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Signature win helps Penn Hills boys soccer wind season down on positive note
Ryan Hankey hopes the last few weeks of the Penn Hills boys soccer season can feature more milestones. Over the past few weeks, the Indians have started to play at a higher level. While it won’t be enough to lift Penn Hills into the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs, the Indians...
Pine-Richland girls cross country looks to return to states … and bring the boys team along this time
Every year, the Pine-Richland cross country teams ramp up to be in peak condition for the WPIAL championships. It’s a formula that’s worked well lately as the Rams girls team has been one of the best in the district, making trips to the state meet each of the last three...
Steelers, NFL roots run deep with North Allegheny football team
There usually is a Super Bowl champion or two somewhere in the crowd at North Allegheny football games and it’s been that way for about a decade. In fact, sometimes there are four or five NFL alums there for game days. That’s because coach Art Walker’s teams have enjoyed a...
Coin flip decides final 2 spots in City League football playoffs
Allderdice, Brashear and Perry finished tied in the City League standings, which was a problem since only two could qualify for the football playoffs. As a tiebreaker, the three head coaches flipped coins Friday night in the athletic director’s office at Cupples Stadium and Brashear was the team left out....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 14, 2023
Football Saturday’s results WPIAL Class A Big 7 Shenango 37, Summit Academy 8 Black Hills Bishop Canevin 62, Chartiers-Houston 0 Eastern Leechburg 29, Riverview 28 Saturday’s summary Bishop Canevin 62, Chartiers-Houston 0 Chartiers-Houston 0 0 0 0 —0 Bishop Canevin 14 27 14 7 —62 BC: Henry Barbisch 46 pass...
High school roundup for Oct. 14, 2023: Olszewski, Carter spark Bishop Canevin
Kole Olszewski was 9 for 11 for 107 yards and four touchdowns and Marquis Carter scored on runs of 90 and 35 yards to lead Bishop Canevin to a 62-0 victory over Chartiers-Houston (0-8, 0-5) in Class A Black Hills Conference football Saturday night. Olszewski connected on TD passes of...
5 things we learned in Week 7 of WPIAL high school football: Long playoff drought over
One of the WPIAL’s longest active playoff droughts is over, and another long streak also could end this year. Jefferson-Morgan was one of four WPIAL teams that had gone at least 10 seasons without reaching the postseason, but the Rockets clinched a playoff spot with a win Friday. Second-year coach...
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Latrobe’s Robin Reilly and Belle Vernon’s Rogan Maloney
Robin Reilly School: Latrobe Class: Junior Sport: Soccer Claim to fame: Reilly has been one of the top all-around players in the WPIAL, not only giving the talented Wildcats a go-to goal scorer but also someone who sets up the offense. A West Virginia commit, Reilly assisted on a goal...
Buzzatto runs for 400 yards, but Leechburg tops Riverview
It was a sight Sebastian Mason and the Leechburg defense had seen all afternoon. Carlo Buzzatto running right at them. The Riverview back had rolled up 418 yards on the ground, but this time Mason was determined to make a play. Mason stuffed Buzzatto on a potential winning 2-point conversion...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Springdale’s Briana Ross, Kiski Area’s Sammy Plazio
Briana Ross Class: Junior School: Springdale Sport: Soccer Report card: Ross scored five goals as Springdale beat Steel Valley, 8-0, in a Section 1-A game Monday and then added two goals and two assists in the Dynamos’ 8-0 victory over Jeannette on Wednesday. Springdale (11-2, 9-2) won five straight games...
WPIAL football rankings: Week ending Oct. 15, 2023
WPIAL football rankings Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Central Catholic, 7-1, 1 2. North Allegheny, 7-1, 2 3. Canon-McMillan, 5-3, 3 4. Mt. Lebanon, 4-4, 4 5. Seneca Valley, 3-5, 5 Class 5A 1. Peters Township, 8-0, 1 2. Penn Hills, 6-2, 2 3. Pine-Richland, 5-3, 3 4....
Westmoreland high school football notes: Showdown between Franklin Regional, Penn-Trafford looms
Second place and a playoff spot will be on the line in the Class 5A Big East Conference, and one game will settle it all. But fans will have to wait a week for Penn-Trafford (4-4, 3-1) to play at Franklin Regional (6-2, 3-1) in the key conference finale. The...
