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Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Head of the Class: Player, coach of the year in all 6 classifications
Class 6A Player of the Year: Natalie Wetzel, Peters Township Standing 6-foot-3, Peters Township junior Natalie Wetzel was a cut above the competition on most nights. Wetzel averaged 17.3 points in helping Peters Township enjoy its most successful season since winning WPIAL and PIAA titles with a perfect record in...
High school sports schedule for April 1, 2024
High schools Softball Monday’s schedule Class 6A Baldwin at Pine-Richland, 4 p.m. Class A Section 1 Union at Northgate, 4 p.m. Nonsection Beaver at South Park, 4 p.m. Laurel at Mohawk, 4:15 p.m. Mt. Pleasant at Leechburg, 4 p.m. Volleyball Boys Nonsection Mt. Lebanon at Canon-McMillan, 7 p.m. All schedules...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of April 1, 2024
With all of the egg hunts complete, we go hippity-hoppin’ toward a full week of spring sports…weather permitting of course, as we begin April action this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. There will be plenty of WPIAL baseball and softball action from the diamonds, along with boys...
After last season’s tough losses, Penn-Trafford volleyball aims to again contend
Members of the Penn-Trafford boys volleyball team feel they still have enough talent to compete in Class 3A, despite the loss of solid players Daniel Tarabrella, Andrew Kessler and Carson Good to graduation. “We had some good guys and did a lot of winning,” coach Jim Schall said. “Daniel was...
Gateway boys tennis sets course on WPIAL title defense
Six of seven starters returned from last year’s Gateway boys tennis team which captured the program’s first WPIAL title since 1988 and made it all the way to the PIAA Class 3A semifinals. Team members also fared well at the WPIAL and state singles tournaments. Despite all of the laurels...
Gateway swimmers pleased with performance at state championships
The final Gateway swim in the final event of the final day of the PIAA swimming championships at Bucknell University resulted in a podium finish and a state medal. The Gator girls 400-yard freestyle relay of freshman Aliya Rassiane, senior Mallory Brown, sophomore Gianna Laurenti and senior McKenna Brown swam...
Medal-winning Quaker Valley diver taking talents to Idaho
The University of Idaho is located in the city of Moscow in the North Central region of the state. Along with the rest of the Idaho panhandle, Moscow, population 25,000, is in the Pacific Time Zone and sits 2,297 miles from Pittsburgh. The panhandle is bordered by the state of...
Veteran lineup looks to lead Quaker Valley baseball back to playoffs
The Quaker Valley baseball team is looking for a return to the postseason. The Quakers have qualified for the WPIAL playoffs eight times in the past 10 seasons that have been played and were section champs from 2013-16. QV finished fifth in Section 1-3A last year behind Riverside (12-0), Neshannock...
Penn Hills seniors seek return to WPIAL softball playoffs
Missing out on the playoffs last season was a tough break for the Penn Hills softball team. The year before, the Indians had found a way back after a long hiatus from the playoffs. This group of seniors for Penn Hills is determined to get the program back on track...
Penn Hills notebook: Junior wrestlers capture state championship
The Penn Hills Junior Wrestling team claimed a championship at the Keystone State Championships in March. Logan Mutombo won the 61-pound weight class in the 6-and-under boys division. Mutombo beat Bald Eagle’s Rhett Rippey, 5-0, in the championship match. On the way to the finals, Mutombo had to collect three...
Pine-Richland hockey caps special season with 4th state championship
Winning a state championship is obviously special on its own, but the way the Pine-Richland hockey team did so will be retold over and over again. Down a goal in the final two minutes, Josh Lanyard scored to tie the game and send it to overtime against favored LaSalle. Then,...
Deep, experienced Pine-Richland baseball roster hunting another section title
The last couple of years, a young core of Pine-Richland baseball players helped contribute to back-to-back section championships. Now that group has become the upperclassmen and with the meaningful situations they’ve been in, they are well-equipped to try to make it three section titles in a row. “They understand the...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Deer Lakes’ Maddie Kee, Riverview’s Jack Loughren
Maddie Kee Class: Senior School: Deer Lakes Sport: Softball Report card: Deer Lakes senior Maddie Kee was 3 for 4 with five RBIs and earned the win in relief in a 7-0 victory over Kiski Area on Wednesday and then struck out 15 batters in a 3-1 victory over Laurel...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 30, 2024
High schools Baseball Saturday’s schedule Nonsection Northern Garrett (Md.) 6, Albert Gallatin 1 Softball Saturday’s schedule Nonsection Baldwinsville (NY) 6, Moon 2 Belle Vernon 7, Latrobe 0 Wrestling Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic Saturday’s results Boys U.S. 27, Pennsylvania 12 114: Ayden Smith, Notre Dame Green Pond (PA) d. Abram Cline, Granite...
