Bill Hartlep stories, Page 6

High school girls flag football took an important step toward becoming an official PIAA-sponsored sport Wednesday. The PIAA board of directors unanimously approved on a first reading to sanction girls flag football as a sport. Girls flag football achieved emerging status last July by reaching 25 schools statewide. At the...

WPIAL softball playoffs Class 4A Quarterfinals 2-Hampton (15-4) vs. 7-Knoch (15-6) 4 p.m. Wednesday at Mars Winner plays: Winner of 3-Indiana (13-6)/11-Blackhawk (9-7) in semifinals (time, date, site TBD) Players to watch: Mackenzie Reese, Hampton; Marlee Fraser, Knoch Extra bases: Hampton won Section 3 at 11-1 and is averaging 10.1...

WPIAL baseball playoffs Class 5A First round 5-Plum (13-7) vs. 12-Trinity (8-8) 7 p.m. Wednesday at Gateway Winner plays: 4-Bethel Park (13-6) May 20 in quarterfinals (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Erik Streussnig, Plum; Matthew Robaugh, Trinity Extra bases: Plum tied for the Section 1 title with Penn-Trafford, Fox...

WPIAL baseball playoffs Class 3A First round 14-Burrell (11-8) vs. 3-Mt. Pleasant (13-4) 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Gateway Winner plays: Winner of 6-Waynesburg (13-3)/11-Neshannock (11-9) on May 20 in quarterfinals (time, site TBD) Players to watch: A.J. McLafferty, Burrell; Jacob Kitz, Mt. Pleasant Extra bases: Kitz and Connor Drzal have...

Jocelyn Snyder School: Apollo-Ridge Class: Sophomore Sport: Softball Report card: Apollo-Ridge sophomore Jocelyn Snyder tossed a no-hitter with 11 strikeouts and also was 2 for 4 with a double and RBI in an 11-0 nonsection win over Leechburg on Monday. She also was 3 for 3 with a home run,...

Gabrielle Layne School: Plum Class: Junior Sport: Track and field Report card: Plum junior Gabrielle Layne won the 200-meter dash in 25.56 seconds Friday at the Pine-Richland Invitational. She also placed third in the 100 (12.56). One of the WPIAL’s top sprinters, she finished fifth in the 100 and eighth...

Riley Stephans School: Plum Class: Sophomore Sport: Softball Report card: Plum sophomore Riley Stephans tossed two no-hitters and a two-hitter this week in leading the Mustangs (9-4, 6-3) to three victories. On Monday, she allowed zero hits and struck out 10 in four innings in a 15-0 win over Oakland...

A pair of WPIAL boys basketball standouts were recognized as players of the year in Pennsylvania on Tuesday in a statewide vote of media members. Lincoln Park senior Brandin Cummings, a Pitt recruit, was named the Class 4A Player of the Year after helping Lincoln Park (28-3) win WPIAL and...

Marlee Fraser School: Knoch Class: Sophomore Sport: Softball Report card: Knoch sophomore pitcher Marlee Fraser tossed a two-hitter with 10 strikeouts and also had the winning double as the Knights beat Freeport, 1-0, in a nonsection game Wednesday. On Friday, she struck out 10 and scattered 11 hits in a...

The Tribune-Review again was selected by Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) as one of the top 10 daily sports sections in the country for its circulation division. The Trib also received Top 10 honors for its print section in 2020 and ’21 and digital recognition for TribLive content in 2022....

Jillian Haigh School: Fox Chapel Class: Freshman Sport: Softball Report card: Fox Chapel freshman Jillian Haigh helped the Foxes (3-3, 2-1) to a pair of wins this week. She threw a one-hitter with nine strikeouts and went 3 for 3 with two doubles in Wednesday’s 11-1 victory over Oakland Catholic...

Tia Germanich Class: Senior School: Deer Lakes Sport: Softball Report card: Senior catcher Tia Germanich belted a three-run home run to lift the Lancers to a 3-1 victory over Freeport on Friday. It was the only hit for the Lancers (4-2, 1-0) in the Section 1-3A win. Germanich also hit...

Maddie Kee Class: Senior School: Deer Lakes Sport: Softball Report card: Deer Lakes senior Maddie Kee was 3 for 4 with five RBIs and earned the win in relief in a 7-0 victory over Kiski Area on Wednesday and then struck out 15 batters in a 3-1 victory over Laurel...

