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Westmoreland County players picked for CJ2K vs. The World Charity Classic
Four local basketball players were selected to play in the We Got Next Concrete Jungle 2K vs. The World Charity Classic games Saturday at Aliquippa. The girls game starts at 1 p.m. with the boys to follow at 3. Greensburg Central Catholic senior Erica Gribble will play for the CJ2K...
Westmoreland County softball notebook: Wildcats do double duty on gridiron, diamond
The best girls flag football teams in the WPIAL will probably be the ones with the most multi-sport athletes. One thing is for sure: Latrobe’s team has some good softball players. Natalia Scekeres and Morgan Maiers are among them. Scekeres is the quarterback, and Maiers is a rangy wide receiver...
Joe Starkey: 10 minutes with 2 WPIAL coaching legends — Danny Holzer and Tim McConnell
Tim McConnell couldn’t remember how many WPIAL titles he’d won on the grounds of Duquesne, back when they played the championship games at Palumbo Center. “I’m not sure, maybe four or five,” he said. That’s how much winning the man did. He couldn’t even peg the exact amount! And the...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 26, 2026: After pitchers’ duel, section foes meet again
Rain will be a concern for the diamond sports Thursday as district baseball teams try to complete, for some, the first week of section series action. After getting Game 1 in Tuesday, the Section 2-4A series between Ringgold and Elizabeth Forward is set to conclude at Boston Field in Elizabeth...
Trib HSSN final 2026 Pennsylvania girls high school basketball rankings
Sharing the crown as top district in the PIAA girls basketball championships are District 1 and District 7. District 1, made up of schools in suburban Philadelphia, took gold in Class 6A with Upper Dublin and Class A with Delaware County Christian. The WPIAL also has two state champions with...
Trib HSSN final 2026 Pennsylvania high school basketball rankings
Three of the state’s 12 districts hoarded all the boys basketball gold with the conclusion of the 2026 PIAA championships in Hershey. We mentioned last week the success of District 12, made up of schools from the Philadelphia Catholic League and the Philadelphia Public League. Its domination continued this season...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 25, 2026
High schools Baseball Wednesday’s results Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional 12, Penn Hills 2 Section 2 South Fayette 9, Moon 8 Bethel Park 8, Upper St. Clair 6 Section 3 Pine-Richland 11, Mars 6 Fox Chapel 11, Shaler 10 West Allegheny 10, Allderdice 0 Class 4A Section 1 Blackhawk...
High school roundup for March 25, 2026: North Allegheny throws early season shutout
Liam Cooper and Lucas Manczka combined on a four-hit shutout, leading North Allegheny to a 4-0 win over Norwin in nonsection baseball Wednesday night. Cooper allowed two hits and fanned five in five innings. Manczka gave up two hits and struck out three in two innings. Christian Simons drove in...
West Mifflin in midseason form in win over Burrell
West Mifflin softball coach Erik Hilligsberg needed eight-plus years to accumulate 100 career wins. He only needed 24 hours to get victory No. 101. The Class 4A No. 5-ranked Titans had steady offense and solid pitching in turning back Burrell, 9-1, in a nonsection win Wednesday. “It’s a tribute to...
Franklin Regional shakes off early deficit, rolls past Penn Hills in section opener
Faced with a surprise two-run deficit in his team’s home and Section 1-5A baseball opener, junior pitcher Nico Fioravanti didn’t show much concern. He shrugged off Penn Hills’ quick start because there was a lot of game left. Well, at least a few more innings. “The first inning was a...
Nominees announced for 70th annual Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete banquet
This year’s nominees for the Judge Michael J. Stewart 70th annual Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete banquet is a mixture of PIAA and WPIAL champions and outstanding individuals on and off the field. The banquet will be April 21 at Ferrante’s Lakeview in Greensburg. The nominees, two each from the 18 high...
Alle-Kiski Valley HOF-er Carol Perroz keeps playing, racking up honors
Carol Perroz was a softball standout among the three sports she played at Freeport, and she continued in softball in college at Slippery Rock. Though she was dedicated to her school teams in the spring, her diamond exploits didn’t end when her scholastic seasons came to a close. Many of...
