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Westmoreland County soccer playoff preview capsule for Oct. 22, 2025
WPIAL soccer playoffs Boys Class 3A Quarterfinals 6-Chartiers Valley (11-4-1) at 3-Franklin Regional (16-3) 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Panther Stadium, Murrysville Winner plays: Winner of 7-Mars (12-5-2)/2-Bethel Park (13-2-3) in semifinals (date, site TBD) Players to watch: Thomas Bridges, Franklin Regional; Vinny Dipietro, Chartiers Valley Throw-ins: Franklin Regional blanked Montour in...
WPISL playoffs to conclude Saturday with semifinals, championship game
Rain on Sunday wiped out the planned semifinals and championship games of the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League playoff tournament. Top seed Montour, No. 2 Bethel Park, No. 4 Hempfield and No. 3 North Allegheny all advanced and will now decide the title Saturday at McIntyre Field in Ross Township....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Oct. 21, 2025: Familiar faces meet in 1st round of boys soccer playoffs
One week. That is all that separates four WPIAL boys soccer teams from finishing the regular season and starting the postseason against the same opponent. The first round of the district boys soccer playoffs conclude with the focus on four Class 4A opening-round matches. In two of them, familiar foes...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 20, 2025
High schools Field hockey WPIAL playoffs Class 3A Semifinals Wednesday’s schedule Norwin (3-9) at Pine-Richland (15-3), 7 p.m.; North Allegheny (4-7-3) at Mt. Lebanon (7-3-1), 7 p.m. Class 2A Wednesday’s schedule Upper St. Clair (3-7-3) at Peters Township (12-2-2), 7 p.m.; Latrobe (3-8-3) at Fox Chapel (11-3-3), 7 p.m. Class...
Trib HSSN high school football team of the week for Oct. 20, 2025Video
Trib HSSN football team of the week – Moon Tigers Coach: Ryan Linn (ninth season) Result: Moon 20, Upper St. Clair 13 (2OT) Record: 3-1 in Class 5A Allegheny Six Conference, 6-3 overall #Earned: All Peters Township needed in Week 8 to secure the Class 5A Allegheny Six Conference championship...
High school roundup for Oct. 20, 2025: Fox Chapel’s Emily McKee kicks off playoffs with 5-goal night
Emily McKee scored five goals to lead top-seeded Fox Chapel to a 7-0 victory over No. 16 Laurel Highlands (6-9-1) in a WPIAL Class 3A girls soccer first-round game Monday. Lily McLaughlin and Ella Ettinger also scored for the Foxes (16-1-1), who will meet No. 9 West Allegheny in Thursday’s...
Shaler upends Franklin Regional in PK shootout to earn long-awaited playoff win
Bill Ament stood facing his players on the sideline and flashed a wide grin. “We’re practicing tomorrow, you know?” the Shaler girls soccer coach said firmly. With that, he offered a nod and a wink while hoping for a favorable response. Indeed, his Titans players made no effort to hide...
Mt. Pleasant boys show ‘blond ambition,’ edge Elizabeth Forward in WPIAL 1st round
With players’ and coaches’ hair dyed blond, Mt. Pleasant pushed on in its quest for soccer gold. “That’s what we do at playoff time,” said Vikings coach Floyd Snyder, referring to a hair-coloring tradition that began years ago in the program. The fifth-seeded Vikings kept their heads Monday night to...
Deer Lakes boys embrace pressure, roll past Central Valley in WPIAL 1st round
Deer Lakes senior forward Peyton Kushon doesn’t shy away from the environment created by the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs. The pressure in do-or-die moments doesn’t feel suffocating. For Kushon, it’s more comforting. Sixth-seeded Deer Lakes, behind two goals from Kushon, marched on with a 5-1 win over No. 11 Central...
Plum girls take care of business in WPIAL 1st round with shutout of Chartiers Valley
For the seventh year in a row, the Plum girls soccer team opened the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs with a Monday evening home game. The Mustangs were undefeated in the first six matchups, outscoring their opponents 33-3. The winning continued under the lights at Mustangs Stadium, this time against a...
WPIAL golfers in the running for PIAA titles after 1st round
Several golfers from the WPIAL put themselves in outstanding positions Monday to make a run at PIAA individual golf titles at Penn State University. Among those players were returning champions Carson Kittsley of Fox Chapel in Class 3A boys and Mya Morgan of Elizabeth Forward in Class 3A girls. Kittsley,...
Burrell girls volleyball takes measured approach into WPIAL playoffs
For the first time in program history, the Burrell girls volleyball team will enter the WPIAL playoffs as a section champion. But head coach Kourtney Lehman said the Bucs players, who outlasted Southmoreland in four games on the road Thursday to clinch the outright Section 5-2A title, quickly turned the...
