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Ace for Mars’ Blake Bertolo highlights first round of WPIAL 3A golf championship
It was quite an exciting day for Mars senior Blake Bertolo at Champion Lakes Golf Course near Bolivar on Tuesday. Not only did he qualify for the final round of the WPIAL Class 3A Championship on Oct. 6 at Allegheny Country Club by shooting a 5-over-par 76, but his round...
Franklin Regional boys soccer team knocks off top-ranked Plum
The Franklin Regional boys are playing their best soccer of the season. Just ask Plum. The fifth-ranked Panthers went on the road Tuesday night and upset the top-ranked Mustangs, 1-0, avenging an earlier Section 3-3A loss while extending their winning streak to seven and ending Plum’s 26-game unbeaten streak in...
WPIAL rules East Allegheny transfer eligible for regular-season football but not playoffs
East Allegheny junior Amir Rollins, a transfer from Penn Hills, is allowed to play football in the regular season, but he remains ineligible for the playoffs, the WPIAL ruled Tuesday. Penn Hills administrators had flagged his transfer as potentially motivated by athletics, but the WPIAL board didn’t find evidence to...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 28, 2022: Top 4A girls soccer teams look to break logjam
It has become crowded at the top of Section 2-4A in WPIAL girls soccer. Five teams in that section are separated by only two and a half games heading into a busy Wednesday that includes 43 district section soccer matches. Four of the top five teams will go head-to-head in...
Trib HSSN State High School Football Rankings for Sept. 27, 2022
Once again, there were few changes in the weekly Trib HSSN state football rankings as we have reached the midway point of the 2022 regular season. There were two head-to-head showdowns in Week 4 with one losing team dropping from No. 1 to No. 5 while the other fell completely...
Westmoreland girls soccer notebook: Norwin looks for turnaround to keep playoff streak alive
Diane Metzger played for Norwin, so the second-year coach knows about the school’s rich tradition in girls soccer. Since the program began in the mid-1980s, the team has never missed the WPIAL playoffs. But Norwin is 2-8-2 overall and sits sixth out of eight teams in Section 1-4A at 2-6...
Undefeated Mt. Pleasant girls soccer team in rare form
A 3-5-2 formation is somewhat rare in high school girls soccer. It takes a strong midfield presence, versatile wing-backs and a blend of speed and patience to execute the shape in its intended sense. But Mt. Pleasant coach Rich Garland knew he had all of those riches in a young,...
High school roundup for Sept. 26, 2022: First-place Mars fends off Hampton challenge
Piper Coffield had two goals and Gwen Howell and Reese Dunaway also scored to lead first-place Mars to a 4-0 win over second-place Hampton (8-2, 5-2) in Section 1-3A girls soccer Monday night. Kate McEnroe and Lily Goodworth combined on the shutout for Mars (8-0, 7-0). Bentworth 4, Charleroi 1...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 26, 2022
High schools Golf Boys WPIAL Individual Championships Class 2A First round Hannastown G.C., Par 70 Hunter Jurica, Derry, 74 Daniel Sethman, Brownsville, 74 JP Tusai, South Park, 75 Logan Voytish, Uniontown, 75 Rogan Maloney, Belle Vernon, 76 Ryan Karfelt, Mt. Pleasant, 77 Josh Harbert, Ligonier Valley, 77 Wade Boyle, Greensburg...
Derry’s Hunter Jurica shares 1st-round lead in WPIAL Class 2A golf championship
Derry senior Hunter Jurica likes the new way the WPIAL will determine the golf champion. Instead of a one-day event, the WPIAL is holding a two-day competition for the boys and girls. The Class 2A boys and both girls classifications held their first round Monday. Jurica and Brownsville junior Daniel...
New cast of characters has Leechburg volleyball again competing for section title
The Leechburg girls volleyball team entered the season a younger group than the one that tied for last year’s Section 4-A title with Greensburg Central Catholic and made it all the way to the WPIAL semifinals. Several key seniors moved on, including All-WPIAL first-team selection Kalli Grine and all-section first-team...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 27, 2022: Plum, Franklin Regional renew rivalry
The second half of section play around WPIAL boys soccer begins for many teams Tuesday with 47 section matches on the schedule. One of the top contests is a battle between the two top teams in Section 4-3A as Plum hosts Franklin Regional. The Mustangs are in first place with...
