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High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 11, 2020
Basketball Boys Friday’s results WPIAL Neshannock tournament Semifinals Neshannock 73, Moniteau 43 Mercyhurst Prep 74, Shenango 50 Championship Neshannock 57, Mercyhurst Prep 43 Consolation Shenango 75, Moniteau 51 Nonsection Seton LaSalle 54, Beaver 39 Brentwood 58, Northgate 28 Brownsville 35, Chartiers-Houston 32 Butler 82, Latrobe 72 Chartiers Valley 64, Penn...
Chartiers Valley girls keep winning streak alive with win over game Baldwin squad
Chartiers Valley waited exactly nine months to pick up their 59th consecutive victory toward breaking a state record winning streak. Now the Colts will have to wait another four weeks before attempting to win No. 60. The top-ranked girls Class 5A team in the district and the state bottled up...
Penn-Trafford fits in basketball sweep before sports shutdownVideo
One and done. Before the big pause, Penn-Trafford’s basketball teams opened the season Friday with a doubleheader — the only games the Warriors will play in 2020. The girls took on Sto-Rox and the boys entertained North Allegheny in Harrison City. In between games, a sparse crowd — about 10%...
Oakland Catholic girls hold off spirited Fox Chapel rallyVideo
The Fox Chapel girls basketball team gave host Oakland Catholic all it could handle in a nonsection game Friday night. The Foxes rallied from a double-digit deficit in the first half and were within two possessions heading into the fourth quarter, but the Eagles held off a final Fox Chapel...
Greensburg Salem wrestling downs Southmoreland in match before hiatusVideo
When Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf decided to put high school and recreational youth athletics on a three-week hiatus and the Monroeville Mat Madness wrestling tournament was canceled, Southmoreland athletic director and wrestling coach Dan Boring went to work. With the governor’s mandate going into effect at midnight Saturday, Boring didn’t...
Fox Chapel gets a win over Hampton before three-week shutdown
Before his team met Hampton on Friday for its only game in the next three weeks, Fox Chapel boys basketball coach Zach Skrinjar wrote a message on the whiteboard. It was a simple question mark. Big and bold. “We always have a last word before the game, and our last...
St. Joseph girls ‘all-in’ on playing opener, lose to Neshannock
St. Joseph girls basketball coach Dennis Jones said there was no question his team wanted to take the court Friday to open its season less than 24 hours after Gov. Tom Wolf announced high school sports would shut down for four weeks as part of covid-19 mitigation efforts. “The girls...
PIAA doesn’t anticipate ‘pause’ becoming lengthy shutdown
PIAA executive director Bob Lombardi said he doesn’t believe this “pause” of interscholastic sports will drag on for months like the shutdown last spring. “I take them for their word that it’s a pause,” Lombardi said Friday, a day after Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration halted practices and contests statewide until...
Schedules altered as WPIAL high school basketball season tips off
Welcome to opening day of the 2020-21 winter sports season. Also, welcome to the final night of high school sports for 2020. In a year of strangeness, this seems about right. With many contests set for the tip off of the boys and girls high school basketball campaign Friday, the...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 10, 2020
WPIAL Basketball Boys Friday’s schedule Note: Games subject to postponement/cancellation after Thursday’s announcement that high school sports will be paused for three weeks effective Saturday. Nonconference Clairton at Charleroi, 3 p.m. Hampton at Fox Chapel, 3:30 p.m. Charleroi at Thomas Jefferson, 4 p.m. Sewickley Academy at New Brighton, 5 p.m....
High school roundup for Dec. 10, 2020: South Park hockey rallies past Blackhawk
Justin Mettrick had a goal and three assists as South Park defeated Blackhawk, 7-4, in PIHL Class A nonsection hockey Thursday night. South Park (3-1-0) rallied from an early 2-0 hole with six straight goals. Nathan Podolak added a goal and an assist. Connor Stewart, Ted Hoffman, Colin Riberich, Doug...
Trib HSSN 2020-21 WPIAL Class A girls basketball preseason breakdown
Getting to the WPIAL girls basketball finals will take more dedication and focus than ever this season. Teams will have to navigate an invisible opponent in covid-19 that could test them more than a section rival. But the reward of a WPIAL championship will drive girls basketball teams across Western...
