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Shaler tops North Allegheny to win slow-pitch softball league title
The Shaler and North Allegheny slow-pitch softball teams finished the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League regular season as the top two squads in the 14-team standings. The Titans and Tigers navigated through the postseason tournament and met for the title. Shaler outlasted North Allegheny, 12-7, in the championship game Sunday...
We Serve First Foundation to host inaugural girls volleyball all-star event
Area high school girls volleyball seniors, and the game itself, will be celebrated Dec. 10 as the inaugural We Serve First All-Star Classic will be at Kiski Area High School. The event will highlight the skills of 38 seniors from 19 high schools from throughout the Alle-Kiski Valley and surrounding...
Belle Vernon aiming to knock Elizabeth Forward off its Interstate Conference perch
For schools 6 miles apart, it has been seven years since Elizabeth Forward and Belle Vernon Area have met on the football field. That streak ends Friday night. The Leopards (6-2, 4-0) travel to the home field of the Warriors (9-0, 4-0) looking to take something that has belonged to...
5 things to watch in Week 9 of high school football
Almost everyone has an off year once in a while, yet Mars coach Eric Kasperowicz and North Catholic’s Pat O’Shea have never had a team miss the playoffs in their head coaching careers. That might change after this week. Kasperowicz’s teams reached the playoffs eight consecutive years at Pine-Richland from...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 27, 2022
High schools Cross country WPIAL championships Thursday’s results At Cal (Pa.) Boys Class 3A 1. Drew Griffith, Butler, 15:17.2; 2. Jack Bertram, North Allegheny, 15:53.1; 3. Brett Kroboth, Peters Township,16:11.8; 4. Gregory Kossuth, North Allegheny, 16:26.2; 5. Jackson Pajak, North Allegheny, 16:30.2; 6. Sawyer Weinmann, Upper St. Clair, 16:33.7; 7....
Reigning state champions Aliquippa, Central Valley clash in long-awaited Week 9 finale
Two high school communities in Beaver County had Oct. 28 marked on their calendars since late February, when the WPIAL first released this season’s football schedules. Their day has arrived. At 7 p.m. Friday, Central Valley faces Aliquippa in a long-awaited regular-season finale at Freedom’s Jimbo Covert Stadium. The 2,500-seat...
High school roundup for Oct. 27, 2022: Josh Jenkins, Sto-Rox football end regular season with win
Josh Jenkins was 18 for 19 for 380 yards and six touchdowns as Sto-Rox made its final argument for a top two seed in the WPIAL Class A playoffs with a 57-14 nonconference win over Seton LaSalle on Thursday night. Jaymont Green-Miller had four catches for 146 yards and two...
Mars girls solve Franklin Regional defense in OT, run unbeaten streak to 79
Try as they might, teams just can’t stop the streak. Franklin Regional “parked the bus,” as coaches like to say, employing a back-line-heavy approach behind the ball to make scoring a chore for mighty Mars. With eight girls back, the Panthers contested shots, played physically and continuously cleared the ball,...
Brownsville’s Jolena Quarzo joins elite company as 3-time WPIAL cross country champ
Brownsville senior Jolena Quarzo became the 12th girl to win three WPIAL cross country titles when she won the Class 2A race Thursday at Roadman Park at Cal (Pa.). Latrobe’s Natalie Bower (Toman) and Vincentian’s Marianna Abdallah are the only four-time winners. Bower won from 2005-2008 in Class 3A and...
Latrobe girls continue to make history, advance to WPIAL soccer semifinals
Days after earning the program’s first inaugural playoff win, Latrobe secured its first trip to the WPIAL semifinals Thursday. The fifth-seeded Wildcats scored in each half and held things down with shutdown defense in a 3-0 victory over fourth-seeded Thomas Jefferson in the Class 3A quarterfinals. Latrobe (12-2-2) advances to...
Deer Lakes boys come up big, get past West Mifflin in Class 3A quarterfinals
At one point in his career, Nate Litrun wasn’t interested in scoring goals. He wanted to focus more on his center back position, but he stands 6-foot-5, so Deer Lakes coach Aaron Smith wanted to use his size in the box on corner kicks. It took some convincing, but eventually...
Drew Griffith takes baton from Butler teammate, wins WPIAL cross country crown
Last year, Drew Griffith helped make it a Butler 1-2 finish at the WPIAL Class 3A boys cross country championships at Cal (Pa.). The junior was runner-up to teammate and current Notre Dame freshman CJ Singleton. This year, Griffith is all alone at the top. For the second week in...
