High School category, Page 365

High schools Field hockey PIAA playoffs Class 3A Semifinals Tuesday’s results Emmaus 2, Lower Dauphin 0 Manheim Township 7, Warwick 0 Championship Saturday’s schedule Emmaus (25-1) vs. Manheim Township (21-1-1) at Cumberland Valley, 3 p.m. Class 2A Semifinals Tuesday’s results Villa Maria 2, Gwynedd Mercy 1 Palmyra 3, Hershey 1...

Fiona Mahan scored on a header in the first half and a 25-yard blast in the second half to send Avonworth to a 2-0 victory over Shady Side Academy (17-6-1) in a rematch of the WPIAL championship game in the PIAA Class 2A girls soccer semifinals Tuesday. Emma Luther and...

On a night where, not surprisingly, a tight defensive battle raged on, Sydney Felton found her moment to make an impact. And it gave Moon a chance at a state three-peat. Felton scored on a shot off a cross by Marina Mollica with 1 minute, 19 seconds remaining in regulation...

The Riverview girls soccer team’s second trip to the Johnstown area in a week’s time was just as successful as the first. Senior Lola Abraham tallied all four goals for the Raiders in a 4-1 victory over District 6 champion Bishop Guilfoyle on Tuesday in a PIAA Class A semifinal...

CHAMBERSBURG — Both soccer teams brought their white uniforms Tuesday night, so Central Bucks South wore fluorescent green mesh pinnies over their jerseys. Norwin coach Scott Schuchert would have given his team the shirt off his back if it meant moving on to the state finals. But it wasn’t meant...

We have reached the technical start to the PIAA football playoffs with first-round games this weekend sprinkled with district semifinals and championship games. Two teams ranked in last week’s Trib HSSN PIAA football poll are done after season-ending losses while two newbies jump on the speeding train as it nears...

The four WPIAL football championship games held at Acrisure Stadium will be televised this year, thanks to support from the Pittsburgh Steelers, the WPIAL announced Tuesday. The Class A, 2A, 3A and 4A finals on Nov. 24 will be televised by KDKA+, which previously was known as Pittsburgh’s CW. The...

Gene Brisbane has been on the bench for 49 seasons, and his passion for coaching high school girls and boys never has wavered. As he begins his fifth season as Derry girls basketball coach, he hopes the program has turned a corner. During his first season in 2019-20, he helped...

When Shaun Reddick became head coach of the Burrell girls basketball program, he knew he was undertaking a rebuilding process. In the third year of his tenure with the Bucs, he’s ready to see his program follow a standard that was established last season. After compiling just three wins two...

Derry boys basketball coach Tom Esposito isn’t making any brash predictions about the upcoming season, but after watching section opponent Deer Lakes make a stellar run last year, he often thinks, “Why not us?” Deer Lakes finished as co-champion with Shady Side Academy in Section 3-3A during the 2022-23 season...

Something special is brewing within the Burrell boys basketball program. You don’t have to look hard to find a Bucs team full of playmakers, depth, senior leadership and playoff experience. On top of all those qualities for fifth-year coach Mike Fantuzzo, a new element has surfaced with the team: togetherness....

The Western Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association boys all-star games will be Nov. 25 at Pine-Richland. The first game features Class A vs Class 2A at noon, followed by Class 3A vs. 4A at 2 p.m. Coaches are Nick Malabri of Bentworth (Class A), Marc Bellora of South Park (2A), Matt...

High schools Field hockey PIAA playoffs Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Class 3A Lower Dauphin (20-3) vs. Emmaus (24-1) at Hamburg, 6 p.m.; Manheim Township (20-1-1) vs. Warwick (17-5-1) at Donegal, 6 p.m. Class 2A Villa Maria (20-4) vs. Gwynedd Mercy (15-10) at Wissahickon, 6 p.m.; Hershey (15-6) vs. Palmyra (20-1-1) at...

Nolan Murphy had two goals and an assist and Nathaniel Keller also scored twice to help South Fayette to a 5-3 victory over Fox Chapel in PIHL Class 2A hockey Monday night. Robert Chiappetta had a goal and two assists and Trevor Dalessandro handed out three assists for South Fayette...

When it comes to PIAA Class 3A girls soccer, a pair of WPIAL programs have been out of this world. Since the state expanded soccer to four classifications in 2016, either Moon or Mars has won the PIAA 3A girls soccer crown six times in seven seasons, including four years...

With 10 goals and six assists in four games last month, Norwin’s Alex Thomas surged to the top spot in the PIHL scoring leaders. He’s developed a reputation as one of the most league’s most prolific scorers. Thomas was selected as the PIHL Class 2A Player of the Month, joining...

The Apollo-Ridge boys basketball team hoped to be in the Section 3-3A mix last year, but injuries before and during the season quickly scuttled those plans. The injury bug bit the team a couple of months before the season as then-junior Karter Schrock, who started for the Vikings as a...

The Apollo-Ridge girls basketball team won 19 games last year, finished runner-up to Shady Side Academy in Section 3-3A and hosted the first home playoff game by a Vikings basketball program, boys or girls. There were a lot of things to be pleased about following the season, and the returning...

The WPIAL Field Hockey Coaches Association announced postseason honors Monday, including all-stars for each classification and a 24-person all-WPIAL team. Pine-Richland teammates Jessica Albertson, Madeline Mill and Georgia Rottinghaus were among the all-WPIAL honors after winning the Class 3A title. Penn-Trafford teammates Ava Hershberger and Mackenzie Keenan were named all-WPIAL...

Last fall, Juliette Brun was watching Riverview girls soccer games, including the WPIAL Class A first-round matchup with Chartiers-Houston, from the stands, knowing that she along with others in her then-eighth grade class soon would get their chance to contribute. Brun, a defender on a Raiders unit that has allowed...

PIAA boys soccer playoffs Class 4A semifinals Norwin (17-5-1) vs. Central Bucks South (18-5-2) 6 p.m. Tuesday, Chambersburg High School, Chambersburg Winner plays: Winner of Council Rock North (19-3-1)/Conestoga (22-0-1) in championship, 7 p.m. Friday at Eagle View Middle School, Mechanicsburg Coaches: Scott Schuchert, Norwin; Kyle Pettican, Central Bucks South...

The Belle Vernon girls basketball team heads into the season needing to adjust. After losing in last season’s WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinals, the team had to say goodbye to five seniors who played the bulk of the minutes. “Last year, we were a veteran team. We’re going to have to...

The Belle Vernon boys basketball team could be without its star player for 2023-24. Quinton Martin committed in April to play football at Penn State next year and might leave early for Happy Valley. “I haven’t talked to him yet. I’ll talk to him after football’s over and go from...

Aaron Haney set his sights on starting for the Deer Lakes hockey team last year. He lost out to senior goaltender Benjamin Korol but got a chance to show what he could do in a game against Wilmington in January. Haney stopped all 20 shots he faced, and the Lancers...