Sports
Oakland Catholic, area student-athletes honored as 2021 Positive Athlete award winners
June 26, 2021
Positivity wasn’t the easiest character trait to maintain over the past year.
Norwin long snapper Xander Smith garnering national attention
Xander Smith is chasing a dream to play college football at the highest level possible.
South Hills Record notebook: Senior sees potential in Baldwin softball squad
June 25, 2021
Catching up with some notebook items from the grounds of the Baldwin and Thomas Jefferson athletic programs:
2-sport standouts named Brentwood’s top athletes
Nine seniors, four juniors, three sophomores and one freshman landed individual or team honors in 2020-21 at Brentwood.
Norwin long snapper Xander Smith garnering national attention
Xander Smith is chasing a dream to play college football at the highest level possible.
North Allegheny baseball appreciates contribution of seniors, looks to bright future
North Allegheny’s Cole Young shared hugs and handshakes with teammates near the first base dugout at Penn State’s baseball field, season-ending thank yous to the seniors whose high school careers were ending there.
Summer league basketball gives Hampton chance to build chemistry
High school basketball season is still five months away, but the Hampton boys are getting a running start.
Hampton football carries momentum into offseason program
Success is becoming contagious for the Hampton football team.
After appeal, Latrobe’s Hanna Green makes finals in 800 at U.S. Olympic trials
After an appeal, Latrobe’s Hanna Green advanced to the finals in the 800-meter run at the U.S. Olympic team trials Friday in Eugene, Ore.
Hempfield’s Williams, Latrobe’s Green advance at U.S. Olympic trials
June 24, 2021
Bridget (Guy) Williams is headed to the U.S. Olympic trials women’s pole vault finals after clearing 14 feet, 9 inches during qualifying Thursday in Eugene, Ore.
Trib 10: 4 WPIAL teams win state gold, top final power rankings
A record 10 WPIAL baseball and softball teams advanced to Penn State last week to play for a PIAA championship.
Boys basketball coach Buddy Valinsky resigns at Norwin
June 23, 2021
Norwin boys basketball coach Buddy Valinsky resigned Wednesday after two seasons on the job.
Hempfield grads, lifelong friends chase Olympic dreams together
They were neighbors in the Heather Ridge plan of Hempfield Township with adjacent backyards.
Trib HSSN Final State Baseball Rankings for June 23, 2021
Six teams have been crowned state champion as the 2021 high school baseball season is now in the books.
Trib HSSN Final State Softball Rankings for June 22, 2021
June 22, 2021
A year after great disappointment over the lost 2020 spring season, the 2021 high school softball season concluded on a great high after six PIAA champions were crowned.
Shady Side Academy’s Warden captures WPGA Junior title in a playoff
It wasn’t the way Weston Warden would have preferred to win the Western Pennsylvania Golf Association’s 101st Junior Championship Tuesday, but he’ll take it.
Penn-Trafford’s Cade Yacamelli commits to Wisconsin
June 21, 2021
When Cade Yacamelli visited the University of Wisconsin this past weekend, he said it felt like home.
Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week for June 21, 2021
New Castle finished the regular season 10-9 overall with its longest winning streak being two victories in a row, twice.
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week for June 21, 2021
Bethel Park used the one-two punch of senior lefty Eric Chalus and sophomore righty Evan Holewinski all season in route to a Section 4-5A title, a runner-up trophy in the WPIAL playoffs and the Black Hawks’ first state baseball championship in 33 years.
Mt. Pleasant’s Mary Smithnosky writes fairy-tale ending to pitching career
A future college outfielder, Mary Smithnosky had to reaffirm to herself that she was a pitcher in her final high school softball season.