St. Joseph’s Julie Spinelli headlines Valley News Dispatch girls basketball all-stars
Player of the Year Julie Spinelli 5-11, Sr., G, St. Joseph The St. Joseph girls basketball team took several steps forward in the 2023-24 season and met or surpassed goals and expectations set for themselves at the start in late November. Two of the goals were met on a single...
WPIAL softball rankings: Week ending March 31, 2024
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Hempfield, 3-0, 1 2. Seneca Valley, 5-0, 2 3. Pine-Richland, 2-3, 4 4. Norwin, 2-2, 3 5. North Allegheny, 0-1, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Shaler, 3-0, 1 2. Armstrong, 2-0, 2 3. West Allegheny, 6-1, 3 4. Trinity, 4-1, 4 5....
TribLive H.S. baseball rankings for March 30, 2024
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny, 3-0, 1 2. Mt. Lebanon, 3-0, 3 3. Seneca Valley, 2-1, 2 4. Hempfield, 4-0, 4 5. Pine-Richland, 4-1, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Shaler, 2-0, 1 2. West Allegheny, 2-0, 2 3. Bethel Park, 1-2, 3 4. North Hills,...
Franklin Regional’s Cam Rowell headlines TribLive Westmoreland boys basketball all-stars
Player of the Year Cam Rowell, Sr., G, Franklin Regional The state championship game looked like it was getting away from Franklin Regional. But just then, Cam Rowell growled. The senior guard took a pass from Colin Masten, who came up with a steal, and broke into the open court...
Norwin’s Lauren Palangio tops list of TribLive Westmoreland girls basketball all-stars
Player of the Year Lauren Palangio, Sr., F, Norwin For teams to play the type of jagged-edged schedule that the Norwin girls played this season, they must have talented players to compete accordingly. Lauren Palangio was one of those players for Norwin, bringing multiple threats to the floor, including old-school...
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Curtain call for Norwin stars
The Norwin girls will get the band back together for one last performance. Three senior players — Lauren Palangio, Ava Kobus and Bailey Snowberger — will join their coach, Brian Brozeski, on the Class 6A all-star basketball team at the Roundball Classic on May 26 at North Allegheny. The foursome...
Westmoreland County high school athletes of the week: Southmoreland’s Maddie Brown, Greensburg Central Catholic’s Ian Shipley
Maddie Brown School: Southmoreland Class: Junior Sport: Softball Claim to fame: Brown, the Scotties’ stalwart in the pitching circle for the last few years, has helped the team to a 5-0 start. To boot, the Scotties have yet to allow a run. They have outscored teams 52-0, and only one...
Versatile lineup helps Fox Chapel boys tennis to strong start
Ben Hallman didn’t want to coast during his senior season. When Hallman had the opportunity to compete for a singles spot with the Fox Chapel tennis team, he was happy to be locked into a competition with his fellow seniors for one of the three singles spots. Hallman, who previously...
Championship WPIAL soccer coach to follow father into A-K Valley Sports Hall of Fame
Throughout his life, Mark Perry has followed in his father’s footsteps. On May 4, he will do it once again as he joins his father in the Alle-Kiski Valley Sports Hall of Fame. “My father was the soccer coach at Fox Chapel when I was in high school,” Perry said....
Young Fox Chapel lineup gears up for Section 1-5A play
Fox Chapel softball coach Chris Olbrich was happy to have a runway before the start of section play. The Foxes have a young team and scheduled seven games before their Section 1-5A opener with defending PIAA Class 5A runner-up Shaler. While the temperamental Western Pennsylvania weather prevented some of those...
Norwin notebook: Baseball team wins opener
Jackson Huss went 2 for 3 and drove in four runs to pace the Norwin baseball team to a 9-4 victory on the road at Pine-Richland. Matt O’Neil added a hit and two RBIs for Norwin in the season-opening victory. The Knights were primed to begin section play, where teams...
