High School category, Page 14

On Saturday, the Mt. Pleasant girls soccer team was finally able to clear a hurdle that has eluded them the last two years. The No. 4-seeded Vikings (14-4-1) defeated No. 12 Shady Side Academy, 2-1, to secure a quarterfinal win in the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs and advance to the...

Franklin Regional righted two wrongs in the WPIAL boys soccer quarterfinals. First, the Panthers (17-3) won their first overtime game in three tries this season. Secondly, they overcame a 1-0 deficit after two previous opportunities in that situation resulted in losses. A 2-1, double-overtime thriller against No. 6 Chartiers Valley...

High schools Field hockey WPIAL playoffs Championship At North Allegheny Class 3A Tuesday’s schedule Pine-Richland (16-3) vs. North Allegheny (5-7-3), 7 p.m. Class 2A Wednesday’s schedule Peters Township (13-2-2) vs. Fox Chapel (12-3-3), 8 p.m. Class A Wednesday’s schedule Shady Side Academy (16-2-1) vs. Aquinas Academy (9-5), 6:30 p.m. Football...

Welcome to Semifinals Monday in the 2025 WPIAL soccer playoffs with final four matches in girls 4A and 3A along with boys 2A and Class A. The semifinalists in the girls 4A district playoffs have a golden shine to them due to the great success all four programs have enjoyed...

With the high school football regular season now in the rear-view mirror, it is time for the WPIAL playoffs to begin this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has audio coverage of some of the opening weekend of 2025 WPIAL postseason. All of the video of...

The next event on the Westmoreland County Coaches Association calendar is the girls volleyball all-star game. The match will be played Nov. 19 at Ligonier Valley High School. After that, the boys basketball showcase will be Dec. 20 at Jeannette and Greensburg Salem. The WCCA wrestling tournaments will be Jan....

WPIAL soccer playoffs Boys Class 2A Semifinals 2-Quaker Valley (17-2-1) vs. 6-Deer Lakes (16-3-1) 8 p.m. Monday, Fridley Field, Allison Park Winner plays: Winner of 9-Beaver (15-4)/4-Avonworth (17-2-1) in championship game at Highmark Stadium (time/date TBD) Players to watch: Isaac Williams, Quaker Valley; Collin Rodgers, Deer Lakes Throw-ins: Quaker Valley...

WPIAL soccer playoffs Girls Class 4A Semifinals 3-Norwin (15-3) vs. 2-Seneca Valley (11-3-2) 6:30 p.m. Monday, North Allegheny’s Newman Stadium, McCandless Winner plays: Winner of 1-Peters Township (15-2-2)/5-North Allegheny (15-3-2) in championship (time, date TBD) at Highmark Stadium Coaches: Ashley DeVito, Norwin; Mark Perry, Seneca Valley Players to watch: Neeve...

There was no second-guessing coach Courtney Frost in her assessment of the Thomas Jefferson girls volleyball team earlier this season. The Jaguars’ second-year coach provided a direct and succinct response. “I expect my team to win our section and make it to the finals of the WPIAL and state playoffs,”...

The WPIAL board accepted executive director Scott Seltzer’s resignation Oct. 21 and voted to promote chief operating officer Vince Sortino to the top spot. Sortino, 62, will become the league’s sixth full-time executive director after Charles “Ace” Heberling (1976-97), Larry Hanley (1997-06), Tim O’Malley (2006-20), Scheuneman (2020-22) and Seltzer. Before...

Senior midfielder Finn Wentz scored a pair of goals as No. 7 Sewickley Academy won a 4-0 decision against No. 10 Trinity Christian (8-10) in the first round of the WPIAL Class A boys soccer playoffs. Senior defender Blake Wilmot and junior midfielder Ben Terrell added a goal apiece for...

Welcome to Soccer Shangri-la. The combined regular-season records in 2025 for the two Quaker Valley soccer teams was 28-4-2. “There must be something in the water,” said Sean Ryan, QV’s boys coach, “besides lots of calcium. For the past seven years, I have been witness to the unending talent coming...

Quaker Valley’s boys soccer team was a defensive dynamo during the regular season. Defense definitely was the name of the game at Chuck Knox Stadium and beyond as the Quakers finished first in Section 2-2A with a 14-1-1 record and 94-9 scoring advantage. QV surrendered just 11 regular-season goals and...

Mia Gartley is a high jump aficionado in the Quaker Valley girls track and field program. Gartley also knows how to jump smoothly from one season to the next for the Quakers. She is one of the most athletic girls at the high school. “Mia is one of those student-athletes...

Caeley Simon Class: Senior Sport: Field hockey Q: How was your season? A: Our season was good. It was exciting because it was my senior season. We did not make the playoffs, but I still had a great year. Q: Did you have any memorable moments this season or during...

It has been more than a month since Mia Williams played in a high school tennis match. Now the Penn-Trafford senior heads to Hershey to compete in her fourth PIAA Class 3A tournament. Williams was a WPIAL champion in 2022 and runner-up in 2023, 2024 and 2025. She has not...

Mark Spinola was happy to say every swimmer who competed at the middle school championships saw a significant drop in their times. The Penn Hills middle school swim coach is pleased the program is trending in the right direction. “The team has come a long way,” said Spinola, who has...

Joe Capobianco didn’t have to buy a large amount of refreshments for the Penn Hills baseball boosters meetings during his first season with the program. The Indians only had one booster last season. This year, the number has swelled to about eight parents. As Penn Hills attempts to climb the...

With just three seniors and a roster full of inexperience, this season was an uphill climb for the Gateway girls volleyball team. The Gators made the best of it, though. After a five-match losing streak to start the season, they finished the year on a two-game winning streak, beating West...

Gateway was the only football team in the Big East Conference to complete its conference schedule before last Friday’s games, which wrapped up the regular season. The Gators, at 3-6 overall and 3-3 in conference play, hoped to take care of business Friday against Class 6A Hempfield while also watching...

The 2025 season began very rocky for the Chartiers Valley Colts. They came into the year with a new head coach, Steve Spence, who came from Washington & Jefferson College, and had to learn new schemes and new terminology. And as the season opened against South Fayette, they were without...

As the WPIAL playoffs were just set to begin, Chartiers Valley boys soccer coach Bill Douglass knew it wasn’t about where his team was seeded, just that the team was in the postseason for the third year in a row. “Once you get into the playoffs, everyone has a chance...

South Fayette coach Marty Spieler gathered his players after a three-point loss to Moon on Friday, a narrow setback against a talented Allegheny Six foe. He knew there was nothing more they could do now. “I told the kids, ‘Guys, I hope that the committee gives you a chance to...

High schools Field hockey WPIAL playoffs Championship At North Allegheny Class 3A Tuesday’s schedule Pine-Richland (16-3) vs. North Allegheny (5-7-3), 7 p.m. Class 2A Wednesday’s schedule Peters Township (13-2-2) vs. Fox Chapel (12-3-3), 8 p.m. Class A Wednesday’s schedule Shady Side Academy (16-2-1) vs. Aquinas Academy (9-5), 6:30 p.m. Football...