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McKeesport’s Deamontae Diggs draws 1st FBS offer as Buffalo blankets WPIAL
Buffalo had two football players with Western Pennsylvania roots last season, but the Bulls coaches spent this week trying to boost that number. Seven WPIAL juniors announced scholarship offers from coach Lance Leipold’s staff in the past three days: Central Catholic’s A’meer and A’maar Allen, Gateway’s Tui Brown, McKeesport’s Daemontae...
Woodland Hills TE Joshua Rawlings sees 3rd Big 10 school join recruiting list
Woodland Hills junior Joshua Rawlings quickly became one of the WPIAL’s hottest football recruits. The 6-foot-6, 235-pound tight end and defensive end added his third Big 10 offer Wednesday from Indiana. He now lists two dozen scholarships with nine arriving since Feb. 1. Minnesota and Rutgers each started recruiting him...
North Catholic’s Tess Myers adds 8th college offer after reaching state finals
North Catholic’s Tess Myers, one of the WPIAL’s top juniors, added another Division I offer after leading her basketball team to the state finals. The 5-foot-10 guard announced an offer from Atlantic 10 member St. Joseph’s this week, raising her scholarship total to eight. Myers added three others just in...
Mars junior Michael Carmody adds 2 ACC, 2 SEC football offersVideo
Mars junior lineman Michael Carmody added two more ACC and SEC football offers this week, pushing his scholarship total to more than two dozen. His latest additions came Wednesday from Louisville, Texas A&M and Ole Miss. He also announced a Miami (Fla.) offer Monday, giving him an offer from eight...
High school scores, schedules for March 27, 2019
High Schools Baseball Wednesday’s results Ripken Experience In Myrtle Beach South Park 11, Sheldon Clark (Kentucky) 0 WPIAL Nonsection Albert Gallatin 3, Uniontown 0 Allderdice 7, Woodland Hills 4 Armstrong 13, Indiana 3 (5 inn.) Baldwin 6, Central Valley 2 Beaver Falls 5, Blackhawk 4 Bentworth 6, Jefferson-Morgan 3 Bethel...
High school roundup for March 27, 2019: South Allegheny edges South Park
Two of the WPIAL’s top softball teams kicked off the Section 3-3A slate with a nail-biter Wednesday afternoon. Kennedy Pikula had three hits and two RBIs, and Olivia Stetz doubled twice to help South Allegheny earn a 5-4 victory over No. 2-ranked South Park. Cortney Woytovich earned the win for...
Sunny starts for A-K Valley baseball, softball teams
Freeport waited a few extra days to finally hit the field for real this baseball season, the weather relenting enough for the Yellowjackets to play a nonsection game Tuesday against Washington. Compared to last season, they’ll take it. While the early-spring weather in Western Pennsylvania remains predictably unpredictable, the sun...
Regular-season marks again will be used for WPIAL track and field qualifying
Times, heights and distances recorded during regular-season track and field meets and invitationals again will be used as qualification to the WPIAL championships. For each individual and relay event, a maximum of 24 in AAA and 16 in AA will punch tickets to the WPIAL meet, set for May 16...
Alle-Kiski Valley notebook: Burrell hockey gets shot at nation’s best
Burrell didn’t get the PIHL championship it sought, but the Bucs are turning their attention from competing against Western Pennsylvania to playing some of the top teams in the country. The Bucs, coming off a 4-3 loss to Ringgold in the PIHL Division II championship game last week, will open...
Fresh off NCAA upset, Sewickley Academy’s Isiah Warfield commits to Liberty
Isiah Warfield didn’t fill out an NCAA tournament bracket but did urge others to pick against fifth-seeded Mississippi State in the first round. “I told them you’d better take Liberty,” said the Sewickley Academy junior, who watched the TV broadcast with excitement Friday as the No. 12 seed pulled off...
Maund helps Penn-Trafford top North Allegheny on future home field
Maclean Maund plans to play college baseball at Seton Hill. The Penn-Trafford senior looked right at home on his future field Wednesday as he and his teammates avenged a playoff loss to North Allegheny on the turf at the Seton Hill Baseball Complex. Maund was glad his team rented the...
Moon boys, Peters Township girls finish atop Trib 10 power rankings
For the final time in the 2018-19 WPIAL basketball season, the TribLive High School Sports Network presents the last weekly Power Rankings. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. Here are the final rankings for the season, with final overall records included. BOYS TRIB 10 1. Moon Tigers (28-2) (Last Week...
