Bill Hartlep stories, Page 33
Mt. Lebanon boys lacrosse featured on ESPN’s ‘Senior Night’ segment
The Mt. Lebanon boys lacrosse team has yet to play an official game this spring but received recognition on national television Wednesday night. ESPN’s SportsCenter featured the Blue Devils’ 13 seniors as part of Scott Van Pelt’s nightly “Senior Night” series that is recognizing senior high school and college athletes...
Scott Arnold takes over Franklin Regional girls soccer program
Scott Arnold has spent parts of the past 20-plus years coaching various levels of club soccer. Now, he is getting a chance to coach at the high school level. Arnold was hired Monday night to lead the Franklin Regional girls soccer program. “I knew it was a really good fit...
Big 33, East-West football all-star games still planned for Memorial Day weekend
The Big 33 Football Classic and East-West Game remain scheduled for Memorial Day weekend, according to Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association executive director Garry Cathell. The organization extended its timeline for making a decision on the annual football all-star games to April 15. The continued outbreak of the coronavirus has...
Baldwin’s Dorien Ford draws Arizona offer
Baldwin’s Dorien Ford has scholarship offers from teams in the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC. On Tuesday, he completed the tour of the Power 5 Conferences. The junior defensive lineman received an offer from Arizona, which finished 4-8 overall and 2-7 in the Pac-12 Conference last fall. Blessed...
WPIAL’s leading wide receiver David Pantelis adds Power 5 offer
David Pantelis has put education at the forefront of his football recruiting process. The Upper St. Clair junior wide receiver boasts scholarship offers from several Ivy League institutions. On Friday, he added an offer another well-respected academic university — one that also happens to be in the Power 5 ACC....
Busy week of recruiting for Pine-Richland’s Luke MillerVideo
Pine-Richland playmaker Luke Miller has seen quite and uptick in his recruiting this week. The receiver/outside linebacker reported scholarship offers from Akron, Youngstown State and New Hampshire on Friday. He was offered by Duquesne and Buffalo on Thursday. He also has an offer from Coastal Carolina. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound junior...
Buzzer-beater by Seton LaSalle’s Emma Walsh picked for Maxpreps’ Top 10
High school basketball fans can relive a special moment for Emma Walsh and the Seton LaSalle girls basketball team. Walsh hit a half-court buzzer beater to beat South Park, 54-53 in overtime, in a Section 2-3A game Jan. 13. Video of the shot circulated across various forms of social media...
Central Valley safety Stephon Hall adds WVU, Navy scholarship offers
The coronavirus pandemic has kept Central Valley junior safety Stephon Hall from taking visits to colleges around the region. It hasn’t, however, slowed down college coaches from offering him scholarship opportunities. Hall picked up offers from West Virginia and Navy on Thursday. He also was offered by Boston College this...
Pine-Richland’s Miguel Jackson adds Navy offer
One of the top defensive ends in Western Pennsylvania has made quite an impression on college programs. Pine-Richland junior Miguel Jackson picked up three scholarship offers in the past week, including one from Navy on Thursday. Thankful and excited to receive an offer from The Naval Academy‼️#BuiltDifferent pic.twitter.com/eWq6cpWtUB— Miguel Jackson...
Ohio High School Athletic Association cancels winter sports championships
The winter season is over for high school athletes in Ohio. The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced Thursday that it has canceled the remainder of its winter sports tournaments in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. OHSAA had postponed its wrestling, basketball and ice hockey state tournaments March 12....
Penguins Elite’s Cooley named to U.S. National Team
Eleven years ago, Logan Cooley began playing hockey in Sidney Crosby’s Little Penguins program. After years of training and improvement, Cooley will get a chance to compete with some of the top players in the country. The forward from West Mifflin has been named to the U.S. National Team Development...
Butler’s Ethan Morton named Gatorade Pennsylvania Player of the Year
The Butler boys basketball team still has a shot to win a PIAA Class 6A title if the season continues. If the Golden Tornado take the floor together again, they will do so with the best player in the state. Senior guard Ethan Morton was named the Gatorade Pennsylvania Player...
