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Southmoreland’s Anthony Smith throws for 3 TDs as Scotties top Mt. Pleasant, move closer to title
Southmoreland moved closer to its first conference title since 1979 with a sound victory over rival Mt. Pleasant in the teams’ 50th meeting. Anthony Smith threw for 280 yards and three touchdowns as visiting Southmoreland brushed aside the Vikings, 28-7, in a Class 3A Interstate Conference game Friday night at...
Seneca Valley beats Hempfield in pivotal Class 6A matchup
Seneca Valley won a crucial Class 6A contest Friday night, defeating Hempfield, 27-15. After a high-scoring second quarter led by junior quarterback Andrew Loebig’s arm, the run game sealed the deal for the Raiders (3-4, 3-1). With Seneca Valley doing many things well, Hempfield (3-5, 2-3) was shutout in the...
Elizabeth Forward uses big plays to pull away from Yough
Elizabeth Forward has spent the past two weeks trying to put the Interstate Conference on notice after feeling overlooked early in the season, and Friday night was no different as the Warriors dominated Yough, 45-7, to move to 3-0 in the conference. The Warriors (5-3) have won four straight, and...
Plum controls Fox Chapel for senior night victory
After a back-and-forth first half, it looked like it was shaping up to be a close game Friday night at Mustangs Stadium. However, Plum came out in the second half and excelled in all three phases of the game to win on senior night 49-10 against Fox Chapel in Class...
Clairton too much for Leechburg in Eastern Conference 1st-place showdown
When Tim Andrasy scored a rushing touchdown for Leechburg with 11 minutes, 11 seconds left in the fourth quarter of Friday’s Eastern Conference first-place clash with Clairton at Leechburg’s Veterans Stadium, it snapped the Bears’ 30-quarter streak of not allowing a point. Even though that defensive run came to an...
Highlands bottles up Burrell star Trey Coury, rolls to victory
At halftime of Friday’s Class 3A Allegheny 7 Conference showdown between Burrell and Highlands, the Golden Rams marching band played Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love.” Bucs star running back Trey Coury saw plenty of love from the Highlands defense as he was held to 18 yards on 20 carries, and...
Kiski Area keeps playoff hopes alive, beats Armstrong
With three weeks remaining in the regular season, and Kiski Area and Armstrong positioned at the bottom of the 5A Big East Conference standings, Friday’s contest presented as a must-win for the Cavaliers or the River Hawks have any postseason aspirations. For the second straight week, Kiski Area gained an...
Deer Lakes’ ball control tactics not enough to slow down Imani Christian
Deer Lakes did what it could to stall Imani Christian sophomore running back Gabriel Jenkins. But when the Lancers’ early success at playing keep-away didn’t result in points, the Saints quickly put the hammer down in an Allegheny 7 Conference showdown Friday night at Graham Field. Imani, the top Class...
Greensburg Salem to wear helmet decals to honor late assistant coach Rich Bowen
Greensburg Salem football players will wear special helmet decals on their helmets Friday night at Derry to honor assistant coach Rich Bowen, who died earlier this week after a battle with rectal cancer. He was 60. Bowen was in his second year as an assistant coach with the Golden Lions....
Slow-pitch softball league playoffs loom as regular season concludes
The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League regular season concludes Sunday with four doubleheaders. West Allegheny (11-1) and Mt. Lebanon (10-2) meet at Mt. Lebanon’s Middle Field with the regular-season title on the line. Baldwin (3-11) and Bethel Park (9-5) played two games Wednesday to close out their regular season. Bethel...
5 things to watch in Week 7: Undefeated conference foes battle in 7 key WPIAL matchups
Call them the “Super 7” of Week 7. The WPIAL schedule includes seven matchups Friday night between teams with undefeated conference records. With only three weeks left in the regular season, these are games that can catapult or crush a team’s conference title hopes. The list includes: • Upper St....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 10, 2024
High schools Field hockey Thursday’s results Class 3A Pine-Richland 11, Norwin 0 Class 2A Penn-Trafford 0, Fox Chapel 0 Football Thursday’s results WPIAL Nonconference Butler 7, Allderdice 0 Seton LaSalle 65, Shady Side Academy 12 City League Nonconference Carrick 16, Perry Traditional Academy 12 Friday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Central...
High-scoring Bethel Park offense brings balance into Allegheny Six clash with Upper St. Clair
The WPIAL’s highest-scoring offense has gone all season without arguably its best player, but that’ll change Friday. Bethel Park wide receiver Ryan Petras has recovered from shoulder surgery and is expected to make his season debut against rival Upper St. Clair, yet the Black Hawks seem like they’ve hardly missed...