Latrobe boys volleyball team ready to make a run
Now is the time for Latrobe to make a run through the boys volleyball postseason. With 10 starters back and a senior-laden roster, the Wildcats have high hopes. “We always set our goals high, but we have to be realistic,” Latrobe senior Reed Fenton said. “We definitely have the opportunity...
Sewickley Academy boys tennis playing up in Class AAA
The Sewickley Academy and Shady Side Academy boys tennis teams are playing up in Class AAA this season. The Indians are familiar with matches in Class AAA, but it’s a new thing this year for the Panthers, who won 14 straight WPIAL Class AA team titles through last year. Sewickley...
Pitt coaches offer scholarship to Aliquippa linebacker Zuriah FisherVideo
Pitt football coaches in decades past found great success recruiting in Aliquippa, a list that starts with all-time greats Mike Ditka, Sean Gilbert and Darrelle Revis. That connection had softened some in recent years, but coach Pat Narduzzi appears interested in maintaining that bridge. Quips junior Zuriah Fisher, a 6-foot-3,...
Regula resigns as Derry girls basketball coach
Matt Regula’s stay was short at Derry, his departure not altogether by his choice. But he looks back on his time coaching the girls basketball team at his alma mater with pride. “It gave me the chance to prove that I can be a successful head coach,” said Regula, who...
High school roundup for March 26, 2019: Latrobe duo combines for perfect game
Jordan Tallman and Kyle Myers combined on a five-inning perfect game Tuesday as Latrobe softball opened Section 1-5A action with an 11-0 victory against Laurel Highlands (0-2, 0-1). Tallman struck out nine and Myers six for the Wildcats (2-0, 1-0). Makayla Munchinski drove in four runs and went 2 for...
High school scores, schedules for March 26, 2019
High Schools Baseball Tuesday’s results WPIAL Nonsection Apollo-Ridge 6, Leechburg 4 Bishop Canevin 17, Carlynton 4 Blackhawk 7, Cathedral Prep 6 Brownsville 12, West Mifflin 7 Burrell 4, Kiski Area 2 Ellwood City 12, Shenango 7 Freeport 12, Washington 1 Fox Chapel 5, Plum 4 Gateway 5, Hampton 4 Highlands...
Burrell set for USA Hockey nationals
Burrell didn’t get the PIHL championship it sought all season, but the Bucs are now turning their attention from competing against Western Pennsylvania to playing some of the top teams in the country. The Bucs, coming off a 4-3 loss to Ringgold in the PIHL Division II championship game last...
Sharrow, Burrell girls again have high expectations for track season
Kaylen Sharrow has her sights set on a return to the PIAA championships in the Class AA 300-meter hurdles. The Burrell senior placed third in the 300 at WPIALs last year and challenged for a medal at states. “I trained throughout the offseason, and I think I am ready for...
Bethel Park hires Brian DeLallo as new football coach
Bethel Park administrators talked with a handful of football coaches from outside the district, but decided that their best candidate already was on staff. The school board voted unanimously Tuesday night to promote assistant Brian DeLallo, 48, to head coach of the Black Hawks. He replaces longtime coach Jeff Metheny,...
Hempfield’s Zoey Wilson fought through injuries to carry on family swimming tradition
One of Zoey Wilson’s goals for this season was to follow in her brother’s footsteps, but her season was plagued by injuries. Zoey Wilson, a senior on the Hempfield girls swimming team, specializes in the 200-yard freestyle. Her brother, Zane, had a decorated swimming career for the Spartans from 2013-17....
With more veterans in the fold, Norwin boys lacrosse looking for continued improvement
The Norwin boys lacrosse team is growing up. Last season the team relied on several underclassmen in key positions. Despite a slow start, the Knights won six of their final seven games to clinch a spot in the WPIAL playoffs. A year later, Norwin enters the season with experience on...
George Guido: Deer Lakes grad Dana Petruska an early beneficiary of Title IX
If you’re a female playing or coaching high school sports, you owe a debt of gratitude to U.S. Sen. Birch Bayh, who died recently at 91. You might never have heard of Bayh, but that’s OK. He hasn’t held office since 1981. What Sen. Bayh (D-Ind.) should be thanked for...
High school roundup for March 25, 2019: Riverside’s Ottaviani tosses no-hitter
Nic Ottaviani had quite the debut outing Monday afternoon. The senior lefty tossed a no-hitter with nine strikeouts to lead Riverside to a 1-0 victory over Freedom in a nonsection baseball game in Beaver County. Ottaviani also knocked in the lone run of the game with a single in the...
