Bill Hartlep stories, Page 29

American Legion baseball season officially was canceled across Pennsylvania on Monday, but Jason Bush isn’t ruling out playing games later this summer. The Region 7 director and president of District 31 in Westmoreland County is trying to organize a one-year league that could provide the players a welcomed return to...

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Jo-Michelle Huczko can’t pole vault in her living room. There’s no landing mat in her driveway or space for a 15-foot pole in the kitchen. Perfecting her...

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Emelia Krakora will play competitive lacrosse again. It just might not be until next spring. A Mt. Lebanon senior bound for Division III Bowdoin College in Maine,...

This year’s Trib 10 boys basketball all-star team is a senior-heavy group, with two young and talented exceptions. Freshman Rodney Gallagher opened his high school career by scoring nearly 600 points in leading Laurel Highlands to its first WPIAL championship since 1968. Sophomore Jake DiMichele helped lift OLSH to a...

For nearly a month, high school student-athletes held out hope they could return to normalcy on the fields, courts and track. On Thursday, those hopes were dashed. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced all schools in the state will remain closed for the remainder of the school year as people all...

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic. The North Allegheny boys lacrosse team advanced to the WPIAL Class AAA semifinals last season before losing to runner-up Mt. Lebanon. Isaiah Davis was a major...

Ethan Morton just wants to play basketball. Whether it’s in the PIAA tournament or on a playground court. The coronavirus pandemic has taken away that competition, the camaraderie, the memories and, well, basketball in general. When the coronavirus outbreak quarantine ends, Morton says he will “Probably go play basketball, even...

It’s been a pretty productive offseason for Elizabeth Forward junior Chase Whatton. Not many football players can say that given the restrictions of the coronavirus outbreak that has rendered team workouts and activities forbidden. While he has continued to lift weights and build strength, Whatton has seen the most growth...

A quartet of former WPIAL football players are in elite company. Cal (Pa.) products Rontez Miles and Eric Kush, along with Slippery Rock’s Brandon Fusco and Marcus Martin, were selected to the D2Football.com All-Decade Team on Tuesday. Miles, a 2012 grad, was a first-team selection at defensive back. Kush, also...

Johnstown Tomahawks coach Mike Letizia had plenty of words to describe Hempfield product Christian Gorscak. Humble, determined, talented, confident, consistent, coachable, leader. Now you can add two more words — most valuable. Gorscak was named MVP of the North American Hockey League last week, capping off a coronavirus-shortened season where...

Valley News Dispatch Girls Basketball Player of the Year Kennedie Montue Plum, 5-11, Jr., Forward Kennedie Montue is one of the most dominant interior players in the WPIAL. At 5-foot-11, the Plum junior also has the range to play around the perimeter and can defend all over the court. Her...

Valley News Dispatch Boys Basketball Player of the Year Johnny Crise Highlands, 6-7, Sr., Forward Every coach wants players to improve as the season progresses so they are hitting their peak in time to compete for championships. Highlands’ Tyler Stoczynski saw that improvement with senior forward Johnny Crise. His continued...

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic. Maddie Reisinger and members of the Mt. Lebanon girls lacrosse team want a chance to play for a WPIAL title. After finishing fourth in Class AAA...

Mason Spears has aspirations of being a surgeon. He has found a college that will help him realize that dream. He’ll also get to continue with his other passion — wrestling. The Franklin Regional senior committed to wrestle at Brown University on Thursday. “I was looking for a school that...

Dirt-track racing season will have to wait, as the coronavirus outbreak has halted another part of the local sports world. Lernerville Speedway in Sarver canceled its opening-night festivities, which were scheduled for April 24. Test and tune sessions scheduled for April 10 and 17 also were canceled. “With respect to...

One of the top women’s basketball players in the Mountain West Conference could be in a Pitt uniform next season. Jayla Everett, the 2019 Mountain West Freshman of the Year, decided to transfer from New Mexico to Pitt. She posted her intention on Twitter on Thursday. ??? pic.twitter.com/jraBEeI7x1— JAY (@jayla_dianne4)...

Corban Hondru will continue to wear the red and white at the college level. The Peters Township junior linebacker on Friday made a commitment to play at Miami (Ohio). “The coaches are all very straight forward, and it’s the place that made me feel most comfortable for my next four...

Tyler Stewart is headed back to the world of junior hockey and continuing his path toward a professional career. That path is leading to the other side of the country. The Burrell senior signed a North American Hockey League tender agreement Wednesday with the Fairbanks Ice Dogs in Alaska. Though...

The Mt. Lebanon boys lacrosse team has yet to play an official game this spring but received recognition on national television Wednesday night. ESPN’s SportsCenter featured the Blue Devils’ 13 seniors as part of Scott Van Pelt’s nightly “Senior Night” series that is recognizing senior high school and college athletes...

Scott Arnold has spent parts of the past 20-plus years coaching various levels of club soccer. Now, he is getting a chance to coach at the high school level. Arnold was hired Monday night to lead the Franklin Regional girls soccer program. “I knew it was a really good fit...

The Big 33 Football Classic and East-West Game remain scheduled for Memorial Day weekend, according to Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association executive director Garry Cathell. The organization extended its timeline for making a decision on the annual football all-star games to April 15. The continued outbreak of the coronavirus has...

Baldwin’s Dorien Ford has scholarship offers from teams in the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC. On Tuesday, he completed the tour of the Power 5 Conferences. The junior defensive lineman received an offer from Arizona, which finished 4-8 overall and 2-7 in the Pac-12 Conference last fall. Blessed...

David Pantelis has put education at the forefront of his football recruiting process. The Upper St. Clair junior wide receiver boasts scholarship offers from several Ivy League institutions. On Friday, he added an offer another well-respected academic university — one that also happens to be in the Power 5 ACC....