Sports
Westmoreland County teens compete at Clay Target League national championships
August 4, 2024
It takes dedication to be a clay target shooter. Every shot demands focus and accuracy to ensure the target is hit, and right after the shot is taken, the shooter needs to be ready to take down the next target.
2024 TribHSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Aliquippa’s Tiqwai Hayes
Four-star Penn State commit Tiqwai “Tikey” Hayes is expecting to ride out as a back-to-back state champion at Aliquippa.
2024 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Bishop Canevin’s Daiveon Taylor
August 3, 2024
Three-star linebacker and West Virginia commit Daiveon Taylor is a problem any offense will have trouble blocking.
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Football season begins with ‘heat week’
A PIAA custom since its inception in 2013, “heat week” is the unofficial start to high school football training camp, and it opens Monday around the state.
Pirates hope to determine next steps of Jared Jones’ rehab; lefty Ryan Borucki suffers setback
August 2, 2024
The Pittsburgh Pirates hope to have some clarity on the next steps of rookie pitcher Jared Jones’ rehabilitation by the end of the weekend.
McKeesport sophomore Kemon Spell gives Penn State 1st commitment from 2027 class
McKeesport sophomore Kemon Spell can’t sign with for two more years, but the highly recruited running back and defensive back has already picked his college.
PIAA drops appeals court fight vs. Aliquippa football; school’s lawsuit continues
The PIAA has ended its appeals-court efforts to move Aliquippa football into a higher classification this fall.
2024 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: West Mifflin’s Jaiden Brown-Demery
Jaiden Brown-Demery is taking nothing for granted as he enters his senior season at West Mifflin.
New coach set to lead Sewickley Academy boys golf team
August 1, 2024
Sewickley Academy’s Severin Harmon is the reigning WPIAL Class 2A champion in boys tennis.
Baseball standout Dale Mollenhauer set to join Pine-Richland Athletic Hall of Fame
Dale Mollenhauer lived a childhood dream by playing professional baseball for five years, but before that he helped build the foundation at Pine-Richland.
Runners ready for inaugural Talbot Shuffle fundraiser
The inaugural Talbot Shuffle fundraiser hopes to hit the ground running.
2024 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Central Catholic’s Elijah Faulkner
Elijah Faulkner won a WPIAL title last spring as the league’s long jump champion, but the Central Catholic senior wants gold in football, too.
2024 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Westinghouse’s Kyshawn Robinson
July 31, 2024
Players like Kyshawn Robinson don’t come along often. From leadership and athletic ability to grit and football IQ, he checks all of the boxes.
2024 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: North Catholic’s Brady O’Hara
July 30, 2024
North Catholic football coach Chris Rizzo had nothing but praise for senior tight end/defensive end Brady O’Hara.
WPIAL schedules eligibility hearing for record-setting QB after transfer to Central Catholic
The WPIAL will require an eligibility hearing for record-setting quarterback Jaivin Peel.
New Franklin Regional boys soccer coach focuses on building rapport, fitness
When Nick White was an assistant boys soccer coach at Fox Chapel, the Foxes took late-summer trips to team camps.
WPIAL grants eligibility to 4 transfers, denies Central Catholic football freshman
July 29, 2024
Greensburg Central Catholic transfer Anthony “A.J.” Tarpley is fully eligible to play basketball for the Centurions this winter.
2024 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Latrobe’s John Wetzel
A team that didn’t have a playoff win for 54 years has two in the past two seasons, and John Wetzel has a lot to do with it.
Notable changes to WPIAL cross country alignment for 2024-25 seasons
The WPIAL released new section alignments for the next two-year cycle in all sports, and changes will be implemented starting this fall.
WPIAL rifle sections impacted by realignment for 2024-25
The WPIAL released new section alignments for the next two-year cycle in all sports, and changes will be implemented starting this fall.
