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Trib HSSN state football rankings for Dec. 1, 2020
The 2020 high school football campaign is complete, and it goes in the record books as a season like no other. Right when most teams would be preparing for a Week Zero contest in late August, there were major concerns that there would not even be high school football this...
Girls basketball preview: With top scorers back, excitement grows at Knoch
It’s a new year for the Knoch girls basketball team, and the Knights have a lot to be excited about. After going 17-7 a year ago and making a trip to the WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinals, the Knights return four of their top six scorers and have a ton of...
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week: Central Valley
Mark Lyons had been to the top of the WPIAL mountain top four times, including each of the last two years. But as time expired in the 2020 PIAA Class 3A championship game, the only coach in the 11-year history of Central Valley football felt something completely different. “You’re in...
Boys basketball preview: With new head coach, Knoch might look a little different
The Knoch boys basketball team will look a lot different in 2020. After former coach Ron McNabb stepped down in the offseason, Freeport grad Alan Bauman took over the program for his first varsity head coaching job and is looking to continue the success Knoch has had in recent years....
7 players named all-conference for both offense, defense on Big 8 football team
Belle Vernon’s Devin Whitlock and McKeesport’s Colin Lyons were among seven players who earned first-team all-conference honors on both sides of the football in the Class 4A Big Eight. Along with first-team honors, Whitlock was named as the conference’s top offensive player and Lyons earned the defensive award in a...
Aliquippa, Chartiers Valley lead all-conference football team in Parkway
Aliquippa’s Vernon Redd and Chartiers Valley’s Anthony Collura earned all-conference honors on both sides of the football in the Class 4A Parkway. Along with first-team honors, Redd was named the conference’s offensive MVP and Collura earned the defensive award in a vote of coaches. Aliquippa and Chartiers Valley claimed eight...
Plum earns 10 all-conference picks after undefeated record in Greater Allegheny
Plum celebrated its first undefeated regular season since 1977, an accomplishment that was rewarded in the all-conference voting by Greater Allegheny coaches. The Mustangs had 10 players earn first-team honors, and Matt Morgan was named the conference’s top coach. Plum’s list of first-team players included Rocco Caprara, Evan Azzara, Ryan...
Legendary 1959 Braddock football team to be featured on big screen
One of the WPIAL’s most storied football teams will soon have a cinematic presence. Plans are in the works for a movie about the 1959 Braddock Tigers, who won their sixth consecutive WPIAL football title with the backdrop of a four-month, nationwide steelworkers strike that affected the small town and...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 30, 2020
Hockey Monday’s results Class AAA Seneca Valley at Pine-Richland, ppd. Class AA Baldwin 8, Moon 0 Montour 6, Meadville 4 Class A Chartiers Valley 4, North Hills 3 Class B Bishop Canevin 5, Avonworth 0 Carrick 10, Elizabeth Forward 5 Tuesday’s schedule Class AA Latrobe at Penn-Trafford at Center Ice...
High school roundup for Nov. 30, 2020: Chartiers Valley hockey rallies past North Hills
Jackson Fodor, Greg Kraemer and Ryan Kantner scored in the final seven minutes of the game to lead Chartiers Valley to a 4-3 comeback win over North Hills in a PIHL Class A Southwest game Monday night. Roman Rennebeck had a goal and an assist as North Hills (2-1-0) took...
Girls basketball preview: Latrobe loaded with veteran talent
The 2021 senior class at Latrobe includes four girls basketball players who represent the first group to play the sport at the seventh-grade level when the current coaching staff, led by sixth-year coach Mark Burkhardt, took over the program in 2015. As a result, Latrobe’s varsity roster is loaded with...
PIAA savors fall season completed against all odds
There was cause to celebrate, but PIAA executive director Bob Lombardi probably didn’t spike the football or exchange high-fives after the state championships finished Saturday night. A high school football season that seemed doomed from the start, a season opposed by no less than the governor himself, made it all...
Boys basketball preview: Kiski Area hopes preseason competition leads to in-season success
Opportunity was a main theme as the Kiski Area boys basketball team began preseason practices Nov. 23. Three starters from last season — 6-foot-7 forward Jason Baker (Legacy Early College charter school in South Carolina), and guards Kyrell Hutcherson (North Allegheny) and Joe Lukas (Kiski Prep) — transferred in the...
