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WPIAL Class 3A football roundup: Jakub Pickett’s record-setting effort lifts Quaker Valley to victory
Jakub Pickett caught five passes for a school-record 163 yards and two touchdowns as Quaker Valley earned a 40-22 victory over Seton LaSalle (0-4, 0-1) in the Class 3A Western Hills Conference on Friday night. Troy Kozar threw for 237 yards and three touchdowns and ran for two TDs for...
WPIAL Class 4A football roundup: Thomas Jefferson topples Latrobe
Brody Evans threw for 213 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 3 Thomas Jefferson to a 31-21 victory over Latrobe (2-2, 0-1) in the Class 4A Big Seven Conference opener Friday night. Aidan Whalen ran for 112 yards and a touchdown for Thomas Jefferson (3-1, 3-1). Robert Fulton ran...
Boyd, White lead Elizabeth Forward past Shady Side Academy
Zach Boyd and Zion White continue to torch opposing secondaries, and Elizabeth Forward continues to win because of it. The Warriors started a little slower than coach Mike Collodi would have liked, but they still came away with a 42-21 win over Shady Side Academy at Warriors Stadium. Boyd continues...
Aliquippa notches another shutout in win over Montour
After shutting out North Catholic last week, Aliquippa’s defense looked to be in peak form. Nothing happened Friday night to change that view. The Quips held Montour to minus-23 yards of offense in a 33-0 shutout victory in its Class 4A Parkway Conference opener at Thomas J. Birko Memorial Stadium....
WPIAL Class 6A/5A football roundup: Mt. Lebanon upsets No. 1 Central Catholic on last-second field goal
Ben McAuley’s 18-yard field goal in the final seconds capped No. 4 Mt. Lebanon’s 17-16 comeback win over top-ranked Central Catholic (2-2, 0-1) in a Class 6A Conference football game Friday night. Mt. Lebanon (2-2, 1-0) trailed 16-0 heading into the fourth quarter. David Shields hit Fred LaSota with a...
Jeannette has reason to celebrate after rout of Frazier
The WPIAL’s winningest football program hasn’t had much to celebrate since claiming its 10th WPIAL championship and reaching the PIAA final in 2020. The Jeannette Jayhawks have won twice since falling to Steelton-Highspire in Hershey in the Class A final that year. On Friday night, Jeannette notched its second victory...
Jake Phillips’ 7 touchdowns lead Hempfield to romp of Shaler
Coming into Friday night’s game at Shaler, Hempfield knew it was knocking on history’s door. A performance for the ages blew that door clear off the hinges. Spartans quarterback Jake Phillips accounted for 363 yards of offense and all seven touchdowns as Hempfield (4-0) pounded Shaler, 48-7, on Friday night...
Franklin Regional controls ground game, stuns top-ranked Gateway
Franklin Regional already had momentum from a strong start. But when the Panthers added a purpose — to play for an injured teammate — nobody was stopping them. Nobody. Not even No. 1 Gateway. With the straight-ahead strength of a dominant power running game, and an opportunistic defense, the Panthers...
Peters Township overcomes 5 turnovers to defeat South Fayette in Allegheny Six opener
Peters Township freshman Reston Lehman scored his first two career touchdowns a minute apart Friday night, one to tie and one to take the lead as the Indians defeated South Fayette, 42-28, in an Allegheny Six opener filled with unpredictable moments. Maybe most unpredictable was that South Fayette’s defense intercepted...
Rubrecht scores 4 times to help Greensburg Salem turn away Deer Lakes
It took Greensburg Salem a few series before it found its rhythm against Deer Lakes on Friday. But, once it did, it rolled to a third-consecutive victory. And it was the running of senior quarterback Cody Rubrecht and sophomore running back Kai Brunot that carried the Golden Lions (3-1) to...
Serra Catholic defense leads way in win vs. Burrell
Time and time again, Serra Catholic’s defense has come up with huge, game-changing plays. A week after winning against Washington by stifling them on a 2-point attempt, the Eagles (3-1, 1-0) defense came up with the goods in a 38-20 conference-opening victory over Burrell (3-1, 0-1). There were two defensive...
Haden Sierocky leads Ligonier Valley past Apollo-Ridge
Haden Sierocky did it all for Ligonier Valley on Friday night. The 6-foot, 176-pound senior rushed for 150 yards on 21 carries and two touchdowns, caught four passes for 37 yards and a touchdown, recovered two fumbles and intercepted a pass that was tipped by two players before he came...
