Sports
A-K Valley senior spotlight: Valley’s Ben Aftanas
April 4, 2022
A new sports season has begun, which means it’s again time for Ben Aftanas to get to work.
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart is Class 2A’s new No. 1 in coaches association volleyball rankings
There’s a change at the top of the Western PA Volleyball Coaches Association’s WPIAL Class 2A rankings released Monday morning.
2022 TribLive HSSN Boys Basketball All-Stars | Terrific 10
This was a history-making year for WPIAL boys basketball with Our Lady of the Sacred Heart leading the way.
2022 TribLive HSSN Girls Basketball All-Stars | Terrific 10
This season marked the end of an era for some WPIAL girls basketball programs or maybe just the beginning for others.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for April 4, 2022: Section games on tap in baseball, softball
April 3, 2022
Last week, five of the 20 WPIAL baseball sections got the early jump on section games.
High school schedules for April 4, 2022
High schools
PIHL’s top players fill the nets during 2022 all-star games
The PIHL hosted its four all-star games Sunday at Alpha Ice Complex. The top players in Class 3A, 2A, A and Division 2 took the ice for the 2022 event.
This week on Trib High School Sports Network: Week of April 4, 2022
Section play is in full force in all of the spring sports this week.
Talented young goalie backstops Quaker Valley hockey to memorable season
Landon Buterbaugh stepped in as Quaker Valley’s starting goalkeeper from Day 1 of his freshman year.
Penn Hills rugby team exposing more players to sport in program’s 2nd season
Matt Rosemeyer is excited to see what the Penn Hills Big Red rugby program will be able to able to accomplish in year two.
Stop the Violence alumni game aims to bring people together
Two torn Achilles tendons gave Wilkinsburg’s Taz Williams the hint. Williams, who co-organizes the Stop the Violence Alumni Shootout, decided to retire from playing in the 2022 event.
Pine-Richland notebook: Brandon Saad finding good fit in St. Louis
Former Pine-Richland standout Brandon Saad signed a five-year, $22.5 million dollar contract with the St. Louis Blues over the summer and has immediately found his new surroundings to his liking.
Seamless coaching transition for Pine-Richland boys lacrosse team
Dave Offner was an assistant coach for the Pine-Richland boys lacrosse team for six years, so moving to the head coaching position in 2022 has been fairly seamless.
Gateway swimmers send off coach at PIAA championships
The 2021-22 season is the last for Sherry Sonetti as head coach of the Gateway swim teams, and she also is retiring from the Gateway School District at the end of the academic year in June.
Quaker Valley swim teams seeing results
John Nemeth recently completed his second season as Quaker Valley’s swim coach.
East boys get overtime victory in Cager Classic
April 2, 2022
Just like the girls game at Cager Classic on Saturday at Highlands High School, the boys game went into overtime.
West girls edge East in double OT in record-setting Cager Classic
At the midway point of the first overtime of Saturday’s 25th Cager Classic girls all-star game at Highlands, a loose ball off a missed shot caused a mad scramble involving a couple of players from both the East and West squads.
Knoch’s Maddie Boyer named Valley News Dispatch Girls Basketball Player of the Year
Maddie Boyer
Fox Chapel’s Eli Yofan takes Valley News Dispatch Boys Basketball Player of the Year honors
Eli Yofan
Belle Vernon’s Quinton Martin named Tribune-Review Westmoreland Boys Basketball Player of the Year
Quinton Martin
