High School category, Page 519

Being a sideline dad didn’t become a reality for Brad Phillips. The 34-year-old North Hills graduate originally wanted his son, Braden, to play for the Penn Hills teams in the Western Pennsylvania Youth Athletic Association. He didn’t want to be anything more than a spectator. Once Brad was convinced to...

The Penn Hills boys soccer team had the worst kind of luck during the 2022 season. For the most part, the Indians didn’t have any luck at all. Penn Hills, which entered the season seeking a second straight WPIAL Class 3A playoff berth, wasn’t able to replicate its success from...

Pine-Richland grad Meghan Klingenberg added another accomplishment to her resume recently by becoming a two-time National Women’s Soccer League Champion. Klingenberg started at left back for the Portland Thorns, who defeated Kansas City, 2-0, in the NWSL championship, Oct. 29. The match was broadcast live on CBS and set a...

The Riverview football team took a step forward in 2022 as it captured four victories in a season for the first time since 2015. Third-year coach Trevor George said the 4-6 overall record was the work of a total team effort to get better in practice each week and on...

Penn-Trafford’s girls volleyball season came to an end Nov. 1 in the WPIAL Class 4A semifinals when the Warriors dropped a 3-0 decision to No. 1 North Allegheny. The Warriors put up a good fight and had their highlights during the second and third games. North Allegheny (18-0) has not...

On a cold February night, the high school cafeteria at Norwin buzzed with voices of youngsters who represented the future of varsity football at the school. Dozens of bright-eyed players who one day will carry the football, block and tackle and sacrifice for one another as members of the Knights,...

Norwin had two teams playing for titles at the Western Pennsylvania Youth Football League championships Oct. 30 at Norwin Knights Stadium. Norwin defeated Trinity, 19-13, in the Division 3 (K-second grade) game to finish with a 10-0 record. Santino Gorski ran for a touchdown and finished with more than 2,000...

High schools Cross country Boys PIAA championships Class 3A Individual: 1. Brian DiCola, Brian DiCola, 15:24.2; 2. Drew Griffith, Butler, 15:35.2; 3. Jack Bertram, North Allegheny, 16:09.7; 4. Brett Kroboth, Peters Township, 16:13.5; 5. Patrick Lawson, Haverford Township, 16:17.8; 6. Aidan Hodge, Hempfield (District 3), 16:19.9; 7. Drew Brill, La...

The WPIAL chose Canon-McMillan and Gateway to host Class 5A semifinals Friday night. Allegheny Six rivals Bethel Park and Upper St. Clair will rematch at Canon-McMillan. Northeast opponents Pine-Richland and Woodland Hills will play at Gateway. The WPIAL on Saturday released sites for the next round of playoff games. Many...

Wake up, Pine-Richland. It’s as real as it gets. You’re a WPIAL champion. “You know, I’ve been having this dream for about four months, where I can vividly see us winning the WPIAL finals and listening to ‘We Are The Champions,’” Pine-Richland girls volleyball coach Angela Seman said. It’s not...

North Catholic won its fourth WPIAL volleyball title in the last five seasons, and Trojans coach Amanda Fetter has the right receipe for success. After North Catholic won the first two sets, Fetter and several players were dancing in front of the bench to Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September.” South...

The drive home from Burgettstown to Lawrence County takes about an hour, but the Union football team had a slight detour Friday night. “Our bus driver took a wrong turn, so it added some time,” coach Kim Niedbala said with a laugh, “but it’s all good.” Winning sure helps everyone’s...

In preparation for the WPIAL Class 4A boys soccer final, Pine-Richland coach Jordan Weigand kept telling his players, “Somebody has to beat them,” referring to two-time defending champion Seneca Valley. In the process, he was instilling belief in his group that they could be the ones to do it. And...

Ava Hershberger School: Penn-Trafford Sport: Field hockey Class: Junior Claim to fame: Hershberger helped lead the Warriors to their seventh straight WPIAL Class 2A championship. The Lady Warriors claimed the title with a 4-1 win over Latrobe. Hershberger, an Ohio State commit, scored her 40th goal in the victory, breaking...

WPIAL players were all over the podium at the PIAA Class 2A girls singles tennis championships Saturday in Hershey – everywhere but the top spot. Wyoming Seminary’s Ilana Rosenthal was the champion, with Sewickley Academy’s Ashley Close taking second, South Park’s Nicole Kempton third and Knoch’s Emily Greb fourth. Rosenthal...

Jacob Orseno Class: Freshman School: Deer Lakes Sport: Soccer Report card: Jacob Orseno was swarmed by teammates at the corner of the Highmark Stadium turf after he scored the winning goal in overtime Thursday to beat No. 6 Beaver, 1-0, in the WPIAL Class 2A soccer championship game. The freshman...

Brownsville senior Jolena Quarzo can scratch winning a PIAA cross country title off her bucket list. Quarzo, a three-time WPIAL Class 2A champion, turned in an impressive run Saturday in earning her first state title at Hershey. Quarzo has won multiple PIAA in track and field. Her time was 18...

Moon coach Earl Pannebaker added context to the history his team made Saturday. The Tigers defeating section rival Ambridge, 3-0, in the WPIAL Class 3A championship game at Highmark Stadium ended several streaks. For people scanning the history books, Moon’s victory snapped a 19-year title drought by giving the Tigers...

As he walked off the practice field one day last week, Latrobe football coach Ron Prady was asked if he thought his team had a chance against higher-seeded Highlands in the first round of the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs. “I do,” he said with a sly smile. “Our kids have...

Freeport brought home its seventh WPIAL girls volleyball title Saturday. But it wasn’t easy. The Yellowjackets lost the first set and won the second, setting up a grueling third set where the score was tied nine times and there were six lead changes before Freeport prevailed. In the fourth set,...

When it came to winning a second consecutive WPIAL championship, Moon coach Bill Pfeiffer knew dropping down a classification wouldn’t make anything automatic for the Tigers. But Moon hasn’t made things look too difficult. The Tigers haven’t allowed a goal since a September win over Butler and won their second...

After dropping the first set of the WPIAL Class 2A girls volleyball championship to Shenango on Saturday, top-seeded Freeport dug deep into a bag full of experience on the big stage. The Yellowjackets relied on that and getting back to its gameplan en route to a 3-1 win and the...

For Mt. Pleasant girls soccer, the thrill of the hunt was invigorating. And while the team’s first trip to the WPIAL championship was met with disappointment, it could be the start of something special for a budding program. “There was no intimidation on this field,” Vikings coach Rich Garland said....

The Hartman family is going to need a bigger trophy room, as the Frazier volleyball team climbed the mountain and now sits on top of the WPIAL in Class A. The Commodores entered Saturday’s championship with an unblemished record as the No. 2 seed and they left unbeaten after sweeping...

North Allegheny swept the big-school WPIAL cross country team titles this fall for the fifth year in a row, adding two more banners to a long list of league championships. But coach John Neff points to another list that’s also remarkably long — the number of runners who’ve worn a...