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Elizabeth Forward was forced to show its mettle for the second consecutive week. The Warriors withstood a big second-half rally by No. 4 Mt. Pleasant to stay undefeated and stay atop the WPIAL Class 2A Interstate Conference. The Warriors got the winning touchdown with 27 seconds lead to defeat the...

On a night when Ty Keffer joined Maddie Brown as Southmoreland’s homecoming king and queen, Keffer caught three touchdown passes from quarterback Kadin Keefer to help lead the Scotties to a 42-20 Interstate Conference win over South Allegheny. But lost in the excitement was a controversial goal line stand by...

“Three yards and a cloud of dust.” The late Hall of Fame coach Woody Hayes’ run-first Ohio State football teams of several decades ago helped coin that popular gridiron cliche, a phrase sure to have come to the minds of fans Friday night at Ligonier’s foggy Weller Field. Hayes would’ve...

Deer Lakes wasted no time getting on the board in its Allegheny 6 Conference matchup with Valley on Friday at Lancers Stadium. Junior Zach Grant took the opening kickoff 81 yards for a touchdown. The Lancers then took advantage of a Vikings turnover and converted for a two-score lead just...

It was homecoming for Kiski Area, and the Cavaliers scored first on a 14-play drive. But Mars took advantage of a short field to score three touchdowns on drives of one, two and one play to take a 14-point lead on its way to a 56-14 Greater Allegheny Conference victory....

Shady Side Academy has forfeited Friday night’s football game against Knoch because of an illness among “several players,” the school announced hours before kickoff. The contest is a conference game in the Allegheny 6, where Knoch and Shady Side each were 1-0. “After careful consideration and in consultation with WPIAL,...

Peters Township’s T.J. Plack is an offensive-minded head coach of a high-scoring team that averages five touchdowns a week, yet he raves about a defense he calls special. “They do something a little bit different than what other teams do in Western Pennsylvania,” Plack said. “They think a little outside...

Dick Butkus became legendary as one of the fiercest linebackers in NFL history, but folks around the WPIAL might remember him as “Coach” Butkus. Long after his playing days with the Chicago Bears were over, Butkus spent one season as a made-for-TV coach at Montour in 2005. It was the...

High schools Cross country Thursday’s results Division II Section 5 Boys Belle Vernon 27, Greensburg Central Catholic 28 Belle Vernon 15, California 50 Girls Belle Vernon 15, Greensburg Central Catholic 50 Belle Vernon 15, California 50 Field hockey Thursday’s results Section 3A Allderdice at Mt. Lebanon, (n) Section 2A Latrobe...

Section play in the regular season is winding down with one week left in 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...

John Krug scored twice to lead Chartiers Valley to a 4-2 victory over Central Valley in a key matchup for playoff positioning in Section 2-3A boys soccer Thursday night. Landon DeOrio and Xavier Mwaura also scored for the Colts (5-6, 5-4). Will Manning and Sean Kennelly scored for Central Valley...

Mt. Pleasant ran its winning streak to six but not before a somewhat painstaking final push at McGuffey. The Vikings pelted the visitors with 18 shots, challenging goalkeeper Sam Stout from a number of angles, before punching in a late goal to finally grant tense home fans some relief. Senior...

Top-seeded Emily and Lindsey Greb of Knoch added to their already overflowing trophy cases Thursday at the WPIAL Class 2A girls tennis doubles finals. The Greb sisters, both seniors, played a clean, mistake-free match and took both sets 6-1, 6-0 to defeat the 15th-seeded team of Sasha Hoffman and Stella...

September football this season provided tremendous weather and lots and lots of points. So as the calendar turns and October football begins, what can we expect over the next four weekends? The weather won’t be the same, at least for this weekend, as we cool off and bring a serious...

Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look back at the games, players and events that have shaped local scholastic history. West Deer won the 1963 version of the “Battle of Bakerstown Road” with a 14-12 victory at Richland. Junior running back...

Recruiting is beginning to ramp up for Peyton Murray. The senior shot put and discus thrower at Hempfield has been contacted by a number of Division I college programs and has drawn four scholarship offers with more likely on the way. Indiana was his first offer, followed by Iowa. This...

Fierce rivals Penn-Trafford and Gateway appear to be rounding into form just in time for another encounter. The Warriors (3-3, 2-0) will host Gateway (3-3, 3-0) in the annual “Battle for the Bell” game at 7:30 Friday night. This will be one of the few times where, at least in...

In the Greb household, winning tennis gold is a family affair. Two years ago, Knoch sophomores Emily and Lindsey Greb won the WPIAL Class 2A girls tennis doubles championships. Last year, Lindsey Greb teamed with Ally Bauer to win the district doubles title again. Now reunited as a team, Lindsey...

High schools Cross country Wednesday’s results Division I Section 4 Boys Fox Chapel 19, Franklin Regional 43 Fox Chapel 19, Gateway 43 Fox Chapel 25, Kiski Area 33 Fox Chapel 15, Penn Hills 49 Kiski Area 26, Plum 31 Kiski Area 24, Franklin Regional 31 Kiski Area 23, Gateway 34...

Section play in the 2023 WPIAL girls soccer regular season has just over one week remaining. 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. Here is...

Following a week of major shuffling among the top WPIAL football teams, including a change at No. 1 after Week 5, things settled down with only one change near the bottom of the Trib 10 this week. Nine of the 10 teams in last week’s power rankings were victorious with...

A former state champion doubles team will face surprise opponents in the WPIAL Class 2A doubles championships at 1 p.m. Thursday at North Allegheny. Top-seeded Emily and Lindsey Greb of Knoch, the 2021 state champs, cruised to the finals Wednesday, losing a total of two games in two matches. They...

Lilly Snyder scored with 1:40 left in the second overtime to lead Moon to a 1-0 victory over Montour (8-2-3, 6-2-1) in a matchup of top teams in Section 4-3A girls soccer. Kendall Dydek assisted on the winning goal and Serayah Leech recorded the shutout for the Tigers (10-1-1, 7-1-1)....

The Jeannette girls soccer team did something Wednesday night it had not done since 2019: It won a game. Lindsay Jordan and Grace Stein each scored two goals as the Jayhawks defeated Valley, 4-1, in a nonsection game in New Kensington. Jeannette dumped a winless streak that had reached 52...

Kiski Area senior Eliza Miller crushed her own Northmoreland Park course record Wednesday at the WPIAL Division 1, Section 4 cross country championship meet, finishing the 3.1-mile course in 18 minutes, 22.80 seconds. It was her fourth individual section title in as many attempts. She surpassed by 19 seconds her...