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Fox Chapel Herald notebook: Fox Chapel golfers claim WPIAL silver
The Fox Chapel girls golf team fell one shot short of its first WPIAL Class 3A team title since 2021. The Foxes shot a 345 on Oct. 9 at Cedarbrook Golf Course, finishing one shot behind Peters Township. Clara Koteski led Fox Chapel by shooting an 11-over par 82. Ava...
2nd-half surge leads Montour to pivotal Parkway victory over Aliquippa
Inconsistency is a trait Montour doesn’t usually like, but this time the Spartans were glad their second half looked different than their first. Sophomore quarterback Brandon Bennett tossed two touchdowns and rushed for another as Montour scored all 34 of its points after halftime to defeat host Aliquippa, 34-20, Friday...
High school football roundup for Oct. 17, 2025: David Dennison’s 5 TDs lift Bethel Park past South Fayette
David Dennison ran for 244 yards and four touchdowns and caught a TD pass to lead Bethel Park to a 33-16 victory over South Fayette in a WPIAL Class 5A Allegheny Six Conference game Friday night. Bethel Park (6-3, 2-2) trailed 9-0 in the second quarter before rallying for the...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 17, 2025
High schools Football Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Central Catholic 48, Seneca Valley 6 Mt. Lebanon 28, Hempfield 6 Norwin 24, Canon-McMillan 21 Class 5A Allegheny Six Bethel Park 33, South Fayette 16 Moon 20, Upper St. Clair 13 Peters Township 61, Baldwin 0 Big East Gateway 27, Latrobe 24...
Trib HSSN’s 2025 Week 8 top performers for passing, rushing, receiving
Top performers for Week 8 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 287 - Cedric Davis Jr., Brentwood (14 of 20) 261 - Mayson Mitchell, Gateway (21 of 29) 258 - Gabe Jenkins, Imani Christian (13 of 19) 239 - Dominic Detruf, Hempfield (27 of 48) 223 - Aaron...
Luca Neal’s big night helps Avonworth rout North Catholic, clinch conference title
Luca Neal’s 388 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns powered Avonworth past North Catholic, 42-10, at J.C. Stone Field, giving the Antelopes their fourth consecutive Western Hills title. The Antelopes piled up 620 total yards. Neal ran for 223 yards and three touchdowns on 10 carries and hauled in seven passes...
Moon beats Upper St. Clair in double overtime, moves into 2nd place in Allegheny Six
In a battle of cats to take hold of second place in WPIAL Class 5A’s Allegheny Six Conference, it came down to two overtimes and a Myles Turner interception that punctuated Moon’s 20-13 victory over Upper St. Clair on Friday night. “We went out and played our game,” Moon coach...
Led by Tyler Eber, Thomas Jefferson grounds and pounds Chartiers Valley to secure playoff spot
Tyler Eber on the carry for the Jaguars. What’s become a signature phrase for any public address announcer over the years when the Thomas Jefferson Jaguars play a football game with “insert bellcow running back here” was apparent again as the Jaguars ran their way to a playoff berth in...
Belle Vernon shrugs off early deficit, rolls past rival Ringgold
The Mon River rivalry matchup between Ringgold and Belle Vernon started off with a bang for the visiting Rams on Friday on The Beach at James Weir Stadium. The Rams opened the game by recovering an onside kick and immediately turned it into a touchdown. Ringgold receiver Demetri Lowe made...
Penn-Trafford cruises past Armstrong to seize playoff spot
As he watched his football team stumble, fumble and bumble its way through most of the first quarter Friday night, Penn-Trafford coach John Ruane perhaps was figuring on a tougher test from visiting Armstrong. Turns out Ruane’s fretting was a bit premature. “We thought we had a slow start tonight,...
Elizabeth Forward blanks previously unbeaten Southmoreland in 1st-place showdown
Elizabeth Forward set the tone early in Friday’s WPIAL Class 3A Interstate Conference first-place showdown against Southmoreland. The Warriors won the toss, and coach John DeMarco decided to put their offense on the field. The decision proved to be a good one. The Warriors put the ball in senior quarterback...
Mt. Lebanon keeps playoff hopes alive, eliminates Hempfield from race
In a Class 6A matchup with postseason implications, Mt. Lebanon posted a 28-6 victory over Hempfield on Friday. The Spartans (4-5, 1-5) are officially eliminated from the playoff race with the loss. “It was senior night, and we’ve hit some bumps in the road this season,” Mt. Lebanon coach Greg...
Timmy Andrasy runs for 335 yards as Leechburg guts out win over Brentwood
The paint didn’t have to dry perfectly on the easel for Leechburg football coach Randy Walters. While the brush went sideways plenty of times for the Blue Devils on Friday at Veterans Memorial Field, Leechburg made the plays when it had to in order to beat Brentwood, 48-41, in an...
