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Trib HSSN state team wrestling rankings for Dec. 10, 2019
Class AAA 1. Nazareth (11) 0-0 2. Bethlehem Catholic (11) 0-0 3. Hempfield Area 5-0 4. Kiski Area 0-0 5. Waynesburg 1-0 6. Council Rock South (1) 0-0 7. Erie Prep (10) 0-0 8. Seneca Valley 0-0 9. Canon-McMillan 0-0 10. Northampton (11) 0-0 Class AA 1. Reynolds (10) 0-0...
Alle-Kiski Valley Athletes of the Week: Valley’s Tori Johnson, Fox Chapel’s Arnold Vento
Tori Johnson Class: Freshman School: Valley Sport: Basketball Report card: In her second varsity start, Johnson scored a game-high 24 points for Valley in a 49-26 win over Springdale on Saturday in the consolation game of the Springdale Tip-Off Tournament. She also had 16 points in her varsity debut, a...
George Guido: Section basketball play already upon us
Despite being just a few days into the new high school basketball season, section play is upon us already. The larger sections begin play Thursday and Friday. The smaller sections get going Dec. 19-20. For many years, section action didn’t start until January. But with shortening the length of the...
With program showing signs of progress, Highlands wrestling ready to compete
Since Highlands wrestling coach Grant Walters took over the program in 2011-12, it’s been a process to build it from the ground up. As the Golden Rams head into the 2019-20 season, the program is at a point where it can build for the future while competing in the present....
Final HSSN state football rankings: How do they compare to first top 5 of 2019?
The 2019 high school football season in Pennsylvania has come to an end. Six champions were crowned this past weekend in Hershey, with three of the winners repeating as state champs. Congratulations to St. Joseph’s Prep, Archbishop Wood, Thomas Jefferson, Wyoming Area, Southern Columbia and Farrell after they added to...
Highlands’ Johnny Crise accepts preferred walk-on offer from Penn State
Highlands’ athlete Johnny Crise made his college decision Tuesday and accepted a preferred walk-on offer to play football at Penn State. I’m staying home!! #WeAre @TylerBowen @DannKabalaPSU @coachjfranklin pic.twitter.com/LSmydwcaNd— Johnny Crise (@Crise_20) December 10, 2019 Until this past summer, Crise planned to play basketball at the collegiate level. But after...
Kevin Gorman: Cameron Johnson becomes shooting star for SunsVideo
PHOENIX — Cameron Johnson is past the pinch-me phase of his first NBA season, where the wide-eyed wonder of playing against the world’s best basketball players has worn off. When it comes to shooting, Johnson is an old pro. The highest NBA draft pick from Western Pennsylvania since Danny Fortson...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 9, 2019
Basketball Boys Monday’s results WPIAL Mike Rettger tournament At Franklin Regional Franklin Regional 71, Monessen 32 Norwin 56, Baldwin 48 Nonsection Aliquippa 55, Blackhawk 49 Brownsville 60, Propel Andrew Street 56 Freedom 66, Ellwood City 60 Leechburg 72, Summit Academy 57 Penn Hills 72, Perry 32 Quaker Valley 54, Albert...
High school roundup for Dec. 9, 2019: Aubrey Burns beats buzzer for Armstrong
Aubrey Burns made 10-foot jumper with 4.5 seconds remaining to lead Armstrong to a 43-42 victory over South Park in WPIAL girls basketball Monday night. The Riverhawks trailed by as many as 11 points in the fourth quarter. It was the 100th career victory for Armstrong coach Kirk Lorigan. Shaelyn...
PIHL Players of the Week: Dec. 8, 2019
It’s not always easy to pick just one player of the week with all of the good performances logged in the PIHL each week. This past week was no different. Couple a lot of good performances with three in a drubbing of Sewickley Academy by Norwin, 17-0, and sometimes you...
Deer Lakes girls break into win column with double-digit triumph
Something had to give Monday between the Deer Lakes and Burrell girls basketball teams after both had suffered a pair of losses in tip-off tournaments over the weekend. Led by the 1-2 punch of senior Makayla Blair and sophomore Reese Hasley, the Lancers were the ones to get into the...
GCC girls basketball moving on without top scorer Melina Maietta
Senior basketball player Melina Maietta, a 20-point scorer, has been dismissed from the Greensburg Central Catholic girls basketball team, according to Centurions coach Sam Salih. Maietta was in attendance at Monday night’s game at Jeannette but sat in the opposite-side bleachers and did not play. Salih said the move was...
