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Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week for Week 10
In hockey, they call it the spin-a-rama. The action of making a full turn while skating with the puck. Central Valley junior running back Landon Alexander turned Martorelli Stadium into his personal ice rink Friday in helping his team to a second straight WPIAL Class 3A football championship. Alexander spun,...
This week’s broadcasts on Trib HSSN
As the fall sports seasons winds down, the focus is on the PIAA football, soccer, volleyball and field hockey state playoffs this week only on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Week 11 of the high school football season features the five remaining WPIAL football champions as they hit the...
After ‘unbelievable’ win against Clairton, Jeannette must turn focus to next opponent
It took a day, but Jeannette football coach Roy Hall started to recognize what his team accomplished Saturday in the WPIAL Class A championship game. What Jeannette did to Clairton is something the Bears usually do to opponents: The Jayhawks smashed them. Jeannette (9-1) took advantage of six Clairton turnovers...
Greensburg CC girls soccer hopes to keep rolling toward state title game
Greensburg Central Catholic is 17-0 and sits a victory away from the girls state soccer championship game in Hershey. But first-year coach Olivia Kruger said her team still might have its best game ahead. Or, at least one of its best games. Kruger looks for improvements each time GCC plays,...
PIAA releases sites, times for soccer, volleyball, field hockey semifinals
The PIAA has released the sites and times for Tuesday’s semifinal matches in boys and girls soccer, girls volleyball and field hockey. WPIAL champions opened the PIAA postseason strong in all three sports, going a combined 12-0 in state quarterfinal matches in boys soccer, girls soccer and girls volleyball Saturday...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Hockey team opens with win
Penn-Trafford opened the 2020-21 season Nov. 5 by defeating Mars, 3-2, in Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League action. Ryan Crombie’s goal in the third period snapped a 2-2 tie. The Warriors also got goals from Nick Loughner and Bennett Dupilka. Penn-Trafford dropped its next game, falling to Hempfield, 5-1. The Warriors...
Promising season ends with one-point loss for Gateway football
Gateway’s bid for a second straight WPIAL Class 5A championship and third title in four seasons came to an end by the slimmest of margins in the semifinals Nov. 6. The Gators and Peters Township now have played two one-point games the past two years. Last year, Gateway won 21-20...
Penn-Trafford football season ends a little earlier than hoped
Penn-Trafford’s football season ended a little earlier than it planned. The Warriors (6-2) saw their season end with a 49-14 loss at No. 1 Pine-Richland in the WPIAL semifinals. Their losses were to the two WPIAL Class 5A finalists. Peters Township edged Penn-Trafford, 24-21, in the second game of the...
Seniors help build foundation for upstart Redeemer Lutheran volleyball program
Four years ago, Nathan Loewe started up a girls volleyball team at Redeemer Lutheran with a handful of players who had very limited experience with the sport. After a couple of seasons filled with learning basic skills, the Rams found themselves on the doorstep of the final for their conference...
Gateway’s Emma Kennedy commits to Slippery Rock for softball
Emma Kennedy is a rock behind the plate for her high school and club softball teams. Now, the Gateway senior hopes to be rock solid for The Rock at the next level. Kennedy will soon realize a dream of playing college softball. She finalized a commitment last Wednesday to join...
Despite hard-luck finish, Shaler cross country team pleased with season
Tyler Paszkowski positioned himself perfectly during the WPIAL Class AAA championship race Oct. 29 at White Oak Park. The Shaler junior was in the lead pack, positioned around 10th place, alongside a runner from Butler. Everything was going as Paszkowski hoped. “Right off the start, I felt super strong and...
Shaler volleyball shows mettle in WPIAL finals loss to North Allegheny
Mia Schubert’s furious third set showed the Shaler girls volleyball team wasn’t ready to melt. The Titans junior outside hitter put away seven of her team-high 16 kills during the third set, ensuring the WPIAL Class 4A championship at Chartiers Valley High School would last a little longer. While undefeated...
Jump to Class 2A had benefits for Brentwood volleyball
Records can sometimes be deceiving. Brentwood’s girls volleyball team finished 3-10 this season. Two of the wins came in Section 2-2A. “Our record did not reflect our talent this year, especially moving from A to 2A,” coach Kayla Hubsch said. “(Class) 2A volleyball is much more competitive, which we actually...
