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When Ellwood City sophomore running back Elijah Palmer-McCaine scored the second of his three touchdowns in Week 2 in the first quarter that put the Wolverines up for good, little did he know that he was making history. Palmer-McCaine rushed for 102 yards on 18 carries and scored on touchdown...

The Moon girls volleyball team opened Section 2-3A play with convincing victories over South Fayette, 3-1, and Oakland Catholic, 3-0, before going 10-0 and winning its own tournament on Saturday. Those victories were enough toward the Tigers resume to propel them from No. 6 to No. 1 in the WPIAL...

When Yough’s boys soccer team made the WPIAL playoffs last season, it marked just the fourth time since 2004 the program qualified for the postseason. However, talking to Cougars coach Ron Duschak, that trend could be changing. “Soccer in the community is certainly looking up,” said Duschak, who is replacing...

First-year Highlands girls tennis coach Vaughn Hunkele knew exactly what he signed up for when he took the job in August. The 2016 Highlands grad knew he would need to begin to build a foundation, teach tennis and that winning would come later. After the first few weeks of the...

High schools Soccer Boys Monday’s schedule Class 4A Section 1 Pine-Richland at Central Catholic, 7:30 p.m. Class A Section 4 Bishop Canevin at Carlynton, 8 p.m. Nonsection Altoona at Allderdice, 5:30 p.m. Bentworth at Brentwood, 4 p.m. Brashear at Montour, 6:15 p.m. Connellsville at Mt. Pleasant, 7:30 p.m. Hampton at...

We inch our way toward the middle of September with a busy night of WPIAL girls soccer section action. One of the marque matchups Monday features a pair of undefeated teams fighting for first place in Section 2-3A as Thomas Jefferson hosts Laurel Highlands. The Mustangs are a perfect 3-0...

When it comes to finishing off drives in the end zone, Shaler senior running back Luke Cignetti enjoys them in all shapes and sizes, knowing it all leads to six points on the scoreboard. “I’m more of a speed back myself, but those bellies and pulls and watching those guards...

We hit the middle of the first month of the fall sports season with a great long-term forecast, both weather-wise and with broadcast coverage this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio football coverage of Week 3 with 33 WPIAL, District 6,...

The girls tennis postseason takes center stage this week on the WPIAL calendar with section singles tournaments across District 7. Tournaments will be Wednesday and Thursday. The top four finishers at each Class 3A site, and top three in 2A, advance to the WPIAL championship Sept. 21-22 at North Allegheny...

Tribune-Review soccer rankings Boys Class 4A Team Rec. Prv 1. Seneca Valley 6-0 1 2. Fox Chapel 3-1-1 2 3. Pine-Richland 4-0 4 4. Upper St. Clair 4-1-1 3 5. North Allegheny 5-1-1 5 Out: None Class 3A 1. Plum 5-0-1 1 2. Moon 5-0-1 2 3. Kiski Area 4-1...

The journey to the formation and implementation of the new Gateway Sports Hall of Fame website — gshof.com — had its genesis more than two decade ago when the first class of Gators greats — the 1969 championship football team, the late Curtis Bray, Michelle Chow, Richard Adipotti, Mel Nash,...

Quaker Valley’s girls volleyball appears to be on the upswing. The Quakers opened their schedule with an impressive nonsection victories against Beaver and South Park. Sparked by junior Katelyn Clark’s strong net play, Quaker Valley blanked the Bobcats, 3-0. “I was excited to start the season off strong,” Clark said....

It hasn’t been smooth sailing for the Quaker Valley football team in the early part of the season. In fact, it’s been a bit rocky. The Quakers started off with a 24-12 nonconference loss at Freedom in Week Zero. Their second game — scheduled against Mohawk — was canceled. Mohawk...

Life isn’t easy for any Penn Hills girls tennis player taking over the No. 1 singles spot. With a team often as inexperienced as the Indians tend to be, there are a lot of potential pitfalls in a section with several deep teams. Talia Russell has stepped into that role...

Entering a season with high expectations has the Penn Hills boys soccer team trying to reign in its emotions in the early going. The Indians were scheduled to enter a Section 3-3A match with Penn-Trafford last Thursday missing two of their top attacking players, neither due to injuries. Penn Hills...

The Pine-Richland girls cross country team graduated two runners who are now competing at NCAA Division I schools, but there’s still a wealth of talent in the program. There’s four returning varsity runners and some youth with good resumes. The two runners who graduated are Meredith Price (Utah State) and...

Amberson Bauer and Christopher Barnes finished near the top — third and fourth, respectively — at the traditional season-opening Gateway Invitational cross country meet Sept. 3 at Boyce Park in Plum. Bauer, a senior, and Barnes, a sophomore, helped the Raiders take second to only Class 3A Fox Chapel in...

Plum’s Connor Pivirotto and Riverview’s Christopher Barnes were next to each other down the final straightaway to the finish line in the boys varsity race at the Gateway Invitational cross country meet Sept. 3 at Boyce Park. Barnes edged Pivirotto by less than a second for fourth place overall. Pivirotto...

The Penn-Trafford boys golf team finished second in the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association tournament Sept. 2 at the Latrobe Elks. Norwin took top honors with a 403 score. The Warriors and Franklin Regional tied for second with a 406. Junior Nick Turowski finished second with a 1-over par 73. The...

It’s been an unusual start of the field hockey season for Penn-Trafford coach Cindy Dutt. Illnesses have kept numerous players and coach Cindy Dutt away from practices. Despite the absences, Penn-Trafford is 2-1 with wins against Peters Township and Mt. Lebanon, both Class 3A teams, before falling to Class 3A...

Kefimba Cisse finished second to the now-graduate Brady Sundin in Gateway cross country races last year. The junior, who placed 67th at the WPIAL Class 3A championships in 2021, now is the top runner on a Gators boys team that includes a number of returning competitors who still possess a...

Nehemiah Azeem threw for 232 yards and three touchdowns as No. 2 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart defeated Clairton, 28-13, in a nonconference football game Saturday night. Dereon Greer caught seven passes for 138 yards, including touchdowns of 30 and 63 yards for the Chargers (3-0). Michael Ruffing returned...

High schools Cross country Boys Saturday’s results Red, White and Blue Classic At White Oak Park Class 3A Individual: 1. Brett Kroboth, Peters Township, 15:31; 2. Jack Bertran, North Allegheny, 15:46; 3. Kamden Kramer, McDowell, 16:01; 4. Jacob Puhalla, Moon, 16:04; 5. Michael Gauntner, North Allegheny, 16:05; 6. Hayden Parks,...

There’s a new all-time career passing leader in Armstrong County. Armstrong’s Cadin Olsen has 5,242 passing yards after throwing for 201 yards in Friday’s 49-13 victory by the River Hawks at New Castle. It surpasses the mark of 5,132 yards set by West Shamokin’s Trevor Henderson from 2001-04. Olsen, who...

Team captains Aaron Hobel and Brighton Mariacher are fourth-year players on Ellwood City’s football team, yet their senior class never had celebrated a win. That changed Friday night. Ellwood City snapped the WPIAL’s longest active losing streak with a 46-6 nonconference win over Carlynton, the team’s first since Oct. 26,...