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Hempfield hockey team eager to get back to work
Most people don’t want to return from vacation. Hempfield’s hockey team has the opposite mentality. The Spartans can’t wait to get back to PIHL Class AA play Jan. 13 against Meadville. When the puck drops for that contest, it will be the team’s first game since a 9-1 win over...
WPIAL Girls Basketball Team of the Week: Week ending Jan. 4
One of the top stories in the WPIAL in 2019 was the Southmoreland football team ending a 40-year postseason drought. Perhaps another great story is being spun at the same location for 2020. The Southmoreland girls basketball team has soared to the top of Section 3-4A with a perfect record....
Highlands’ Luke Cochran reaches 1,000-point career milestone in win over Freeport
Before Friday night’s game against Freeport, Highlands coach Tyler Stoczynski and senior guard Luke Cochran had a conversation about the section matchup. Cochran needed 21 points to become the 10th player in program history to score 1,000 points in his career. Cochran was averaging 18.9 points, so the mark was...
Fox Chapel hockey hopes experience in close games helps with playoff push
The Fox Chapel hockey team has played its share of close games this season. Of the Foxes’ 11 games, eight have been decided by two goals or fewer, six have been one-goal games and four have gone to overtime. Through it all, the Foxes have a 4-5-2 record and are...
WPIAL Girls Basketball Player of the Week — Week ending Jan. 4
Bishop Canevin has been one of the queens of WPIAL girls basketball over the last half decade. The Crusaders won WPIAL gold three straight years in 2016, ‘17 and ‘18. The run came to a sudden end in the 2019 Class 3A semifinals when top-seed Bishop Canevin was upset by...
Butler high jumper ranks 2nd nationally after TSTCA indoor opener
Butler high jumper Sami Taoufik started his TSTCA indoor track season Saturday with an early-season victory that has him ranked second nationally. The senior cleared 6 feet, 8 inches and was among 14 WPIAL athletes that won individual events at the TSTCA opener in Edinboro. Indoor track season is just...
WPIAL athletes shine at 1st Tri-State Coaches indoor meet
Temperatures outside were cold Saturday, but inside at the Edinboro’s Sports and Recreation Center, competition quickly heated up as some of the top track and field athletes in the region gathered for the season’s first Tri-State Track Coaches Association meet. The meet involved participants from more than 60 schools, and...
High school roundup for Jan. 4, 2020: CV girls roll past North Catholic in battle of No. 1 teams
Perry Paige scored 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Class 5A No. 1 Chartiers Valley to a 72-44 win over Class 4A No. 1 North Catholic (7-1) in the Don Graham Classic at North Catholic. Amaleen Malcolm scored 24 points for Chartiers Valley (10-0). Kylee Lewandowski led North...
Kiski Area wrestling wins 5th consecutive county title
Kiski Area’s wrestling dynasty continued to grow Saturday at the 67th Annual Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association tournament. The Cavaliers rallied to win a county-record 13th team title, their fifth consecutive, in front of their home crowd. Kiski Area, which began the day trailing Latrobe, dropped to fourth in the standings...
Trib WPIAL boys basketball rankings: Week ending Jan. 5, 2020
WPIAL rankings Boys basketball Class 6A 1. Fox Chapel, 10-0, 1 2. Butler, 7-4, 2 3. Mt. Lebanon, 8-3, 3 4. Pine-Richland, 8-2, 4 5. Upper St. Clair, 10-1, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Penn Hills, 6-2, 1 2. Trinity, 9-2, 2 3. Shaler, 7-3, 3 4. Mars, 6-2,...
High school scores for Jan. 4, 2020
High schools Basketball Boys Saturday’s results WPIAL Class 5A Section 3 Shaler 44, Hampton 38 Class 4A Section 2 Central Valley 67, Blackhawk 58 Nonsection Eden Christian 42, Sewickley Academy 40 Erie McDowell 56, Peters Township 52 Laurel Highlands 53, Connellsville 51 Shady Side Academy 63, Springdale 56 West Allegheny...
Trib WPIAL girls basketball rankings: Week ending Jan. 5, 2020
WPIAL rankings Girls basketball Class 6A 1. Bethel Park, 8-0, 1 2. Norwin, 7-2, 3 3. North Allegheny, 6-1, 2 4. Upper St. Clair, 6-2, 4 5. Mt. Lebanon, 8-2, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 9-0, 1 2. Woodland Hills, 7-2, 4 3. Trinity, 7-2, 2 4....