Norwin boys go to 3-0 with win over BaldwinVideo
Norwin basketball coach Buddy Valinsky couldn’t ask for a better start to the 2019-20 season. The Knights’ first-year coach, who came from Allderdice in the offseason to replace Lynn Washowich, saw his team improve to 3-0 with a 56-48 victory over a young Baldwin team Monday at the Mike Rettger...
Tune-up Tuesday in boys and girls WPIAL basketball
Five years ago, Norwin won the WPIAL Class AAAA girls basketball championship, and Blackhawk took home the Class AAA title. On Tuesday, the two traditional powers meet in an early season nonsection game. It is the season opener for the visiting Knights. The Cougars are off to a 2-0 start...
PIHL Team of the Week: Dec. 8, 2019
Chris Serakowski is in his second season as the head coach of Carrick’s varsity hockey team, and he has a message that he and his staff have been preaching to the Cougar players this season, a season removed from a fifth-place finish in the final Division 2 standings last year,...
WPIAL Football Team of the Week: Week 15
One of the most successful football programs in the WPIAL the last three decades enjoyed another golden moment last week. Thomas Jefferson rolled past previously unbeaten Dallas, 46-7, to win the 2019 PIAA Class 4A championship. The title ties TJ with Central Catholic and Clairton for most state football titles...
WPIAL football player of the week — Week 15
Trying to stop or even slow down Thomas Jefferson in the 2019 football season turned out to be a losing proposition for 16 opponents. In fact, trying to find any sort of success against the Jaguars this year left most teams stumped. The exclamation point on a golden season for...
Don Rebel: Remembering ‘Ace’ as driving force behind WPIAL’s success
Charles Heberling lived up to his nickname. He truly was an ‘Ace.’ Heberling was the driving force behind the growth of the WPIAL in the 1970’s, 80’s and 90’s. He became the league’s first executive director and brought with him a mentality that served him well for 23 years as...
Influential WPIAL administrator Charles ‘Ace’ Heberling dies
Charles “Ace” Heberling, who directed the WPIAL for more than two decades and is credited with making the league what it is today, died Monday. He was 94. The former NFL official became the first full-time administrator of the WPIAL in 1976, a job he held until retiring in 1997....
Longtime coaches Faust, Salvino to square off in basketball showdown
Two legendary coaches meet Monday in a WPIAL boys basketball nonsection contest. Ron Faust leads Washington on the road against Joe Salvino and Belle Vernon. Both coaches are in their late 60’s, but they are still piling up the wins. The two have coached for a combined 69 years and...
Peters Township’s Donovan McMillon adds 2 offers as NCAA coaches enter contact periodVideo
High school football players are in the midst of a two-week contact period on the NCAA recruiting calendar, a 14-day span that’s kept WPIAL juniors busy. Among them is Peters Township junior Donovan McMillon, who announced offers from Purdue and Miami (Ohio) in the past week. The 6-foot-2, 185-pound safety...
PIHL high school hockey standings through Dec. 8, 2019
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday, Dec. 8. Exclusive coverage of the 2020 PIHL Penguins Cup hockey playoffs can be heard and viewed only here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. In Class AAA, the top 8 teams qualify for the playoffs. In Class...
Section basketball tips off this week on Trib HSSN
The winter high school sports season kicks into full gear this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have nonsection tune-ups followed by the start of section play in WPIAL boys and girls basketball, including the debut of the HSSN Video Stream Game of the Week. We...
High school scores, schedules for Dec. 8, 2019
High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s schedule Mike Rettger tournament At Franklin Regional Monessen at Franklin Regional, 7:30 p.m. Norwin vs. Baldwin, 6 p.m. Nonsection Bentworth at Yough, 7:30 p.m. Blackhawk at Aliquippa, 7:30 p.m. Ellwood City at Freedom, 7:30 p.m. Hempfield at Uniontown, 7:30 p.m. Perry Traditional Academy at Penn...
Deer Lakes’ Morrison leads strong cast of returning A-K Valley swimmers, divers
Adam Morrison is the hunted. The Deer Lakes senior swimmer made his mark last March at the WPIAL Class AA championships at Pitt’s Trees Pool by winning the boys 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4 minutes, 40.05 seconds. He followed the WPIAL gold in the 500 with a third...
