Tag: Upper St. Clair

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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Upper St. Clair boys motivated to make run in WPIAL playoffs

January 7, 2019

Upper St. Clair's boys basketball team started off 2019 the same way it finished 2018. The Panthers remained undefeated with a hard-fought 63-54 section win Jan. 4 at Baldwin. Behind 6-foot-4 senior forward Tanner Gensler's game-high 26 points, the USC hoopsters improved to 11-0 overall and 2-0 in Section 2-6A.

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Trib HSSN’s PIHL Team of the Week: Latrobe IceCats

January 6, 2019

Last season, the Latrobe IceCats won a division title and were the No. 1 seed in the Class AA Penguins Cup Playoffs. Their playoff exit came sooner than hoped, as it bowed out in the first round, losing 1-0 in overtime to No. 4 Quaker Valley. Fast forward to the

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Trib HSSN’s PIHL Player of the Week: Burrell’s Dylan Zelonka

Five of the top 12 point scorers in the PIHL's Division II classification play on one team, the division's best team. Burrell is one of the three unbeaten teams in the PIHL, at 13-0, as a result of Thursday's 7-6 win over Central Valley. In that contest, senior Dylan Zelonka,

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Pine-Richland stays atop Trib HSSN PIHL power rankings

Every Monday during the 2018-2019 PIHL hockey season, the Trib Live High School Sports Network releases Power Rankings. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. Here are the ranking for the week of Jan. 6: Overall record includes wins, losses, ties and overtime losses. PIHL TRIB 10 1. Pine-Richland Rams (11-0-0-0)

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Trib HSSN boys swimmer of the week: Upper St. Clair’s Jack Fitzpatrick

January 3, 2019

Upper St. Clair senior Jack Fitzpatrick is eyeing a strong final high school season and also is gearing up for college competition at Notre Dame. The recent Fighting Irish commit is hoping that his swims in the 200-yard individual medley and 500 freestyle will take him to big things in

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Upper St. Clair girls hold off Hempfield rally

First-year girls basketball coach Tom Brush still is looking for his first section win at Hempfield. He almost achieved that goal Thursday night, but instead he will have to use a near-miss against Upper St. Clair as a learning experience for future Section 2-6A games. It's a loss, but also

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Don Rebel: Upper St. Clair’s Jim Render will always be remembered as a winner

A coaching icon is riding off into the sunset. The void he leaves will be huge. For a long time to come, Jim Render will be known as the winningest coach in WPIAL history with 406 wins, 141 losses and six ties. Maybe for a very, very long time to

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Upper St. Clair’s Jim Render retires after 49 seasons as WPIAL’s winningest football coach

In 49 football seasons, Jim Render filed away more than enough memories to fill a book or two. Now, Render said, maybe he'll find the time to actually write one. The winningest football coach in WPIAL history announced his retirement Thursday after nearly five decades and more than 400 victories.

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High school roundup for Dec. 26, 2018: Belle Vernon tops Southmoreland in OT

December 26, 2018

Mitch Pohlot had 24 points, and Larry Calloway added 21 as Belle Vernon defeated Southmoreland, 84-80, in overtime at the Charleroi tournament Wednesday night. Jake Haney scored 13 points, and Cameron Nusser added 12 for the Leopards (2-6). Riley Comforti scored 28 points to lead Southmoreland (3-5). Ringgold 69, Yough

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