High School category, Page 24

Quaker Valley’s Avery Allan had to be at her competitive best if she entertained any thoughts of winning the girls singles title in Section 5-2A tennis. As the No. 1 seed, the QV sophomore faced Sewickley Academy junior Lucy Taylor in the championship round where she emerged with a 6-1,...

West Virginia University sophomore and Penn-Trafford grad Nick Turowski shot 3-under-par to finish in fifth place and lead the Mountaineers to a third-place finish at the Gopher Invitational at Windsong Farm Golf Club in Independence, Minn., on Sept. 15. Turowski recorded rounds of 74-66-70—210 to post his second top five...

Penn Hills junior setter KJ McGee was thrilled to have the opportunity to work on the ball rotation team during the State Farm Volleyball Classic Labor Day weekend at PPG Paints Arena. McGee loves watching the highly ranked Pitt women’s volleyball team in action. She was one of many members...

Penn Hills football coach Charles Morris knew it wasn’t time to panic. The film showed Morris that the Indians should be able to get back on track. All Penn Hills needed after only scoring seven points during three consecutive losses to open the season was to get the cavalry back....

Shawn Moorefield Jr. was determined to get back on the football field as quickly as possible. The Gateway senior was dealt a serious setback in February when he suffered a torn Achilles tendon during a club 7-on-7 game. “I worked hard to get back,” he said. Moorefield had surgery in...

Over the past two-plus years, Cullen Vereb has been an assistant coach on the Peters Township girls soccer team under his father Pat, who is the head coach. When Cullen was contacted by former Chartiers Valley girls volleyball coach Mackenzie Greene about taking the head coaching position with the Colts,...

Thomas Jefferson won its first three section games in girls soccer to climb into a tie for first place with South Fayette at 3-0. In fact, the Jaguars reeled off five consecutive victories earlier this season to improve to 5-2 overall. After starting out with one-goal losses to Upper St....

It was a tight race in boys soccer between Thomas Jefferson and Bethel Park in Section 2-3A last year. And it appears 2025 is developing into a mirror image of 2024. TJ started out unbeaten in the first month of the season with a 7-0-1 record. The only blemish on...

There was no second guessing coach Courtney Frost in her assessment of the Thomas Jefferson girls volleyball team. The Jaguars’ second-year coach was succinct and provided a direct response. “I expect my team to win our section and make it to the finals of the WPIAL and state playoffs,” Frost...

The Brentwood football team recovered nicely from season-opening losses to Yough and South Allegheny. Brentwood won back-to-back mercy rule games against Sto-Rox, 41-0, and Springdale, 42-0, to improve to 2-2 overall, 1-0 in the Class A Eastern Conference. “I like how our team responded after losing our first two games,”...

Fort Cherry’s offense was gathered for a timeout when the Rangers’ coach shared some news: Quarterback Matt Sieg was about to break a record. Tanner Garry says he typically wouldn’t worry about that kind of accomplishment in the middle of a drive, but there were only seconds left until halftime,...

High schools Football Saturday’s results WPIAL Class A Black Hills Chartiers-Houston 14, Burgettstown 12 Saturday’s summary Chartiers-Houston 14, Burgettstown 12 Chartiers-Houston 6 0 0 8 —14 Burgettstown 0 6 0 6 —12 C-H: Aaron Walsh 12 run (kick failed) B: Colton County 1 run (kick failed) C-H: Walsh 50 run...

Aaron Walsh had touchdown runs of 12 and 50 yards and hit Dominic Andreolli for the two-point conversion that ended up being the difference in the game as Chartiers-Houston defeated Burgettstown, 14-12, in the Class A Black Hills Conference on Saturday. Walsh’s 50-yard run and Andreolli’s catch gave the Bucs...

Annalyse Bauer School: Latrobe Class: Senior Sport: Soccer Claim to fame: Bauer became the Latrobe girls’ all-time leader in goals when she reached 62 during a four-goal game in an 8-0 win over Armstrong. All four goals came in the second half. Bauer surpassed former teammate Robin Reilly, who set...

When he bowled over a Ringgold defender on the way to a first down Friday night, Southmoreland’s Dawson Wolfe looked more like a fullback than a quarterback. “That’s how I play. I’m a linebacker,” Wolfe said after a hard-hitting 28-7 win, his chiseled arms showing as he leaned on a...

WPIAL football rankings Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Central Catholic, 4-1, 1 2. North Allegheny, 5-0, 2 3. Norwin, 3-2, 3 4. Canon-McMillan 3-2, 5 5. Hempfield, 3-2, 4 Out: none Class 5A 1. Pine-Richland, 4-1, 1 2. Peters Township, 5-0, 2 3. Upper St. Clair, 5-0, 3...

Former Valley athletic standout Benjy Pryor will be the grand marshal of the third annual Willie Thrower Homecoming Parade on Thursday night in Arnold and New Kensington. The parade will begin at 6 p.m. in the 1800 block of Fifth Avenue in Arnold and proceed to the corner of Fifth...

Jillian Bloch School: St. Joseph Class: Junior Sport: Volleyball Claim to fame: Bloch, the Spartans libero, has stepped up when needed. On Tuesday against Springdale, she had to slide into the setter role because of a number of players being out sick. On Thursday, she produced 21 digs to lead...

Cami Fisher added yet another honor in her outstanding tennis career at Bethel Park. The Bethel Park junior defended her Section 4-3A singles title Sept. 11 with a close 7-6 (7), 6-4 victory over Upper St. Clair freshman Brianna Kuczinski in the finals. Fisher is the fifth girl in school...

A youthful Riverview golf team challenged Freeport and Deer Lakes the past month for a berth in the WPIAL Class 2A team playoffs. The Raiders fell one win short of their playoff goal, but coach Hal Biehl said there are so many positives to take away from the run, and...

The Bethel Park boys soccer team responded to a season-opening loss by going unbeaten in its next five games. As a result, the two-time defending Section 2-3A champions found themselves in a tie for first with rival Thomas Jefferson in the section at 4-0-1. Bethel Park and TJ staged six...

The stage was set for Norwin’s biggest home football game in years. The fourth-ranked Knights (3-1) dominated No. 5 Seneca Valley on the road in Week 3, 56-13, to win their Class 6A conference opener and give themselves a massive boost of confidence going into a showdown with No. 2...

Life can sometimes feel like a hard kick to the shins for North Allegheny’s Mwende Abai. The junior forward for the Tigers’ No. 3-ranked girls soccer team already has endured more heartache and tragedy than many will ever experience. “I can have a bad day, and it’s really not that...

Montour has been the nemesis of the Franklin Regional girls soccer team for the past two seasons. The Panthers fell to the Spartans in overtime in the the first round of the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs each of the last two years. But when the Panthers got their revenge Sept....

Fox Chapel junior Carson Kittsley, the defending PIAA Class 3A boys golf champion, made an emphatic statement at the Section 7-3A WPIAL qualifier Sept. 17 at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course. Kittsley shot a 6-under par 66 to win medalist honors and become a WPIAL qualifier for the third consecutive year....