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Central Valley safety Stephon Hall chooses Pitt

Stephon Hall’s path to a Pitt scholarship started six months ago. In Central Valley’s victory against Aliquippa in the WPIAL Class 3A championship game, Hall picked off two passes in the fourth quarter and helped stop the Quips’ 2-point conversion attempt in overtime to nail down a 13-12 victory. Three...
Quaker Valley’s Bailey Garbee commits to American, turns teammates into rivalsVideo

Quaker Valley basketball teammates Bailey Garbee and Corinne Washington made college commitments this spring to separate schools, but they’ll still see one another at least a couple of times a year. A 5-foot-11 forward, Garbee announced a commitment Thursday to American. Her decision came several weeks after Washington committed to...
Trib HSSN May Madness quarterfinals results for Thursday, June 4

The HSSN June Madness results are in from Thursday, June 4 in the quarterfinals of the brackets to determine the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. The first matchup in the quarterfinals was a stunner. Not by the final result, but by the margin of victory for A.Q. Shipley of Moon...
Trib HSSN June Madness quarterfinals: Lauryn Williams, Rochester vs. Christa Harmotto, Hopewell

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...
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Softball No. 3

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...
Derry names Skillings next football coach

Vince Skillings was an all-state running back at Derry from 1974-77. Now Skillings, 61, returns to his alma mater to coach his beloved Trojans. It’s his first head-coaching job. Skillings was hired by the Derry Area School District’s school board to replace highly successful coach Tim Sweeney, also a Derry...
Senior Spotlight: Franklin Regional lacrosse standout denied shot at championship, still gets a parade

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Noelle Boyd has heard plenty of cheers from the stands as a member of the girls lacrosse team at Franklin Regional. On Friday evening, she will be cheered once...
Who were the PIAA football teams of the decade? MaxPreps ranks the Top 20

The most dominant high school football team in the state last decade wasn’t from Western Pennsylvania, but six WPIAL programs did make the list. MaxPreps created a formula to rank the teams of the decade and crowned St. Joseph’s Prep as the winner Wednesday. Among WPIAL teams, North Allegheny was...
Trib HSSN June Madness results for Wednesday, June 3

The HSSN June Madness results are in from Wednesday, June 3 in the second round of the brackets to determine the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. It was a good day for a pair of northern school athletes as the Sweet 16 round in the Best of the Century has...
Pro golfer Rachel Rohanna talks about playing on boys team at Waynesburg, how perfection and golf don’t mix

Trib HSSN has been fortunate to cover a lot of great athletes over past two decades. While the ‘Best of the Century’ contest continues, we now feature some of these high school stars twice a week Monday and Thursday on the Rebel Yell podcast. More than a decade later, 2009...
Trib HSSN June Madness quarterfinals: Terrelle Pryor, Jeannette vs. A.Q. Shipley, Moon

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...
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Baseball No. 4

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...
Travel softball teams returning to action, trying to get used to coronavirus guidelines

Travel softball will return to Pennsylvania later this month and players and coaches, particularly those who missed out on the high school season, are bubbling with anticipation to play again. When they finally return to the field, they will be met with a laundry list of new safety guidelines brought...
‘Sadness’ for athletes, coaches and alumni as Quigley Catholic closes doors

Where’s the rest of your team? It’s a lighthearted question that makes Quigley Catholic boys soccer coach Dave Baker laugh years later, thinking back to a time when his players shared the field with powerhouse Sewickley Academy. “They had two squads of 30,” Baker said. “They have a varsity team...
Senior Spotlight: Final tennis season wiped out, but South Park senior’s golf game in full swing

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Stone Ellis was a rock for the South Park boys golf and tennis teams the past several seasons. He hoped to cap his prep athletic career this spring with...
Kiski Area planning for fall sports season despite distance learning decision

Kiski Area’s superintendent announced plans to start next school year online, an approach other districts may adopt, but that doesn’t mean sports are canceled. “If every other PIAA school in the WPIAL is ramping up for fall sports, we will be doing the same thing,” Kiski Area athletic director John...

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