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Deer Lakes tops division champ Carrick in PIHL D2 playoffs, sets up meeting with Burrell
Something had to give as the Carrick and Deer Lakes hockey teams came into Tuesday’s PIHL Varsity D2 quarterfinal at Ice Castle in Castle Shannon riding multi-game win streaks. The Cougars won five in a row to close the regular season, and the Lancers entered the playoffs having won four...
Hempfield wrestling coach Santia knows what it takes to be a state champion
Few are better than Hempfield Area wrestling coach Steve Santia when it comes to talking about what it takes to be an underdog and win a PIAA title. Santia stunned the crowd at Giant Center in Hershey in 2007 when he pinned Marcus Zimmerman of Manheim Central in 1 minute,...
Trib HSSN WPIAL wrestling rankings for March 5, 2024
WEEK 12 Team rankings Class 3A Team (This year’s record) 1. Connellsville (17-4) 2. Trinity (13-3) 3. Franklin Regional (22-3) 4. Bethel Park (19-3) 5. Latrobe (13-5) 6. North Allegheny (17-4) 7. Fox Chapel (15-2) 8. Peters Township (16-6) 9. Norwin (12-7) 10. West Allegheny (9-4) Class 2A Team (This...
WPIAL swimmers to swap gold, silver medals after 100-yard backstroke review
A change has been made to the order of finish between Mt. Pleasant junior Kiersten O’Connor and Hampton sophomore Lainey Sheets after their Class 2A 100-yard backstroke race Friday at the WPIAL championships at Pitt’s Trees Pool. Initially, O’Connor was the winner as her time of 55.37 seconds flashed on...
No surprises for battle-tested Norwin, Greensburg Central Catholic girls in state playoffs
The long bus rides. The offbeat gymnasiums. The unfamiliar opponents and schools no one has ever heard of. The PIAA basketball playoffs can be a world of discovery for teams that have never been there. Coaches try to sell the state postseason as “just another game,” but there are noticeable...
Former Steeler Brett Keisel goes from 2-time Super Bowl champion to dedicated hockey dadVideo
For 13 seasons, Brett Keisel helped anchor the Pittsburgh Steelers defense. Now the towering 6-foot-5, two-time Super Bowl champion can be found in the stands at hockey rinks throughout Western Pennsylvania, cheering on his three children. “I fell in love with hockey coming to Pittsburgh,” Keisel said. “I never once...
What to watch for in Western Pa. high school sports on March 5, 2024: Peters Township starts title defense
The short but sweet PIHL Penguins Cup quarterfinals hit the second and final day with four more high school hockey playoff games. Last year, Peters Township captured a second straight Penguins Cup 3A championship, the first repeat in the league’s highest classification in over two decades. Now the Indians are...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 4, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys First round Class 6A Saturday’s schedule Central Dauphin (18-8) at Upper St. Clair (20-5), 1 p.m.; Mt. Lebanon (20-5) at State College (12-12), 3 p.m.; Emmaus (20-7) at Red Lion (18-8), 5 p.m.; Central York (21-3) at Garnet Valley (19-8), 1 p.m.; McDowell (20-5) at Baldwin...
High school roundup for March 4, 2024: Penn-Trafford knocks off defending champs in 2A hockey
Gavin Paterson scored the tie-breaking goal in the final minute of the second period and Tyler Funk made 31 saves as No. 8 Penn-Trafford knocked off defending champ South Fayette, the No. 1 seed, 4-3, in the PIHL Class 2A Penguins Cup quarterfinals Monday night. Ben Zierski, Cam Kiste and...
Shawn Sinclair’s 2nd goal lifts Franklin Regional past Latrobe
Franklin Regional dropped both regular-season hockey games to Latrobe this season, and things didn’t look good for the Panthers after the first period. But circumstances changed in the second period, and so did the outcome of the PIHL Penguins Cup Class 2A quarterfinals at Kirk S. Nevin Arena. The Panthers...
Norwin comes alive in 3rd period to beat Fox Chapel, reach PIHL 2A semifinals
The Norwin and Fox Chapel hockey teams have gotten to know each other pretty well over the past three years, both in the regular season and in the Penguin Cup playoffs. On Monday at Palmer Imaging Arena in Delmont, the Knights and Foxes met for the third straight year in...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week for March 4, 2024
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week: Upper St. Clair Panthers Coach: Danny Holzer (29th season) Record: 8-2 in Section 2-6A, 20-5 overall #Earned: A hard-fought quarterfinal victory over Butler by seven points sent Upper St. Clair back to the semifinals last Tuesday to face the team that ousted...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week for March 4, 2024
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week: Josh Pratt School: Aliquippa Class: Sophomore Height: 6-foot-1 Position: Guard #Earned: Pratt has led Aliquippa in scoring in each of their four WPIAL playoff victories. In the first round, he and senior Cameron Lindsey and junior Tikey Hayes each scored 11 points...
