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Trib HSSN baseball rankings for April 16, 2022
Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Butler, 7-1, 1 2. North Allegheny, 5-2, 2 3. Upper St. Clair, 5-2, 5 4. Mt. Lebanon, 6-5, NR 5. Norwin, 4-4, 4 Out: Seneca Valley (5-3, 3) Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Bethel Park, 7-0, 1 2. West Allegheny, 7-0,...
North Allegheny Athletic Hall of Fame class offers tribute to 50th anniversary of Title IX
State champion swimmer Jacquelyn Du and record-setting field hockey player Emily Humiston are among 11 individuals chosen for induction into the North Allegheny Athletic Hall of Fame this year. The Class of 2022 includes seven female athletes, a fitting tribute to the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the 1972 law...
WPIAL executive director Amy Scheuneman joining Pittsburgh Marathon organizer P3R
WPIAL executive director Amy Scheuneman is leaving her job as the district’s top administrator to join P3R, which organizes races in Western Pennsylvania, including the Pittsburgh Marathon. Scheuneman will be P3R’s youth programming director. She revealed her future job Friday, a day after announcing her departure from the WPIAL. In...
Amy Scheuneman resigning as WPIAL executive director after spring sports championships
Amy Scheuneman’s tenure as WPIAL executive director is ending this spring after two years. Scheuneman, who became the league’s top administrator in the midst of a pandemic, said she is resigning June 1 to accept an undisclosed position elsewhere. She said her new position would be announced Monday. “It would...
WPIAL athletic directors want basketball sections divided by ability not enrollment
What if basketball sections were determined by a team’s talent level rather than its school enrollment? A group of WPIAL athletic directors presented that idea to the WPIAL board in a proposal that would group teams by ability instead of the number of students in the school, an idea meant...
WPIAL notebook: Kiski Area doesn’t want to share section with Penn Hills
The racially charged dispute between Penn Hills and Kiski Area wasn’t resolved, so the WPIAL may keep those teams apart in future years. Kiski Area formally asked the WPIAL to keep its teams in separate sections from Penn Hills when new alignments are created, a request the WPIAL board will...
WPIAL announces James Collins Scholar/Athlete Award winners
The WPIAL on Wednesday announced winners of the James Collins Scholar/Athlete Awards. This is the 31st year for the awards, which include a $1,000 scholarship for each recipient. The WPIAL chose 20 scholar/athletes from among 142 nominees. The boys awards went to Anthony DiFalco of Franklin Regional, Jake DiMichele of...
Mars hires former Pine-Richland football coach Eric Kasperowicz
Only four miles separate the football stadiums of Pine-Richland and Mars, but the journey that took Eric Kasperowicz from one to the other followed a winding road. The Mars school board voted Tuesday night to hire Kasperowicz as football coach, bringing him back to a WPIAL sideline one year after...
Football coach Eric Kasperowicz poised to make WPIAL return at Mars
Mars is prepared to hire football coach Eric Kasperowicz, bringing the two-time state champion coach back to the WPIAL a year after his ouster at Pine-Richland. He is the recommended candidate to be hired pending Mars school board approval Tuesday night, according to the meeting agenda. Kasperowicz went 85-18 in...
Trib HSSN softball rankings for April 9, 2022
Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Hempfield, 3-0, 1 2. North Allegheny, 5-0, 5 3. Bethel Park, 2-3, 2 4. Pine-Richland, 2-1, NR 5. Norwin, 1-2, 3 Out: Seneca Valley (2-2, 4) Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Armstrong, 5-0, 2 2. Penn-Trafford, 6-0, 3 3. Fox Chapel,...
Trib HSSN baseball rankings for April 9, 2022
Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Butler, 5-0, 2 2. North Allegheny, 3-1, 1 3. Seneca Valley, 4-1, 3 4. Norwin, 3-2, NR 5. Upper St. Clair, 3-2, 4 Out: Baldwin (4-3, 5) Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Bethel Park, 4-0, 1 2. South Fayette, 5-0, 3...
North Allegheny softball team confident after strong start to 2022 season
Morgan Vescovi was hired as North Allegheny’s softball coach in 2019, but counting seasons is always a tricky task because the pandemic erased 2020. Third season? Fourth season? “Maybe 3.5,” she said. What is clear is that for the first time with her as head coach, the Tigers felt some...
