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Top 19 of ’19: Trib HSSN breaks down the top stories of the year — No. 13
The 2019 high school sports season is nearly in the books. While we anxiously look ahead to 2020, let’s reflect on the district high school sports scene over the last 12 months. Here is a look back at the top 19 stories from around the WPIAL in 2019. HSSN Top...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 19, 2019
Basketball Boys Thursday’s results WPIAL Class 3A Section 3 South Allegheny 91, Steel Valley 79 Class 2A Section 3 Shenango 50, Sewickley Academy 40 Nonsection Beth-Center 84, Bentworth 55 Keystone Oaks 49, Northgate 46 Winchester Thurston 53, Carrick 48 Bobcat Classic At Greensboro, N.C. Upper St. Clair 72, Woodberry Forest...
High school roundup for Dec. 19, 2019: Butler girls beat Pine-Richland with fourth-quarter comeback
Emma Monteleone hit a layup with 3.7 seconds left to complete a comeback for Butler in a 49-47 Section 1-6A girls basketball victory over Pine-Richland on Thursday night. Down 45-35, Butler (4-2, 2-1) closed the game on a 14-2 run. Makenna Maier led Butler with 14 points. Sarayne added 12...
Top-ranked Bethel Park pulls away to beat Mt. Lebanon in 6A showdown
Top-ranked Bethel Park showed a strong kick at the end of each half to pull away from Mt. Lebanon and remain undefeated. Maddie Dziezgowski led all scorers with 21 points as the Black Hawks improved to 3-0 atop Section 2-6A with a 65-52 win over the visiting Blue Devils. “This...
Top 5 teams go head-to-head in WPIAL boys basketball section action
For many district boys basketball teams, Friday will be the final section game played until 2020. For Seton LaSalle and North Catholic, Friday is the first of two huge meetings that will eventually decide the Section 2 standings and help shape the top seeds in the Class 3A postseason. A...
Westmoreland boys basketball notebook: Michael Noonan steps into scorer’s role for Latrobe boys
Latrobe began the season looking for a scorer, the next go-to guy who could keep the high-scoring Wildcats in contention for a WPIAL playoff berth and maybe more. While the team has started slow — 2-5 — with some painfully close losses along the way, senior Michael Noonan looks to...
‘Iron sharpens iron’ for top WPIAL Class AAA wrestling teams at Kiski duals
Each wrestling season, teams from around the WPIAL seek out opportunities to test themselves against the best competition before the postseason arrives. On Friday, four of the top five teams in the WPIAL Class AAA — No. 1 Hempfield (7-0), No. 2 Kiski Area (7-0), No. 4. Seneca Valley (2-0)...
Trib HSSN girls swimmer of the week for Dec. 19, 2019: Seneca Valley’s Kendall Craig
Kendall Craig set a new Seneca Valley pool record Tuesday in the girls 200-yard individual medley. The Raiders junior established a time of 2 minutes, 6.39 seconds in winning the event against Peters Township. The record — held by former IM standout and Seneca Valley WPIAL champion and PIAA medalist...
Trib HSSN boys swimmer of the week for Dec. 19, 2019: Upper St. Clair’s Josh Matheny
No record is safe when Josh Matheny is going after it. The latest to fall at the hands of the Upper St. Clair junior was the men’s 200-yard breaststroke meet record at the Speedo Winter Junior Nationals last Saturday at Georgia Tech. Representing Pittsburgh Elite Aquatics, Matheny swam to a...
Off to fast start, Norwin boys ready to be tested
Fast starts in basketball are like a big explosion in the first five minutes of a movie. While the scene engages the audience and might even pique their interest, it quickly is forgotten as the rest of the film plays out. Norwin’s boys basketball team has set the tone with...
Alle-Kiski Valley boys basketball notebook: Fox Chapel’s defense leading the way in hot start
In a time in high school basketball where most coaches are having their teams run and put up as many points as possible, Fox Chapel has gone the opposite direction and is letting its defense do the talking. Through six games, the Foxes are undefeated and the most impressive part...
Riverview boys hoops looks to build on experiences from last season
The Riverview boys basketball team is in a familiar position. Just last year, the Raiders were 4-2 with wins over Trinity Christian, Aquinas Academy, Summit Academy and Propel Braddock Hills. After six games this season, Riverview holds the same record. The second half of last season’s schedule brought different results...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 18, 2019
Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results WPIAL Class 5A Section 2 Chartiers Valley 65, West Mifflin 32 Nonsection Apollo-Ridge 72, St. Joseph 59 Belle Vernon 67, Laurel Highlands 64 California 58, Yough 47 Highlands 76, Shaler 49 Hopewell 55, Ellwood City 46 Ringgold 88, Charleroi 77 Woodland Hills 58, Mt. Pleasant 37...
