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HS Buzz: Hempfield track Colland coach honored by PTFCA

 By Tribune-Review
Hempfield track coach Ron Colland has been named the Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches’ Association girls coach of the year after his team won WPIAL and PIAA Class AAA championships. Hempfield sophomore Maddie Holmberg earned second-team honors for placing second in the long jump and 300 hurdles and running the …
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review athletes of the week: Ambridge’s Lee Smith, Peters Township’s Sarah Bootman
By Brian Graham
Lee Smith School: Ambridge Year: Junior Sport: Volleyball Claim to fame: Smith had a team-high 26 kills in leading the Bridgers to a 25-21, 25-16, …
PIAA lacrosse roundup: Peters Township, North Allegheny fall in semifinals
By Staff Reports
Reilly Masterson scored seven goals to lead Radnor to a 19-9 win over Peters Township in the PIAA girls lacrosse semifinals Tuesday at Cumberland Valley High School. The Red Raiders opened a 9-0 lead at halftime, but Peters Township came back in the second half. Alli Hurley had four goals, …
Hempfield headed to PIAA tournament after edging Peters Township
By Dave Mackall
With Hempfield, there’s Hope. Fatigued right-hander Hope Pehrson survived eight hits and a hit batsman, struck out seven and walked none, and fourth-seeded Hempfield took …
After blowing big lead, Shaler girls rally to win lacrosse title
By Chris Adamski
After giving up nine consecutive goals to blow a seven-goal lead in the WPIAL Division II girls lacrosse championship, Shaler was on the verge of …
North Allegheny advances to 1st title game since 2006
By Chris Harlan
With storm clouds approaching, North Allegheny coach Rick Meister just wanted a tie before the rain reached Fairhaven Park. “If we got washed out, I …
Peters Township’s Perich shuts out Latrobe in quarterfinals
By Paul Schofield
Peters Township softball coach Bob Bowers calls his pitcher Kellyn Perich ‘KP.’ Well his star pitcher KO’d  No. 2 Latrobe, 1-0, in a WPIAL Class …
Shady Side Academy hoping for changing of guard in girls lacrosse playoffs
By Chris Adamski
Peters Township has established itself as the premier girls lacrosse program in the WPIAL in recent years. Shady Side Academy hopes it’s time for a changing of the guard. Peters Township has won four of the past six WPIAL Division I championships, including last year, but enters this season’s tournament …
Walk-off grand slam sends Peters Township to quarterfinals
By Adam Bittner
Carly Konopka made up for her walks in the pitcher’s circle with a walk-off at the plate. The Peters Township pitcher hit a game-ending grand slam in the bottom of the seventh inning Tuesday to lift the Indians to an 8-4 victory against Pine-Richland in the first round of the …
Peters Township in firm control of Western Pennsylvania lacrosse
By Chris Adamski
To get to the center of the WPIAL lacrosse universe, take Route 19 to McMurray. Peters Township High School boasts boys and girls lacrosse teams …
High school notebook: PIHL stars highlight Team Pittsburgh roster for America’s Showcase
By Staff Reports
Pittsburgh will have the attention of plenty of hockey fans this week thanks to the NCAA Frozen Four being held at Consol Energy Center. Those fans also can head west to Robert Morris University’s Island Sports Center on Neville Island and see some additional high-level hockey. Some of the nation’s …
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review athletes of the week: Peters Township’s Trevor Recktenwald, Oakland Catholic’s Leah Smith
By Brian Graham
Trevor Recktenwald School: Peters Township Year: Senior Sport: Hockey Claim to fame: Recktenwald led the Indians and finished second in Class AAA with 67 points …
Griffin’s 3rd-period goals lead North Allegheny to PIHL Class AAA title
By Chris Adamski
Bradford Thornburgh made 20 saves for his fourth shutout of the season, and North Allegheny won its second PIHL Class AAA Penguins Cup championship with …
Peters Township, North Allegheny meet in finale of Penguins Cup trifecta
By Chris Adamski
There’s no truth to the rumor that Peters Township hockey coach Rick Tingle has placed a media embargo on his players this week. Even though …
High school notebook: Serra Catholic hires football coach
By Staff Reports
Serra Catholic athletic director Bill Cleary made sure that each of the eight applicants he interviewed for the vacant football coaching job knew one thing about the program. “I made all of them well aware of where we are,” Cleary said. And still, Tony St. Angelo wanted the job. Serra …
High school hockey roundup: Peters Township wins, reaches finals again
By Chris Adamski
Facing the top-scoring team and the highest-scoring player he would all season, Peters Township goalie Brian Baker had support in front of him. “The defense …
North Allegheny, Bethel Park ready to renew ice rivalry
By Chris Adamski
The North Allegheny and Bethel Park hockey teams are close — in ability level and off the ice. When the No. 2 seed Black Hawks …
PIHL Penguins Cup favorites share defensive mentality
By Chris Adamski
It’s arguable, in some corners, that top seeds Peters Township, Bishop Canevin and Quaker Valley are the undisputed best teams in their respective PIHL classifications. …
Peters Township’s Latsko, Seneca Valley’s Vilella named Pittsburgh Tribune-Review soccer players of the year
By Bill Hartlep
2012 BOYS SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR Ryan Vilella was in pain this season. He suffered a bone contusion on his fibula in the fourth …
Early High School Sports Award leader shared plenty of success in fall
By Brian Graham
As the fall sports season comes to an end, four teams in the various classifications throughout the WPIAL have climbed to the top of the …
Peters Township three-peats as state girls soccer champs
By Keith Barnes
HERSHEY — Peters Township girls soccer coach Pat Vereb gives his team a simple message during preparation for each game. And the Indians players rarely …
WPIAL soccer teams are out in force at PIAAs
By Chris Adamski
It’s the WPIAL’s drive for five. The PIAA boys and girls soccer championships are Friday and Saturday at Hersheypark Stadium, and the WPIAL is represented …
Peters Township tandem mines more gold at PIAA championships
By Matt Grubba
HERSHEY –– One week after winning a team championship, Peters Township sophomores Sara Komer and Abby Cummings added another gold medal to their collection. Komer and Cummings claimed the PIAA Class AAA doubles title by winning a rematch of the WPIAL final against Oakland Catholic’s Nicole Cyterski and Megan Wasson, …
WPIAL golfers fall just short of titles at PIAA championship
By Paul Schofield
YORK — No PIAA individual golf championship gold medals will be heading west this year. But the WPIAL was well represented in the medal count at the annual tournament that finished Tuesday at Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York. Leechburg junior Matt Barto (Class AA) and Peters Township senior Tommy …
WPIAL teams to face off for final playoff berths
By Chris Harlan
Belle Vernon fans will be rooting for Ringgold this weekend, and Freedom would surely welcome a New Brighton victory. It’s Week 9 of the WPIAL …