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Leechburg boys move to 3-1 after defeating St. Joseph
December 12, 2017
After four games in five nights, Leechburg boys basketball has earned a day off. The Blue Devils advanced their record to 3-1 with an 87-63Pittsburgh high school roundup: Laskey hits milestone as Laurel Highlands rolls to victory
Bryce Laskey scored a career-high 45 points and reached 1,000 points for his career as Laurel Highlands defeated Elizabeth Forward, 92-65, a nonsection boys basketballFranklin Regional notches impressive win against Westinghouse
Franklin Regional coach Steve Scorpion said he wasn't pleased with how his team played in the first half of Tuesday's championship game of the 14th
Plays of the Week – Week Fifteen
More than three months ago, the weather was hot and sunny during the first installment of Plays of the Week for the 2017 season. Conversely, the gridiron was snow-covered for the final edition, which highlights the three WPIAL teams that captured gold in Hershey in the PIAA championships. While Gateway came up short, Pine-Richland, Quaker […]
McGowan’s scoring touch sparks Greensburg Salem to fast start
Greensburg Salem didn't have to turn to comic books to find a super hero. It has its own Marvel character. Senior guard Marvel McGowan has
Penn State offers scholarship to Gateway freshman Derrick Davis
Fresh off his appearance in the state football finals, Gateway freshman Derrick Davis added a scholarship offer Tuesday from Penn State. Davis received his offer
Highlands wrestling coach Walters draws from past for program’s future
Grant Walters put his wrestlers through something of a boot camp this summer, bringing in coaches from his past to relay their experience, knowledge and
Wrestling notebook: Hempfield, Greensburg Salem to battle for Crosstown Cup
Former Hempfield coach Rick Shaheen felt Westmoreland County wrestling needed a jolt back in 1999. So Shaheen and Greensburg Salem coach Randy Parsley created the
Kiski Area’s Reid sidelined after pulmonary embolism diagnosis
Isaac Reid expects to cap his high school wrestling career as a PIAA champion. For now, those plans are on hold. Reid, Kiski Area's senior
2017 PIAA Football Playoffs – Road to Hershey Results
For only the fourth time in the 30 years of the PIAA Football Playoffs, the WPIAL has three teams crowned as state champions. WPIAL teams won PIAA championships in three of the four classifications in 2001 (West Allegheny, Washington, Rochester), in 2005 (McKeesport, Franklin Regional, South Park) and in 2007 (Pittsburgh Central Catholic, Thomas Jefferson, […]
This Week on the Trib Live High School Sports Network – 12/11/2017
December 11, 2017
With the fall sports season complete and the holidays a few weeks away, our full attention turns to the winter high school sports 2017-2018 season this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have plenty of boys and girls high school basketball in the WPIAL as well as District 6 and District […]
Freeport girls basketball runs away with win over Apollo-Ridge
With a little more than three minutes elapsed in Monday's nonsection girls basketball game, Freeport had 16 points on its side of the scoreboard. Apollo-Ridge
Basketball coaches use early-season games to build toward section competition
Tyler Stoczynski believes in the importance of compiling a difficult nonsection schedule, but Highlands' boys basketball coach took it to another level this season. So
Young wrestlers to help Franklin Regional reload
Just one of the many YouTube videos of Franklin Regional's standout wrestler Spencer Lee losing to Exeter's Austin DeSanto in last year's 126-pound PIAA championship
Quaker Valley swim teams start over with new coach — again
For the second consecutive season, the Quaker Valley boys and girls swimming teams are starting under a new coach. Erin Cawley took over from Jacinta
Quaker Valley wrestlers welcome new coaches in program’s second varsity season
It is impossible for a sports program to have two inaugural seasons. But Quaker Valley wrestling is as close as a team can get. After
Penn-Trafford’s Coy, Chishko start strong at Eastern Area Invitational
The Penn-Trafford wrestling team got its season off to a solid start at the Eastern Area Invitational Wrestling Tournament last week. The Warriors finished 11thQuaker Valley boys bowling team eyes playoffs early in season
The Quaker Valley boys bowling team (1-0) is on the rise. After several down seasons, the Quakers expect to be a serious contender for thePittsburgh high school roundup: Briscoe hits milestone as Ringgold girls edge Charleroi
Ashley Briscoe scored 12 points and surpassed 1,000 for her career as Ringgold edged Charleroi, 40-39, in a nonsection girls basketball Monday night. Taylor Mendicino
WPIAL Alum Q&A – Adam Mitcheson
With the PIAA football championships concluding over the weekend, the fall sports season has officially come to an end. As a result, this will be the final edition of the WPIAL Alum Q&A which focuses on that season, as attention to shift fully to the winter sports. Although football fans are often fixated on quarterbacks, […]