Riverview boys, girls earn top 3 finishes, PIAA berths at WPIAL cross country meet
For the first time since 2018, both the Riverview boys and girls cross country teams will run at the PIAA meet in Hershey after they each claimed third place in their Class A races at the WPIAL championships Thursday on the Roadman Park course at Cal (Pa.). The Raiders boys...
Belle Vernon has historic day at WPIAL cross country championships
It was an historic day for the Belle Vernon cross country team Thursday at the WPIAL championships. For the first time in school history, the Leopards had three runners qualify for the PIAA cross country meet Nov. 5 in Hershey. Senior Luke Henderson placed eighth in the Class 2A boys’...
Trib HSSN don’t-miss high school football matchups for 2022 Week 9
We conclude the stretch run in Week 9 with 12 playoff spots up for grabs and seven games that will decide a conference championship. Don’t forget to check out the Trib HSSN Scoreboard Show between 9:30 p.m. and midnight Friday to find out who is in and whose playoff bubble...
Trib HSSN football players to watch for 2022 Week 9
Here are four WPIAL high school football players to watch in Week 9: Isaiah Brown Armstrong, jr., WR/OLB Brown had seven catches for 166 yards and three touchdowns as Armstrong beat Highlands, 56-35, last Friday. Brown has 35 catches for 663 yards and 12 scores this season for the River...
Westinghouse, Allderdice again set to meet for City League championship
For the sixth consecutive season, either Allderdice or Westinghouse will win the Pittsburgh City League title. The Dragons and the Bulldogs have met in the previous four postseasons, splitting those playoff encounters, and they’ll square off again at 4 p.m. Saturday at Cupples Stadium on the South Side. This is...
Chick’s Picks turns down the big bucks, makes her Week 9 WPIAL football predictions
With the end of the regular season looming, Chick’s Picks knows it is never too soon to start planning for next season. As a local celebrity, Chick’s Picks is regularly approached by companies presenting her with sponsorship opportunities. This week, she received an offer unlike any other. A very prestigious...
Springdale duo kicks it into gear with football team, band
Springdale trailed Northgate, 37-13, in the fourth quarter after the Dynamos notched their second touchdown. The lead was more or less insurmountable, but Springdale was poised to make history. Sophomore kicker Clare Schneider took the field underneath the Friday night lights to attempt the extra point. Schneider anxiously ran on...
Westmoreland County H.S. football notebook: Playoff berth means progress for Latrobe
Latrobe quickly put a loss to No. 2 McKeesport in the past and clung to perspective with a trip to the WPIAL playoffs clinched. The Wildcats (5-4) will head to the postseason for just the third time since 2003, secure in an improved mindset and culture reset in the program....
Through the Years: 40 years ago, Brown boosted Burrell toward playoffs
Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look at the players, coaches and events that shaped our scholastic legacy. Burrell moved closer to a WPIAL Class 3A playoff spot with a 14-13 victory at Knoch on Oct. 25, 1982. Tom Brown tallied...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 26, 2022
High schools Field hockey WPIAL playoffs Semifinals Thursday’s schedule Class 3A Mt. Lebanon at Pine-Richland, 6 p.m. North Allegheny vs. Peters Township at Pine-Richland, 7:30 p.m. Class 2A Oakland Catholic at Penn-Trafford, 6 p.m. Latrobe vs. Fox Chapel, 7:30 p.m. Class A Winchester Thurston at Ellis School, 6 p.m. Aquinas...
High school roundup for Oct. 26, 2022: 13th-seeded Montour wins in OT to make WPIAL semifinals
Jaxon Camp scored the winning goal with 19 seconds remaining in the first overtime to propel No. 13 Montour to a 2-1 win over No. 5 Kiski Area in the WPIAL Class 3A boys soccer quarterfinals Wednesday night. Prior to overtime, Parker Brennan scored for the Spartans (12-4-4) with 32...
Riverview boys try to defend their WPIAL Class A cross country title
The Riverview boys cross country team struck WPIAL gold last year as it won the Class A crown after five straight runner-up finishes to Winchester Thurston. Three of the top four finishers from the 2021 team, which took third at the PIAA championships, graduated. But senior Division I recruit Amberson...
Springdale girls soccer team doesn’t let opponent get too close this time, advances to semifinals
In Springdale’s first-round win over Sewickley Academy, the game got a little too close for comfort after the Dynamos yielded a couple of late goals. They were determined not to let that happen again Tuesday. This time, the second-seeded Dynamos were dominant from start to finish and ended up with...
