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Plum keeps rolling, upends No. 2 Mars
Plum averaged 42 points in Greater Allegheny Conference victories over Greensburg Salem and Indiana. The Mustangs kept rolling Friday with seven more touchdowns in a 49-21 victory over Mars in a conference clash of undefeated teams at the Mars Athletic Complex. “We talked all week about the hype surrounding Mars...
Apollo-Ridge stays unbeaten with rout of Burrell
Apollo-Ridge might be 3-0 and has outscored the opposition 148-22, but coach John Skiba is still looking to improve some things. The Vikings on Friday night got 293 passing yards from Jake Fello and 10 receptions for 200 yards from Klay Fitzroy to rout Burrell, 56-8, in a nonconference encounter...
Springdale remains undefeated with big win over Leechburg
Springdale wasn’t ready to lose to Leechburg for a third straight year, and the Dynamos showed that throughout their WPIAL Class A Eastern Conference matchup. It took the Dynamos just four plays to score on their first drive of the game. Demitri Fritch completed a 37-yard double pass to Logan...
Mt. Pleasant defense bottles up SouthmorelandVideo
Mt. Pleasant leaned on its defense to keep Southmoreland from making it three straight wins in their historic, 46-game series that dates back 56 years. It was one big stiff-arm for the Vikings who, the rivalry aside, suddenly are a half-game out of first place in the Interstate Conference. The...
Knoch’s Laura Greb claims 4th WPIAL singles title
Laura Greb is all alone in the history books of WPIAL girls tennis. Under sunny skies Friday afternoon at North Allegheny High School, the Knoch senior captured her fourth WPIAL Class AA singles championship. She swept two sets from South Park sophomore Nicole Kempton, 6-1, 6-3. “I am just at...
WPIAL committee to meet to discuss potential tweaks to soccer playoff format
The WPIAL soccer playoffs could look similar to previous years, but that is not a certainty as a condensed, 32-day regular season winds into late September. A format change could be in order when the WPIAL soccer committee meets next Friday to review the season. As it stands, the top...
Gateway shuts down high school, cancels football game after students infected with coronavirus
Two students at Gateway High School have tested positive for covid-19, shutting the school down for five days and canceling a highly anticipated football game, according to a news release posted to the district’s website Friday. One student who tested positive has not been to the building since Sept. 22,...
5 things to watch in Week 3: WPIAL No. 1 vs. No. 2 in largest classifications
It’s one vs. two, twice. The WPIAL has a pair of top-ranked matchups on the Week 3 football schedule with No. 2 Gateway visiting No. 1 Pine-Richland in Class 5A and No. 2 North Allegheny facing No. 1 Central Catholic in 6A. Both start at 7 p.m. Friday. The Class...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 24, 2020
Field Hockey Thursday’s results WPIAL Class 3A Pine-Richland 5, Peters Township 0 Class 2A Penn-Trafford 8, Woodland Hills 0 Football Thursday’s results WPIAL Class A Tri-County South Avella 21, West Greene 20 Thursday’s summary Avella 21, West Greene 20 Avella 0 6 15 0 —21 West Greene 8 0 6...
High school roundup for Sept. 24, 2020: Kensly Owens powers No. 2 North Allegheny
Kensly Owens scored four goals to lead No. 2 North Allegheny (3-1-1, 2-1-1) to an 8-0 victory over rival North Hills (0-3, 0-3) in a Section 1-4A boys soccer match Thursday night. Belle Vernon 2, Thomas Jefferson 1 (OT) – Nick Nagy scored the game winner in overtime to lead...
Central Catholic’s Eddy Tillman gets home-field advantage vs. North Allegheny
Central Catholic’s football team doesn’t have a home field, but running back Eddy Tillman will be close to home Friday night. The top-ranked Vikings are hosting No. 2 North Allegheny at Graham Field in Wilkinsburg, which is a short walk from Tillman’s home. The senior has fond memories of his...
Avella stops West Greene to improve to 3-0 in Tri-County South
Coming into this season, the Avella football team had two conference wins in the previous three years. It isn’t October yet and the Eagles have already left that win total in the dust. K.J. Rush threw for 165 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score, and Avella stopped...
Norwin boys soccer uses quick-strike offense to top Penn-Trafford
Scoring early has become a trend for the Norwin boys soccer team. The Knights found the net 13 seconds in against Connellsville and struck inside the first five minutes against Latrobe. Fast starts have helped keep the fifth-ranked Knights ahead — and unbeaten. On Thursday night, it was more of...