Girls basketball preview: Kiski Area forced to adapt after injury sidelines top sophomore
Lexi Colaianni made the most of her freshman season with the Kiski Area varsity girls basketball team. Colaianni averaged 8.5 points through 22 games last year, tops among all underclassmen on the team. Cavaliers coach Nick Dizon said she worked hard in the offseason with hopes of raising her game...
Boys basketball preview: Latrobe looks for return to winning ways
Latrobe boys basketball has seen its share of success under longtime coach Brad Wetzel, who has experienced just four losing seasons since taking over the program in 2002-03. The Wildcats enter the current campaign, though, hoping to erase the memory of one of those off years that resulted in a...
Penn-Trafford leads all-conference picks on Big East football team
Penn-Trafford quarterback Ethan Carr was among 10 teammates who earned first-team all-conference honors, and Warriors coach John Ruane earned Coach of the Year honors in the Class 5A Big East this season. Carr was joined by Penn-Trafford players Joe Spadaro, Declan Ochendowski, Cole Darragh, Cade Yacamelli, Chase Vecchio, Tom Wilkie,...
Central Catholic leads WPIAL Class 6A all-conference football team
WPIAL champion Central Catholic had eight players earn first-team all-conference honors in Class 6A, including running back Eddy Tillman, who led the largest classification in rushing. Also, Central Catholic’s Terry Totten was named Coach of the Year in 6A after the Vikings won back-to-back WPIAL titles. Joining Tillman were teammates...
Pine-Richland earns 12 all-conference spots on Northeast football team
A dozen Pine-Richland players earned first-team all-conference honors in the Class 5A Northeast, including the record-setting combination of quarterback Cole Spencer and receiver Eli Jochem. The Rams won WPIAL and PIAA titles this season under coach Eric Kasperowicz, who was named Coach of the Year in the conference. Pine-Richland had...
Peters Township tops Allegheny 6 all-conference football team
Peters Township reached the WPIAL finals for the second year in a row and was rewarded with eight first-team spots on the Allegheny Six all-conference team. Indians coach T.J. Plack, who guided the team to an 8-1 record, earned coach of the year honors in the Class 5A Allegheny Six...
Belle Vernon baseball standout Garrett Greco commits to Gardner-Webb
Though Tony Watson has only been at the helm of the Belle Vernon baseball program for a short time, he’s been around senior Garrett Greco long enough to see how hard he’s worked to get to where he is today. “I’ve watched him develop into a Division I ball player,...
PIHL standings through Nov. 29, 2020
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday, Nov. 29. Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points Class AAA North Allegheny, 3-1-0 = 6 Peters Township, 3-1-0 = 6 Mt. Lebanon, 2-1-0 = 4 Pine-Richland, 2-1-0 = 4 Seneca Valley, 2-1-0 = 4...
Trib HSSN Player of the Week: Eli Jochem, Pine-RichlandVideo
Pine-Richland has had great contributions from many players in finishing 11-0 and capturing district and state championships for the second time in school history. When it came to the Rams’ high-powered passing attack, they had a dynamic duo. If last week’s HSSN Player of the Week, senior quarterback Cole Spencer...
Boys basketball preview: Jeannette has deep, experienced roster, hopes to avoid slow start
If the Jeannette boys basketball team can duplicate the success of the football team, then the Jayhawks could be looking at a long season. That’s what veteran coach Adrian Batts is hoping for. The elder statesman of Section 3-2A is looking forward to the season. With four starters returning, a...
Westmoreland high school notebook: FR golfer Tragesser picks Rhode Island
Chuck Tragesser always knew he wanted to play golf collegiately. But he was unsure of where or what level. He just knew he had the game to compete at a higher level and waited for an opportunity to come along. The Franklin Regional senior had a breakout year, one that...
Girls basketball preview: Jeannette ready to make WPIAL playoff push
When Jonathan Bass took over the Jeannette girls basketball program in 2018, he was hoping to have things turned around in three years. This is the start of his third season at Jeannette, and Bass feels things are on the right track. Even though Jeannette is coming off a 4-18...
