Anthony Milliner, New Brighton 

Last week: Milliner won the Class AA triple jump at the PIAA track and field championships at Shippensburg University.

Check this out: Milliner became only the third New Brighton boy to win a PIAA championship. The others were Mike Phillips in the 1995 3,200 and Josh McFrazier in the 2010 110 hurdles. A 6-foot-2, 165-pound junior, Milliner is the two-time WPIAL champ in the triple jump and also competes in the long jump. In the fall, he runs cross country for New Brighton. He also has been a starter on the New Brighton basketball team the past two seasons.

Why do you run cross country? It’s a love-hate relationship. I hate running distances, but the way it makes you feel when you’re done. You’re like, ’Wow, I just ran six miles without stopping. How many people can say that?’

But do you realize not many jumpers in track run cross country? My track coach makes fun of me sometimes [laugh]. She came to one of our cross country meets and I’m getting passed up by girls, short people, real skinny people. She just laughed at me.

You play basketball, but is your future in track and field? Yes, sir. Our basketball team has really never went anywhere and I’m not an extraordinary player that would get any looks from colleges. Track is different.

You ever wonder who invented the triple jump? It is odd and I don’t know where someone came up with the form. I don’t want to say I was a natural at it, but I did track in middle school and kind of tinkered with the triple jump. Then when I came up to high school, coach started showing me some different stuff with it.

Will you have a job this summer? I worked last summer at the Back Door Tavern [in New Brighton]. Maybe I’ll go back there.

Wait, a tavern? What did you do? A busboy, swept tables. It was a good experience because it was my first job. I already had a sense of responsibility, but that taught me more. Plus, they have the best wings around, I’m telling you. Probably the best fries, too. You get a chance, stop up,

People might be surprised to know? I used to have no friends.

When? In middle school. I was a loner. But ever since high school, I’m like a butterfly. I’m all over the place.

— By Mike White

Sophia Klaber, Mt. Lebanon

Last week: Kla­ber, a se­nior mid­fielder, scored four goals in the WPIAL Divi­sion 1 fi­nal to help the Blue Devils beat Sec­tion 1 ri­val Chart­iers Val­ley, 14-9, for their sec­ond ti­tle in three years and fifth over­all.

Check this out: For the sec­ond year in a row, Kla­ber is an All-WPIAL Divi­sion 1 se­lec­tion. She scored her 100th goal this sea­son and has 106 for her ca­reer, plus 84 as­sists. Her younger sis­ter, Ally, is a soph­o­more on the team and added two goals of her own in the ti­tle game. Sophia also was a four-year var­sity bas­ket­ball player and part-time starter as a guard.

Col­lege talk: Kla­ber will con­tinue her la­crosse ca­reer next sea­son in the Patriot League at Buck­nell Univer­sity, where she plans to en­roll in the School of Man­age­ment.

So you’re study­ing man­age­ment at Buck­nell, is that what you hope to do? I think as of now I have a real in­ter­est in in­ter­na­tional busi­ness, that side of things. I’m flu­ent in French, be­cause my mom is from Bel­gium, so I would love to in­cor­po­rate that in my ca­reer at some point.

You’re the sec­ond Ath­lete of the Week from Mt. Leb­a­non this spring af­ter base­ball player Ed­die Jen­kins. Do you know him at all? Oh yeah, he’s great. Awe­some ath­lete, su­per nice kid, he’s great. Noth­ing but good things to say about him.

Are you wrapped up in Stan­ley Cup fe­ver? I’m a huge Pen­guins fan. Ac­tu­ally, they did a ‘lip dub’ con­test for high schools, and we didn’t win, but they raf­fled off tick­ets and I got to go to Game 4 of the Cap­i­tals se­ries at home. It went into over­time and they won, so that was awesome.

The best thing about liv­ing in Pitts­burgh is ... ? I think it has to be Down­town and the at­mo­sphere with all the sports. Pirates games, football games, Steel­ers, Pens, there’s al­ways some­thing go­ing on and they al­ways say we’re the ‘City of Cham­pi­ons.’

What’s your go-to meal if you have to cook? I love break­fast foods, so I’d prob­a­bly make my­self eggs and toast, ba­con, some­thing like that.

If you could hang out with one ce­leb­rity for a day, who would it be? Let’s go with Beyonce.

— By Brian Batko

First Published: June 3, 2016, 4:00 a.m.