Trib HSSN don’t miss high school football matchups for Week 3
Class 5A nonconference No. 2 Gateway (2-0) at No. 1 Pine-Richland (2-0) 7 p.m. Friday, Pine-Richland Stadium at Pine-Richland HS On the air: Audio on KDKA-AM 1020 and Video at TribHSSN.TribLive.com Coaches: Don Holl, Gateway; Eric Kasperowicz, Pine-Richland Players to watch: Derrick Davis, Gateway (Sr., 6-2, 195, RB); Cole Spencer,...
Vote for the Week 4 HSSN Game of the Week
The TribLive High School Sports Network is giving fans the power to choose the Week 4 Game of the Week for Oct. 2. Trib HSSN produces live videostream coverage with television quality, multiple camera angles and instant replay during the Game of the Week. Voting is underway at TribHSSN.triblive.com. Fans...
A-K Valley don’t miss high school football matchups for Week 3
Class 5A northeast Kiski Area (1-0, 0-0) at Penn Hills (0-2, 0-0) 7 p.m. Saturday, Yuhas-McGinley Stadium, Penn Hills Penn Hills won last year’s meeting in low-scoring fashion, 7-3, after the teams combined for 92 points in a 64-28 victory by the Indians in 2018. … In Kiski Area’s dramatic 36-35...
A-K Valley football players to watch in Week 3
Eryck Moore Plum, soph., RB/LB The Mustangs back has been opening eyes the past couple of weeks. Two weeks ago, the 6-foot-1, 190-pounder carried the ball nine times for 110 yards and two touchdowns in a win over Greensburg Salem. Last week, in a rout of Indiana, he picked up...
The Birdie just wants to see live football in the A-K Valley
Last Week: 10-2 (84%) Overall: 18-2 (90%) A strange call came in to the Valley News Dispatch office before last Friday’s high school football games. The Birdie had chained himself to a school’s entrance gate and was holding a sign that read: “Let Me In? I Need High School Football.”...
Westmoreland County football players to watch for Week 3
Landan Carns Latrobe, Sr., QB Carns directed to Wildcats to their first win of the season at Mt. Pleasant last week. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound senior connected on a 64-yard touchdown pass to tight end Tucker Knupp. He also rushed for 88 yards and completed 8 of 17 passes for 138...
After years on losing end, Southmoreland trying to turn tide in rivalry with Mt. PleasantVideo
Their schools are a 5 miles apart. Students live across the street from one another where Mt. Pleasant borough and East Huntingdon Township meet. But since Mt. Pleasant (1-1, 1-0) and Southmoreland (1-1, 1-1) began playing football in 1964, their programs have been miles apart. Mt. Pleasant, which leads the...
Westmoreland County don’t miss high school football matchups for Week 3
Class 6A Hempfield (1-1, 1-1) at Mt. Lebanon (0-1, 0-1) 7 p.m. Friday, Mt. Lebanon Stadium, Mt. Lebanon After beating Norwin in Week 1, the Spartans were punchless offensively and were blanked by third-ranked Seneca Valley, 38-0. The Raiders held Hempfield to 59 yards rushing. … Mt. Lebanon began the...
The Birdie: Prognosticator puts pedal to metal for Week 3 in Westmoreland County
Last week: 10-4 (71.4%) Season: 17-10 (62.9 %) The wordy Birdie regained his form last week. He has some swagger back in his step. While he isn’t allowed to work from the office yet, he has been strutting around his front lawn. (He thought teleworking meant he had to sell...
High school football schedule, broadcasts for Week 3
Thursday WPIAL Class A Tri-County South Avella at West Greene, 7 p.m. Friday WPIAL Class 6A Canon-McMillan at Baldwin, ppd. Hempfield at Mt. Lebanon, 7:30 p.m. (HSSN) North Allegheny vs. Central Catholic at Graham Field, 7 p.m. (HSSN) Norwin at Seneca Valley, 7:30 p.m. Class 5A Allegheny 6 South Fayette...
Trib HSSN football players to watch in Week 3
Here are four WPIAL football players to watch for during Week 3: Patrick Body Gateway, jr., WR/DB Fresh off earning his first Power 5 offer from Pitt last week, Body had seven catches for 127 yards and two scores in Friday’s 55-14 nonconference win over Bethel Park. The 6-foot-2, 180-pound...
Chick’s Picks: After demoralizing awards snub, prognosticator forecasts big 5A, 6A battles
This week was one of utmost importance for Chick’s Picks. It was the week of the 72nd Prime Time Emmy Awards. It came as no surprise when Chick’s Picks received a nomination earlier this year for Best Prognosticating Performance. Thanks to the pandemic, awards were presented virtually. Chick’s Picks made...
