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Here are the latest 2024-25 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday. The point system in the PIHL this year gives three points for a regulation win, two points for an overtime win and one point for an overtime loss. Class 3A Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime Wins-Overtime...

For the past 18 years, Amber Cernuto has been helping little ones get started in life as a kindergarten teacher in the Southmoreland School District. On the basketball court, she continues to be a leader as coach of the high school girls team. You could say Cernuto enjoys teaching others....

Tonya Norman is the new sheriff in town as the coach for Valley girls basketball. Although she is in her first year, she is familiar with Valley sports. Norman was a three-sport athlete at Valley and went on to play basketball at Duquesne after graduating in 1989. She said connecting...

Southmoreland returns to Class 3A in boys basketball after four seasons in 4A, where the Scotties at times struggled. “Our section was brutal,” coach Frank Muccino said. While going 3-2 against section opponents last season in games decided by single digits, Southmoreland failed to build momentum after a 10-0 start...

Latrobe senior Robin Reilly and Mt. Pleasant junior Morgan Gesinski were finalists for the Moe Rosensteel girls soccer award, but the local pair have something else in common. Reilly and Gesinski were selected as all-state players by the Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association, Reilly as a midfielder, Gesinski as a forward....

Four more WPIAL champions were crowned Saturday at Acrisure Stadium, and Central Catholic in Class 6A and Thomas Jefferson in Class 4A were victorious in the PIAA quarterfinals this past weekend. Those two district champs join Pine-Richland in 5A, Avonworth in 3A, South Park in 2A and repeat winner Fort...

Valley is looking to rejuvenate a basketball program that won a WPIAL championship in 1993 and was a force in the ’90s. New coach and A-K Valley Hall of Famer Brice Flenory is taking on the challenge. He graduated from Valley in 1998 after averaging 36 points and showcasing his...

The 15th annual WPIAL Summit on Sportsmanship took place Nov. 13 at the Senator John Heinz History Center and Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum. Student-athletes from the schools in attendance listened to keystone speakers discuss topics related to the importance of sportsmanship in athletics, and the league recognized Cornell and Moon,...

Gateway wrestling coach Ryan Sula said a mix of veteran leadership, returning youthful talent and others coming into the varsity and JV practice room is making for a competitive environment in the lead-up to the start of the season. “It’s always nice to have a high return rate and to...

A dozen swimmers and divers represented Gateway at last year’s WPIAL championships. Coach Glenn Raymer hopes that many, or more, will punch their tickets to the district’s grandest stages at the end of February and the beginning of March. With the work put in during offseason training sessions and club...

Quaker Valley’s girls soccer team finished with a splendid 19-3-2 overall record in 2024 that included a 6-1 mark in the postseason. The Quakers ran the table at 4-0 in winning the WPIAL Class 2A championship, then went 2-1 in the PIAA playoffs to reach the state’s final four. “Throughout...

Quaker Valley has jumped to the top of the PIHL gold division as well as the entire Class A thanks to its early 8-0 record. The Quakers racked up 56 goals while allowing just six. “I have been pleased with our start,” QV coach Kevin Quinn said. “We have played...

The Quaker Valley girls soccer team gave up just one goal in three PIAA Class 2A playoff games. But the second-half tally by Erie Cathedral Prep cost the Quakers a chance to participate in the state championship game. Instead, Cathedral Prep advanced to the finals thanks to its 1-0 victory...

It appears Eden Christian Academy senior Grant Brauer has the ideal build to begin his college rowing career next year. Brauer, 17, will take his 6-foot-4, 200-pound frame to upstate New York in 2025 as a freshman member of the Syracuse men’s rowing team. “Yes, I am a very good...

Bradley Repovich’s resolve was consistently tested during his first season on the Penn Hills wrestling team. Wrestling isn’t a sport that is typically kind to newcomers, especially at the varsity level. Repovich, who will be a junior and wrestle at 145 pounds this season, went through his share of adversity....

Anthony Sipple enjoys the challenge of playing multiple sports, but the Penn Hills junior knows that swimming isn’t the one where it is possible to give a lesser effort. Sipple has the challenge of trying to return to the WPIAL Class 3A championships after qualifying for two individual events and...

Pine-Richland 20, Peters Township 9 Peters Township 0-9-0-0—9 Pine-Richland 0-10-10-0—20 Scoring summary P-R: Grant Argiro 24 field goal PT: Eli Prado 23 pass from Nolan DiLucia (run failed) P-R: Tanner Cunningham 64 pass from Aaron Strader (Argiro kick) PT: Anthony Maiello 29 field goal P-R: Jay Timmons 22 pass from...

Jay Timmons pointed to a corner of Acrisure Stadium where he watched games as a kid, remembering back to when his father played linebacker for the Steelers. So, yes, he knows a little about defense. “I’ve been dreaming of playing on this field for so long,” said Timmons, a Pine-Richland...

High schools Football WPIAL playoffs Championship Saturday’s results At Acrisure Stadium Class 5A Pine-Richland 20, Peters Township 9 Class 3A Avonworth 17, Central Valley 0 Class 2A South Park 21, Seton LaSalle 14 Class A Fort Cherry 21, Clairton 20 PIAA playoffs Class 6A Saturday’s result Quarterfinals Harrisburg 42, West...

Will there be a history-making repeat for Upper St. Clair as WPIAL boys basketball champion? Can a district team finally win an elusive PIAA Class 6A crown? How will the five teams moving up, including two-time defending Class A district champion Imani Christian, fare in the world of Class 6A?...

Avonworth 17, Central Valley 0 Avonworth 7-3-0-7—17 Central Valley 0-0-0-0—0 Scoring summary A: Nico Neal 2 run (Calder Mahan kick) A: Mahan 32 field goal A: Neal 3 run (Mahan kick) Team statistics A … CV First downs 8 … 7 Rushes-yards 45-143 … 28-51 Passing yards 30 … 109...

Avonworth senior running back Nico Neal was itching to have one more opportunity to play at Acrisure Stadium. After two years of being champions in waiting, the fifth-seeded Antelopes battered down the door during a 17-0 win over Central Valley in the WPIAL Class 3A title game Saturday evening. Neal...

Chase Kissell ran for two touchdowns and threw three TD passes as District 6 champion Bishop Guilfoyle defeated City League champion Westinghouse, 56-15, in the PIAA Class A quarterfinals Saturday at Farrell. The Bulldogs managed 15 points in the second quarter but were held scoreless in the second half. Westinghouse...

South Park 21, Seton LaSalle 14 South Park 6-8-7-0 — 21 Seton LaSalle 0-7-0-7 — 14 Scoring summary SP: Eric Doerue 6 run (kick blocked) SP: Robert Lenzi 1 run (Doerue run) SLS: Khalil Taylor 32 run (Brayden Carter kick) SP: Doerue 8 run (Griffin Burnett kick) SLS: Richard Littlejohn...

ALTOONA — There was no hangover for WPIAL champion Thomas Jefferson on Saturday against District 9 champion Clearfield in a PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal at Altoona’s Mansion Park. The Jaguars forced three turnovers in the first half, took control with four touchdowns before the break and finished off a 35-0...