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Senior standout sets stage for North Allegheny girls volleyball
This past summer, North Allegheny’s Keely McMahon-Regan worked at the NA girls volleyball camp for grade-schoolers. This fall, she is putting on a clinic. Tasked with delivering pinpoint passes to a frontline led by a pair of all-state hitters, the senior setter is the lead playmaker for the eight-time defending...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 10, 2025
High schools Football Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A North Allegheny 21, Canon-McMillan 13 Seneca Valley 47, Hempfield 8 Class 5A Allegheny Six Moon 40, Baldwin 7 Peters Township 31, South Fayette 7 Upper St. Clair 57, Bethel Park 32 Big East Kiski Area 27, Armstrong 25 Penn-Trafford 48, Franklin Regional...
High school football roundup for Oct. 10, 2025: Matt Sieg sets yardage record as No. 1 Fort Cherry tops Bishop Canevin
Matt Sieg became the WPIAL’s all-time leader in total yardage and did so in a big way Friday night. The Penn State-bound senior ran for 270 yards and three touchdowns and scored on a 55-yard punt return and an 86-yard interception return to lift top-ranked Fort Cherry to a 56-19...
Trib HSSN’s 2025 Week 7 top performers for passing, rushing, receiving
Top performers for Week 7 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 323 - Luke Miranda, Chartiers Valley (24 of 40) 297 - Tyler Smiley, Ellwood City (14 of 22) 295 - Travis Clear, Beaver (21 of 32) 289 - Landyn Artman, Kiski Area (22 of 33) 262 -...
Ground game helps Trinity rout Chartiers Valley
The Trinity Hillers are no longer just looking over the city of Washington. They are also looking over the Big Six conference after beating Chartiers Valley, 42-18, on Friday night. The Hillers ran all over the Colts, tallying 376 rushing yards. “We pride ourselves on being able to run on...
Thomas Jefferson routs Ringgold behind Eber’s 6 rushing touchdowns
After being stunned by Trinity in Week 6 — losing after holding a 22-7 lead — Thomas Jefferson bounced back in a big way behind running back Tyler Eber’s six-touchdown night to defeat Ringgold, 42-6. “We needed to have a TJ game,” said Jaguars coach Bill Cherpak. “We needed to...
McKeesport’s Kemon Spell scores 6 TDs in win over Mars, wavers on Penn State commitment
McKeesport’s Kemon Spell battled some injury issues early on in the season, but he looked to be at his very best on Friday night against a top Class 4A opponent in Mars. The Tigers and the Fightin’ Planets are not only top teams in the WPIAL, but also the top...
Upper St. Clair outscores Bethel Park for important Allegheny Six win
Last season, Bethel Park and Upper St. Clair didn’t decide their game until the final minute, a 14-10 road win for the Panthers. After jumping out to a 14-0 lead in Week 7’s contest Friday night, the Panthers led by 15 at the half and ran away with a 25-point...
Frazier football team comes up big to beat Riverview
With its back against the wall and playoff hopes hanging in the balance, Frazier delivered its most complete performance of the season, riding senior Derek Diamond’s monster night to a 41-20 win over Riverview on Friday. Diamond was everything Frazier needed — and then some. In a game where momentum...
Derry lineman leaves on stretcher in high-scoring win vs. Greensburg Salem
It went quiet for a time at Greensburg’s Offutt Field on Friday night when Derry lineman Aiden Piper lay still on the turf. “From what I know, he’s stable and moving his legs,” senior Trojans lineman Dylan Pitzer said after Derry raced past Greensburg Salem, 43-28, to end a three-game...
Seneca Valley comes up big in ground game, dominates Hempfield
Seneca Valley had been practicing the play it calls “White Whale” for weeks. When offensive tackle Tommy Wuychek, big No. 68, turned the trick play into a “Big Man” touchdown — a 3-yard pitch and run in the second quarter — the Raiders knew it was their night. A whale...
Southmoreland shuts out rival Mt. Pleasant, improves to 8-0 for 1st time since 1964
Linebacker Stanley Chapman did not make every tackle for the Southmoreland football team Friday. It just seemed like he did. In a showdown for first place in the WPIAL Class 3A Interstate Conference against rival Mt. Pleasant on Friday at Russ Grimm Field, the senior led the Scotties to a...
