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Valley’s John Luke Bailey twirls gem in section win over Derry
Valley senior John Luke Bailey didn’t find himself in many tough situations Tuesday as the Vikings hosted Derry in their first Section 3-3A game of the season. When he did, though, his defense had his back. The Vikings (4-1, 1-0) battled out of two tough spots against the Trojans (1-1,...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 5, 2021
High schools WPIAL Baseball Monday’s schedule Nonsection Seton LaSalle 12, Laurel 0 Serra Catholic 16, Springdale 1 Tuesday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Butler at Allderdice, 7 p.m. North Allegheny at Seneca Valley, 4 p.m. Pine-Richland at Central Catholic, 4 p.m. Section 2 Baldwin at Norwin, 4 p.m. Mt. Lebanon...
High school roundup for April 5, 2021: Franklin Regional opens PIHL playoffs with OT win
Dan Rafferty scored less than eight minutes into overtime to lift Franklin Regional to a 4-3 victory over Hempfield in a PIHL Class AA quarterfinal matchup Monday night. It was the only overtime game on the first night of PIHL playoff action. Jeff Anderchak, Zachary Zeto and Brett Bowser also...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 6, 2021: Section series start on baseball diamond
Some sunshine and temps in the mid 70s will be the backdrop Tuesday as most of the WPIAL baseball teams hit the diamond to begin section play. The district has set up a different look to section play this spring in response to pandemic related concerns. Instead of playing every...
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week for April 5, 2021: West Mifflin’s Jake Walker
Without a 2020 season and with offseason workouts sporadic due to the ongoing pandemic, few people knew what to expect at the start of the 2021 high school baseball season. Batting .846 five games and 10 days into the much-anticipated campaign is something not even the most optimistic hitter could...
Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week for April 5, 2021: Valley
The first full week “back to work” for the Valley baseball team was nearly perfect. After losing their season opener Mar. 26 at Highlands, the Vikings nearly matched their win total of five in 2019 in one week, going 3-0. “The biggest concern coming into the season is always the...
Kiski Area blanks Greensburg Salem on opening night of PIHL playoffs
The Kiski Area hockey team is headed back to the PIHL Penguins Cup Class A semifinals. For the second year in a row, the No. 2 Cavaliers will play in the final four after posting a 5-0 victory over No. 7 Greensburg Salem in a quarterfinal contest Monday at Belmont...
Freeport tops McDowell in PIHL quarterfinals to avenge early season loss
Kelly Mason took over the Freeport hockey program three years ago, and the Yellowjackets have been searching for a playoff win ever since. On Monday, in the quarterfinals of the Class A Penguins Cup Playoffs, No. 5 Freeport (15-3-1) finally broke through. Sophomore Caleb Hoffman scored in the second period,...
Emma Little slugs Penn-Trafford past NorwinVideo
Emma Little did not spend Easter Sunday afternoon eating candy. She was too busy working on her softball swing. “I made a complete change,” the Penn-Trafford senior catcher said. “Me and my dad came to the field, and I changed my whole swing, stance-wise. It was something I needed to...
North Allegheny’s Lizzy Groetsch named Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Year
North Allegheny senior basketball player Lizzy Groetsch has been taking piano lessons since she was 6 years old. She enjoys playing classical music. That’s seems appropriate since she and her Tigers teammates have just completed a season for the ages. Groetsch led North Allegheny to a 27-1 season in which...
North Catholic takes over Class AA top spot in latest WPIAL coaches boys volleyball rankings
The Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its Week 2 boys volleyball rankings Monday morning, and there is a change at the top in Class AA. North Catholic, No. 3 in last week’s top 10 poll, has taken over the No. 1 position, unseating Seton LaSalle. The teams went head-to-head...
Large, diverse list of candidates seeks WPIAL board of directors seat
This year’s ballot for electing new WPIAL board members has the largest and most diverse list of candidates in recent memory, executive director Amy Scheuneman said. In all, 16 school administrators were on the ballot this spring for one of the 10 at-large seats on the 19-person board. Online voting...