Westmoreland County baseball notebook: Teams head south for sunnier days
More teams are coming to grips with the reality that if you want to play games early in the season, you’ll probably have to do so out of state. Another cold, wet stretch of weather greeted many teams when the season began last week. Boosters clubs and their fundraisers helped...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 24, 2026
High schools Baseball Tuesday’s results Class 5A Section 1 Plum 6, Armstrong 0 Franklin Regional at Penn Hills, ppd. Penn-Trafford 9, Latrobe 3 Section 2 Bethel Park at Upper St. Clair, ppd. Chartiers Valley 8, Trinity 1 Moon 16, South Fayette 6 Section 3 Pine-Richland 6, Mars 3 Fox Chapel...
High school roundup for March 24, 2026: Elizabeth Forward’s JB Crovak fans 17 to win pitchers’ duel with Ringgold
JB Crovak threw a one-hit shutout with 17 strikeouts and one walk to lead Elizabeth Forward to a 1-0 victory over Ringgold in Section 2-4A baseball Tuesday. Aiden Grimes singled and scored for the Warriors (2-1, 1-0). Anthony Koziel gave up one run on four hits with eight strikeouts for...
Penn-Trafford reverses fortune, tops Latrobe
There was no comeback for Latrobe this time. Senior pitcher Dom Delio and his Penn-Trafford teammates made sure of it, finishing what they started to earn a series split. Less than 24 hours after Penn-Trafford blew an eight-run lead and lost in extra innings, the Warriors put up an early...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 25, 2026: Early season tests for northern softball teams
The WPIAL midweek spotlight will shine on Lawrence County where a pair of section softball contests will garner plenty of attention in the northern part of the district Wednesday. Last spring, New Castle just missed a playoff spot in Class 5A, finishing in fifth place in Section 1, one game...
Trib 10: State champs highlight final edition of WPIAL basketball power rankings
The Road to Hershey, much like the Path to the Pete, is now complete. Another high school basketball season is in the books following the crowning of 12 state champions on the floor of the Giant Center this past weekend. The WPIAL saw three district teams return home with PIAA...
State Legislative Budget and Finance Committee study recommends PIAA make changes
A newly released study requested by State Rep. Rob Matzie, D-Beaver, recommends changes to current PIAA policies. “My resolution that passed last year created the actual study,” Matzie said. “The Legislative Budget Finance Committee released it to the committee (Tuesday) who voted to accept the report.” Matzie, who is chair...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 23, 2026
High schools Baseball Monday’s results Class 5A Section 1 Latrobe 13, Penn-Trafford 12 Plum 9, Armstrong 3 Penn Hills at Franklin Regional, ppd. Section 2 Moon at South Fayette, ppd. Trinity at Chartiers Valley, ppd. Upper St. Clair at Bethel Park, ppd. Section 3 Pine-Richland at Mars, ppd. Shaler at...
High school roundup for March 23, 2026: Latrobe picks up walk-off win in slugfest
Grady Ruffner hit a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the eighth to lead Latrobe to a 13-12 victory over Penn-Trafford in a Section 1-5A baseball slugfest Monday. Cole Short went 4 for 6 with two doubles, a home run and four RBIs and Noah Noel went 4 for...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 24, 2026: Teams that shared section title renew acquaintances
Section series around WPIAL baseball will continue Tuesday, if their Monday game was somehow played, or will begin Tuesday if Monday was postponed. Section 3-3A took sharing a section championship to the extreme in 2025. Five teams finished tied for first place for a very rare quintuple championship. Freeport, Burrell,...
Trib HSSN high school basketball team of the week for March 23, 2026
Trib HSSN basketball team of the week – South Fayette girls Coach – Bryan Bennett (8th season) Record – 12-0 and champions of Section 3-5A, 31-1 overall #Earned – Technically, they are the final Trib HSSN Team of the Week for this basketball season, but if you have to make...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Triumph and tragedy intersect in poignant weekend
Sports are filled with where-were-you-when moments. Highlight plays, iconic individual performances and banner wins often stick with fans and communities. Just the same, so do somber moments and events, like young people whose lives were taken too soon, or the loss of well-respected figures who became the face of their...
A-K Valley high school notebook: Teams on the move in WPIAL football realignment
Kiski Area and Knoch dropped, Fox Chapel moved and the Allegheny 7 Conference in Class 3A retained that dominant local flair. Those are some of the highlights of the WPIAL’s football realignment for the 2026 and 2027 seasons. The Cavaliers, under the direction of former Highlands and Westminster standout Brayden...