Kiski Area football adds Guardian Caps for extra level of safety during practice
Kiski Area football players, coaches and fans witnessed a Laurel Highlands football player being carted off the field to an area medical facility after a collision late in a Sept. 8 nonconference game with the Cavaliers at Richard Dilts Stadium. Player safety remained on the minds of several of those...
Riverview runners ready to contend for WPIAL medals, PIAA berth
PA Milesplit, a website which tracks and reports on cross country teams throughout the state, lists five teams as the primary contenders for the four PIAA qualifying spots from WPIAL boys Class A. Riverview is in that top grouping, and coach Palma Ostrowski said the team is looking strong as...
Plum runners prepare for WPIAL cross country championships
Gabriel Powell has the PIAA cross country championships on his mind as the days become fewer and fewer before the WPIAL’s top races of the year take center stage Oct. 26 at White Oak Park. The Plum senior finished 32nd at last year’s WPIAL Class 3A meet at Cal (Pa.),...
Norwin girls volleyball keeps up the fight
Norwin’s girls volleyball team was fighting for a playoff spot in Section 3-4A as the regular season winded toward a mid-October finish. The postseason outcome, should it not work in the Lady Knights’ favor, won’t have anything to do with fading effort. “The girls have been working hard every day...
Norwin notebook: Knights strive for better starts
While Norwin’s football team has been more resilient and competitive than is has been in a while, the Knights were trying to get off to better starts. Norwin rallied from 22 points down at halftime in a 37-29 loss at Franklin Regional in Week 6. The Knights scored 15 in...
North Allegheny notebook: Tigers girls soccer wins 3rd straight Section 1 title
North Allegheny’s girls soccer team locked up the Section 1-4A championship on Oct. 11 with an 8-0 victory over Allderdice at Newman Stadium. Abigail Stager, Jadyn Coy and Gracie Strzempek scored twice each and Emma Schupansky and Kieran Shannon added goals. Natalie Rak and Margaret Nestor combined for the shutout,...
Franklin Regional’s Nathan Kociela, Caroline Shirley shine at WCCA championships
There was nothing but smiles on the faces of Franklin Regional cross country runners Oct. 11 following their finishes at the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association cross country championships. Senior Nathan Kociela and freshman Caroline Shirley brought home medals from the annual event held at Westmoreland County Community College near Youngwood....
Franklin Regional girls golfers test their mettle in WPIAL postseason
Mark Twain is believed to have said, “Golf is a good walk spoiled.” For Franklin Regional golfers Ali Boyle and Gianna Johnson, a stroll around Diamond Run Golf Club for the WPIAL Class 3A Championship on a perfect, sun-splashed October afternoon was a tune-up for the team postseason. “Obviously we...
After sitting out, Eden Christian runner eager to compete for WPIAL cross country gold
The only running Nathan Garrett did at last year’s WPIAL cross country championships was to urge on his Eden Christian teammates. He will be much busier this year. Ineligible for last year’s postseason after transferring from Hampton, Garrett will enter the 2023 WPIAL Class A championships Oct. 26 as one...
Aquinas field hockey rebuilding on the run
Someone forgot to tell the Aquinas Academy field hockey team that this was supposed to be a rebuilding year. Despite many losses to graduation and a freshmen-heavy roster under new coach Erin Queen, the Crusaders are moving toward a third consecutive trip to the WPIAL Class A championship game. The...
Fox Chapel cross country claims section titles, building momentum for WPIAL meet
Fox Chapel cross country coach Thomas Moul knew what the top goal on the mind of the girls team was. After a few years without a title, the Foxes wanted to get back on top of the section. All five of the Foxes’ top runners placed at the top 10...
Moon holds off Bethel Park’s 2nd-half surge for Allegheny 6 victory
The Moon Tigers looked poised to make a statement Friday night in their Class 5A Allegheny 6 Conference matchup against Bethel Park. Despite holding a four-touchdown lead at halftime, the Tigers were forced to withstand a furious Black Hawks rally before holding on to win 42-34. “Bethel Park is dynamic...
WPIAL Class A football roundup: Fort Cherry stays unbeaten behind Matt Sieg’s 4 TD runs
Matt Sieg ran for 198 yards and four touchdowns to lead top-ranked Fort Cherry to a 42-13 victory over Cornell (6-2, 3-2) in the Class A Black Hills Conference on Friday night. Sieg also threw a TD pass to Evan Rogers for the Rangers (8-0, 5-0). Khylil Johnson scored both...