Big plays, Tevin Owen-Cratsenberg’s huge game help Highlands beat Burrell to clinch playoff spot
Big plays carried the Highlands football team to an Allegheny 7 Conference win over Burrell on Friday at Burrell’s Buccaneers Stadium. Five of the Golden Rams’ six touchdowns totaled 52 yards or more. Highlands broke open a tie game at halftime with three straight scores and came away with a...
Elizabeth Forward overpowers Yough with balanced attack
Efficient. A term that is often overlooked in high school football. Elizabeth Forward was efficient in all three phases of the game Friday night, as they dominated play from the get-go and jumped all over hosting Yough, 55-7, in Class 3A Interstate Conference play. “I love the execution and focus...
Hopewell races past Freeport, which drops 2nd straight after winning 1st 6
Hopewell running back Nasir Wade felt the urgency atypical for a nonconference game. The Vikings needed to make a statement to the rest of the WPIAL Class 3A field that they are interested in being a wild card if they can’t be one of the automatic qualifiers from their conference....
South Allegheny football team shuts out Apollo-Ridge
South Allegheny coach Brian Hanson has preached to his team that the work it does from November to August will pay off come the regular season. He was right, and now the Gladiators control their own destiny in Class 2A’s Allegheny Conference. The Gladiators used a quick-strike offense, taking advantage...
Grabowski’s big runs help Penn-Trafford race past rival Franklin Regional
For Penn-Trafford junior running back Ben Grabowski, it was a near-perfect game. The junior saw plenty of green in front of him and was barely touched Friday night as he carried the ball four times for 172 yards (a 43-yards-per-carry average) and scored on three of those carries. That helped...
Clairton batters Leechburg, extends streak to 6
After giving up 19 points in their opening game of the 2025 season, the Clairton Bears are on a historic run. The Bears have not given up a point since, with six straight shutouts on the way to outscoring their opponents 350-0 and each of those games going to mercy...
Plum earns dominant shutout victory over Fox Chapel
Fox Chapel needed an early spark from its kicker, Harran Zureikat. The senior set the WPIAL record last week with a 57-yard field goal in a loss to Franklin Regional. Down 7-0 to Plum in a Class 5A Northeast clash Friday, the Foxes tried to test their luck with Zureikat...
Pine-Richland wide receiver Khalil Taylor no longer committed to Penn State
Pine-Richland junior Khalil Taylor, one of the top wide receiver recruits nationally, is no longer committed to Penn State. The 5-foot-11, 185-pound wideout had committed to the Nittany Lions in March, but Taylor on Friday told recruiting website Rivals he had decommitted. Taylor on social media shared the Rivals story...
Sellout expected for Mt. Pleasant-Southmoreland football, tickets limited
Russ Grimm Field will be jam-packed for Friday night’s Class 3A Interstate Conference football matchup between Mt. Pleasant and Southmoreland. Southmoreland officials are urging fans to arrive early. Online ticket sales were stopped after orders reached 1,500, athletic director Brian Pritts said. A limited number of remaining tickets, which are...
WPISL regular-season set to conclude with a series of doubleheaders
Bethel Park and Montour rolled through their respective schedules over the first six weeks of the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League schedule. The Black Hawks and Spartans, both undefeated at 12-0, will decide the regular-season title Sunday when they clash in a doubleheader at 1 and 3 p.m. at Bethel...
Westinghouse football team forfeits victory to Butler
City League football power Westinghouse has forfeited a win over Butler for using an ineligible player. Westinghouse athletic director Anthony Hall confirmed the team’s forfeit and said the Week 4 victory at Butler was the only contest affected. Westinghouse had won 40-14. The matchup was a non-league game with no...
McKeesport ‘getting healthy’ just in time for Greater Allegheny battle with No. 1 Mars
Status updates from the training staff became all too common for McKeesport coach Matt Miller, whose football team suffered a rash of injuries this season. Eventually, it wasn’t just the trainers. “Unfortunately, it actually got worse,” said Miller, who didn’t want anyone to rush back too soon. “We were checking...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 9, 2025
High schools Field hockey Thursday’s results Class 3A North Allegheny 6, Hempfield 1 Pine-Richland 9, Norwin 0 Class 2A Fox Chapel 3, Penn-Trafford 1 Class A Aquinas Academy 1, Oakland Catholic 0 Nonsection Ellis School 3, Latrobe 0 Football Thursday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Central Catholic 35, Norwin 6 City...
