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After a week of turmoil and surprises in the Top 5, the elite teams in the state got their mojo back in a big way in Week 2. With two ranked teams not playing, the other 28 teams were a combined 27-1 in the first weekend of September. The only...

Penn-Trafford has to wonder what it would be like to have a fully healthy lineup, the rotation it should have without unrelenting injuries. But reality won’t let the Warriors daydream. “We knew some girls would be out. We have some phenomenal players,” assistant coach Denny Brown said. “The girls who...

High schools Field hockey Monday’s results Class 3A Mt. Lebanon 9, Hempfield 1 North Allegheny 7, Norwin 0 Football Thursday’s schedule WPIAL Class 2A Midwestern Riverside at Union, 6:30 p.m. City League Nonconference Brashear at Carrick, 7 p.m. Friday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Central Catholic at Mt. Lebanon, 7 p.m....

Emily McKee scored both goals to lead Fox Chapel to a 2-1 victory over Mars in a matchup of ranked teams in Section 1-3A girls soccer Monday. Mackenzie Powell scored for the Fightin’ Planets. Fox Chapel (5-1, 3-0) is ranked second in Class 3A by Trib HSSN. Mars (4-2, 1-2)...

Deer Lakes lost just two Section 4-2A games last year. Both were to Mt. Pleasant. The Lancers on Monday evening hoped to avenge those 2024 outcomes, wins by the defending section champion Vikings by a combined 9-0. But Mt. Pleasant had other ideas. The game was as close and intense...

Two weeks into the new WPIAL boys soccer season, one of the top games of the young season highlights the Tuesday schedule. Two of the three undefeated teams in Class 4A are set to collide for first place in Section 2-4A when Canon-McMillan hosts Peters Township. Playoff teams from a...

High schools Soccer Boys Monday’s schedule Nonsection Belle Vernon at Yough, 7:30 p.m. Ligonier Valley at Greensburg Salem, 7:30 p.m. Derry at United, 7 p.m. Girls Monday’s schedule Class 4A Section 1 Norwin at Armstrong, 7:30 p.m. Penn-Trafford at Hempfield, 7:30 p.m. Woodland Hills at Latrobe, 7 p.m. Section 2...

The weather looks wonderful for the week ahead with even a little crispness in the air to signify we are in fall high school sports mode this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week 3 and the start of conference...

A new week begins with a busy day of section play on the pitch for WPIAL girls soccer teams. The top four teams in Section 2-3A will square off Monday. Moon leads the way with a 3-0 record in the section and a 4-0 mark overall. Both Montour and West...

Trib HSSN football players of the week – Joe Felitsky and Logan Schade School – North Catholic Class – Seniors Height/weight – Felitsky: 6-foot-1, 175 pounds; Schade: 5-11, 165 Position – Felitsky, quarterback; Schade, running back, free safety #Earned – The dynamic senior duo in the North Catholic offensive backfield...

Matt O’Neil, a significant contributor and two-year letterman for Norwin baseball, will continue his playing career at the NCAA Division I level. O’Neil recently announced a verbal commitment to Mercyhurst, which left the Division II Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference for the D-I Northeast Conference in the fall of 2024. O’Neil,...

WPIAL soccer rankings (Through Saturday’s games) Girls Class 4A Team Record Last rank 1. Peters Township (2-0-2) 1 2. Seneca Valley (2-1-2) 2 3. North Allegheny (5-1-1) 3 4. Pine-Richland (6-0) 4 5. Canon-McMillan (2-2) 5 OUT: None Class 3A 1. South Fayette (3-1-1) 1 2. Fox Chapel (4-1) 2...

The Quaker Valley girls soccer team had nine reasons why its season-opener was a successful outing. The Quakers blanked Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, 9-0, on Aug. 28 as six players scored goals for the winning side. Freshman MF/ATT Ella Plachecki, senior MF Ari Bosh and sophomore MF/D Mia...

Piper Munyon split her time as a Gateway freshman last fall between soccer, her first love, and competing as a member of the Gators cross country team. It was a several-month balance, combined with her school studies, that she worked on through the end of the soccer season in mid...

There’s a trendy new sport in town that has the Sewickley Academy athletic program adrenalized. For the first time in school history, Sewickley is fielding a girls volleyball team this fall coached by Julia Arlia. “We are extremely excited to launch our first girls volleyball team this year,” said Mike...

Sewickley Academy’s boys soccer team started out with four home games this season at Nichols Field. Halfway through the four-game stretch, the Panthers were 2-0 with nonsection victories against Serra Catholic and Trinity Christian. “While we did a lot of good things and have a good foundation to build upon,...

The Quaker Valley cross country teams began the 2025 season with a fast start. And that was prior to competing in their first big event on the schedule, the Red White & Blue Classic set for Sept. 6 at White Oak Park. The Quakers participated in a three-team scrimmage Aug....

Two up, two down. Quaker Valley made more than just some noise on the football field in the first two weeks of the season. QV defeated Class 2A Keystone Oaks, 20-13, on Aug. 29 to go to 2-0 for the first time since 2017. That came after the Class 3A...

When Penn-Trafford girls tennis coach Megan Satira takes maternity leave in late September, she’s leaving her team in the capable hands of her parents: Joe and Denise Hudak. Denise is the junior varsity coach and Joe volunteers a helping hand. Satira and her husband Adam are expecting their first child...

Emilie Oslosky scored a hat trick to lead Penn-Trafford to a dramatic victory over Latrobe in its girls soccer Section 1-4A opener Sept. 3. Ellie Lebe added a goal and an assist for the Warriors, who held off a late charge by Latrobe to come away with a 4-3 victory....

High schools Cross country Saturday’s results Red, White & Blue Invitational At White Oak Park Boys Class 3A Individual: 1. Charlie Heese, Latrobe, 15:37.0; 2. Micah Gainer, University High, 15:42.5; 3. Ethan Conroy, University High, 15:51.3; 4. Benjamin McBride, Norwin, 15:54.0; 5. Jonathan Stetchock, Hempfield, 15:54.0; 6. Griffin Martin, South...

Owen Herrick threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score to lead Central Catholic to a 58-20 victory Saturday over Woodland Hills in the Pro Football Hall of Fame High School Classic at Tom Benson Stadium in Canton, Ohio. Herrick hit Maceo Watkins with a 75-yard touchdown pass in...

Ryan Cecchini has tried some unique practice techniques in his 15 seasons at Avella, but he says that’s life as a small-school coach. “Sometimes we’ll do a half-a-line scrimmage,” Cecchini said. “We’ll go from the center over. And then only half the defense, and we’ll scrimmage each other that way....

WPIAL football rankings Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Central Catholic, 2-1, 1 2. North Allegheny, 3-0, 2 3. Hempfield, 3-0, 3 4. Norwin, 2-1, 5 5. Seneca Valley, 1-2, 4 Out: none Class 5A 1. Pine-Richland, 2-1, 1 2. Peters Township, 3-0, 2 3. Upper St. Clair, 3-0,...