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Mark Jones named Riverview’s head football coach
Mark Jones knew about Riverview football very well from his time as the head coach at rival Leechburg. He got an even more intimate view of the program and the kids who formed its core the past several years as an assistant coach with the Raiders offensive line. Now, Jones...
A-K Valley’s WPIAL champs ready for test vs. state’s best at PIAA swim meet
Kiski Area’s Leah Kunkle enjoyed the chance to celebrate her WPIAL Class 3A girls 100-yard breaststroke gold medal won Feb. 27 at Pitt’s Trees Pool. But not too long after that, it was back to work with the knowledge there was more to be had at the PIAA championships at...
Latrobe senior Chris Heese pumped up for PIAA swim meet
Latrobe senior Chris Heese hopes to deliver a powerful message this week. A two-time WPIAL Class 3A gold medalist in the 100-yard breaststroke, Heese took a different approach in preparation for the PIAA swimming and diving championships, which take place Wednesday through Saturday at Bucknell University in Lewisburg. Heese hit...
Westmoreland County PIAA basketball playoff preview capsule for March 10, 2026
PIAA basketball playoffs Girls Class 3A Second round Greensburg Central Catholic (20-7) vs. Northwestern (22-3) 6 p.m. Tuesday at Sharon District seeds: Greensburg Central Catholic 7-2; Northwestern 10-1 Winner plays: Winner of 4-3 Troy Area (24-4)/3-1 Trinity (22-2) Friday in quarterfinals (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Erica Gribble, GCC;...
A-K Valley PIAA basketball playoff preview capsules for March 10, 2026
PIAA basketball playoffs Boys Class 4A Second round Knoch (23-4) vs. North Catholic (20-6) 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Plum District seeds: Knoch 7-1; North Catholic 7-3 Winner plays: Winner of 12-5 Carver E&S (21-6)/2-2 Dallas (20-4) Friday in quarterfinals (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Teegan Finucan, Knoch; Jude Rottmann,...
Coaches association sets North Allegheny, Shaler atop WPIAL boys volleyball preseason rankings
WPIAL boys volleyball teams are in the process of preparing for the start of the 2026 season with workouts and scrimmages. The Western PA Volleyball Coaches Association also is gearing up for the start of matches and invitationals Friday and Saturday, and it released its preseason coaches polls Monday morning....
High school sports schedules for March 9, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys Class 6A Second round Wednesday’s schedule Plymouth-Whitemarsh (23-4) vs. Bethlehem Liberty (18-10) at Pottstown, 7 p.m.; Central York (23-3) vs. Father Judge (16-11) at Geigle Complex, 6 p.m.; Imhotep Charter (22-6) vs. William Penn (18-8) at Geigle Complex, 7:30 p.m.; Delaware Valley (20-8) vs. Parkland (23-6)...
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week for March 8, 2026Video
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week – Ryan Robbins School – Upper St. Clair Class – Junior Height – 6-foot-7 Position – Center #Earned – He is respectfully referred to by his high school boys basketball coach as Mount Robbins. There were times during the PIAA opener for...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for March 8, 2026Video
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week — Aubree Hupp School — Blackhawk Class — Senior Height — 5-foot-10 Position — Forward #Earned — Aubree Hupp knows what it takes to play for a championship. As her incredible scholastic career winds down, she had been a big part of...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of March 9, 2026
This past weekend, it was time to spring forward by starting daylight savings time. Now its time to spring forward to the next round of the high school state basketball and scholastic hockey playoffs this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN continues coverage of the 2026...
2026 WPIAL Class 6A baseball preseason breakdown
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. Yet in the small eight-team playoff bracket, neither team reached the championship game. The Tigers were stunned in the quarterfinals by Hempfield, and the...
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. Now they will try to tie Baldwin and Sto-Rox for the most championships in district history. Standing in the way could be 2022 and ‘24 champion Seneca Valley, last...
