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Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week: Penn Hills
January 13, 2019
The Trib's girls basketball teamof the week is Section 3-5A frontrunner Penn Hills. After losing to Norwin in the 2015 WPIAL Class AAAA title game, Penn Hills lost in the semifinals of the district playoffs the next two years. Then last season, the Indians lost 31-30 in the first round
Knoch divers ready to springboard into WPIAL meet
Last spring, Knoch was one of only two schools to have two divers make the PIAA Class AA finals at Bucknell. Kristin Jerich and Aryanna Napora survived the first two rounds to finish 11th and 16th, respectively. They are back and hoping for bigger things this season as they attempt
Trib HSSN’s PIHL Team of the Week: Montour Spartans
andquot;Everything was clicking.andquot; Those were the words Clay Shell used to summarize Montour's 13-1 win over North Hills on Jan. 7. It was a win against an Indians' team that is in fourth place in the Class A North Division. The Spartans hadn't played since Dec. 17, when they picked
Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings for week of Jan. 13, 2019
Whether you are a fan of your local district team or 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 our
Latrobe hockey looking to get back on track against Franklin Regional
Latrobe's hockey team is looking to reverse momentum. The Wildcats had a successful early part of December. They won three games going into the holiday break, but then they went 0-3 at a holiday tournament at Harmarville. Latrobe rebounded for a 5-0 win over Moon to open 2019, but dropped
Westmoreland lookahead for Week of Jan. 14, 2019
Highlights of the week ahead in Westmoreland high school sports: MONDAY Girls basketball: Latrobe starts a six-game homestand at andquot;The Denandquot; against Penn-Trafford in a key Section 3-5A game. Another key game, in Section 1-4A, features Apollo-Ridge at Greensburg Salem, and two of the top teams in Section 3-4A meet
Riverview’s Alyssa Cappa set for softball tournament in Netherlands
Alyssa Cappa's first and only travel experience beyond the borders of the United States was a family vacation to Mexico. The Riverview junior, one of the top high school-age softball players in the area, will be able to update her international checklist this week as she heads to the Netherlands
Event at Woodland Hills has larger purpose than basketball showcase
Thirty-seven high school basketball teams will play 28 games over three days this weekend at Woodland Hills. There will be some exceptional teams and players to watch. But the MLK Weekend Stand Against Violence Showcase is about something larger. This will be quite an event, for sure, but little will
Baldwin’s O’Malley, NA’s Burton win 3 events at TSTCA indoor meet
Baldwin's Brendan O'Malley and North Allegheny's Casey Burton won three events apiece Saturday at the Tri-State Track Coaches Association indoor meet in Edinboro. O'Malley, a senior, won the boys 200, 400 and long jump. Burton, a junior, won the girls 60, 200 and long jump. The meet was the second
Dozens of broadcasts planned this week on Trib HSSN
We hit the halfway point of section play in high school basketball this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN continues WPIAL, District 6 and District 9 boys and girls basketball coverage with 60 games, including the WPIAL boys and girls video stream Games of the Week.
Pine-Richland remains atop 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. 13. Overall record includes wins, losses, ties and overtime losses. PIHL TRIB 10 1. Pine-Richland Rams (12-0-0-0) (Last
PIHL standings through Jan. 13, 2019
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Jan. 13. 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
High school scores, schedules for Jan. 12, 2019
January 12, 2019
High schools Basketball Boys Saturday's results WPIAL Nonsection Armstrong 51, Hollidaysburg 50 Carrick 69, Frazier 53 Kennedy Catholic 85, Franklin Regional 53 Laurel Highlands 66, Waynesburg 56 North Catholic 82, Monessen 70 Sunday's schedule WPIAL Ron Galbreath Classic At Westminster College Mars vs. New Castle, 6:30 p.m.; Shenango vs. Neshannock,
Fox Chapel’s Veltri gets another shot in USHL
Fox Chapel native Chad Veltri put up good numbers in net at every level of hockey he had played in the last few years, and this season he got a long-awaited chance to play in the USHL, the top junior hockey league in the country. But after a 10-game run
High school roundup for Jan. 12, 2019: Franklin Regional falls to Kennedy Catholic
Maceo Austin had 27 points, and Oscar Tshibwe added 25 as the state's No. 1 team in Class 6A, Kennedy Catholic, earned an 85-53 win over Franklin Regional (10-4) in a nonsection boys basketball game. North Catholic 82, Monessen 70 -- Isaac DeGregorio had 28 points as North Catholic (9-3)
Alle-Kiski Valley high school notebook: Burrell girls bit by injury bug
An already-daunting challenge became a near impossibility for Burrell last week when the Bucs took the floor for a Section 1-4A girls basketball game against No. 1 North Catholic. Absent three starters to injury, the Bucs had just six healthy players on hand, five of whom were freshmen or sophomores,
Westmoreland high school notebook: Hempfield’s Remaley out for season
Hempfield two-sport athlete Blake Remaley will miss the remainder of the basketball season after having surgery on his left shoulder. A 6-foot-2, 215-pound junior, Remaley said the procedure was to andquot;clean things upandquot; after he injured his labrum last football season. He is the Spartans quarterback. The surgery was to
WPIAL boys basketball rankings for week of Jan. 13, 2019
Rankings Boys basketball Class 6A 1. Latrobe, 11-2, 1 2. Upper St. Clair, 13-0, 2 3. Pine-Richland, 11-2, 3 4. Mt. Lebanon, 12-2, 4 5. Butler, 10-3, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Mars, 11-1, 1 2. Moon, 12-0, 2 3. Woodland Hills, 9-1, 3 4. Penn Hills, 10-2, 4
Marinchak brothers are double trouble for Ligonier Valley opponents
Matthew Marinchak was leaving the Ligonier Valley locker room last season after a game, and a fan came up and congratulated him for playing well. He thanked the person and continued to leave the gym. But Matthew, who was in eighth grade, was taking praise for his older brother, Michael.
WPIAL girls basketball rankings for week of Jan. 13, 2019
Rankings Girls basketball Class 6A 1. North Allegheny, 13-0, 1 2. Peters Township, 11-0, 2 3. Bethel Park, 10-1, 3 4. Norwin, 11-1, 4 5. Seneca Valley, 9-3, -- Out: Fox Chapel (9-3, 5) Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 13-0, 1 2. Penn Hills, 10-3, 4 3. Oakland Catholic, 11-2,
