Sports
North Catholic’s Alayna Rocco named 2024 TribLive HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Year
April 1, 2024
There was a time when a basketball gym was the last place Alayna Rocco wanted to be. As a coach’s daughter, she went anyway.
Lincoln Park’s Brandin Cummings, Meleek Thomas named 2024 TribLive HSSN Boys Basketball Players of the Year
Brandin Cummings and Meleek Thomas form a dynamic duo for Lincoln Park’s boys basketball team, but they aren’t quite Batman and Robin.
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Yough’s Makayla Spoonhoward
After going 10-5-7 overall and 7-3 in section play last season, Yough lost a wild 14-13 game to Southmoreland in the second round of the WPIAL playoffs.
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Leechburg’s Laney Aul
Laney Aul is a key player for the Leechburg softball team, but that’s just a small part of her story.
Mars, Shaler maintain top spots in latest WPIAL boys volleyball coaches rankings
A couple of teams in Class 3A changed positions as the Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its Week 3 Top-10 polls and Players of the Week on Monday morning.
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Head of the Class: Player, coach of the year in all 6 classifications
Class 6A
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Head of the Class: Player, coach of the year in all 6 classifications
Class 6A
This week on Trib HSSN for week of April 1, 2024
With all of the egg hunts complete, we go hippity-hoppin’ toward a full week of spring sports…weather permitting of course, as we begin April action this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network.
After last season’s tough losses, Penn-Trafford volleyball aims to again contend
Members of the Penn-Trafford boys volleyball team feel they still have enough talent to compete in Class 3A, despite the loss of solid players Daniel Tarabrella, Andrew Kessler and Carson Good to graduation.
Gateway boys tennis sets course on WPIAL title defense
Six of seven starters returned from last year’s Gateway boys tennis team which captured the program’s first WPIAL title since 1988 and made it all the way to the PIAA Class 3A semifinals.
Gateway swimmers pleased with performance at state championships
The final Gateway swim in the final event of the final day of the PIAA swimming championships at Bucknell University resulted in a podium finish and a state medal.
Medal-winning Quaker Valley diver taking talents to Idaho
The University of Idaho is located in the city of Moscow in the North Central region of the state.
Veteran lineup looks to lead Quaker Valley baseball back to playoffs
The Quaker Valley baseball team is looking for a return to the postseason.
Penn Hills seniors seek return to WPIAL softball playoffs
Missing out on the playoffs last season was a tough break for the Penn Hills softball team. The year before, the Indians had found a way back after a long hiatus from the playoffs.
Penn Hills notebook: Junior wrestlers capture state championship
The Penn Hills Junior Wrestling team claimed a championship at the Keystone State Championships in March. Logan Mutombo won the 61-pound weight class in the 6-and-under boys division. Mutombo beat Bald Eagle’s Rhett Rippey, 5-0, in the championship match.
Pine-Richland hockey caps special season with 4th state championship
Winning a state championship is obviously special on its own, but the way the Pine-Richland hockey team did so will be retold over and over again.
Deep, experienced Pine-Richland baseball roster hunting another section title
The last couple of years, a young core of Pine-Richland baseball players helped contribute to back-to-back section championships.
Wrestling All-Stars from across the state, country put on thrilling show
March 30, 2024
At the 50th annual Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic on Saturday at Peters Township, the crowd patiently waited for the long-awaited rematch between Frazier’s Rune Lawrence and Max Shulaw, a two-time Ohio state champion from St. Francis DeSales.
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Deer Lakes’ Maddie Kee, Riverview’s Jack Loughren
Maddie Kee
