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This week on the TribLive High School Sports Network
January 20, 2019
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
WPIAL girls basketball rankings for week of Jan. 20, 2019
Rankings Girls basketball Class 6A 1. North Allegheny, 15-0, 1 2. Peters Township, 13-0, 2 3. Bethel Park, 12-1, 3 4. Norwin, 13-1, 4 5. Seneca Valley, 11-3, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 16-0, 1 2. Penn Hills, 11-4, 2 3. Oakland Catholic, 13-2, 3 4. Gateway,
WPIAL boys basketball rankings for week of Jan. 20, 2019
Rankings Boys basketball Class 6A 1. Latrobe, 12-2, 1 2. Pine-Richland, 12-2, 3 3. Mt. Lebanon, 13-2, 4 4. Upper St. Clair, 15-1, 2 5. Butler, 11-3, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Mars, 14-1, 1 2. Moon, 14-0, 2 3. Penn Hills, 12-2, 4 4. Woodland Hills, 10-2, 3
Cornell tops Nazareth Prep, takes over 1st place in Section 1-A
On Dec. 14, Cornell lost its only game in Section 1-A to Nazareth Prep, 77-75, on the road. Inside it's home gym, Cornell got its redemption Friday night, cruising to a 78-59 victory. Cornell (13-2, 6-1) played a near flawless first half. Opening the game on a 9-0 run, the
Woodland Hills revamps basketball showcase schedule after teams cancel
The MLK Weekend Stand Against Violence Basketball Showcase will be held at Woodland Hills starting Saturday, but a number of teams have canceled because of weather forecasts predicting snow. Woodland Hills athletic director Ron Coursey released an updated showcase schedule Saturday morning. The event will use two gyms at the
High school roundup for Jan. 18, 2019: Penn Hills wins 6th straight game
January 18, 2019
It took two overtime periods, but Penn Hills maintained its winning streak. Marshall McArthur scored 17 points as the Class 5A No. 4 Indians defeated Fox Chapel, 60-59, in a nonsection boys basketball game Friday night. It was the sixth straight win for Penn Hills (12-2). Arnold Vento had 26
High school scores, schedules for Jan. 18, 2019
High schools Basketball Boys Friday's results WPIAL Class 5A Section 1 Greensburg Salem 69, Albert Gallatin 65 McKeesport 76, Laurel Highlands 62 Woodland Hills 65, Gateway 50 Section 2 Chartiers Valley 90, Trinity 63 Montour 74, West Mifflin 39 Moon 71, West Allegheny 28 Thomas Jefferson 33, South Fayette 32
Chartiers Valley boys cruise past Trinity in Section 2-5A
When the night began, Chartiers Valley and Trinity were next door neighbors in the Section 2-5A standings with both teams even in the loss column. However on the court Friday night, the Colts and Hillers were worlds apart. After beating Trinity by 23 points last month, Chartiers Valley was king
Riverview boys can’t slow down Summit Academy
Summit Academy's only Section 1-2A loss to date was Dec. 14 against Riverview. The Knights didn't want to see a repeat and eventually finished the night in sole possession of first place. Summit opened up the game in the second period and rolled to a 74-49 victory over the Raiders
Penn-Trafford sending 4 players to PIHL All-Star games
The Penn-Trafford hockey team will be well represented at the PIHL All-Star Games later this month Seniors Ben Leslie, Gavin Patrick and Jack Hughes, along with junior defenseman Seth Poziviak, will play in the Class AA game. andquot;I was an assistant coach the previous two years, and the most we
Helm-led Greensburg Central Catholic rallies past St. Joseph
Greensburg Central Catholic exacted some revenge on first-place St. Joseph, but it did not come easy. The host Centurions had to piece together a second-half rally to regain control and take down the Spartans, 62-54, on Friday night in Section 3-A boys basketball. Senior guard Geoff Helm scored a game-high
