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The Bethel Park girls soccer team has climbed into WPIAL elite territory this season. The Black Hawks were ranked second in Class 4A in the Trib HSSN WPIAL girls soccer rankings for the week ending Sept. 18. Bethel Park started out 6-0 with five shutouts and 4-0 in Section 2...

High schools Football Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A North Allegheny 7, Central Catholic 3 Seneca Valley 24, Mt. Lebanon 6 Class 5A Allegheny Six Bethel Park 36, Baldwin 7 Upper St. Clair 17, Peters Township 10 Big East Gateway 28, Plum 26 Hempfield 28, Penn-Trafford 17 Northeast North Hills 27,...

Upper St. Clair outlasted Peters Township in a defensive struggle Friday night with a gritty, 17-10 win in the Class 5A Allegheny Six Conference. The victory was led by the Panthers defensive unit, which held the Indians out of the end zone until the game’s final minute. “I thought they...

Top performers for Week 4 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 296 - CJ Jackson, Cornell (12 of 22) 250 - Brad Birch, Gateway (12 of 16) 236 - Eric Kasperowicz Jr., Mars (8 of 15) 226 - Cadin Olsen, Armstrong (14 of 20) 216 - Gavin Owens,...

Daevon Burke scored three touchdowns and Monessen knocked off undefeated California, 28-20, in the Class A Tri-County South Conference on Friday night. Burke scored on runs of 1, 14 and 8 yards and TyVaughn Kershaw added a 6-yard TD rush as the Greyhounds (3-2, 2-0) built a 28-8 lead and...

Jaren Brickner threw for 153 yards and one touchdown and ran for 104 yards and a TD to lead No. 2 Beaver Falls to a 22-0 victory at Neshannock (4-1, 1-1) in the Class 2A Midwestern Athletic Conference on Friday night. Beaver Falls (4-1, 2-0) outgained Neshannock, 514 yards to...

DelRon White rushed for 206 yards and four touchdowns, including the game-winner in overtime, to lead West Mifflin to a 31-24 upset over No. 4 Beaver (3-2, 1-1) in the Class 3A Western Hills Conference on Friday night. White scored on runs of 4, 20, 3 and 4 yards for...

Tiqwai Hayes ran for two touchdowns as top-ranked Aliquippa slipped past West Allegheny, 19-16, in the Class 4A Parkway Conference on Friday night. Hayes scored on a 2-yard run in the fourth quarter to seal the win for the Quips (4-0, 2-0). Brock Cornell scored on a pair of 26-yard...

Tanner Pfeuffer threw for 122 yards and two touchdowns as No. 4 Bethel Park picked up a 36-7 victory over Baldwin (1-4, 0-2) in the Class 5A Allegheny Six Conference on Friday night. The Black Hawks (4-1, 1-0) scored 36 unanswered points. Gavin Moul added 129 rushing yards and two...

It was the performance Seneca Valley coach Ron Bustchle has been waiting for. A havoc-wreaking defense that forced six turnovers and an offense that took advantage of its opportunities combined for a dominant performance for the Raiders in a 24-6 win at Mt. Lebanon on Friday night in a clash...

Belle Vernon was opportunistic in a 21-7 victory over rival Thomas Jefferson on Friday night. Despite the two squads no longer being in the same conference, the hatred between the two was evident, and the Leopards (2-2, 0-0) came out on top. “It’s big because it’s TJ, but we needed...

Top-ranked Steel Valley kept rolling in Class 2A on Friday night, earning its first shutout of the high school football season and scoring another mercy-rule victory, its third in a row. Cruce Brookins passed for 122 yards and a touchdown and rushed for two more scores — all in the...

Freeport and Mt. Pleasant mirrored each other’s 3-1 records going into Friday night’s game. Freeport looked to rebound at home after losing to Armstrong last week. Mt. Pleasant wanted to stretch its winning streak to four. The Yellowjackets came away 24-6 winners. The Yellowjackets struck first when Gavin Croney rushed...

Rodney Gallagher: 4-star prospect, West Virginia commit, clock manager extraordinaire. With Gallagher at the wheel guiding the offense and making plays with his arm and legs, Laurel Highlands held off Latrobe in a defensive struggle, 10-7, on Friday to spoil homecoming at Latrobe Memorial Stadium. Gallagher, who will play wide...

When you’re a football team trying to turn its fortunes around, you have to take chances. Hempfield did that Friday night before a standing-room-only crowd of more than 5,000 at Spartan Stadium. The Spartans defeated No. 1 and reigning Class 5A PIAA and WPIAL champion Penn-Trafford, 28-17, in the Big...

Gateway appeared to have a comfortable halftime lead Friday in a Big East Conference clash with Plum at Gateway’s Antimarino Stadium. But the Mustangs didn’t flinch when facing the 21-point deficit at the break. Plum rallied throughout the second half, recovering a pair of squib kickoffs, blocking a field goal...

In a backfield of mostly underclassmen, Clairton looked to the only senior for big-play leadership. Bears quarterback Capone Jones ran for 161 yards and passed for 106 yards as Clairton (2-3, 2-0), No. 3 in this week’s TribHSSN rankings, held off No. 4 Leechburg, 20-13, in a key Eastern Conference...

After Frazier mounted an impressive 86-yard scoring drive in the first quarter, Riverview responded by controlling the time of possession, running the football at will and scoring the final three touchdowns in an 18-6 road victory Friday night in a Class A Eastern Conference matchup. Riverview used a three-headed rushing...

It wasn’t too long ago that West Allegheny was the team to beat in the Parkway Conference, back before the Indians made the jump to 5A. Remember, they went 29-3 in that conference during their last four seasons there (ending in 2015), reached the WPIAL finals three times in that...

Keyshawn Morsillo threw three touchdowns Thursday night and helped Westinghouse solidified itself as the team to beat in the City League with a 38-7 victory over Allderdice at Cupples Stadium. The game was a rematch of last year’s city championship game, won by Allderdice. Westinghouse’s performance wasn’t always dynamic —...

High schools Field hockey Thursday’s results Class 3A North Allegheny 5, Norwin 0 Nonsection Ellis School 2, Penn-Trafford 0 Football Thursday’s result City League Westinghouse 38, Allderdice 7 Friday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A North Allegheny at Central Catholic, 7 p.m. Seneca Valley at Mt. Lebanon, 7 p.m. Class 5A Allegheny...

Adam Thompson, Cody Hendrych-Bohndra and Forrest Shaw scored as Bethel Park (7-3, 6-2) won 3-1 to hand Thomas Jefferson (9-2, 7-1) its first loss in Section 3-3A boys soccer play Thursday. Jake Shoemaker scored for TJ. Avonworth 2, Riverside 0 – Rowan Carmichael scored both goals to lead Avonworth (7-3,...

Maybe it was the energy from Senior Night or the realization this year is far from over, but Greensburg Salem decided to play its best soccer game of the season. In contrast, Jeannette may have played its worst. Seniors Daishaun Alexander, Owen Gall and Taylor Edwards scored two goals apiece...

The hiring process to find a new girls basketball coach at Highlands is in its second week after Jason Kerr suddenly stepped down from the position after one year. “Jason did a good job in his one year as head coach, but we now are moving forward to find the...