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Westmoreland County girls soccer notebook: Latrobe senior set for international play
Latrobe senior Chloe Boyette plays defender on the Wildcats’ back line, but, come December, she will be lining up as a goalkeeper on a national stage. Boyette was selected to play for the U19 U.S Youth Futsal International Team set to compete in two months in Lisbon, Portugal. Boyette, a...
WPIAL Class 3A boys golf championship preview
WPIAL Class 3A boys golf championship final round When: Thursday Where: Allegheny Country Club, Sewickley Defending champion: Nick Turowski, Penn-Trafford Who moves on?: The top 14 finishers advance to the PIAA championship Oct. 17-18 at Penn State University’s Blue Course, State College. Tee times Chip shots: Rocco Salvitti of Central...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 4, 2022
High schools Field hockey Monday’s results Section 3A Pine-Richland 15, Allderdice 0 Peters Township 1, North Allegheny 0 Nonsection Penn-Trafford 2, Norwin 0 Football Thursday’s schedule WPIAL Class A Eastern Greensburg Central Catholic at Frazier, 7 p.m. City League Nonconference Perry at Carrick, 7 p.m. Friday’s schedule Class 6A Mt....
High school roundup for Oct. 3, 2022: Burrell hands 1st loss to Freeport
Mikayla Coury scored the decisive goal, assisted by Lily Householder, to lead Burrell to a 1-0 victory over Freeport in Section 2-2A girls soccer Monday. It was the first loss of the season for the Yellowjackets (9-1, 6-1), who split the season series with the Bucs (9-2-2, 6-2-1). Ali Hughes...
Southmoreland, Yough girls soccer teams battle to draw
With such a light bench, Yough is often content playing more defense than offense. The idea is to defend like crazy and conserve energy for the stretch run. Southmoreland, on the other hand, wants to crank up the scoring. The strategies canceled each other out Monday night as the teams...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Oct. 4, 2022: First place on the line in volleyball sections
With three weeks left in WPIAL girls volleyball section play, five matches are set for Tuesday with at least a share of first place up for grabs. • Section 1-4A: Pine-Richland (3-1) visits North Allegheny (4-0) in a match you can hear on HSSN. The Tigers beat the Rams in...
Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week 2022: Week 5
Montour quarterback Jake Wolfe was enjoying a good season through the first five games. He had thrown for 347 yards on 32 completions with four touchdown passes and two scoring runs as the Spartans entered Week 5 and the midway point of the regular season with a 2-3 overall record....
Deer Lakes volleyball finding success and stability under 1st-year coach Nypaver
Four seasons, five coaches. The seniors on the Deer Lakes girls volleyball team have been through it all the past couple of years. The Lancers sought a new beginning and the foundation for consistency in the program as they began their offseason of preparation. Mike Nypaver, a student of the...
Hampton takes over as Class 3A No. 1 in latest volleyball coaches association WPIAL rankings
There is a new No. 1 in Class 3A this week as the Western PA Volleyball Coaches Association released its latest WPIAL girls volleyball top-10 rankings. Moon, last week’s No. 1 team in the classification, suffered 3-1 losses to both Class 3A No. 6 South Fayette and Trinity in Section...
Knoch, Shady Side Academy duos earn top seeds for WPIAL doubles tournament
In 2019, with Libby Conlan and in 2020 with Brooke Bauer, Ally Bauer of Knoch was part of the winning duo that won WPIAL girls tennis doubles gold. In 2021, the Greb sisters, Lindsey and Emily, also of Knoch, won the district girls double tennis title. Now, Ally Bauer and...
Westmoreland County senior spotlight: Mt. Pleasant’s Dylan Donitzen
The Mt. Pleasant boys soccer team got off to a solid start this season, going 5-4-1 overall with an even more impressive 5-1-1 section record. It was good enough to put the Vikings in the Section 3-2A title conversation, in second place behind Belle Vernon. Senior midfielder Dylan Donitzen is...
Mix of veterans, young players providing spark for Ligonier Valley volleyball
With just one senior on its roster, the Ligonier Valley girls volleyball team has been looking to its younger veterans for a spark this year. And there are many. On a team with 21 girls, a total of 14 are either sophomores or freshmen, many with prior varsity experience. Outside...
