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Westmoreland high school athletes of the week: Belle Vernon’s Aubrey Brown and Derry’s Anthony Mucci
The Westmoreland County Athletes of the Week is presented by Smail Kia. Look for the tags and look for the savings at Smail Kia in Greensburg. Aubrey Brown School: Belle Vernon Class: Freshman Sport: Basketball Claim to fame: The 6-foot-1 Brown has been a force around the basket for the...
2024 WPIAL All-Conference Football: Eastern
2024 Eastern All-Conference Offense Name, School, Pos., Ht., Wt., Year Samir Crosby, Greensburg Central Catholic, QB, 5-10, 165, jr. Drahcir Jones, Clairton, RB, 5-11, 186, sr. Donte Wright, Clairton, RB, 5-9, 185, jr. Deon Pompey, Clairton, FB/HB, 5-10, 194, jr. Forrest Betz, Brentwood, WR, 5-11, 165, sr. Landon Honick, Greensburg...
2024 WPIAL All-Conference Football: Tri-County South
2024 Tri-County South All-Conference Avella Chas Rush, QB/LB, 5-11, 160, so. Broden Hamm, RB/LB, 5-8, 200, sr. Hayden Gatewood, OL/DL, 5-11, 240, sr. Sawyer Kramer, OL/DL/LB, 6-0, 250, jr. Bentworth Preston Jaquay, RB/LB, 5-11, 165, jr. Ben Hays, RB/DB, 5-11, 175, jr. Brayden Taggart, OL/LB, 5-8, 210, jr. Abe House,...
2024 WPIAL All-Conference Football: Black Hills
2024 Black Hills All-Conference Offense Name, School, Pos., Ht., Wt., Year Kole Olszewski, Bishop Canevin, QB, 5-11, 180, sr. Walter Clarit, Cornell, RB, 5-8, 190, sr. Khylil Johnson, Cornell, RB, 5-9, 175, jr. Tyvaughn Kershaw, Monessen, RB, 5-9, 185, jr. Mikey Keys, Cornell, WR, 6-1, 175, sr. Damar Olds, Bishop...
2024 WPIAL All-Conference Football: Big 7
2024 Big 7 All-Conference Offense Name, School, Pos., Ht., Wt., Year Jino Mozzocio, Neshannock, QB, 5-10, 170, jr. Darius Fields, Northgate, RB, 5-9, 175, sr. Antonio Laure, Rochester, RB, 5-9, 185, sr. Andrew Corfield, South Side, RB, 6-1, 175, jr. Dom Cubellis, Neshannock, WR, 5-11, 172, sr. Kolton Carlson, Laurel,...
2024 WPIAL All-Conference Football: Century
2024 Century All-Conference Offense Name, School, Pos., Ht., Wt., Year Jake Stephenson, Waynesburg, QB, 6-2, 200, sr. Logan King, Seton LaSalle, RB, 5-10, 200, sr. Billy Bricker, Keystone Oaks, RB, 5-9, 175, sr. Trenton Grooms, Washington, FB, 5-9, 205, so. Mark Jameson, Carlynton, TE, 6-1, 200, jr. Khalil Taylor, Seton...
2024 WPIAL All-Conference Football: Allegheny
2024 Allegheny All-Conference Offense Name, School, Pos., Ht., Wt., Year Vann Kavals, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, QB, 6-5, 230, sr. Donald Barksdale, Steel Valley, RB, 5-11, 185, sr. Eric Doerue, South Park, RB, 6-0, 210, sr. John Jablunovsky, Ligonier Valley, FB, 5-10, 174, sr. Parker Cunningham, South Park,...
2024 WPIAL All-Conference Football: Allegheny 7
2024 Allegheny 7 All-Conference Offense Name, School, Pos., Ht., Wt., Year Menage Lucas, Highlands, QB, 6-2, 200, sr. Brennan Marra, Highlands, FB, 6-0, 200, sr. Gabe Jenkins, Imani Christian, RB, 6-0, 167, so. Zach Grant, Deer Lakes, WR, 5-11, 165, sr. Jahmar Wright, Highlands, WR, 6-2, 170, jr. Dayshaun Burnett,...
2024 WPIAL All-Conference Football: Interstate
2024 Interstate All-Conference Offense Name, School, Pos., Ht., Wt., Year Ryan Messina, Elizabeth Forward, QB, 6-4, 195, jr. Charlie Nigut, Elizabeth Forward, RB, 5-7, 165, sr. Brendan Stroschein, Elizabeth Forward, FB, 6-2, 195, jr. Chris Climes, Elizabeth Forward, OT, 6-3, 300, sr. Lewis Mains, Southmoreland, OT, 5-10, 215, sr. Jace...
2024 WPIAL All-Conference Football: Western Hills
2024 Western Hills All-Conference Offense Name, School, Pos., Ht., Wt., Year Amari Jackson, Beaver, WR, 6-1, 185, sr. Brady Mayo, Beaver, WR, 6-1, 185, sr. Quinn Connolly, Central Valley, WR, 6-4, 186, sr. Ryker Kennedy, North Catholic, WR, 6-0, 180, jr. Mason Metz, Avonworth, OL, 6-1, 215, sr. Brendan Alexander,...
