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Chartiers Valley, Carlynton swimming teams have high hopes for new season
November 26, 2018
Chartiers Valley swimming coach John Nemeth is hoping one step back leads to a giant leap forward for his program. After years of competing in a section with perennial powers such as Mt. Lebanon and Upper St. Clair, the Colts dropped to Class AA. Char Valley will compete in Section
Expectations high again for Highlands boys basketball
November 25, 2018
It's hard to believe Highlands boys basketball coach Tyler Stoczynski is entering his seventh season as the Rams coach. Along the way, Stoczynski transformed a one-win Highlands program into a perennial power. Nowadays, it seems like all the Rams do from year to year is reload on talent. andquot;We don't
High school schedules for Nov. 26, 2018
High schools Football PIAA playoffs Semifinals Class 6A Saturday's schedule Harrisburg (12-1) vs. Coatesville (14-0) at Hersheypark Stadium, 1 p.m.; Pine-Richland (11-2) vs. St. Joseph's Prep (11-0) at Altoona's Mansion Park, 1 p.m. Class 5A Friday's schedule Upper Dublin (13-1) vs. Manheim Central (14-0) at Wissahickon, 7 p.m.; Archbishop Wood
Broadcasts on tap this week on the TribLIVE High School Sports Network
The TribLIVE High School Sports Network is winding down the high school football season with a total focus on the Road to Hershey as November melts into December this week. Trib HSSN has broadcasts of one, and possibly more, PIAA semifinal contests. There also will be another PIHL high school
PIAA football playoffs: 30 years in 30 days — Central Catholic, Thomas Jefferson golden in ’04
The PIAA had been hosting state playoffs in all but one fall high school sport since 1976. Soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf, cross country and field hockey all crowned state champions once the district playoffs concluded. The lone exception to the fall state playoff slate was high school football. It wasn't
PIHL standings through Nov. 25
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Nov. 25. Check out weekly broadcasts, along with the weekly PIHL Power Play Show at 8 p.m. Wednesdays, starting in December at TribHSSN.TribLive.com. Exclusive coverage of the 2019 PIHL Penguins Cup hockey playoffs can be heard and viewed in March
Steel Valley’s Kam Williams named Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week
Two years ago, Steel Valley dominated and showed no mercy on its way to a 15-0 record and a WPIAL and PIAA championship. While this season has not been perfect for the Ironmen, it turned out to be a dominant golden run through the district postseason. Steel Valley capped off
South Fayette’s Diven, Blackhawk’s Watson-Trent top Northwest Eight honors
Northwest Eight champion South Fayette earned nine first-team spots on the all-conference team including quarterback Jamie Diven, a 3,000-yard passer for the Lions. Joining him were Mike Trimbur, Tom Elia, Ryan Coe, Ben Coyne and Ryan Kokoski. Trimber, Elia and Coe were named first-team on both offense and defense. Diven
Ex-Highlands player Courtney Udanis ready to oversee rebuild
First-year Highlands girls basketball coach Courtney Udanis has been there before. She played for the Rams during some pretty lean years. Udanis was a part of a freshman class that moved up to the high school ranks looking to turn around a struggling program. Two years later as a junior,
Jeannette girls basketball team has new look
The Jeannette girls basketball team has a new coach and a new attitude this year. Jonathan Bass, who spent the past two seasons as an assistant under Jeanine Vertacnik, is hoping to help turn things around in 2017-18. Vertacnik was hired as Monessen's coach. andquot;I'm a breath of fresh air
TribLive state rankings: 5 WPIAL teams among those in final 24
Whether you are a fan of your local district team or you like to know what's going on in high school football around Pennsylvania, the TribLive High School Sports Network has you covered this fall. We rank the top WPIAL teams in each class every Sunday and follow up with
Jeannette boys basketball team needs balance to be successful
When a team loses 80 percent of the offense from a squad that reached the WPIAL Class A semifinals and won two games in the PIAA tournament, it might expect a down season. Jeannette boys coach Adrian Batts doesn't see it that way. In fact, he thinks the team could
PIAA football semifinals schedule: Penn Hills, Pine-Richland head east
Penn Hills and Pine-Richland have long bus rides ahead next weekend, while three other WPIAL football champions can stay closer to home. The PIAA announced semifinal sites and times Sunday. Penn Hills will travel to Chambersburg for a matchup with Archbishop Wood at 7 p.m., Friday. Pine-Richland returns to Altoona's
High school scores, schedules for Nov. 24, 2018
November 24, 2018
High schools Football WPIAL playoffs Class 2A Championship Saturday's result Steel Valley 48, South Side 6 Saturday's summary Steel Valley 48, South Side 6 Steel Valley 14 7 7 20 --48 South Side 0 0 6 0 --6 SV: Kameron Williams 65 run (Brady Miller kick) SV:
Pine-Richland runs all over State College in PIAA quarterfinals
ALTOONA -- Pine-Richland football coach Eric Kasperowicz said he felt before Saturday's PIAA Class 6A quarterfinal against State College his guys up front would decide the game. Pine-Richland's massive front led by Andrew Kristofic and Michael Dorundo didn't disappoint their coach. They paved the way as the Rams (11-2) ran
New Freeport boys hoops coach Greiser provides continuity
Wayne Greiser swapped roles with Mike Beale after last season, becoming the coach for the Freeport boys basketball team, but outside of a change in title not much is different. The same staff is back from last year, including Beale as an assistant, which Greiser said helped make for a
Freeport girls basketball turns talent to defense
With three returning starters in Sidney Shemanski and twin sisters Samantha and Madeline Clark, Freeport girls basketball already had a good nucleus to build upon before a couple of key newcomers arrived. Add in softball/volleyball standout Ally DeJidas, who's out for the basketball team for the first time, and Kiski
Westmoreland notebook: WCCA schedules in-season shootout at Hempfield
Basketball continues to gain prominence in the yearly sports cycle of Westmoreland County Coaches Association. After two successful summer shootout events, WCCA has introduced a new feature: a boys in-season shootout set for Dec. 15 at Hempfield. Bill Swan, the coach at Hempfield, spearheaded a move to get basketball onto
Hempfield girls start over again with new coach Brush
The girls basketball coaching carousel at Hempfield hasn't seemed to slow the Spartans' success, which continued with a march to the WPIAL Class 6A quarterfinals a year ago in former coach Lindsy Muchnock's only season. Former East Allegheny coach Tom Brush takes over at Hempfield this season, the second coachingSeniors eager to push young Hempfield boys basketball team back to playoffs
A pair of season-ending victories at the Westmoreland Shootout last season left a good taste in the mouths of Hempfield's boys basketball players and coaches for 2018-19. Who doesn't like to go 2 for 3 But despite winning the final two games of a three-game tournament at Seton Hill's McKenna
