Jonathan Bombulie stories, Page 9
Chartiers Valley’s Aislin Malcolm named Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Year
Some athletes are motivated by the desire to win. Others are driven by the fear of losing. Chartiers Valley sophomore guard Aislin Malcolm would be happy to talk about which group she belongs to, but there’s a small problem with that. She doesn’t really know what losing is like, not...
Senior spotlight: West Allegheny outfielder not ready to hang up spikes
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic. Before softball practice was suspended last month, West Allegheny’s Maci Priddi was in the process of making a position switch. An all-section infielder as the Indians...
Senior spotlight: Quaker Valley tennis champ tries to take stalled senior year in stride
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic. Quaker Valley tennis player Zach Albert has a philosophy he tries to live by: Only worry about things you can control. It worked for him on...
Belle Vernon’s Devin Whitlock named Tribune-Review Westmoreland Boys Basketball Player of the Year
Tribune-Review Boys Basketball Player of the Year Devin Whitlock Belle Vernon, 5-9, So., Guard A player reaching the 1,000-point milestone is a significant but somewhat common achievement in high school basketball. Seeing a sophomore nudge his career point total into four digits, well, that’s different. That indicates there’s a special...
Hempfield athletic director Greg Meisner to step down
For the first time in 15 years, Hempfield will have a new athletic director this summer. Greg Meisner will step down from his athletic director position for personal reasons effective June 30, superintendent Tammy Wolicki confirmed in an email Friday. Rich Bowen, Hempfield’s football coach and athletic operations manager, will...
Elizabeth Forward’s Ryan Michaels, 2-time WPIAL wrestling champ, reopens recruitment
Two-time WPIAL champion Ryan Michaels of Elizabeth Forward has reopened his college recruitment. Michaels, who went 45-3 and reached the PIAA finals at 120 pounds as a senior, announced via Twitter he has decommitted from Campbell University. When Michaels announced his commitment to Campbell in January, he cited the school’s...
Senior spotlight: Future is full of possibilities for Bethel Park infielder
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic. What’s the next step in Kevin Kogler’s baseball career? If the spring sports season is called off, the Bethel Park senior may have played his last...
Southmoreland’s Gracie Spadaro wins Tribune-Review Westmoreland Girls Basketball Player of the Year honors
Tribune-Review Girls Basketball Player of the Year Gracie Spadaro Southmoreland, 5-11, So., Forward It was a good year to be a Southmoreland Scottie. In the fall, the football team made the WPIAL playoffs for the first time since 1979. In the winter, the girls basketball team had the best season...
Penn State AD: Football season could be played in ‘nontraditional’ spot on calendarVideo
Based on the resolute attitude of athletic director Sandy Barbour and the financial realities of the situation, it seems, at the moment, somewhat unlikely the Penn State football season will be canceled entirely. Based on the circumstances surrounding the coronavirus pandemic gripping the country, it seems unlikely the season will...
Senior spotlight: Seton LaSalle volleyball’s Manion brings a lot to the table
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic. Luke Manion made a name for himself on the Seton LaSalle volleyball team the past three seasons, earning all-WPIAL and all-state honors as a setter for...
Penn Hills to open football season against West Virginia power
Penn Hills announced the opening game on its 2020 football schedule Wednesday night, and it’s a headline-grabber for a variety of reasons. The Indians will meet West Virginia power Martinsburg at 5 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 29 as part of the WPIAL vs. Everyone season-opening event at Woodland Hills’ Wolvarena. The...
Frontier League, Washington Wild Things postpone start of season
The Frontier League announced Wednesday that the start of its season will officially be delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. The Washington Wild Things, members of the league since 2002, were scheduled to open their season May 15-17 with a three-game series against the New York Boulders in Rockland County, N.Y....
Penguins can count on Brian Dumoulin, John Marino for spark when hockey returns
The Penguins don’t know when their next game will be played. They are pretty sure defensemen Brian Dumoulin and John Marino will be in their lineup when it happens. That is very good news for the Penguins. They were an outstanding team with Dumoulin and Marino in the lineup this...
