High School category, Page 204
Gateway boys soccer makes 5th straight trip to playoffs, falls to Canon-McMillan
It wasn’t the way the Gateway boys soccer team wanted its WPIAL Class 4A first-round playoff game to play out. Homestanding Canon-McMillan, the eighth seed, scored quickly, developed a multi-goal advantage in the first half, and finished off a surprising 6-0 victory over the No. 9 Gators on Oct. 22....
Motivated by down year, Shaler girls volleyball gets back on track
Anna (Bozzo) Carter was disappointed following the end of last season. Only winning four matches and finishing in third place in the section wasn’t what Carter believed the Titans program is capable of. Entering the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs this season, Carter can say that everyone in the program took...
Paul Stadelman, cornerstone of Shaler volleyball, honored as PIAA coach of year
Bright orange Syracuse T-shirts stand out among the blue and gold-clad supporters and wooden bleachers in the usually dingy Fitzgerald Field House. Annie (Bozzo) Carter appreciated that Shaler volleyball coach Paul Stadelman still supported her when she came to town with her college team. “My first week there, I felt...
Chartiers Valley slugger Lily Duffill commits to No. 1 college choice, Penn State
Chartiers Valley junior Lily Duffill always had the goal of playing Division I softball. It’s an added bonus that she will get to do so at her No. 1 school. The catcher announced earlier this month that she would be continuing her academic and athletic career at Penn State. “They...
After undefeated season, Chartiers Valley hockey still has unfinished business
Anyone affiliated with the Chartiers Valley hockey team will tell you they expected to improve in 2023-24 after winning only six games the prior season. No one, however, expected the season to unfold the way it did. “We were a lot deeper, played a lot of young guys,” said coach...
Young Thomas Jefferson golf team builds solid foundation
Thomas Jefferson’s boys golf program was filled with young athletes this fall with no seniors among its 16 competitors. Three varsity starters — Ty Hartman, Hunter Haines and A.J. Weidmann — were freshmen. The Jaguars’ No. 1 player, however, was junior Maggie Allan, who also served as team captain. TJ’s...
Thomas Jefferson lights up scoreboard, gets ‘back to its old school ways’
Two key members of the Thomas Jefferson football team eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark offensively in the team’s 27-7 victory Oct. 4 against Trinity. Senior quarterback Luke Kosko completed 10 of 15 passes for 192 yards and one touchdown, giving him 1,170 passing yards for the season. Tyler Eber, a sophomore...
Brentwood golf celebrates 1st section championship
It’s proven to be quite a memorable 2024 fall season for the Brentwood boys golf team. For the first time in school history, the Spartans finished as section champions as Brentwood and Bishop Canevin tied for first place in Section 7-2A with 11-1 records. And the Spartans advanced to the...
Low-scoring sophomore sets tone for Baldwin golf team
Baldwin sophomore Michael Quallich knows his way around a golf course. Quallich was medalist at the WPIAL sectional qualifier at Lindenwood with a 71 score. He then tied for second place in the first round of the WPIAL Class 3A tournament, shooting a score of 74 at Southpointe He ended...
Sewickley Herald notebook: Trip to states caps season for Sewickley Academy golfers
Sewickley Academy’s Severin Harmon qualified for the PIAA Class 2A boys golf tournament for the fourth year in a row. Harmon, a senior and fourth-year varsity starter for the Panthers, traveled to Penn State to compete in the PIAA tournament that began Oct. 21. “I hope to continue improving on...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 26, 2024
High schools Field hockey WPIAL playoffs Championship At Washington & Jefferson Saturday, Nov. 2 Class 3A Pine-Richland (19-0) vs. Mt. Lebanon (12-4), 4 p.m. Class 2A Fox Chapel (10-6-1) vs. Peters Township (15-3), noon Class A Shady Side Academy (14-4) vs. Aquinas Academy (8-3-3), 2 p.m. Football Saturday’s results WPIAL...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Riverview’s Hannah Hudack, Deer Lakes’ Collin Rodgers
Hannah Hudack School: Riverview Class: Sophomore Sport: Soccer Claim to fame: Hudack scored the game-winning goal with under 12 minutes left to go in No. 10 Riverview’s WPIAL Class A first-round upset win against No. 7 Waynesburg on Tuesday night. What was your reaction to scoring the game-winning goal on...
