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TribHSSN Preseason WPIAL Football All-Star team: Josh Jenkins, Sto-Rox
The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 22 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. In the 55 years of Sto-Rox football, the team has built quite a reputation...
North Allegheny’s Cole Young picked for all-star baseball game at Coors Field
North Allegheny shortstop Cole Young, who could be a future MLB Draft pick, is headed to the site of this year’s baseball all-star game. Young was among 39 high school baseball players from the 2022 graduating class chosen to play in an All-American game at Coors Field in Denver. The...
Girls basketball coach Sam Salih makes move to Deer Lakes from Greensburg CC
When Sam Salih resigned as girls varsity head coach at Greensburg Central Catholic in April after three seasons, he said it was time for a change, and he left the Centurions program on good terms. He looked forward to a new start while staying at the high school level. Salih...
TribHSSN Preseason WPIAL Football All-Star team: Donovan Hinish, Central Catholic
The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 22 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. Terry Totten wanted to remove some heavy weightlifting platforms from a Central Catholic workout...
District 31 American Legion roundup: Yough rallies to defeat Unity
Nate Wilkins didn’t let a shaky start bother him Tuesday during Game 1 of the District 31 American Legion playoffs against Unity. That’s because his Yough teammates backed him offensively. James Shoman, the ninth batter in the order, banged out three hits and had four RBIs as Yough rallied to...
TribHSSN Preseason WPIAL Football All-Star team: Jeremiah Hasley, Pine-Richland
The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 22 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. Jeremiah Hasley went on a visit to Duke in late June and left with...
Mt. Pleasant softball places 3 on all-state 1st team
Another state championship in hand, the Mt. Pleasant softball team celebrated some personal accolades Tuesday when the all-state teams came out. The Vikings, who finished 21-3 after winning WPIAL and PIAA titles, saw three players make the Pennsylvania High School Softball Coaches Association All-State Teams. Senior pitcher Mary Smithnosky, senior...
Beaver’s Payton List, Bethel Park’s Reagan Milliken win state player of year honors
One did it with her arm, the other with a heavy bat. A pair of WPIAL standouts led their teams to championships this season and both were lauded for their efforts Tuesday as they were declared two of the state’s best. Beaver junior pitcher Payton List was named the Class...
Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Rodney Gallagher, Laurel Highlands
The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 22 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. When coaches talk about Rodney Gallagher, it’s all good. They don’t have a single...
Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Sean FitzSimmons
The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 22 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. While visiting with Pitt’s coaches, Panthers recruit Sean FitzSimmons watched videos of Aaron Donald’s...
Perry defensive end Tyreese Fearbry commits to Penn State
Penn State landed the top-ranked player from among this season’s WPIAL and City League seniors Sunday when four-star defensive end Tyreese Fearbry of Perry Traditional Academy announced he will enroll in 2022. #weare pic.twitter.com/iEjWsMlp6n— Tyreese Fearbry (@FearbryTyreese) July 4, 2021 Fearbry, ranked No. 13 in Pennsylvania by Rivals.com, has 19...
Penn Hills’ Daemar Kelly joins Philly AAU team for high-end summer competition
Daemar Kelly told Penn Hills basketball coach Chris Giles his goal was to play AAU basketball for Team Final in Philadelphia. Giles had a friend whose son played on one of their younger teams. He was able to put Kelly in touch with the coaches. Then Kelly, who has offers...
Brentwood’s Brendel makes impact on diamond, court, classroom
Riley Brendel was not just an outstanding dual-sport athlete at Brentwood. The recent graduate also hit the books with passion. Brendel earned the Senior Scholar Athlete Award at Brentwood for the 2020-21 school year, thanks mainly to his commendable GPA of 3.97. Brendel was the male recipient. Bailey Wertz was...
Senior trio makes impact on Baldwin softball program
There were only three seniors — Beatrice Cook, Lindsay Bonetti and Olivia Los — on the Baldwin softball team this year. Cook, a transfer from Brentwood, was a three-year starter in the outfield. Bonetti was a three-year starter at second base. Los, a first baseman/outfielder, played right field this season....
Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Pharoh Fisher, Serra Catholic
The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 22 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. So what separates Pharoh Fisher from the rest of the football players he goes...
Trib HSSN Head of the Class: Softball Player and Coach of the Year for each classification
Whether their school had students in the classroom or virtually this spring, there is a special seat up front reserved for these standout performers and coaches in the return to the softball diamonds. Trib HSSN salutes all of the players and coaches for their great work in the return of...
Trib HSSN Head of the Class: Baseball Player and Coach of the Year for each classification
Whether their school had students in the classroom or virtually this spring, there is a special seat up front reserved for these standout performers and coaches in the return to the baseball field. Trib HSSN salutes all players and coaches for their great work in the return of spring sports...
Westmoreland high school notes: Hempfield’s Sierk has smarts
Dan Sierk is as much a student of the game as he is a fierce, run-blocking tight end and an edge-turning defensive end. An incoming senior at Hempfield, Sierk is a load at 6-foot-5 and 240 pounds. But it takes more than size and skill to play college football at...
George Guido: Remembering a wild Burrell baseball run
The 2001 Burrell baseball season had a little of everything. Start with a quest for a school-first undefeated regular season, then a game that took three days to complete, three games decided by wild pitches, capped with a trip to the PIAA title game. As that 22-2 team looks back...
Murrysville Star notebook: Local volleyball team headed to nationals
The Westmoreland Elite 17 Black volleyball team qualified for the USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Tournament, which was set to begin Saturday in Las Vegas. The team, coached by Greg Lockley, consists of Sydney Andrews (Penn-Trafford), Rebecca Hess (Greensburg Central Catholic), Julia Kubera (Franklin Regional), Anna Novak (Burrell), Isabella Panasko...
Large crop of Bethel Park baseball, softball players headed to college diamonds
The senior class on Bethel Park’s PIAA championship and WPIAL runner-up baseball team will be well represented on college diamonds next spring. They include pitcher Eric Chalus (Kent State), catcher/infielder Sawyer D’Andrea (Bethany), pitcher Jimmy Gasper (Saint Vincent), outfielder Shane Hamel (Penn State Wilkes-Barre), outfielder Larry Kusan (Davis and Elkins)...
State championship might be just the beginning for Bethel Park baseball
Eric Chalus, the winning pitcher in the 2021 PIAA Class 5A championship game, was one of three seniors in Bethel Park’s starting lineup along with center fielder Shane Hamel and first baseman Zack Sackett. Next season, the Black Hawks will have starters returning at almost every position, starting with pitcher...
Chartiers Valley lacrosse beats odds to have memorable season
Overcoming great odds. It is the stuff of lore that has been the focus of many Hollywood scripts. It also could be the theme for the 2021 Chartiers Valley boys lacrosse team. What started as a season of major roster concerns ended with success in the regular season, the district...
Hampton grad competes at U.S. Open qualifier, NCAA tournament in golf season to remember
Hampton graduate Ben Huber this spring was part of the best golf team in Carnegie Mellon history and struggled to an 80th-place finish at an event in Columbus, Ohio. He will remember both just as fondly. Three weeks after helping CMU to a program-best fourth-place finish at the 2021 NCAA...
Kathy McConnell-Miller leaves Trinity bench for college basketball job
Kathy McConnell-Miller is returning to the college coaching ranks after two seasons with the Trinity girls basketball team. Gulf Coast State, a junior college in Panama City, Fla., announced Thursday it had hired McConnell-Miller as women’s basketball coach. She couldn’t be reached but Trinity athletic director Ricci Rich confirmed McConnell-Miller...
