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John Jablunovsky and Da’sjon Craggette ran wild in their season openers, each rushing for more than 200 yards as their teams won. The speedsters will square off this week as Ligonier Valley (1-0) hosts Southmoreland (1-0) in nonconference action. You want track speed? You’ll get it with these two. This...

High schools Cross county Wednesday’s results Nonsection Boys Hampton 15, Mars 47 Girls Hampton 24, Mars 32 Field hockey Wednesday’s result Nonsection Penn-Trafford 1, Peters Township 0 Thursday’s schedule Section 3A Mt. Lebanon at North Allegheny, 7 p.m. Norwin at Allderdice, 3:15 p.m. Pine-Richland at Hempfield, 6 p.m. Nonsection Shady...

We close out August with plenty of boys soccer section matches. It’s still early days, but there are three standout matches Thursday in WPIAL Class 3A boys soccer with at least a share of the section lead at stake. In Section 2, defending district champion Moon, along with Montour, South...

Abigail Stager scored a hat trick to lead North Allegheny to a 4-0 victory over Pine-Richland (0-3, 0-2) in Section 1-4A girls soccer Wednesday night. Libby Earley added a goal and Natalie Rak recorded the shutout for the Tigers (4-0, 2-0), who have won four straight to open the season....

When two defensive-minded girls soccer teams get together, you don’t expect to see much offense. Maybe none at all. At least not in the run of play. Franklin Regional and Penn-Trafford didn’t take many chances, or shots, as they battled deep into the second half and into overtime Wednesday night,...

Player of the week Luke Bombalski Highlands, Sr., RB/LB After missing the final four games last season, Bombalski wanted to make a statement at Ambridge last Friday that he was back and healthy. He got Highlands’ scoring started with a 2-yard run in the first quarter and added a pair...

Friday Apollo-Ridge (1-0) at Valley (0-1) 7 p.m. Friday, Memorial Stadium, New Kensington Last week: Apollo-Ridge 18, Leechburg 16; Armstrong 49, Valley 16 Last year’s meeting: Apollo-Ridge 34, Valley 19 These longtime rivals each would like to gain some nonconference momentum before conference play begins. … The big story for...

Last week: 8-3 (72.7%) Astute readers will recall that The Birdie spent much of his preseason column squawking about how Riverview was his favorite football team in the A-K Valley. Those readers also will note that Birdie made that proclamation largely because he’s a goof. He just wanted to make...

Friday WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Canon-McMillan at North Allegheny, 7:30 p.m. Nonconference Albert Gallatin at Spring Mills, W.Va., 7 p.m. Apollo-Ridge at Valley, 7 p.m. Armstrong at Aliquippa, 7 p.m. Baldwin at Thomas Jefferson, 7 p.m. Beaver Falls at Beaver, 7:30 p.m. Belle Vernon at Laurel Highlands, 7 p.m....

Player of the week Da’sjon Craggette Southmoreland, Sr., RB The senior played at Greensburg Central Catholic as a junior and rushed for 1,033 yards and scored 16 touchdowns. Because of transportation issues, Craggette, who played at Connellsville as a freshman, was able to transfer to Geibel, which has a co-op...

High school football coaches contend that the week between the first game of the season and the second is when they see the most improvement from their players. That’s because the coaches get to see on film how the players performed in game action, correct their mistakes and make adjustments....

Class A No. 2 Bishop Canevin (0-0) at Greensburg Central Catholic (1-0) 7 p.m. Friday, Centurions Stadium, Carbon Last week: Bishop Canevin did not play; Greensburg Central Catholic 37, Mt. Pleasant 24 Last year’s meeting: Bishop Canevin 30, Greensburg Central Catholic 14 Two Class A playoff contenders meet in a...

Last week: 7-4 (63.6%) After one week of high school football action, the Birdie is surveying the lay of the land. Who’s for real? Who is a sleeper? Who is a dented can? “Lay of the land?” he said, smirking. “I can tell you somebody needs to cut the grass...

It’s our first look at which teams have the power in WPIAL football, at least through Week Zero. The inaugural edition of the weekly Trib 10 power rankings is top heavy with big schools. The top two schools are the top two teams in our latest Trib HSSN Class 6A...

The Burrell football team has won the last four games in the series with Deer Lakes, but three of the four went down to the wire. In last year’s nonconference matchup, then-junior Tristan Brothers intercepted a pass in overtime, which set up the winning score in the Bucs’ 27-21 victory....

It would not be the start of boys soccer season in the Mon Valley without the Paul Sasko Kickoff Classic at Belle Vernon. The annual Labor Day weekend event, which began under a different name in 2005, is named after Sasko, the former Leopards coach who died in 2016. This...

High schools Field hockey Wednesday’s schedule Nonsection Peters Township at Penn-Trafford, 7:30 p.m. Golf Boys Tuesday’s results Class 3A Section 1 Norwin 186, Armstrong 241 Medalist: Dom Cerilli (N) 34 Section 4 Kiski Area 200, Penn Hills 287 Medalists: Max Mottura (KA) 36, Gavin Tierney (PH) 53 Section 6 Thomas...

Last year’s Pack the Park girls volleyball event between Norwin and Kiski Area didn’t make it to the Ellen Toy Grass Court at Vandergrift’s Kennedy Park as rain chased officials, fans and both teams inside to Kiski Area High School. But no such change of plans was necessary Tuesday evening....

Zach Garma scored the game-winning goal with 11 minutes to go to lead Seneca Valley to a 1-0 victory over Fox Chapel (1-1, 0-1) in Section 1-4A boys soccer Tuesday. Tyler Holloway assisted on the winning goal for the Raiders (3-0, 1-0). Armstrong 4, North Catholic 2 – Jordan Callipare...

The Seneca Valley girls soccer program has had the Midas touch over the years. The Raiders have won five WPIAL girls soccer championships, including title runs 10 years ago in 2013 and five years ago in 2018. The season is only one game old for this year’s Seneca Valley squad,...

August football is in the books and September football kicks off for most teams, including all the scrimmaging teams that weren’t part of the Week Zero fun and frivolity. Well, at least it was fun for those who won. For six teams ranked in the inaugural 2023 Trib HSSN PIAA...

When she took the field for the first time in seven months, the feeling was indescribable for Ava Yurko. Butterflies. Chills. Pure goose flesh. The rising junior at Latrobe last played a soccer game in September, when she tore the ACL, LCL and meniscus in her right knee, ending her...

The 2nd annual Moe Rosensteel Memorial Kickoff Classic will be Saturday at Norwin Knights Stadium. The three-game girls soccer showcase has the same schedule as last year with Franklin Regional vs. Thomas Jefferson at 10 a.m., Hickory vs. Ringgold at 11:30, and Latrobe vs. Norwin at 1 p.m. Money raised...

As Vittoria Scaramucci pushed a tee into the ground, set her golf ball on it and took aim down the fairway, the intensity of the moment began to set in. This wasn’t any ordinary tee shot Aug. 18 at Cedarbrook Golf Course’s Red Course. It was the first one in...