PIHL semifinal showdowns coming this week
Outside of No. 7 seed Latrobe in Class 2A, there have been no major surprises through the quarterfinals in the 2026 PIHL hockey playoffs. Many of the top four seeds have advanced to the Final Four in the Penguins Cup playoffs, set to take place at RMU Sports Complex on...
What to watch for in Western Pa. sports for March 9, 2026: PIHL playoffs heat up
Welcome to Week 2 of the PIHL playoffs with all four classifications set for the final four and all eight games this week at Robert Morris University Island Sports Complex on Neville Island. The focus on Day 1 will be the Penguins Cup Class 3A semifinals. In the first game,...
Westmoreland high school basketball notebook: Greensburg Central Catholic’s Gribble meets familiar face
When Greensburg Central Catholic point guard Erica Gribble attended a showcase last summer at IMG Academy in Florida, she roomed with another Pennsylvania star. Gribble and Makayla Presser-Palmer of Northwestern were roommates at the Elite 40 event. Who knew the Division I players would meet in the state playoffs? Gribble...
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. Rapp will be named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Directors Association Region IV Athletic Director of the...
18 WPIAL teams, Allderdice move on to PIAA girls basketball 2nd round
It was a 50-50 start to the PIAA girls basketball playoffs for the 36 teams that qualified from the WPIAL. With the first round in the books, there were 18 winners that are marching on to the second round and 18 district teams that saw their seasons end. Here is...
22 WPIAL teams, Obama Academy advance to PIAA boys basketball 2nd round
It was a good start for WPIAL boys basketball teams on the Road to Hershey, with each class going .500 or better in the first round. Combined, District 7 teams were 22-14 in the opening round. The breakdown per class: Class 6A (3-1), 5A (5-3), 4A (3-2), 3A (4-3), 2A...
WPIAL finals loss was ‘a good learning experience’ for Quaker Valley boys
Quaker Valley’s boys basketball team took an impressive 11-game winning streak into the WPIAL playoffs then extended it with two postseason victories. After a first-round bye, the Class 4A top-seed Quakers routed No. 8 Belle Vernon, 72-41, and edged No. 13 Deer Lakes, 44-42, in a nail-biter. But the No....
Gateway sports notebook: Gators hockey set for postseason tournament
Gateway hockey coach Dennis Shannon said he’s excited for his team’s prospects in their upcoming junior varsity playoff tournament. That comes after the youthful Gators, who returned to the JV level this season after playing in varsity last year, finished the regular season with seven wins, four losses and five...
Gateway swimmers advance to PIAA championship meet
Gunner Raymer said he was under the weather and not at his best for the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Feb. 26 an 27 at Pitt’s Trees Pool. “That was a big factor in both of my events,” the Kenyon College (Ohio) commit said. “It was frustrating. I wasn’t 100%.”...
Sewickley Herald notebook: 3 Quaker Valley wrestlers make it to states
Three Quaker Valley wrestlers qualified for the PIAA Class 2A tournament off their performances at the Southwest Regional at Altoona. “Survive and advance. That’s the mindset we’ve been taking week by week,” QV coach Austin Heinl said. “We lost some tough matches and won some tough matches. It’s just another...
Penn Hills sports notebook: Carter Bonner transfers to prep powerhouse
Carter Bonner had a difficult junior season where he was limited to four appearances for the Penn Hills football team. The Indians, who narrowly missed out on the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs last season, won’t get one more season with the four-star recruit. Bonner announced on social media that he...
Penn Hills’ Amon Hawthorne emerges as dominant force at end of senior season
Penn Hills boys basketball coach Chris Giles recently looked at a picture of 6-foot-2 senior guard Amon Hawthorne when he entered as a late substitute during the Indians’ win over DuBois in the first round of the PIAA Class 5A playoffs in 2023. The difference between now and then, as...
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. Josephine Dollman, a 142-pounder, advanced with a second-place finish at the West Regional tournament at Mt. Lebanon. Dollman lost to Kiski Area’s Ava Golding, 2-0, as Goulding scored a third-period reversal. Two...
