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Trib HSSN don’t miss high school football matchups for 2024 Week 6
Welcome to Week 6 of the 2024 WPIAL football regular season and the kick off of October football. October football is different. The heat of August and September football has faded to that special chill in the air on Friday nights. Teams try to establish an identity and then fine...
Mt. Lebanon, Quaker Valley tandems capture WPIAL girls tennis doubles gold
In the first set of the Class 3A girls tennis doubles match Thursday between top-seeded Mt. Lebanon and second- seeded Shady Side Academy, the Blue Devils needed to rally in the first set and used momentum to sweep the Bulldogs in the second. The Mt. Lebanon junior duo of Jackie...
Westmoreland County high school football notebook: Offers coming in for Hempfield lineman
Connections can mean a lot in college football recruiting. The guy who knows a guy could be a recruit’s way in the door. Case in point: Hempfield, where junior lineman Brock Heisler is an NCAA Division I-FBS prospect after he received an offer to play at Arkansas State. First-year Hempfield...
‘Best friends’ collide when Jeannette, Greensburg Central Catholic QBs meet
When Kymon’e Brown and Samir Crosby played on the same youth football team with the Jeannette Midgets, they accounted for more than 50 touchdowns in one season. “Nobody could stop us that year,” Brown said. Crosby threw scoring passes to Brown, and Brown helped block for Crosby on long runs....
Freeport boys fight through injuries to stay in playoff hunt
The phrase “next man up” is used by many teams as a rallying cry, but the Freeport boys soccer team has had to manage more bumps and bruises than most. A total of 19 players have been in the starting lineup because of injuries forcing some shuffling around, but there’s...
Through the Years: With coach back on sideline, Highlands shut down Valley in ’99
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. After missing the first month of the season because of a teachers strike, Highlands coach Tim Karrs returned just in time to guide...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 2, 2024
High schools Cross country Boys Section 4-3A championships At Northmoreland Park Fox Chapel 15, Franklin Regional 47 Fox Chapel 15, Gateway 49 Fox Chapel 15, Kiski Area 46 Fox Chapel 15, Plum 50 Fox Chapel 15, Armstrong DNQ Fox Chapel 15, Penn Hills DNQ Fox Chapel 15, Woodland Hills DNQ...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Oct. 3, 2024: Boys soccer teams jockey for playoff position
While there is no City League football Thursday to kick off the weekend schedule, there is plenty of WPIAL boys futbol on the docket. Both Plum and Norwin have clinched a district playoff berth in Section 1-4A and Gateway is one win away from earning a spot; however, the fourth...
Trib 10: Big shakeup at the top of WPIAL power rankings
David Bowie and Black Sabbath, among others, have sung about it, autumn is all about it, and over the years, the human body goes through a lot of it. Changes. That is what the power rankings had to go through following losses last week by both the No. 1 and...
WPIAL clinched: Girls soccer playoff qualifiers through Oct. 2, 2024
Section play in the 2024 WPIAL girls soccer regular season is down to the final week and a half. So far, 40 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...
High school roundup for Oct. 2, 2024: Seneca Valley shuts out Pine-Richland in key Class 4A match
Ashlee Libby and Karly Majeski scored first-half goals to lead Seneca Valley (10-2-1, 7-0) to a 2-0 victory over Pine-Richland (7-5, 5-3) in a matchup of top teams in Section 3-4A girls soccer Wednesday night. Baldwin 2, Connellsville 0 – Mary Vargo and Kelsey Meyer scored Laila Ruvolo recorded an...
Hempfield junior chooses James Madison for softball
Hempfield junior softball pitcher Julia Varhola can bring it on the radar gun, reaching upwards of 65 mph on her fastest deliveries. In two years, she plans to take that speed to the NCAA Division I level. Varhola announced she has made a verbal commitment to James Madison of the...
Norwin girls log another shutout, this time beating Latrobe
Momentum continues to build at Norwin as the girls soccer team returns to relevance. First, the girls looked to make fundamental improvements and learn a new coach’s system. Then, they looked to stay healthy, manage minutes in a deep rotation and pace themselves for a productive stretch run. Now, the...
A-K Valley high school football players to watch for 2024 Week 6
Player of the week Carson Heinle Kiski Area, sr., QB/DB The veteran signal caller helped put his team in position to grab a victory Friday against Big East rival Franklin Regional. Heinle completed 16 of 27 passes for 209 yards and two touchdowns and added 91 yards and a TD...
