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During Leechburg’s recent football revival, one of the must-do items is to beat Clairton. The Blue Devils will have a chance to check that item off their list Friday when they travel to Neil Brown Stadium to face the Bears. Leechburg is 0-27-1 against Clairton, claiming a 6-6 tie in...

Adam Lacarte Belle Vernon, Jr., S The 6-foot junior is one of the leading tacklers for the Leopards. Lacarte has 21 tackles and broke up one pass from his free safety position. Nick Lonas Ligonier Valley, Sr., SB/LB Lonas has rushed for 120 yards on 17 carries and leads the...

High schools Cross country Tuesday’s results Boys Division I Section 1 Hempfield 15, Ligonier Valley 50 Hempfield 15, Yough 50 Section 5 Blackhawk 21, Beaver 37 Blackhawk 15, Central Valley 50 Chartiers Valley 22, Hopewell 49 Chartiers Valley 17, West Allegheny 46 West Allegheny 25, Hopewell 34 Section 6 South...

Max Marcotte scored his second goal of the game in overtime as Seneca Valley stayed undefeated with a 3-2 Section 1-4A boys soccer win over North Allegheny on Tuesday. Connor Oros also scored for the Raiders (9-0, 7-0). Zach Nash and Gabi Gotz scored for the Tigers (6-3-1, 4-3). Beaver...

In the first game of the year on the first day of this month, the Freeport girls soccer team faced a sizeable deficit to rival Deer Lakes. The Yellowjackets trailed the Lancers 2-0 and appeared headed to a defeat in their Section 2-2A opener. But something sparked with the Freeport...

The first day of autumn brings another warm day throughout the district, as well as a red-hot matchup on the pitch in WPIAL Class 6A girls soccer. Before the mercury drops in the days ahead, the first big clash between Section 1-6A powers North Allegheny and Seneca Valley will take...

As tidal waves of surprises crashed down on the heads of WPIAL top-ranked teams in Week 2, the rest of the elite teams in the state were closing out victories, making for little movement in the weekly Trib HSSN state football rankings this week. Central Catholic in 6A, Gateway in...

Southmoreland senior standout Olivia Cernuto is done for the season with a right knee injury. Cernuto, a talented forward who will finish her career with exactly 100 goals, was injured last Monday during a home game against Yough. She had 18 goals this season for the Scotties (7-0, 4-0), the...

When Latrobe was tripped up by top-ranked Plum, 4-2, in its Section 3-3A girls soccer opener, the sky was falling, but only briefly. Was Plum that good? Was Latrobe better than it showed? Was Class 3A this tough? The Wildcats took a long look in the mirror. “It was a...

Defending champion Ashley Close of Sewickley Academy has earned the No. 1 seed in the upcoming WPIAL Class 2A girls singles tennis championships. The two-day event will begin with the first round, quarterfinals and semifinals matches Wednesday and conclude Thursday with the district championship and consolation matches. Close won’t have...

In volleyball at Latrobe — no matter the classification, the ranking, the opponent — longtime coach Drew Vosefski has continued to preach a singular theme: “Go into every match as if you’re the underdog.” There’s something to prove against other teams with similar pride, Vosefski maintains. “Your opponent isn’t just...

With high school sports starting all across the WPIAL, every team has one common goal in mind: to win a championship. But not every team is in the position of Greensburg Central Catholic’s boys soccer team this year, where they’re coming off their first WPIAL championship loss in three seasons....

As the season got underway, Hempfield was looking to build on last season’s WPIAL playoff appearance in girls volleyball, but the current lineup remained a work in progress. Through four matches, second-year coach Ashten Flynn was beginning to get a better understanding of her team’s tendencies following the defections of...

Owen Crawford is an important part of the success of the Leechburg boys soccer team. Reigning as a senior captain and starter, Crawford and his teammates have already made a splash by starting their season with two shutout wins. “Owen is a four-year starter and has matured into a true...

For a high school athlete who plays both soccer and basketball the first buzzer-beater typically comes on the hardwood. For Nate Litrun, however, his first one came on the pitch. Litrun scored in the waning seconds of double overtime to propel Deer Lakes to a 1-0 win over Shady Side...

The WPIAL sold more than $2 million in tickets last school year, a jump from recent pre-pandemic days that has the league in solid financial shape. WPIAL executive director Scott Seltzer says the increase in ticket sales could be a sign that fans found a renewed appreciation for high school...

High schools Field hockey Monday’s results Section 3A Peters Township 3, Norwin 0 Section 2A Penn-Trafford 3, Upper St. Clair 0 Golf Boys Monday’s results WPIAL section qualifiers Class 3A Section 1 Youghiogheny C.C. Target Score: 80 Harrison Martineau, Indiana, 69 Nick Turowski, Penn-Trafford, 76 Trevor Todd, Indiana, 79 Alex...

Central Catholic’s Rocco Salvitti shot a 7-under par 65 to earn medalist honors by seven shots at the WPIAL Section 4-3A qualifier Monday at Willowbrook Country Club. Five other Vikings — Connor Walker (72), Regan Logan (74), Aidan Burchianti (75), Sam Gaffney (80) and Dan Donahue (81) — were among...

The Plum and Franklin Regional girls soccer teams met Monday for the first time since 2018 as they battled for a first-place spot atop Section 3-3A. After 80 minutes of competitive action at Plum’s Mustangs Stadium, the first of two matchups this year went the way of the Mustangs, 2-0....

A drop down in classification has helped a pair of district boys soccer teams that are shooting for first place in their respective sections on a busy night of WPIAL boys soccer. Last year, West Mifflin finished in fifth place in Section 4-3A with an overall record of 8-9-1. On...

One-goal games are usually a good bet when Yough and Mt. Pleasant meet in girls soccer. Overtime is legitimate and often imminent. Not this time, though. Third-ranked Mt. Pleasant scored one goal in the teams’ latest matchup Monday night, then added a few more on the way to its fifth...

Through Week 2 of the high school football season, McKeesport senior Bobby Boyd was dominating on both sides of the ball. At running back, he had rushed for nearly 450 yards and seven touchdowns. As a defensive back, he already had five interceptions. So when Boyd went down with an...

All four teams atop their respective rankings — North Allegheny (Class 4A), Moon (Class 3A), Freeport (Class 2A), and Bishop Canevin (Class A) — held on to their spots in the new Western PA Coaches Association WPIAL girls volleyball top-10 polls released Monday. Moon moved to 3-0 in Section 2...

High schools Soccer Boys Monday’s schedule Nonsection Brownsville at Bentworth, 7 p.m. California at Brentwood, 4 p.m. Greensburg Salem at Ligonier Valley, 6 p.m. Montour at Hopewell, 7:30 p.m. Riverview at Carlynton, 7 p.m. Girls Monday’s schedule WPIAL Class 4A Section 1 Allderdice at North Allegheny, 7:30 p.m. Butler at...

Another big week of district soccer begins Monday with a showdown for first place in girls WPIAL Class 3A. Elizabeth Forward (5-0) has a half-game lead over Thomas Jefferson (4-0) in the Section 2 standings. The Warriors host the Jaguars in the first of two regular season meetings at 7:30...