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Young Maddie Uschock brings plenty of experience to Franklin Regional
When she was pitching for Hempfield, Maddie Uschock had one of the best freeze-frame changeups in WPIAL softball. The former championship ace is changing up her role at Franklin Regional where she recently received a significant promotion. Uschock was named head softball coach of the Panthers after serving as an...
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Norwin announces 2025 Athletic Hall of Fame class
A benchmark football team is part of the 2025 Norwin Athletic Hall of Fame class, which will be inducted Oct. 2 during a banquet at The Venue at Live! Casino in Greensburg. The 1999 football Knights, coached by Tim McCabe, who also joins the ’25 hall class as an individual,...
WPIAL soccer rankings: Week ending Sept. 14, 2025
WPIAL soccer rankings Through Sunday’s games Girls Class 4A Team, record, previous 1. Peters Township (5-0-2) 1 2. Seneca Valley (4-1-2) 2 3. North Allegheny (6-1-2) 3 4. Pine-Richland (6-1-1) 4 5. Norwin (4-2) NR OUT: Canon-McMillan (2-3-1) 5 Class 3A 1. South Fayette (5-1-1) 1 2. Fox Chapel (6-1)...
Ben DiNucci, Class of 2025 enter Pine-Richland hall of fame
It all began Thursday, June 12, when the Pine-Richland Athletic Hall of Fame selection committee convened to review numerous submitted nominations for its 2025 class. After careful consideration and adherence to the committee’s bylaws that state five individual athletes and one team must be chosen, the committee had their selections....
Pine-Richland girls golfers have short memories, plenty of talent
The Pine-Richland girls golf team is coming off a brilliant 2024 campaign that included a 12-1 overall record and 11-1 mark in Section 1-3A. The squad finished fifth in the WPIAL team championships. That led coach Jared Slimm to borrow a quote from Philadelphia Eagles coach Nick Sirianni when speaking...
Pine-Richland boys golfers dismiss doubts, earn shot at successful postseason
As the summer air gives way to a brisker, autumn feel, the regular season begins to wrap up in high school golf and the postseason picture begins to come into focus. The Pine-Richland boys golf team has been playing well all season and has held on firmly to the second...
Gateway sports notebook: Piper Munyon among top finishers at Red, White & Blue Invitational
Piper Munyon made her Red, White & Blue Invitational debut Sept. 6 at White Oak Park and found herself among some of the top runners in Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia at the finish line. The Gateway sophomore also saw an improvement in her time from last year’s WPIAL championship...
Shaler girls volleyball making adjustments with eye on finishing season strong
Sophie Spynda faced the prospect of seeing a lot of new faces and personalities. After more than a month at Shaler, the 6-foot-2 junior middle blocker is getting used to life in a new school district. Spynda attended Allderdice last year. “It’s been kind of hard, coming in and not...
Momentum building for Shaler girls soccer
The Shaler girls soccer team kicked down the door to the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs last season after a 37-year absence. The Titans spent the early part of their follow-up campaign working toward besting their cameo appearance. Shaler has shown plenty of fight during its 4-1-1 start, including a 1-1...
Sewickley Herald notebook: Defense leads Quaker Valley girls volleyball
Quaker Valley recorded its first sweep of the girls volleyball season Sept. 9 against a section opponent, New Brighton. QV defeated the visitors by scores of 25-15, 25-21, 25-20 to improve to 2-1 in Section 1-2A and 2-4 overall. “I think this team’s strength has to be defense,” QV coach...
Sewickley Academy girls golf ready to contend in season’s 2nd half
Sewickley Academy’s girls golf team wrapped up the season’s first half at 6-2, capped by a one-shot win Sept. 3 against Beaver. Sewickley edged the Bobcats, 218-219, at Seven Oaks Country Club in a match that took one extra hole. “The whole team has worked really hard,” Sewickley coach Kelly...
Sewickley Academy boys soccer uses home-field advantage to get off to quick start
Sewickley Academy’s boys soccer team finally hit the road in mid-September. The Panthers played their first four games on their home turf, compiling a 3-1 record and a 1-0 mark in Section 1-A. Sewickley was scheduled to visit Freedom on Sept. 9 and South Side on Sept. 11 in section...
MAC title highlights promising girls tennis season for Quaker Valley
Winning the Midwestern Athletic Conference girls tennis championship could usher in bigger things for Quaker Valley in 2025. Led by sophomore Avery Allan, QV repeated as the winner in the team competition at this year’s MAC tournament at Beaver. Teams from both Class 2A and 3A were in the field,...
