High School category, Page 434
Successful season shaping up for Penn-Trafford girls golf team
Ed Herbst has been coaching the Penn-Trafford girls golf team since 2004. Under his direction, the Warriors have won 11 section titles and two WPIAL titles (2012 and 2013). The Warriors were PIAA runners-up in Class 3A in 2012 and 2013. Midway through the 2023 season, Herbst sees a squad...
New Penn-Trafford boys golf coach has same goals
New Penn-Trafford boys golf coach Jeff Newsom was once the girls coach when the program started in 1999. But for the past three years, Newsom was an as assistant coach for Andy Rizzardi and the boys team. So when Rizzardi decided to retire after the 2022 season, Newsom stepped in...
Receiver Martel Palmer brings big-play dimension to Penn Hills offense
Penn Hills junior Martel Palmer’s two timely touchdowns in Week Zero likely didn’t catch many of the spectators at Yuhas-McGinley off guard. At least one person standing on the sidelines certainly didn’t blink an eye at the development. Indians football coach Charles Morris, who is Palmer’s cousin, knows what is...
Longtime coach lends hand to players new to the sport on Penn Hills golf team
Paul Jack still feels a deep connection with Penn Hills. Growing up, Jack was constantly around the district in various ways with his mom, Elfrida, who taught physical education at Penn Hills for 25 years. “I grew up being dragged to Penn Hills football games,” Jack said. “My mom was...
Repeat bid begins for WPIAL champion Pine-Richland girls volleyball
Pine-Richland girls volleyball coach Angela Seman told the Rams they should be happy and proud of themselves for winning the WPIAL championship last year, but now they need to move forward. It’s a new year and a new team, and the defending champions are champing at the bit to prove...
Drive for 5 underway for Pine-Richland field hockey
The drive for five is on for Pine-Richland field hockey. After four consecutive WPIAL titles, the Rams return five seniors and a fairly experienced group of underclassmen as they look to continue their championship run. “They want to repeat, but I don’t think they feel a heavy burden to carry...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Freeport’s Camryn Woods, Deer Lakes’ Collin Rodgers
Camryn Woods Class: Freshman School: Freeport Sport: Soccer Report card: Woods made quite a debut for the Yellowjackets on Thursday, scoring twice to help Freeport (2-0, 1-0) earn a 3-1 Section 2-2A victory over Deer Lakes. She also scored twice Saturday in a 6-0 win over Steel Valley. The freshman...
A-K Valley high school football notebook: Highlands’ Randolph equals WPIAL record
Aaran Randolph tied a WPIAL record Friday. The Highlands senior dual-threat quarterback made his mark in the fourth quarter at Blackhawk to help secure the Golden Rams’ 33-20 victory and a 2-0 record. With his team leading 20-13 in the final quarter and the offense backed up to the shadow...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 2, 2023
High schools Football Saturday’s results Nonconference Riverview 42, Carlynton 0 Rochester 36, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 12 Shenango 21, Western Beaver 15 Saturday’s summaries Riverview 42, Carlynton 0 Carlynton 0 0 0 0 —0 Riverview 14 18 7 3 —42 R: Rocco Cecere 2 run (Drew Hunter kick)...
High school roundup for Sept. 2, 2023: Antonio Laure powers Rochester past OLSH
Antonio Laure ran for three touchdowns, including a 37-yarder in the first quarter, as Rochester took care of OLSH, 36-12, in a nonconference game Saturday night. Carter Mason had an 85-yard interception return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter to seal the win for the Rams (1-0), and Felipe...
5 things we learned in high school football Week 1: Longtime Bethel Park coach returns but on opposite sideline
Seeing Jeff Metheny at Bethel Park’s football stadium isn’t unusual, but seeing the longtime Black Hawks coach wearing Mt. Lebanon colors certainly is. Metheny won more than 200 games as a head coach himself and returned to WPIAL sidelines this fall as an assistant for new Mt. Lebanon coach Mike...
Trib HSSN WPIAL football rankings: Week ending Sept. 3, 2023
WPIAL football rankings Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny, 2-0, 1 2. Central Catholic, 2-0, 2 3. Mt. Lebanon, 2-0, 4 4. Canon-McMillan, 1-1, 3 5. Seneca Valley, 0-2, 5 Class 5A 1. Penn Hills, 2-0, 1 2. Pine-Richland, 1-1, 3 3. Peters Township, 2-0, 5 4....
