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High school golfers get head start with eased restrictions, summer tournaments
Freeport’s youth program is as much of a summer tradition at Buffalo Golf Course as outings and leagues. The program, which amounts to a voluntary preseason gathering of high school golfers who are getting ready for the fall season, has been in place since 1993 and has not missed a...
Trib HSSN June Madness semifinal results for Thursday, June 18
The HSSN June Madness results are in from Thursday, June 18 in the third semifinals match of the brackets to determine the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. It was not by decision, but rather a decisive pin that Spencer Lee of Franklin Regional defeated Luke Hagy of Mt. Lebanon. The...
Trib HSSN June Madness semifinal: Amani Johnson, East Allegheny vs. Rachel Martindale, North Allegheny
Over the course of the next week, June Madness will determine who fans believe is the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. HSSN has put together two 32-player brackets, one for the boys and one for the girls, of WPIAL alumni. Outside of a few exceptions, the field is made up...
WPIAL plans Diversity Advisory Council to better represent minority communities
The WPIAL soon could have a Diversity Advisory Council, created to give a louder voice to the challenges faced by minority communities. Associate executive director Amy Scheuneman shared her idea Thursday with the WPIAL board of directors, who supported the plan and voted unanimously to develop the council at a...
Greensburg Salem’s Mankins captures Westmoreland County junior in playoffVideo
It’s been a busy week on the golf course for Greensburg Salem’s Jeff Mankins. He’s competed in three tournaments and played 92 holes over the past four days. He capped off the week by winning his first Westmoreland County Golf Association’s Junior Amateur on Thursday at Latrobe Country Club. Mankins,...
WPIAL eliminates football, basketball pairings meetings in cost-cutting move
The longstanding WPIAL playoff tradition that drew football and basketball coaches to a crowded hotel conference room is ending. The WPIAL board voted Thursday to eliminate pairings meetings in a money-saving move meant to reduce the league’s 2020-21 budget. Concerned covid-19 could cause the WPIAL financial pain, the board unanimously...
It’s a great day to be a Cavalier: Kiski Area football team returns to practice field
Kiski Area football coach Sam Albert starts every practice the same way. He steps onto the field and yells the phrase, “It’s a great day to be a Cavalier.” But after a long layoff because of the coronavirus pandemic, the longtime coach was a little rusty when his team returned...
Trib HSSN June Madness semifinal results for Wednesday, June 17
The HSSN June Madness results are in from Wednesday, June 17 in the second semifinals match of the brackets to determine the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. This was a victory for the youth and for field over track. Maura Huwalt, a 2019 South Park graduate, continued to throw aside...
Trib HSSN June Madness semifinals: Spencer Lee, Franklin Regional vs. Luke Hagy, Mt. Lebanon
Over the course of the next week, June Madness will determine who fans believe is the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. HSSN has put together two 32-player brackets, one for the boys and one for the girls, of WPIAL alumni. Outside of a few exceptions, the field is made up...
Norwin names Tim McCabe as interim athletic director
It did not take long for Norwin to name an interim director of athletics and activities to replace the athletic director who has taken a similar job with neighboring Hempfield Area. Tim McCabe, Norwin High School’s assistant principal, has been named interim athletic director, Superintendent Jeff Taylor said. McCabe was...
Beaver County league gives high school softball players a place to play
High school softball is coming back — at least in Beaver County. It may be a permutation of the real thing since the WPIAL season was scratched because of the cornavirus outbreak, but a new league will include many of the same players. A 10-team, unnamed league, the brainchild of...
Trib HSSN June Madness semifinal results for Tuesday, June 16
The HSSN June Madness results are in from Tuesday, June 16 in the first semifinals match of the brackets to determine the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. The NFL center from Moon High School was a perfect 3-0 against former quarterbacks in the first three rounds. However, his luck ran...
Trib HSSN June Madness semifinals: Lauryn Williams, Rochester vs. Maura Huwalt, South Park
Over the course of the next week, June Madness will determine who fans believe is the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. HSSN has put together two 32-player brackets, one for the boys and one for the girls, of WPIAL alumni. Outside of a few exceptions, the field is made up...
