Tag: Latrobe

Latrobe boys hoping for top seed when WPIAL releases basketball playoff pairings

February 11, 2019

Latrobe has been in a number of close games. Like, let's-take-this-and-run games. All the while, the Wildcats have spent the majority of the boys basketball regular season as the No. 1-ranked team in WPIAL Class 6A. They have not lost to a WPIAL team since last year's quarterfinals. They have

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Latrobe divers strong again entering WPIAL championship meet

February 10, 2019

Latrobe has another bumper crop of divers. Four Wildcats qualified for the WPIAL Class AAA championship meet Feb. 23, the same number as last season. Two rank among the league's best. Junior Jordyn Miller (264.40) and sophomore Lauren Bisignani (251.35) stood second and fourth in Class AAA girls 1-meter 6

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Pine-Richland remains atop Trib HSSN PIHL power rankings

Every Monday during the 2018-19 PIHL hockey season, the TribLive High School Sports Network releases Power Rankings. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. Here are the rankings for the Week of Feb. 10. Overall record includes wins, losses, ties and overtime losses. PIHL TRIB 10 1. Pine-Richland Rams (16-0-0-1) (Last

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WPIAL boys basketball rankings for week of Feb. 10, 2019

February 9, 2019

Rankings Boys basketball Class 6A 1. Pine-Richland, 19-2, 2 2. Latrobe, 18-2, 1 3. Mt. Lebanon, 17-3, 3 4. Butler, 16-4, 5 5. Upper St. Clair, 19-3, 4 Out: none Class 5A 1. Mars, 21-1, 1 2. Moon, 21-1, 2 3. Penn Hills, 18-3, 3 4. Woodland Hills, 16-5, 5

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Westmoreland notebook: Penn-Trafford pair pledge to John Carroll football

John Carroll football is getting a package deal from Penn-Trafford. Not long after senior linebacker Niko Rosso committed to the Division III program in University Heights, Ohio, senior wide receiver/defensive back Dimitri George decided to join him. George (5-foot-10, 175 pounds) was the Warriors' go-to receiver last season for junior

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Perfect ending as Latrobe routs Hempfield to finish unbeaten in section

February 8, 2019

Latrobe wasn't about to let Hempfield spoil its first perfect section championship or its postgame net-cutting ceremony on its home floor. It's shiny, new floor the team has grown quite fond of. The top-ranked Wildcats trotted out the ladder and drew the scissors after holding off desperate Hempfield, 75-50, in

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Penn-Trafford girls bounce rival Latrobe to qualify for WPIAL playoffs

Apparently, the Penn-Trafford girls basketball team didn't like missing out on the WPIAL playoffs last season. The Warriors missed out on the postseason for the first time in 10 years last season. On Friday night, they made sure to return. The Warriors celebrated senior night by defeating rival Latrobe, 62-32,

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Hempfield, Latrobe student sections to honor deceased teacher with ‘purple out’

Rival student sections from Latrobe and Hempfield will band together tonight to pay homage to a late friend and teacher. When their boys basketball teams play the Section 3-6A finale at Latrobe, both groups of students will wear purple to recognize Kathryn Soisson, a former Hempfield teacher and Latrobe resident,

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No. 1 Pine-Richland hockey defeats No. 2 Latrobe in shootout

February 7, 2019

The top two PIHL teams in the TribLive High School Sports Network's power rankings got together Thursday night at Nevin Arena for a heated hockey game with a thrilling finish. It was one of those contests that made you feel nobody really lost. andquot;Just proud of our guys doing what

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Westmoreland basketball notebook: Playoff-hopeful Hempfield faces No. 1 Latrobe in must-win

Heading into the final night of Section 3-6A play, the Hempfield boys basketball team's season will follow the mantra of just about every game that came out of it: The Spartans still are hanging around. In a season of ups and downs, Hempfield (10-11, 2-7) can clinch a playoff spot

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