Sports
Mars girls persevere in 1st-round win over Woodland Hills
February 19, 2019
The postseason has a way of exposing both the good and bad in teams, and Tuesday night was no exception for Mars girls basketball.
High school scores, schedules for Feb. 19, 2019
High Schools
Peters Township boys use strong 2nd half to take down Penn-Trafford in 1st round
As 8 vs. 9 games go in basketball tournaments, teams are often evenly matched and produce tight games. Outcomes sometimes are as good as coin flips.
Franklin Regional uses big run to secure playoff win over South Fayette
Franklin Regional used a strong third quarter, which included a 16-0 run that carried into the fourth quarter, and pulled away for a 46-35 victory Tuesday against South Fayette in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs at Keystone Oaks.
Short-handed Leechburg girls no match for perennial power Vincentian
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.