Scholarship offers piling up for Peters Township’s Corban Hondru
Peters Township junior Corban Hondru has been active this week … on social media, at least. With most of the world homebound and quarantined because of the coronavirus pandemic, Hondru has taken to social media like thousands of other high school students. Rather than posting push-up or dance videos, Hondru...
Early-season track and field invitationals canceled
Two of the area’s marquee track and field invitationals have been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The annual South Hills Classic was scheduled to be held Saturday at Baldwin Stadium. In addition, the Lady Spartan/Wildcat Invitational, scheduled for April 9 at Latrobe’s Memorial Stadium, has been canceled, according to...
Alle-Kiski Valley Hall of Fame banquet canceled
Member of the Alle-Kiski Valley Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2020 will be recognized for their accomplishments. Just not this year. The 51st annual induction ceremony, scheduled for May 16, was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The inductees will be honored at next year’s banquet, set for May...
PIAA extends postponement of spring sports, winter championships
There’s still hope for high school sports to be held this spring. In response to Gov. Tom Wolf’s directive that all schools in Pennsylvania remain closed for at least two more weeks, PIAA officials have extended the postponement of the possible restart of the winter basketball and swimming championships and...
Local Little Leagues can do little but hope season isn’t lost to coronavirus outbreak
Picture clouds of dust behind a tractor dragging the infield. The smell of freshly cut outfield grass. A perfectly lined batter’s box and baselines. Half a dozen coaches crowding the diamond, offering instruction, encouragement or correction. Cheers from parents, grandparents and siblings in crowded bleachers. In the middle of it...
Pirates, food bank volunteers help to feed those in need
The Pittsburgh Pirates and Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank did their part to help local families dealing with effects of the coronavirus Saturday by hosting a drive-up food distribution event in the PNC Park parking lots on the North Shore. Volunteers from both organizations supplied those in need with boxes...
Thomas Jefferson’s DeAngelo, OLSH’s DiMichele named Trib HSSN scholar-athletes of the month for February
The TribLive High School Sports Network is recognizing some of the best and brightest student-athletes in Western Pennsylvania. School administrators, athletic directors, coaches and teachers have the opportunity to nominate one female and one male scholar-athlete to receive the TribLIVE High School Sports Network Scholar Athlete of the Month Award....
Westmoreland swimmers, divers set for PIAA championships
After two days of championship swims and other top performances at Pitt’s Trees Pool, WPIAL individuals and relays are preparing for the PIAA Class AAA and AA meets March 11-14 at Bucknell. The PIAA released the preliminary psych sheets for swimming and diving Sunday morning. They contain the automatic and...
WPIAL basketball teams qualify for PIAA playoffs
With the WPIAL basketball championships complete, District 7 teams can turn their attention to the PIAA playoffs. The state tournament will get underway Friday and Saturday with first-round games at neutral sites. Pairings will be released Sunday. Here’s a look at the WPIAL boys and girls basketball teams that have...
Watch Day 3 of WPIAL basketball championships on Trib HSSN
Five more WPIAL championship trophies will be awarded Saturday at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center as the district basketball finals conclude. Here’s where you can see all the action on the TribLive High School Sports Network: Class 3A girls basketball Section rivals Beaver and Mohawk will open the day’s action in...
Mt. Pleasant’s Gardner ‘phenomenal’ at WPIAL swim meet, winning 6th gold
Heather Gardner’s closest competitor called her “phenomenal.” Her younger sister called her an “inspiration.” There are many other words to describe the Mt. Pleasant senior swimmer, but none more appropriate than “champion.” Gardner claimed the sixth WPIAL individual title of her decorated career Friday at the WPIAL Class AA championships...
Franklin Regional finishes strong at WPIAL Class AAA swim meet
There’s something to be said for going out on a high note. In the final race of the WPIAL Class AAA swim championships Friday, the Franklin Regional boys 400-yard freestyle relay team took third for the Panthers’ best finish of the day. The group of seniors Andrew Harris and Elias...
North Allegheny again sweeps WPIAL Class AAA swimming championships
Most high school swim teams don’t practice cannonballs. North Allegheny has perfected them. The Tigers boys and girls teams performed their typical post-meet group cannonball celebration Friday afternoon after again sweeping the WPIAL Class AAA titles at Pitt’s Trees Pool. It was the 12th straight title for the girls, while...
