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Russ Grimm Field will be jam-packed for tonight’s Class 3A Interstate Conference football matchup between Mt. Pleasant and Southmoreland. Southmoreland officials are urging fans to arrive early. Online ticket sales were stopped after orders reached 1,500, athletic director Brian Pritts said. A limited number of remaining tickets, which are standing...

Bethel Park and Montour rolled through their respective schedules over the first six weeks of the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League schedule. The Black Hawks and Spartans, both undefeated at 12-0, will decide the regular-season title Sunday when they clash in a doubleheader at 1 and 3 p.m. at Bethel...

City League football power Westinghouse has forfeited a win over Butler for using an ineligible player. Westinghouse athletic director Anthony Hall confirmed the team’s forfeit and said the Week 4 victory at Butler was the only contest affected. Westinghouse had won 40-14. The matchup was a non-league game with no...

Airliners often fly at 35,000 feet, but that’s also just about the height senior Matt Sieg has lifted the Fort Cherry football program in his four years. Combined rushing and passing, Sieg has gained 11,528 yards of offense for the Rangers, leaving the quarterback on the doorstep of breaking another...

Status updates from the training staff became all too common for McKeesport coach Matt Miller, whose football team suffered a rash of injuries this season. Eventually, it wasn’t just the trainers. “Unfortunately, it actually got worse,” said Miller, who didn’t want anyone to rush back too soon. “We were checking...

High schools Field hockey Thursday’s results Class 3A North Allegheny 6, Hempfield 1 Pine-Richland 9, Norwin 0 Class 2A Fox Chapel 3, Penn-Trafford 1 Class A Aquinas Academy 1, Oakland Catholic 0 Nonsection Ellis School 3, Latrobe 0 Football Thursday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Central Catholic 35, Norwin 6 City...

Braden Crowe scored the first two goals and added an assist, Nick Harden earned the shutout in goal and Hempfield clinched a playoff berth with a 4-0 win over Gateway (4-11, 2-8) in Section 1-4A boys soccer Thursday night. Isaac Pugliese and Tyler Gilpin also scored for the Spartans (5-10,...

Section play in the 2025 WPIAL boys soccer regular season is down to the final two days with 59 teams having already qualified for the upcoming district postseason. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot where head-to-head does...

Norwin’s football team needed a fast start to put pressure on Central Catholic on Thursday at Gesling Stadium. The Vikings didn’t allow the Knights any traction. Central Catholic forced a three-and-out to open the game and scored on its second play from scrimmage, a 65-yard touchdown by Jayden Alexander, en...

A section-championship boys soccer match didn’t get a victor, but it proved to be an ideal tune-up for the upcoming WPIAL playoffs. Norwin and Plum settled on a 0-0 draw on a cold Thursday night at Mustang Stadium in their second Section 1-4A game of the season. Even with the...

To win any team championship, it takes more than one individual to perform well. It takes everyone. That is what occurred Thursday at the WPIAL team golf championships at Cedarbrook Golf Course. The four champions — South Fayette (3A boys), Shady Side Academy (2A boys), Peters Township (3A girls) and...

Burrell girls soccer coach Frank Nesko guided his team through a film session Thursday afternoon before the players took to the field at Buccaneers Stadium under sunny skies for a quick and efficient hourlong workout. The Bucs had just come off a competitive 2-1 victory over Shady Side Academy on...

Welcome to Week 7 of the high school football regular season and the start of the stretch run of the 2025 WPIAL campaign. The stretch run is the time of year where conference championships are secured and district postseason berths are earned. A perfect example of that comes this weekend...

Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look at the players, coaches and events that shaped our scholastic legacy. Donny Booker scored on runs of 9 and 4 yards to lift 7-0 Valley to a 21-7 victory over Highlands on Oct. 13,...

Penn-Trafford is showing a penchant for late-game flair. Just like they did against Moon earlier in the season, the fifth-ranked Warriors rallied in the second half last week to get past rival Gateway, 33-23, in Class 5A Big East play. Gateway took a 23-7 lead into halftime before the Warriors...

High schools Cross country Wednesday’s results Westmoreland County Coaches Association meet At Westmoreland County Community College Boys 1. Jonathan Stetchock, Hempfield, 15:54.4; 2. Benjamin McBride, Norwin, 15:57.9; 3. Charlie Heese, Latrobe, 16:03.2; 4. Samuel Plazio, Kiski Area, 16:16.2; 5. Ryan Ewing, Hempfield, 16:21.1; 6. Isaiah Bittner, Hempfield, 16:39.2; 7. Carter...

A year ago, North Allegheny won gold in the boys team golf championships in Class 3A, North Catholic claimed its second crown in four years in Class 2A, Peters Township girls captured a third straight Class 3A district title, and Shady Side Academy ended a nine-year Class 2A girls golf...

Annabel Miko scored a pair of goals to lead Quaker Valley to a 3-1 victory over Central Valley (10-3-1, 7-2-1) in Section 3-2A girls soccer Wednesday night. Rowan Wallace also scored and Hope Waller had a pair of assists for the Quakers, who clinched sole posession of the section title....

While the top teams stayed intact with victories in Week 6, a couple of middle of the pack and lower-end power-ranked teams were knocked off and knocked out of this week’s Trib 10. District heavyweights Thomas Jefferson and South Fayette each lost for the second time this season and slid...

Addison Ayres saves most of the shots she faces, but the Franklin Regional senior goalkeeper couldn’t save herself after Wednesday night’s game. As the Panthers gathered in their customary circle after a 5-0 Section 4-3A girls soccer victory over visiting Elizabeth Forward, Ayres didn’t see junior teammates Grace Copeland and...

The PIAA is one step away from adding a shot clock to high school basketball games statewide. A much-debated proposal to start using the clocks in the 2028-29 season earned a second vote of approval Wednesday when the PIAA board met in Mechanicsburg. The tentative plan must pass a third...

Section play in the WPIAL girls soccer regular season has reached the final few days and 58 teams have qualified for the upcoming district postseason. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot where head-to-head does not break the...

When the WPIAL cross country championships are held in two weeks, the Norwin girls and the Hempfield boys look to be in contention for the Class 3A titles. Both teams showed why they are top contenders Wednesday during the annual Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association championship at Westmoreland County Community College...

Player of the week Landyn Artman Kiski Area, So., QB/DB Artman delivered for the Cavaliers in their 34-13 victory over Latrobe last Friday that vaulted them back into the playoff hunt in the Big East Conference. He threw a season-best five touchdown passes and finished with 267 yards through the...

Last week: 7-4 Season: 61-15 (80.3%) When The Birdie flew back to the office late Friday night, his weekly tour of football stadiums (and concession stands) complete, he put his feet up on the desk and smiled. “I’m not going to lie,” he began. “There have been times this season...