A-K Valley senior spotlight: Deer Lakes’ Mason Metzler
Deer Lakes is one of the teams to beat in WPIAL boys soccer, starting the season with a record of 6-0 in section play and 8-1 overall. Mason Metzler, captain and center back for the Lancers, has a very important role on the team. “My main goal is to keep...
Several teams score doubleheader sweeps as slow-pitch softball league pushes toward playoffs
West Allegheny, Penn-Trafford, Montour, Mt. Lebanon, Baldwin and North Allegheny all recorded doubleheader sweeps in game play from last Thursday to Sunday as the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League continues its stretch run to the playoff tournament. Mother Nature again got the better of several scheduled doubleheaders, including three on...
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Franklin Regional’s Bunker commits to Villanova
At first, Aiden Bunker exchanged emails with Villanova to gauge the school’s interest in his swimming talents. Then, he visited the campus, saw the pool and knew it was the backdrop for his future. Bunker, a senior at Franklin Regional, will continue his career with the Wildcats, swimming individual medleys...
High school sports schedules for Oct. 3, 2022
High schools Hockey PIHL Monday’s schedule Armstrong at Franklin Regional, Palmer Imaging Arena, 6 p.m. Wilmington at Deer Lakes, Alpha Ice Complex, 6 p.m. Wheeling Park at Avonworth, Baierl Ice Complex, 7 p.m. Connellsville at Carrick, Ice Castle, 7 p.m. Cathedral Prep at Mt. Lebanon, Mt. Lebanon Ice Center, 7;10...
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week 2022: Week 5
Entering a Week 5 Class 4A Big Seven Conference home game, Laurel Highlands was coming off a big road win at Latrobe and had won two of its last three games. However, history was not on the side of the Mustangs, at all. Laurel Highlands was 0-28 all-time against visiting...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Oct. 3, 2022
There is nothing to be frightened about when it comes to our coverage of WPIAL high school sports in the month of October, starting this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio football coverage of Week 6, with 34 WPIAL, District 6, D-9...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Oct. 3, 2022: First place up for grabs in girls soccer
With two weeks left in WPIAL girls soccer section play, time is running out in the chase for section titles. There are 42 section matches slated for a busy Monday around the district with two contests set where at least a share of first place is up for grabs. One...
Trib HSSN WPIAL soccer rankings: Week ending Oct. 2, 2022
Tribune-Review soccer rankings Boys Class 4A Rank, school, record, previous 1. Seneca Valley, 11-0-1, 1 2. Fox Chapel, 7-2-2, 3 3. Pine-Richland, 8-2-1 2 4. Peters Township, 10-1, 4 5. Butler, 8-3-2, NR Out: North Allegheny, 7-5-1, 5 Class 3A 1. Moon, 10-0-1, 2 2. Plum, 11-1-1, 1 3. Kiski...
Gateway runner Kefimba Cisse gains confidence ahead of postseason races
Kefimba Cisse made his Gateway cross country debut last year after playing soccer as a freshman in the fall of 2020. He ran middle distance and distance for the Gators track and field team as a freshman and then transitioned from soccer to cross country, making an impact right out...
Deep lineup returns for Gateway JV hockey team
Gateway junior varsity ice hockey coach Shawn Jesih sounded the bell of optimism when talking about a team filled with experience and hungry to make its mark in the PIHL’s JV Tier 3 this season. Fourteen players return from last year’s squad which went 1-1 in the year-end playoff tournament...
Quaker Valley girls volleyball lays groundwork for special season
Quaker Valley’s girls volleyball team has been dominant in the first half of the season. The QV girls won seven of their first eight matches and all seven victories were by 3-0 scores. The Quakers stood in second place in Section 4-2A with a 5-1 record with their lone loss...
Quaker Valley, Sewickley Academy golfers dot WPIAL leaderboards
Quaker Valley and Sewickley Academy have dominated play in Section 9-2A boys golf this season. The defending section champion Quakers were 10-0 in the section and overall as of Sept. 27. Sewickley, which lost to QV twice, was 10-2 in league action and 14-6 overall. Nine members of the two...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Nick Turowski in position to take shot at WPIAL repeat
Despite not putting his best, Penn-Trafford junior Nick Turowski put himself in great position to capture his second consecutive WPIAL Class 3A golf championship. Turowski shot a 2-over par 73 during the first round of the championship at Champion Lakes Golf Course near Bolivar and finds himself two strokes behind...
