North Hills

Championship teams guide Hampton to top of Class 5A Trib Cup standings

Hampton captured three district championships and one state title this past school year, with three of those four coming during the fall sports season. Consistent success throughout all three seasons, however, was a big part of the Talbots showing plenty of bark in winning the Trib HSSN Cup for Class...
State playoff loss puts heartbreaking ending on successful season for North Hills softball

Sophia Roncone didn’t bend when facing the pressure of the first round of the PIAA Class 5A softball playoffs. What the North Hills senior pitcher did was turn in one of the best performances of her career. Roncone, a Holy Cross commit, took a no-hitter into the sixth inning against...
Impact players made season successful for PIHL girls league runners-up

The inaugural season of the highly anticipated PIHL girls division has been completed. One of the top squads in the league was Team Central, which finished as PIHL runner-up with an 8-4 record. Coached by RMU youth hockey coordinator Joe Cummings, the Central girls won six of seven regular-season games...
19 WPIAL teams prepare for PIAA softball playoffs

The 2022 PIAA softball playoffs start Monday with 19 WPIAL teams searching for state gold, including recently crowned district winners Seneca Valley, Armstrong, Beaver, Avonworth, Neshannock and Union on the hunt for more treasures. The state playoffs are made up of four rounds with the championships to be played at...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 24, 2022: Softball rivalry writes another chapter

Some of the best rivalries in sports were born from postseason clashes. Steelers vs. Raiders in the ’70s and 49ers vs. Cowboys in the ’90s are two examples. Perhaps a budding district rivalry is blooming in softball as Armstrong and North Hills prepare to face each other for the third...
North Hills pitcher Sophia Roncone picks up bat, becomes doubly dangerous

Sophia Roncone has been one of the most electric pitchers in WPIAL Class 5A softball for the last couple of years. This season, however, she gave opponents two reasons to worry about her. Roncone went 10-2 in the circle during the regular season with 116 strikeouts and 48 walks. The...
Led by emerging talents, North Hills boys lacrosse team on the rise

Just two years on the job and Alex Mueser is seeing some very enjoyable progress. Mueser, a former Saint Vincent and Vincentian Academy standout, took over a building North Hills boys lacrosse program before last season. It took a year, but the Indians were able to put together a solid...
Peters Township baseball, Beaver softball stay atop Trib 10 power rankings

The 2022 WPIAL baseball and softball playoffs are through the first round and in some classifications, the quarterfinals are in the books as well. Only three teams between the two power rankings were knocked out of the Trib 10, and two of them call Shaler High School home. Other than...
Westmoreland County WPIAL softball playoff preview capsules for May 19, 2022

WPIAL softball playoffs Capsule previews Class 5A Quarterfinals 10-Shaler (16-3) vs. 2-Penn-Trafford (16-2) 5 p.m. Thursday at Plum Winner plays: Winner of 11-Chartiers Valley (14-4) vs. 3-Trinity (16-2) on Tuesday in the semifinals (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Mallor Moran, Shaler; Kylee Picconi, Penn-Trafford Extra bases: Shaler was a...
WPIAL trio earns all-state honors in Class 6A boys basketball

The PIAA’s largest boys basketball classification is often dominated by Eastern Pennsylvania teams, but three WPIAL players made the all-state team for Class 6A. Butler senior Devin Carney, a 25-point scorer headed to Duquesne, earned first-team honors in a statewide vote of sportswriters. Carney is a four-year starter who finished...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week for May 2, 2022

North Hills was cruising out of the gates this spring in defense of its WPIAL Class 5A softball section crown, winning its first three games by a combined score of 37-5. However, the vaunted Indians offense was shut down in the team’s second Section 3-5A contest, losing at Fox Chapel,...
Early season trip gets title defense off to good start for North Hills softball

Forty-two years ago, Dolly Parton released the hit song “9 to 5.” In the song, Parton sings, “Well you got dreams and you know they matter.” The North Hills softball team, which started its defense of its 2021 Class 5A softball title just minutes from Parton’s hometown, has just that...
North Hills baseball hoping bats heat up with weather

Jon Pedrosky didn’t have to look far for his newest job. Pedrosky, a psychology teacher at North Hills, is in his first season as head coach of the school’s baseball team. “I was thinking about taking a couple of years off, and then this job opened up and it was...
2022 Trib HSSN Head of the Class: WPIAL boys basketball’s best in each classification

There were a lot of players and coaches who put in plenty of time on the basketball court this season to be the best they could be. While we salute all of those who participated in a memorable 2022 high school boys basketball campaign, we have a special seat in...
2022 TribLive HSSN Boys Basketball All-Stars | Terrific 10

This was a history-making year for WPIAL boys basketball with Our Lady of the Sacred Heart leading the way. The record-setting Chargers were one of three teams that won a WPIAL title with an undefeated record, joining Quaker Valley and Laurel Highlands. All three championships squads are represented here among...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for April 4, 2022: Section games on tap in baseball, softball

Last week, five of the 20 WPIAL baseball sections got the early jump on section games. On Monday, teams from the other 15 sections join in on the fun. Of course, as is the case all week long it appears, weather permitting. Of the 20 district sections, only three ended...