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Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week: Week ending March 14
When 2019 ended with a pair of losses in the Bethel Park Holiday Tournament, Sto-Rox was 3-6 overall and tied for second place in Section 1-2A. However, 2020 for the Vikings has been nearly perfect. Sto-Rox won 15 games in a row, including victories over Brentwood and Shenango in the...
PIAA suspends chapter meetings for game officials until state reopens schoolsVideo
The PIAA Officials Council has suspended all chapter meetings until Gov. Tom Wolf reopens schools, the PIAA announced in an email to Pennsylvania high school sports officials. Officials are required to attend six meetings to maintain their PIAA registration, but that number could be relaxed, PIAA assistant executive director Patrick...
Norwin softball aims to repeat section championship behind deep pitching staff
(Editor’s note: The PIAA has postponed the start of the spring sports season because of concerns over the covid-19 pandemic.) With uncertainty looming about the resumption of practices and the start of the WPIAL softball season — if there is one — Norwin is trying to stay upbeat and focused....
WCCA/Tri-County all-star football game planned for June 13
Even before the coronavirus became a part of our lives, the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association and Tri-County Football Coaches’ Association made plans to play a football all-star game. It will be called the BeeGraphix Great 38 game. The game is scheduled for June 13 at Trinity High School if the...
Norwin baseball team has talent to contend for titles
(Editor’s note: The PIAA has postponed the start of the spring sports season because of concerns over the covid-19 pandemic.) Adjusting to life without practice has been no small task for the Norwin baseball team. After the Knights finished a workout Friday, the gates to their home field were sealed...
Riverview softball team wants to continue playoff streak
(Editor’s note: The PIAA has postponed the start of the spring sports season because of concerns over the covid-19 pandemic.) Riverview has qualified for the WPIAL softball playoffs for five consecutive seasons and 11 times in the past 12 years. The Raiders are looking to maintain that streak this spring....
Riverview aims to contend in challenging Section 3-2A
(Editor’s note: The PIAA has postponed the start of the spring sports season because of concerns over the covid-19 pandemic.) The Riverview baseball team has playoff aspirations in 2020. Veteran coach Bill Gras is optimistic the Raiders will be able to snap their five-year non-playoff streak this season. “Last year...
Former Baldwin AD Vince Sortino joining WPIAL administration as assistant to executive director
Former Baldwin athletic director Vince Sortino is returning to the WPIAL. The WPIAL board voted unanimously Monday to hire Sortino as assistant to the executive director, a position vacant since last summer. Sortino, who joins the staff July 1, spent the past two school years as athletic director at Dallastown...
WPIAL Girls Basketball Player of the Week — Week ending March 15
In the WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball championship game, Beaver struggled mightily on offense and fell to rival Mohawk, 44-26. In two state playoff games, the Bobcats appear to have found their touch thanks to the scoring of a standout sophomore. Payton List had a game-high 21 points as the...
Time to open the vault for daily HSSN Classics archive video streams
While high school sports and sports in general are on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, the TribLive High School Sports Network misses the action as much as the readers and viewers. However, thanks to our large archive content, we plan to help fill the void with a daily classic...
After disappointing finish last season, Plum softball ready to bounce back
Last season didn’t end the way the Plum softball team wanted it to. After a regular season in which the Mustangs went 15-3, shared the Section 2-5A championship and received the No. 2 seed in the WPIAL playoffs, Plum lost to eventual Class 5A champion West Allegheny in the quarterfinals....
Plum baseball motivated to return to playoffs after down year
Over the past decade and a half, the Plum baseball team has been a mainstay in the WPIAL playoffs. Up until last season, the Mustangs hadn’t missed the playoffs since 2006. But no program, especially in high school, can avoid a down year, and they experienced theirs last season. They...
After losing ace to graduation, Mt. Pleasant softball eager to prove doubters wrong
Mt. Pleasant had its 15 minutes of fame last season when it made the MaxPreps national softball rankings. The Vikings checked in at No. 18 late in the year and went on to play in the WPIAL Class 4A championship game and made the PIAA semifinals. (They lost both games...
