Tag: Penn Hills

Penn Hills’ Deondre Mitchell (1) puts up a shot as Laurel Highlands’ Tyvaughn Long defends during a WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball playoff game Feb. 21, 2020, at Norwin.

Six more WPIAL basketball teams clinch berths to states, two others stay alive

February 25, 2020

Eight WPIAL basketball teams from boys Class 5A and 2A and girls Class 6A and A punched tickets to this weekend’s championship games at the Petersen Events Center with semifinal victories Tuesday evening.

Laurel Highlands players Rodney Gallagher (2) Tyvaughn Long (15) and Keandre Cook (1) react after scoring on Penn Hills on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020 in WPIAL basketball playoffs at Norwin Senior High School. Laurel Highlands defeated Penn Hills.

Laurel Highlands scores with 3.5 seconds left, stuns No. 1 Penn Hills in WPIAL quarterfinals

February 21, 2020

Laurel Highlands coach Rick Hauger called for a timeout, but the crowd was still raucous from Penn Hills’ game-tying 3-pointer.

Members of the 2019-20 Penn Hills bowling team include (from left) coach Mark Diehm, Ethan Grainy, AJ Collins, Noah Houghtelin, Ethan Payne-Hawkins and Ryland Amato.

Penn Hills bowlers look ahead to regionals after stumble at WPIBL tournament

The Penn Hills bowlers weren’t pleased with their most recent performance at the WPIBL team championships.

Jayvin Turner, a 2018 Penn Hills grad, is the new defensive backs coach at Riverview.

Penn Hills grad, 20, gets early start on football coaching career

In recent weeks, Jayvin Turner has been reaching out to WPIAL athletic directors via email to gauge their interest in hiring a young assistant coach for their football program.

Chartiers Valley’s Aislin Malcolm celebrates with Megan McConnell next to Moon’s Brianna Toal during their game Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, at Moon Area High School.

Thanks to bye week, no changes in HSSN basketball power rankings

February 19, 2020

Consider this week’s Trib 10 a reminder of how the power rankings were last week when we concluded the regular season.

Seneca Valley quarterback Gabe Lawson tries to elude Central Catholic’s A’maar Allen during the third quarter Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, at Seneca Valley High School.

22 WPIAL football players selected for PSFCA East-West Game

Two WPIAL quarterbacks, Seneca Valley’s Gabe Lawson and Baldwin’s Mason Stahl, were chosen to lead the West all-stars in the PSFCA East-West Game on Memorial Day weekend.

Amoni Blackwell led Penn Hills with 15 points Tuesday night. Penn Hills’ Amoni Blackwell competes during practice for the 2019-2020 season Nov. 21, 2019.

Penn Hills girls pull away from Plum late to advance in Class 5A playoffs

February 18, 2020

The Penn Hills and Plum girls basketball teams, longstanding section rivals in the old Class AAAA, hadn’t played in more than four years until the WPIAL brought them together Tuesday for a Class 5A first-round game at Fox Chapel.

WPIAL boys 6A, girls 5A and A headline Day 4 of first-round basketball

February 17, 2020

Last year, Peters Township knocked off Penn-Trafford in a Class 6A boys basketball first-round playoff game before losing an upset bid to Pine-Richland in heartbreaking fashion at the buzzer, 66-64, in the district quarterfinals.