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Highlands girls basketball team erupts for win vs. Freeport
The Highlands girls basketball team entered Monday’s Section 1-4A matchup with Freeport averaging 54.5 points, and its previous season high of 76 points came last week in a 22-point nonsection win over Keystone Oaks. The Golden Rams blew past that season average and topped the Keystone Oaks total by one...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 8, 2022: Butler battling for playoff spot
In the last three years, the Butler boys basketball team lost to Mt. Lebanon in the 6A finals in 2019, beat the Blue Devils to win district gold in 2020 and lost to eventual champion Upper St. Clair in the WPIAL semifinals last year. Now the Golden Tornado are in...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week for Feb. 7, 2022
They are the poster child of every darkhorse high school basketball team when the playoffs tip off. The incredible run of the Ellwood City boys basketball team last season should be an inspiration to many come next week. Last year, the Wolverines finished tied for second in their section and...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week for Feb. 7, 2022
As Jackson Juzang wraps up a marvelous high school basketball career at Winchester Thurston, he accomplished a personal achievement this past week. Now he’s focused on the team goal. It was an up-and-down week for the Bears, but business as usual for Juzang, who scored 57 points in two games....
Pine-Richland hires Penn Hills’ Jon LeDonne as football coach
As a parent with three kids in the district, Jon LeDonne already wore a number of hats around Pine-Richland. Scorekeeper for middle school basketball. Coach for a fourth-grade girls team. Scorers’ table duty at youth wrestling matches. “I see him at every event,” athletic director Joe Gironda said. “You’d think...
Westmoreland Senior Spotlight: Greensburg Salem’s Carissa Caldwell
Last season, the Greensburg Salem girls basketball team went 8-12, including a 2-10 record in section play. This year, the team has done a 180 with a 14-3 record (5-2 in section) and sits in prime position to lock up a spot in the WPIAL playoffs. So what exactly has...
A-K Valley senior spotlight: St. Joseph’s Rylan Zale
There were 4.5 seconds remaining. St. Joseph trailed Riverview by 2 points. Four of the Spartans’ regulars were sidelined with injury or illness. Rylan Zale told his coach and teammates he would take, and make, the winning shot. “I called timeout to draw up a play underneath the basket,” St....
High school roundup for Feb. 6, 2022: Aliquippa knocks off Lincoln Park
Cameron Lindsay scored 19 points and Damar Freeman added 17 to lead Aliquippa to a 65-50 victory over Lincoln Park at the Hoops for a Cure showcase at Sewickley Academy on Sunday. Brandon Banks added 10 for the Quips (12-7), who trailed by six at halftime and took over with...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 6, 2022
High schools Basketball Boys Sunday’s results Hoops for a Cure At North Allegheny Winchester Thurston vs. Aquinas Academy, ppd. Bishop Canevin 94, Greensburg C.C. 57 Highlands 86, McKeesport 60 Montour 65, Belle Vernon 48 At Sewickley Academy Rochester 53, Sto-Rox 47 Aliquippa 65, Lincoln Park 50 Monday’s schedule Class 5A...
WPIAL boys basketball playoff clinchings through Feb. 6, 2022
There is one week remaining in section play in the WPIAL boys basketball regular season. This winter, the district returns to earning a ticket to ride on the Path to the Pete with no open tournament, and the championships returning to the Pitt’s Petersen Events Center, March 3-5. Trib HSSN...
WPIAL girls basketball playoff clinchings as of Feb. 6, 2022
One week remains in section play in the WPIAL girls basketball regular season. This winter, the district returns to earning a ticket to ride on the Path to the Pete with no open tournament and the championships returning to the University of Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center, March 3-5. Trib HSSN...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 7, 2022: Top girls team has chance to clinch
The final week of section play in WPIAL basketball begins with a full slate of section contests in girls hoops. Last year, Trinity was perfect in Section 2-5A, winning all 12 games and finishing 2½ games in front of second-place Thomas Jefferson. The Hillers can win their second straight outright...
