Sports
A-K Valley bowling preview: Kiski Area boys hope to draw from experience
December 16, 2018
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
PIHL Team of the Week: West Allegheny defense best in league
The saying andquot;defense wins championshipsandquot; is talked about in most sports. It's a point of emphasis for most sports teams at the high school level, especially on the rink, as defense can lead to good forechecking and goals on the opposite end of the ice. That rings true for the
High school scores, schedules for Dec. 15, 2018
December 15, 2018
High schools Basketball Boys Saturday's results WPIAL Highland School (Va.) Shootout Central Catholic 77, Veritas Collegiate 55 The Clash At New Castle Butler 80, Canfield (Ohio) 69 Farrell 70, Neshannock 68 Kennedy Catholic 70, Firt Love Christian 53 New Castle 93, Freeport 60 Indiana vs. Shenango (n) The Clash II
High school roundup for Dec. 15, 2018: Hempfield edges Belle Vernon in OT
Drew Coletta's layup with 1 minute, 15 seconds remaining in overtime gave Hempfield the lead for good as the host Spartans beat Belle Vernon, 80-76, at the Westmoreland County Coaches Association Shootout. Jules Nicholls scored a game-high 28 points for Hempfield (4-1). Christian Zilli added 14, Coletta had 12 andThree Franklin Regional wrestlers win at King of the Mountain tournament
Franklin Regional had three wrestlers win titles Saturday at the King of the Mountain tournament at Central Mountain High School. Carter Dibert (106 pounds), Colton Camacho (132) and Mason Spears (138) were winners for Franklin Regional. The Panthers finished fifth in the team standings and had five placewinners. Freshman Finn
WPIAL boys basketball rankings for week of Dec. 16, 2018
Rankings Boys basketball Class 6A Team, record, previous 1. Latrobe, 4-0, 2 2. Butler, 4-0, 3 3. Upper St. Clair, 4-0, -- 4. Pine-Richland, 2-2, 1 5. Mt. Lebanon, 3-1, 4 Out: Canon-McMillan (2-2, 5) Class 5A 1. Mars, 3-0, 1 2. Moon, 4-0, 3 3. Penn Hills, 2-1, 2
McCoy’s dunk sparks Greensburg Salem in win versus Jeannette
With widened eyes, Shamar McCoy saw the ball into his grasp, secured it tightly and trampolined upward. The delicate pass inside from sophomore Christian McGowan was just as sweet as McCoy's finish: a two-handed stuff early in the fourth quarter that helped reshape the game for Greensburg Salem in a
Class 6A Latrobe too much for Valley
Both coaches agreed games like this matter. For the winner, especially, so does the outcome. Bryce Butler scored 15 points, and Ryan Sickenberger added 13 to lead unbeaten Latrobe to a 75-46 victory over Valley on Saturday at the Westmoreland County Coaches' Association Showcase at Hempfield. Latrobe (5-0), ranked No.
Lowe’s buzzer-beater lifts Monessen over Burrell
Taylon Lowe spent fewer than two seconds on the court Saturday as Monessen faced Burrell at the Westmoreland County Coaches Association Showcase. But the Greyhounds junior guard made the most of it. Monessen inbounded after a timeout with 1.7 seconds left and the score tied, and Lowe found the ball
Norwin boys use strong second half to pull away from Kiski Area
Sensing the need for a spark coming out of halftime, Norwin coach Lynn Washowich turned to a defense he hadn't used all season. The switch changed the tempo and changed the game, as Norwin rallied from a five-point halftime deficit for a 62-46 win over Kiski Area on Saturday in
Westmoreland notebook: Franklin Regional’s Jackson taking talents to Miami
Franklin Regional senior golfer Palmer Jackson had a summer and fall to remember as he qualified for various high-level events at some of the top courses in the country. His All-American tour continues this week in Florida -- with more global flavor -- as he plays in the prestigious South
WPIAL girls basketball rankings for week of Dec. 16, 2018
Rankings Girls basketball Class 6A Team, record, previous 1. North Allegheny, 4-0, 1 2. Peters Township, 4-0, 2 3. Bethel Park, 4-0, 3 4. Norwin, 4-0, 4 5. Seneca Valley, 5-0, -- Out: Mt. Lebanon (2-2, 5) Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 3-0, 1 2. Mars, 4-0, 2 3. Oakland
