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Western Regional bowling tournaments split into 2 weekends
In response to covid-19 guidelines and protocols for gathering numbers, the Western Regional high school bowling championships this year will be split up over two weekends, the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Bowling League announced Monday. Regionals will start with the boys singles tournament March 5 and the boys team event March...
Hunter Schmidt making ‘big’ impact for Jeannette boys basketball
When Hunter Schmidt walks into a room, people take notice. Sometimes he has to duck to get through a doorway. But he doesn’t mind because life is good for the 6-foot-9, 290-pound Jeannette Jayhawk. Schmidt has a happy-go-lucky demeanor — even though he could step on most point guards with...
Norwin community rallies around basketball player Ty Bilinsky after stroke, blood disorder diagnosis
The Norwin community is rallying around senior basketball player Ty Bilinsky, who has missed some time because of health issues. The boys basketball team wore #TyStrong shirts in pregame warmups Friday night at Hempfield, and shirts like the team wore are being sold to raise money for the Bilinsky family....
WPIAL posts latest swimming and diving performance lists
The WPIAL on Monday morning released its latest swimming and diving performance lists. They are for times and point totals recorded at meets through Saturday (Jan. 30). Seneca Valley junior Daniel Simoes, North Hills senior Joshua Bogniard, North Allegheny sophomore Alexa Sundgren, Neshannock senior Conner McBeth, Quaker Valley junior Isabel...
What to watch in WPIAL sports Feb. 1, 2021: Key girls basketball games
The final month of the regular season in WPIAL girls basketball tips off with several marvelous matchups Monday. In Section 2-6A, three girls basketball teams are unbeaten in section play and have been ranked in the HSSN Top 5 all season. The thing is none of them have played each...
High school sports schedules for Feb. 1, 2021
Basketball Boys Sunday’s result Nonsection Highlands at North Catholic, ppd. Monday’s schedule WPIAL Class 3A Section 3 Valley at Apollo-Ridge, 7:30 p.m. Nonsection Albert Gallatin at Waynesburg Central, 6:30 p.m. Beth-Center at Frazier, 5:30 p.m. Greensburg Salem at Mt. Pleasant, 7:30 p.m. Jefferson-Morgan at Avella, 3 p.m. Penn Hills at...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Week for week ending Jan. 31, 2021
When Mallory Daly was in grades 1-3, she reached the team championship of the annual NFL Punt, Pass and Kick competition, earning a chance to show off her skills at halftime of a Steelers game at Heinz Field each year. Daly now is in ninth grade at Brentwood. Her passes...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Team of the Week for Feb. 1, 2021
The Armstrong girls basketball program began its sixth season this year with an overall record of 56-55 in the regular season and 0-2 in the postseason. However, the arrow is pointing skyward for this balanced group. Armstrong is in first place in Section 2-5A with a 5-0 record through January,...
PIHL standings through Jan. 31, 2021
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday. The PIHL announced games for Wheeling Park and Wheeling Central Catholic have been postponed until March 1. The Pa. Cup state hockey championships are set for April 24. Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points Class AAA...
Basketball, wrestling and swimming broadcasts on tap this week on Trib HSSN
With Feb. 2 being Tuesday, HSSN is a lot like the old movie “Groundhog Day.” We go all out to cover high school sports day after day after day after day. Here’s what is on tap this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have plenty of video...
Aquinas Academy sophomore Vinnie Cugini makes WPIAL history
There weren’t many fans to witness it, but Aquinas Academy sophomore Vinnie Cugini made WPIAL history Friday night. The 6-foot-1 guard scored his 1,000th career point in the Crusaders’ 84-76 loss to Leechburg, his 29th game at the tiny private Catholic school in Hampton. Cugini became the fastest player in...
Meeting could steer WPIAL swimmers in right direction
The WPIAL swimming steering committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday, and the group could finalize a plan for the championships and provide answers amid the uncertainty with covid-19 gathering restrictions. Among the decisions WPIAL swimmers, coaches and others hope to find out is where the championships, slated for the week...
Dunn deal: Norwin baseball player commits to Hartford
Norwin continues to churn out college baseball talent. What else is new? This year’s roster, which the Knights can’t wait to roll out in the spring, especially after last season was canceled, is loaded top-to-bottom with talent. Elijah Dunn is the latest prospect to make a commitment to a NCAA...