Apollo-Ridge rushes for 4 scores, including game-clincher late, to defeat South Park
Preston Clemens could have had two touchdowns had it not been for a goal-line fumble that his team recovered. With that in the back of his mind, he wasn’t going to let a surging South Park team complete a comeback. After the Eagles cut the lead to 11 with under...
Derry executes on both sides of ball for win over Mt. Pleasant
Ask Derry coaches and players what their team’s identity is, and you’ll get different answers. Some say it’s hands in the dirt, ground-and-pound football. Others think the passing game might be underrated and consider the entire unit to be well-balanced. Or maybe it’s just the physical brand of football and...
Trio of late interceptions helps Plum pull away from Kiski Area, bolster playoff hopes
Plum trailed Kiski Area by two points late in the third quarter of Friday’s nonconference rivalry clash at Mustangs Stadium. But the Mustangs rallied, with both sides of the ball contributing. The Plum defense intercepted three passes from Cavaliers sophomore quarterback Landyn Artman. The Mustangs offense converted all three of...
Tristyn Tavares leads Norwin on winning drive to top Canon-McMillan, close in on playoff spot
In a game with serious playoff implications, with the score tied in the fourth quarter, Norwin got the ball with 3 minutes, 11 seconds left and looked to its senior quarterback and playmaker Tristyn Tavares to lead the charge. Tavares led the Knights on a 12-play, 54-yard drive that was...
Freeport secures playoff spot by beating East Allegheny
Punching a ticket to the WPIAL playoffs is never easy. For the Freeport Yellowjackets, they needed a win Friday at home against East Allegheny to position themselves for a spot. In front of a healthy senior night home crowd at Freeport Area Athletic Stadium, the Yellowjackets allowed an early TD...
Westmoreland County soccer playoff preview capsules for Oct. 18, 2025
WPIAL soccer playoffs Boys Class 3A First round 14-Montour (9-8) at 3-Franklin Regional (15-3) 1 p.m. Saturday, Panther Stadium, Murrysville Winner plays: Winner of 11-Trinity (10-5-1)/6-Chartiers Valley (10-4-1) on Wednesday in quarterfinals Players to watch: Brayden Borris, Montour; Mike Hillebrand, Franklin Regional Throw-ins: Montour took fourth in a tough Section...
A-K Valley soccer playoff preview capsules for Oct. 18, 2025
Boys Class 3A First round 15-Knoch (5-12-1) at 2-Bethel Park (12-1-3) 1 p.m. Saturday, Bethel Park High School Stadium, Bethel Park Winner plays: Winner of 7-Mars (11-5-2)/10-Penn-Trafford (10-7) in quarterfinals Wednesday (time/site TBD) Players to watch: Austin Friedline, Knoch; Xavier Jackson, Bethel Park Throw-ins: Knoch tied for fourth in Section...
North Allegheny, Oakland Catholic, Hopewell, Frazier earn top seeds for WPIAL girls volleyball playoffs
The WPIAL girls volleyball teams have concluded section and nonsection matches, and invitational tournaments are in the past. The WPIAL postseason is here, and the playoff pairings committee on Friday released the brackets for all four classifications. North Allegheny (Class 4A), Oakland Catholic (Class 3A), Hopewell (Class 2A) and Frazier...
WPIAL girls volleyball playoff field finalized with 68 teams
The 2025 WPIAL girls volleyball regular season is over, and 68 district teams have clinched postseason berths. The top four teams in each section with seven or more teams and the top three teams in sections with six or less teams qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for...
College coaches make Friday night visits to WPIAL football stadiums — 5 things to watch in Week 8
Jon LeDonne can still recall the day a big-name college football coach visited his high school. “I remember in my playing days, Paterno coming to Aliquippa for Josh Lay,” said LeDonne, now Pine-Richland’s coach. “You look down the hallway and say, ‘That’s Joe Paterno. That’s awesome.’” Now is around the...
‘Playoffs started this week’ for Aliquippa, Montour with pivotal Parkway clash
The WPIAL calendar says the football playoffs don’t start until Halloween, but Aliquippa, Montour and the teams they’re tied with atop the Parkway Conference might disagree. “Our playoffs started this week,” Aliquippa coach Mike Warfield said. “That’s how we’re looking at it. We knew at the beginning of the season...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 16, 2025
High schools Cross country Thursday’s results TSTCA Championships At White Oak Park Boys Class 3A: 1. Brendan Eicher, Butler, 15:31.51; 2. Andrew Peigh, North Allegheny, 15:38.60; 3. Nolan Sarkett, Upper St. Clair, 15:40.26; 4. Wyatt Case, North Allegheny, 15:42.28; 5. Griffin Martin, South Fayette, 15:55.35; 6. Evan Yurasko, Mt. Lebanon,...
