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Greensburg Salem’s Megan Kallock named Westmoreland Trib Girls Basketball Player of the Year
Here’s a look at the Westmoreland Tribune-Review girls basketball all-stars and player of the year. Megan Kallock Sr., G, Greensburg Salem When Greensburg Salem needed a basket, it looked to Megan Kallock. The senior consistently provided instant offense for the Golden Lions, be it from the perimeter, driving the lane...
Ligonier Valley’s Marrek Paola named Westmoreland Trib Boys Basketball Player of the Year
Marrek Paola Sr., C, Ligonier Valley The traditional post player, old-school basketball buffs say, is all but extinct. The low block is a lonely place nowadays as the tallest players work the perimeter more often, their backs away from the rim. But Marrek Paola proved the modern big man can...
WPIAL softball rankings for week of April 7, 2019
Here’s a look at this week’s WPIAL softball rankings: Softball Class 6A 1. Seneca Valley, 6-0, 1 2. Canon-McMillan, 5-1, 2 3. North Allegheny, 4-0, 3 4. Bethel Park, 5-0, — 5. Baldwin, 5-1, — Out: Hempfield (3-3, 4), Norwin (3-2, 5) Class 5A 1. Latrobe, 7-0, 2 2. Penn-Trafford,...
High school scores, schedules for April 5, 2019
High Schools Baseball Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 3 Canon-McMillan 6, Mt. Lebanon 5 Peters Township vs. Brashear, ppd. Upper St. Clair at Baldwin, ppd. Class 5A Section 1 Armstrong 8, Woodland Hills 1 Franklin Regional 7, Fox Chapel 6 (8 inn.) Penn Hills 9, Gateway 2 Section 3...
High school roundup for April 5, 2019: South Park edges Belle Vernon
David Monaco’s two-out single in the sixth inning plated the lone run of the game as South Park edged Belle Vernon, 1-0, in a Section 3-4A baseball game Friday night. Brenden Gray allowed six hits and struck out 10 batters in 6 1/3 innings to earn the victory for the...
4 WPIAL teams debut in Trib HSSN state baseball rankings
Now that the 2019 high school baseball season is two weeks old, it’s time for the debut of the Trib HSSN PIAA baseball rankings. The four defending state champs from 2018 are ranked No. 1 in the four lowest classifications while the Class 6A and 5A defending champs, Canon-McMillan in...
Strong start lifts Penn-Trafford to rare mercy-rule victory over Hempfield
There is something about Penn-Trafford softball and games against Hempfield at Seton Hill. The Warriors ended the mighty Spartans’ 46-game winning streak on the college turf a year ago, and they flat out thumped the three-time defending PIAA champions in the nonsection rematch. Using a lengthy, nine-run first inning to...
Franklin Regional rallies past Fox Chapel in extra-inning battle
The Franklin Regional baseball team fell behind by four runs after three innings of Friday’s Section 1-5A matchup at Fox Chapel. The Panthers took the lead in the sixth and saw the Foxes tie it in the bottom of the seventh. But a one-out RBI single from Bryce Harper in...
Sopata, Dolan return to lead Baldwin baseball team
The Baldwin baseball team is aiming to make a stronger playoff push this season despite losing 10 seniors to graduation from last year’s club. The Highlanders started out 0-4 and 1-8 in 2018, then went 5-3 down the home stretch to end up 6-11 overall. “We expect to be improved...
Thin Gateway track and field roster still boasts plenty of talent
When it was all said and done last season, longtime Gateway track and field coach Tom LaBuff felt good when he looked ahead to the 2019 season. And then, football standouts Courtney Jackson and Jeremiah Joseph chose to early enroll this past January at Syracuse and Miami (Ohio), respectively. A...
Yekich takes control of Baldwin boys volleyball program
Milan Yekich is in his first season as head coach of the Baldwin boys volleyball program. But his background in the sport goes back to his grade school days. Yekich started playing volleyball as a fifth-grader at St. Elizabeth. He continued his career through middle school and high school, and...
Quaker Valley tennis wants to snap title drought, while Sewickley Academy adjusts to Class AAA
After dominating WPIAL Class AA for years, the Sewickley Academy boys tennis team (4-1, 4-0 in Section 2-AAA) is playing up in Class AAA. If that is not daunting enough, the Panthers are rebuilding. They saw four players depart from a squad that earned its 14th consecutive WPIAL Class AA...
