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North Allegheny’s girls soccer team advanced to the WPIAL championship game for the third time in four seasons, and four Tigers who helped lead the way were honored for their performance. Senior midfielders Anna Bundy and Sophia Palermo, junior forward Abigail Stager and senior forward Lucia Wells were all named...

Hidden beneath the emotional hugs following Hampton’s first-round playoff loss was a sense of pride and accomplishment. The Talbots finished 14-4 and reached the girls soccer playoffs for the seventh consecutive season, losing to No. 11 seed Montour, 2-1, on a late goal in the WPIAL Class 3A opener Oct....

The Aquinas Academy field hockey team last year became the school’s first team to reach the WPIAL finals in any sport. The Crusaders lost to Shady Side Academy, 1-0, in that unprecedented Class A final, but this season they gained a measure of revenge. Actually, it was revenge times three....

Chelsea Hartman has been through a lot in her first three cross country seasons with health concerns prior to her freshman year and stress fractures in her feet last year. But the Shady Side Academy junior battled through all that was thrown her way, and she stood tall as a...

It wasn’t quite the finish Fox Chapel was hoping for, but cross country coach Tom Moul had plenty of positive takeaways from the recent WPIAL finals. The Foxes finished sixth as a team in the championship meet at Cal (Pa.). “I was a little disappointed,” Moul said. “I thought maybe...

Playoff games between No. 8 and 9 seeds are — on paper, at least — expected to be close. Friday night’s first-round WPIAL Class 4A matchup between Montour and Hampton couldn’t have been much closer. No. 8 Montour won on the game’s final play: a 23-yard Hail Mary pass from...

Kaden Wetzel’s 22-yard field goal in the fourth quarter prevented No. 1 Bethel Park from being upset by No. 8 North Hills (3-8) in the WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinals, 19-17, on Friday night. North Hills went into the fourth quarter with a one-point lead following Damon McKail’s 36-yard field goal....

Cadin Olsen threw for 302 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 72 yards to lead No. 4 Armstrong to a 39-7 win against No. 13 Blackhawk (4-7) in the first round of the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs Friday night. Armstrong (9-1) will play next Friday against McKeesport in the...

Joey Bellinotti rushed for 210 yards and four touchdowns to lead No. 6 Shady Side Academy to the 35-14 WPIAL Class 3A first-round win over No. 11 South Park (5-6) on Friday night. Eric Doerue ran for 215 yards and both South Park touchdowns. Shady Side Academy (6-4) matches up...

Josh Jenkins threw for 173 yards and four touchdowns as No. 3 Sto-Rox pitched a 29-0 shutout over No. 14 Riverside (5-5) in the first round of the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs Friday night. Jaymont Green-Miller and Drevon Miller-Ross caught two touchdown passes each. Sto-Rox (8-2) will play Keystone Oaks...

Upper St. Clair quarterback Julian Dahlem lost his starting job last month and hadn’t attempted a pass in weeks, yet the sophomore threw a season-saving touchdown Friday night. With the offense needing a late spark, Dahlem was inserted at quarterback in the fourth quarter and led the Panthers on an...

High schools Football WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Nov. 11 schedule Canon-McMillan (5-5) at North Allegheny (9-1), 7 p.m.; Central Catholic (6-4) at Mt. Lebanon (5-5), 7 p.m. Class 5A Quarterfinals Friday’s results Bethel Park 19, North Hills 17 Pine-Richland 31, Penn-Trafford 17 Upper St. Clair 24, Gateway 21 Woodland...

Lesae Lacks caught a touchdown pass and returned a punt 53 yards for another as No. 1 Bishop Canevin scored a 63-14 victory over No. 16 Jeannette (3-8) in the first round of the WPIAL Class A playoffs Friday at Peters Township. Kole Olszewski threw for 157 yards for the...

Charleroi’s Cinderella run through the WPIAL Class A playoffs came to an end Friday night at Highmark Stadium as Winchester Thurston defeated the Cougars, 3-2. The Bears (16-2-1) became back-to-back WPIAL champions while also becoming the first team other than Greensburg Central Catholic to beat Charleroi (17-3) this season. “I...

Top performers for Week 10 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 351 - Shai Newby, West Mifflin (9 of 9) 307 - Jay Wrona, Mohawk (28 of 46) 303 - Adrian Midgley, Hampton (11 of 18) 302 - Cadin Olsen, Armstrong (21 of 29) 210 - Nick Buckley,...

No. 11 Monessen had a stellar night of offense Friday, gaining more than 400 yards and scoring six touchdowns. But No. 6 Fort Cherry had an even better night, with 553 yards in a 56-42 shootout win over the visiting Greyhounds in a WPIAL Class A first-round game at Jim...

There will be a new champion in the WPIAL’s Class 2A classification after defending champion Serra Catholic was upset and dethroned Friday night. No. 12 Washington got three takeaways and two defensive touchdowns from Carlos Harper, and Eddie Lewis ran for 197 yards on 20 carries to lead the Prexies...

A week after suffering its first loss in its regular-season finale against Thomas Jefferson, McKeesport made an emphatic return to the win column in its playoff opener Friday night. The fifth-seeded Tigers scored on each of their first seven possessions and relied on a four-touchdown game from quarterback Jahmil Perryman...

East Allegheny coach Dom Pecora said earlier this week that junior quarterback Mike Cahill had to be great if the Wildcats were to defeat Mt. Pleasant on the road in the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs. Cahill was better than great. He threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Steve Yusko in...

Ligonier Valley drove two-and-a-half hours to its playoff game last year. Playing a little closer to home Friday night, the Rams were more focused on long drives to the end zone. Behind a power rushing attack that wore down their opponent and chipped away at the clock, the seventh-seeded Rams...

Artis Simmons ran for 104 yards and three touchdowns as McDowell scored a 62-7 victory over Butler (4-7) in the PIAA District 10 Class 6A championship game Friday night. Ron Moore added 185 passing yards and a touchdown for McDowell (9-2). Mac Schnur threw for 155 yards and a touchdown...

A No. 14 seed in the WPIAL Class A playoffs apparently didn’t sit well with the Rochester football team. Don’t believe the Rams coaches and players if they tell you otherwise. “We don’t look at the seedings,” Rochester coach Gene Matsook said with a straight face. Oh, really? Judging from...

Neshannock’s rushing attack was on full display at Bob Bleggi Stadium on Friday night. The Lancers had three rushers surpass 80 yards and held Burrell to just 130 yards of total offense in a 48-6 victory in the first round of the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs. “It’s a huge victory...

It’s been 54 years since Latrobe tasted a postseason victory. But the Wildcats will get to savor a hard-fought, 28-21 first-round Class 4A overtime win Friday night against Highlands at Golden Rams Stadium. Robert Fulton’s 6-yard touchdown run in the extra session gave Latrobe its first lead of the night,...

West Mifflin’s trio of Shai Newby, Ty’Jeir Williams and Rich Fix was too much for Southmoreland to overcome in the Titans’ 54-28 victory over the Scotties on Friday night in the first round of the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs at West Mifflin Stadium. The Titans (6-5) advance to the quarterfinals,...