High school roundup for Oct. 26, 2024: Plum boys get past Canon-McMillan in OT
Fedgy Fertil scored the winning goal in the second overtime to lead No. 1 Plum to a 3-2 victory over No. 8 Canon-McMillan (12-5-2) in the WPIAL Class 4A boys soccer quarterfinals Saturday. Austin Kolankowski and Gage Adinolfi also scored for the Mustangs (16-0-3), who advance to Tuesday’s semifinals to...
Westmoreland high school athletes of the week: Week ending Oct. 27, 2024
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. Maddie Barrick School: Mt. Pleasant Class: Senior Sport: Soccer Claim to fame: Barrick helped lead top-seeded Mt. Pleasant to the WPIAL 2A quarterfinals for...
Westinghouse speeds away from Allderdice in 2nd half to win 3rd straight City League title
The Westinghouse Bulldogs defeated Allderdice, 40-12, scoring 28 unanswered points in the second half to win their third straight City League championship Saturday at Cupples Stadium. Lloyd Penn spearheaded the Bulldogs offense, catching four passes — all for touchdowns — for 82 yards. Khalil Green threw for 187 yards and...
Highlands joins Deer Lakes, Freeport, Leechburg from A-K Valley in football playoffs
Four Alle-Kiski Valley football teams will be a part of the WPIAL playoffs. Three of the four — Deer Lakes, Freeport and Leechburg — knew they were securely in the field by finishing high enough in their conference standings to earn an automatic berth. It was a slightly different story...
Trib HSSN WPIAL football rankings: Week ending Oct. 27, 2024
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Central Catholic, 8-2, 1 2. North Allegheny, 9-1, 2 3. Mt. Lebanon, 4-7, 5 4. Seneca Valley, 3-6, 3 5. Hempfield, 4-6, NR Out: Canon-McMillan (3-7, 4) Class 5A 1. Upper St. Clair, 10-0, 1 2. Pine-Richland, 8-1, 2 3. Peters Township, 9-1,...
Latrobe football receives wild card for WPIAL playoffs; Greensburg Salem also in
Latrobe football coach Ron Prady said he slept well Friday night. He didn’t fret about if his team was going to be selected for the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs. Prady knew his team had a good resume and proved itself during the season. “I figured one of the ‘wild cards’...
Breaking down the 2024 WPIAL football playoffs
Class 6A Favorite: Central Catholic has finished as the WPIAL runner-up two years in a row, but the Vikings enter this year again as title favorites. They have reached the final 10 of the past 11 years. First-year starting quarterback Jy’Aire Walls has passed for 1,729 yards and 19 touchdowns....
For 2nd straight year, Burrell shocks Mt. Pleasant in girls soccer playoffs
It happened again. And this playoff bracket-buster was even more impressive than the first one. Determined, fearless and firm in its game plan, Burrell knocked the No. 1 out of Mt. Pleasant, upsetting the top-seeded Lady Vikings on their home turf for the second straight season in the WPIAL Class...
Jeannette pulls away from Riverview to complete turnaround after slow start to season
Jeannette quarterback Kymon’e Brown couldn’t say he was happy with how things were in early October. The Jayhawks had just suffered their third straight loss and made a habit of fading after halftime. But the way Brown looked at it, Jeannette had an opportunity to turn around its season and...
Westmoreland high school football notebook: Southmoreland’s postseason berth tempered by rash of injuries, illness
Southmoreland football coach Tim Bukowski was glad to hear his team had clinched a WPIAL playoff spot, but discouragement already had set in. His sigh said it all. “We’re in trouble,” Bukowski said Friday night after his team lost at Greensburg Salem, 28-21. “I don’t know what we’re going to...
Class 4A seeds raise eyebrows as WPIAL releases brackets for 2024 football playoffs
“Shocked and surprised.” That’s how the coach of three-time defending champion Aliquippa felt when the WPIAL revealed football playoff brackets Saturday. The Quips received a No. 4 seed in a Class 4A bracket that looked a lot different than what coach Vashawn Patrick and some others around the WPIAL had...
North Allegheny girls volleyball enters postseason more battle-tested than usual
The seven-time PIAA Class 4A champion North Allegheny girls volleyball team actually had to break a sweat this regular season. The Tigers may be less powerful than usual or, if history is an indication, more prepared for adversity than ever. “We haven’t been a dominant team in every match,” coach...
Cross country program thriving at Dorseyville Middle School
Dorseyville Middle School cross country coach Sean Mawhinney insists every member of the program run a mile at the school at the start and end of every season. There are few better ways to show progress than for athletes to see it in action. For the girls program this season,...
