Bill Hartlep stories, Page 33
Franklin Regional wrestler Spears chooses Brown, will enroll in 2021
Mason Spears has aspirations of being a surgeon. He has found a college that will help him realize that dream. He’ll also get to continue with his other passion — wrestling. The Franklin Regional senior committed to wrestle at Brown University on Thursday. “I was looking for a school that...
Lernerville Speedway cancels opening night races
Dirt-track racing season will have to wait, as the coronavirus outbreak has halted another part of the local sports world. Lernerville Speedway in Sarver canceled its opening-night festivities, which were scheduled for April 24. Test and tune sessions scheduled for April 10 and 17 also were canceled. “With respect to...
Pitt women’s basketball gains player, loses another via transfer portal
One of the top women’s basketball players in the Mountain West Conference could be in a Pitt uniform next season. Jayla Everett, the 2019 Mountain West Freshman of the Year, decided to transfer from New Mexico to Pitt. She posted her intention on Twitter on Thursday. ??? pic.twitter.com/jraBEeI7x1— JAY (@jayla_dianne4)...
Peters Township’s Corban Hondru commits to Miami (Ohio)
Corban Hondru will continue to wear the red and white at the college level. The Peters Township junior linebacker on Friday made a commitment to play at Miami (Ohio). “The coaches are all very straight forward, and it’s the place that made me feel most comfortable for my next four...
Burrell hockey star Stewart headed to Alaska for next step in pro dream
Tyler Stewart is headed back to the world of junior hockey and continuing his path toward a professional career. That path is leading to the other side of the country. The Burrell senior signed a North American Hockey League tender agreement Wednesday with the Fairbanks Ice Dogs in Alaska. Though...
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...
