High School category, Page 1122
Plum bowler Shannon Small sets big goals
Nesbit’s Lanes has pretty much become a second home for Shannon Small. When she isn’t there practicing, like she did most days during summer break, or bowling in a match for Plum, she’s picking up shifts working at the snack bar. “I’m there almost every day,” Small said. Aside from...
Thiero’s 30 points guides No. 2 Quaker Valley past No. 5 New Castle
It did not take Quaker Valley long to say adieu to New Castle on Friday night. In fact, the Quakers said it three times in the first three-and-a-half minutes. Quaker Valley sophomore Adou Thiero drained three 3-pointers in the opening 3:23. He finished with 30 points as the No. 2-ranked...
5 facts from the WCCA wrestling tournament
The 67th annual Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association wrestling tournament will conclude on Saturday at Kiski Area. Here are five interesting facts heading into the final day of competition. Quick ones: There were some quick pins during the first night of competition. Here some of the quickest: 11 seconds – Nick...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 3, 2020
Basketball Boys Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler 61, North Hills 50 Central Catholic 65, Seneca Valley 52 (2OT) Pine-Richland 81, North Allegheny 60 Section 2 Bethel Park 70, Peters Township 60 Mt. Lebanon 61, Canon-McMillan 51 Upper St. Clair 97, Baldwin 56 Section 3 Connellsville 75, Norwin...
High school roundup for Jan. 3, 2020: Lincoln Park gets back in win column
When Beaver Falls scored the first nine points of the game Friday night, it looked like Lincoln Park might be on its way to a rare two-game losing streak. That illusion didn’t last long. Isaiah Smith scored 23 points and Lincoln Park, the No. 1 team in Class 3A in...
Deer Lakes surprises retiring softball coach with ceremony
Deer Lakes planned a halftime surprise at Friday night’s boys basketball game for retiring softball coach Craig Taliani. Sitting in the stands, watching the Section 3-3A game between Deer Lakes and Burrell unfold, Taliani began to suspect something was up. “I saw a lot of strange faces here,” Taliani said....
Competitive Spirit finals, county wrestling, girls hoops make for a busy Saturday
We got spirit, yes we do. We got spirit, how ‘bout you? Well, to be specific, HSSN has the 2020 WPIAL Competitive Spirit championships from Hempfield High School and the live video stream broadcast begins at 10 a.m. Thirty-three schools are set to participate in one of three divisions: large...
Latrobe wrestling leads WCCA after first dayVideo
Latrobe sophomore Micah Piper told his coach, Mike Ciotti, he was going to beat the 182-pound No. 2 seed before the start of the 67th Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association wrestling tournament Friday. Then he went out and did it. Piper, who can’t break into Latrobe’s starting lineup, took advantage of...
Uniontown batters Belle Vernon, looks like team to beat in section
The Belle Vernon boys basketball team has made long strides in the second year of head coach Joe Salvino’s tenure on the bench. However, Friday night at Uniontown, the Leopards found out they still have some growing to do in order to contend with the defending section champs. The Red...
Deer Lakes gets past Burrell for first section win
It took longer for the defending Section 3-3A boys champions to get there, but Deer Lakes reached the section win column for the first time this season Friday night with a 56-45 victory over Burrell. The Lancers (4-4, 1-2) were led by Jack Hollibaugh’s 20 points and 10 rebounds. Deer...
Big second half helps Bethel Park past Peters Township
Bethel Park enjoyed a monster second half, wiping out a nine-point deficit to Peters Township at the half as the Black Hawks soared to a 70-60 triumph over the visiting Indians. The win was the fifth in six games for Bethel Park, which improved to 2-0 in Section 2-6A, matching...
Trib HSSN’s girls swimmer of the week: Mt. Lebanon’s Maddie Dorish
Maddie Dorish has picked up where she left off last March for the Mt. Lebanon girls swim team. The senior breaststroke standout who has committed to swim in college at Division I Lehigh said she is encouraged by her performances so far this season. Dorish, a three-time WPIAL Class AAA...
Trib HSSN’s boys swimmer of the week: North Allegheny’s Josh Galecki
Josh Galecki knows the feeling of winning gold in relay events at both the WPIAL and PIAA swimming championships. The North Allegheny senior freestyler helped the 400-yard free relay capture the WPIAL Class AAA crown the past two seasons. Last March, he joined the 200 free relay at states and...
