High School category, Page 2
Wrestling notebook: WPIAL makes weight changes because of weather’s impact on practices
The WPIAL team tournament is scheduled to begin Wednesday, and because of the heavy snow and frigid temperatures, the WPIAL has informed teams an additional 2-pound allowance will be in effect. Some teams could not practice Monday, which affected their wrestlers’ conditioning and ability to maintain their weight. Things are...
Trib HSSN team wrestling rankings for Jan. 27, 2026
Here are the Trib HSSN WPIAL team wrestling rankings for Jan. 27. Teams are listed with overall record and last week’s ranking. Class 3A 1. Franklin Regional (14-0) 1 2. Norwin (9-2) 2 3. Connellsville (14-2) 3 4. Canon-McMillan (9-3) 7 5. Trinity (10-2) 4 6. Kiski Area (15-2) 5...
Penn-Trafford softball team named tops in Pennsylvania by MaxPreps
A PIAA championship brought Penn-Trafford softball local and statewide attention. The team went national this week. Prep website MaxPreps named the best returning softball teams in the country, one in each state, among all classifications. Penn-Trafford was the choice for Pennsylvania after the Warriors won their second PIAA 5A championship...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 26, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Seneca Valley at New Castle, ppd. Nonsection Clairton at Winchester Thurston, ppd. Freedom at Carrick, ppd. Tuesday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Butler at Woodland Hills, 7:30 p.m. Seneca Valley at New Castle, 7:30 p.m. Section 2 Hempfield at Imani...
Trib HSSN individual wrestling rankings for Jan. 27, 2026
Trib HSSN Live Individual Wrestling Rankings WPIAL Class 3A 107: 1. Lee Dreshman, fr., Canon-McMillan (33-4); 2. Michael Johnson, so., West Allegheny (29-3); 3. Bryce Thomas, jr., Moon Area (26-8); 4. Parker Jennings, so., Trinity (18-3); 5. Riley Smith, jr., Seneca Valley (18-1). 114: 1. Nick McGarrity, jr., Peters Township...
High school roundup for Jan. 26, 2026: Canon-McMillan hockey stays undefeated
Brayden Edgar scored a pair of goals as Canon-McMillan stayed undefeated with a 5-2 victory over Hampton in PIHL Class A hockey Monday night. Elliot Moser had a goal and an assist and Digby Bedner and Rocco Musto also scored for Canon Mac (17-0). Dillon Fogle scored twice for Hampton...
Plum hockey team riding high as regular season winds down
Plum is charging into the stretch run of the PIHL regular season on a seven-game winning streak. Coming off a 7-0 rout of South Park on Jan. 19, Plum has six games remaining, starting with a matchup with Wheeling Central Catholic at 8:10 p.m. Thursday at Pittsburgh Ice Arena in...
Norwin notebook: Cross country coach honored as state’s best
Norwin is known for its almost year-round training for track and field and cross country. Running is a lifestyle at the school. Athletes scale hills, trek through wooded trails and circle the track, even in the winter when it is snowing. The man in charge of the training — he...
High school sports scores, schedules for Jan. 25, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys Sunday’s results PBC Hall of Fame Classic At North Allegheny Keystone Oaks vs. Beaver Falls, ppd. Hampton vs. Quaker Valley, ppd. Bethel Park vs. Allderdice, ppd. North Allegheny vs. Johnstown, ppd. Monday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Seneca Valley at New Castle, 7:30 p.m. Nonsection Clairton...
WPIAL boys basketball playoff clinchings through Jan. 25, 2026
The stretch run is underway as the 2026 WPIAL boys basketball playoff field is starting to build. Sections with eight or more teams send the top five teams to the playoffs while sections with seven or less schools will send the traditional top four teams. If two or more teams...
WPIAL girls basketball playoff clinchings through Jan. 25, 2026
The 2026 WPIAL girls basketball regular season is down to the final weeks, and the playoff field is starting to take shape with plenty of missing pieces to the postseason puzzle. Sections with eight or more teams send the top five teams to the playoffs while sections with seven or...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Jan. 26, 2026
As everyone digs out from the weekend snowstorm, the “stretch run” of WPIAL basketball will heat things up during the final two weeks of the high school basketball regular season this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN continues coverage of WPIAL boys and girls basketball as...
