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Norwin boys take care of Woodland Hills, set up showdown with Plum

Norwin will get another shot to finally solve pesky Plum. After a 4-0 first-round win over Woodland Hills on Tuesday night, the sixth-seeded Knights (11-5-3) will play their section rivals — Plum (14-2-2) is the No. 3 seed — for a third time this season in Saturday’s WPIAL Class 4A...
Scoop Smith’s electrifying kickoff-return TDs boost Woodland Hills past Penn-Trafford

It was a crazy start to Friday’s WPIAL Class 5A Big East Conference opener. The game, which featured two top-five teams, began with some electrifying plays. It was one that saw the teams combined to score four touchdowns in 40 seconds, which included two kickoff returns by Scoop Smith. The...
Records don’t tell the tale of Class 5A showdown between Woodland Hills, Penn-Trafford

Do not look at last week’s Woodland Hills score and think Penn-Trafford is expecting an easy game Friday. It is better to think the opposite. Woodland Hills (1-2) dropped a 58-20 decision to Class 6A’s top team, Central Catholic, but Wolverines coach Brian Tarrant felt his team did a lot...
Edgewood Elementary to start late due to ongoing building renovations

Woodland Hills School District students are sharpening their pencils and putting together their backpacks for the first day of school, but not everyone will be back in the classroom as expected. Edgewood Elementary school students will now have late start to the 2025-26 school year. Building renovations are still underway....
After capturing conference title, it’s win or bust for Woodland Hills

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 Aug. 22. Woodland Hills football coach Brian Tarrant would have been happy to hear how senior wide receiver Scoop Smith answered the question about the Wolverines’ expectations for...
Woodland Hills administration to move operations to high school building in Churchill

The Woodland Hills School District administration is moving its operations from North Braddock to the Woodland Hills High School on Greensburg Pike in Churchill. The new administration is set to be in place at the start of the school year. The move comes after the Woodland Hills School District approved...
Woodland Hills linebacker Ziggy Moore commits to N.C. State

Woodland Hills linebacker Zykir “Ziggy” Moore committed to N.C. State on Saturday, choosing the Wolfpack from a list of nearly two dozen college football offers. A 6-foot-2, 215-pound rising senior, Moore was a first-team all-conference player as a sophomore before missing most of his junior season to injury. He previously...
Teens from Trafford, North Versailles charged as adults in North Braddock shooting

Allegheny County police have charged two teens as adults, stemming from shots fired into an occupied car on May 4 in North Braddock. Nasir Williams, 15, of North Versailles, and Jmeire Estes, 17, of Trafford, are charged with gun violations, conspiracy and multiple counts of aggravated assault and recklessly endangering...
Rob Gronkowski, U.S. Steel partner to pay $400K to make over Woodland Hills fitness center

A Woodland Hills alumni who parlayed the strength fostered in the high school’s weight room into an NFL career has partnered with U.S. Steel to create an upgraded fitness center at the high school. “We started working on this eight or nine months ago,” Ty Brown, the district’s athletic director,...
Upper St. Clair shakes off slow start, rolls past Woodland Hills into Class 6A semifinals

At first glance, it would appear the 13-day layoff for WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball top seed Upper St. Clair played a role in the very slow start to its quarterfinal playoff game against visiting Woodland Hills on Thursday. Whatever the case, the Panthers were able to find their scoring...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week for Feb. 13, 2025Video

Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week – Woodland Hills Wolverines Coach – Steve Scorpion (first season at Woodland Hills, eighth season overall) Records – 11-11 overall, 6-8 in Section 1-6A #Earned – In its first year in Class 6A, Woodland Hills barely had a pulse at the midway...
Carol Ann Banaszak, a Woodland Hills coach and pioneer, dies

Carol Ann Banaszak was everyone’s biggest cheerleader. As an ardent supporter of the initial “no cuts” policy for athletics and extracurricular activities, she believed that all students should have an opportunity to participate and represent Woodland Hills School District, where she was one of the first coaches in the inaugural...
Man in critical condition after shooting in Forest Hills

Allegheny County police are investigating a shooting that wounded a man Saturday evening in Forest Hills. The man was taken to an area hospital in stable but critical condition, police said. The man was found by first responders after the shooting was reported at about 6:45 p.m. in the 100...
Woodland Hills School District names new superintendent

Woodland Hills School District’s school board on Wednesday voted to appoint Joe Maluchnik as the district’s next superintendent. He’ll replace Dan Castagna, who in departed in October after being hired as superintendent of Chartiers Valley School District. Maluchnik for the last four years has led the nearby Wilkinsburg School District....
Bethel Park takes nothing for granted in Class 5A quarterfinal win over Woodland Hills

Bethel Park came into a WPIAL quarterfinal matchup at the Wolvarena featuring the top-scoring offense in Class 5A. The Black Hawks’ defense was also on display Friday night, as it shut down a short-handed Woodland Hills unit on the way to a 49-22 win. “I think this place and the...
Woodland Hills school board member censured for sharing confidential district emails online

Woodland Hills School District Board of Directors voted Tuesday to approve the censure of board member Darnika Reed during a special meeting. The vote was 5-4. The school district in a statement said that Reed had “made a series of social media posts in which she shared internal district email...

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