Giona Lavorini Class: Junior School: Knoch Sport: Swimming Report card: Lavorini won a gold medal in the 100-yard breaststroke at the PIAA Class 2A girls swimming championships March 16 at Bucknell. Lavorini dropped more than a second from her prelim time to win the championship heat in 1 minute, 2.11...

No. 14 Oakland vs. No. 11 N.C. State 7:10 p.m. Saturday, PPG Paints Arena TV: TBS Winner plays: Winner of Colorado (26-10)/Marquette (26-9) on March 28-29 in Sweet 16 Series history: First all-time meeting. Oakland (24-11, 18-5 Horizon League) Coach: Greg Kampe (40th season) How they got here: Oakland upset...

No. 11 Oregon vs. No. 3 Creighton 9:40 p.m. Saturday, PPG Paints Arena TV: TBS Winner plays: Winner of No. 2 Tennessee (25-8)/No. 7 Texas (21-12) March 28-29 in the Sweet 16 Series history: Oregon leads the all-time series 2-1. Oregon (24-11, 15-8 Pac-12) Coach: Dana Altman (14th season) How...

No. 6 South Carolina vs. No. 11 Oregon 4 p.m. Thursday, PPG Paints Arena TV: TNT Winner plays: Winner of 3-Creighton (23-9)/14-Akron (24-10) on Saturday in second round Series history: 1st all-time meeting South Carolina (26-7) Coach: Lamont Paris (2nd season) How they got here: South Carolina earned an at-large...

No. 6 Texas Tech vs. No. 11 N.C. State 9:40 p.m. Thursday, PPG Paints Arena TV: CBS Winner plays: Winner of 3-Kentucky (23-9)/14-Oakland (23-11) Saturday in second round Series history: N.C. State leads 2-1 Texas Tech (23-10) Coach: Grant McCasland (1st season) How they got here: Texas Tech earned an...

No. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 14 Oakland 7:10 p.m. Thursday, PPG Paints Arena TV: CBS Winner plays: Winner of 6-Texas Tech (23-10)/11-N.C. State (22-14) on Saturday in second round Series history: First meeting Kentucky (23-9) Coach: John Calipari (15th season) How they got here: Kentucky earned an at-large bid from...

No. 3 Creighton vs. No. 14 Akron 1:30 p.m. Thursday, PPG Paints Arena TV: TNT Winner plays: Winner of No. 6 South Carolina (26-7)/No. 11 Oregon (23-11) on Saturday in second round Series history: Creighton leads 3-1 Creighton (23-9) Coach: Greg McDermott (14th season) How they got here: Creighton earned...

Ava Golding Class: Sophomore School: Kiski Area Sport: Wrestling Report card: Kiski Area sophomore Ava Golding finished third at the first PIAA girls wrestling championships March 9 after beating Western Wayne’s Sara Shook, 19-2, in the bronze medal match. The 136-pound grappler also won WPIAL and West Regional titles and...

Three WPIAL underclassman pitchers earned first-team all-state honors last season, and each returns for the 2024 season, hoping to lead her team to a championship. Union captured a second straight district title and finished as the PIAA runner-up behind Mia Preuhs in the circle. WPIAL runner-up Carmichaels has sophomore pitcher...

After winning the past two WPIAL Class 2A softball championships, Neshannock again enters the season as a favorite. Behind an all-state pitcher and seven returning starters, coach Jackie Lash’s Lancers have the arm and bats to again contend for WPIAL and PIAA gold. Standing in the way will be a...

Some of the top senior boys and girls basketball players from the A-K Valley and beyond will take part in the 27th annual Cager Classic, set for April 6, at Highlands High School. There will be a girls game at 5:30 p.m., followed by a boys all-star contest at 8....

PIHL playoffs Division 2 Semifinals Burrell (17-3) vs. Deer Lakes (12-6-1) 8:45 p.m. Thursday at Robert Morris University Island Sports Center, Moon Winner plays: Winner of Bishop Canevin (18-1)/Neshannock (15-3-1) in Division 2 championship game at 8:45 p.m. Monday at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex, Cranberry Players to watch: Tyler Danko,...