Chartiers Valley poised to open football coaching jobs
Chartiers Valley may start looking for a new football coach. The district’s school board was poised to open the jobs of coach Aaron Fitzpatrick and his assistants, according to the agenda for Tuesday night’s meeting. Chartiers Valley went 8-22 in three seasons under Fitzpatrick. The Colts finished 3-6 this fall...
Pope’s child protection board urges transparency from Vatican sex abuse office and compensation
Pope Francis’ child protection board called Tuesday for victims of clergy sexual abuse to have greater access to information about their cases and the right to compensation, in the first-ever global assessment of the Catholic Church’s efforts to address the crisis. The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors issued...
Molotov cocktail explodes in a Chilean high school, injuring at least 35 students
SANTIAGO, Chile — A homemade firebomb exploded inside a public high school in Chile on Wednesday, igniting a blaze that injured at least 35 students, several critically, firefighters said. A group of students at the school in central Santiago, the capital, were making Molotov cocktails in the bathroom to be...
Montour wants to disrupt Aliquippa’s 5-year dominance in Parkway Conference
The Parkway has a reputation as one of the WPIAL’s tougher conferences, but Aliquippa seems to have tamed it. Since joining Class 4A in 2020, the Quips have won 27 consecutive conference games and four straight Parkway titles. They’ll try for their fifth in a row Friday when No. 1...
Westmoreland County boys soccer notebook: Derry’s Gabe Gess a triple-threat
Derry four-sport athlete Gabe Gess has been showing what he can do juggling three sports in the same season. Gess, a senior who also kicks for the football team and runs track and cross country, was leading the team with eight goals. He scored three against Southmoreland, another against Yough,...
WPIAL erases section games vs. Allderdice, Obama Academy from soccer standings
The WPIAL has erased some section wins and losses in boys and girls soccer. Games against Allderdice and Obama Academy are no longer considered section matches and count only as exhibitions, WPIAL administrator Vince Sortino said Thursday. He said the two schools were included in soccer sections at the City...
5 things to watch in Week 3: Conference openers arrive for many WPIAL football teams
WPIAL schedule-makers gave everyone at least a couple of warm-ups to start the schedule. Now, the majority of WPIAL teams will jump into conference play. Seventy-eight of the WPIAL’s 116 teams play a conference opener here in Week 3. That accounts for teams in 12 of the 17 conferences, including...
Ukraine mourns dead from major Russian strike, vows response with underground weapons production
POLTAVA, Ukraine — Funeral services were held Saturday for victims of one of the deadliest Russian airstrikes since the war in Ukraine began, as Ukraine’s president vowed to increase domestic military production by creating underground weapons factories. The funerals took place in the eastern Ukrainian city of Poltava for the...
Agostoni gets hat trick, Latrobe keeps rolling vs. Belle Vernon
On a night when shots were plentiful and goals piled up, Latrobe was more impressed by its defensive play and limiting Belle Vernon’s potent offense in its latest soccer victory. “The defense created the chances,” said senior forward Roman Agostoni, who had a hat trick in the Wildcats’ 5-0 win...
Lightning strike damages Rome’s ancient Constantine Arch
ROME — Workers mounted a crane Wednesday to secure Rome’s Constantine Arch near the Colosseum after a lightning strike loosened fragments from the ancient structure. A violent thunder and lightning storm that felled trees and flooded streets in the Italian capital damaged the honorary arch late Tuesday afternoon. Fragments of...
Westmoreland girls soccer notebook: Yough lighting up scoreboards
Yough has struggled with low roster numbers in recent seasons, and with standout Youngstown Stat commit Kendalyn Umbel choosing not to play prep soccer this year and in 2023, the Cougars appeared headed for an uphill climb. But they won three of their first four games, scoring 10 goals in...
Pine-Richland boys counting soccer savvy to get back to playoffs
After reaching the summit of WPIAL Class 4A boys soccer in 2022, Pine-Richland went into its title defense with a much younger group and narrowly missed out on the postseason. But Rams coach Jordan Wiegand looks at the positives that came from it, which included gaining experience in one of...
Still no answers: 1 year later, Plum community still awaits a cause for fatal Rustic Ridge house explosion
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Notable changes to the 2024-25 WPIAL boys soccer alignment
The WPIAL released new section alignments for the next two-year cycle in all sports, and changes will be implemented starting this fall. This summer, TribLive will break down changes for each of the WPIAL sports. Here’s a look at the upcoming WPIAL boys soccer season. 2023 WPIAL champions 4A: Norwin...
Notable changes to the 2024-25 WPIAL girls soccer alignment
The WPIAL released new section alignments for the next two-year cycle in all sports, and changes will be implemented starting this fall. This summer, TribLive will break down changes for each of the WPIAL sports. Here’s a look at the upcoming WPIAL girls soccer season. 2023 WPIAL champions 4A: Fox...
