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Brownsville senior Jolena Quarzo became the 12th girl to win three WPIAL cross country titles when she won the Class 2A race Thursday at Roadman Park at Cal (Pa.). Latrobe’s Natalie Bower (Toman) and Vincentian’s Marianna Abdallah are the only four-time winners. Bower won from 2005-2008 in Class 3A and...

Days after earning the program’s first inaugural playoff win, Latrobe secured its first trip to the WPIAL semifinals Thursday. The fifth-seeded Wildcats scored in each half and held things down with shutdown defense in a 3-0 victory over fourth-seeded Thomas Jefferson in the Class 3A quarterfinals. Latrobe (12-2-2) advances to...

At one point in his career, Nate Litrun wasn’t interested in scoring goals. He wanted to focus more on his center back position, but he stands 6-foot-5, so Deer Lakes coach Aaron Smith wanted to use his size in the box on corner kicks. It took some convincing, but eventually...

Last year, Drew Griffith helped make it a Butler 1-2 finish at the WPIAL Class 3A boys cross country championships at Cal (Pa.). The junior was runner-up to teammate and current Notre Dame freshman CJ Singleton. This year, Griffith is all alone at the top. For the second week in...

For the first time since 2018, both the Riverview boys and girls cross country teams will run at the PIAA meet in Hershey after they each claimed third place in their Class A races at the WPIAL championships Thursday on the Roadman Park course at Cal (Pa.). The Raiders boys...

It was an historic day for the Belle Vernon cross country team Thursday at the WPIAL championships. For the first time in school history, the Leopards had three runners qualify for the PIAA cross country meet Nov. 5 in Hershey. Senior Luke Henderson placed eighth in the Class 2A boys’...

We conclude the stretch run in Week 9 with 12 playoff spots up for grabs and seven games that will decide a conference championship. Don’t forget to check out the Trib HSSN Scoreboard Show between 9:30 p.m. and midnight Friday to find out who is in and whose playoff bubble...

Here are four WPIAL high school football players to watch in Week 9: Isaiah Brown Armstrong, jr., WR/OLB Brown had seven catches for 166 yards and three touchdowns as Armstrong beat Highlands, 56-35, last Friday. Brown has 35 catches for 663 yards and 12 scores this season for the River...

For the sixth consecutive season, either Allderdice or Westinghouse will win the Pittsburgh City League title. The Dragons and the Bulldogs have met in the previous four postseasons, splitting those playoff encounters, and they’ll square off again at 4 p.m. Saturday at Cupples Stadium on the South Side. This is...

With the end of the regular season looming, Chick’s Picks knows it is never too soon to start planning for next season. As a local celebrity, Chick’s Picks is regularly approached by companies presenting her with sponsorship opportunities. This week, she received an offer unlike any other. A very prestigious...

Springdale trailed Northgate, 37-13, in the fourth quarter after the Dynamos notched their second touchdown. The lead was more or less insurmountable, but Springdale was poised to make history. Sophomore kicker Clare Schneider took the field underneath the Friday night lights to attempt the extra point. Schneider anxiously ran on...

Latrobe quickly put a loss to No. 2 McKeesport in the past and clung to perspective with a trip to the WPIAL playoffs clinched. The Wildcats (5-4) will head to the postseason for just the third time since 2003, secure in an improved mindset and culture reset in the program....

Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look at the players, coaches and events that shaped our scholastic legacy. Burrell moved closer to a WPIAL Class 3A playoff spot with a 14-13 victory at Knoch on Oct. 25, 1982. Tom Brown tallied...

High schools Field hockey WPIAL playoffs Semifinals Thursday’s schedule Class 3A Mt. Lebanon at Pine-Richland, 6 p.m. North Allegheny vs. Peters Township at Pine-Richland, 7:30 p.m. Class 2A Oakland Catholic at Penn-Trafford, 6 p.m. Latrobe vs. Fox Chapel, 7:30 p.m. Class A Winchester Thurston at Ellis School, 6 p.m. Aquinas...

Jaxon Camp scored the winning goal with 19 seconds remaining in the first overtime to propel No. 13 Montour to a 2-1 win over No. 5 Kiski Area in the WPIAL Class 3A boys soccer quarterfinals Wednesday night. Prior to overtime, Parker Brennan scored for the Spartans (12-4-4) with 32...

The Riverview boys cross country team struck WPIAL gold last year as it won the Class A crown after five straight runner-up finishes to Winchester Thurston. Three of the top four finishers from the 2021 team, which took third at the PIAA championships, graduated. But senior Division I recruit Amberson...

In Springdale’s first-round win over Sewickley Academy, the game got a little too close for comfort after the Dynamos yielded a couple of late goals. They were determined not to let that happen again Tuesday. This time, the second-seeded Dynamos were dominant from start to finish and ended up with...

While the WPIAL playoff continue in soccer, volleyball and field hockey, there is gold to be won in them there hills on Thursday. The 2022 WPIAL cross country individual and team championships will take place at Roadman Park on the campus of Cal (Pa). There will be six championship races:...

While some WPIAL football teams are set to play out the string, turn in the uniforms and start to prepare for 2023, many others, including the teams below, are fine-tuning their games in preparation for the postseason. Nine of the 10 power-ranked teams this week will be playing for an...

Nick Curci Apollo-Ridge, sr., RB/LB The Vikings head into Friday’s Allegheny Conference finale against Burrell with a playoff spot on the line, and Curci hopes to be a difference maker in that clash. He certainly was that last week as Apollo-Ridge upset Serra Catholic in overtime, 43-36. Curci, who didn’t...

Much has been made over the past several seasons about Leechburg football’s to-do list. There still are some boxes to be checked. On Friday night, the Blue Devils have a chance to earn at least a share of their first conference title since winning the AIC North in 1978. Should...

Class 5A Northeast Fox Chapel (0-9, 0-4) at Shaler (4-5, 1-3) 7 p.m. Friday, Louis C. Martig Field at Titans Stadium, Glenshaw Fox Chapel is hoping to avoid a winless season for the first time since 1968. The Foxes suffered a 50-13 loss to Kiski Area last Friday as the...

Last week: 9-2 Overall: 88-14 (86.3%) Settle in for a little history lesson with The Birdie. “I promise this lesson will relate to the upcoming WPIAL football playoffs,” Birdie said, pushing his wire-rimmed glasses up from the tip of his beak. “Just stay with me.” It’s early summer 1755. British...

Thursday WPIAL Class A Tri-County South Bentworth at California, 7 p.m. Nonconference Sto-Rox at Seton LaSalle, 7 p.m. Independent Carrick at Uniontown, 7 p.m. Friday Class 6A Canon-McMillan at Mt. Lebanon, 7 p.m. (HSSN*, 95.3 FM) Seneca Valley at North Allegheny, 7:30 p.m. (HSSN) Class 5A Allegheny Six Moon at...

Bailey Kennedy Southmoreland, Sr., OL/MLB Kennedy is a team captain and has 47 tackles for the Scotties this season. He also had 5.5 quarterback sacks and is strong on the offensive line. Michael Mason Jeannette, Jr., RB/OLB Mason has 25 solo tackles and 21 assists. He has forced two fumbles...