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High school schedules for Jan. 13, 2020
High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s schedule WPIAL Class A Section 3 Clairton at Greensburg Central Catholic, 7:30 p.m. Nonsection Bentworth at Brownsville, 7:30 p.m. Mohawk at Portersville Christian, 7:30 p.m. Mt. Pleasant at Brentwood, 7:30 p.m. Rochester at Freedom, 7:30 p.m. District 6 Heritage Homer-Center at Northern Cambria, 6 p.m....
Bethel Park joins Chartiers Valley, North Catholic on top in Trib HSSN state rankings
There were big changes to the state’s highest classification in the Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings after the first full week in January. Three teams, including No. 1 Upper Dublin, exited the Class 6A rankings. The shakeup centered around District 1, where two teams were bumped, and two D-1...
WPIAL Girls Basketball Player of the Week — Week ending Jan. 11
The 2018-19 season was a struggle for perennial girls basketball power Mt. Lebanon. While section rival Peters Township was perfect, the Blue Devils finished 12-11 and lost to Norwin in the opening round of the playoffs. But it was hardly a lost season for Mt. Lebanon, as it marked the...
Deaf Latrobe diving coach Brownlee teaching more than technique
Latrobe diving coach Trish Brownlee, who is deaf, said it can be challenging at times to communicate with her divers. “All of my divers know when they first meet me I’m deaf and accept it,” she said. “They are aware I read lips. “They even learned (a) few sign languages...
PIHL high school hockey standings through Jan. 12, 2020
Here are the latest PIHL standings through Sunday, Jan. 12. Exclusive coverage of the 2020 PIHL Penguins Cup hockey playoffs can be heard and viewed only on the TribLive High School Sports Network. In Class AAA, the top eight teams qualify for the playoffs. In Class AA, the top two...
Trib HSSN PIHL Team of the Week: Jan. 12, 2020
After a 6-0 start to PIHL play, Seneca Valley started a tailspin. The Raiders lost four of their next five heading into the break. The holidays allowed the Raiders to reset after the rough patch, and they righted the ship this week. Seneca Valley has wins in back-to-back games, 3-2...
Big week for WPIAL basketball, section wrestling on HSSN
High school basketball hits the midway point of section play, and the regular season for team wrestling winds down this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We are covering plenty of WPIAL boys and girls section basketball games, including the HSSN Video Stream Games of the Week. There...
Trib HSSN PIHL Player of the Week: Week ending Jan. 12, 2020
The name Tyler Stewart should be familiar to anyone who has followed the PIHL recently. Two seasons ago, he was the TribLIVE High School Sports Network PIHL Player of the Year. Last season, he earned Trib HSSN’s honor as the top player in Division II. As a sophomore in 2016-17,...
First half of section play concludes in WPIAL girls basketball Monday
The first half of section play concludes in WPIAL girls basketball Monday. Outright first place will be up for grabs in three games, including a pair in Class A. In Section 2, 5-0 West Greene will visit 4-0 Avella. “We still have to twice play a really good Avella team...
Burrell standout Stewart surprises with return to varsity hockey team
After spending some time in the junior hockey ranks this season, Tyler Stewart made a surprise return to the ice for Burrell hockey last Monday. What wasn’t a shock was his production. Stewart, who was the PIHL scoring champion the last two years, netted six goals in his season debut,...
Shenango shot putter Emma Callahan ranks 1st nationally in indoor season
Shenango sophomore Emma Callahan climbed to the top of the national shot put rankings this weekend. Callahan won the Youngstown State Open high school indoor meet Saturday with a 47-foot, 11-inch throw that ranked as the nation’s longest girls shot put distance this season, according to Milesplit.com stats. Three of...
Gateway goalkeeper Maddy Neundorfer earns spot at U.S. development program camp
Maddy Neundorfer didn’t know who Hope Solo or Briana Scurry was when she began to play soccer. Long before she emulated women’s U.S. national team legends, Maddy was her older brother Bryan’s biggest fan. They were known to play soccer in the backyard, on the road and at a soccer...
