Tag: Penn Hills
2025 Trib HSSN football position-by-position breakdown: Scouting the wide receivers
August 12, 2025
TribLive HSSN will break down the top players at one position per day until Week Zero. Here is a look at the top wide receivers for the 2025 season.
Penn Hills’ Isabella DeCarlo caps high school softball career on high note
July 27, 2025
Isabella DeCarlo being asked by Team Gold to throw two innings in June during the Western Pennsylvania Softball All-Star game at Plum High School meant the world to her. The Penn Hills graduate ended a difficult senior season with two solid memories.
2025 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Penn Hills’ Carter Bonner
July 24, 2025
Carter Bonner doesn’t think going on the recruiting trail for football is an easy process. One thing that eases the Penn Hills junior’s mind when it comes to the decision-making process is the impact it has on his dad during the road trips to visit schools.
Ronald Porter’s WPIAL gold highlights school year in Penn Hills sports
June 22, 2025
Ronald Porter III’s willingness to try something new as a junior and his quick progress from there allowed him to do something during his senior season that was the highlight of the athletics programs at Penn Hills during the 2024-25 school year.
Penn Hills grad Dontae Pollard glad to be out of transfer portal, eager to play for Temple
Dontae Pollard didn’t feel good either time he entered the transfer portal to find a new home to play college football. Both times, the quick reaction he drew from schools helped provide him comfort.
Penn Hills long jumper takes it ‘to another level’ with unexpected WPIAL gold
May 25, 2025
Ron Porter III wasn’t following a timeline that suggested he could go from promising prospect to WPIAL Class 3A long jump champion. Following the end of the football season, the Penn Hills senior didn’t have the easiest ramp-up to the spring season.
Penn Hills celebrates grant from NFL, Steelers that paid for new turf
Penn Hills athletic director Steph Strauss always wants to keep an eye out for whatever can help the district’s athletic programs. When she became aware of the NFL’s grant program to help schools with money for new turf, Strauss wanted to make sure Yuhas McGinley Stadium would see some benefits.
Penn Hills flag football picking up wins, ‘proving people wrong’
April 19, 2025
Ani’yah Hickman knows that being a three-year veteran of the Penn Hills girls flag football team will require taking on different roles at a moment’s notice.
Penn Hills boys volleyball looks to build momentum after streak-snapping win
There’s no slowing down when finding success while playing Class 3A boys volleyball in the WPIAL.