High school football roundup for Oct. 10, 2024: Seton LaSalle’s Khalil Taylor scores 5 TDs in 1 quarter
It’s hard to imagine a football player making more of an impact in one quarter than Seton LaSalle sophomore Khalil Taylor did Thursday night. Taylor scored five touchdowns in the first quarter, leading the Rebels to a 65-12 nonsection victory over Shady Side Academy. Taylor scored on a 77-yard kickoff...
High school roundup for Oct. 10, 2024: Avonworth clinches 2nd straight section title
Rowan Carmichael had two goals and an assist to lead Avonworth to a 4-1 victory over Beaver on Thursday night, clinching the Section 2-2A title for the second straight season. Nathan Kline and Abdul Basit Sleiman Kaijie also scored and Calder Mahan dished out two assists for the Antelopes (14-2-2,...
WPIAL clinched: Boys soccer playoff qualifiers and clinching scenarios as of Oct. 10, 2024
Section play in the 2024 WPIAL boys soccer regular season is down to the final three days. As of now, 60 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...
Plum outlasts Norwin to capture boys soccer section title
Plum seemed to have a lot going against it in the Section 1-4A boys soccer finale. Already dealing with some injuries, the Mustangs had to set up their bench on the opposite sideline of Norwin, so that meant they had to deal with fan noise. Any would-be distractions were not...
PIAA approves wrestling regional shakeup affecting western Pa.
The PIAA board of control voted Wednesday to approve the wrestling steering committee’s proposal to make a major change in the individual regional tournaments. Instead of having five regions in Class 3A, the PIAA reduced the regionals to four with an average of 62.5 teams in each regional. The committee...
Peters Township girls golf team wins 2nd WPIAL title in row
One streak continued, two ended and a program-first title was won at the WPIAL team golf championships Thursday at Cedarbrook Golf Course. The streak that continued belonged to the Peters Township girls, who won their third consecutive Class 3A title. It was their fourth in the past five years. The...
Trib HSSN don’t miss high school football matchups for 2024 Week 7
Welcome to Week 7 of the high school football regular season and the start of the “Stretch Run” of the 2024 WPIAL campaign. The Stretch Run is the time of year when conference championships are won and postseason berths are clinched. A perfect example comes this weekend where there are...
Ringgold calls off football game vs. Thomas Jefferson, investigates ‘alleged incidents of misconduct’
Ringgold has called off Friday’s football game while investigating unspecified allegations “that involve members of the football team.” The Rams were scheduled to host Thomas Jefferson in a Big Six Conference game. Ringgold superintendent Randall Skrinjorich confirmed the district’s decision, saying in an email: “Currently the game is postponed.” In...
Through the Years: 50 years ago, Johnny Martin starred for Valley
Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look at the players, coaches and events that shaped our scholastic legacy. Valley won a key Foothills Conference home game Oct. 11, 1974, as the Vikings downed Greensburg Salem, 34-6. Johnny Martin scored three Valley...
Westmoreland County high school football notebook: Kickers step into spotlight
In what has been the year of the kicker in the WPIAL, local legs are getting into the act. Eleven kickers from Westmoreland County have connected on field goals, with seven of the kicks sailing 35 or more yards through the uprights. Southmoreland’s Jake Kaylor made a school-record 50-yard field...
6 WPIAL coaches earn statewide honor from PIAA for 2023-24 seasons
Six WPIAL coaches earned statewide recognition Wednesday when the PIAA announced its coaches of the year for the 2023-24 school year. The list included two Peters Township golf coaches — David Kuhn (boys) and Michael Lacey (girls) — along with North Allegheny’s Russ Hoburg (girls volleyball), Shaler’s Paul Stadelman (boys...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 9, 2024
High schools Cross country Wednesday’s results WCCA championships Boys 1. Jake McGhee, Penn-Trafford, 16:14.30; 2. Enzo Jiancristoforo, Norwin, 16:16.90; 3. Luke Simpson, Norwin, 16:19.50; 4. Samuel Plazio, Kiski Area, 16:25.80; 5. Thomas Gaydos, Norwin, 16:33.90; 6. Benjamin McBride, Norwin, 16:35.00; 7. Jonathan Stetchock, Hempfield, 16:36.10; 8. Charlie Heese, Latrobe, 16:42.60;...