Senior Max Belt has turned into a Swiss Army knife for Sewickley Academy
For the past four years, Sewickley Academy senior Max Belt has been a mainstay in the boys basketball playing rotation and always has provided coach Win Palmer with a steady perimeter-shooting presence. This season, the three-year starter has taken his game to a new level. Through their first seven games...
WPIAL champ Isabel Huang of Quaker Valley picking up where she left off last season
Quaker Valley junior swimmer Isabel Huang stepped to the top spot of the podium at the WPIAL championship twice last season, winning gold in the 200-yard IM and 100 backstroke. She is picking up where she left off. During Quaker Valley’s meet against Moon on Jan. 26, Huang put together...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Girls basketball team runs into No. 1 North Allegheny
Penn-Trafford girls basketball coach John Giannikas was honored before the Jan. 25 game against North Allegheny for winning his 200th game. But the veteran coach would rather have had the win against the Tigers that night instead. North Allegheny claimed sole possession of first place in WPIAL Section 1-6A with...
Penn-Trafford’s Hayden Coy following in brothers’ footsteps
When part of a successful wrestling family, there is plenty of advice to go around. Penn-Trafford freshman Hayden Coy gets it if he wants it or not. Usually, the youngest of the Coys doesn’t mind the tips from brothers Cam and Nick. “We talk almost every day,” Hayden Coy said...
Gateway girls gaining experience against top competition
The Gateway girls basketball team started its season with losses in its first six games, including its first four in Section 2-5A play. The six teams — section foes Latrobe, Woodland Hills, Penn Hills and McKeesport, along with Chartiers Valley and Bethel Park — were a combined 22-3 through Jan....
Shaler girls basketball focused on limiting turnovers
Shaler girls basketball coach Cornelious Nesbit believes for the Titans to be successful, they need to value the ball and limit their opponents’ possessions. Thus far, Shaler still is searching for a way to take care of the basketball. Before the Titans’ squared off with North Hills last Thursday, Shaler...
Shaler boys basketball working to overcome personnel shuffles
Stopping and starting the basketball season hasn’t made for an easy personnel situation for Shaler coach Rob Niederberger. Since the Titans’ resumed play Jan. 8, they have had four games postponed and had seven players miss time with various injuries. Having so many people coming in and out of the...
South Fayette basketball teams press on through stop-and-start season
Much like the fall high school sports season, the 2021 WPIAL basketball season has been a challenge. Some schools have dealt with the obstacles and have been able to adhere to their updated schedules following the three-week shutdown from Dec. 12 through Jan. 4. However, other boys and girls basketball...
Brayden Reynolds does it all for Chartiers Valley boys
A couple of weeks ago in a big Class 5A Section 1 showdown, Chartiers Valley senior Brayden Reynolds struggled against visiting New Castle from the field. Mid-range jumpers, 3-point shots, layups — nothing seemed to be falling. “Honestly, it was just one of those nights against New Castle,” Reynolds said....
Brentwood’s Mallory Daly, other freshmen make instant impact
Mallory Daly has had a major effect on the Brentwood girls basketball team. You could say she has helped the team improve on a daily basis — at practice and in the Spartans’ games And she’s only a freshman. The 5-foot-7 Daly, a backcourt sensation as a sharpshooting point guard,...
Baldwin competitive cheer squad pivots to virtual routine, makes nationals
The Baldwin competitive cheerleaders have entered the land of the unknown. Baldwin qualified for the Universal Cheerleaders Association nationals again this year, but this time virtually. It marks the eighth consecutive year the Highlanders have made the national event under the guidance of coaches Taryn Madden and Dena Mihalsky. This...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 30, 2021
Basketball Boys Saturday’s results WPIAL Class 5A Section 1 Laurel Highlands 56, Ringgold 43 Section 4 Shaler 90, Indiana 50 Class 4A Section 1 Freeport at Keystone Oaks, ppd. Section 3 Uniontown 71, Southmoreland 34 Class 3A Section 3 Shady Side Academy 62, Ligonier Valley 33 Nonsection Burgettstown 70, Waynesburg...
