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High school sports scores for Sept. 23, 2023
High schools Field hockey Saturday’s results Nonsection Latrobe 4, Hempfield 1 Mt. Lebanon 3, Upper St. Clair 1 Football Saturday’s results WPIAL Class A Big 7 Northgate 28, Summit Academy 20 Nonconference Shady Side Academy 57, South Allegheny 14 Saturday’s summaries Class A Big 7 Northgate 28, Summit Academy 20...
High school roundup for Sept. 23, 2023: Northgate edges Summit Academy
Sonteon Layne threw for 87 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 40 yards and another TD as Northgate earned a 28-20 win over Summit Academy (0-5, 0-2) in the Class A Big 7 Conference on Saturday afternoon. Darius Fields added 92 rushing yards and one touchdown for Northgate (3-2,...
Alle-Kiski Valley high school notebook: Allegheny 6 about to enter conference play
The Class 3A Allegheny 6 Conference, of which Freeport, Deer Lakes, Valley and Knoch are members, is one of two in the WPIAL to not have any of its teams play a conference game through five weeks. The other is the Class 3A Interstate Conference with Elizabeth Forward, Mt. Pleasant,...
Deacon Durham’s 2 punt return touchdowns help spark Shady Side Academy victory
On the Shady Side Academy football roster, senior Deacon Durham is listed as a wide receiver, cornerback and free safety. Perhaps the initials LR should be added to identify him as a lethal returner. Durham returned two punts for touchdowns as Shady Side Academy took care of business and defeated...
WPIAL football rankings: Week ending Sept. 24, 2023
WPIAL football rankings Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Central Catholic, 5-0, 2 2. North Allegheny, 4-1, 1 3. Canon-McMillan, 4-1, 3 4. Mt. Lebanon, 4-1, 4 5. Seneca Valley, 0-5, 5 Class 5A 1. Peters Township, 5-0, 1 2. Penn Hills, 4-1, 3 3. Pine-Richland, 3-2, 4 4....
Westmoreland high school football notebook: Penn-Trafford’s Whipple enjoys breakout
Tasso Whipple was a little hesitant to talk to the media after his record-breaking performance Friday night. The Penn-Trafford junior running back, the kid with the cool-sounding name, had just ran for 300 yards and scored four touchdowns but wasn’t quite up for an interview. Fair enough. Whipple let his...
7 athletes, state champion team, coach to join Jeannette’s Athletic Hall of Fame
Jeannette announced its 2023 Athletic Hall of Fame class that includes seven athletes, a team, a coach and legend and contributor honorees. The Hall of Fame, sponsored by the Jeannette Educational Foundation, will include an induction ceremony on a date to be announced in January. This year’s inductees are: Athletes...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Freeport’s Lillie Snow, Plum’s Wes Lorish
Lillie Snow Class: Senior School: Freeport Sport: Golf Report card: Snow shot a 92 and finished fifth at the Section 2-2A qualifier Tuesday at Fox Chapel Golf Club, beating the target score of 95 to qualify for the WPIAL championships for the third straight season. The senior golfer, who has...
Pine-Richland boys soccer ramps up defense, gets back in playoff chase
In the last couple weeks, the Pine-Richland boys soccer team put itself back into the conversation for a playoff spot with three consecutive shutouts. It was a much-needed stretch for the defending WPIAL Class 4A champion Rams after an 0-4 start to Section 1 play. The four teams ahead of...
Pine-Richland’s Ethan Pillar picks up where he left off for PIAA champions
Ethan Pillar is a lifelong Cleveland Browns fan, which he knows isn’t a normal occurrence for someone living in the Pittsburgh area. “I hope the people in Pittsburgh don’t hold that against me too much,” Pillar said with a laugh. If he continues to run the ball like he has...
Plum girls golf team shows improvement in inaugural season
In past fall seasons, female golfers at Plum would get their opportunity to compete, but they would have to share the course with their Mustangs male counterparts and challenge for positions in the starting lineup. That started to change last year when a group of Plum girls gathered to test...
Plum boys soccer passes tests in 1st round of section play
It wasn’t easy — Raf Kolankowski would be the first one to say it never is — but the Plum boys soccer team passed all of its tests in the first cycle of Section 4-3A play and sits at the top of the standings in its quest for another section...
