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Trib HSSN PIHL player of the week: Chartiers Valley goalie Logan Marnik
January 20, 2019
It's not often in hockey that a box score shows a goaltender giving up six goals in a loss and both coaches saying the goalie played a great game. It happened Monday in the PIHL, in a game won 6-1 by Bishop McCort, this week's TribLIVE High School Sports Network
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week: Neshannock
For years, TribLive has honored a Player of the Week in girls' basketball and that tradition continues this winter. However, basketball is a team sport. So this winter, we are saluting a WPIAL team of the week. This week's team is tied for first place in Section 1-3A: the Neshannock
Trib HSSN’s PIHL Team of the Week: Bishop McCort
Last year, the Bishop McCort Crimson Crushers won their first Penguins Cup championship since 2005. It was the seventh championship for a program that has one of the toughest travel schedules in the PIHL. Coach John Bradley doesn't allow the travel distance to be an excuse but said it can
Pine-Richland’s Dan Petcash adds first D1 offer
Pine-Richland's Dan Petcash, one of the WPIAL's top scorers, announced his first Division 1 college offer from Binghamton. The 6-foot-4 senior guard averages 21.5 points for Pine-Richland, which ranks second in WPIAL Class 6A. The Rams are 12-2 overall and 5-0 in Section 1. Binghamton competes in the America East.
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week: Laurel’s Caroline Gibson
Caroline Gibson School: Laurel Class: Senior Class 2A girls basketball section leaders Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Serra Catholic and defending champion Bishop Canevin have garnered a lot of attention with their perfect records in section play. But there are a group of teams quietly having strong seasons as
Pine-Richland continues reign atop TribLive PIHL Power Rankings
Every Monday during the 2018-19 PIHL hockey season, the TribLive High School Sports Network releases Power Rankings. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. Here are the rankings for the week of Jan. 21. Overall record includes wins, losses, ties and overtime losses. PIHL TRIB 10 1. Pine-Richland Rams (13-0-0-0) (Last
West Mifflin’s Parrish Parker commits to Robert Morris
West Mifflin's Parrish Parker committed Sunday to Robert Morris, bringing the senior's extended recruiting process to an end. The standout defensive back initially committed to Howard in August before Bison coach Mike London left for William andamp; Mary in November. Parker decommitted and started his recruitment process over. In a
A-K Valley high school sports look-ahead: Week of Jan. 21, 2019
MONDAY Girls basketball: Apollo-Ridge will get a second chance to slow down Class 4A No. 1 North Catholic in a Section 1-4A game. The Vikings (10-4, 4-4) have the second-best defense in the section, allowing 36.5 points per game, but the defending WPIAL champion Trojans (12-1, 8-0) scored 76 in
Westmoreland lookahead for Week of Jan. 21, 2019
MONDAY Girls basketball: Latrobe wants to be taken seriously in the Section 2-5A playoff race and the Wildcats can help their cause with an upset against visiting and No. 3-ranked Oakland Catholic. Hempfield needs to pile up Section 2-6A wins to have a chance at the playoffs and a home
This week on the TribLive High School Sports Network
While we dance around winter weather, the regular season continues in basketball and hockey and the postseason begins in team wrestling this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN continues our WPIAL, District 6 and District 9 boys and girls basketball coverage with nearly 70 games, including
TribHSSN state girls basketball rankings for Week of Jan. 20, 2019
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 with
High school scores, schedules for Jan. 19, 2019
January 19, 2019
High schools Basketball Boys Saturday's results WPIAL MLK Weekend Showcase At Woodland Hills Abington 83, Kiski School 59 Baltimore Polytechnic (Md.) 53, Mt. Zion Christian, (N.C.) 52 Bethel Park 81, Woodland Hills 74 Chester 60, Bishop McDevitt 52 Virginia Academy 79, Wesley Christian (Ky.) 72 Westinghouse 68, Clairton 55 Nonsection
Alle-Kiski high school notebook: Mowry takes over Knoch football
Needing to fulfill a graduation requirement of 2,000 volunteer hours while attending college at Slippery Rock, Brandon Mowry called his former high school football coach Mike King and joined his staff at Knoch as an assistant. And so began a 15-year process that culminated Wednesday with Mowry becoming the eighth
Thomas Jefferson captures 1st Allegheny County Wrestling Tournament team title
Thomas Jefferson coach Michael Ladick didn't get hoisted and carried off the mat after the Jaguars claimed their first Allegheny County Wrestling Tournament team title Saturday at Fox Chapel. Ladick didn't need to. He already was flying high. Thomas Jefferson crowned three champions -- Mike Zacur, Alex Weber and Max
Westmoreland high school notebook: Hempfield tackle Brose drawing D-I looks
Junior Fintan Brose is the next Division I football prospect to watch at Hempfield. He isn't hard to miss. Brose is 6-foot-3 and 280 pounds and is a two-way tackle for the Spartans. His ability to stuff the run and open rushing lanes on offense is paramount for Hempfield. He
GCC’s Geoff Helm quietly tops 1,000-point mark
A scoring milestone came and went with little fanfare, and Geoff Helm liked it that way. Helm, a senior basketball player at Greensburg Central Catholic, discovered Saturday he had scored his 1,000th career point two games ago. The milestone happened during a 64-48 home loss to Clairton on Tuesday. Nobody
Brose-Holler charge video from Latrobe-Hempfield game goes viral
The internet has gotten quite a charge out of a six-second video clip from a Latrobe at Hempfield boys basketball game. A clip of two brawny football lineman playing their second sport like only they can — Latrobe senior Trent Holler taking a vicious charge from Hempfield junior Fintan Brose
A-K Valley girls hoops teams struggle through challenges
John Broderick became something like a college coach in his first two seasons as Springdale's girls basketball coach, leaving his Fox Chapel teaching job at midday to sit in Springdale's cafeteria and recruit players. He had some success but then would find himself in the same position the next year:
PIHL standings through Jan. 19, 2019
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Jan. 19. Check out weekly broadcasts, along with the PIHL Power Play Show at 8 p.m. Wednesdays 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