Riverview keeps rolling in rout of Carlynton
Turning a program around is never easy, but those who pull it off usually lean on the fundamentals. Blocking, tackling and winning the line of scrimmage. On a picture-perfect Saturday afternoon, that is exactly what Riverview did on its way to a 42-0 win over Carlynton in a Class A...
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Penn-Trafford’s Ava Hershberger, Nick Turowski
Ava Hershberger Class: Senior School: Penn-Trafford Sport: Field hockey Claim to fame: Hershberger, a standout who will play collegiately at Ohio State, scored her 100th career goal when the Warriors defeated Norwin, 5-1. She had a hat trick in the victory. The midfielder has nine goals this season and 105...
Westmoreland high school football notes: Derry finally shakes long losing streak
Derry did something Friday night it had not done since the disruptive, covid-plagued season of 2020: It won a football game. The Trojans finally knocked down a losing streak that had bedeviled them for nearly three years, defeating Greensburg Salem, 26-21, to end a 20-game skid. The longest active losing...
Riverview boys soccer to count on young roster
For the second time in three years, the Riverview boys soccer team is youthful with no seniors on the roster. But coach Mickey Namey said that the mix of experience and talent new to the varsity program is making strides in the early part of the season. “I am really...
Plum boys soccer team learns from early setback
The Plum boys soccer team had a most interesting, and exhausting, opening to its season Aug. 26. Kiski Area pulled out of the Mustangs’ kickoff tournament which also featured West Allegheny and Upper St. Clair. It created a void that the coaches of Plum, West A and USC worked to...
Norwin volleyball looks to take ‘baby’ steps forward coming off playoff season
“Don’t drop the baby” has become one of Norwin’s favorite games to play at volleyball practice. The Lady Knights hope the multi-tasking game makes them sharper this season. Basically, two extra volleyballs are put in play, with teams playing normally with a regular ball, while passing to each other two...
Norwin notebook: Knights show potential in football opener
Norwin showed some fight in its first football game of the season. The Knights fell behind early and rallied to tie it at halftime, but ultimately fell to host Upper St. Clair, 24-21. Sophomore quarterback Tristyn Tavares completed 12 of 27 passes for 213 yards and three touchdowns, two of...
Franklin Regional notebook: Panthers pay tribute to late teammate at opener
Franklin Regional will never forget Joe Purdue. The Panthers are wearing helmet decals with the initials “J.P.” this season to remember their late and beloved teammate. A somber moment of silence was held in the Week Zero opener at Panthers Stadium for Purdue, who died in March from pediatric brain...
Young Franklin Regional boys golf team shows depth with key victories
How deep is the Franklin Regional boys golf team’s lineup? Good enough for coach Jeff Traphagen to take his second team to a tri-match Aug. 30, and earn wins over Gateway, 200-227, and Woodland Hills, 200-310. With the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association tournament set for the following day, and coming...
Hopes are sky high for Hampton girls volleyball
The Hampton girls volleyball team looks so promising this season that winning a section title would hardly qualify as a goal. It’s more of a given. Led by returning two-time all-state senior outside hitter Emmy Schrom and a deep, talented supporting cast, the Talbots will be defined by what happens...
Hampton girls tennis ready to fight for playoff berth
During the second day of Hampton girls tennis tryouts in mid-August, four upperclassmen playing doubles argued over whether a serve was in or out. Coach Grant McKinney stepped in to settle the dispute — “That was clearly in, ladies” — and the fiery Talbots resumed their practice at Hampton Community...
Fox Chapel cross country standout working back into form
Rowan Gwin never discovered what the cause of his hip flexor injury was last spring. Trying to navigate through great pain, Gwin competed in the WPIAL Class 3A track and field championship at Slippery Rock University. That didn’t go great. Entering this cross country season, Gwin, who finished seventh at...
Fox Chapel notebook: Soccer teams tested early
Section play is grueling for all WPIAL soccer programs. The way the calendar falls necessitates playing tough games early in the schedule. Both the Fox Chapel boys and girls programs were tested by perennially WPIAL and PIAA Class 4A challengers Seneca Valley in the first week of the season. For...
