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WCCA cancels 7-on-7 football championship
The holding pattern is over for the Westmoreland County Coaches Association. There will be no 7-on-7 football championship after all. The organization held out hope it could play but on Sunday decided it would be best to cancel the event as health concerns and question marks loom over the coronavirus...
Pine-Richland defensive lineman Miguel Jackson adds 3 more Division I offersVideo
Pine-Richland defensive lineman Miguel Jackson added three more Division I offers this week, pushing his overall total to about 30. The 6-foot-2, 265-pound rising senior added offers from Liberty, Louisiana-Monroe and Villanova. Sun Belt member Louisiana-Monroe and Liberty, an independent, are FBS programs. Villanova competes in the CAA, an FCS...
High school notebook: Latrobe basketball player Anna Rafferty gets D-I offer
With the NCAA “dead” period — the time when college coaches cannot have contact with potential recruits — extended to July 31, basketball players who usually wade in the AAU recruiting waters at this time of year have been left to their own devices. AAU season has yet to begin,...
2-game suspension for foul language, physical contact among items on PIAA agenda Monday
The PIAA could give final approval Monday to a rule change that lets game officials issue a two-game suspensions to coaches and players who cross the line with foul language or make physical contact. The proposal, ready for a third and final vote, is included in the agenda for the...
Big 33 plans ‘watch party’ to celebrate players chosen for canceled all-star game
The covid-19 pandemic forced organizers to cancel the Big 33 Football Classic, but this year’s players will be honored online. The Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association has planned a video “watch party” for 8 p.m. Thursday to celebrate this year’s players and highlight alumni from the all-star game that started...
Yough rallies for win against West Hempfield in summer baseball openerVideo
It was opening day for the Westmoreland County American League baseball season Saturday, and players from Yough and West Hempfield couldn’t have been happier. It was a day many figured back in April may never come. But when Gov. Tom Wolf finally lifted the restrictions for the coronavirus on June...
PIAA reveals tentative state basketball brackets for 2021, ’22 postseasons
The WPIAL will send only four Class 6A boys basketball teams to the state playoffs next season, according to preliminary brackets revealed by the PIAA. That’s down from five qualifiers in the past two seasons and six in the 2017 and 2018 postseasons. The WPIAL also would have one fewer...
Trib HSSN June Madness quarterfinal results for Friday, June 12
The HSSN June Madness results are in from Friday, June 12 in the quarterfinals of the brackets to determine the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. A couple of three-sport high school athletes squared off, and the Ivy League football player came back to stun the major league baseball player. Luke...
Hempfield set to hire Norwin’s Brandon Rapp as athletic director
It looks like the Hempfield Area School Board will be hiring Brandon Rapp as its new athletic director. The current Norwin athletic director’s name appears on the school board agenda for approval at Monday’s meeting. Rapp was one of 66 applicants for the position that opened when Greg Meisner resigned...
Freshman-year visit leads Sto-Rox linebacker Diontae Givens to DuquesneVideo
As a freshman, Diontae Givens tagged along with Sto-Rox football teammates for an unofficial recruiting visit to Duquesne. He was only a ninth grader but received a warm welcome from the Dukes’ staff, met assistant Scott Farison and kept in touch with the linebackers coach in the years since. “It...
Which WPIAL power was named the best place for high school sports in Pennsylvania?
North Allegheny is the best place for high school sports in Pennsylvania. That is according to Niche.com, a Pittsburgh-based site that gathered analytic information and personal reviews from people in school districts, and weighed things such as number of sports and championships won to hatch a list of the top...
Wildcats Select AAU basketball to livestream workout
AAU basketball has yet to return after extensive delays caused by the coronavirus outbreak, but a local organization is ready to tip and plans to give coaches, families and fans a look at their talent pool through a different prism. The Wildcats Select, founded by co-directors Nate Perry and Tom...
Trib HSSN June Madness quarterfinal results for Thursday, June 11
The HSSN June Madness results are in from Thursday, June 11 in the quarterfinals of the brackets to determine the WPIAL athlete of the century. New school defeated old guard in a battle of two-sport stars, one who just graduated high school last year and the other who graduated nearly...
Trib HSSN June Madness quarterfinals: Neil Walker, Pine-Richland vs. Luke Hagy, Mt. Lebanon
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 alumni. Outside of a few exceptions, the field is made...
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Baseball No. 1
While it almost became a theme to repeat in WPIAL softball this past decade, it was nearly an impossible dream for district baseball teams. Wild Things Park in Washington continued to be the home for the WPIAL baseball championships, but only twice in 42 title games was a school successful...
Latrobe’s Anna Rafferty gets first Division I offer from Kennesaw State
With the NCAA “dead” period — the time when college coaches cannot have contact with potential recruits — extended to July 31, basketball players who usually wade in the AAU recruiting waters at this time of year have been left to their own devices. AAU season has yet to begin,...
Trib HSSN June Madness quarterfinals results for Wednesday, June 10
The HSSN June Madness results are in from Wednesday, June 10 in the quarterfinals of the brackets to determine the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. The red hot former Plum kicker finally had his punt blocked. After knocking off fellow NFL players Aaron Donald of Penn Hills and Steve Breaston...
Amani Johnson recalls busy East Allegheny athletics career
Trib HSSN has been fortunate to cover a lot of great athletes the last two decades. While the ‘Best of the Century’ contest continues, HSSN now feature some of these high school stars from the last two decades Mondays and Thursdays on the Rebel Yell podcast. She is 5-foot-6, but...
Trib HSSN June Madness quarterfinals: Jess Strom, Steel Valley vs. Maura Huwalt, 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 alumni. Outside of a few exceptions, the field is made...
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Softball No. 1
From classification expansion to field renovations forcing a change in the venue for the district championships, there was a lot going on with the WPIAL softball championships this past decade. From Lilly Field at Cal (Pa.) to Seton Hill to a mishmash of title games played here and there or...
West Allegheny’s Austin Hendrick selected 12th overall by Cincinnati Reds in MLB Draft
With a quick left-handed swing that packs plenty of pop, West Allegheny’s Austin Hendrick was naturally a Ken Griffey Jr. fan as a kid. They’ve now got another connection. Hendrick, one of the top high school hitters in the country, was selected 12th overall Wednesday in the MLB Draft by...
Western Pennsylvania Baseball League sets plans for season with 20 teams on board
Bob Johnston was trying to find a league where Gateway high school players could play this summer. After the coronavirus ended high school seasons across the state, baseball players around the WPIAL were left wondering where they could play. “I made a call to Ryan Encapera in the Fayette County...
State releases covid-19 guidelines for restarting PIAA sports
Gov. Tom Wolf released covid-19 guidelines for restarting PIAA sports Wednesday, clearing the way for high school sports teams statewide to begin offseason workouts. But before those workouts can take place, the guidelines require every school district to create a detailed health and safety plan that’s approved by the school...
Trib HSSN June Madness quarterfinal results for Tuesday, June 9
The HSSN June Madness results are in from Tuesday, June 9 in the quarterfinals of the brackets to determine the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. The five-sport master continues to advance in the Best of the Century girls bracket as Amani Johnson of East Allegheny defeated Tabitha Bemis of Quaker...
Trib HSSN June Madness: Tyler Boyd, Clairton vs. Pat McAfee, Plum
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 alumni. Outside of a few exceptions, the field is made...