Globe-trotting Quaker Valley tennis player learns Arabic in Morocco
Hannah Stein, at age 16, already is a world traveler. Make that a globe-trotting linguistic. Stein, a junior and returning starter on the Quaker Valley girls tennis team, spent almost seven weeks on the other side of the earth this summer. The QV jetsetter traveled to Morocco through a program...
Quaker Valley takes pride in girls soccer rivalry win over Sewickley Academy
Quaker Valley scored twice in each half en route to a 4-0 victory in its annual girls soccer rivalry game. The Quakers blanked visiting Sewickley Academy in a nonsection contest Sept. 4 at Chuck Knox Stadium. QV has captured the last three games in the rivalry, winning by 2-1 and...
Eden Christian Academy girls volleyball looks to defend section title
Eden Christian Academy’s girls volleyball team opened the season with 3-1 wins over West Allegheny and South Park. Since then, the Warriors went 2-2 in their next four decisions with 3-0 victories against Western Beaver and Brentwood. Eden is the defending champion in Section 5-A as the Warriors were undefeated...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Senior golfer finishes in top 10 at WCCA tournament
Penn-Trafford senior Jake Lenart shot a 4-over 76 and finished ninth at the annual Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association golf tournament. Lenart was the low scorer for the Warriors at the Latrobe Elks Golf Course on Sept. 11. Junior Rylie Kiste shot an 80 and tied for 15th. Senior Austin Dzurko...
Penn-Trafford field hockey hoping to finish strong
It has not been the start Penn-Trafford field hockey coach Cindy Dutt wanted, but the veteran coach of more than 20 years is confident her team will improve. The Warriors are 2-3-1 and have been dealing with all sorts of injuries — center-mid Sarah Ley is dealing with an upper...
High school sports scores for Sept. 13, 2025
High schools Field hockey Saturday’s results Nonsection Pine-Richland 3, Peters Township 0 Football Saturday’s results WPIAL Class A Big 7 Neshannock at Rochester, ppd. South Side 42, Summit Academy 6 Nonconference Bishop Canevin 46, Laurel 28 Soccer Boys Saturday’s results Class 2A Section 2 Avonworth at Ellwood City, ppd. Beaver...
High school roundup for Sept. 13, 2025: South Side tops Summit Academy in Big 7
Amare Moman rushed for 137 yards and two touchdowns as South Side earned a 42-6 victory over Summit Academy (0-4, 0-1) in a Big 7 Conference football game Saturday. Will Morgan added 90 rushing yards for South Side (3-1, 1-0), which outgained Summit Academy, 385 yards to 103 yards. Syamir...
5 things we learned in H.S. football Week 3: Plenty to chew on after Hopewell-Beaver clash
When Matt Mottes went out for breakfast Saturday morning, the Hopewell coach sat and listened to a recap of one of the wildest games of the year. Hopewell and Beaver combined for more than 1,300 yards and 101 points Friday in a high-scoring affair that stuffed the stat sheet. Each...
WPIAL football rankings: Week ending Sept. 14, 2025
WPIAL football rankings Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Central Catholic, 3-1, 1 2. North Allegheny, 4-0, 2 3. Norwin, 3-1, 4 4. Hempfield, 3-1, 3 5. Canon-McMillan 2-2, NR Out: Seneca Valley (1-3, 5) Class 5A 1. Pine-Richland, 3-1, 1 2. Peters Township, 4-0, 2 3. Upper St....
A-K Valley football notebook: Highlands, Apollo-Ridge bounce back with dominant victory
With a home matchup against Imani Christian looming this week, Highlands was hoping to build some positive momentum and get back on track in Friday’s Allegheny 7 Conference opener at East Allegheny after consecutive losses to Elizabeth Forward and New Castle. The Golden Rams responded in a big way with...
Westmoreland H.S. football notebook: Norwin gears up for clash with North Allegheny
The stage is set for Norwin’s biggest home football game in years. The fourth-ranked Knights (3-1) dominated No. 5 Seneca Valley on the road Friday night, 56-13, to win their Class 6A conference opener and give themselves a massive boost of confidence going into next week’s showdown with No. 2...
Westmoreland high school athletes of the week: Penn-Trafford’s Ellie Lebe and Latrobe’s Charlie Heese
Ellie Lebe School: Penn-Trafford Class: Freshman Sport: Soccer Claim to fame: Lebe has burst onto the local girls soccer scene while helping Penn-Trafford move into a first-place tie with Norwin in Section 1-4A. The talented forward had back-to-back hat tricks as Penn-Trafford breezed to wins over Hempfield (11-0) and Woodland...