Baldwin volleyball shows competitiveness during difficult season
It was a season unlike any others in the Baldwin girls volleyball program. First, there was the coronavirus pandemic to deal with. Then, after the Highlanders incorporated proper precautions to the virus, they were not able to find their mojo on the court. Baldwin finished 3-9 in Section 2-4A and...
Sewickley Academy hockey looking to build momentum
For a majority of the 2019-20 PIHL season, Sewickley Academy was on the losing end of things. The Panthers were 0-16, losing only three of those by two goals or fewer. But, as the season neared its end, the Panthers started to settle into a rhythm and won two of...
WPIAL football champions learn opponents, locations for PIAA quarterfinals
The PIAA has released the dates, sites and times for the semifinal football games coming up Friday and Saturday. Of the five WPIAL champions crowned this past weekend, two will be home, one will be playing at the home site of their opponent and two will play at neutral sites....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 14, 2020
Field hockey PIAA playoffs Class 3A Quarterfinals Saturday’s result Emmaus 11, Honesdale 0 Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Emmaus at Central Bucks East, 2:30 p.m.; Pine-Richland at Central Dauphin, 5 p.m. Class 2A Quarterfinals Saturday’s results Archbishop Carroll 2, Villa Maria Academy 1 Southern Lehigh 1, Crestwood 0 (forfeit) Selinsgrove 3, Penn-Trafford...
Pine-Richland routs Peters Township, wins WPIAL championship in 5th classificationVideo
Pine-Richland already had WPIAL football titles in Class 2A, 3A, 4A and 6A, and after a dominant performance on Saturday, the Rams added 5A to the list. The top-seeded Rams rolled to a 35-0 win over Peters Township in the Class 5A championship game at North Allegheny’s Newman Stadium. Pine-Richland...
GCC boys soccer barely brushes off Rockwood in PIAA Class A quarterfinalsVideo
As he answered questions in a postgame interview, Greensburg Central Catholic boys soccer coach Tyler Solis was innocently interrupted by his pint-sized son, Bastian. “Did we win daddy?” the big-eyed 4-year-old asked. “Yes, we did, buddy,” dad replied. “Where’s the trophy?” Bastian added, before giggling and running off. The trophy...
Beaver Falls races past Sto-Rox to win fifth WPIAL championshipVideo
Beaver Falls used its vast array of weapons Saturday to secure its fifth WPIAL football title. Josh Hough and Trey Singleton each ran for over 100 yards and the Tigers defense turned a pair of turnovers into scores as Beaver Falls came away with a 43-30 victory over Sto-Rox in...
High school roundup for Nov. 14, 2020: North Allegheny rolls into state semifinals in volleyball, girls soccer
Paige Miller had seven kills and Paige Morningstar added five aces and 25 assists as three-time defending state champion North Allegheny began its PIAA Class 4A girls volleyball playoff run with a 3-0 victory over McDowell on Saturday. The Tigers (16-0) rolled 25-8, 25-8, 25-12. Mia Tuman and Ella Deeter...
Westmoreland notebook: Belle Vernon’s Henderson has a sport for all seasons
Grace Henderson is one of those rare, multisport athletes who can impact more than one sport in the same season. She also has been known to affect the outcome of multiple sporting events over a few days time. She might win a cross country meet one day and contribute to...
Gretz guides GCC girls soccer to early lead, into PIAA Class A semifinals
Some day in the near future, Tatum Gretz hopes to be scoring goals in the Big East for Villanova. She has been committed since she was a freshman. Until then, she will continue to fill up the net in big playoff games for Greensburg Central Catholic. The standout junior midfielder...
Top-seeded Westinghouse beats Allderdice to defend City League football championship
Westinghouse is once again the City League football champion, but not without being put to a test unlike any other this season. The Bulldogs gave up the first two touchdowns of the game after allowing just two in their first six contests, but they charged back with 30 unanswered points...
Franklin Regional volleyball impresses with straight-sets win in PIAA quarterfinals
There is a thing or two about his girls volleyball team coach Mike Feorene might wish he could change. It’s just Feorene doesn’t feel the need to tinker much amid another season of thrills at Franklin Regional. When you’re shooting for a state championship, you must be doing things right....