Trib HSSN 2020-21 WPIAL Class A boys basketball preseason breakdown
This will surely be a boys basketball season like no other. WPIAL teams saw their seasons stalled by a three-week pause that starts Saturday, a schedule change unlikely to be the last as the year progresses. Teams all have hopes of hoisting a WPIAL championship trophy in March, much like...
A-K Valley teams disappointed, not shocked by high school sports shutdownVideo
Over the past few weeks, coaches, athletes and administrators from around the Alle-Kiski Valley have been battling the unknown. With the coronavirus pandemic looming large and cases continuing to spike in Allegheny and Westmoreland County, the outlook for the winter sports looked bleak and teams were preparing for the worst....
Gov. Wolf shuts down interscholastic, recreational sports until Jan. 4
With covid-19 cases increasing statewide, Gov. Tom Wolf “paused” interscholastic and recreational sports Thursday, one day before high school teams were scheduled to start their winter schedules. Once the order takes effect Saturday, teams cannot practice or compete until Jan. 4. College and professional sports were allowed to continue. “The...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 9, 2020
Hockey Thursday’s schedule Class AAA Cathedral Prep at North Allegheny at Baierl Ice Complex, 9 p.m.; Canon-McMillan at Bethel Park at Spencer Family YMCA, 9 p.m. Class AA Shaler at Armstrong at Belmont Ice Complex, 7 p.m.; West Allegheny at Mars at Baierl Ice Complex, 9:10 p.m. Class A South...
Trib HSSN 2020-21 WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball preseason breakdown
This will surely be a boys basketball season like no other. WPIAL teams are set to tip off Friday and embark on a masked journey through a schedule likely to change many times as the year progresses. Teams all have hopes of hoisting a WPIAL championship trophy in March, much...
Trib HSSN 2020-21 WPIAL Class 2A girls basketball preseason breakdown
Getting to the WPIAL girls basketball finals will take more dedication and focus than ever this season. Teams will have to navigate an invisible opponent in covid-19 that could test them more than a section rival. But the reward of a WPIAL championship will drive girls basketball teams across Western...
After a down year, Kiski Area wrestling looking to prove it belongs among Class AAA elite
The Kiski Area wrestling team might have fallen short in many areas last season, and the Cavaliers might have lost a ton of talent, but don’t expect them to be anything short of motivated entering a season like no other. They might be battling a pandemic while battling their opponents,...
Hempfield could emerge as top contender to Waynesburg’s throne on WPIAL Class AAA mats
Is there any team in the WPIAL that can defeat No. 1-ranked Waynesburg? Hempfield coach Vince DeAugustine isn’t sure, but he hopes his team gets a chance later this season. The Spartans are ranked No. 2 in the Tribune-Review preseason rankings, and DeAugustine feels a real battle is brewing for...
State soccer player of year is Mars’ Ellie Coffield; Anthony DiFalco, Sarah Schupansky join her as All-Americans
Because the covid-19 pandemic cut down on postgame ceremonies and awards banquets, Mars senior soccer star Ellie Coffield probably is going to get a lot of trophies, medals and other hardware in the mail. If the pieces all arrive the same day, the postal worker or delivery person might need...
Highlands girls basketball excited about prospects for new season
The Highlands girls basketball team is ready to surprise people this season. With a young roster featuring just one senior, coach Courtney Udanis is excited about what her team might be able to do. “We have a really good group of freshmen coming up, and we’re pretty ecstatic, especially after...
Class AAA wrestlers to watch on WPIAL mats this season
Carter Dibert, Franklin Regional The senior was a PIAA champion in 2019 and a WPIAL champion in 2020. Dibert (115-25, 42-3) placed third in the state in 2020 and was a WPIAL runner-up in 2019. Mac Stout, Mt. Lebanon The junior was a PIAA runner-up in 2020 after winning his...
Boys basketball preview: Highlands ready to take on challenges
The Highlands boys basketball team is ready for the challenge. Multiple challenges actually. On Monday night, Highlands School District reversed a decision it made earlier this month and approved winter sports to move forward after recently delaying them until mid-January. So the Golden Rams are behind in terms of preparing...
Teams to watch in WPIAL Class AAA wrestling this season
No. 1 — Waynesburg The Raiders finished second in the state to Nazareth in 2020 and return 13 starters. Zander Phaturos, who attended Liberty High School in Peoria, was a 113-pound champ in Arizona. He is the second wrestler to transfer to Waynesburg from another state. Wyatt Henson, the PIAA...