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week for 2022 Week 4
Following a winless 2019 season and a total of four wins in 2020 and 2021 combined, losing the first three games of this season made it seem like another long fall was ahead for West Mifflin football. However, these Titans decided that recent struggles weren’t going to define them. After...
Top WPIAL teams hold on to spots in Volleyball Coaches Association rankings
The WPIAL girls volleyball section schedule has reached the midway point, and races in all four classifications are heating up. The No. 1 teams in the Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association rankings — North Allegheny (Class 4A), Moon (Class 3A), Freeport (Class 2A) and Bishop Canevin (Class A) — held...
Shaler leads way as Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League enters stretch run
Shaler leads the pack of 14 varsity teams as the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League enters the stretch run to the league playoffs. The Titans improved to 7-1 overall with a pair of dominating victories Sunday over Seneca Valley, 23-6 and 17-1. Second-place Hempfield (6-2) also swept a doubleheader, topping...
Familiar face guides Greensburg Central Catholic volleyball to strong start
Erin Salas, with a long history of coaching in the Greensburg Central Catholic system, has taken over the Centurions varsity girls volleyball team this year, becoming the program’s third head coach in as many seasons. She succeeds Angela Grabb. “I did it because I love to coach,” said Salas, a...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Hempfield’s Cydney Blahovec
In most sports, a span of five seconds isn’t that big of a deal, unless it’s right before the buzzer. In cross country, five seconds could mean a 10-place difference or more. That was exactly the case for Hempfield senior Cydney Blahovec and her performances in the Red, White &...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Burrell’s Kadi Bauer
From a top 12 finish at the state track meet to broken individual and school records to, most recently, a big improvement in times at the annual Red, White & Blue Invitational, senior Kadi Bauer has done a lot in her Burrell athletic career. “One of my favorite memories is...
High school sports schedules for Sept. 26, 2022
High schools Soccer Boys Monday’s schedule Nonsection Beaver at Central Valley, 7:30 p.m. Chartiers Valley at Trinity, 2 p.m. Hopewell at Freedom, 8 p.m. Ligonier Valley at North Star, 4 p.m. Riverview at Valley, 4 p.m. Girls Monday’s schedule Class 4A Section 1 Pine-Richland at Butler, 8 p.m. Shaler at...
Belle Vernon softball pitcher Kolowitz makes verbal commitment to St. Francis (Pa.)
Belle Vernon senior Olivia Kolowitz became more familiar with the recruiting game last fall when she joined the Ohio Outlaws travel softball team. As her pitching improved on an ascending plane, so did her stock as a prospect. Suddenly, college programs knew her name. Her mind was opened to a...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Golfers set for new WPIAL format
WPIAL golfers this week will be part of a significant format change to the individual postseason. For the first time, the championship tournaments will be 36 holes and played over a week at two courses. The scores from the two rounds will be cumulative. Essentially, the semifinal rounds were eliminated...
Add volleyball coach to list of duties for busy Southmoreland AD Boring
Dan Boring’s life is anything but, well, boring. The Southmoreland athletic director wears many hats in Scottie Land, and he added another one this fall, leaving people asking, “How does he do it all?” Boring, who has been the school’s wrestling coach for the last five years and teaches freshman...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Sept. 26, 2022: Golfers begin championship tournaments
The top district golfers in Class 2A boys and in both 3A and 2A girls will put ball on tee Monday morning to begin the first two rounds of the WPIAL golf championships. The new format has the championships being played on two days at two different golf courses. In...
Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week for 2022 Week 4
The smart little pig that built his house with brick was able to survive and thrive the menacing big bad wolf. Beaver Falls football coach Nick Nardone was just as wise four years ago when he decided to build his offense around a freshman that has been a rock for...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Sept. 26, 2022
We don’t need a calendar to tell us. An autumn chill is in the air as we close out the month of September with plenty of fall high school sports broadcasts this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio football coverage of...
