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It started out as a normal Tuesday practice for the McKeesport football team as it was preparing for Friday’s WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinal game at Armstrong. Then things changed after McKeesport coach Matt Miller brought his team to midfield to talk. Miller turned away from his players as a man...

The WPIAL cleared Imani Christian transfer Damon Givner to play his sophomore basketball season with the Saints, but two others were ruled ineligible after separate hearings Tuesday in Green Tree. Kylan Holmes and Robert Sledge were both ruled ineligible in the sport for one year, said WPIAL executive director Scott...

High schools Field hockey PIAA playoffs Class 3A First round Tuesday’s schedule Souderton (19-4) at Downingtown West, 7 p.m.; Wilson (18-2-1) at Cardinal O’Hara (14-5), 3 p.m.; Honesdale (16-3) vs. Spring-Ford (13-10) at Wallenpaupack, 6 p.m.; Methacton (19-3) at Emmaus (23-0), 6:15 p.m.; Central Bucks West (18-2-1) at Lower Dauphin...

Wes Schwarzmiller had two goals and two assists and Trevor Dalessandro also scored twice as South Fayette (6-0) stayed undefeated with a 5-3 victory over Thomas Jefferson in PIHL Class 2A hockey Monday night. Liam Mahoney had a goal and an assist for TJ (2-3). Bishop McCort 9, Hempfield 4...

Last fall, WPIAL boys soccer teams made history when they captured three PIAA championships. Hampton won the Class 3A crown, Quaker Valley captured 2A gold and Winchester Thurston followed up its district championship with a Class A state title. Three PIAA pitch titles surpassed the six years that District 7...

Boys Class 3A First round Plum (19-2-1) vs. Cathedral Prep (16-1-1) 6 p.m. Tuesday, Hagerty Family Events Center, Erie Winner plays: Winner of Moon (20-0-1)/Palmyra (18-3-1) in PIAA quarterfinals Saturday (site, time TBD) District seeds: Plum 7-3, Cathedral Prep 10-1 Coaches: Raf Kolankowski, Plum, Sam Tojaga, Cathedral Prep Players to...

Class 3A First round Latrobe (12-4-2) at Moon (20-0) 7 p.m. Tuesday, Moon Stadium, Moon Winner plays: Winner of Warren (9-9)/Plum (17-2) Saturday in quarterfinals (time, site TBD) District seeds: Latrobe 7-4; Moon 7-1 Last year’s PIAA finish: Latrobe DNQ; Moon Class 4A champion Throw-ins: Latrobe will continue its historic...

The spotlight has not unnerved Fort Cherry freshman quarterback Matt Sieg all season. The 15-year old phenom has passed for over 1,300 yards and eclipsed 2,000 yards on the ground in his “rookie” season in leading the Rangers to a 7-3 regular season record and a tie for second place...

The WPIAL ruled Serra Catholic transfers Matt McNeal and David Jordan fully eligible after the sophomores attended an eligibility hearing Monday in Green Tree. Their transfers raised flags with the WPIAL mainly because both transferred from Woodland Hills. “The board wanted more information because you had two kids leaving one...

Latrobe’s volleyball team made the move from Class 4A to 3A before the beginning of the season. At their previous level, they hadn’t advanced past the WPIAL quarterfinal round. This season, they went 12-0 in section play and defeated Franklin Regional in the first round to reach the quarterfinals. Senior...

Loaded with talent, the Burrell girls volleyball team recently wrapped up a successful season. The Bucs ended the regular season with an 11-3 record and earned a playoff victory over Fort Cherry before falling to fifth-seeded Quaker Valley. The team has had big wins over playoff teams such as Deer...

Varsity hockey has returned to Deer Lakes High School this season. The Lancers won their first three games against the likes of Wilmington, 8-1, Central Valley, 8-1, and Carrick, 5-2. “I am extremely proud of the boys thus far, especially since this is our first varsity team in years to...

Last week: 2-3 Season: 98-18 (84.5%) It should come as no surprise The Birdie isn’t exactly a movie buff. Thanks to midweek MAC-tion, he does pretty much nothing but watch football every night in the fall and winter. In the spring and summer, he scours YouTube for old high school...

Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Nov. 6. Class 3A Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points North Allegheny, 5-1-0 = 10 Seneca Valley, 5-1-0 = 10 Central Catholic, 4-1-0 = 8 Baldwin, 3-2-1 = 7 Peters Township, 3-1-0 = 6 Cathedral...

In November, it is common for high school football fans and players to catch a bad case of playoff fever. Teams have been known to win on the adrenaline caused by playoff fever. No team, however, wants to be dealing with legitimate fever this time of year caused by a...

One round down, now we move on to the second stop on the district football postseason journey with final four and elite eight postseason games this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has all the action of Night 2 of the WPIAL football playoffs Friday with...

Freeport girls volleyball hasn’t lost to a Class 2A team this season. The Yellowjackets were No. 1 in the Western Pennsylvania Coaches Association rankings from beginning to end, they rolled through Section 5-2A undefeated and they won 12 of 13 sets in the WPIAL tournament to win the program’s second...

The PIAA announced opening-round pairings, times and sites for the state soccer playoffs, which are set to begin Tuesday. The matchups involving WPIAL teams are as follows: Boys First round Class 4A 3-4 Warwick (11-7-2) at 7-1 Pine-Richland (15-4-1), 5:30 p.m. 7-2 Seneca Valley (18-1-1) at 6-1 State College, 6...

For one local girls soccer team, the PIAA playoffs are old hat. For two others, the experience is new. Perennial state qualifier Greensburg Central Catholic (Class A) will join newcomers Mt. Pleasant (2A) and Latrobe (3A) in the PIAA playoffs beginning Tuesday with first-round games. All three teams will be...

Bailey Snowberger likes to work in silence. Take a random week night at Norwin High School. There is an event going on at Knights Stadium, and Snowberger is running hill sprints up to the middle school, hustling up and down the stadium bleachers and cooling off around the parking lot....

High schools Field hockey PIAA playoffs Class 3A First round Tuesday’s schedule Souderton (19-4) at Downingtown West, 7 p.m.; Wilson (18-2-1) at Cardinal O’Hara (14-5), 3 p.m.; Honesdale (16-3) vs. Spring-Ford (13-10) at Wallenpaupack, 6 p.m.; Methacton (19-3) at Emmaus (23-0), 6:15 p.m.; Central Bucks West (18-2-1) at Lower Dauphin...

Thirteen WPIAL girls volleyball teams have advanced to the PIAA tournament, which will get underway Tuesday with first-round matches all over the state. In Class 4A, WPIAL champion Pine-Richland (16-2) will host District 10 champ McDowell at 6 p.m., and runner-up North Allegheny (18-1) will head to District 6 champion...

The Gateway football team transitioned from a wild and hectic regular season to the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs Friday as it was slated to host Upper St. Clair in the first round at Antimarino Stadium. The Gators earned one of the two automatic postseason berths from the Big East Conference...

Sewickley Academy senior forward Michael DiSantis eclipsed the 50-goal mark in career scoring earlier this season and was pushing 60 career goals prior to the start of the playoffs. The third-seeded Panthers advanced to the WPIAL Class A quarterfinals with a 4-2 win over No. 14 Our Lady of the...

Sewickley Academy’s Lucas Mendonca knocked in the game-winning goal to lift the Panthers past Springdale in this year’s WPIAL Class A quarterfinals. Sewickley edged Springdale, 4-3, Oct. 29 as Mendonca scored with about 15 minutes remaining in the game. “It was an amazing feeling,” Mendonca said. “I have to credit...