Mt. Pleasant boys make stand in final seconds to stop DerryVideo
Derry had one last chance, but Mt. Pleasant wasn’t having it. Sophomore forward Luke Brandner swiped at the ball and knocked it away as Derry’s Tyson Webb drove the lane and teammate Jake Johnson swarmed to complete the steal in the closing seconds as Mt. Pleasant held on for a...
Highlands overcomes first-half shooting slump to beat FreeportVideo
It wasn’t Highlands’ cleanest game of the season, but the Golden Rams escaped from Freeport with a key section victory on Friday night. Led by Luke Cochran’s 24-point performance — the senior guard also eclipsed 1,000 career points during the game — the Golden Rams (9-1, 2-0) shook off a...
Burrell’s unseeded Christie earns berth in WCCA wrestling semifinals
Burrell wrestling coach Josh Shields missed the opening night of the 67th annual Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association wrestling tournament Friday because he and his wife Kylie welcomed the birth of their new son, Laker James, late in the afternoon. Laker weighed in at 8 pounds, 15 ounces and 22 inches...
2010s TribLive HSSN All-Decade Football Team: Defense
When the NFL playoffs arrive this weekend, three WPIAL defensive stars from the past decade will be in uniform, a testament to the football talent Western Pennsylvania produces. But that’s not what earned them their recognition here. As high school players, Thomas Jefferson’s Chase Winovich, Woodland Hills’ Quinton Jefferson and...
Struggling Butler football program leaving WPIAL for independent schedule
Worried that years of losing will force its program to someday fold, Butler decided it won’t play WPIAL football next season and instead will put together an independent schedule. The school notified the WPIAL on Friday, Butler athletic director Bill Mylan said. The team endured its second consecutive 0-10 season...
Championship rivalry renewed on busy Friday of hoops
New Castle has won three straight WPIAL Class 4A boys basketball championships. In all three title games, the Red Hurricane knocked off rival Quaker Valley. Now the ‘Canes and Quakers meet for the first of two regular season meetings on Friday. In 2017 finals, New Castle cruised to a 73-58...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 2, 2020
Basketball Boys Thursday’s results WPIAL Nonsection Union at Avonworth, ppd. Friday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny at Pine-Richland, 7:30 p.m. North Hills at Butler, 8 p.m. Seneca Valley at Central Catholic, 7:25 p.m. Section 2 Baldwin at Upper St. Clair, 7:30 p.m. Canon-McMillan at Mt. Lebanon, 7:30...
High school roundup for Jan. 2, 2020: Chartiers Valley fends off Trinity, keeps unbeaten streak alive
Chartiers Valley fended off a strong challenge to its unbeaten streak Thursday night, rallying for a 62-56 victory over Trinity in a matchup of the top two teams in the Trib HSSN Class 5A girls basketball rankings. Trailing by two points after three quarters, Chartiers Valley (9-0, 3-0 in Section...
North Catholic tops Freeport in matchup of section leaders
Despite facing a 21-point deficit after three quarters of Thursday’s Section 1-4A contest at North Catholic, the Freeport girls basketball team didn’t wave the white flag. The Yellowjackets opened the final quarter with an 11-2 run to trim the Trojanette lead to 12. But the margin was too large to...
Freshman Savannah Schneck helps Norwin girls avenge playoff loss to North Allegheny
With its 13-point lead squeezed to three with about a minute to play, Norwin did what any seasoned team would do in such a chaotic situation. It gave the basketball to a freshman. Reserve swing-guard Savannah Schneck made the most of her minutes, coming up clutch in a clash of...
2010s TribLive HSSN All-Decade Football Team: Offense
The 2010s were a record-setting decade for WPIAL football teams, with career, single-season and single-game record books rewritten more than once. When the decade dawned, no WPIAL passer had broken the career 7,000-yard barrier. None had thrown for 3,000 yards in a season. Nobody had touched 500 yards in a...
Latrobe’s Gabe Willochell, Mt. Pleasant’s Dayton Pitzer to miss WCCA wrestling tournament
The Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association wrestling tournament this weekend will be missing two prominent wrestlers. Latrobe senior Gabe Willochell, the No. 1 seed at 132 pounds who is fresh off an exciting win against two-time PIAA champion Alejandro Herrera-Rondon of Seneca Valley, has been scratched from the tournament because of...
