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Fralic Award winner to be announced Saturday morning
Pancakes. How appropriate. Late Penn Hills, Pitt and NFL great Bill Fralic made the pancake block famous and organizers of an award in his honor will announce the first recipient Saturday morning during a pancake breakfast. The first Bill Fralic Memorial Award, which will recognize the top lineman in the...
Starting 5: A guide to the A-K Valley girls high school basketball season
STORYLINES 1. New leadership A trio of teams – Apollo-Ridge, Cheswick Christian and Fox Chapel – hope to make playoff runs again this season under the direction of new head coaches. Jacque Willis, 22, takes over a veteran Cheswick girls program. Mike Montstrola, a Plum graduate who most recently coached...
Starting 5: A guide to the A-K Valley boys high school basketball season
STORYLINES 1. Back in Business Damian Davies has led the Leechburg boys basketball team to a WPIAL championship in the past. Now he’s back to try to do it again. After being rehired in June, the longtime Leechburg coach has a team filled with size, speed and talent capable of...
WPIAL Class A girls basketball preseason breakdown
WPIAL girls basketball season will tip off next weekend. Preparing to defend their district championship from a year ago are Peters Township (6A), Chartiers Valley (5A), North Catholic (4A), Neshannock (3A), Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (2A) and Rochester (A). North Catholic is looking for a fourth straight district...
WPIAL Class A boys basketball preseason breakdown
A new decade of WPIAL boys basketball tips off next weekend. Preparing to defend their district championships from a year ago are Mt. Lebanon (6A), Mars (5A), New Castle (4A), Lincoln Park (3A), Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (2A) and Nazareth Prep (A). New Castle is looking for a...
Dutch Harvey returning to coach Yough softball team
Yough was in Dutch, so it brought “Dutch” back. Art “Dutch” Harvey has returned to lead the Cougars softball program, which he had run until June when he resigned. He had been the coach for six seasons but decided to go in a different direction. That direction became a U-turn...
Trinity’s DeRubbo, Johnson named Trib HSSN scholar-athletes of the month for November
The TribLive High School Sports Network is recognizing some of the best and brightest student-athletes in Western Pennsylvania. School administrators, athletic directors, coaches and teachers have the opportunity to nominate one female and one male scholar-athlete to receive the TribLIVE High School Sports Network Scholar Athlete of the Month Award....
Avonworth will ‘relish’ underdog role against 9-time PIAA champion Southern Columbia
Avonworth coach Duke Johncour acknowledges the apparent mismatch his football team is walking into Friday when the Antelopes make their first state championship appearance. Waiting for them at Hersheypark Stadium will be nine-time PIAA champion Southern Columbia, a team that’s won 47 games in a row and has players committed...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 4, 2019
Bowling Boys Wednesday’s results WPIBL Carlynton 5, Bishop Canevin 2 Freeport 7, Apollo-Ridge 0 Norwin 7, East Allegheny 0 Penn-Trafford 5, Greensburg Salem 2 Quaker Valley 5, North Hills 2 St. Joseph 7, Armstrong 0 Girls Wednesday’s results WPIBL Armstrong 7, St. Joseph 0 Freeport 7, Apollo-Ridge 0 North Hills...
Ligonier Valley officially welcomed back to WPIAL
It’s official. Ligonier Valley has returned to the WPIAL after spending the past 50 years in District 6. The PIAA Board of Control on Wednesday voted unanimously, 31-0, to allow Ligonier Valley to leave District 6 and join the WPIAL. It was the final piece of a five-step process started...
Hempfield lineman Cole Graham adds another D-1 offer
Hempfield senior football player Cole Graham added his second Division I college opportunity Wednesday, announcing a scholarship offer from Lehigh, a FCS program. Graham, a 6-foot-6, 270-pound two-way lineman, has a FBS offer from Connecticut. Graham this season helped Hempfield rush for 2,039 yards — led by senior running back...
A-K Valley Class AA wrestling preview: Burrell looking to extend WPIAL championship streak
In order to win 13 straight WPIAL Class AA team wrestling championships, there has to be some type of secret formula. Right? According to seventh-year Burrell coach Josh Shields, who won an individual WPIAL title during his time with the Bucs, there’s no secret sauce. It just is something that...
PIAA football title game factoids: Golden facts and figures to prepare for Hershey
While the WPIAL champions looking for double gold this fall were cut in half from six to three in the state semifinals last weekend, they are still the most represented district in the PIAA championship party coming up in Hershey. The WPIAL has Thomas Jefferson, Central Valley and Avonworth in...
