Sports
Coach says Franklin Regional’s Caden Smith ‘will open some eyes’ as Pitt walk-on
May 8, 2022
Caden Smith didn’t choose football. Football chose him.
Quaker Valley’s Adou Thiero commits to play basketball at Kentucky
Quaker Valley senior Adou Thiero committed Sunday to play basketball for Kentucky and coach John Calipari, who also coached Thiero’s father at Memphis in the early 2000s.
Quaker Valley runners collect medals during strong season
Kadin Johnson is the fastest athlete at Quaker Valley this school year.
Sewickley-area players thrilled to compete in PIHL girls league
Elizabeth Bowers is honored to be playing for the West team in the newly formed PIHL girls division.
Penn-Trafford notebook: P-T’s Yacamelli, Hershberger named finalists for scholar-athlete award
Cade Yacamelli and Gwendolyn Hershberger were finalists for the 66th annual Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete Excellence Awards, hosted by Judge John J. Driscoll.
Penn-Trafford baseball preps for playoffs with sweep of 1st-place Latrobe
When the Penn-Trafford baseball team lost 10-2 in a nonsection game to Plum on April 29, Warriors coach Dan Miller told Mustangs coach Carl Vollmer that he was sorry that his team didn’t put forth their best effort.
Penn Hills rugby club working on building program
Eventually, Matthew Rosemeyer hopes the Penn Hills Big Red rugby club will be able to play a full schedule. However, the team is still working on building its program from the ground up.
After slow start, Pine-Richland boys lacrosse gaining ground
The Pine-Richland boys lacrosse team installed new offensive and defensive philosophies this season and did so against an ambitious early season schedule.
Breakthrough season nets share of section title for Pine-Richland baseball
Prior to a high-stakes game against North Allegheny on May 4, Pine-Richland baseball coach Kurt Wolfe told his team there would be a playoff-type feel.
WPIAL trio earns all-state honors in Class 6A boys basketball
The PIAA’s largest boys basketball classification is often dominated by Eastern Pennsylvania teams, but three WPIAL players made the all-state team for Class 6A.
WPIAL boys volleyball playoff clinchings through May 8, 2022
The WPIAL boys volleyball regular season is down to the final week of the regular season.
WPIAL Hall of Fame inductee Burke blazed trail for women’s sports in Western Pennsylvania
The WPIAL has been around for more than 100 years, but the organization was exclusively for boys until Ruth Ann Burke and some like-minded colleagues insisted that must change.
George Guido: Baseball, softball playoff races going down to the wire
Two WPIAL playoff slots remain open for local teams as the regular season goes into its final three days.
TribHSSN baseball rankings for May 8, 2022
Class 6A
Ford City grad Lizzie Suwala-Sheaffer ‘honored’ to take spot in A-K Valley HOF
Lizzie Suwala-Sheaffer could hit a shot from anywhere on the basketball court.
Westmoreland High School Athletes of the Week: Hempfield’s Liz Tapper, Yough’s James Shoman
Liz Tapper
Trib HSSN WPIAL softball rankings: Week ending May 8, 2022
Class 6A
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Deer Lakes’ Jacob Danka, Apollo-Ridge’s Madison Butler
Jacob Danka