Kalkstein’s big play helps Penn-Trafford earn narrow win over Belle Vernon
When Penn-Trafford needed to make a big defensive play with less than two minutes to go in a six-point game Friday night, Tommy Kalkstein answered the call. On a third-and-8, the 6-foot-2, 182-pound senior defensive back came up with a late interception of Belle Vernon’s Braden Laux to revive some...
Highlands stifles North Catholic, ends Trojans’ conference winning streak
All week, Highlands coach Matt Bonislawski told his team the Greater Allegheny Conference opener with North Catholic was a statement game. Statement made. The Golden Rams were dominant on defense and made key plays on offense on their way to a 17-7 win over the Trojans on Friday night at...
Lovelace helps Leechburg sprint past Springdale
With a big Eastern Conference clash looming next Friday at Clairton, Leechburg coach Randy Walters hoped his players would remain focused and take care of business Friday against Springdale in the conference opener for both teams. Mission accomplished. Leechburg posted its third straight shutout and raced to a 35-0 lead...
Kiski Area’s Miller, Fox Chapel’s Gwin capture Kiski Invitational titles
After going through massive changes to format two years ago because of the covid pandemic and not being able to run last year, organizers of the fifth Gingerbread Man Kiski Invitational cross country meet at Allegheny Township’s Northmoreland Park were hoping for the best as more than 20 area high...
Kiski Area moving toward sports season tickets, all-sport passes for fans
Kiski Area High School sports fans could get a break when purchasing tickets to Cavalier games. The school board Wednesday gave Athletic Director John Peterman the green light, by consensus, to start designing season ticket programs for Kiski sporting events where admission is charged. The idea would be to offer...
1st-year QBs lead Peters Township, South Fayette into Allegheny Six opener
T.J. Plack handed the key for Peters Township’s offense to a first-year starting quarterback and told him to drive. “You don’t need to buy any rims or anything like that, just make the correct turns, use your turn signal and get the ball to our guys,” Plack said with a...
5 things to watch in Week 3 of high school football
Ready or not, it’s conference time. Most WPIAL teams had a few exhibition games to prepare, but this week the WPIAL starts conference play in earnest with a nearly full slate. By the end of the day Saturday, 94 of 117 teams will have played at least one conference game....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 15, 2022
High schools Field hockey Thursday’s results Section 3A Mt. Lebanon 4, Norwin 0 Nonsection Pine-Richland 5, Fox Chapel 0 Football Thursday’s result City League Westinghouse 55, University Prep 12 Friday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Mt. Lebanon at Central Catholic, 7 p.m. Class 5A Allegheny Six South Fayette at Peters Township,...
High school roundup for Sept. 15, 2022: Kiski Area gets past Mars on second-half goal
Nathaniel Coleman scored off a corner kick with less than eight minutes to go to lead Kiski Area to a 1-0 victory over Mars in a Section 1-3A boys soccer showdown Thursday. Anders Bordoy had an assist and Maddox Anderson recorded a six-save shutout for the Cavaliers (6-1, 5-0). Kaden...
Greensburg Central Catholic boys soccer scorches Charleroi to sit atop section
Greensburg Central Catholic now stands alone atop the Section 2-A standings. The Centurions raced to an early three-goal lead and managed to pull away from visiting Charleroi in the second half for a 7-3 victory in a section showdown between the top two teams Thursday night. “We were expecting to...
Belle Vernon boys soccer has a blast, beats Mt. Pleasant to move into 1st-place tie
Belle Vernon opened with a quirky kickoff formation with just about every player lined up to one side at the 50-yard line, with a deep kick. Leopards coach Al Yeschenko said the team was just having some fun. But the fun was only beginning. They got even more enjoyment out...
Alle-Kiski Valley girls soccer notebook: Section 2-2A looking fierce
Deer Lakes, Burrell and Freeport have waged some fierce girls soccer battles for several years in Section 2-2A. The early part of this year’s section schedule was no exception. It started Sept. 1 as the Lancers led Freeport, 2-0, only to have the Yellowjackets rally and win in overtime 3-2....
Trib HSSN don’t-miss high school football matchups for 2022 Week 3
If the district playoffs are Christmas for high school football fans, then Week 3 is like Thanksgiving Day. Sure, you eat plenty of meals over the course of a year, but there is something special about that one meal in late November. Hours and hours of prep time in the...