Baldwin, South Park, Laurel win WPIAL spirit championships
The new year also marked the potential beginning of a new era for competitive cheer in Western Pennsylvania. Baldwin, South Park, and Laurel were big winners at the eighth WPIAL competitive spirit championships Saturday at Hempfield. It is the first WPIAL championship for each of the three spirit squads. “They...
2nd WCCA wrestling championship includes a 1st for Norwin’s PhippsVideo
Norwin senior Kurtis Phipps never had a defensive pin before Saturday’s finals at the 67th Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association wrestling tournament. Now he can scratch that off the list of his accomplishments. Phipps (15-0) was locked in a scoreless match late in the third period of the 126-pound final against...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Weather slows work on Penn-Trafford baseball field
Look to the right while cruising up the driveway to Penn-Trafford High School, and it is clear change is happening at the baseball field. When it is not blocked by construction vehicles, the infield glistens on a sunny day. That is because Penn-Trafford is installing artificial turf to the infield...
2010s TribLive HSSN All-Decade Football Team: Coaches
The WPIAL awarded 48 football titles during the past decade and most of them went to the same 10 coaches. Combined, Bill Cherpak, Eric Kasperowicz, Mark Lyons, Tom Nola, Bob Palko, Joe Rossi, Terry Totten, Wayne Wade, Art Walker and Mike Zmijanac collected 34 WPIAL titles. The rest of the...
Gateway’s Whiteside ready to earn trip to state tournament
Evan Whiteside has designs on competing at the PIAA wrestling championships in March. The Gateway senior came close to achieving that last year as he placed fifth at 113 pounds at the Class AAA WPIAL/Southwest Regional tournament at Canon-McMillan. But as exciting as the prospect is for Whiteside to finish...
Norwin bowlers set goals high after strong start to season
The Norwin boys bowling team entered the season with high expectations. So far the Knights have met them. A year after reaching the final four in the state tournament, Norwin is off to a strong start with a 4-0 record. An experienced, talented roster is leading the Knights. Three of...
Phipps gets back on mat
Norwin senior Kurtis Phipps was back on the mats at the 67th annual Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association wrestling tournament after being injured in the finals at the Powerade tournament the week before. Phipps was locked in a tight battle with Wyoming Seminary sophomore Nic Bouzakis in the 126-pound final Dec....
Franklin Regional wrestler Carter Dibert not pleased with second-place finish at Powerade
Franklin Regional junior Carter Dibert wasn’t in a good mood after his match in the Powerade finals. It was clear he’s a wrestler who isn’t accustomed to losing. Dibert dropped a hard-fought 5-2 decision to Reynolds junior Gary Steen in a battle of returning PIAA 106-pound champions in the finals...
Thomas Jefferson football program in good hands with talented underclassmen
The Thomas Jefferson football team has the toughest of acts to follow in 2020. The Jaguars won the PIAA and WPIAL Class 4A championships en route to a perfect 16-0 record this season. But, as always, the cupboard won’t be bare next year for TJ. There were seven non-seniors in...
Thomas Jefferson hockey looks to maintain high-scoring pace down stretchVideo
That offensive explosion heard and seen around the PIHL this season has been launched by Thomas Jefferson Jaguars. The Jaguars ended the 2019 portion of their schedule as one of the hottest teams in the league. TJ built a 10-game winning streak, starting Oct. 28 with a 6-1 victory against...
Quaker Valley freshman swims individually at holiday meet
Quaker Valley freshman Emma Smith is a dedicated swimmer who has drive, coach Alexis Glenn said. So, when the Quakers did not have enough swimmers to field a team in the West Allegheny Christmas/New Year Invitational meet Dec. 27-28, Smith asked to compete anyway. “Much of our team was not...
Penn-Trafford bowlers making steady progress
A month into the season, Penn-Trafford’s boys and girls bowling teams were completely even. The girls team — which won the WPIBL Western Regional championship last season — was deadlocked at 2-2 through four weeks, good enough for third place in the Southeast section. The boys shared the same record...
Plum girls improving in quest for Section 2 championship
About an hour removed from a 41-31 victory over Armstrong on Thursday, Plum girls basketball coach Steve Elsier provided a list of reasons it was their best performance to date. “We had better possessions in the half court,” he said. “We communicated well in the half court. We pushed the...
