Sports
Short-handed Leechburg girls no match for perennial power Vincentian
February 19, 2019
Unaccustomed to entering the playoffs with a sub-.500 record, 11-time WPIAL champion Vincentian showed why it shouldn’t be forgotten at playoff time.
Kiski Area goalkeeper Nick Smith commits to Duquesne soccer
Nick Smith spent two years as Kiski Area’s starting goalkeeper, allowed to pick up the ball when teammates couldn’t, and he took his recruitment into his own hands as well.
District 6 basketball playoffs postponed; Ligonier Valley boys to play Saturday
Ligonier Valley’s District 6 playoff schedule in boys basketball will begin a day later as part of a decision to delay most boys and girls games because of a winter storm warning Wednesday.
A-K Valley Athletes of the Week: Leechburg’s Connor McDermott, Burrell’s Carlee Hummel
Connor McDermottA-K Valley basketball playoff capsules: Games of Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019
Boys
High school wrestling notebook: Seven wrestlers looking for 3rd section title in Class AAA
As the WPIAL Class AA wrestlers head to Indiana this weekend, the Class AAA wrestlers begin their journey toward Hershey.
Westmoreland high school basketball playoff capsules: Games of Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019
Boys basketball
Trib HSSN indiviudal wrestling rankings for week of Feb. 18, 2019
Trib HSSN individual wrestling rankings
George Guido: Rare absence of WPIAL coaches leading NFL teams
For the first time since 1966, no coach from a WPIAL high school will be an NFL head coach this coming season.
Consumer goods companies lead modest rebound in U.S. stocks
U.S. stock indexes turned modestly higher in early afternoon trading Tuesday as solid earnings from Walmart encouraged investors to bid up other retailers and consumer goods companies.
Trib HSSN Wrestling Team of the Week: Derry Trojans
TEAM OF THE WEEK: Derry
Trib HSSN Wrestler of the Week: Frazier’s Thayne Lawrence
WRESTLER OF THE WEEK
WPIAL schedules Aliquippa/Lincoln Park doubleheader at New Castle
Lincoln Park and Aliquippa, the WPIAL’s top seeds in Class 3A boys basketball, can’t meet until the finals.
West Virginia House tables bill that prompted teacher strike
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — This time the teachers’ strike was only hours old when lawmakers acted.
Derry wrestler Baker already a champion after winning battle with cancer
No matter what happens the rest of Jason Baker’s high school wrestling career, he already is a champion.
Shaler defeats McKeesport, celebrates 1st playoff win since ’12
It’s been awhile since this kind of celebration was heard inside Shaler’s locker room.
No. 4 Woodland Hills holds off No. 13 West Allegheny in Class 5A 1st-round victory
February 18, 2019
It was a throwback to a matchup several decades before, be it Michigan State against Indiana or the Celtics facing the Lakers.
Elizabeth Forward girls fend off Knoch to advance
With less than two minutes remaining, No. 5 Elizabeth Forward led No. 12 Knoch by just two, and the Knights seemingly had momentum.
High school scores, schedules for Feb. 18, 2019
High Schools
