indicated ineligible for Penguins Cup Playoffs Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss =...
High school sports schedule for Feb. 28, 2022
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule North Hills (23-0) vs. Mt. Lebanon (16-8) at North Allegheny, 8 p.m.; Fox Chapel (22-1) vs. Central Catholic (18-5) at Peters Township, 8 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Monday’s schedule Laurel Highlands (23-0) vs. Highlands (18-6) at Peters Township, 8...
Butler boys earn state title, 5 WPIAL athletes win gold at PTFCA indoor championships
Five WPIAL athletes and a relay team earned gold medals Sunday at the annual Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association state indoor championships at Penn State. Mt. Lebanon sophomore Logan St. John Kletter won the girls 1-mile run (4 minutes, 56.06 seconds), Moon senior Mia Cochran won the girls 3,000-meter...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Shakeup for football schedules
Schedules for the 2022 WPIAL football season came out last week, giving some teams in new classifications, and their fans, a glimpse of what lies ahead. Norwin and Hempfield will be new to Class 5A and play in a conference with Franklin Regional, Gateway, returning WPIAL and PIAA champion Penn-Trafford...
Greensburg Central Catholic boys get much-anticipated rematch with OLSH in WPIAL semifinals
Greensburg Central Catholic players and coaches watched Our Lady of the Sacred Heart celebrate a WPIAL boys basketball title last year at Peters Township — right in front of them. The dog pile celebration followed a 71-52 victory over the Centurions in the Class 2A final. As if GCC needed...
Alle-Kiski Valley WPIAL basketball playoff capsule for Feb. 28, 2022
Monday’s game Boys Class 5A semifinals 5-Highlands (18-6) vs. 1-Laurel Highlands (23-0) 8 p.m. at AHN Arena, Peters Township Winner plays: Winner of 6-Gateway (15-5)/2-New Castle (22-1) in championship game at 8 p.m. Friday at Petersen Events Center. Layup lines: Highlands is hoping to punch its ticket to a WPIAL...
St. Joseph girls relish another shot at Aquinas after upset
The St. Joseph girls basketball team will get another crack at Aquinas Academy as the Section 3-1A rivals do battle at 6 p.m. Monday at North Hills in the WPIAL semifinals with a trip to Petersen Events Center on the line. Most playoff pundits and other observers probably thought the...
North Allegheny relies on balance in quest for 3rd straight Penguins Cup championship
As the hockey schedule reached late February, North Allegheny’s Connor Chi pushed his season-long scoring streak to 19 games. The senior recorded at least one goal or assist in every contest, cementing his spot as an elite scorer. But this winter, he’s had help. North Allegheny clinched the top spot...
Franklin Regional swimmers focus on relays at WPIAL meet
It’s been quite a season for the Franklin Regional swimming teams. The boys and girls advanced 14 swimmers to the WPIAL Class 3A championships March 3-4 at the University of Pittsburgh’s Trees Pool. And while advancing 14 seems great, Panthers coach Vic Santoro said he was hoping for more. “It’s...
Franklin Regional basketball continues fundraising efforts for Clelian Heights
Organizer Kurt Kimmich longs for the return of the Special Needs Awareness Day at Franklin Regional. The unique event celebrates the students of Clelian Heights School for Exceptional Children in Greensburg, through basketball. Sister Charlene Celli of Clelian Heights told Kimmich, “Definitely next year,” when asked if the event would...
Hampton swim team primed for WPIAL title defense
Hampton swim coach Morgan Zweygardt indicated early in the 2021-22 season that the defending WPIAL Class 2A champion Talbots have not rested on their laurels. Last year’s WPIAL championship was the team’s first in 22 years; it may not take nearly that long for another one. Hampton has relied on...
Hampton boys bolstered by WPIAL playoff victory
First, some good news: Hampton’s boys basketball team this season tripled its win total of 2020-21. Plus, it’s a young team with six juniors, 11 sophomores and only three seniors on the 20-man roster. Next, more good news: The Talbots finished the regular season 12-10 overall and tied for third...
Shady Side Academy girls find success, but not satisfaction in Jonna Burke’s 1st season
As one of the more accomplished coaches in WPIAL girls basketball history, Jonna Burke wasn’t used to seeing her season end as early as Feb. 18. But after a slow start in her first year at Shady Side Academy, the Bulldogs finished the section season strong and made the Class...
Fox Chapel sophomores Schrim, Troutman shine during indoor track season
The indoor track season is pretty much complete, and the Fox Chapel coach is giving his team high marks. Through Fox Chapel didn’t have any first-place finishers at the Tri-State Track Coaches Association meet at Edinboro, the team secured a number of medals. “I was happy with the season from...
Gateway swimmers chasing medals at WPIAL championships
Before competing in college at Youngstown State, Summer Raymer has one final chance to make her mark on the biggest high school stages in Pennsylvania. The Gateway senior distance swimmer, who will compete in both the 200- and 500-yard freestyles and the 200 and 400 free relays at the WPIAL...
Young Gateway lineup ‘trending in right direction’
The Gateway junior varsity hockey team finished its regular season Feb. 14 with a tough 3-2 loss to Mt. Lebanon. It completed a 3-10-3 run, and while that record might not look inspiring at face value, coach Shawn Jesih said a closer look reveals marked improvement for a roster with...
Pair of WPIAL champs lead way for Quaker Valley wrestling team
They are two of the premier seniors in WPIAL Class 2A wrestling. Quaker Valley’s Patrick Cutchember (189 pounds) and Justin Richey (152 pounds) were ranked No. 1 in their respective weight divisions by Trib HSSN for most of the season. And with sound reasoning as things turned out: They’ve formed...
Pieces come together for Quaker Valley in dream season
Quaker Valley’s boys basketball team played 20 regular season games without a loss. It was a dream season for the Quakers, led by two of the most productive players in the WPIAL: senior guard Adou Thiero and senior forward Markus Frank. QV ended the regular season 20-0, 14-0 in Section...
Penn-Trafford underclassmen look forward to WPIAL championship meet
Penn-Trafford swimming coach Dave Babik knew this season would be challenging. The Water Warriors boys and girls teams didn’t have the numbers this season, compared to some of the other Class 3A programs. The boys finished 7-5 and the girls 6-6. “We were pretty happy how the boys finished,” Babik...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Hockey team finishes regular season strong
The Penn-Trafford hockey team ended the regular season in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League with solid wins over Latrobe and Shaler. Warriors defeated Latrobe, 5-3, on Feb. 17 as four different players scored. It was a three-goal second period that rallied the Warriors from a 1-0 deficit. Scoring goals were...
Penn Hills swim team looking to improve with more time in pool
Entering this season, Penn Hills swimming coach Nick Page wanted to see the Indians make solid progress throughout the year. With the makeup of the preseason roster, Penn Hills wasn’t going to be a team that won many meets or qualified a ton of swimmers for the WPIAL Class 3A...
