Tag: Norwin

Norwin’s Landon Sidun beats Connellsvilles’ Tommy Gretz during the PIAA Class 3A 121-pound championship bout March 7, 2026, at Giant Center. (Chaz Palla | TribLive)
Norwin’s Landon Sidun leads 2026 TribLive Westmoreland County boys wrestling all-stars
March 21, 2026
Wrestler of the Year

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Franklin Regional’s Luke Williams squares up a Latrobe pitch for a home run last season. (Chaz Palla | TribLive)
Westmoreland County baseball notebook: Healthy Luke Williams boosts Franklin Regional
March 18, 2026
One good sign for Franklin Regional at the start of a new baseball season is the return of shortstop Luke Williams, who injured his ankle in a WPIAL Class 5A first-round playoff loss to Bethel Park and went through months of rehabilitation.

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Belle Vernon’s Chace Petrosky stiff-arms Trinity’s Anthony Giorgi in October. (Mike Darnay | Mon Valley Independent)
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Belle Vernon football on the move to 3A
March 15, 2026
The WPIAL released football conferences and schedules for the next two-year alignment cycle.

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Norwin’s Trevor Vitsas (22) is mobbed by teammates after the Knights defeated Butler in nine innings in their WPIAL Class 6A quarterfinal May 19, 2025. (Christopher Horner | TribLive)
After trip to finals, senior-led Norwin baseball ready for encore
Norwin broke through and reached the WPIAL baseball championship game last season for the first time since 2016.

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Norwin’s Trevor Vitsas (22) is mobbed by teammates after the Knights defeated Butler in nine innings in a WPIAL Class 6A quarterfinal May 19, 2025, at North Allegheny. (Christopher Horner | TribLive)
Westmoreland County high school baseball preview: ‘Tight-knit bunch’ planning encore at Norwin
March 12, 2026
It was quite a year for Westmoreland County high school baseball teams in 2025 as 11 qualified for the WPIAL playoffs.

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Penn-Trafford pitcher Allyson Paulone delivers against Greencastle-Atrim during the 2025 PIAA Class 5A championship game. (Christopher Horner | TribLive)
Westmoreland County softball preview: Plenty of new faces at Penn-Trafford but the standard remains high
March 11, 2026
Sometimes, sentimentality gets the best of Denny Little.

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The Seneca Valley pitcher Ryan Rebholz celebrates after getting a strikeout to end the top of the third inning during the WPIAL Class 6A championship game against Norwin on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at EQT Park. (Christopher Horner | TribLive)
2026 WPIAL Class 6A baseball preseason breakdown
March 8, 2026
North Allegheny won the Section 1-6A baseball title by two games last spring, while Canon-McMillan took home the plaque as Section 2-6A champs by one game.

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Hempfield’s Lauren Howard scores the game-winning run against State College during PIAA Class 6A first round action June 2, 2025, at Hempfield Area High School. (Chaz Palla | TribLive)
2026 WPIAL Class 6A softball preseason breakdown
Hempfield returned to the top of the Class 6A softball mountain last spring when the Spartans won their ninth WPIAL championship.

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Brandon Rapp has been an athletic director for 16 years. (Submitted photo)
Westmoreland high school notebook: Hempfield’s Brandon Rapp honored by athletic directors association
Hempfield’s Brandon Rapp said the award he will soon receive is more about his profession — and colleagues who know the behind-the-scenes grind of managing high school athletics — than it is about himself.

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Kiski Area's Ava Golding (right) and Norwin's Josephine Dollman size each other up in the 142-pound title bout at the PIAA West Regionals on Saturday at Mt. Lebanon. (Ted Sarneso | For TribLive)
Norwin sports notebook: Knights girls wrestlers advance to state tournament
Three Norwin girls qualified for the PIAA girls wrestling championships March 5-7 at the Giant Center in Hershey.

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