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PIHL Team of the Week for week ending Nov. 24, 2019
The 2018-19 season was historic for the Burrell hockey team. The Bucs were PIHL runners-up in Division 2, but that’s not to take away from what the Bucs did elsewhere. On the big stage at the national tournament in the open division, the Bucs raced to a second-place finish. They...
High school schedule for Nov. 25, 2019
High schools Football PIAA playoffs Semifinals Class 6A Friday’s sschedule Downingtown West (12-1) vs. Central Dauphin (12-2) at Coatesville, 7 p.m. Saturday’s schedule St. Joseph’s Prep (10-2) vs. Central Catholic (12-1) at Altoona’s Mansion Park Stadium, 1 p.m. Class 5A Friday’s schedule Cocalico (11-2) vs. Cheltenham (13-1) at Hersheypark Stadium,...
WPIAL football player of the week — Week 13Video
Avonworth relied heavily on a Jax of all trades, who mastered them all. Senior Jax Miller went wild from the wildcat as he rushed for 291 yards on 43 carries in leading Avonworth past Washington, 28-6, in the WPIAL Class 2A championship game Saturday afternoon. The title was the first...
For Jeannette girls basketball, ‘It starts with believing’
Jeannette girls basketball coach Jonathan Bass has high expectations for his team. Even though Jeannette finished 4-17 last season and graduated its best player, Dymond Crawford, Bass feels the team has a chance to contend for a playoff spot in Section 2-2A. The reason for Bass’s optimism is he expects...
Jeannette boys basketball plans to contend in Class 2AVideo
Midway through last season, the Jeannette boys basketball team was mired in a three-game Section 2-2A losing streak. The Jayhawks were on the verge of falling out of playoff contention if they didn’t right the ship. That was about the time Jeannette coach Adrian Batts decided to make a change...
Rule allows multiple wrestlers to compete at same weight class
The high school wrestling season kicks off Dec. 6 with a few rule changes. Teams, with permission from tournament directors, will be allowed to enter two wrestlers in a weight class from the same school if the 16-man bracket isn’t full. Canon-McMillan athletic director Frank Vulcano said the Chartiers-Houston, Cumberland...
Norwin standout Walker to miss 1st month of basketball season
Norwin junior Jayden Walker is expected to miss the first month of basketball season as he recovers from surgery on his left labrum. Also a standout baseball player with a promising future as a left-handed pitcher, Walker had the surgery in June and plans to return in early January. “I...
Football PIAA semifinals provide holiday treat on Trib HSSN
The holiday known for family and travel will be the precursor to a football feast on the TribLive High School Sports Network. All of us associated with the TribLive High School Sports network and Trib Total media wish all of our fans and supporters and their families a safe and...
PIHL high school hockey standings through Nov. 24, 2019
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday, Nov. 24. 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...
PIAA sites, times: Thomas Jefferson, Gateway have rare Friday afternoon semifinals
For the first time since the expansion to six classifications four years ago, all six WPIAL football champions are preparing for a state semifinals contest this holiday weekend. The WPIAL crowned its final two 2019 champions in Week 13 with Gateway in Class 5A and Avonworth in 2A winning district...
Reiter brothers help write Hollywood ending to Quaker Valley soccer season
Dom Reiter will replay the final moments from the PIAA Class AA championship game in his head over and over like a viral video. He’ll recall goaltender Rees Edwards darting across the penalty box to field a free kick in the last second, hugging the first person he saw, forward...
High school scores, schedules for Nov. 23, 2019
High schools Football WPIAL championships Saturday’s results Class 5A Gateway 21, Peters Township 20 Class 2A Avonworth 28, Washington 6 PIAA playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Nov. 29-30 schedule Date, site, time TBD Downingtown West (12-1) vs. Central Dauphin; St. Joseph’s Prep (9-2) vs. Central Catholic (11-1) Class 5A Semifinals Nov....
Bishop Carroll, Heritage Conference reach agreement
With Ligonier Valley on the verge of moving to the WPIAL, pending PIAA approval, the Heritage Conference and Bishop Carroll have come to a two-year agreement in football. The announcement was made in a news release by Bishop Carroll principal Lorie Ratchford and Heritage Conference president Jody Rainey. The Heritage...