Section, holiday basketball near and far make for busy Thursday
One of the best girls basketball rivalries in the WPIAL continues Thursday when perennial powers Mt. Lebanon and Bethel Park square off. Both the host Black Hawks and the Blue Devils are ranked in the Trib HSSN top five with Bethel Park top ranked and Mt. Lebanon at No. 5....
Butler, Chartiers Valley sit on top of first Trib 10 basketball power rankings
For the first time in the 2019-20 WPIAL basketball season, the Trib Live High School Sports Network presents the weekly Power Rankings. These rankings will be released every Thursday through the postseason and have zero classification boundaries. Class 6A Butler sits at No. 1 in the inaugural Trib 10 poll...
High school roundup for Dec. 18, 2019: North Allegheny pins loss on North Hills
Nick Marcenelle (195), Ben Grafton (285), Sam Horton (113) and Grant Mackay (152) won by fall and Bobby Snyder (170) won in a tiebreaker to lead North Allegheny (2-0) to a 51-19 Section 3B-AAA wrestling victory Wednesday night. Ethan Uechi (182) and Sam Hillegas (145) scored bonus points for North...
Hempfield wrestlers hold off upset-minded Latrobe
Top-ranked Hempfield came out on top again in a WPIAL Class AAA dual meet, beating Latrobe on Wednesday night, but Spartans coach Tom Dolde wasn’t in a much of a mood to talk about the success. Meanwhile, Latrobe coach Mike Ciotti was on a bit of a high, despite the...
Hempfield’s Liberatore wrapping up notable career in leadership role
Hempfield’s Sarah Liberatore is one of those high school basketball players who seems to have been playing forever. It’s easy to picture her in Spartans blue and white. The talented, 5-foot-10 guard has been a starter since her freshman season and has become a fixture in the rotation. Michelle Burns,...
Freeport girls navigating rocky road during season’s opening weeks
The Freeport girls basketball team is 2-0 in Section 1-4A and the Yellowjackets hope to remain unblemished Thursday when they face rival Burrell. The opening month of the season has been one of progress for a Freeport team mixing in veteran talent with new varsity blood all the while working...
Elizabeth Forward softball pitcher Kailey Larcinese verbals to Towson
Growing up around the travel softball circuit and coming up in the WPIAL, Kailey Larcinese heard about the intricacies of the recruiting process. But she has been dealing with them firsthand since she had a breakthrough sophomore season last spring pitching for Elizabeth Forward. “Everyone tells you, ‘You’ll just know...
Westmoreland County girls basketball notebook: Norwin takes tune-up trip
Norwin used a pre-holiday trip south to work out some early kinks in its game. Not that the girls basketball team has many. The Lady Knights (3-2) played in the She Got Game Classic last weekend in Springfield, Va., and came home with a 1-1 record. After handling Frederick Douglass...
Alle-Kiski Valley girls basketball notebook: Kiski Area loses Hannah Potter to broken wrist
Hannah Potter hoped to have a standout senior season for the Kiski Area girls basketball team and build off of a strong junior campaign which saw her lead a young Cavaliers squad with an average of 14.9 points a game. But Potter’s final varsity campaign ended before it really got...
Linemen highlight numerous early football signings in Westmoreland County
One of the best recruiting years for linemen in Westmoreland County reached its high point Wednesday, the first day of the NCAA Division I early signing period for college prospects. A number of brawny frontmen made their verbal commitments official as they signed national letters of intent to block and...
Top 19 of ’19: Trib HSSN breaks down the top stories of the year — No. 14
The 2019 high school sports season is nearly in the books. While we anxiously look ahead to 2020, let’s reflect on the district high school sports scene over the last 12 months. Here is a look back at the top 19 stories from around the WPIAL in 2019. HSSN Top...
Western Pa. football recruits make official commitments during early signing period
The early signing period for Division I football recruits arrived Wednesday and high school seniors across Western Pennsylvania took to social media to reveal their official commitments. FBS and FCS recruits can sign a National Letter of Intent through Friday or wait until the traditional signing period Feb. 5. The...
