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Clutch plays from Zach Panza lift Hampton past West Allegheny in Class 3A WPIAL finals
It’s not often that a player scores the game-winning goal and makes a huge save in the same game, but Zach Panza managed to pull off both accomplishments Saturday. And it was enough to propel Hampton boys soccer to its first WPIAL championship in a decade. Panza, a center back,...
Quick-strike offense, airtight defense carry Moon to WPIAL title win over Seneca Valley
The Moon girls soccer team got off to a quick start and didn’t slow down. Elizabeth Hoff scored in the third minute and the second-seeded Tigers added two more goals in the first half en route to a 4-0 victory over No. 4 Seneca Valley in the WPIAL Class 4A...
Late penalty kick pushes West Allegheny past Plum in 3A boys semifinals
Top-seeded West Allegheny needed a penalty kick from Johnny Dragisich with 6:35 to go to survive an upset bid by No. 4 Plum in the WPIAL Class 3A boys soccer semifinals Monday at North Allegheny. The Indians (20-0) will advance to the title game for the fourth time in five...
Alle-Kiski Valley WPIAL soccer playoff capsules for Monday, Nov. 1, 2021
WPIAL soccer preview capsules Boys Class 3A Semifinals 4-Plum (16-2-1) vs. 1-West Allegheny (19-0) 8 p.m. Monday at Newman Stadium, North Allegheny High School, Wexford Winner plays: Winner of 2-Hampton (16-1)/3-Franklin Regional (14-3), 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Highmark Stadium Notes: The Mustangs are in the semifinals for the second time...
Franklin Regional blanks pesky West Allegheny in Class 3A girls soccer opener
Sydney Lindeman and her Franklin Regional teammates were wary of 14th-seeded West Allegheny in their playoff opener. “They come from a tough section playing against teams like Mars so we knew it would be tough,” Lindeman said. “It wasn’t going to be easy.” Concerning words? Maybe. But not when they...
No. 1 Moon shuts out Bethel Park, clinches Allegheny Six title
Moon has a fondness for physical football, clock-consuming drives and 225-pound running backs. It’s a combination that worked again Friday night. But with their usual big-bodied back limited by an injury, tight end/defensive end Ben Bladel became the team’s battering ram and scored the first points in a 30-0 victory...
Winless a year ago, Bethel Park challenges Moon for conference title in Allegheny Six
A year after going winless, the Bethel Park football players have a chance this week to call themselves champions of the Allegheny Six. This, without question, is the team’s biggest game in quite a while when No. 1-ranked Moon (8-0, 3-0) hosts Bethel Park (5-3, 3-0) at 7 p.m. Friday,...
Sun Country Airlines to add nonstop service between Pittsburgh International, Minneapolis
Pittsburgh International Airport will add another budget airline to its stable of carriers beginning next year when Sun Country Airlines adds a nonstop flight to Minneapolis-St. Paul, airport officials announced this week. “We’re thrilled to have Sun Country’s low-cost service for Pittsburgh travelers heading to the Twin Cities,” said Bryan...
Pittsburgh teen charged in double shooting outside Kennedy bowling alley
A Pittsburgh teen was charged Sunday with shooting two people, one fatally, on Saturday night outside a bowling alley in Kennedy Township. Allegheny County Police arrested Malik Smith, 19, of Pittsburgh during an investigation into the double shooting, which happened just before 10:30 p.m. at the Kennedy Lanes bowling alley...
Dylan Sleva drives dominant 4th quarter as No. 1 Moon outlasts Upper St. Clair
There wasn’t much surprise whenever Dylan Sleva got the football in the fourth quarter, yet Moon kept feeding their 225-pound battering ram. Twenty-nine times Sleva carried the ball Friday. “We ran like the same play five times in a row,” Moon lineman Trent Fraley said. “They know it’s coming and...
Upper St. Clair revamps offense mid-season, readies ‘wildcat’ for No. 1 Moon
An old football adage says if you’re playing two quarterbacks, you actually have none. “What if you’re using six?” Upper St. Clair coach Mike Junko asks with a laugh. So far, USC has found strength in numbers. Just before the start of conference play, the Panthers overhauled their offense, transforming...
Top-ranked Moon edges Peters Township to stay undefeated
The difference between the first half and the second half of the Moon at Peters Township Class 5A Allegheny Six Conference football game was night and day. Literally. Both halves were tight throughout and the game that started Friday evening and ended Saturday morning came down to a little Tigers...
