High School category, Page 1055
Trib HSSN May Madness: Christa Harmotto, Hopewell vs. Amanda Palenchar, Derry
Over the course of the next month and a half, May Madness will determine who you 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...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Phil Jurkovec, Pine-Richland vs. A.Q. Shipley, Moon
Over the course of the next month and a half, May 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...
H.S. notebook: Baseball, softball sections get new look next spring
WPIAL baseball and softball will take on a different look next spring. The league realigned its sections for the 2020-21 season, and a number of Westmoreland teams will move to new classifications and sections. Three area baseball teams — Penn-Trafford, Derry and Mt. Pleasant — are dropping one classification. Penn-Trafford...
PIAA approves new classifications, divisions for competitive spirit
Competitive spirit, which became a PIAA sport eight years ago, will see some changes next season. The PIAA board approved a new formula for grouping teams that measures both school enrollment and squad size. As a result, there will be five state champions crowned next winter rather than four. The...
Senior Spotlight: Thomas Jefferson pitcher overcame obstacles to become one of WPIAL’s best
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Bella Bucy was born with a rare, congenital hand condition called symbrachydactyly. The Thomas Jefferson senior has underdeveloped, shorter fingers on her right hand. As a result, she was...
Trib HSSN May Madness results for Friday, May 22
The HSSN May Madness results are in from Friday, May 22 in the opening round of the brackets to determine the WPIAL athlete of the century. A battle between athletes from the same school was not as close as expected, while the girls final opening-round contest went down to the...
Senior Spotlight: Hempfield javelin champ keeps goals in sight
If things were normal around the world, and we know they’re not, Hempfield Area senior Jake Boord would be in Shippensburg competing in the PIAA Track and Field Championships. But the coronavirus took that opportunity away from Boord and hundreds of athletes from across the state. Still, Boord remains positive...
As Lawrence County transitions to green, football coaches eager to start workouts
Lawrence County is about to turn green, but the battery icon on Joe Cowart’s cell phone was trending toward red. The New Castle football coach’s phone started buzzing Friday after Gov. Tom Wolf named Lawrence among 17 counties moving into the green phase of his color-coded reopening system May 29,...
Connellsville’s Luke Peperak headed to Pitt
All-state forward Luke Peperak is taking his soccer talents to Pitt, where he hopes to follow in his brother’s footsteps. The senior from Connellsville will graduate with the most goals in his school’s history (87). He netted 33 as a senior. His brother, Alex, played at Pitt from 2016-19 and...
WPIAL reveals section schedules for 2020-21 basketball season
In WPIAL boys basketball, Butler vs. Pine-Richland has become one of the hottest section rivalries, with overtime finishes and single-digit margins driving up the drama. Next season, it’ll be 50% bigger. There are only five teams in Section 1-6A boys for the 2020-21 season, so the WPIAL will allow those...
Senior Spotlight: Tennis phenom hoped to make impact in lone season at Greensburg Salem
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Loren Byers hopes to get on the court for a couple of high-profile tennis tournaments this summer before beginning his studies and joining the men’s team at Penn State....
Trib HSSN May Madness results for Thursday, May 21
The HSSN May Madness results are in from Thursday, May 21 in the opening round of the brackets to determine the WPIAL athlete of the century. Both matchups were one-sided, including the biggest blowout of the first round, which is down to one contest remaining in both brackets. In the...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Todd Thomas, Beaver Falls vs. Lance Jeter, Beaver Falls
Over the course of the next month and a half, May 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...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Lauryn Williams, Rochester vs. Sydney Bordonaro, Burrell
Over the course of the next month and a half, May 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...
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Softball No. 8
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...
Foul language, physical contact would earn 2-game suspension under PIAA proposal
The use of foul and vulgar language or physical contact with a PIAA game official, coach or opponent could become a two-game suspension for high school athletes and coaches. The PIAA board discussed a new disqualification rule at Wednesday’s online meeting meant to curb a rising tide of ejections statewide....
Senior Spotlight: All-state honors were a highlight for Shaler volleyball teammates
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Steven Hoffman and Billy Dadowski were selected to the All-WPIAL Class AAA first team and Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association all-state squad last spring after helping Shaler reach the WPIAL...
Senior Spotlight: Elizabeth Forward’s Pinneri puts out fires on, off the field
The softball seemed suspended in the air before it drifted into foul territory at Latrobe. Jordan Pinneri gave chase late in last year’s WPIAL Class 4A championship, sprinting and eventually corralling the putout behind first base. It was a defensive gem but, more importantly, the second out in a 1-2-3...
PIAA board refers wrestling weight-class reduction to medical committee
The PIAA board referred a proposal to reduce wrestling weight classes to the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee for discussion. The proposal would cut the number of weights from 14 to 13. The PIAA would maintain weight classes 106, 113, 120, 126, 132, 138, 145, 152 and 160 pounds. However, it...
Trib HSSN May Madness results for Wednesday, May 20
The HSSN May Madness results are in from Wednesday, May 20 in the opening round of the brackets to determine the WPIAL athlete of the century. It was another busy day at the polls. With one vote somewhat close and the other going down to the final minutes, it was...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, Hopewell vs. Allyn Laughlin, Center
Over the course of the next month and a half, May 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...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Montae Nicholson, Gateway vs. Spencer Lee, Franklin Regional
Over the course of the next month and a half, May 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...
PIAA denies Lincoln Park appeal, forces boys basketball team to Class 4A
The Lincoln Park boys basketball team must move to Class 4A next season after the PIAA denied its final appeal Wednesday. Athletic director Mike Bariski argued in an online hearing that the PIAA competitive-balance rule shouldn’t force the Leopards or any other team into a higher classification because of the...
New coach Dan DeRose wants to win North Allegheny’s first WPIAL boys basketball title
North Allegheny has never won a WPIAL boys basketball title. If Dan DeRose doesn’t fix that in his time there, the Tigers’ new coach admits he’d be disappointed. The NA school board officially hired the former Penn Hills coach Wednesday night, giving the team a leader who won a WPIAL...
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Baseball No. 9
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...
