High School category, Page 385

Lucy Pryor scored the winning goal as Mt. Lebanon claimed the final playoff spot in the WPIAL Class 4A girls soccer field with a 1-0 victory over Bethel Park on Monday. The Blue Devils (10-5-2, 8-4-2) finished tied with Canon-McMillan for third place in Section 2. The Black Hawks (9-7-1,...

The Riverview girls soccer team clinched a share of the Section 1-A championship when Springdale lost to Greensburg Central Catholic on Saturday. But the Raiders were not willing to share the title with anyone, let alone the section rival Dynamos. Lola Abraham tallied a hat trick, and Riverview held off...

After shooting himself back into contention at the PIAA Class 3A golf championships on Monday, Penn-Trafford senior Nick Turowski headed to Colyer Lake to try his luck at catching fish. While the fishing expedition wasn’t successful, Turowski was OK with that. He wants to snag a big prize on Tuesday....

Bradyn Foster is looking forward to the final few weeks of preparation for the upcoming Highlands boys basketball season. But the 6-foot-8 senior forward also can look to his future after he graduates from Highlands in May. Foster verbally committed to the Penn men’s basketball team in the Division I...

A GIF of actor Charles S. Dutton, who plays the character Fortune in the film “Rudy,” is popular on the internet. It shows Fortune clapping his hands, showing his appreciation for the title’s main character, the undersized underdog football player who defied the odds as a walk-on at Notre Dame....

North Allegheny, Hampton, Freeport and Bishop Canevin finish at the top of their respective rankings in the final Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association WPIAL girls top-10 polls released Monday morning. Bishop Canevin debuted at the top of the Class A poll in Week 1, but recently had slipped to No....

The 2023-24 season is one of change for the Latrobe hockey team. The IceCats have a new coach after Josh Werner stepped down after nine years. He will serve as an assistant coach this year. The new man behind the bench is a familiar face. Adam Ferguson played at Latrobe...

Franklin Regional’s boys soccer team ended last season with a 2-1 loss to Montour in the first round of the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs. This year, the team that has been consistently good year after year knows it can make it further in the postseason. Center back Dom Kaforey wants...

The excitement in Deer Lakes hockey coach Jonathan Merlo’s voice for the upcoming season was easy to discern. A former hockey player with the Lancers, Merlo guided his alma mater to the PIHL Division 2 semifinals, and now the goal is to get a couple steps further. The Lancers lost...

Plum boys soccer coach Raf Kolankowski doesn’t subscribe to the notion the coach should select the captain of his teams. “I usually let the players pick the captains,” he said. “After tryouts, I usually have them make those decisions. The kids know who the leaders are.” This year, his players...

Since being hired as head coach at Pine-Richland in 2013, Eric Kasperowicz has become synonymous with high scoring, successful offenses. The former high school quarterback turned the Rams into a district and state power with their high octane offenses that brought a lot of wins and titles to the program....

Section play in the 2023 WPIAL girls soccer regular season concludes for most teams Monday. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in which head-to-head does not break the tie all qualify for the postseason. The postseason field...

Section play concludes Tuesday for the 2023 WPIAL boys soccer season. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in which head-to-head does not break the tie all qualify for the postseason. The playoff fields are set in Class...

The Freeport girls volleyball team continued the storied tradition of the program in 2022, winning its 18th straight section title, its seventh WPIAL title since 2010, and the second state championship (2017) in school history. Yellowjackets head coach Tom Phillips said many people had a hand in making last season...

The final day of section play in WPIAL girls soccer is Monday. The race for a playoff spot in Section 2-4A has been tight all season, and one game separates three teams. It’s a win-and-you’re-in match when Mt. Lebanon visits Bethel Park. The Blue Devils are 7-4-2, while the Black...

We hit the middle week of the stretch run of the high school football regular season with some fall sports and a little taste of winter sports this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video coverage of Week 8 with six WPIAL football games Friday,...

High schools Field hockey Monday’s schedule Section 3A Hempfield at Allderdice, 3:15 p.m. North Allegheny at Norwin, 4 p.m. Peters Township at Pine-Richland, 7:30 p.m. Hockey Monday’s schedule Class 2A Latrobe at Penn-Trafford, Palmer Imaging Arena, 9:10 p.m. Class A McDowell at Quaker Valley, Baierl Ice Complex, 7 p.m. Greensburg...

There are two weeks left in the 2023 WPIAL football regular season. Already, 34 teams have guaranteed themselves a spot on the Playoff Path to the North Shore and to North Huntingdon. That leaves 33 district playoff spots up for grabs over the next two weeks. Here is the latest...

After a successful debut last year, the Westmoreland County Coaches Association Volleyball All-Star Game will return next month. The event will be 6 p.m. Nov. 21 at Ligonier Valley. Last year, 16 local teams were represented in the East vs. West matchup that includes top senior players selected by coaches....

WPIAL soccer rankings Girls Class 4A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny (16-0) 1 2. Upper St. Clair (14-1) 3 3. Peters Township (13-1-2) 2 4. Seneca Valley (13-1-1) 4 5. Fox Chapel (9-4-1) 5 Out: None Class 3A 1. Mars (13-0) 1 2. Moon (11-1-2) 2 3. Plum...

Kefimba Cisse likes to run at White Oak Park. The Gateway senior won the Class 3A boys division at the 45-team Bald Eagle Invitational there Oct. 7 with a time of 16 minutes, 14.11 seconds. He was fourth overall with three boys from Class 2A and Class A schools as...

Justin Evans is no stranger to the Gateway hockey program. He started coaching with the developmental team (ages 8-10) a half-decade ago and then served as the middle school coach for two years before moving up the JV team as an assistant through last year under former head coach Shawn...

The Quaker Valley cross country program is having a magical season. QV’s boys team recently took first place in the 5,000-meter Class 2A race at the Bald Eagle Invitational on Oct. 7 at White Oak Park. The Quakers also won the River Trail and Blue Devil invites this season along...

The Quaker Valley girls volleyball team picked up where it left off last season. In 2022, Quaker Valley won 11 of 14 section decisions, advanced to the WPIAL semifinals, finished fifth in the PIAA Class 2A playoffs and ended up 18-5 overall. This year, through Oct. 9, the Quakers were...

Quaker Valley held its celebratory sports hall of fame weekend for the first time since 2019. Three former QV athletes — Justin Hughes (basketball), Darren Rogers (football) and Catherine Stewart (tennis) — and three teams were lauded that year. The 2006 boys hockey and girls tennis teams also were inducted...