Quaker Valley girls lacrosse feels stakes of season’s potential
Kristin Semones realized she had a problem early in her coaching tenure. Quaker Valley’s girls lacrosse team was “the most talented” she ever had coached. With a deep roster of skilled players, she knew there would be difficult decisions every game about who started and who sat. “This is the...
Shorthanded Penn-Trafford track teams eye individual success
For the second year in a row the Penn-Trafford boys and girls track teams have small rosters, but that doesn’t mean there is a shortage of talent. Being low on numbers will make it tough to score enough points to win meets, but the Warriors have several athletes who plan...
Newcomer Lee buoys Penn-Trafford boys tennis squad
The Penn-Trafford boys tennis team (4-1 in Section 1-AAA) lost its top player but has an able replacement. Sophomore Brian Lee ranked 24th among college prospects in his class in Pennsylvania by the Tennis Recruiting Network as of April 2. “Brian did not play his freshman year,” Penn-Trafford coach Jane...
Pine-Richland boys tennis team tries to find footing
As the WPIAL regular season for boys tennis nears its halfway point, Pine-Richland is seeing mixed results as it tries to find its groove. Up to this point, qualifying for the WPIAL team playoffs is still on the table for the Rams (2-3, 2-2), who are halfway to their Section...
Fox Chapel girls lacrosse looks to maintain winning ways under new coach
The Fox Chapel girls lacrosse team will be under the guidance of new coach Rebecca Hartrum this spring. She takes over a team that posted a 12-2 mark last year. With realignment, this year’s team will compete in Section 2-3A with Butler, Freeport, Indiana, Moon, North Allegheny, Fox Chapel, North...
Pine-Richland girls lacrosse has plenty of returning experience
Over the course of the last two seasons, the Pine-Richland girls lacrosse program has established itself as the cream of the WPIAL Class AAA crop, racking up a 31-4 record against district opponents and winning back-to-back WPIAL championships. There has been some turnover on the Rams (3-0, 1-0) roster since...
Plum’s Decheck leads Sampson Family YMCA charge at state meet
Plum senior Justin Decheck keeps every one of the commemorative patches he has earned at the Pennsylvania YMCA State Swimming Championship meet. There’s something else to add to his collection: a gold medal. Decheck, 18, a member of the Sampson Family YMCA team, won the boys 15-and-over 100-yard backstroke (52.05...
Norwin track and field teams expecting another strong season
The Norwin girls have advanced to the WPIAL Class AAA final four in track and field in 13 of the past 14 years. “The expectations for both the girls and boys are always the same,” coach Brian Fleckenstein said. “Win all the section meets, win the Westmoreland County team title,...
Norwin boys tennis team undertakes complete rebuild
The Norwin boys tennis team (2-4 in Section 1-AAA) faces a massive rebuilding job. Norwin coach Ryan Hornick said the Knights have a completely new roster after losing 14 players from last season. Among the losses were four players who represented the Knights in the Section 1-AAA singles and doubles...
Franklin Regional track teams reload after heavy graduation losses
Most high school track and field programs would not only struggle to survive, but also struggle to compete if they were to lose a senior class of more than 20 athletes from the year before. And then there’s the Franklin Regional track team looking like a battalion of soldiers on...
Franklin Regional boys lacrosse team hopes to maintain level of success
In 2018, the Franklin Regional boys lacrosse team made the WPIAL playoffs for the second straight year, doing so for the first time in six years. Although they lost in the first round both times, the Panthers have made the necessary changes within the program to continue their success in...
SSA girls lacrosse returns experienced roster
The Shady Side Academy girls lacrosse team, coached by Katy Phillips, is hoping to improve on last year’s 16-5 record that included a trip to the WPIAL Class AAA semifinals. This year, they will be competing in Section 2-3A, which also includes Butler, Freeport, Indiana, Moon, North Allegheny, Fox Chapel,...
Thomas Jefferson athletes sign letters of intent, break records
Notebook items in and around the Thomas Jefferson High School campus: • The senior class has hit double digits. No less than 10 seniors have signed letters of intent for college, where they will continue their academic/athletic careers. They include Darius Barrett (Clarion/football), A.J. Meshanko (California, Pa./soccer), Jenna Clark (Yale/basketball),...