Gateway bowlers rely on team concept
Through six matches, the Gateway bowling team is focused on turning the program into an efficient unit. The team features bowlers ranked among the WPIBL East Division’s top 10 varsity averages through four games on both the boys and girls side, including Liam Brown, Cody Beckwith and Tiffany Wilkerson, but...
Franklin Regional earns another trip competitive spirit state championships
Since the WPIAL officially sanctioned competitive spirit as a district-sponsored sport for the 2012-13 academic year, only 10 teams have qualified for the PIAA championships at least seven times. One of those teams is Franklin Regional, whose third-place finish in the medium division at this year’s WPIAL championships vaulted the...
The Herald Spotlight Athlete: Mason Tomlin, Shady Side Academy
Mason Tomlin, a senior on the Shady Side Academy basketball team, has helped keep the Indians in the section race. The 5-foot-8 point guard is averaging 15 points a game. He also plays on the football team and this spring he will give lacrosse a shot after running track the...
Fox Chapel boys ride defense, depth to early season success
When the season began, Fox Chapel boys basketball coach Zach Skrinjar knew he had the makings of a good team. He just didn’t know how good. “I had a lot of faith in this team,” he said. That faith has been justified as the Foxes owned an 11-0 overall record...
Veteran roster has Brentwood boys off to scorching start
Brentwood’s boys basketball team is well on its way to having one of the best seasons in school history. The Spartans defeated California, 66-55, on Jan. 7 to extend their record to 10-0 and 5-0 in Section 2-2A. “We are off to a nice start,” Brentwood fourth-year coach Dan Thayer...
Baldwin competitive cheer squad reaches championship goal
Drive, determination, hard work, no fear of failing and a strong dose of patience are among ingredients necessary to claim a WPIAL championship. The Baldwin competitive spirit squad displayed all of the above this season, and then some. Baldwin won the WPIAL Class AAA championship Jan. 4 at Hempfield with...
Quaker Valley runner Daniel Ford working toward WPIAL title defense
The WPIAL Class AA boys track and field championship meet is months away, but Quaker Valley senior Daniel Ford is taking steps to defend his title in the 1,600-meter run. Ford won the boys mile varsity event at the Bishop Loughlin Games in December on Staten Island, N.Y. His time,...
Penn-Trafford competitive spirit earns WPIAL medium-squad title
It has been eight years since the PIAA officially held the first season of competitive spirit, and the past seven seasons have featured Penn-Trafford qualifying and competing for the PIAA medium division championship after participating in the WPIAL championships a week before. This year was different, because for the first...
Pine-Richland competitive cheer takes 1st at WPIAL spirit championships
In the run-up to the 2019 WPIAL competitive spirit championships, several members of Pine-Richland’s team were stricken with the flu, causing practice time to be limited as the bug spread between a number of teammates. Yet when it came time to perform at the WPIAL title event Jan. 4 at...
Experience, versatility key for Pine-Richland diving team
The Pine-Richland diving team might not boast the deepest roster in WPIAL Class AAA, but while in some cases there is strength in numbers, the Rams are counting on deriving their strength from their adaptability and cohesion. To add to those traits, this year’s group also features a number of...
Plum spirit squad shows competitive drive
Every Saturday in the fall, the Plum competitive spirit team met in the gym for a 7 a.m. practice after cheering the night before at football games with a determination to get stronger. Waking up early to get together after a long night on the sidelines was just one of...
Norwin competitive spirit team makes states for eighth straight year
Norwin’s competitive spirit squad loves the taste of chocolate. The Knights qualified for the PIAA championships — held Jan. 10-11 in Hershey — for the eighth consecutive year. Success breeds success on the Norwin campus. “We qualified in the small division, competing with 15 girls,” coach Linda Rundy said. “We’ve...
Top line driving Norwin hockey
Norwin sports one of the PIHL Class A’s top lines. Seniors Jake Dally, Mason Pivarnik and Logan Connelly have proven to be a force. The trio has produced 87 points this season. Dally (30 points), Pivarnik (30) and Connelly (27) rank among the PIHL’s scoring leaders. “We’ve clicked the last...