Norwin notebook: Seniors make impact in girls soccer win
The Norwin girls soccer team made the most of senior night. The Lady Knights edged past visiting Baldwin, 2-1, for their second win of the season. They broke a four-game losing streak. Senior captains Evelyn Moore and Gabby Schoemer picked up points in the victory. Moore scored the go-ahead goal,...
Comeback win gives Norwin football a boost in confidence
Norwin football coach Mike Brown made a special moment out of his team’s first home win of the season, giving the game ball to his father and assistant coach, Bill Brown, for a birthday present on the Saturday after the victory. It was another reason to celebrate for the Knights,...
North Hills girls volleyball in midst of breakthrough season
A year after Matt White took over a struggling North Hills girls volleyball program, his imprint has already been made. The Indians, who haven’t won a WPIAL postseason match in decades, are off to a strong start in 2023 thanks to a foundation set last year. North Hills sat at...
North Hills senior adds cross country to 3-sport resume, gives team boost
Ella Demoise’s plate was already pretty full heading into her senior year of high school. But she was willing to make a little space, and the North Hills cross country program sure is happy about that. Demoise, who has starred for the Indians in the spring track and field seasons,...
North Allegheny notebook: Tigers golfer Jackson Walsh cards albatross
Jackson Walsh decided to go for the green on par 5 first hole at Rittswood Golf Course on Sept. 15. His tee shot left him with 250 yards to the hole, so he pulled out his 4-hybrid and struck it clean. The North Allegheny junior then achieved a rare double...
North Allegheny boys soccer team living up to standards set by 2nd-year coach
This is year two for Manuel Montero, and the North Allegheny boys soccer coach says there’s a much greater comfort level for the team this fall, and it shows. Some of the differences might go unnoticed, but he sees them. “A perfect example is warm-ups,” Montero said. “I don’t micromanage...
Size disadvantage not a problem for Franklin Regional nose guard Jude Gentile
When you think of a nose guards on a football team, former Steeler Casey “Big Snack” Hampton comes to mind. When Hampton played, he stood 6-foot-1, 325 pounds. At Franklin Regional, the Panthers’ starting nose guard is about half that size, sometimes being one of the smallest players on the...
Hampton’s Grace Stitt aces section singles tournament
As Hampton’s Grace Stitt wrapped up a straight-set victory in a 5-0 win over Burrell on Sept. 18, her classmate friend stood with a bouquet of flowers and a handmade sign that read “I’d be SET if you’d be my MATCH at homecoming.” The previous week, Stitt had a date...
Senior Luke Fiscus finding net for top-ranked Hampton boys
When Hampton senior Luke Fiscus began playing soccer, he was always one of the smallest kids on the field. He would get pushed around by other players, and doubts crept into his head. “I was a lot smaller, and I wasn’t nearly as good,” he said. “I wasn’t even sure...
Works pays off when Fox Chapel runner shatters personal best time
Fox Chapel junior cross country runner Ethan Vaughan wanted to get below 17 minutes this season. Last season, Vaughan plateaued with a best time of 17 minutes, 2 seconds. During the Kiski Invitational on Sept. 15 at Northmoreland Park, Vaughan showed what a summer of increased mileage and cross training...
Fox Chapel notebook: Golfers make cut at sectional tournaments
The Fox Chapel boys golf team has found plenty of success at the individual level and is still in the race for the section team title. During the section qualifier Sept. 19, Fox Chapel had four golfers punch their tickets to the WPIAL Class 3A individual championships. Davey Fuhrer led...
Bethel Park volleyball ‘young but competitive’ so far this season
Bethel Park was a veteran girls volleyball squad in 2022 with eight seniors and three juniors. The Black Hawks finished 10-6 overall and 6-4 in Section 2-4A as Peters Township and Canon-McMillan tied for first at 9-1. “This year’s team is young but competitive,” coach Brooke Muraco said. “We are...
Strong start fuels Bethel Park boys soccer toward postseason run
If the first month of the season was any indication, the Bethel Park boys soccer team was looking at a fantastic finish in 2023. As of Sept. 17, Bethel Park was undefeated at 6-0 and in first place in Section 3-3A, one game ahead of Thomas Jefferson (5-1) and Ringgold...
