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Let the transition begin as we say so long to summer and hello to autumn with plenty of fall high school sports broadcasts this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio football coverage of Week 4, with 32 WPIAL, District 6, D-9 and...

In an effort to instill confidence, trust and more leadership, second-year Hempfield coach Mike Brown decided against naming four team captains and instead asked 11 seniors to guide what they call the “leadership group.” More cooks in the kitchen usually doesn’t end well, but more leaders has proven to be...

Boys Class 4A Rank, school, record, previous 1. Seneca Valley, 8-0, 1 2. Fox Chapel, 4-1-2, 2 3. Pine-Richland, 6-1-1 3 4. Upper St. Clair, 5-2-1, 4 5. North Allegheny, 6-2-1, 5 Out: None Class 3A 1. Plum, 7-0-1, 1 2. Moon, 7-0-1, 2 3. Kiski Area, 7-1, 3 4....

Emily Eutsey was having an ordinary round of golf, during a routine high school match, when the extraordinary happened. The Mt. Pleasant junior pulled her 7-iron on the par-3 No. 4 hole at Luke’s Links at Norvelt Golf Club, aimed at the flag, took a swipe at the ball and...

Throughout the WPIAL, there are athletes who play a sport in every season. Some might add a second sport in one of those seasons, but not many are like Apollo-Ridge’s Jake Mull, who makes it work in five sports: football, soccer, basketball, baseball and track and field. “I couldn’t imagine...

Gateway needed a play early in the fourth quarter at North Hills on Sept. 9. The Gators trailed 17-10 and the Indians had the ball hoping to close out an upset victory. That’s when Dallas Harper stepped up. North Hills had a fourth and 3 from near midfield, and it...

Quaker Valley’s boys cross country team celebrated in style at the 20th annual Red, White & Blue Classic on Sept. 9 at White Oak Park. The Quakers zeroed in on third place with 132 team points, slightly behind first-place Hampton (121) and runner-up Blackhawk (131). Uniontown and North Catholic tied...

Sewickley Academy has traditionally been a significant force in boys soccer. The Panthers are maintaining that tradition so far in 2022. Through six games, SA was undefeated with wins over Freeport (7-0), Eden Christian (2-1), Beaver County Christian (3-1), South Side (7-0), Greensburg Central Catholic (4-2) and Our Lady of...

The respect is well-earned for the Quaker Valley boys soccer team. The Quakers were ranked No. 1 in Class 2A in the Trib HSSN WPIAL soccer rankings for the week ending Sept. 11. A year ago, Quaker Valley won PIAA, WPIAL and Section 4-2A championships and finished with a 24-2...

Penn-Trafford’s field hockey team opened section play by defeating Latrobe, 4-2, and Fox Chapel, 2-1. Against Fox Chapel, Emily Bloom and Ava Hershberger scored goals. Hershberger and Maddy Keenan had assists. Against Latrobe, Keenan tied the score before Hershberger tallied a hat trick. Penn-Trafford finished a strong nonsection schedule, defeating...

Helped by a freshman sensation, the Penn-Trafford girls tennis team is having one of its best seasons. The Warriors (4-1) are in a position to qualify for the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs if they can win the rest of their matches, including a first-place showdown with Franklin Regional (5-0) on...

Talia Russell knows when she glances across the net at her opponent on the tennis court, every match will be a challenge. Russell, who is a senior and the Penn Hills girls tennis team’s No. 1 singles player, doesn’t have nearly as much experience as many of her opponents. “It’s...

Inexperience has made the early season difficult for the Penn Hills girls soccer team. The Indians had to drop right into the snakepit that is WPIAL Section 3-3A play without any nonsection games to warm up. The Indians, who lost 7-0 to three-time defending WPIAL runner-up Plum on Wednesday night...

Angela Seman coached nine individuals affected by cancer. Kaili Doctor played for her aunt and grandfather, who both passed away from cancer. Those are just two anecdotes of many between the Pine-Richland and North Allegheny girls volleyball programs of knowing someone affected by a disease that has impacted so many...

In seventh grade, Ben Rishel took a year off from playing for the Pine-Richland middle school boys soccer team, but he caught wind of a new player who was turning heads. “I heard through the grapevine of some amazing player that had just moved in from Virginia,” Rishel said. That...

The Plum girls volleyball team faced a measure of déjà vu this past offseason as it looked to transition after losing seven seniors from the 2021 season. Seventh-year Mustangs coach Kelsey Bonk entered this season optimistic because of what happened last year. Eight seniors moved on from the 2020 team,...

High schools Football Saturday’s results WPIAL Class 2A Midwestern Neshannock 48, Western Beaver 20 Class A Big 7 Rochester 58, Summit Academy 20 Union 46, Shenango 7 Eastern Clairton 54, Riverview 0 Saturday’s summaries Neshannock 48, Western Beaver 20 Neshannock 3 14 17 14 —48 Western Beaver 6 0 8...

Jonny Huff and Matthew Ioanilli each scored three touchdowns to lead Neshannock to a 48-20 victory over Western Beaver in Class 2A Midwestern Conference football Saturday. Huff ran for 82 yards and Ioanilli 80 for the Lancers (4-0, 1-0). Xander LeFebvre threw for 110 yards and a touchdown and ran...

WPIAL football rankings Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny, 4-0, 2 2. Mt. Lebanon, 2-2, 4 3. Central Catholic, 2-2, 1 4. Canon-McMillan, 1-3, 3 5. Seneca Valley, 2-2, 5 Class 5A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Penn-Trafford, 3-1, 3 2. Penn Hills, 3-1, 2 3. Upper...

Pick a word: Unpredictable? Competitive? Chaotic? They all describe WPIAL Class 6A football this season, where top-ranked Central Catholic surprisingly lost its conference opener Friday night. Mt. Lebanon prefers the word “fun.” “It’s fun because there are five teams and we’re all very even,” said Mt. Lebanon senior Mike Beiersdorf,...

Izzy Aigner School: Greensburg Central Catholic Sport: Golf Year: Junior Claim to fame: In nine rounds this season, Aigner is averaging 35 strokes for Greensburg Central Catholic. The recent champion of the Westmoreland County Coaches Association Championship with a 1-under-par 36 at Champion Lakes Golf Course, Aigner has finished under...

Clairton, with its first 0-3 start in more than 40 years, finally entered the victory column Saturday in a big way. In the Eastern Conference opener, the Bears scored on each possession and rolled to a 54-0 victory over Riverview. Twelve players touched the ball as Clairton shared the load....

Leechburg’s offense is certainly prolific, but the Blue Devils have been playing some stellar “D.” Fourth in this week’s TribHSSN Class A rankings, Leechburg shut out a third consecutive opponent Friday night with the 77-0 dominance of Springdale. It’s the first time Leechburg has blanked three in row since 1955...

Eliza Miller Class: Junior School: Kiski Area Sport: Cross country Report card: Miller ruled the cross country course at Northmoreland Park on Friday by winning the girls varsity race at the Kiski Invitational. She surpassed her own course record with a new top time of 18 minutes, 55.21 seconds. It...

Lance Getsy channeled his inner Greg Botta on Friday night. Getsy, the Franklin Regional coach who replaced Botta, the longtime leader of the Panthers, drew up a Botta-like gameplan to pull off the upset of the night in the WPIAL, a 16-7 stunner over No. 1 Gateway in the Class...