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Trib HSSN football player of the week for Sept. 21, 2025
Trib HSSN football player of the week – David Dennison School – Bethel Park Class – Senior Height/weight – 6-foot-2, 190 pounds Position – Running back, outside linebacker #Earned – Bethel Park running back David Dennison sat and waited his turn. Oh, he got his fair share of playing time...
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Mt. Pleasant’s Shipley, Hempfield’s Kovalcik commit to Mercyhurst
A pair of Westmoreland County baseball players are primed for college careers at the NCAA Division I level. A pipeline has opened to Erie. Mercyhurst, a second-year Division I program that formerly competed in the D-II Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, will be the college home to a pair of Ians...
WPIAL soccer rankings: Week ending Sept. 21, 2025
WPIAL soccer rankings Through Saturday’s games Girls Class 4A Team, record, previous 1. Peters Township (6-0-2) 1 2. North Allegheny (7-2-2) 3 3. Seneca Valley (6-2-2) 2 4. Pine-Richland (8-1-1) 4 5. Norwin (7-2) 5 Out: None Class 3A 1. South Fayette (7-1-1) 1 2. Fox Chapel (8-1) 2 3....
Senior captains lead way for otherwise young Quaker Valley volleyball roster
They have achieved prominent, high-level status in the Quaker Valley girls volleyball program. Mia Gartley, Bella Jarrett and Megan Harris rarely if ever leave the court during QV volleyball games. Gartley and Jarrett are 5-foot-9 outside hitters while Harris is a 5-5 junior libero. They are serving as captains this...
Planning, discipline help Sewickley Academy’s Blake Wilmot manage dual-sport fall at 2 schools
Sewickley Academy and the Class 5A Moon Tigers have a co-op partnership on the football field. And Sewickley senior Blake Wilmot has taken full advantage of the opportunity this fall. A senior defender on the Panthers’ soccer team, Wilmot also is a kicking specialist for the Moon gridders. “This is...
Quaker Valley’s Avery Allan set for 2nd half of season after claiming section singles title
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,...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Nick Turowski sparks West Virginia golf team
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 girls volleyball team looks up to Pitt players
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...
With roster closer to full strength, Penn Hills starts to get back on track
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. returns from injury, makes immediate impact for Gateway
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...
New coach brings changes to Chartiers Valley girls volleyball
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,...
Despite injuries, Thomas Jefferson girls soccer finding success in section play
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....
Thomas Jefferson boys soccer coming together, ready for section race
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...
Thomas Jefferson girls volleyball sets expectations high
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...
Gritty Brentwood shakes off early losses, gets locked in
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,”...
5 things we learned in high school football Week 4: Fort Cherry star, Hopewell kicker make history
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 school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 20, 2025
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...
High school roundup for Sept. 20, 2025: Aaron Walsh leads Chartiers-Houston to dramatic win
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...
Westmoreland high school athletes of the week: Latrobe’s Annalyse Bauer and Jack Sacriponte
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...
Westmoreland high school football notebook: Wolfe’s QB play a big hit for Southmoreland
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: Week ending Sept. 21, 2025
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...
A-K Valley football notebook: Former Valley star Pryor to be grand marshal for homecoming parade
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...
A-K Valley high school athletes of the week: St. Joseph’s Jillian Bloch, Freeport’s Ethan Crooks
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...
Bethel Park tennis ace adds to already stocked trophy case
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...
Riverview golfers challenge for postseason berth
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...
