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High schools Football Monday’s schedule Class A Tri-County South Beth-Center at Mapletown, 7 p.m. Hockey Monday’s schedule Class 3A South Fayette vs. Franklin Regional at Palmer Imaging Arena, 8:30 p.m. Central Catholic vs. Mt. Lebanon at Mt. Lebanon Ice Center, 9:10 p.m. Class 2A Richland vs. Mars at Baierl Ice...

Section play in the 2024 WPIAL boys soccer regular season is down to the final two days. Sixty teams have qualified for the district postseason with three possible spots still up for grabs. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a...

The 2024 WPIAL girls soccer regular season has only two days remaining. So far, 57 teams have qualified for the district postseason with the possibility of five more teams qualifying. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in...

The 2024 WPIAL girls volleyball regular season is down to the final week, and 60 teams have clinched a postseason berth. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in which head-to-head does not break the tie all qualify...

Trib HSSN football player of the week – Kymon’e Brown School – Jeannette Class – Junior Height/weight – 6-foot, 145 pounds Position – Quarterback, wide receiver, defensive back What coach says – “The toughness and ability to distribute the football by Kymon’e really stood out,” Jeannette coach Tom Paulone said....

WPIAL soccer rankings (Through Saturday’s games) Boys Class 4A Rank, team, record, previous 1. Plum, 15-0-3, 2 2. Peters Township, 14-1-1, 3 3. Fox Chapel, 9-4-1, 5 4. North Allegheny, 13-3-1, 1 5. ​Seneca Valley, 11-5, 4 Out: None Class 3A 1. Moon, 16-0, 2 2. Thomas Jefferson, 10-1-3, 1...

The stretch run’ of the 2024 WPIAL football season continues as we hit the final two weeks of play, plus the district soccer and volleyball regular seasons conclude this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week 8 with 25 WPIAL,...

Time to prepare for the new world order in the WPIAL football playoffs. Wild card teams have expanded and are no longer figured out by the mathematics equations that included the dreaded Gardner Points and the WPIAL tiebreaker system. Now a total of 16 teams will have to wait until...

Hockey season has a way of sneaking up on people because it pops up late in the fall season. But the PIHL is back, and local teams already have played a few games. Penn-Trafford jumped out to a 2-0 start, scoring six goals in both games. A 6-0 win over...

Two important facets of Quaker Valley senior Molly MacDonald’s life are academics and athletics, specifically volleyball. MacDonald, a 5-foot-10 outside hitter on the QV girls volleyball team, has verbally committed to the admissions process at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vt. She will get the official word from the admissions office...

Nick Turowski wasn’t picked by his golf coach at West Virginia University to compete in the Big 12 Match Play event. Instead, the freshman was sent to Johnstown to play in the Red Flash Invitational at Sunnehanna Golf Club on Oct. 8. The Penn-Trafford graduate used the event to prove...

When Ryan Hankey took over as coach of the Penn-Trafford boys soccer program, his main goal was getting his team back into the WPIAL playoffs. And with two games left in the season, the Warriors secured third place in Section 3-A. Now Hankey wants to see his team win playoff...

Penn Hills graduate Adia Brisker recently signed to play professional basketball in Ireland. The news was shared on X by the Penn Hills Lady Indians basketball account. Brisker recently wrapped up her collegiate career at Queens (N.C.) University. Brisker’s best year in college was during the 2022-23 season. She finished...

The Penn Hills boys soccer team didn’t have the benefit of a deep bench when the season started. As the Indians have gone through the rigors of Section 1-4A play, they have been battling against their opponents and a war with attrition. Penn Hills is on a five-match losing streak...

Amari Gans wasn’t about to let Gateway’s first victory of the season slip through its fingers. The Gators had suffered tough losses to State College and North Allegheny, and their backs were against the wall in Week 2 at Plum. Gans, a senior tailback and outside linebacker, made an impact...

Sewickley Academy’s Severin Harmon and Quaker Valley’s Ethan Dai tied for second and fourth place, respectively, at this year’s WPIAL Class 2A boys golf championships. Harmon shot a 6-over par (150) while Dai, the WPIAL runner-up last season, was right behind at 7-over (151). The first round took place at...

Skate fast and win fast. The Quaker Valley hockey team got off to a fast start to the 2024-25 PIHL season. The Quakers defeated McDowell, 6-1, on Sept. 30 at Baierl Ice Complex. “We played fast and hard,” QV coach Kevin Quinn said. “We ran into a hot goalie but...

Two down, one to go. Kirsten Close and Avery Allan, Quaker Valley’s leading singles players, joined forces as doubles partners for the postseason. Close, a senior, and Allan, a freshman, advanced to the WPIAL Class 2A doubles tournament by easily winning the Section 5-2A title as the tandem did not...

High schools Football Saturday’s results WPIAL Class 2A Midwestern Western Beaver 47, Mohawk 20 Class A Big 7 Northgate 49, Summit Academy 12 Eastern Riverview 55, Frazier 20 Monday’s schedule Class A Tri-County South Beth-Center at Mapletown, 7 p.m. Saturday’s summaries Northgate 49, Summit Academy 12 Northgate 28 7 7...

Jaivin Peel threw for 246 yards and three touchdowns and added a 35-yard touchdown run to lead Western Beaver to a 47-20 win over Mohawk in the Class 2A Midwestern Athletic Conference on Saturday. Wyatt Sparbanie had touchdown runs of 69 and 76 yards and Chris Kirkland scored on an...

In some WPIAL football classifications, the names near the top of the conference standings don’t change too much from year to year. But take a look at Class 2A. With two weeks left in the regular season, the three conference leaders are Ellwood City (7-0), Seton LaSalle (7-0) and South...

The Westmoreland County Athletes of the Week is presented by Smail Kia. Look for the tags and look for the savings at Smail Kia in Greensburg. Emerson Skatell School: Latrobe Class: Senior Sport: Cross country Claim to fame: Skatell ran to victory at the Westmoreland County Coaches Association Championship, completing...

Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Central Catholic, 6-2, 1 2. North Allegheny, 7-1, 2 3. Seneca Valley, 3-4, 4 4. Hempfield, 3-5, 3 5. Canon-McMillan, 2-6, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Pine-Richland, 7-0, 1 2. Upper St. Clair, 8-0, 2 3. Peters Township, 7-1, 4 4. Bethel...

Tim Burchett has been a high school football coach for 14 years including the past two-plus seasons at Knoch, and he said he can’t remember many single-game performances like the one senior quarterback and defensive back Codi Mullen put on Friday in a 38-14 victory over Hampton on homecoming at...

Greensburg Salem wore special helmet decals Friday night to honor late assistant coach Rich Bowen, who died Tuesday after a battle with cancer. It wasn’t the standard initials on the crowns, either. No, the Golden Lions made sure the name was loud and proud. The decals stretched down the back...