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This week on Trib HSSN for week of Oct. 6, 2025
It’s time to charge into the first full week of October with playoffs in the near future and time winding down on the fall sports regular season this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week 7 of this high school...
Trib HSSN football player of the week for Oct. 5, 2025Video
Trib HSSN football player of the week – Marino Graham School – New Castle Class – Freshman Height/weight – 5-foot-10, 150 pounds Position – Quarterback, defensive back #Earned – New Castle finished the 2023 season with one win. So some eyebrows were raised a year later when the Red Hurricanes...
WPIAL girls and boys soccer rankings: Week ending Oct. 5, 2025
WPIAL soccer rankings (Through Sunday, 10-5) Girls Class 4A Team Record Last rank 1. Seneca Valley (9-2-2) 1 2. Pine-Richland (11-2-1) 4 3. North Allegheny (9-3-2) 2 4. Peters Township (10-1-2) 3 5. Norwin (11-2) 5 OUT: None Class 3A 1. South Fayette (11-1-1) 1 2. Fox Chapel (11-1-1) 2...
High school notebook: Westmoreland cross country championships set for Wednesday
The Westmoreland County Coaches Association Cross Country Championships will be Wednesday at Westmoreland County Community College. The boys varsity race begins at 3 p.m., followed by girls varsity at 3:40 and junior varsity at 4:20. Returning champions are the Norwin boys and girls (3A), and the Greensburg Salem girls (2A)...
Longtime assistant coach Vern Benson takes over Gateway boys basketball program
Vern Benson led a brief film session and a weight room workout before guiding the Gateway boys basketball team in an on-court training session Sept. 30 at the Furrie Sports Complex. He got in the middle of the action, instructing the Gators players on many aspects of the game he...
Gateway soccer programs making in-season strides
The start of the 2025 soccer season in Monroeville was tough on a pair of young Gateway Gators teams. The Gateway boys program is under the tutelage of Mike Rugh for a third season. A Gateway grad from 1996, he was inducted into the school’s soccer hall of fame in...
Quaker Valley star Mimi Thiero excited to grow her game at Maryland
Quaker Valley senior Oumou “Mimi” Thiero celebrated a significant birthday in her life with a major announcement. It was a long and sometimes tedious process, but Thiero finally had an answer about her college commitment. The 6-foot-5 senior who celebrated her 18th birthday Sept. 17 offered a verbal commitment that...
Sewickley Herald notebook: Panthers boys soccer team eyes playoff run
Luca Peluso doesn’t take a break during the school year as a three-sport athlete at Sewickley Academy. Peluso is a four-year varsity starter in boys soccer and also competes in hockey and lacrosse. He has been one of the Panthers’ offensive mainstays on the pitch this season as a 6-foot-1...
Momentum building toward playoffs for Sewickley Academy girls soccer
Gary Weber embraced a strong message for the Sewickley Academy girls soccer team in 2024 in his first year as head coach. His coaching plan included aspects such as teamwork, pride and unity. Sewickley tied for first in Section 3-A last season, advanced to the WPIAL playoffs for the fifth...
Quaker Valley runner serves notice with win at Hershey meet
Quaker Valley’s Jonah Montagnese enjoys running. And winning. Montagnese zeroed in on first place in the 1,600-meter event at the PIAA Class 2A boys track and field championships in the spring. His latest victory was attained Sept. 20 in Hershey at the 19th annual PIAA Foundation XC Invitational. “We are...
Quaker Valley homecoming king, queen are good sports
Quaker Valley’s homecoming royalty is steadfastly entrenched in the athletic realm. Seniors Alexa Westwood and Nicholas Winnowski were named homecoming queen and king for 2025-26 at halftime of the QV-Hopewell football game Sept. 26 at Chuck Knox Stadium. “I was surprised and happy,” Westwood said. “A lot of the little...
Quaker Valley boys soccer sizzles in September
The Quaker Valley boys soccer team did not lose a game in September. QV rang up an 8-0-1 record with the only “blemish” being a 1-1 tie Sept. 25 against Avonworth. The Quakers outcored their eight other opponents 60-2 last month with seven clean sheets. “I am proud of how...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Nick Turowski sparks WVU to win at Nemacolin
Penn-Trafford grad and West Virginia sophomore Nick Turowski helped the Mountaineer golf team to a tournament victory. Turowski finished third overall, shooting an 8-under par 208, as the Mountaineers won the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational at Mystic Rock Golf Course in Farmington on Sept. 27-29. The Harrison City native had rounds...
