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WPIAL adds extra day for soccer finals at Highmark Stadium
Highmark Stadium will be a happening place Saturday as playoff fever rolls into Station Square. The Pittsburgh Riverhounds will host a USL first-round game Saturday night at 6:30, a development that has caused the WPIAL to alter its schedule for this weekend’s soccer championship games at the stadium. Instead of...
Mt. Pleasant girls soccer in semifinals for 1st time in 3 years
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 shows comeback ability ahead of semifinal matchup
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 school sports schedules for Oct. 27, 2025
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...
Trib HSSN football player of the week for Oct. 26, 2025Video
Trib HSSN football player of the week – Bobby Fadden School – Mohawk Class – Senior Height/Weight – 6-foot-1, 170 pounds Positions – Quarterback, defensive back #Earned – One month ago, Mohawk had faded to the back of the pack in the 2A Midwestern Athletic Conference with four straight losses....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Oct. 27, 2025: Boys, girls soccer semifinals on tap
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...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Oct. 27, 2025
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...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Volleyball all-star game up next on WCCA calendar
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....
A-K Valley high school soccer playoff preview capsules for Oct. 27, 2025
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...
Westmoreland high school soccer playoff preview capsule for Oct. 27, 2025
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...
Thomas Jefferson volleyball shows will to win in another section championship season
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,”...
South Hills Record notebook: Vince Sortino to take over as WPIAL executive director
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...
Sewickley Herald notebook: Sewickley Academy soccer teams fare well in opening round
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...
With success of boys, girls teams, Sewickley area becomes epicenter of Western Pa. soccer
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...
Defense holds key for Quaker Valley boys in section championship season
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...
Quaker Valley’s Mia Gartley shows multi-sport skills in cross country, volleyball, track
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...
Penn-Trafford profile: Senior field hockey player Caeley Simon
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...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Mia Williams geared up for PIAA tennis tournament
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...
Penn Hills middle school swim team reaching new heights
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...
Fall ball program the latest signpost in Penn Hills baseball’s rebuilding efforts
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...
Young Gateway volleyball team builds for future
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 caps conference play with win over Latrobe
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...
Chartiers Valley makes adjustments, finds stride in rewarding football season
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...
Chartiers Valley boys overcome adversity, show improvement during playoff season
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...
Denied a wild card, South Fayette finds WPIAL snub ‘not an easy way to go’
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...
