Carmichaels

After finishing second in the HSSN Trib Cup standings a year ago, Neshannock used a perfect season to claim the top spot. It was another strong school year athletically for the seven Lawrence County schools inside the WPIAL, but none compared to the overall resume put forth by Neshannock in...

Two weeks ago, the WPIAL handed out its first championship of the spring at the district boys singles tennis tournament. Now, they are ready to double the golden handout. The 2022 WPIAL boys doubles tennis championships begin Tuesday with first round, quarterfinals and semifinals action in Class 3A and 2A....

Thursday marks another busy night of WPIAL boys volleyball as section play inches closer to the midway point of the regular season. First place or a share of the section lead is at stake in three matches: Perennial power Bethel Park (3-1) heads south on Route 19 to visit Canon-McMillan...

Last spring was a celebration as district athletes returned to the diamond after the 2020 season was canceled because of covid-19 shutdowns. Baseball thrived throughout the WPIAL as six new champions were crowned, some in dramatic fashion. That success carried over to the state playoffs as WPIAL teams captured two...

Last spring was a celebration as district athletes returned to the diamonds after the 2020 season was canceled because of the covid-19 shutdowns. Softball was a success throughout as the WPIAL crowned four new champions while Laurel and West Greene remained on top in 2A and A. District softball squads...

Mapletown’s Landan Stevenson and West Greene’s Colin Brady play for small schools but they put up big numbers. The two running backs finished among the Top 10 rushers in the WPIAL this season, earning all-conference honors in the Class A Tri-County South. Stevenson, a junior, rushed for 1,725 yards and...

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart put together a perfect season a year ago, winning section, WPIAL and PIAA titles. Jake DiMichele and Dante Spadafora were first-team all-state selections, and coach Mike Rodriguez was the state’s coach of the year for Class 2A as OLSH became the 14th WPIAL team...

Keandre Williams scored on a 10-yard run in overtime and No. 13 New Brighton’s defense stopped No. 4 Washington’s two-point rushing attempt to claim a 21-20 upset victory in the first round of the WPIAL Class 2A football playoffs Friday night in Washington County. Eddie Lewis ran for two touchdowns,...

Welcome to Week 10. The days leading up to the trade deadline are always a frantic time for high school football prognosticators throughout the country. Though Chick’s Picks has felt secure in her spot as top prognosticator at the TribLive High School Sports Network, one never knows what kind of...

Nehemiah Azeem ran for two touchdowns as OLSH slipped past No. 3 Cornell, 13-12. for a Class A Big Seven Conference win Friday night. OLSH (6-3, 4-3) clinched a playoff berth with the victory. Sincere Kimbrough threw for 110 yards and a touchdown for the Raiders (7-2, 6-1), who had...

Leechburg clinched its first playoff appearance since 1988 by earning a 66-6 victory over Imani Christian (2-6, 1-5) in the WPIAL Class A Eastern Conference on Friday night. Braylan Lovelace ran 32 times for 183 yards and six touchdowns for Leechburg. The Blue Devils (7-2, 4-2) have scored 137 points...

Tim Henderson scored on an 80-yard kickoff return and a 53-yard run to lead No. 3 Cornell to a 14-7 victory over No. 5 Rochester in a battle of top teams in the Class A Big Seven Conference on Friday night. Henderson’s TD run for the Raiders (6-1, 5-0) broke...

The top teams in each classification — Shaler (Class 4A), Hampton (Class 3A), North Catholic (Class 2A) and Bishop Canevin (Class A) — held strong this past week as the Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its Week 6 WPIAL girls rankings Monday morning. Shaler upped its Section 1 record...

Stephen Greer scored on a 6-yard run in overtime to cap No. 2 OLSH’s 37-36 comeback win against Union (5-1, 3-1) in the WPIAL Class A Big Seven Conference on Friday night. Greer finished with 162 rushing yards and two touchdowns for OLSH (5-1, 3-1), which trailed 30-7 after the...

Welcome to Week 6, where the feeling out process continues. We are one week shy of the “Stretch Run,” so the line between contenders and pretenders remain very much blurred. The WPIAL’s largest classification features two big showdowns again. This marks the second straight week that the four top teams...

North Allegheny senior Caroline Wrigley knew she was chasing WPIAL history. But the real goal here was to have something to tell Uncle Frank. Wrigley completed a WPIAL three-peat Wednesday, the same feat her uncle, Frank Fuhrer III, accomplished while playing at Fox Chapel from 1974-76. He went on to...

Last week: 11-2 (84.6%) Season: 51-22 (69.9%) ^ The Birdie had a lot of jobs growing up before he finally answered his calling to become a prep football virtuoso. “I tested crash helmets for a spell, was a survey taker for Family Feud briefly, and read palms on weekends,” he...

Class 6A Baldwin (1-5, 1-2) at Hempfield (2-4, 0-3) 7 p.m. Friday, Bill Abraham Field at Spartan Stadium, Hempfield The Spartans dropped their third consecutive conference game, falling at Canon-McMillan, 45-27. Baldwin picked up its first win of the season by scoring on a blocked punt and fumble return to...

Maddox Truschel hit Anthony D’Alessandro with a 14-yard touchdown pass with 5 minutes, 16 seconds left in the game to put Fort Cherry ahead for good in a 29-28 Class A Big Seven Conference win against Northgate (2-4, 1-2) on Friday night. Truschel threw for 177 yards and ran for...

His name might not be Michael, but on Friday of Week 3 at Mapletown High School, Carmichaels senior Trenton Carter was truly a Mighty Mike. In a Tri-County South Conference opener between a pair of 2-1 teams, Carter gashed the Maples with both his arm and his legs. “I feel...

Carmichaels won its first five games last year before dropping two in a row to end the season. Most years, the Mikes, who tied for second place in the Tri-County South Conference with a 5-2 record, would have been heading to the WPIAL Class A playoffs. But with spots limited...

Wednesday’s games Class 5A First round 5-Plum (11-6) vs. 12-Latrobe (11-8) 4:30 p.m. at Norwin Coaches: Carl Vollmer, Plum; Matt Basciano, Latrobe Winner plays: Winner of 4-South Fayette (15-3)/13-Peters Township (8-10) Friday (time, site TBD) in quarterfinals. Players to watch: Ethan Kircher, Sr., C, Plum; Chase Sickenberger, Jr., INF, Latrobe...

We get the ball rolling on May baseball and softball in what is expected to be a somewhat soggy or muddy diamond. The forecast is not promising Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. However, if the forecast is not as bad as expected and games can be played, there...

WPIAL baseball players have been waiting nearly two seasons to get back on the field of play after the coronavirus pandemic forced officials to cancel the entire 2020 campaign. With the 2021 season moving forward, district players are eager to showcase their skills and lead their teams to the postseason....