Big 33 Football Classic down to 13 WPIAL players for May all-star game
The Big 33 Football Classic is down to 13 WPIAL athletes for this year’s game after a sixth player withdrew. WPIAL leading rusher and Beaver Falls senior Josh Hough was replaced on the all-star game roster this week. The 6-foot-3, 240-pound running back is a Syracuse recruit and withdrew from...
Trib HSSN What to Watch for: Monday, April 5, 2021
In the spring of 2019, the Armstrong softball team lost its first 13 games. The River Hawks won two of their final three games two years ago but ended up tied for last place in Section 1-5A with an overall record of 3-16. Two years later, and things have changed...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week for week ending April 4, 2021
After a great start to the season March 26-27, the strikeouts and the victories kept coming for Mia Edwards and Shenango softball last week. In three games, all wins, the senior pitcher threw 18 innings without giving up a run. She allowed six hits and struck out 37. “The biggest...
High school sports schedules for April 5, 2021
High schools WPIAL Baseball Monday’s schedule Nonsection Laurel at Seton LaSalle, 4 p.m. Hockey PIHL Penguins Cup Playoffs Monday’s schedule Quarterfinals Class AAA Peters Township (15-4) vs. Bethel Park (7-11-0-2) at Robert Morris, 6:30 p.m. North Allegheny (13-5-0-2) vs. Seneca Valley (13-6-0-1) at Baierl Ice Complex, 6:30 p.m. Canon-McMillan (15-4)...
TribLive High School Sports Network broadcasts: Week of April 5, 2021
No need to hunt here and there for outstanding high school sports coverage, just check out the basket of video and audio treats this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have the start of section play with WPIAL baseball and softball on the diamonds, along with boys...
Final regular season PIHL standings through April 4, 2021
Here are the final PIHL high school hockey standings through the end of the regular season. The PIHL Penguins Cup playoffs are set to start with all of the quarterfinals games Monday. Trib HSSN will have video steam coverage of the semifinals and finals. The Pennsylvania Cup state hockey championships...
2021 Trib 10 Boys Basketball All-Stars
This year’s Trib 10 boys basketball all-star team could look a lot like next year’s team. Of the 10 players selected, six are juniors or sophomores. That list includes Laurel Highlands sophomore Rodney Gallagher and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart junior Jake DiMichele, who earned Trib 10 honors for...
2021 Trib 10 Girls Basketball All-Stars
This year’s Trib 10 girls basketball all-star team has an impressive collection of medals. This winter alone, counting both gold and silver medals, these players combined collected eight from the WPIAL and added four more from the PIAA. But for many, this year’s medal wasn’t their first. Chartiers Valley teammates...
Multi-sport athletes bring spark to Gateway volleyball
Gateway boys volleyball coach Phil Randolph has plenty of fresh faces on his team this season who bring athleticism from playing other sports. That’s a positive considering the Gators only had a few players return after losing a large senior class that had its 2020 season canceled due to the...
Renewed hope takes over for Gateway track and field athletes
Gateway track and field head coach Tom LaBuff is used to spending the spring coaching Gators athletes to top finishes at meets and invitationals. So, it took some time for him, his fellow Gateway coaches and the athletes to process last spring’s season cancellation by the PIAA amid growing covid...
Young Thomas Jefferson softball lineup looks to surprise in Class 5A
There is no mystery behind the success of the Thomas Jefferson softball program. “We are looking to replace a talented group of seniors with highly talented freshmen, sophomores and juniors,” TJ coach Heidi Karcher said It sounds like the definition of a rock-solid, winning program that reloads rather than rebuilds....
Shaler boys volleyball lacks varsity experience but ‘stacks up well’ with top teams
Ian Weber stepped on the court last Thursday against North Allegheny in an unfamiliar spot. The Shaler Area junior middle blocker is the only returning starter from the Titans’ 2019 boys volleyball season. That season marked a landmark one. The Titans finished third in the WPIAL and won their first...
Experience in middle of field strengthens Brentwood softball squad
Despite the cancellation of the 2020 softball season because of covid-19 restrictions, Brentwood still has four returning starters back. The Spartans appear to be strong up the middle with juniors Bailey Herrea (P/SS), Kellie Bruschi (SS/P) and senior Sidney Wuenschell (CF) back, along with a fourth returning starter in junior...
