Sports
Hopewell hires Rochester’s Weiss as football coach
December 17, 2018
Hopewell hired Rochester assistant Matt Weiss as its new football coach, the school announced Monday. Weiss, a Rochester graduate, coached at his alma mater for the past 10 years. The Rams were WPIAL Class A runners-up this past season. At Hopewell, Weiss replaces Mark Washington, who resigned after four seasons.
WPIAL willing to revert football back to 4 classes
The WPIAL is ready to return football to four classifications, if that's what its membership wants. andquot;Six classifications isn't working in the sport of football, specifically,andquot; executive director Tim O'Malley told the WPIAL board at Monday's meeting in Green Tree. O'Malley recently met with two groups of school administrators --
Nesser makes ‘easy transition’ in return to bench at Yough
Jim Nesser wasn't sure what the future would hold after he coached one boys basketball season at Greensburg Central Catholic. Would he return Would he go elsewhere Would he call it a career Then the Yough job opened and the wheels began to turn. With a little coaxing and some
South Fayette, Chartiers Valley to meet in boys basketball showdown in Tuesday’s 3 things to watch in high school sports
A little over five miles on Thoms Run Road and Oakdale Road separate South Fayette and Chartiers Valley high schools. While this would make for a natural rivalry between two strong basketball programs, Tuesday will be only the fifth section meeting between the two schools. The Lions and Colts are
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week: Woodland Hills’ Keandre Bowles
Keandre Bowles School: Woodland Hills Class: Senior Last year was a breakout season for Woodland Hills. The Wolverines were 20-3 after winning their section before losing back-to-back games in the WPIAL Class 6A semifinals and the first round of the state basketball playoffs. Woodland Hills wants to repeat its dominance
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week: Upper St. Clair Panthers
For years, TribLive has honored a Player of the Week in boys basketball, and that tradition continues this winter. However, it is a team sport. So this winter, we are saluting a team of the week. The first Team of the Week for the week of Dec. 10 is the
6 WPIAL teams earn spot in Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings
The first edition of the TribLive High School Sports Network's PIAA boys basketball rankings feature six WPIAL teams, including two each in both Class 3A and Class 2A. The rankings also include all six defending state champions, including the top two teams in Class 6A. Here is the PIAA Top
Girls basketball: Sewickley Academy meets Rochester in key early-season section contest
The Sewickley Academy and Rochester girls basketball teams are two of three with 1-0 records in Section 1-1A, and the Panthers and Rams meet Monday evening at 7:30 at Rochester. Sewickley Academy, 3-1 overall, captured its section opener last Thursday with a 43-39 victory at Vincentian Academy. It won a
A-K Valley H.S. lookahead: Week of Dec. 17-23
Monday Girls basketball andamp;#8226; Plum and Franklin Regional battled for the last playoff spot from their section down to the final day of the 2017-18 regular season, with Plum securing it. They'll meet in a Section 2-5A game at Franklin Regional, with Plum seeking to shake off a slow start
High school scores, schedules for Dec. 16, 2018
December 16, 2018
High schools Basketball Boys Monday's schedule Class 6A Section 3 Penn-Trafford at Connellsville, 7:30 p.m. Class 5A Section 3 Mars at Franklin Regional, 6 p.m. Nonsection Derry at South Park, 7:30 p.m.; Knoch at Steel Valley, 7:30 p.m.; Latrobe at Allderdice, 7:30 p.m.; Mohawk at Central Valley, 7:30 p.m.; Mt.
PIAA girls basketball rankings for the Week of Dec. 16, 2018
Whether you are a fan of your local district team or you like to know what's going on in girls' high school basketball around Pennsylvania, the TribLive High School Sports Network has you covered this winter. We rank the top WPIAL teams in each class every Sunday and follow up
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week: Beaver Bobcats
For years, TribLive has honored a Player of the Week in girls basketball, and that tradition continues this winter. However, it is a team sport. So this winter, the TribLive High School Sports Network is saluting a team of the week, as well. The first Team of the Week for
A-K Valley bowling preview: Kiski Area boys hope to draw from experience
The postseason has a knack of exposing flaws. An up-and-coming Kiski Area boys bowling team confidently went into Lower Burrell's Wildlife Lanes last February for the 2018 Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Bowling League championships and experienced a first. With 20-plus lanes of high school bowlers competing for a championship, the sounds
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week: Laurel Highlands’ Taylor Smith
Taylor Smith School: Laurel Highlands Class: Junior After making the playoffs in the 2015-16 season, the Laurel Highlands girls basketball program has fallen on hard times. The Mustangs finished 2-20 two years ago and then followed that up with a 3-19 record last winter. But the dawn of a new
Westmoreland H.S. lookahead: Week of Dec. 17-22
Highlights of the week ahead in Westmoreland high school sports: MONDAY Boys basketball: Franklin Regional will get a rematch with Mars when the fourth-ranked Panthers host the No. 1 Planets in Murrysville in Section 3-5A. The teams played each other in the WPIAL championship last year with Mars winning, 54-44.
Pine-Richland leads PIHL Trib 10 power rankings
Every Monday during the 2018-19 PIHL hockey season, the TribLive High School Sports Network will release weekly Power Rankings. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. Here are the ranking for the week of Dec. 16: Overall record includes wins, losses, ties and overtime losses. PIHL TRIB 10 1. Pine-Richland (10-0-0-0)
PIHL standings through Dec. 16, 2018
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Dec. 16. Check out weekly broadcasts, along with the PIHL Power Play Show at 8 p.m. Wednesdsay at TribHSSN.TribLive.com. Exclusive coverage of the 2019 PIHL Penguins Cup hockey playoffs can be heard and viewed in March on the TribLive High
High school sports broadcasts on tap this week on Trib HSSN
Twas the week before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring as everybody was listening to winter scholastic sports on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN continues WPIAL, District 6 and District 9 boys and girls basketball coverage with the start of WPIAL boys
Norwin’s Jayvon Thrift decommits from Youngstown State
Jayvon Thrift is not a quarterback, but the senior from Norwin is calling an audible. And he's going into a hurry-up offense with the clock ticking. Just three days from National Signing Day, the senior safety made a surprising revelation Sunday on social media that he is decommitting from Youngstown
PIHL Player of the Week: Montour’s Ritchy Froehlich Jr.
Oh Captain, My Captain. Whether it's a quote from the movie andquot;Dead Poet's Society,andquot; or describing the play of the captain of the highest-scoring team in the PIHL, the picture is the same. It's the senior captain of the Montour Spartans standing above the rest as the first Trib HSSN