Westmoreland County soccer playoff preview capsules for Oct. 21, 2025
WPIAL soccer playoffs Boys Class 4A First round 11-Woodland Hills (7-7) at 6-Norwin (10-5-3) 8 p.m. Tuesday, Norwin Knights Stadium, North Huntingdon Winner plays: At 3-Plum (14-2-2) Saturday in quarterfinals Players to watch: Andrew Bingham, Woodland Hills; Ryan Schoemer, Norwin Throw-ins: Woodland Hills returns to the WPIAL playoffs for the...
A-K Valley soccer playoff preview capsules for Oct. 21, 2025
WPIAL soccer playoffs Girls Class A First round 13 Chartiers-Houston (8-5-2) at 5-Springdale (10-1-1) 6 p.m. Tuesday at Springdale High School Winner plays: Winner of 12-Riverview (8-5) vs. 5-Riverside (8-3-1) Saturday in quarterfinals (site/time TBD) Throw-ins: Springdale is seeking back-to-back WPIAL titles. The Dynamos captured the third WPIAL crown in...
Pine-Richland, Peters Township, Shady Side Academy earn top seeds for WPIAL field hockey playoffs
The WPIAL field hockey committee on Monday released the brackets for the Class 3A, Class 2A and Class A playoffs. Pine-Richland (Class 3A), Peters Township (Class 2A) and Shady Side Academy (Class A) are the No. 1 seeds. Pine-Richland will host No. 4 Norwin in one Class 3A semifinal at...
Where Penn State’s recruits stand a week after James Franklin’s firing
Penn State has 21 high school seniors who remain committed in its Class of 2026 after coach James Franklin was fired Oct. 12. Though, many members of that group are “exploring other options” and visiting alternate suitors in the Power 4 conferences. Fort Cherry safety Matt Sieg and Imani Christian...
High school sports schedules for Oct. 20, 2025
High schools Hockey PIHL Monday’s schedule Class 3A Central Catholic vs Franklin Regional at Palmer Imaging Arena, 7:10 p.m. Class 2A Hempfield vs Norwin at Palmer Imaging Arena, 9:10 p.m. Class A Westmont Hilltop vs Avonworth at Baierl Ice Complex, 7 p.m. Blackhawk vs Moon at RMU Island Sports Center,...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Oct. 20, 2025: Rematches highlight 4A girls soccer 1st round
The opening round of the 2025 WPIAL soccer playoffs continues Monday with first round matches in three brackets, including girls Class 4A. There are only four first round matches slated in the opening round as the top four seeds; No. 1 Peters Township (14-2-2), No. 2 Seneca Valley (10-3-2), No....
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Oct. 20, 2025
The “Stretch Run” of the high school football season concludes while the district postseason begins in four other WPIAL fall sports this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week 9 of this high school football season, with nearly 30 WPIAL,...
Trib HSSN football player of the week for Oct. 19, 2025Video
Trib HSSN football player of the week – Tyler Eber School – Thomas Jefferson Class – Junior Height/weight – 5-foot-11, 183 pounds Position – Running back, linebacker #Earned – If there is anyone who could have used a soak over the weekend, it was Thomas Jefferson bell cow running back...
Westmoreland H.S. notebook: Several contenders prepare for state golf tournament
There have only been three PIAA boys golf champions from Westmoreland County in the 87-year history of the state championships. The PIAA finals are set for Oct. 20 at Penn State, and the county will be well represented as several players eye the title. Latrobe senior Jack Sacriponte, senior Max...
Westmoreland County soccer playoff preview capsules for Oct. 20, 2025
WPIAL soccer playoffs Boys Class 2A First round 12-Elizabeth Forward (11-7) at 5-Mt. Pleasant (14-4) 6:30 p.m. Monday, Viking Stadium, Mt. Pleasant Winner plays: Winner of 13-McGuffey (12-6)/4-Avonworth (15-2-1) on Thursday in quarterfinals Players to watch: Aiden Davis, Elizabeth Forward; Tyke Snyder, Mt. Pleasant Throw-ins: Elizabeth Forward is the third-place...
A-K Valley soccer playoff preview capsules for Oct. 20, 2025
WPIAL soccer playoffs Boys Class 2A First round 11-Central Valley (12-5) at 6-Deer Lakes (14-3-1) 6:30 p.m. Monday, Lancer Stadium, West Deer Winner plays: Winner of 3-North Catholic (15-2-1)/14-Yough (13-5) on Thursday in quarterfinals (time/site TBD) Players to watch: Owen Shearer, Central Valley; Cuyler Crim, Deer Lakes Throw-ins: Central Valley...
2025 WPIAL playoff picture, clinchings through Week 8
One week remains in the 2025 WPIAL football regular season with plenty of district postseason berths and conference crowns still up for grabs. This is the second year of the new look WPIAL football playoffs where wild card teams have expanded and are no longer figured out by the mathematical...
Strong goaltending helps Quaker Valley hockey get off to solid start
Quaker Valley’s Ian Lorang faced 50 shots in his team’s first two PIHL games this season. The senior goalkeeper didn’t let even one slip past him while playing the full 102 minutes against the Bulldogs and Spartans. The Quakers blanked Meadville, 4-0, and Montour, 5-0, in the first week of...
