Chris Harlan stories, Page 50

The always-contentious public vs. private debate usually sticks to high school football and basketball, but a track meet became the backdrop for an unprecedented student protest. Athletes from Carlynton and Bishop Canevin compete on the same track team through a co-op, but a number of Canevin boys decided not to...

Morgan Black was the leading scorer on a national championship hockey team this winter, but she has never worn her high school’s logo on any jersey. That’s because for a girl to play high school hockey in Western Pennsylvania, she always had to play against the boys. That changes this...

Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Hempfield, 5-0, 1 2. Bethel Park, 4-3, 3 3. Pine-Richland, 5-1, 4 4. Mt. Lebanon, 3-3, NR 5. North Allegheny, 5-2, 2 Out: Norwin (1-4, 5) Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Armstrong, 6-0, 1 2. Fox Chapel, 6-1, 3 3. Franklin...

Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Butler, 7-1, 1 2. North Allegheny, 5-2, 2 3. Upper St. Clair, 5-2, 5 4. Mt. Lebanon, 6-5, NR 5. Norwin, 4-4, 4 Out: Seneca Valley (5-3, 3) Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Bethel Park, 7-0, 1 2. West Allegheny, 7-0,...

State champion swimmer Jacquelyn Du and record-setting field hockey player Emily Humiston are among 11 individuals chosen for induction into the North Allegheny Athletic Hall of Fame this year. The Class of 2022 includes seven female athletes, a fitting tribute to the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the 1972 law...

WPIAL executive director Amy Scheuneman is leaving her job as the district’s top administrator to join P3R, which organizes races in Western Pennsylvania, including the Pittsburgh Marathon. Scheuneman will be P3R’s youth programming director. She revealed her future job Friday, a day after announcing her departure from the WPIAL. In...

Amy Scheuneman’s tenure as WPIAL executive director is ending this spring after two years. Scheuneman, who became the league’s top administrator in the midst of a pandemic, said she is resigning June 1 to accept an undisclosed position elsewhere. She said her new position would be announced Monday. “It would...

What if basketball sections were determined by a team’s talent level rather than its school enrollment? A group of WPIAL athletic directors presented that idea to the WPIAL board in a proposal that would group teams by ability instead of the number of students in the school, an idea meant...

The racially charged dispute between Penn Hills and Kiski Area wasn’t resolved, so the WPIAL may keep those teams apart in future years. Kiski Area formally asked the WPIAL to keep its teams in separate sections from Penn Hills when new alignments are created, a request the WPIAL board will...

The WPIAL on Wednesday announced winners of the James Collins Scholar/Athlete Awards. This is the 31st year for the awards, which include a $1,000 scholarship for each recipient. The WPIAL chose 20 scholar/athletes from among 142 nominees. The boys awards went to Anthony DiFalco of Franklin Regional, Jake DiMichele of...

Only four miles separate the football stadiums of Pine-Richland and Mars, but the journey that took Eric Kasperowicz from one to the other followed a winding road. The Mars school board voted Tuesday night to hire Kasperowicz as football coach, bringing him back to a WPIAL sideline one year after...

Mars is prepared to hire football coach Eric Kasperowicz, bringing the two-time state champion coach back to the WPIAL a year after his ouster at Pine-Richland. He is the recommended candidate to be hired pending Mars school board approval Tuesday night, according to the meeting agenda. Kasperowicz went 85-18 in...

Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Hempfield, 3-0, 1 2. North Allegheny, 5-0, 5 3. Bethel Park, 2-3, 2 4. Pine-Richland, 2-1, NR 5. Norwin, 1-2, 3 Out: Seneca Valley (2-2, 4) Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Armstrong, 5-0, 2 2. Penn-Trafford, 6-0, 3 3. Fox Chapel,...

Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Butler, 5-0, 2 2. North Allegheny, 3-1, 1 3. Seneca Valley, 4-1, 3 4. Norwin, 3-2, NR 5. Upper St. Clair, 3-2, 4 Out: Baldwin (4-3, 5) Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Bethel Park, 4-0, 1 2. South Fayette, 5-0, 3...

Morgan Vescovi was hired as North Allegheny’s softball coach in 2019, but counting seasons is always a tricky task because the pandemic erased 2020. Third season? Fourth season? “Maybe 3.5,” she said. What is clear is that for the first time with her as head coach, the Tigers felt some...

After working five years to build up his alma mater’s football program, coach Dan Knause will take on a new project elsewhere. The former Chartiers Valley coach was hired Thursday night as assistant high school principal and football coach at Trinity, a program that seeks its first playoff win since...

A number of Western Pennsylvania boys lacrosse officials are taking a timeout from working varsity games unless WPIAL schools give them a pay raise. The Allegheny Lacrosse Officials Association this winter requested a $90 rate for working varsity games, but the WPIAL athletic directors association instead approved a $2 raise...

Bill Barton, a former assistant college basketball coach at Pitt and Duquesne, is returning to Western Pennsylvania as athletic director at North Catholic. The high school announced his hire Tuesday. Barton works now as athletic director at Saint Joseph Prep, a Catholic school in Boston and will start work at...

A simmering discontent by officials about pay and travel forced Trinity to reschedule a boys lacrosse game, but the WPIAL was optimistic the season won’t be disrupted by a widespread work stoppage. Trinity intended to host Chartiers Valley in a section contest Tuesday night, but the three officials declined in...

2022 TribLive HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Year Adou Thiero Quaker Valley 6-foot-6, Senior, Guard When your father played college ball for John Calipari and your mother was selected in the WNBA draft, you grow up knowing basketball might be in your future. Adou Thiero liked that idea. “I...

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...

This season marked the end of an era for some WPIAL girls basketball programs or maybe just the beginning for others. Among them, Chartiers Valley says goodbye to a talented senior class that lost just seven games in four years. They were among four WPIAL girls teams to reach the...

Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny, 1-0, 1 2. Butler, 2-0, 4 3. Seneca Valley, 3-0, NR 4. Upper St. Clair, 2-1, NR 5. Baldwin, 4-1, NR Out: Hempfield (0-3, 2), Norwin (0-3, 3), Mt. Lebanon (1-4, 5) Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Bethel Park,...

Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Hempfield, 2-0, 3 2. Bethel Park, 0-2, 1 3. Norwin, 0-1, 2 4. Seneca Valley, 1-0, 5 5. North Allegheny, 2-0, NR Out: Mt. Lebanon (0-1, 4) Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Shaler, 3-0, 1 2. Armstrong, 3-0, 2 3. Penn-Trafford,...

At least a dozen pro scouts watched North Allegheny’s baseball scrimmage, an early indication the Tigers have an eventful season ahead. Senior shortstop Cole Young is projected to be a first-round MLB Draft pick this summer, but the team has other goals to accomplish before then, like winning WPIAL and...