Tag: Norwin

Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings for week of Feb. 10, 2019

February 10, 2019

As many girls basketball teams have or are concluding the regular season and preparing for their district postseason, the top ranked teams from a week ago remain the same. Peters Township, Chartiers Valley, Lancaster Catholic, St. Basil Academy, Bishop Canevin and Jenkintown keep winning. However, there were changes in the

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Norwin team manager gets thrill – and a basket – on senior night

February 9, 2019

Norwin girls basketball team manager Jess Welch-Mussori was honored on senior night, just like Knights players Jessica Kolesar, Emily Brozeski and Abby Best. On this occasion, though, Welch-Mussori truly could call the rest of the group her teammates. Norwin trotted out Welch-Mussori in a basketball uniform Friday in North Huntingdon,

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Norwin girls basketball team remains on course

February 8, 2019

In December, the Norwin girls basketball team's goal was to use the regular season to get ready for the postseason. The Knights feel pretty good about that in February. With only one loss through its first 19 games, Norwin believes it is prepared for a long playoff march. andquot;We always

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Scoring struggles hampered Norwin boys in 2nd half of season

It has seemed like two very different seasons for the Norwin boys basketball team this year. The Knights jumped out to a solid start with a 6-2 record. Norwin was scoring more than 65 points per game. But since that opening stretch, the Knights have went 2-9. The team's scoring

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Mars boys, Peters Township girls stand atop Trib 10 power rankings

February 6, 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, the Trib 10 appears online at TribHSSN.TribLive.com. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. Here are the rankings for the week of

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Western Pa.’s top 10 football prospects for the Class of 2020

1. Michael Carmody Mars 6-5, 290, offensive tackle Carmody is in the midst of basketball season for top-ranked Mars, but his college future is on the offensive line. Rivals ranks Carmody as a four-star recruit and the 29th-best offensive tackle nationally. He is rated second overall among Pennsylvania recruits. Nearly

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As WPIAL playoffs loom, top Westmoreland girls teams getting defensive

Looking at this season through a defensive prism, Southmoreland girls basketball coach Brian Pritts certainly can admire his team's handiwork. andquot;We know our defense was going to be one of our main strengths,andquot; Pritts said. andquot;Our girls take a lot of pride in playing 'D'.andquot; Southmoreland has the best points-against

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Hot perimeter shooting leads Penn-Trafford boys past Norwin in Section 3-6A

February 5, 2019

The Penn-Trafford boys basketball team came out firing in the first half of its final Section 3-6A contest of the season, draining eight 3-point shots en route to a 59-47 victory over rival Norwin. The Warriors shot 53 percent from behind the art in the first half and built a

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Trib HSSN WPIAL team wrestling rankings for week of Feb. 4, 2019

Trib HSSN wrestling rankings Class AAA Team, record, previous 1. Kiski Area, 15-0, 1 2. Seneca Valley, 13-3, 2 3. Canon-McMillan, 10-3, 4 4. Waynesburg, 15-3, 6 5. Hempfield, 13-3, 3 6. Thomas Jefferson, 16-2, 5 7. Norwin, 15-4, 7 8. Connellsville, 11-5, NR 9. Mt. Lebanon, 10-4, 8 10.

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Westmoreland notebook: Latrobe adds football opponent

February 2, 2019

Penn-Trafford football dropped a bombshell recently when it announced it will play national power Washington High in Massillon, Ohio, to fill a void on its schedule. Struggling Albert Gallatin withdrew from the WPIAL in football, leaving teams in the Class 5A Big East Conference with an open week to fill.

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