Tag: Butler

Trib HSSN’s PIHL Team of the Week: Bishop McCort

January 20, 2019

Last year, the Bishop McCort Crimson Crushers won their first Penguins Cup championship since 2005. It was the seventh championship for a program that has one of the toughest travel schedules in the PIHL. Coach John Bradley doesn't allow the travel distance to be an excuse but said it can

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WPIAL boys basketball rankings for week of Jan. 20, 2019

January 19, 2019

Rankings Boys basketball Class 6A 1. Latrobe, 12-2, 1 2. Pine-Richland, 12-2, 3 3. Mt. Lebanon, 13-2, 4 4. Upper St. Clair, 15-1, 2 5. Butler, 11-3, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Mars, 14-1, 1 2. Moon, 14-0, 2 3. Penn Hills, 12-2, 4 4. Woodland Hills, 10-2, 3

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Mars boys, North Allegheny girls lead Trib 10 basketball rankings

January 16, 2019

Every Wednesday during the 2018-19 WPIAL basketball season, the TribLive High School Sports Network releases Power Rankings during the WPIAL Roundball Report at 6:30 p.m. Then, after the show, we will post the Trib 10 at TribHSSN.TribLive.com. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. Here are the ranking for the week

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Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week: Butler’s Ethan Morton

January 14, 2019

Ethan Morton School: Butler Class: Junior Let's be honest, Ethan Morton is one of the top players in the district, period. So anytime the 6-foot-6 junior laces them up and hits the court, he could be our Trib HSSN Player of the Week. But it's hard to look in a

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Trib HSSN PIHL player of the week: Montour’s Ritchy Froehlich Jr.

January 13, 2019

During the second period of Montour's 13-1 win Monday against North Hills, Class A's third-leading scorer, Michael Felsing, was on the bench, sitting next to another sophomore, Anthony Migliozzi. The pair watched their captain, senior Ritchy Froehlich Jr., score a goal to make it 9-1 and secure a hat trick.

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Baldwin’s O’Malley, NA’s Burton win 3 events at TSTCA indoor meet

Baldwin's Brendan O'Malley and North Allegheny's Casey Burton won three events apiece Saturday at the Tri-State Track Coaches Association indoor meet in Edinboro. O'Malley, a senior, won the boys 200, 400 and long jump. Burton, a junior, won the girls 60, 200 and long jump. The meet was the second

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Bethel Park, Butler claim PIAA competitive spirit championships

January 12, 2019

Members of the Bethel Park competitive spirit team are getting pretty comfortable at the top of the pyramid ... or podium. For the second time in three years, they claimed a PIAA title Saturday in Hershey. Bethel Park tallied a score of 92.33 in the final round to edge South

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Mars boys, North Allegheny girls hold strong atop Trib 10 power rankings

January 9, 2019

Every Wednesday during the 2018-19 WPIAL basketball season, the TribLive High School Sports Network releases Power Rankings during the WPIAL Roundball Report at 6:30 p.m. Then, after the show, we post the Trib 10 at TribHSSN.TribLive.com. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. Here are the ranking for the Week of

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Butler’s Ethan Morton scores school-record 51 in section loss to Pine-Richland

January 8, 2019

Pine-Richland didn't throw any junk defenses at Butler superstar Ethan Morton. No box-and-one. No constant double teams. Morton might score more than 40 points himself, Pine-Richland coach Jeff Ackermann decided, but the Rams defense would focus instead on silencing Morton's teammates. andquot;We wanted to see if he could outscore us,andquot;

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Butler, Pine-Richland boys to square off in 3 things to watch Tuesday in high school sports

January 7, 2019

They met in the very first WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball championship game two years ago. Now Butler and Pine-Richland square off for the first of two meetings Tuesday with first place at stake in Section 1-6A. The Rams won that title game in March of 2017, 72-61. It was

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