Mt. Pleasant baseball hopes to use hard-nosed approach to earn another playoff bid
Like many teams, Mt. Pleasant baseball is not sure when it will play its first game, but at any rate, coach Chris Firmstone likes the makeup of his team. The Vikings’ season-opening trip to Myrtle Beach was canceled by the school district due to escalating safety concerns over the coronavirus....
No guarantee spring sports are played, but WPIAL discusses ‘what if’ scenariosVideo
The WPIAL board discussed contingency plans for spring sports season behind closed doors Monday, but “anything at this point is uncertain,” associate executive director Amy Scheuneman said. She called them “what-if” scenarios. All of Pennsylvania’s schools were closed Monday to start a two-week shutdown ordered by Gov. Tom Wolf, so...
Trib HSSN PIHL Player of the Week: Week ending March 15, 2020
Sophomore forward Nathan Boulanger hasn’t been with the Ringgold Rams all season. He joined the Class B co-op team in December and accrued enough games played to be eligible for the postseason for the Rams, who reached the championship round largely because of his efforts in Monday’s semifinal against Elizabeth...
Trib HSSN PIHL Team of the Week: Week ending March 15, 2020
Sophomore Jacob Fetzer had six goals during the regular season. They all came in the first 10 games. That meant Fetzer hadn’t scored in seven games leading into Carrick’s semifinal against North Division champion Neshannock on Monday night. But he scored twice — including the winner — and assisted on...
Paul Schofield: Westmoreland County wrestlers shine in PIAA finalsVideo
What an exciting and puzzling week it has been for high school athletics and everyone else as the coronavirus pandemic has interrupted our lives. With the sports world on pause, it’s a good time to look back and nothing was more exciting than the PIAA wrestling championships for three Westmoreland...
Monessen softball team will play under another new coach
For the second time in as many seasons, the Monessen softball team has a new coach. After Bo Teets’ nine-year tenure, which brought two WPIAL championship appearances, Cal (Pa.) and Seton Hill graduate Carlee Wickstrom took over for one season before resigning in the offseason and accepting a teaching position...
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week: Week ending March 14
For two generations and over three decades, the Price has been right for area basketball success. Twenty-seven years ago, Kevin Price led Duquesne to a third straight WPIAL title, a second straight PIAA basketball championship and, as a quarterback, guided the Dukes to district and state gold. Kevin’s daughter Shamyjha...
Leechburg baseball not satisfied with just WPIAL playoff spot
After making the WPIAL baseball playoffs each of the past two seasons, Leechburg would like to break out of the 2-0 mold. The Blue Devils have lost opening-round playoff games to Jeannette and Quigley by 2-0 scores. Leechburg finished last season 5-5 in Section 3-A play, 7-10 overall. “We can...
Despite turnover, Monessen baseball expect to keep playoff streak intact
Youth will be relied upon to supplement the few veteran bats remaining for the Monessen baseball team after losing a nine-player senior cast last season. With only two seniors and five upperclassmen out of 12 players, 17th-year coach Bill Matush expects to call upon some of his eldest players —...
Leechburg softball team readies for run at 34th straight playoff berth
The coronavirus pandemic might do something other WPIAL softball teams have failed to do: stop Leechburg’s playoff streak. The WPIAL will decide Monday afternoon what to do with the statewide school closure and whether to plan a spring sports season if virus threats diminish. In the meantime, the Blue Devils...
Greensburg Salem’s Stoner wins 2nd state wrestling title, keeps program tradition alive
Super Bowl MVPs go to Disney World the day after the game. Greensburg Salem senior Riley Stoner went to the Orlando, Fla., area theme park the day after she won a second Pennsylvania USA Girls wrestling title in Gettysburg. She pinned Montoursville’s Dominic Daugherty at 2 minutes, 22 seconds in...
Penn Hills basketball programs learn tough postseason lessons
Heading into the WPIAL playoffs, the Penn Hills boys basketball team had a six-game winning streak and earned the No. 1 seed in the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs. However, the success was short-lived as the Indians fell, 62-60, to eventual WPIAL champion Laurel Highlands, the eighth seed, in the quarterfinals...
