High School category, Page 1059
North Allegheny’s Nathan Hoke adds 2 more Division I football offersVideo
North Allegheny junior Nathan Hoke, the son of a former Steelers defensive lineman, added two more football teams to his growing list of Division I offers. Akron and the Air Force Academy both extended offers this week to Hoke, a 6-foot-3, 225-pound linebacker who’s seen his recruiting status heat up...
Senior Spotlight: Allderdice tennis standout turns attention toward career at Lehigh
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. David Missry dedicated time in the boys tennis offseason building strength for this spring as he hoped to make runs at singles titles at the WPIAL and PIAA levels....
Three-sport athletes Ferretti, Persin represent Hempfield as award finalists
Olivia Persin and Dillon Ferretti always look forward to this time of year. Yes, graduation is one thing and the school picnic at Kennywood is another. But in athletics, Persin and Ferretti would be in thick of their seasons. Persin would be trying to help the Hempfield softball team win...
Senior Spotlight: Hempfield softball standout filled resume with championships, clutch hits
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. With a soft-spoken demeanor and somewhat unassuming presence at the plate, Ashley Orischak can be deceiving. If you want to hear the Hempfield senior softball player make noise, put...
Greensburg Salem tandem’s work on, off field pays off with award nomination
Editor’s note: This is the seventh in an 18-part series profiling nominees for the Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete Excellence Awards. High school seniors across Westmoreland County and the state were deprived of the finish to their high school careers. But the Judge John J. Driscoll Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete banquet could give...
Trib HSSN May Madness results for Friday, May 8
The HSSN May Madness results are in from Friday, May 8 in the opening round of the brackets to determine the WPIAL athlete of the century. The results were a pair of victories for athletes who starred for schools in the South Hills of Pittsburgh. In the girls matchup, Nikki...
Senior Spotlight: Moon’s opening scrimmage a highlight for Beddings’ lacrosse season
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Alek Beddings’ senior highlight reel includes an impressive goal where he carries the ball for 40 yards, beats two defenders and scores from 10 yards out. It’s also the...
Senior Spotlight: Shaler track star misses chance at another gold medal, WPIAL record
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Shaler senior Cam Mbalo will leave high school with a couple unanswered questions. Would he have won a Class AAA PIAA gold medal in the triple jump? Would he...
7 schools file PIAA appeal contesting competitive-balance rule promotion
Seven schools statewide, including three from the WPIAL, filed appeals this week with the PIAA, all hoping their basketball teams can avoid being promoted by the competitive-balance rule. The deadline to file was noon Friday. The Lincoln Park boys, Chartiers Valley girls and North Catholic girls were among 15 schools...
Greensburg Central Catholic duo made mark as students, winners
Editor’s note: This is the sixth in an 18-part series profiling nominees for the Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete Excellence Awards. Nate Ward and Samantha Nemeth have a lot in common. Both are outstanding soccer players with college careers in their best sport awaiting them. Both also have a flair for the...
Baldwin fires girls coach Kyle DeGregorio after defeating state’s top-ranked basketball team
Exactly two months after Baldwin’s girls basketball team upset the No. 1-ranked team in the state, coach Kyle DeGregorio lost his job. When the Baldwin school board voted Wednesday night to hire Jeff Ackermann as the boys basketball coach, it also opened DeGregorio’s girls coaching job to applicants. The Highlanders...
Trib HSSN May Madness results for Thursday, May 7
The HSSN May Madness results are in from Thursday, May 7 in the opening round of the brackets to determine the WPIAL athlete of the century. In any election, you’ll hear folks say that every vote counts. That statement is so true when you look at the results from the...
Senior Spotlight: Fox Chapel runner has bright future at Duquesne
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Grace Sisson was able to achieve one of her goals last spring: placing at the outdoor state meet. The Fox Chapel senior was looking forward to one more shot...
Justin Walther resigns at Serra Catholic, seeks big-school basketball job
If you’re a big-school athletic director, Justin Walther would like to talk. The former Central Catholic star and all-time leading scorer at Pitt-Johnstown wants a job coaching WPIAL boys basketball in the largest classifications, so he resigned at Serra Catholic after four seasons with the Class 2A school. Serra announced...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Natalie Bower, Latrobe vs. Nikki Doria, South Park
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: Sean Lee, Upper St. Clair vs. Jordan Whitehead, Central Valley
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...
Basketball coach Bill Sacco retires after 18 seasons at Cornell
Bill Sacco had already retired from teaching and coaching when he noticed Cornell was hiring a boys basketball coach and decided to apply. On interview day, the candidates lined up. “I sat there that whole time waiting for guys to go in and explain what they were going to do...
Busy Latrobe seniors nominated for excellence awards
Editor’s note: This is the fifth in an 18-part series profiling nominees for the Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete Excellence Awards. It’s been almost 14 years since Latrobe was without a Harter runner, and senior Rachel Harter enjoyed being the last. “Every single Harter child has been a runner from seventh grade...
Senior Spotlight: Moon lacrosse player takes up new hobby before putting his head in the stars
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Zack Jadlocki is like many other high school seniors. He fills his time with schoolwork, video games and athletics. The coronavirus pandemic, however, has taken sporting competition away from...
WPIAL board member, retired school administrator Enrico Antonini dies
Enrico “Rego” Antonini, a member of the WPIAL board of directors and a retired Beaver County school administrator, died Tuesday. He was 81. A former principal at New Brighton and superintendent at Western Beaver, Antonini served on the WPIAL board for nearly two decades. He joined the board from 1990-2004...
Senior Spotlight: Plum’s Tarzoho looking to make huge jump into college track and field
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Joel Tarzoho, like every athlete in the WPIAL and across the state, had his senior season end earlier than planned. The coronavirus denied the Plum senior from having possibly...
Trib HSSN May Madness results for Wednesday, May 6
The HSSN May Madness results are in from Wednesday, May 6 in the opening round of the brackets to determine the WPIAL athlete of the century. Both wins were convincing as small school beat big school athletes in the boys’ contest while versatility once again beat out a single sport...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Kaitlyn Orstein, Mt. Lebanon vs. Maddie Holmberg, Hempfield
Over the course of the next month and a half, May Madness will determine who you 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: Aaron Donald, Penn Hills vs. Pat McAfee, Plum
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...
Baldwin hires 5-time WPIAL champion Jeff Ackermann as boys basketball coach
Until this week, Jeff Ackermann coached basketball at Pine-Richland, lived in South Fayette and taught at Chartiers Valley, a commute that saw him and his family crisscross the county. With an 8-year-old son, a daughter who’s 6 and another son who’s 2½, that arrangement couldn’t last forever. “The drive kind...