PIHL standings, playoff clinchings through Jan. 25, 2026
Here are the latest 2026 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday, plus the latest list of teams that have clinched a playoff spot. The point system in the PIHL this year gives three points for a regulation win, two points for an overtime win and one point for an...
Devin Murray returns to alma mater to take over boys soccer program at Deer Lakes
Devin Murray was a major contributor to a run of success for the Deer Lakes boys soccer team that produced a WPIAL championship, a WPIAL runner-up finish, three PIAA tournament appearances and two trips to the state championship game in a three-year period. The 2021 Deer Lakes graduate returned to...
2-sport star at Baldwin, Duquesne to join 2 halls of fame in a week
Robert Healy III, like every young athlete, aspired to be recognized as one of the best in his sport. At the end of January, that dream will become a reality — twice. The former standout football and track and field athlete will be joining Duquesne University and Baldwin High School’s...
Brentwood swimmer keeps lowering school record, striving to reach more goals
It didn’t take long for Brentwood’s Fawn Brendel to break her own school record. Last year, at a home meet against Thomas Jefferson in February, Brendel eclipsed Anna Watterson’s school record in the girls 100-yard butterfly event set in 2010. Brendel swam a 1:07.55 and narrowly missed the WPIAL qualifying...
Nailed it: Baldwin wins school’s 1st PIAA competitive spirit championship
They are known as the Dream Team around the Baldwin-Whitehall area. For the first time in the history its competitive spirit cheer program, Baldwin won the PIAA championship this year in the 3A Large Varsity division. The PIAA finals took place Jan. 9-10 in Johnstown. “Going into awards we had...
‘Really special’: 3 Bernotas sisters team up for Baldwin girls basketball
Not one, not two, but three. It doesn’t happen too often that three siblings play for the same girls basketball team. It is even more rare for all three sisters to be in a game at the same time. The Bernotas sisters — Laci, Lynsey and Alia — are basketball...
Chartiers Valley wrestler Michael Lawrence taking care of business in final year
When entering their senior season of any sport, some high school athletes are aware there is little time left to meet expectations and accomplish the goals they set for themselves. Chartiers Valley wrestler Michael Lawrence entered his senior year with a lot of unfinished business, milestones to reach and a...
Plenty of changes for Chartiers Valley hockey but goal remains the same
Over the last two years, it would be difficult to find a more dominating hockey team in Class A of the PIHL than Chartiers Valley. The Colts finished a combined 37-1 in the regular season and earned an appearance in the state championship game at the end of the 2023-24...
17 individuals, 2 teams to join West Jefferson Hills Hall of Fame in Class of 2026
West Jefferson Hills School District has announced the members of its 2026 Hall of Fame Class. This year’s class includes 17 Thomas Jefferson High School graduates and district contributors, along with two TJ athletic teams. Established in 2019, the West Jefferson Hills Hall of Fame inducted its first two classes...
Pair of champion lead Thomas Jefferson wrestlers at Allegheny County tournament
The Thomas Jefferson wrestling program introduced its “Zach Attack” at this year’s county championships. TJ’s Zach Rehak and Zachary LaBryer began their run to the postseason as both won individual titles at the 2026 Allegheny County wrestling tournament held Jan. 16-17 at Fox Chapel. Rehak, a junior, defeated Baldwin freshman...
Thomas Jefferson sophomore takes game worldwide at softball tournament in Netherlands
Thomas Jefferson sophomore Madden Stanek has taken her softball skills to the international level. A shortstop and outfielder, Stanek was selected to compete in the 30th annual international fastpitch event known as The Cup 2026 held in the Netherlands in the town of Schiedam (located near Rotterdam). Stanek was joined...
Captains hit right notes for Baldwin’s championship competitive spirit team
The 2025-26 season has been historic for the Baldwin competitive spirit program. For the first time in program history, Baldwin’s competitive spirit team won the PIAA championship in the 3A Large Varsity division Jan. 9-10 in Johnstown. “Before the girls took the floor, I told them when they come through...
Big season brewing for Thomas Jefferson boys, girls basketball
Thomas Jefferson junior Noah Sear has no fear on the basketball court. The 6-foot-2 guard hit the biggest shot of his high school career Dec. 12 in his team’s section opener at Peters Township. “It was 100% the biggest shot of my career at TJ,” Sear said, “because this is...