2021-22 PIHL standings through Feb. 6, 2022
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday, Feb. 6. Eight teams in each classification qualify for the PIHL playoffs. *- indicates clinched a playoff spot x- indicates eliminated from playoff chase #-Indicated ineligible for Penguins Cup Playoffs Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss =...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Team of the Week for Feb. 6, 2022
Last year, Albert Gallatin reached the WPIAL girls basketball postseason for the first time since 2013. It was an open tournament with all team invited to participate, but the Colonials earned their spot with a 14-7 record and third-place finish in Section 3-5A. Now Albert Gallatin, seven years removed from...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Week for Feb. 6, 2022
Last year, Mallory Daly made a big splash to start her high school basketball career. As a fabulous freshman, Daly averaged nearly 18 points per game in leading Brentwood to a Section 3-3A championship and a 12-2 overall record. She turned her blue and white in for green and gold...
Trib HSSN broadcasts for week of Feb. 7-12, 2022
Like a blast of arctic air, the first full week of February carries a large punch, including the final week of the high school basketball regular season this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have video and audio coverage of more than 70 high school boys and...
Mt. Lebanon’s Bob Palko named Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the YearVideo
Mt. Lebanon football coach Bob Palko, who led the Blue Devils to their first state championship, was named the 2021 Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year on Sunday. The winner was announced on national television during the NFL Pro Bowl in Las Vegas. Nominees watched the all-star...
Penn Hills’ Jaden Dugger finds Division I fit at Georgetown
Developing into a leader as a senior wide receiver at Penn Hills didn’t mean Jaden Dugger had to be a rah-rah guy. All Dugger ever wanted to be was himself. Encouraged by Indians coach Jon LeDonne, Dugger became a leader on his terms. “It was about being more confident,” Dugger...
Penn Hills boys basketball looking for another gear in season’s final days
Penn Hills 6-foot-4 guard Daemar Kelly believes the Indians have more to give. Entering a Section 3-5A game against Gateway on Feb. 4, Kelly believed Penn Hills had yet to play its best game. How to identify what that game will look like, Kelly said, will be obvious to anyone...
Pine-Richland notebook: 3 more football players make college choices
A trio of Pine-Richland football players made their college commitments official on National Signing Day on Feb. 2. Cole Boyd (Marist), Alex Gochis (Duquesne) and Jacob Domer (Clarion) signed their letters of intent joining Jeremiah Hasley (Duke) and Jalen Klemm (Kansas St.), who signed during the early period. Boyd was...
Pine-Richland hockey team thrives in pressure situations
Pine-Richland hockey enters the final month of the regular season in a tight race for playoff positioning with only nine points separating second place from seventh in the PIHL Class 3A standings. Considering how many close games the Rams have been in, they’ve already got a taste of what the...
Fox Chapel hockey steamrolling through PIHL schedule
Fox Chapel hockey is coming closer to capping its amazing comeback season with an undefeated mark. The Foxes are 15-0 with five games left in the PIHL regular season. That’s a far cry from winning only four games last year. Through it all, Fox Chapel has done most of the...
With longtime coach out of retirement, North Allegheny swim teams out to achieve more excellence
Longtime North Allegheny swimming coach Corky Semler didn’t hesitate when athletic director Bob Bozzuto asked if he was interested in coming out of retirement this winter. “I told him absolutely not,” said Semler, with a laugh. “I’m retired.” But the swim program Semler helped build into a WPIAL powerhouse needed...
Gateway’s Engleka to join Division III powerhouse
The University of Mt. Union has been the standard for football success in NCAA Division III for the past three decades. The Raiders have won 13 national titles since 1993 with the most recent one coming in 2017. Undefeated records have accompanied several of those championships. Carsen Engleka hopes to...
Central Catholic’s Brown to join longtime friend at Mt. Union
Monroeville resident Jaden Brown reached out to longtime friend Jaired Lehman, a Gateway graduate, as he went through his college baseball recruiting process. Brown, a senior at Central Catholic who attended Gateway through eighth grade, was exploring Division III stalwart Mt. Union, and Lehman, a sophomore outfielder with the Raiders,...