PIAA could rewrite co-op rule, making combined teams easier for schools
The PIAA could rewrite its co-op rule this summer, making it easier for two schools to form a combined sports team. Currently, to cooperatively sponsor a sport, school districts must be contiguous, meaning they share a border. But at times, neighboring districts aren’t willing or able to co-op, so schools...
Trib HSSN June Madness quarterfinal results for Monday, June 15
The HSSN June Madness results are in from Monday, June 15 in the final quarterfinals match of the brackets to determine the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. The perfect record by the South Park alum duo is no more. The tandem of Maura Huwalt and Nikki Doria were a perfect...
Woodland Hills leads WPIAL football back to practice with workouts ‘normal as any other’
Woodland Hills football coach Tim Bostard checked every player’s temperature and nobody was allowed to shake hands. Otherwise, this was just another Monday in June. “Once the kids got there, it felt as normal as any other day that we would have during the summer,” said Bostard, whose football team...
Trib HSSN June Madness semifinals: A.Q. Shipley, Moon vs. Tyler Boyd, Clairton
Over the course of the next week, June Madness will determine who fans believe is the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. HSSN has put together two 32-player brackets, one for the boys and one for the girls, of WPIAL alumni. Outside of a few exceptions, the field is made up...
Penn-Trafford hires Doug Kelly to coach boys basketball
Doug Kelly has gained a measure of perspective since he last served as a head boys basketball coach in the WPIAL. He has lost loved ones, acquired many friends and listened to words of wisdom, all the while building up to his next venture. “I feel that I am ready....
PIAA approves state football brackets; WPIAL can finalize its playoff plans
The PIAA approved state tournament brackets for all sports except basketball Monday, meaning the WPIAL soon can finalize plans for its football playoffs and championship games. The PIAA football brackets have the Class 6A champion entering the state playoffs in Week 13 (quarterfinals) on Nov. 27-28. The five other WPIAL...
Hempfield hires Norwin athletic director Brandon Rapp
Brandon Rapp spent the past seven years running the Norwin athletic program. Rival Hempfield hired him away Monday to be its new athletic director to replace Greg Meisner, who resigned April 3 after he spent 15 years leading the Spartans. “There is a lot of appeal at Hempfield,” Rapp said....
PIAA adopts 2-game suspension for unsportsmanlike actions including ‘racially insensitive comments’
The PIAA strengthened its stance against “ethnic and racially insensitive comments” by making those and other unsportsmanlike actions punishable with a two-game suspension. The board on Monday unanimously approved added discipline for coaches and athletes ejected for the most egregious infractions. That list also includes foul or vulgar language and...
Versatile Neil Walker reflects on Pine-Richland days in baseball and football
Trib HSSN has been fortunate to cover a lot of great athletes these last two decades. While the “Best of the Century” contest continues, we now feature some of these high school stars from the last two decades twice a week on Monday and Thursday on the Rebel Yell podcast....
Thomas Jefferson’s Richter puts focus on soccer future at FC Cincinnati Academy
Marshall Richter just finished his sophomore year at Thomas Jefferson, albeit from home like his classmates and many others across the country who were walled off by the coronavirus outbreak. But the future will have the soccer standout on the move, allowing him to stretch his legs again on the...
Trib HSSN June Madness quarterfinals: Rachel Martindale, North Allegheny vs. Nikki Doria, South Park
Over the course of the next few weeks, June Madness will determine who fans believe is the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. HSSN has put together two 32-player brackets, one for the boys and one for the girls, of WPIAL alums. Outside of a few exceptions, the field is made...
Serra baseball star Mark Black commits to juco that produced Jose Bautista, Russell Martin
Serra Catholic baseball star Mark Black had his future mapped out way in advance, committing to St. John’s before his sophomore year, until the coronavirus pandemic turned the world upside down. So, the recent graduate decided to reconsider. A power-hitting catcher with MLB aspirations, Black announced plans Sunday to de-commit...