Trinity hires former Chartiers Valley football coach Dan Knause
After working five years to build up his alma mater’s football program, coach Dan Knause will take on a new project elsewhere. The former Chartiers Valley coach was hired Thursday night as assistant high school principal and football coach at Trinity, a program that seeks its first playoff win since...
Lacrosse officials demand pay increase in disruptive dispute with WPIAL schools
A number of Western Pennsylvania boys lacrosse officials are taking a timeout from working varsity games unless WPIAL schools give them a pay raise. The Allegheny Lacrosse Officials Association this winter requested a $90 rate for working varsity games, but the WPIAL athletic directors association instead approved a $2 raise...
North Catholic hires former Pitt, Duquesne basketball assistant as athletic director
Bill Barton, a former assistant college basketball coach at Pitt and Duquesne, is returning to Western Pennsylvania as athletic director at North Catholic. The high school announced his hire Tuesday. Barton works now as athletic director at Saint Joseph Prep, a Catholic school in Boston and will start work at...
WPIAL lacrosse match rescheduled after officials decline to accept assignment
A simmering discontent by officials about pay and travel forced Trinity to reschedule a boys lacrosse game, but the WPIAL was optimistic the season won’t be disrupted by a widespread work stoppage. Trinity intended to host Chartiers Valley in a section contest Tuesday night, but the three officials declined in...
Quaker Valley’s Adou Thiero named 2022 TribLive HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Year
2022 TribLive HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Year Adou Thiero Quaker Valley 6-foot-6, Senior, Guard When your father played college ball for John Calipari and your mother was selected in the WNBA draft, you grow up knowing basketball might be in your future. Adou Thiero liked that idea. “I...
2022 TribLive HSSN Boys Basketball All-Stars | Terrific 10
This was a history-making year for WPIAL boys basketball with Our Lady of the Sacred Heart leading the way. The record-setting Chargers were one of three teams that won a WPIAL title with an undefeated record, joining Quaker Valley and Laurel Highlands. All three championships squads are represented here among...
2022 TribLive HSSN Girls Basketball All-Stars | Terrific 10
This season marked the end of an era for some WPIAL girls basketball programs or maybe just the beginning for others. Among them, Chartiers Valley says goodbye to a talented senior class that lost just seven games in four years. They were among four WPIAL girls teams to reach the...
TribHSSN baseball rankings for April 2, 2022
Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny, 1-0, 1 2. Butler, 2-0, 4 3. Seneca Valley, 3-0, NR 4. Upper St. Clair, 2-1, NR 5. Baldwin, 4-1, NR Out: Hempfield (0-3, 2), Norwin (0-3, 3), Mt. Lebanon (1-4, 5) Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Bethel Park,...
TribHSSN softball rankings for April 2, 2022
Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Hempfield, 2-0, 3 2. Bethel Park, 0-2, 1 3. Norwin, 0-1, 2 4. Seneca Valley, 1-0, 5 5. North Allegheny, 2-0, NR Out: Mt. Lebanon (0-1, 4) Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Shaler, 3-0, 1 2. Armstrong, 3-0, 2 3. Penn-Trafford,...
With big-time talent, North Allegheny baseball team sets big goals
At least a dozen pro scouts watched North Allegheny’s baseball scrimmage, an early indication the Tigers have an eventful season ahead. Senior shortstop Cole Young is projected to be a first-round MLB Draft pick this summer, but the team has other goals to accomplish before then, like winning WPIAL and...
Butler files lawsuit against PIAA in fight over District 10 football playoffs
The WPIAL has no grounds to ban the Butler football team from the District 10 playoffs, says a lawsuit the school district has filed against the PIAA. The suit was filed last week in Butler County Common Pleas Court on behalf of the school and the parents of two varsity...
Philadelphia basketball teams are here to stay in PIAA, says District 12 chairman
Philadelphia teams joined the PIAA basketball playoffs less than two decades ago, and District 12’s top administrator says his schools are here to stay, despite any wishful thinking by opponents. Over the years, some Philadelphia coaches and players have opined that the state tournament didn’t match their excitement for winning...
PIAA to survey schools about adding basketball shot clock in 2024
Reset the clock. The PIAA basketball committee met Wednesday to debate adding a shot clock to Pennsylvania high school games, but decided more time was needed to survey schools statewide, said Hampton athletic director Bill Cardone, who represents the WPIAL on the committee. The committee did reach a couple of...
