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Notable changes to the 2024-25, 2025-26 WPIAL wrestling alignment
The WPIAL released new section alignments for the next two-year cycle in all sports, and changes will be implemented starting this fall. This summer, the Tribune-Review will break down changes for each of the WPIAL sports. Here’s a look at the upcoming WPIAL wrestling season: 2023-24 WPIAL championships Class 3A:...
Trib HSSN celebrates 25th anniversary of broadcasting high school footballVideo
Student-athletes across Western Pennsylvania have made countless memories over the past quarter-century, and the TribLive High School Sports Network has helped chronicle those moments and performances. Trib HSSN is celebrating 25 years of broadcasting high school sports, looking back at what shaped the network’s beginning and ahead for what comes...
Valley sophomore Roman D’Argon ready to step up on defensive line
Demetrius Ballard left quite a void in the Valley defensive front and not just because he is 6-foot-6 and 245 pounds. The 2024 graduate was a first-team all-conference defensive lineman who had 90 tackles and 15 sacks in earning Allegheny 6 Conference defensive MVP honors before heading off to play...
Offseason growth boosts expectations for Laurel
Brian Cooper cited growth as the biggest area of improvement for his 2024 Laurel football team. That term is two-fold in that the Spartans are a more mature team, showing growth in the mental part of the game and gaining a year of experience, something important for a young squad...
Summit Academy looks to benefit from more experienced roster
Anthony Becoate has done lots of teaching and coaching during training camp workouts the past two weeks, trying to get his Summit Academy players up to speed in time for their Week Zero matchup with Frazier. The third-year coach is working with a mostly inexperienced group of players and is...
Despite changes, goals remain the same for Neshannock
Editor’s note: Trib HSSN will publish team-by-team previews for one conference per day until the start of the high school football season Friday. New head coach, new conference, lots of new faces. The 2024 season brings about plenty of change for Neshannock football, but the goal remains the same. “I...
South Side football ‘hungry’ after reaching WPIAL finals
South Side football players keep wanting to take the next step. Over the past three years, they’ve accomplished that goal. This year, it will be even tougher to achieve. In 2021, South Side advanced to the WPIAL quarterfinals before falling to Steel Valley, 28-12. The 2022 season ended with a...
Shenango hopes to overcome injuries to contend in Big Seven Conference
Shenango football coach Jimmy Graham cited staying healthy as a key component to competing in the rugged Class A Big Seven Conference. With a roster of 28 players and five dealing with injuries through training camp, the Wildcats were happy to get through their scrimmage mostly intact ahead of the...
With RB Antonio Laure back in fold, Rochester eyes success in Big 7 Conference
Antonio Laure is looking forward to stepping back on a football field, breaking through a wall of defenders and scampering into the end zone. It’s something he does better than most Western Pennsylvania ball carriers in Class A. Rochester’s standout senior running back missed most of last season with a...
Northgate hopes bigger roster translates to more wins, elusive playoff berth
Northgate’s football roster was hovering in the mid-teens five seasons ago. The limited numbers made it a challenge to compete. As the numbers crept up, the wins followed. There were four wins in 2022 and five last fall. This season, there are 43 players on the Flames’ roster, enough that...
A-K Valley high school football matchups for 2024 Week Zero
Nonconference Allderdice at Fox Chapel 7 p.m. Friday, Burke Stadium, Fox Chapel Last year’s result: Did not play • Fox Chapel will be playing a City League team for the first time in the school’s 64-year history. The Foxes, who went 0-10 last season, are looking to end a 21-game...
Notable changes to the 2024-25, 2025-26 WPIAL gymnastics alignment
The WPIAL released new section alignments for the next two-year cycle in all sports, and changes will be implemented starting this fall. This summer, the Tribune-Review will break down changes for each of the WPIAL sports. Here’s a look at the upcoming WPIAL gymnastics season: 2023-24 WPIAL championships WPIAL team...
WPIAL Class A preview: Fort Cherry enters season with target on its backVideo
Fort Cherry got a taste of a PIAA championship game atmosphere last fall. Now the Rangers want to return to Cumberland Valley and raise a state championship trophy. A year after winning their first WPIAL football championship and finishing as PIAA runners-up, the Rangers again have the look of a...
Highlands’ veteran defensive backfield looks to create ‘No Fly Zone’ over Natrona Heights
Highlands’ move into the Class 3A Allegheny 7 Conference brought about some exciting rivalry matchups with nearby A-K Valley foes such as Burrell, Deer Lakes, Freeport and Valley. It also likely will lead to some sleepless nights for those teams’ coaches, quarterbacks and wide receivers. The Golden Rams will field...
