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Westmoreland County girls soccer notebook: Norwin peaking at right time
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...
Rochester football player Carter Mason recovering in hospital after in-game head injury, brain bleed
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 school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 7, 2024
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...
WPIAL clinched: Girls soccer playoff qualifiers through Oct. 7, 2024
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...
High school roundup for Oct. 7, 2024: South Fayette gets past Thomas Jefferson to clinch section title
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...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Oct. 8, 2024: Boys soccer teams vie for section leads, playoff berths
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...
Freeport girls work overtime again to get past Burrell
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 girls avenge loss to Penn-Trafford, stay in section title hunt
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 team wins section title through hard work
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...
High school football team of the week for Oct. 7, 2024
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...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Southmoreland’s Ethan Kenney
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....
Kiski School football on upswing, building for future
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...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Springdale’s Nathan Dubas
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...
WPIAL clinched: Girls soccer playoff qualifiers through Oct. 6, 2024
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...
WPIAL clinched: Boys soccer playoff qualifiers through Oct. 6, 2024
Section play in the 2024 WPIAL boys soccer regular season is down to the final nine days. Entering this week, 43 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...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Oct. 7, 2024
The stretch run of the WPIAL football season begins while time is running out on the regular season in district soccer and volleyball this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week 7 with 30 WPIAL, independent and District 6 football...
High school sports schedules for Oct. 7, 2024
High schools Hockey Monday’s schedule Class 3A Thomas Jefferson vs. Franklin Regional at Palmer Imaging Arena, 8:30 p.m. Central Catholic vs. South Fayette at Mt. Lebanon Ice Center, 9:10 p.m. Class 2A Bishop McCort vs. Norwin at Palmer Imaging Arena, 6:30 p.m. Fox Chapel vs. Baldwin at Ice Castle, 7...
Trib HSSN WPIAL boys, girls soccer rankings for week of Oct. 6 2024
WPIAL soccer rankings (Through Saturday’s games) Boys Class 4A Rank, team, record, previous 1. North Allegheny, 12-2-1, 1 2. Plum, 12-0-3, 2 3. Peters Township, 12-1-1, 3 4. Seneca Valley, 10-4, 5 5. Fox Chapel, 7-3-1, 4 Out: None Class 3A 1. Thomas Jefferson, 9-1-2, 1 2. Moon, 14-0, 2...
What to watch for in high school sports for Oct. 7, 2024: Playoff berths up for grabs
All season long, we have focused on the chase for first place in sections in the four classifications of WPIAL girls soccer. However, this week, there will be just as much attention on the battle for fourth place and potential playoff berths. In Class 4A, two of the three sections...
Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week for Oct. 6, 2024Video
Trib HSSN football player of the week: Tasso Whipple School: Penn-Trafford Class: Senior Height/weight: 6-foot-1, 190 pounds Position: Running back, linebacker What coach says: “Tasso ran just as hard in the late fourth quarter as he did on his first carries,” Penn-Trafford coach John Ruane said about Whipple’s performance against...
St. Joseph girls volleyball team continues its rapid rise in Class A
After winning nine of its first 11 matches, the St. Joseph girls volleyball team wants to ride the momentum and bring home its first section title. “It would mean everything to me, especially playing all four years, and I’m one of three generations of my family to go to the...
Westmoreland high school notebook: WPIAL team golf tournaments tee off
WPIAL golf this week shifts to team competition for the postseason. The boys playoff teams must make it through a semifinal to play for a title. The Class 3A semifinals will be 9 a.m. Tuesday. Central Catholic, Connellsville, Fox Chapel, Franklin Regional, Latrobe, Indiana, North Allegheny and Plum will play...
Latrobe standout Tatsch done for season because of shoulder injury that requires surgery
Latrobe will play the rest of the football season without its star running back and linebacker. Alex Tatsch’s high school career is suddenly finished because the senior will have shoulder surgery Monday. The senior Penn State linebacker commit has missed the last two-and-a-half games with pain in his shoulder, the...
Gateway hockey team returns to PIHL varsity play
The Gateway hockey team took big steps forward last season with winning results on the ice. The Gators, playing at the junior varsity level, never lost in the regular season, finishing with 15 wins and one tie to claim the Division 3 title in JV Tier 3. Gateway then was...
Gateway girls soccer makes final push toward playoff berth
The Gateway girls soccer team hopes to be in position to clinch a WPIAL Class 3A playoff spot when it hosts Shaler on Monday (Oct. 14) in the Section 1 finale. The Gators were 3-5-1 after a 2-1 loss to playoff contender Hampton on Oct. 2. It was a close...