Freeport girls basketball looking for sustained success
The Freeport girls basketball team is hoping to carry over its momentum from last season. The Yellowjackets won 18 games last winter and earned the fourth seed, but they lost in the first round to No. 13 Quaker Valley. Fred Soilis’ team didn’t shoot that well that night, but it...
Freeport boys determined to snap WPIAL playoff victory drought
The Freeport boys basketball team is aware of the hump they have not recently managed to get over. The group that will take the floor this season, especially the seniors, are determined to end a drought that dates to the 2009-10 season. The Yellowjackets haven’t won a playoff since February...
WPIAL Class 5A final notebook: Gateway QB’s foot makes key play
Gateway quarterback Bryson Venanzio had a spectacular game from a passing standpoint, but his biggest play of the night might have come with his foot, not his arm. A pooch punt on fourth down from the Peters Township 40-yard line to the 1 with 3 minutes, 52 seconds left in...
Gateway wins field-position battle with Peters Township for 7th WPIAL titleVideo
Gateway didn’t score a point in the final 20 minutes Saturday night, but ultimately they didn’t need any. Senior quarterback Bryson Venanzio built a lead with two first-half touchdowns and then watched his Gators play championship-caliber defense to defeat Peters Township, 21-20, in a rain-drenched WPIAL Class 5A final at...
Libertore leads a more balanced Hempfield girls basketball team
Hempfield has a player it can lean on in senior Sarah Liberatore. But to win in a difficult Section 2-6A, the Spartans are going to come at teams with all five players on the floor. The Spartans enter this season with an even mix of experience and youth, and coach...
Hempfield hopes pushing pace results in postseason push
Higher expectations? Yes. Higher tempo and higher scoring? Hempfield boys basketball hopes those will lift them to loftier goals. The Spartans bring back an experienced group from a team that went 10-12 last season, and coach Bill Swan and his players believe they have a good idea of what needs...
Record-breaking Mt. Pleasant swimmer Heather Gardner commits to Liberty
Mt. Pleasant senior Heather Gardner is a year away from competing for the Liberty women’s swimming team, but already her times would rank her among top performers in its conference, Flames coach Jake Shellenberger said. Gardner, 18, signed a letter of intent to the Division I school in Lynchburg, Va....
WPIAL Class 2A final notebook: Avonworth doesn’t have to share trophy this time around
Avonworth is now 1-1-1 in WPIAL titles games after Saturday’s 28-6 victory in the Class 2A final over Washington at Norwin High School. The Antelopes tied Union Area, 13-13, in the 1959 title game at Geneva College’s Reeves Stadium and dropped a 26-14 decision to Clairton in 2014 at Heinz...
Avonworth’s Jax Miller puts on a show in WPIAL championship victory over Washington
Avonworth relied on the big men up front and the legs of senior running back Jax Miller to record a 28-6 victory over Washington to claim the WPIAL Class 2A championship Saturday at Norwin High School. It’s the second title for the Antelopes, who were declared co-champions with Union after...
Gateway, Peters Township big-play offenses will test 5A’s stingiest defenses
Gateway’s Derrick Davis can take a screen pass to the end zone at any time, and Peters Township’s Josh Casilli is just as dangerous with the football in his hands. Combined, they have 50 touchdowns. Their big-play offenses will share the field at 6 p.m. Saturday for what could be...
Turnovers in WPIAL final put anticlimactic end to strong season for Pine-Richland
While the dust has settled from its 10-7 loss to Central Catholic in the WPIAL Class 6A championship game, the sting of losing such a closely contested, high-stakes matchup against a rival remains for the Pine-Richland football team. For the most part, the Rams accomplished what they set out to...
Herald Spotlight Athlete: Fox Chapel’s Carissa Shepard
Carissa Shepard, a sophomore on the Fox Chapel girls tennis team, could be one of the top players in the WPIAL next year. Playing at the No. 2 spot in singles this season, she helped lead the Foxes to the PIAA Class AAA championship and a second-place finish at the...