Battle of the Bypass continues to hold extra meaning for Burrell, Valley
Valley assistant football coach Jason Ballard attended Burrell and graduated in 1994. He knows exactly what the Battle of the Bypass rivalry between the schools is all about. While he does hold an affinity for his alma mater, he said he will work to make sure his current team comes...
A-K Valley high school football matchups for 2024 Week 6
Here’s a look at the don’t-miss matchups the A-K Valley in Week 6 of the 2024 season: Class 5A Big East Conference Kiski Area (1-5, 0-3) at Latrobe (4-2, 1-2) 7 p.m. Friday, Latrobe Memorial Stadium, Latrobe Last week’s result: Franklin Regional 35, Kiski Area 30; Woodland Hills 30, Latrobe...
The Birdie rules as he makes his Week 6 picks in the A-K Valley
Last week: 9-1 Overall: 43-17 (71.7%) When The Birdie heard what happened before halftime in the game between North Allegheny and Central Catholic last week, he got so excited that he pulled his shirt up over the back of his head, put both his palms in the air and accused...
2024 Western Pa. high school football schedule for Week 6
Friday WPIAL Class 6A Canon-McMillan at Seneca Valley, 7 p.m. North Allegheny at Mt. Lebanon, 7 p.m. Norwin at Hempfield, 7 p.m. Class 5A Allegheny Six Bethel Park at Baldwin, 7 p.m. Peters Township at Moon, 7 p.m. Upper St. Clair at South Fayette, 7 p.m. Big East Armstrong at...
Westmoreland County high school football players to watch for 2024 Week 6
Player of the week Anthony Smith Southmoreland, fr., QB The 6-foot-1, 190-pounder threw for a career-high 296 yards and four touchdowns in the Scotties’ 31-14 victory against Derry last week. Smith has thrown for 1,276 yards and 15 touchdowns this season and will lead Southmoreland into a key Interstate Conference...
Hempfield hopes to build off wild win in matchup with rival Norwin
Just when you think you’ve seen everything in high school football, a crazy play will occur to decide the outcome of a game. Some examples of teams snatching victories from the jaws of defeat that involve Westmoreland County schools include: • In 1977, Belle Vernon’s Calvin Wargo had his field...
Westmoreland County high school football matchups for 2024 Week 6
Here’s a look at the don’t-miss matchups for Westmoreland County in Week 6 of the 2024 season: Class 5A Big East Conference Kiski Area (1-5, 0-3) at Latrobe (4-2, 1-2) 7 p.m. Friday, Latrobe Memorial Stadium, Latrobe Last week’s result: Franklin Regional 35, Kiski Area 30; Woodland Hills 30, Latrobe...
The Birdie makes his Week 6 Westmoreland County picks from the campaign trail
Season: 56-20 “I’m the Birdie, and I approve this message.” Election season has Westmoreland County’s elder statesman feeling patriotic. He wants your vote. He has put together a list of promises in an effort to gain “four more years” as the state’s top prognosticator. The Birdie, who has been kissing...
McGuffey’s Logan Crowe holds off tight field to capture WPIAL Class 2A golf championship
On a day when dark skies finally gave way to sun, McGuffey senior Logan Crowe remained focused on his play and expanded on his one-stroke lead to win the WPIAL Class 2A golf championship Wednesday at Sewickley Heights Golf Club. “It feels amazing to be a champion,” said Crowe. “I...
Kiski Area girls, Fox Chapel boys win Division I, Section 4 cross country titles
Temperatures hovered in the low 80s with sunny skies at last year’s WPIAL Division I, Section 4 cross country championship meet at Northmoreland Park. It wasn’t nearly as warm Wednesday — low 60s — when runners from Armstrong, Fox Chapel, Kiski Area, Gateway, Plum, Penn Hills, Woodland Hills, and Franklin...
WPIAL sets brackets for 2024 team golf championships
Thirty-four boys teams and 13 girls teams will compete next week for WPIAL golf titles. The WPIAL on Wednesday announced brackets for the league’s team playoffs. The girls tournament is one round while the boys have two. The championships are Oct. 10 at Cedarbrook Golf Course in Belle Vernon. The...