Penn-Trafford blanks Norwin, looks to challenge for PIHL Class 2A title
Even though the Penn-Trafford hockey team graduated nine seniors and its leading scorer decided not to play, coach Brian Zagorac is not worried. The return of numerous starters combined with a talented group of underclassmen has Zagorac expecting another strong season. Penn-Trafford finished third (14-4-1-1, 45 points) behind Cathedral Prep...
Former WPIAL record holder heard footsteps before Fox Chapel kicker booted 57-yarder
East Allegheny teacher Josh Miller woke up early Saturday morning to a half-dozen text messages, each sharing a video of Fox Chapel’s Harran Zureikat kicking a field goal the night before. Miller knew what that meant. “When (Rocco Marcantonio) from Hopewell hit a 55-yarder last year, everyone texted me. And...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 4, 2025
High schools Cross country Boys Saturday’s results Bald Eagle Invitational At White Oak Class 3A: 1. Evan Yurasko, Mt. Lebanon, 15:46.66; 2. Reeve Flotta, Allderdice, 16:04.66; 3. Will Kuchera, Allderdice, 16:30.67; 4. Will Zadecky, Mt. Lebanon, 16:39.42; 5. Eli Coffey, Allderdice, 16:41.84; 6. Alex Fair, Mt. Lebanon, 16:55.17; 7. Kofi...
High school roundup for Oct. 4, 2025: South Allegheny’s Cook brothers roast Shady Side Academy
The Cook brothers turned up the heat Saturday afternoon, leading South Allegheny to a 62-21 victory over Shady Side Academy in the Class 2A Allegheny Conference. Sophomore quarterback Alijah Cook threw five touchdown passes, including three to his brother Drew, who also returned an interception 40 yards for a score...
Trib HSSN WPIAL football rankings: Week ending Oct. 5, 2025
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Central Catholic, 6-1, 1 2. North Allegheny, 6-1, 2 3. Norwin, 5-2, 3 4. Hempfield, 4-3, 4 5. Canon-McMillan 4-3, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Pine-Richland, 6-1, 1 2. Peters Township, 7-0, 2 3. Woodland Hills, 5-2, 3 4. Upper St. Clair,...
Westmoreland high school athletes of the week, Oct. 5, 2025: Franklin Regional’s Allyssa Velasquez, Penn-Trafford’s Jordan Tucek
Allyssa Velasquez School: Franklin Regional Class: Senior Sport: Soccer Claim to fame: Velasquez has emerged as one of the top goal scorers in the WPIAL. She is second in Westmoreland County in goals — to Morgan Gesinski of Mt. Pleasant — with a career-high 18. She had back-to-back hat tricks...
Westmoreland high school football notebook: Crosby, Brown go toe-to-toe in rivalry game
Samir Crosby didn’t get a win in what was likely his final game at Jeannette, but the elusive senior star from Greensburg Central Catholic still put on a show in front of his hometown family and friends. A day after getting cleared to play after suffering a concussion two weeks...
Alle-Kiski Valley athletes of the week: Fox Chapel’s Clara Koteski, Kiski Area’s Max Mottura
Clara Koteski School: Fox Chapel Class: Junior Sport: Golf Claim to fame: Koteski finished fourth in the WPIAL Class 3A girls golf final with a 7-over-par 79 at Sewickley Heights Golf Club on Wednesday. The top seven finishers qualified for the PIAA championships Oct. 20 at Penn State. Her nine-hole...
Alle-Kiski Valley football notebook: Fox Chapel’s Zureikat kicks WPIAL’s longest field goal
It’s been a trying season for the Fox Chapel football team. The Foxes (2-5) hoped to snap a three-game losing skid Friday at Franklin Regional. However, the homestanding Panthers claimed their first win of the season, 21-10, in nonconference play. But in the midst of the back-and-forth action, WPIAL history...
With versatile lineup, Shady Side Academy boys soccer rounding into form
The Shady Side Academy boys soccer team isn’t married to one approach. The Bulldogs are willing to move players — even their top scorers — into different spots to help earn the result they need. Since starting the season by losing two of their first five matches, Shady Side Academy...
With senior Michael Costello out front, Fox Chapel cross country dominates section meet
Michael Costello got the result he was searching for during the WPIAL Section 4-3A cross country meet Oct. 1 in Apollo. Costello wanted to perfect how he finished races and wanted to find a way to beat Kiski Area’s Samuel Plazio. Plazio had finished ahead of Costello several times this...
Near-record kick from Harran Zureikat provides highlight for Fox Chapel football
Fox Chapel football coach Dave Leasure trusts Harran Zureikat to know his limits. The senior kicker, who committed to play at Georgia next season, broke his own school record by booting a 54-yard field goal against Pine-Richland last Friday. “That’s entirely up to him,” Leasure said. “If there’s a wind,...