Notable changes to the 2024-25, 2025-26 WPIAL boys basketball alignment
The WPIAL released new section alignments for the next two-year cycle in all sports, and changes will be implemented starting this fall. This summer, the Tribune-Review will break down changes for each of the WPIAL sports. Here’s a look at the upcoming WPIAL boys basketball season: 2023-24 WPIAL champions Class...
Notable changes to the 2024-25, 2025-26 WPIAL girls basketball alignment
The WPIAL released new section alignments for the next two-year cycle in all sports, and changes will be implemented starting this fall. This summer, the Tribune-Review will break down changes for each of the WPIAL sports. Here’s a look at the upcoming WPIAL girls basketball season: 2023-24 WPIAL champions Class...
Hempfield grad Bridget Williams’ Olympic run ends in pole vault qualifying round
Bridget (Guy) Williams fell just short of qualifying for the finals in the pole vault at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Monday morning in Saint-Denis, France. The Hempfield grad failed to clear 4.55 meters and finished outside the top 20 qualifiers who advanced to Wednesday’s finals. Competing for Team USA,...
U.S. Senior Women’s Open notebook: Fox Chapel’s unique Biarritz green to test field
Swell or not so swale. Players’ reactions are sure to be mixed depending where their tee shot lands on the par-3 17th hole this week at the U.S. Senior Women’s Open at Fox Chapel Golf Club. The unique green, known as a Biarritz, features a deep, 4-foot swale, or gully,...
U.S. Senior Women’s Open notebook: After nearly 40 years, Donna Andrews returns to Fox Chapel
Donna Andrews was a freshman at North Carolina when she played in the 1985 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Fox Chapel Golf Club. In the nearly 40 years since, she has become a six-time LPGA Tour winner, played in the Solheim Cup and started working as a golf instructor at Pine...
Upper St. Clair’s Josh Matheny advances to 200-meter breaststroke final at Paris Olympics
Former Upper St. Clair swimming standout Josh Matheny is one step from an Olympic medal. Competing for Team USA, Matheny finished sixth overall (fourth in his heat) in the semifinals of the men’s 200-meter breaststroke Tuesday. His time of 2 minutes, 9.70 seconds qualified him for the final, which will...
What to know for this week’s U.S. Senior Women’s Open at Fox Chapel Golf Club
Some of the most accomplished women’s golfers in the world will be in town this week to compete in the sixth U.S. Senior Women’s Open Championship at Fox Chapel Golf Club. A field of 120 golfers ages 50 and older will tee off in the opening rounds Thursday and Friday...
Calder Cup champion forward Jimmy Huntington signs with Penguins
Fresh off winning the Calder Cup last month with the AHL’s Hershey Bears, forward Jimmy Huntington was signed by the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday. Huntington, 25, agreed to a one-year contract with a salary cap hit of $775,000 at the NHL level. He had 33 points (16 goals, 17 assists)...
Hempfield grad Bridget (Guy) Williams qualifies for Olympics; Connellsville’s Madison Wiltrout likely to join herVideo
Bridget (Guy) Williams is headed to the Olympics and earned her spot in impressive fashion Sunday night. The 2014 Hempfield graduate finished first in the women’s pole vault final at the U.S. Olympic Trials after clearing 4.73 meters (15 feet, 61⁄4 inches) with no misses at Oregon’s Hayward Field. She...
2024 WPIAL Class 5A softball championship preview: Armstrong vs. Thomas Jefferson
2024 WPIAL Class 5A softball championship No. 1 Armstrong (17-3) vs. No. 10 Thomas Jefferson (11-7) 2:15 p.m. Thursday at Cal (Pa.)’s Lilley Field On the air: Trib HSSN How they got here: Armstrong defeated No. 16 Western Beaver, 9-5, in the first round; No. 8 Connellsville, 4-1, in the...
2024 WPIAL Class 3A softball championship preview: Mohawk vs. South Park
2024 WPIAL Class 3A softball championship No. 4 Mohawk (17-5) vs. No. 3 South Park (19-1) 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Cal (Pa.)’s Lilley Field How they got here: Mohawk beat No. 13 Waynesburg, 8-5, in the first round; No. 12 Freeport, 2-1, in the quarterfinals; and No. 1 Avonworth, 5-3,...
