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High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 7, 2022
High schools Field hockey Wednesday’s results Nonsection Pine-Richland 6, Penn-Trafford 1 Golf Boys Wednesday’s results Class 3A Section 1 Indiana 202, Hempfield 211 Norwin 213, Latrobe 220 Medalists: Dom Cerilli (N) 40, PJ Germano (L) 40 Section 3 Butler 194, Seneca Valley 206 Medalists: Hunter Swidzinski (B) 34, Dante Rosetti...
High school roundup for Sept. 7, 2022: Dramatic win for North Allegheny girls soccer
Anna Bundy scored the game-winning goal in the final two minutes to lead North Allegheny to a 4-3 victory over Butler in Section 1-4A girls soccer Wednesday. Abby Stager scored twice and Allie Burns also found the net for the Tigers (5-0, 3-0). Samantha Miller had two goals and Maddison...
Plum races past Latrobe in matchup of top girls soccer teams in Class 3A
Plum came out like a sprinter in the fastest heat. Latrobe had trouble getting off the starting block. In a showdown of ranked girls soccer teams from Section 3-3A, No. 3 Plum showcased its speed, working up a nice lather offensively early on the way to a 4-2 victory over...
Freeport girls soccer snaps winless streak against rival Burrell
Close and intense soccer is expected when the Freeport and Burrell girls teams meet. Wednesday was no exception as the Yellowjackets and Bucs clashed at Freeport Area Athletic Stadium. Freeport scored twice in the first half, and the defense made it stand up for a 2-0 victory. The triumph for...
Conference opener takes Pine-Richland coach Jon LeDonne back to Penn Hills
Yuhas-McGinley Stadium holds fond memories for Jon LeDonne, but what kind of welcome will he receive there Friday night when he’s wearing green instead of the home team’s red and gold? LeDonne spent five good years as Penn Hills’ football coach and won a state title in 2018, but this...
Jeannette boys soccer looking to build on, not relive, last season’s success
“Move on” is a two-word mantra around the Jeannette boys soccer team these days. The much-improved, ready-to-contend Jeannette boys soccer team, that is. The Jayhawks are playing up voluntarily this season, in Class 2A, to increase competition and play with more public school teams. Last year was fun — an...
A-K Valley football players to watch in 2022 Week 2
Devin Beattie Burrell, jr., RB/DB Beattie is part of a strong Bucs running game, and in last Friday’s overtime victory over Deer Lakes, he shined. Given the ball 23 times, Beattie rushed for 142 yards and scored the tying touchdown in the fourth quarter on a 39-yard run. He hopes...
A-K Valley don’t miss high school football matchups for 2022 Week 2
Nonconference Apollo-Ridge (2-0) at Deer Lakes (0-2) 7 p.m. Friday, at Lancers Stadium, West Deer Apollo-Ridge and Deer Lakes will meet for the first time since 2017 when the Vikings won an Allegheny Conference matchup, 34-21. Deer Lakes leads the all-time series, 17-14. The Vikings scored a 34-19 home win...
Please excuse The Birdie as he makes his Week 2 picks in A-K Valley football
Last week: 9-1 Overall: 19-2 (90.4%) It might look like The Birdie is off to a good start picking games this season, but he holds himself to an impossibly high standard. Two incorrect picks in two weeks is two too many, the way he sees it. “I expect nothing less...
2022 Western Pa. high school football schedule, broadcasts for Week 2
Friday 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. (HSSN*, 1020 AM, 100.1 FM) Nonconference Aliquippa at North Catholic, 7 p.m. (HSSN*, 1460 AM, 95.7 FM) Apollo-Ridge at Deer Lakes, 7...
Westmoreland County football players to watch in 2022 Week 2
Here are Westmoreland County’s high school football players to watch for Week 2. Kai Brunot Greensburg Salem, So., RB/DB The sophomore rushed for 102 yards and a touchdown in helping the Golden Lions defeat Derry, 26-17, last week. He’s expected to be the team’s top running back. Daevon Burke Monessen,...
Hempfield, Latrobe football teams creating a buzz in Westmoreland County
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...
Westmoreland County don’t miss high school football matchups for 2022 Week 2
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...
Week 2 picks in Westmoreland County are no piece of cake for The Birdie
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...
Westmoreland County boys soccer notebook: GCC’s Carlo Denis hits major milestone
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...
Valley looks to overtake Burrell in next chapter of ‘Battle of the Bypass’ rivalry
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,...
Aliquippa remains atop Trib 10 power rankings while 3 new teams enter
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...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 7, 2022: South Hills girls soccer rivals to clash
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 school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 6, 2022
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...
High school roundup for Sept. 6, 2022: Deer Lakes beats Shady Side Academy on buzzer beater
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...
GCC girls soccer not hitting panic button, remain No. 1 in Class A
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....
Trib HSSN State Football Rankings for Sept. 6, 2022
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...
Westmoreland County girls soccer notebook: Community rallies around Rosensteel Classic
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 ineligible for basketball playoffs
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...
Freeport boys golf off to strong start against local rivals
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...
