Sports

Union’s Braylon Thomas celebrates as time expires in the WPIAL Class A championship game against Bishop Canevin on Friday, Nov. 25, 2022, at Acrisure Stadium.

Union vies for 1st PIAA championship against veteran Steelton-Highspire

December 7, 2022

The list of firsts for the Union Area football program continues to grow.

Mt. Pleasant’s Tiffany Zelmore drives to the basket past Freeport’s Leah Hartman during their 2021 WPIAL Class 4A playoff game.

Westmoreland County girls basketball notebook: Mt. Pleasant’s Zelmore hits 1,000 the hard way

Tiffany Zelmore reached 1,000 career points, and the Mt. Pleasant senior did so in fewer games than most who achieve the milestone.

Hempfield’s Sarah Podkul steals the ball from Canon-McMillon’s Kelsey Wandera on Feb. 4, 2021.

Hempfield girls get off to quick start with hustle, composure

Two games is a small sample size. But to Hempfield, it can reveal a lot.

The parents of Bentworth’s Landon Urcho, Shawn and Sue Urcho, celebrate his 1,000th career point against Jefferson-Morgan on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022.

Landon Urcho scores 1,000th point in Bentworth win over Jefferson-Morgan

December 6, 2022

Bentworth’s Landon Urcho needed just four points Tuesday night to reach the 1,000-career point milestone. That was the easy part.

High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 6, 2022

High Schools

High school roundup for Dec. 6, 2022: Woodland Hills holds off McKeesport in thriller

Chaz Cobbs scored 16 points to lead Woodland Hills to a 59-57 nonsection boys basketball victory Tuesday night, fending off a McKeesport shot at the buzzer that would have tied the score.

Referee Tom Fink reads the PIAA sportsmanship pledge to players and coaches from Highlands and Shady Side Academy prior to their game Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022.

Foster, Highlands boys race past Shady Side Academy

While most of us were chomping down turkey dinners on Thanksgiving Day, Bradyn Foster was sneaking into the gym working on his shooting.

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Norwin girls top Penn-Trafford to remain undefeated

Tori Sydeski is often the last girl out of the gym at Norwin basketball practices.

Burgettstown’s Parker Sentipal works for a pin in the 106-pound finals at the 2022 WPIAL Class 2A Individual Wrestling Championships.

WPIAL Team Wrestling Rankings for Dec. 6, 2022

Here are this week’s WPIAL team wrestling rankings. Teams are listed with overall record.

Bethel Park’s Mason Kernan escapes from Pine-Richland’s Dominic Ferraro in the 120-pound final during the 2022 Allegheny County Wrestling Tournament.

WPIAL wrestling notebook: Bethel Park, Plum headline Eastern Area Invitational

Bethel Park had one champion and 10 placewinners to grab the team title at the Eastern Area Invitational on Saturday at Gateway High School.

North Allegheny’s Mia Tuman sets up a score during the PIAA Class 4A state championship game against Garnet Valley on Nov. 19, 2022, at Cumberland Valley High School.

WPIAL well represented on PVCA all-state girls volleyball teams

The Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association recognized the top players from each of the four girls volleyball classifications Tuesday with the release of the all-state selections.

High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 5, 2022

December 5, 2022

High Schools

Greensburg Central Catholic’s Mya Morgan shoots a 3-pointer last season.

High school roundup for Dec. 5, 2022: Greensburg CC beats Neshannock in early season girls showdown

Freshman Erica Gribble scored 23 points to lead Greensburg Central Catholic to a 61-56 victory over Neshannock in an early-season girls basketball matchup of ranked teams Monday.

St. Joseph coach Dennis Jones talks to his team between the third and fourth quarters of a nonsection game against Aquinas Academy on Monday at St. Joseph’s Walter Dlubak Athletic Center. Aquinas topped the Spartans, 45-32.

Aquinas Academy tops St. Joseph, makes early statement in Class A girls basketball

The St. Joseph girls basketball team hoped to build on Friday’s victory over Class 4A Belle Vernon at the Play 4 Mae Tournament at Woodland Hills as it hosted Aquinas Academy on Monday in an early season clash of top five Class A teams.

Union’s Braylon Thomas celebrates with Grayson Blakley after scoring his second touchdown during the WPIAL Class A championship game against Bishop Canevin on Friday, Nov. 25, 2022, at Acrisure Stadium.

This week on Trib HSSN for week of Dec. 5, 2022

The fall sports season comes to a close this week with the PIAA football championships at Cumberland Valley.

Fox Chapel football coach Tom Loughran coached high school football for 40 years, including the past eight with the Foxes.

Veteran football coach Tom Loughran resigns after 8 seasons at Fox Chapel

After 40 seasons as one of the WPIAL’s winningest football coaches, Tom Loughran has stepped down at Fox Chapel.

PIAA concerned with rising ejection rates among boys soccer players, coaches

The PIAA was optimistic that the rising number of player and coach ejections would subside statewide after adding a two-game suspension in 2020 for the most egregious unsportsmanlike acts.