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Clairton and Leechburg rolled through the first seven weeks of the season. The Bears gave up one touchdown, a defensive score by Steel Valley in the Week Zero season opener at the Wolvarena, and have proceeded to pitch six straight shutouts. The Blue Devils have averaged 43.2 points in their...

Michael Braun first made contact with Penn State cross country and track and field coaches in late August and quickly developed a rapport. “They expressed some interest, and we just went from there,” the Freeport senior distance standout said. Braun paid an initial visit to the University Park campus and...

In September, the Hempfield girls volleyball team visited Penn-Trafford and came away with a 3-2 victory. Both teams came into Tuesday’s rematch with 5-1 records in Section 3-4A, so first place heading into the stretch run was at stake at Spartan Fieldhouse. The Warriors turned the tables on the Spartans,...

High schools Field hockey Tuesday’s result Mt. Lebanon 2, North Allegheny 1 Football Thursday’s schedule WPIAL Nonconference Allderdice at Butler, 7 p.m. Seton LaSalle at Shady Side Academy, 7 p.m. City League Nonconference Perry Traditional Academy at Carrick, 6 p.m. Friday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Central Catholic at Norwin, 7...

Most of the WPIAL girls soccer section titles are already decided with under a week remaining in the regular season, but first place will be at stake in a couple of section matches Wednesday. Two teams with a combined overall record of 23-2-1 meet with the Section 3-2A title up...

Section play in the 2024 WPIAL boys soccer regular season is down to the final six days. As of now, 50 teams have qualified for the district postseason. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in which head-to-head...

Trevor Kovatch’s game-winning goal in the second half was the 100th goal of his career, breaking the school record of 99 and leading Belle Vernon to a 2-1 victory over West Mifflin in Section 3-3A boys soccer Tuesday night. Anthony Sawa also scored for the Leopards (7-7, 3-5). Greyson Black...

Latrobe won’t have to share its first section championship. The boys soccer team hunkered down defensively to sweep Franklin Regional with a 1-0 victory and take the outright Section 3-3A title with a 10-0 record. The Wildcats (11-3 overall) posed for photos in front of the net Tuesday night at...

The powers that be in high school football across the state did not buckle with the first taste of October football last week. Instead, they were near perfect. Twenty-nine of the 30 teams from last week’s Trib HSSN rankings were in action. They were a combined 28-1. The one loss...

Rich Bowen was never a fan of attention. Not as a star football player or a championship coach. Not as a good-natured husband and father, handyman or athletic director. Not as a man who impacted so many young lives, even up until his final weeks when he was fighting for...

Norwin was banged up and flirting with missing the WPIAL boys soccer playoffs last year when everything began to click at just about this same point in the season. “It was the Baldwin game,” Knights coach Scott Schuchert said. “We were chasing … almost not making the playoffs. We had...

Norwin went from wanting to make gradual improvements to taking a giant leap forward. The girls soccer team is back to being a factor after clinching a WPIAL 4A playoff spot for the first time in three years. With four wins over a five-game stretch, Norwin climbed into second place...

Terri Mason was home watching a livestream of the Rochester football game when she realized something was wrong. “No. 8 didn’t come back on that field,” said Mason, who was looking for her son, Carter, a senior running back. “Next thing you know, they said a Rochester player went down....

High schools Cross country Monday’s results Boys Division II Section 5 Belle Vernon 18, South Park 43 Field hockey Monday’s results Class 3A North Allegheny 9, Hempfield 1 Nonsection Penn-Trafford 5, Norwin 0 Hockey Monday’s results Class 3A Franklin Regional 2, Thomas Jefferson 1 South Fayette 6, Central Catholic 5...

Section play in the 2024 WPIAL girls soccer regular season has less than a week remaining. So far, 53 teams have qualified for the district postseason. 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...

Mia Deramo scored the game-winning goal as South Fayette clinched the Section 3-3A girls soccer title with a 1-0 victory over second-place Thomas Jefferson (8-5-1, 7-2) on Monday night. Gabby Beinecke set up the winning goal for the Lions (12-3, 9-0). Beaver 6, Ambridge 1 – Mia Furda had three...

A lot of focus will be on a Class 4A section Tuesday evening with one WPIAL boys soccer match set to determine the section champion while the other could lead to a playoff berth. For most teams, there are three section matches left as the regular season concludes early next...

In the first meeting between the Freeport and Burrell girls soccer teams Sept. 16, a goal from sophomore Camryn Woods in the first overtime lifted the Yellowjackets to the victory. The teams met again Monday, this time at Freeport, and the rematch between the leaders of Section 2-2A also needed...

Norwin watched film Sunday to get ready to play rival Penn-Trafford. They didn’t like the ending. “Our girls were a little ticked off because P-T celebrated on our logo last time,” Norwin girls soccer coach Ashley DeVito said. “That was the last taste we had playing them. Our girls were...

Mt. Pleasant girls tennis coach Aaron Hutter calls his squad “blue collar.” That’s because the team is not like some of the top teams in the WPIAL that draw their players from tennis clubs and specialty coaches. Hutter gets his girls from recruiting the hallways. Many of his girls are...

Trib HSSN football team of the week – Ellwood City Wolverines Coach: Dan Bradley (third season) Result: Ellwood City 26, Western Beaver 20 Record: 4-0 in Class 2A Midwestern Athletic Conference, 6-0 overall #Earned: The growth of a program continued on a brilliant Saturday afternoon in Industry. After turning Our...

Last year, Southmoreland’s boys soccer team finished with just four wins, which followed a winless campaign. Coming into this season, expectations were not high. Then, the Scotties won the South Allegheny classic at the beginning of the year, immediately reaching half their win total from the previous two seasons combined....

Heading into the fifth game of the season against Penn Charter on Sept. 27, Kiski School football coach David Buran knew his team was not going to have an easy go of it. “We each have played a common opponent this season and, using the transitive property, it’s going to...

After the Springdale Dynamos boys soccer team lost its top goal scorer from last year to graduation, senior Nathan Dubas felt it was his responsibility to step up and assume that role for himself. “I wanted to step up and be that guy this season. I knew I had to...

Section play in the 2024 WPIAL girls soccer regular season is down to the final eight days. So far, 46 teams have qualified for the district postseason. 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...