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The buzz around central Westmoreland County isn’t coming from honey bee hives. It’s the chatter from fans of the Hempfield and Latrobe football teams. The 2-0 start by each team has created a buzz as they prepare to face each other in a nonconference battle at 7 p.m. Friday at...

Nonconference Class 3A No. 1 Belle Vernon (1-0) at Class 4A No. 2 McKeesport (2-0) 7 p.m. Friday, Weigle-Schaeffer Stadium, McKeesport Belle Vernon opened the season with a 41-20 win over Laurel Highlands as standout running back Quinton Martin, the top recruit in Pennsylvania for the junior class, ran for...

Last week: 10-1 (90.9%) Season: 20-1 (95.2%) Like a peacock in full strut, the Birdie went to Belle Vernon’s practice last Wednesday and found out it was star running back Quinton Martin’s 16th birthday. The team had a little party after practice and sang to Martin. The Birdie watched from...

Greensburg Central Catholic senior Carlo Denis reached a career milestone Sept. 1 when the second-ranked Centurions visited No. 5 Bentworth in a Section 2-A game. The speedy forward who seems as if he has been in the GCC lineup forever cleared the 100-goal mark for his career with two scores...

The Valley-Burrell series has lasted 43 consecutive seasons, long enough to develop an intergenerational feel. Valley coach Dave Heavner realized that when he watched film of Burrell’s game last Friday against Deer Lakes. Heavner saw a No. 12 for Burrell making plays and later found out that was Reece Kennedy,...

A competitive Week 1 led to three changes from the debut Trib 10 of the 2022 season last week. All around the district, most games were close, including five contests that went beyond regulation and three matchups that went to double overtime. Home losses by Penn-Trafford and Seneca Valley and...

Between them, Mt. Lebanon and Upper St. Clair have won 14 WPIAL girls soccer titles since the Blue Devils captured the very first district championship awarded in 1983. However, it has been a while since the Blue Devils or Panthers have mined gold on the pitch. It was 10 years...

High schools Football Friday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Canon-McMillan at Seneca Valley, 7 p.m. Class 5A Allegheny Six Baldwin at Upper St. Clair, 7 p.m. Northeast Pine-Richland at Penn Hills, 7 p.m. Nonconference Aliquippa at North Catholic, 7 p.m. Apollo-Ridge at Deer Lakes, 7 p.m. Armstrong at New Castle, 7...

Nate Litrun scored off a corner kick with seven seconds left in double overtime to give Deer Lakes a 1-0 victory over Shady Side Academy in a Section 1 matchup of top teams in WPIAL Class 2A boys soccer. Deer Lakes (4-1, 2-1) is fifth in the latest Trib HSSN...

Few coaches will argue it is better to lose the first game of the season than the last one. For Greensburg Central Catholic, that concept rings true. Top-ranked GCC, the Class A runner-up last season in the WPIAL and PIAA, kicked off 2022 with a grueling 3-2 loss to then-No....

Losses in the weekly Trib HSSN state football rankings can produce a slight tumble, a free fall or nothing at all. There was a mixed bag of rankings results among the elite PIAA teams that came up empty in Week 1. Four teams lost and dropped completely out of the...

More than 600 fans came through the turnstiles at Norwin on Saturday for the inaugural Moe Rosensteel Memorial Kickoff Classic. The three-game event was like a soccer celebration, with the late Moe Rosensteel on the minds of all attendees. The showcase had a DJ, music, concessions, merchandise and, last but...

Hampton transfer Peter Kramer, a standout shooting guard who won a WPIAL basketball title at Shady Side Academy, is ineligible for the playoffs this winter. The 6-foot-4 junior had an eligibility hearing Tuesday with the WPIAL, which didn’t find enough evidence to grant him a postseason waiver, WPIAL executive director...

After taking some knocks the past two seasons in Class 3A, the Freeport golf team is back in Class 2A and putting Section 1 on notice. “We bumped up into Class 3A in the last two-year cycle playing against the likes of Fox Chapel and Kiski,” Freeport coach Joe Sprumont...

Belle Vernon never has made the playoffs in girls volleyball. In fact, the Leopards usually are lodged in the bottom portion of the section standings each season. Last season, however, the Leopards had their most success in recent years when they won six games. This season, Belle Vernon will hope...

WPIAL section play begins for girls volleyball Tuesday evening, and leading into the numerous matchups on the docket, the Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its Week 2 top-10 rankings. There was movement in each classification after the first week of matches and weekend tournaments. Three of the four rankings...

High schools Soccer Boys Tuesday’s schedule WPIAL Class 4A Section 1 Butler at North Allegheny, 7:30 p.m. Central Catholic at Seneca Valley, 7:30 p.m. Fox Chapel at Pine-Richland, 7:30 p.m. Shaler at North Hills, 7:15 p.m. Section 2 Allderdice at Hempfield, 7 p.m. Baldwin at Peters Township, 7:45 p.m. Canon-McMillan...

With the picnic gear put away following the holiday weekend, high school sports returns with a busy night of section openers in WPIAL girls volleyball. While Class 4A teams continue to wait, every section in the other three classifications will begin the matches that will determine postseason berths. One interesting...

Historically, Mt. Lebanon has had the better of their rivals south on Route 19, leading Bethel Park, 45-13, in the all-time series. The Black Hawks don’t care much about history though, as they continued their hot start in 2022 with a thrilling overtime road victory over the defending Class 6A...

The Westmoreland County Coaches Association will host its girls golf championship Friday at Champion Lakes Golf Course in Bolivar. Last year, Caroline Tragesser of Franklin Regional held off her teammate in a scorecard playoff to win the individual title with a nine-hole score of 41. Neither player is back for...

The Franklin Regional girls volleyball tournament has established itself as one of the premier events in the early fall season, and Freeport, a regular participant, knew it again would be tested against some of the top teams in the WPIAL. The Yellowjackets passed the test with flying colors. They swept...

Tribune-Review soccer rankings Boys Class 4A Rank, school, record, previous 1. Seneca Valley, 4-0, 1 2. Fox Chapel, 2-1, 2 3. Upper St. Clair, 3-0-1, 4 4. Pine-Richland, 4-0, NR 5. North Allegheny, 2-1-1, 3 Out: Peters Township, 2-1, 5 Class 3A 1. Plum, 3-0-1, 1 2. Moon, 3-0-1, NR...

High schools Soccer Boys Sunday’s results Avonworth Tournament Avonworth 8, Springdale 3 St. Joseph vs. Bishop Canevin, (n) Belle Vernon Tournament Gateway 5, Belle Vernon 3 Connellsville at McKeesport, (n) Highlands Tournament Burrell 5, Armstrong 2 Shaler 8, Highlands 0 Mars Tournament Fairview 3, Mars 2 Allderdice 1, North Catholic...

Jordan Taylor scored five goals and Austin Emery had a hat trick and five assists as Jeannette defeated Derry, 9-1, to win the Clash at the Coliseum boys soccer tournament Sunday at South Allegheny. Jared Vincent, Dean Farraj and Ryan Ritson had one assist apiece for the Jayhawks (3-1), who...

With opening weekend of the high school football season in the rearview mirror, we extend the scholastic sports menu this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week 2, with nearly 30 WPIAL, District 6, D-9 and D-10 high school football...