Sports
School administrators will take public/private playoff fight to state legislature
November 19, 2018
Public school administrators advocating for separate public and private school playoffs will turn their attention to the state legislature. andquot;It is clear that our best option is now legislative,andquot; the group said Monday in an email to supporters, andquot;and we must focus our efforts to contact our local legislators for
PIAA football playoffs: 30 years in 30 days — Rochester opens new millennium with state gold in 2000
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
Tri-County West all-conference: Aliquippa’s Devonshire, Moreland earn MVP honors
November 18, 2018
Aliquippa teammates MJ Devonshire and Solvauhn Moreland, two-way standouts for the WPIAL champion, swept conference MVP honors in the Tri-County West. Devonshire earned the award for offense, Moreland was named the top defender and each received first-team all-conference recognition on both sides of the ball. In all, the Quips earned
West Allegheny’s Nico Flati named Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week
An unexpected source helped provide an unexpected result in a thrilling eyebrow-raiser in the WPIAL football playoffs. Despite plenty of big performances from Championship Saturday at Heinz Field, our Player of the Week comes from Final Four Friday. Outside of the West Allegheny locker room, few gave the Indians a
Broadcasts on tap this week on the the TribLIVE High School Sports Network
The scholastic football feast of championships continues with district and state high school football postseason action this holiday week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has broadcasts of both the WPIAL Class 5A and Class 2A football championship games, along with the District 6 Class A title
High school sports scores, schedules for Nov. 18, 2018
High schools Football WPIAL playoffs Class 5A Championship Friday's schedule West Allegheny (10-1) vs. Penn Hills (13-0) at Norwin, 7:30 p.m. Class 2A Championship Saturday's schedule South Side (10-3) vs. Steel Valley (11-1) at Robert Morris, noon PIAA playoffs Class 6A First round Sunday's result State College 56, Delaware
PIHL standings through Nov. 18
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Nov. 18. 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 playoffs can be heard and viewed in March on
Trib HSSN state football rankings for Week of Nov. 18, 2018
Mother Nature created havoc for the opening weekend of the PIAA playoffs as there were rare Sunday and even Monday high school football games. Opponents of ranked teams also did their best to shake things up in the Trib HSSN state rankings. There were major changes in Class 5A as
Tri-County South all-conference: California, Monessen, West Greene tied again
It's fitting that California, Monessen and West Greene tied with eight players apiece on the Tri-County South all-conference team. The three school finished the regular season in an unbreakable three-way tie for first place in the Class A conference. The WPIAL resorted to a rarely used coin flip to decide
Five things we learned from Saturday’s WPIAL football championships
South Fayette sophomore Charley Rossi and OLSH senior Tyler Bradley already owned a little WPIAL championship experience before Saturday's celebrations at Heinz Field. As youngsters, the two together were South Fayette ball boys when the Lions won a WPIAL title in 2010. Rossi's father, Joe, was South Fayette's coach and
High-scoring Burrell hockey improving on defensive end
Burrell hockey coach Max Rickard walked into the locker room following last Monday's 7-1 win over Central Valley and told his players it was the best performance he had seen of his team in his three years with the program. For Rickard, it was great to see his plan come
Tough ending aside, LV’s Aaron Tutino has no regrets about high school career
For Aaron Tutino, Ligonier Valley's record-setting wide receiver, the pain goes beyond a damaged ankle. Saturday's 21-12 loss to Richland in the District 6 Class 2A championship game represented Tutino's final high school football game in a career in which the senior set one state receiving record and flirt with
Derry seniors pass the torch to underclassmen
A loss, not even a defeat in the WPIAL Class 3A Championship game to Aliquippa, does not diminish the season for Derry football. Derry's senior class just finished an impressive run, going 31-5, winning three conference titles and reaching the WPIAL playoffs three consecutive seasons. They made the semifinals in
PIAA football playoffs: 30 years in 30 days — Aliquippa finds state gold on Revis Island in ’03
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
2 ex-high school players convicted in alleged on-ice attack
NORRISTOWN -- Two former Philadelphia-area high school hockey players have been placed on probation for a year and ordered to do 100 hours of community service after being convicted of assaulting members of a rival team during a playoff game last year. The (Pottstown) Mercury reports that Montgomery County jurors
WPIAL Class 6A final notebook: Pine-Richland has won titles in 4 classifications
Saturday marked the sixth WPIAL title for Pine-Richland, the only school to win titles in four different classifications. The Rams, who defeated Seneca Valley, 34-7, won back-to-back titles in 1969 and '70 in Class 2A, took Class 3A in 2003, 4A in 2014 and 6A last season. Pine-Richland is now
High school scores, schedules, summaries for Nov. 18, 2018
High Schools Football Saturday's results WPIAL championships All games at Heinz Field Class 6A Pine Richland 34, Seneca Valley 7 Class 4A Championship South Fayette 31, Thomas Jefferson 24 Class 3A Championship Aliquippa 42, Derry 19 Class A Championship OLSH 28, Rochester 6 District 6 playoffs Class 2A Championship Richland
Spencer leads Pine-Richland past Seneca Valley to capture WPIAL Class 6A title
Ben DiNucci, Phil Jurkovec and now Cole Spencer. Pine-Richland quarterbacks seem to have a knack for championship games. Spencer threw for two touchdowns and rushed for two more Saturday night as No. 2 seed Pine-Richland defeated No. 5 Seneca Valley, 34-7, in the WPIAL Class 6A final. The title was
Ligonier Valley football stumbles in District 6 finals
November 17, 2018
ALTOONA -- Richland extended the Rams' winning streak in the District 6 Class 2A football championship to three but actually won the title for the first time. Sound confusing Well, the Ligonier Valley Rams were the two-time defending champions but fell short Saturday night against the Richland Rams. Freshman running
WPIAL Class 4A final notebook: South Fayette wins title in 3rd different classification
South Fayette's thrilling victory over Thomas Jefferson in the Class 4A title game Saturday was the sixth WPIAL title in school history and the third different classification the Lions have won in. They won their first in Class A in 1936 with a 20-7 victory over Aspinwall and won it