Beaver Falls man faces felony charge after TSA says he brought loaded revolver to Pittsburgh airport
Two days after federal and local law enforcement laid out new penalties for those who bring firearms to Pittsburgh International Airport security checkpoints, inadvertently or otherwise, a Beaver Falls man was arrested for carrying a firearm without a license after a gun was spotted in his carry-on bag. Randolph Copeland,...
$800M Southern Beltway to open for bikers, walkers in preview
South Fayette is becoming more connected. The Southern Beltway is opening on Oct. 15, creating the second major interchange for the community of more than 16,000 residents. The new section of the beltway starts at Interstate 79 near the Allegheny and Washington county line and goes to Route 22. It...
Feds to crack down on passengers with guns at Pittsburgh airport checkpoints
Travelers who bring guns to security checkpoints at Pittsburgh International Airport — accidentally or otherwise — now face losing their concealed carry permit along with getting fined, authorities said Wednesday. Transportation Security Administration agents have caught 27 guns in carry-on baggage at Pittsburgh International so far this year. “In almost...
Fire truck, lava lamp, abandoned cars up for auction at Pittsburgh International Airport
Two years’ worth of items — including jewelry, electronics and a lava lamp — left behind at Pittsburgh International Airport will be up for sale later this month, as the annual auction returns in person after a year off. A fire truck, nine abandoned vehicles, runway brooms and plows and...
Undefeated Moon scores workmanlike win over South Fayette
The Moon Tigers did what they had to do Friday night. Their grind-it-out attitude was most on display during the Tigers’ final offensive possession. Leading 21-13 with 7:16 left in the game, Moon marched 92 yards and took over six minutes off the clock. The drive resulted in a 22-yard...
Potential shooting threat discovered at Carlynton Junior-Senior High School
Robinson police will be on hand Friday morning at Carlynton Junior-Senior High School after a threat was discovered on a bathroom wall, district Superintendent John Kreider said in a communication sent to parents. “The specific nature of the threat involved a drawing of a gun, a list of first names...
Loaded hand gun is 5th caught at Pittsburgh International Airport in 6 days
A Farmington man carrying a loaded Ruger 9mm handgun with seven bullets was stopped before he could board a flight Tuesday at Pittsburgh International Airport. Transportation Security Administration officers stopped the man after spotting the gun in the checkpoint X-ray machine. They alerted Allegheny County Police who then confiscated the...
4 guns caught in 4 days ‘an epidemic’ at Pittsburgh International Airport
Security agents caught four guns over four days in carry-on baggage at Pittsburgh International Airport, two of which were loaded, according to Transportation Security Administration officials. Firearms cannot be brought to the checkpoint or transported in carry-on baggage. They must be packed, unloaded, in a hard-sided case and declared at...
Kiski Area off to best start since 1986 after edging West Allegheny
The sixth time turned out to be the charm for Kiski Area. After failing to score the first five times they reached West Allegheny territory, Brock Wilkins made sure the final trip was worth it for the Cavaliers. Wilkins broke free for a 37-yard score midway through the fourth quarter,...
Moon beats North Hills, backs up No. 1 ranking in Class 5A
For now, the title of top-ranked team in Class 5A seems to fit Moon quite nicely, thank you. The Tigers (4-0) celebrated their first week with that title in the Trib HSSN rankings with a 38-7 victory over fourth-ranked North Hills in a Class 5A showdown. The tone for the...
Police: Man in critical condition after being shot in Mt. Washington Monday evening
A man was hospitalized in critical condition after being shot in Pittsburgh’s Mt. Washington neighborhood Monday night. Public Safety spokesperson Maurice Matthews said officers responded to a 911 call for the shooting around 8:30 p.m. along the 200 block of Jasper Street. Police encountered a 20-year-old man suffering from a...
Defense steps up for Moon in shutout victory over Woodland Hills
When Moon needed it most, its defense came through. The Tigers (3-0) bottled up Woodland Hills (1-2), stopping the Wolverines four times in the red zone to win a 15-0 nonconference game at the Wolvarena Friday night. “Our kids battled,” Moon coach Ryan Linn said. “That was our best defensive...
3rd loaded gun this week found at Pittsburgh airport’s security checkpoint
Allegheny County Police do not anticipate filing charges against a man who had a handgun in his carry-on bag Friday evening at the Pittsburgh International Airport in Moon Township. TSA officers observed a loaded .380-caliber Glock in the man’s backpack at the airport’s main security checkpoint shortly after 7 p.m....
