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Plum played the 800th game in program history Friday night, and the Mustangs celebrated with a win at rival Kiski Area. The Mustangs mixed the pass and the run, scoring a pair of TDs each way in the 28-18 victory. Junior Nick Odom doesn’t mind running against Kiski Area. In...

The streak is over. There aren’t four more refreshing words for the Hempfield girls soccer team to hear. There couldn’t be. Not for a team that hadn’t won a game in almost four years. Not for a team that had not scored a goal in two years. The Spartans were...

The seniors on the Hampton boys soccer team have felt euphoria and agony over the years. As sophomores, they were part of a memorable run to the WPIAL and PIAA championships, while last season ended with a one-and-done playoff dud. They are working to make sure this season they land...

Anna Troutman welcomed the opportunity to serve as a captain on the Fox Chapel girls soccer team. With the mix of players the Foxes have returning for this season, having strong leadership will be an important component for the team to return from the playoffs. The Foxes have an influx...

The Riverview girls soccer team is after a playoff three-peat. After the frustration of not having enough players to field a team in 2020, the Raiders have enjoyed a resurgence in the program. That growth has produced back-to-back WPIAL playoff berths in Class A. Junior midfielder/forward Cailey Trosch, one of...

The Plum girls soccer team enjoyed a strong four-year run through last season that included 72 victories in 83 games, four consecutive section championships, three WPIAL title-game appearances and three trips to the PIAA playoffs. Last year’s Mustangs reached the WPIAL Class 3A semifinals and the PIAA quarterfinals and were...

Last season may be difficult to match for this year’s Bethel Park boys soccer team. The Black Hawks finished second with an 11-3 record in Section 3-3A, which was won by Thomas Jefferson at 13-1. Bethel Park handed the Jaguars their only section loss Sept. 22 by a 3-1 score....

Norwin girls soccer coach Diane Metzger does not like to get too specific with preseason details about her team. That is because the unexpected can show up, well, unexpectedly. Injuries derailed the Lady Knights the last two seasons, leaving a scar in 2022 when the team missed the WPIAL playoffs...

Connor Chang earned a spot with Team USA and competed in karate last week at the Junior Pan American Championships in Santiago, Chile. Chang, a North Allegheny student who competes for Pennsylvania Shotokan Karate Club, made the team for the first time and competed in Mexico City, coming up just...

In three of the past four years, the North Allegheny girls soccer program has been standing on top of the WPIAL’s Class 4A heap. Even after the graduation of a well-decorated senior class, the Tigers still have the firepower to defend their title. If they are going to be successful...

Lukas Petersen remembers the empty feeling in his body as he watched Montour celebrate a 2-1 upset of his Franklin Regional Panthers in the WPIAL Class 3A first round late last October. He doesn’t want to feel that again. He doesn’t want his players to experience it, either. But nothing...

The Hampton girls soccer team lost two all-WPIAL players to graduation and then lost another one to something nobody saw coming. Three-time all-WPIAL midfielder Madison Hurst will miss her senior season after suffering a torn ACL in November playing Cup soccer. With a recovery timeline of eight to nine months,...

High schools Field hockey Friday’s results Nonsection Peters Township 6, Upper St. Clair 1 Football Friday’s results Nonconference Apollo-Ridge 18, Leechburg 16 Armstrong 49, Valley 16 Avonworth 35 Grove City 14 Baldwin 56, Brashear 0 Beaver Falls 28, Blackhawk 7 Bentworth 42, Brownsville 6 Bethel Park 33, North Hills 10...

Julian Dugger threw for 140 yards and two touchdowns as Class 5A No. 2 Penn Hills got off to a strong start with a 33-20 victory over Class 6A No. 5 Seneca Valley (0-1) in a nonconference game Friday night. Amir Key added 108 rushing yards and a touchdown for...

There’s no question Ryan Lehmeier’s reputation as a motivator and sharp offensive mind enticed Central Catholic to hire him as a first-time head coach. One game into his Vikings tenure, that reputation remains solidly intact. Wide receiver Peter Gonzalez caught a touchdown on Central Catholic’s opening drive, the first of...

Top performers for Week Zero of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 429 - Quadir Stribling, Serra Catholic (32 of 48) 350 - Vann Kavals, OLSH (19 of 27) 304 - Payton Wehner, Central Catholic (17 of 19) 270 - Vitali Daniels, Bentworth 243 - Luke Goodworth, Mars (17...

The Montour Spartans defeated the Mars Fightin’ Planets in Week Zero action Friday night at the Mars Athletic Complex, 37-28. Montour led 10-7 at halftime but had an offensive explosion in the second half, scoring 27 points. The offense was spearheaded by Jake Wolfe, who completed 12 of 22 passes...

After a two-touchdown game, Mt. Lebanon sophomore Patrick Smith declared his team is ready to shock the state. While those lofty expectations are for later in the season, the Blue Devils did stun the district on opening night. Mt. Lebanon dominated the line of scrimmage and kept the high-powered Gateway...

After nearly being shut out in the first half, Greensburg Central Catholic broke through on a Samir Crosby 40-yard touchdown reception as the Centurions never looked back to clinch the first victory of the JT Thompson era, defeating Mt. Pleasant, 37-24, on Friday. After 20 years of coaching in college,...

What a difference 20 minutes can make. Handcuffed by turnovers, penalties and lack of execution, Southmoreland went to the locker room at halftime trailing by six points to visiting McGuffey. A different team emerged from the halftime break, scoring six touchdowns and riding the legs of Da’sjon Cragette to a...

Thomas Jefferson is hoping to extend its string of WPIAL playoff appearances in football to 29 this season. Judging by Friday’s opening night performance, the Jaguars could be well on their way. Running an offense using alternating quarterbacks, Thomas Jefferson, the No. 2-ranked WPIAL Class 4A team, jumped on Class...

Karter Schrock missed almost the entire 2022 season with a left knee injury. The Apollo-Ridge senior got back to game action Friday, and his return against rival Leechburg was triumphant. Schrock carried the ball 28 times for 134 yards and touchdown runs of 2 and 4 yards in the second...

Many people might think the Jeannette Jayhawks aren’t the same as years past. However, this year’s team started off on the right foot with a fourth-quarter comeback as they try to restore the program back to its former glory. The Jayhawks traveled to Burrell to defeat the Bucs, 16-13, in...

For the second straight season, Plum and Kiski locked up in the season opener. Last year at Plum, the score was tied at halftime before the Mustangs pulled away. This year at Kiski Area, the Mustangs held a one-point halftime lead before scoring on their first two second-half drives on...

Two special teams plays and a three-touchdown performance by junior Rogan Katchur helped make new Hempfield coach Nick Keefer smile. The young Spartans overcame a sluggish first quarter to defeat rival Greensburg Salem, 45-6, on Friday in the 58th meeting between the neighboring schools at Spartan Stadium. It was the...