Game-changing senior class gets ready for last run in state playoffs for St. Joseph
If St. Joseph administrators wanted to have an early graduation practice, it could have been scheduled for Saturday at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center. The students who filled Section 115, wearing red, rooting on their girls basketball team, almost certainly would have provided a quorum for a school that, in the...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Latrobe’s Jacob Hannah
As most hockey fans are aware, Pittsburgh Penguins great Jaromir Jagr had his No. 68 jersey retired by the organization Feb. 18. One Latrobe IceCat was glad to see it go up in the rafters alongside Mario Lemieux’s 66 and Michel Briere’s 21. “Watching him get his number retired shows...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Deer Lakes’ Zachary Nacey
Last year, Deer Lakes’ hockey team made it all the way to the semifinals in the PIHL’s Division 2, but Ringgold, the eventual champion, got the best of it. This year, Deer Lakes clinched a playoff yet again with high hopes to advance to the title game. Senior center Zachary...
What to watch for in Western Pa. sports for March 4, 2024: PIHL quarterfinals on tap
With temps climbing into the 70’s the next few days, it’s a perfect time to think…ice hockey and the quarterfinals of the PIHL Penguins Cup playoffs. The league has scheduled 16 quarterfinal playoff games into two days with 12 of them taking place Monday. There will be a lot of...
Final 2023-24 PIHL standings, with Penguins Cup playoff field set
Here are the final 2023-24 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through the end of the regular season, along with all the PIHL playoff qualifiers. The PIHL Penguins Cup quarterfinals are set for Monday and Tuesday. Don’t miss live and archived video of PIHL playoff action at TribHSSN.TribLive.com. *- indicates clinched...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for March 3, 2024Video
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week: Maggie Spell School: Shady Side Academy Class: Sophomore Height: 5-foot-9 Position: Guard What coach says: “Her start and aggressive mindset was very important for us,” Shady Side Academy coach Jonna Burke said about the championship game. “She realized early that they were...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for March 3, 2024Video
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week: South Fayette Lions Coach: Bryan Bennett (sixth season) Record: 10-2 in Section 3-4A, 20-2 overall #Earned: Few thought another WPIAL championship was in the cards for South Fayette after they finished in third place in a tough Section 4-5A, and were seeded...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of March 4, 2024
The February Frenzy shifts to the Madness of March as we put the Path to the Pete basketball postseason in the rear view mirror and prepare for the Penguins Cup hockey postseason to kick into full swing and the start of the Road to Hershey this weekend. The playoff basketball...
Westmoreland high school notebook: PIAA basketball playoff pairings, schedule set
The PIAA basketball playoffs will begin this weekend. Times were announced Sunday for first-round games, with higher seeds earning home games. Boys state playoff teams from Westmoreland County are: Franklin Regional in 5A, Burrell and Derry in 3A, Greensburg Central Catholic and Jeannette in 2A and Monessen in A. Franklin...
Burrell boys get unlikely extra home game in PIAA playoffs
It’s been nearly a month since Burrell’s boys basketball team played a home game. After their 58-44 win over rival Valley on Feb. 9, the Bucs were expected to be road warriors for the remainder of the season. As the No. 11 seed for the WPIAL playoffs, they upset No....
High school sports schedules for March 4, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys PIAA tournament Class 6A First round Saturday’s schedule Cedar Crest (18-7) at Lower Merion (25-1), 1 p.m.; Archbishop Wood (16-8) vs. Methacton (19-7) at Cardinal O’Hara, 5 p.m.; Springfield Delco (13-14) at Abraham Lincoln (13-12), 3 p.m.; Spring-Ford (20-6) at Scranton (20-4), 4 p.m.; Plymouth Whitemarsh...
PIAA releases sites, times for 1st round of 2024 girls state basketball playoffs
The brackets are set for the 2024 PIAA girls basketball state playoffs with first-round games scheduled for Friday and Saturday. There are 37 girls teams from the WPIAL ready to battle on the Road to Hershey. Since the expansion to six classifications seven years ago, six District 7 girls basketball...