Senior spotlight: West Allegheny catcher misses camaraderie on softball diamond
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic. West Allegheny senior Britney Wilson is hoping against hope that there’s a softball season this year, but not because she has a chance to win a...
Vincentian Academy grad Wise wins major student-athlete award at Indiana
Vincentian Academy grad Brenna Wise, a senior at Indiana, has been named one of the top five student-athletes in NCAA Division I women’s basketball. Wise was selected to the Senior CLASS Award first team, Indiana announced Tuesday. A two-year team captain, Wise has started every game for the Hoosiers over...
Senior spotlight: TJ tennis standout would like another crack at WPIAL title
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic. If there’s a WPIAL tennis player who most hopes there is a season this year, it just might be Yash Maheshwari. The Thomas Jefferson senior has...
Chartiers Valley headlines Big 56 all-section basketball teams
No team in the WPIAL had as successful a 2019-20 season as the Chartiers Valley girls. The Colts were the only team to emerge from the WPIAL tournament undefeated, and they set a district record by running their winning streak to 57 games. The postseason awards they’re receiving reflect that...
Wheeling Nailers won’t renew coach’s contract
The Wheeling Nailers have decided to part ways with coach Mike Bavis. The Penguins’ ECHL affiliate announced Monday it will not renew the contract of Bavis, who coached the team for the past two seasons. The Nailers went 55-61-15 under Bavis. They missed the playoffs last season and were in...
PCN to broadcast 2017 basketball title tilt between Pine-Richland, Reading
Led by Miami recruit Lonnie Walker, Reading High came into the 2017 PIAA Class 6A basketball finals with a caravan of fired-up fans hoping to see the school win its first state title. Led by Notre Dame football recruit Phil Jurkovec, Pine-Richland’s plan was to silence the crowd and claim...
Iowa’s Spencer Lee wins Hodge Trophy, college wrestling’s Heisman
In a nearly unanimous vote, Iowa’s Spencer Lee was announced Monday as the winner of the Dan Hodge Trophy, college wrestling’s version of the Heisman Trophy. Lee, a junior from Franklin Regional, received 52 of 57 first-place votes. Lee went 18-0 and was the top seed at 125 pounds for...
Moon Township’s Khama Worthy pursuing UFC dreams even as global pandemic rages
As event after event was wiped off the professional sports docket by the coronavirus pandemic, one entry remained as if it had been scribbled on the calendar in permanent marker. UFC 249. April 18. Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson. It is one of the biggest fights of the year in...
North Catholic’s Isaac DeGregorio to walk on at Kentucky
North Catholic standout Isaac DeGregorio will continue his basketball career at one of the most successful college programs in the country. DeGregorio will attend Kentucky as a preferred walk-on, he announced Saturday afternoon via his Twitter account. A 5-foot-11 point guard, DeGregorio led North Catholic to a Class 3A WPIAL...
NHL has thorny issue gauging teams’ regular-season worth
There’s a dirty little secret that the handlers who carry the Stanley Cup around every summer don’t necessarily want hockey fans to know. Most years, the best hockey team in the world doesn’t take the famous 35-pound silver trophy home. The NHL started handing out the Presidents Trophy to the...
Pitt, Penn State make cut as Peters Township’s Donovan McMillon narrows college choices
After receiving scholarship offers from more than three dozen schools, Peters Township safety Donovan McMillon has narrowed down his choices. Pitt and Penn State were among the schools that made the cut as McMillon announced his favored 15 schools via his Twitter account Friday night. McMillon is also considering Michigan...
Waynesburg wrestling ranked among top 50 high school teams in country
According to trackwrestling.com, one WPIAL school was among the top 50 high school wrestling teams in the country this season. Waynesburg, which won a WPIAL Class AAA team title and finished first in the team race at the WPIAL individual tournament, is the 35th-best high school team in the country,...