Thomas Jefferson, Central Valley, Avonworth still have ‘power’ in Trib 10
The PIAA championship hopefuls from the WPIAL were sliced in half during state semifinals weekend. Three district teams were victorious and are on their way to Hershey to play for state gold, while the other three WPIAL champions saw their season end in heartbreaking fashion. Central Catholic was eliminated in...
Mt. Pleasant puts pieces in place to take a run at Burrell in WPIAL Class AA wrestling
It’s been 13 years since a team other than Burrell as captured a WPIAL Class AA team title. That was Mt. Pleasant in 2006. In fact, the Vikings also won in 2005 and 2003 under then-coach Mark Mears, currently the Director of Transportation and Athletics at Latrobe. Winning a title...
WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball preseason breakdown
A new decade of WPIAL boys basketball tips off next weekend. Preparing to defend their district championships from a year ago are Mt. Lebanon (6A), Mars (5A), New Castle (4A), Lincoln Park (3A), Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (2A) and Nazareth Prep (A). New Castle is looking for a...
WPIAL Class 2A girls basketball preseason breakdown
WPIAL girls basketball season will tip off next weekend. Preparing to defend their district championship from a year ago are Peters Township (6A), Chartiers Valley (5A), North Catholic (4A), Neshannock (3A), Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (2A) and Rochester (A). North Catholic is looking for a fourth straight district...
WPIAL Class AA wrestlers to watch
Top returning Class AA wrestlers State champions Wrestler, School (Yr., Wt., Last year’s record, career record) Thayne Lawrence, Frazier (sr., 160, 29-3, 96-11) Dayton Pitzer, Mt. Pleasant (so., 182, 42-1, 42-1) PIAA placewinners Joey Fischer, South Park (jr., 106, 38-2, 73-10) 4th Ryan Michaels, Elizabeth Forward (sr., 113, 43-2, 78-8)...
WPIAL Class AA preseason team wrestling rankings
WPIAL Class AA preseason team rankings Team (2018-19 record) 1. Burrell (13-4) The Bucs return 11 starters, including state placewinners Ian Oswalt and A.J. Corrado. 2. Quaker Valley (15-7) The Quakers returns 11 starters, including PIAA qualifier Conner Redinger. 3. Burgettstown (12-2) The Blue Devils return eight starters, including PIAA...
Thomas Jefferson sees ‘mirror image’ in state championship opponent Dallas
Instead of heading home after last week’s semifinal win, Thomas Jefferson coach Bill Cherpak and a few assistants drove two hours from Hollidaysburg to Danville to watch Dallas win the other state semifinal. The road trip let them scout an opponent from the other side of the state, but the...
Soccer stars Anthony DiFalco, Hannah Stuck earn All-America honors; All-region teams also announced
Anthony DiFalco was in biology class Wednesday morning when his soccer coach at Franklin Regional, Rand Hudson, entered the classroom and interrupted the session. The coach came bearing good news. Forget biology. This was more like AP soccer. DiFalco, a sophomore forward, was selected as a United Soccer Coaches Region...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 3, 2019
Football PIAA playoffs Championships Class 6A Saturday’s schedule Central Dauphin (12-2) vs. St. Joseph’s Prep (11-2) at Hersheypark Stadium, 6 p.m. Class 5A Friday’s schedule Cheltenham (14-1) vs. Archbishop Wood (10-3) at Hersheypark Stadium, 7 p.m. Class 4A Thursday’s schedule Dallas (15-0) vs. Thomas Jefferson (15-0) at Hersheypark Stadium, 7...
High school roundup for Dec. 3, 2019: Ryan McLinden scores 4 for Bethel Park
Ryan McLinden scored four times and Tyler Miller netted the go-ahead goal early in the third period as Bethel Park defeated Central Catholic 6-5 in Class AAA PIHL hockey Tuesday night. Jeremy Buehler added a goal and an assist for Bethel Park (4-5-0). Michael Sewecke scored twice for Central Catholic...
Two WPIAL teams sit atop their class heading into PIAA championship weekend
After fourteen weeks, fifteen if you count Week Zero, the season is set to conclude with a gold rush this weekend in Hershey. Twelve teams will play for six state championships starting Thursday and concluding on Saturday. While there will be three new PIAA champions crowned in Class 5A, 4A...
WPIAL Class 3A boys basketball preseason breakdown
A new decade of WPIAL boys basketball tips off next weekend. Preparing to defend their district championships from a year ago are Mt. Lebanon (6A), Mars (5A), New Castle (4A), Lincoln Park (3A), Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (2A) and Nazareth Prep (A). New Castle is looking for a...
