High School category, Page 10

Norwin will go into the WPIAL Class 6A football playoffs without one of its top linemen. The Knights (7-3) are rallying around Lucas Altier as they prepare to face North Allegheny (7-3) on Friday in the semifinals. The 6-foot-5, 315-pound senior tackle will not be able to play. He is...

Highlands’ 14-0 victory over Derry on Friday marked the first time the Golden Rams shut out a WPIAL playoff opponent. Before that, the lowest points yielded by Highlands in a playoff game was a 7-6 victory over West Allegheny in 2003. The last time an Alle-Kiski Valley team pitched a...

Julia Cernich had enough of the five-set wars. If No. 11 seed Avonworth was going to win its first WPIAL Class 2A girls volleyball title Saturday against top-seeded Hopewell, the Antelopes wanted to do so in tidy fashion in the fourth set. Avonworth had a dream start, rolling off the...

Sophomore Michael Johnson is a lightweight wrestler at West Allegheny and competes at 106 pounds. He spends the fall season playing midfielder and defender for the soccer team where, oftentimes, he is the smallest player on the field. On Saturday afternoon, the diminutive speedster played a gigantic role as he...

Eden Christian Academy was firing on all cylinders late in its match against Section 5 rival Serra Catholic and earned a 3-1 victory Saturday afternoon in the WPIAL Class A championship at Peters Township’s AHN Arena. The district title is not only the first for the volleyball program, but the...

The Freeport and Burrell girls soccer teams knew so much about each other from many intense, hard-fought section matchups, including the pair of Section 2 clashes this year. So it came as no surprise that neither team gave an inch Saturday in their rematch for the WPIAL Class 2A championship...

Just because the Penn-Trafford football team earned a first-round bye in the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs does not mean the Warriors can take a vacation. Far from it. Veteran coach John Ruane prepared his team like they had a game in the first round. “The only thing different is we...

Fall is a busy time of the year for Pine-Richland’s John Wiegand. As the coach for both the boys and girls soccer teams, his days are usually spent in the never-ending loop of practice and games. But it’s all worth it when his teams can make the playoffs. Both Pine-Richland...

Norwin had three soccer players selected to the 2025 all-WPIAL teams. For the girls, who won a section title and made the WPIAL semifinals for the first time in six years, seniors Nicole Bown and Cameryn Reed made the 4A list. Senior Ryan Schoemer was a pick for boys 4A....

It was not the season that Lance Getsy and the Franklin Regional football team hoped for. The Panthers closed out the season with a 41-14 loss at Armstrong on Oct. 24. The only win came against Fox Chapel, 21-10, on Oct. 3. It was a season of growth for the...

The Hampton girls didn’t repeat at the 2025 WPIAL Class 2A cross country championships, but they did rejoice. Junior Rebekah Hall, who last season helped the Talbots to their first-ever team title, became the first Hampton runner in 27 years to bring home a WPIAL individual cross country championship. One...

Fox Chapel girls cross country coach Tom Moul hoped the Foxes would make steady improvement throughout the season. Had you asked him if the team would reach the PIAA Class 3A championships as a team, Moul wouldn’t have necessarily anticipated that. During the WPIAL Class 3A championships at White Oak...

It is often said that it is hard to beat a team three times in a single season. Fox Chapel boys soccer attempted to meet that challenge against Seneca Valley on Friday evening as the section rivals battled for WPIAL Class 4A gold at Highmark Stadium. The No. 2 Foxes,...

High schools Football All games 7 p.m. Class 6A Semifinals Nov. 7 schedule Canon-McMillan (4-6) vs. Central Catholic (9-1) at West Mifflin Norwin (7-3) at North Allegheny (7-3) Class 5A First round Friday’s results Bethel Park 38, North Hills 7 Moon 48, Armstrong 21 Shaler 28, Kiski Area 8 Upper...

Akiva Woods scored on a 70-yard run in the fourth quarter, followed by Marques Council Jr.’s 38-yard pass to Josh Lay, as No. 7 Aliquippa rallied to upset No. 2 Trinity, 21-14, in the WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinals Friday night. Jonah Williamson threw for one touchdown and ran for another...

Top performers for Week 10 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 433 - Joey Felitsky, North Catholic (23 of 24) 269 - Tyler Smiley, Ellwood City (24 of 36) 267 - Colin Yurisinec, Mars (14 of 35) 214 - Landyn Artman, Kiski Area (19 of 35) 209 -...

Bethel Park combined a stout defense with timely offense Friday night, defeating North Hills, 38-7, in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs. It was a slow start for the Black Hawks, who found themselves tied 7-7 in the final minutes of the second quarter. That’s when, despite...

Shaler took advantage of home field in the opening round of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs, defeating Kiski Area, 28-8, on Friday for its first postseason victory since 2009. “This is unbelievable, it’s everything you work for,” Shaler coach Jim Ryan said. “These kids, the community, these moments are what...

Thomas Jefferson’s Kane Eggerton used a three-touchdown night to remind everyone — including himself — that a turf-toe injury hadn’t diminished his knack for making big plays. In the process, the junior also helped his Jaguars remind the WPIAL that they’re still the reigning champs. Eggerton caught two touchdown passes...

A hand-drawn sign taped to the bleachers at Russ Grimm Field flapped in the wind below the student section. “Nightmare on Hopewell Street,” it read, playing on a Halloween theme for the playoff opener. The sign was on point. Southmoreland’s latest bid at a postseason victory was another bad dream...

It might have taken top-seeded McKeesport a bit to get on track in its WPIAL Class 4A first round contest Friday at Weigle-Schaeffer Stadium, but once the Tigers found their stride, they ran away from No. 8 Chartiers Valley for a 44-7 victory. “It was a great offensive performance tonight,...

It has been quite a week for the Bentworth athletic program. The boys and girls soccer teams celebrated WPIAL championships Thursday. Could the seventh-seeded football team celebrate its second WPIAL Class A playoff win Friday against No. 10 Jeannette? That answer was no. The Jayhawks played the spoiler, scoring 21...

Bishop Canevin came into the Class A playoffs seeded third, coming off a run to the WPIAL semifinals last year. But entering the fourth quarter of its playoff opener against Greensburg Central Catholic on Friday night, the Crusaders trailed by a point. They didn’t panic, though. They lined up at...

John Gaillot searched for the words. In the moment Friday night, all the Freeport football coach could think of was the sweet playoff victory his team just finished off at home against Beaver. Never mind that the eighth-seeded Yellowjackets earned a date with unbeaten and top-seeded Avonworth in the WPIAL...

Not a lot of tricks, but plenty of treats to go around on Halloween night as both Highlands and Derry had their share of mistakes. Led by an opportunistic defense, the Golden Rams came away with a 14-0 win over the Trojans (6-5) in a WPIAL Class 3A first round...