Vincentian Academy

Vincentian, UConn standout Kyler Fedko drafted by Twins

Vincentian graduate Kyler Fedko, who found a power stroke this season at the University of Connecticut after hitting .412 in 13 games in 2020, was chosen by the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday in the 12th round of the MLB Draft. He was the 369th overall selection. Fedko, 21, was the...
A few more doors open for Black athletic directors as WPIAL tries to promote diversity

When Sto-Rox hired LaRoi Johnson as athletic director this summer, he used social media to thank those who had opened doors for him in his career. His list included friends, colleagues and mentors. “I’m happy for all of the people who helped me so much,” said Johnson, a first-time school...
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Softball No. 4

From classification expansion to field renovations forcing a change in the venue for the district championships, there was a lot going on with the WPIAL softball championships this past decade. From Lilly Field at Cal (Pa.) to Seton Hill to a mishmash of title games played here and there or...
Senior Spotlight: Vincentian Academy’s Jared Katz left wanting more

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Vincentian Academy is set to close its doors at the end of the school year. So after senior Jared Katz watched the boys basketball team win the WPIAL Class...
All-state boys basketball: Cornell’s Kaden DiVito named Player of the Year in Class A

Cornell’s Kaden DiVito, who saw his senior season cut short two wins away from the PIAA finals, earned statewide recognition Monday as the Class A boys basketball player of the year. A 5-foot-11 guard committed to Washington & Jefferson, DiVito averaged 20.8 points for the WPIAL runner-up. In the state...
WPIAL Top 10: Most basketball championships won

Here are lists of the Top 10 schools with the most WPIAL basketball championships: Boys School, Championships, First, Most recent 1t. Farrell, 13, 1951, 1992 1t. New Castle, 13, 1927, 2019 3t. Aliquippa, 12, 1949, 2016 3t. Duquesne, 12, 1928, 2005 5. Beaver Falls, 10, 1970, 2016 6. Blackhawk, 9,...
Pair of young stars join senior-heavy Trib 10 boys basketball all-star team

This year’s Trib 10 boys basketball all-star team is a senior-heavy group, with two young and talented exceptions. Freshman Rodney Gallagher opened his high school career by scoring nearly 600 points in leading Laurel Highlands to its first WPIAL championship since 1968. Sophomore Jake DiMichele helped lift OLSH to 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...
A century’s worth of PIAA basketball championship factoids

Suspending the playoff after two rounds was not what the PIAA had in mind on the 100th anniversary of its basketball championships, but the coronavirus outbreak has the tournament on hold. The finals were originally scheduled to start Thursday in Hershey. While the candles are still burning on the state...
Westmoreland notebook: European trip on hold for Penn-Trafford soccer standout Schlessinger

Nathan Schlessinger’s soccer career is beginning to take off. The sophomore from Penn-Trafford was selected to play for the 2004 Olympic Development Program National Team, a prestigious honor for a player his age. The ODP team was scheduled to travel next month to Barcelona, Spain, to compete in the Mediterranean...
Scheduled to close, Vincentian Academy ends basketball season with emotional PIAA lossVideo

This was the teary-eyed postgame talk that coach Tim Tyree dreaded, one that he and his Vincentian Academy players tried to delay for as long as possible. Season-ending speeches are tough. Program-ending speeches are tougher. “I didn’t want to deliver that one,” Tyree said. “The look in front of those...
Major turnover in TribHSSN’s Class 5A boys basketball state rankings

Every ranked team in classes 6A, 4A, 3A, 2A and A from last week’s Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings were winners in the opening round of the PIAA playoffs. That was not the case in Class 5A. Not only did all six WPIAL Class 5A boys teams get wiped...
Plenty of PIAA playoff factoids as the 2nd round begins Tuesday

Like an amateur surfer on a giant wave, six WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball teams got wiped out in the first round of the state playoffs Friday. Laurel Highlands, Mars, Thomas Jefferson, Chartiers Valley, Penn Hills and South Fayette all were eliminated. This leaves City League champion Obama Academy as...
Road to Hershey opens up as state basketball playoffs tip off Friday

Last year, the western side of the PIAA Class A boys basketball bracket became a WPIAL block party. The six District 7 teams that qualified for the 2019 Class A state basketball playoffs were a combined 4-2 in the first round and a perfect 4-0 in the second round. That...
Butler boys, Chartiers Valley girls sit atop HSSN power rankings heading into states

Twelve WPIAL basketball champions were crowned last weekend. Four were successful in a golden repeat, or in the case of North Catholic girls, a four-peat. Like Our Lady of the Sacred Heart last year, North Catholic’s boys and girls teams pulled off the golden double of district titles. Mohawk’s girls...
7 WPIAL teams in HSSN boys basketball state rankings as PIAA playoffs loom

When comparing the latest Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings to the girls rankings through the end of the district playoffs, there were fewer changes on the boys side. During district championship week, only six boys basketball teams fell out of the state rankings, with half of those being in...