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WPIAL Class 4A football roundup: No. 3 Central Valley rolls past No. 5 West Allegheny
Brett FitzSimmons ran for 141 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 3 Central Valley to a 55-7 victory over No. 5 West Allegheny (7-2, 4-2) in Class 4A Parkway Conference play Friday night. Antwon Johnson added 136 passing yards and a touchdown for Central Valley (9-0, 6-0), which led...
2022 WPIAL statistical leaders for rushing, passing, receiving in Week 8
Top performers for Week 8 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 431 - Cadin Olsen, Armstrong (17 of 21) 431 - Mac Schnur, Butler (27 of 41) 356 - Alec Anderson, Carmichaels (16 of 23) 354 - Joey Mayer, Hampton (13 of 24) 309 - Payton Wehner, Central...
WPIAL Class A football roundup: Alec Anderson’s big night seals Carmichaels’ playoff berth
Alec Anderson threw for 356 yards and four touchdowns to lead Carmichaels to a 48-14 victory over Bentworth (2-7, 0-6) in the Class A Tri-County South Conference on Friday night. Carmichaels (6-3, 4-2) clinched a playoff berth with the win. Tyler Richmond had seven receptions for 278 yards and three...
WPIAL Class 6A/5A football roundup: Gateway tops Norwin to clinch playoff berth
Brad Birch threw for 294 yards and four touchdowns to lead No. 3 Gateway to a 42-10 Class 5A Big East Conference win against Norwin (1-8, 0-4) on Friday night. Chris Livesey caught four passes for 152 yards and a touchdown and scored on a 59-yard punt return for Gateway...
Players switch positions, pace offense as Bethel Park tops South Fayette, clinches playoff spot
Bethel Park was without its top running back, Austin Caye, on Friday night at South Fayette Stadium, but the conference-leading Black Hawks still clinched a playoff spot in the Class 5A Allegheny Six with a 28-9 win. The Black Hawks (8-1, 4-0) used two 100-plus-yard rushing efforts to seal a...
Hampton keeps Mars from clinching playoff spot
The playoff scenario for Mars was much easier heading into this game: A win at home, and the Fightin’ Planets would be in. But Hampton had other ideas as the Talbots kept their playoff hopes alive with an exciting 49-42 road victory. First-year Hampton coach Steve Sciullo was impressed with...
Mt. Pleasant rolls past South Allegheny
Mt. Pleasant attempted to build momentum as the WPIAL football playoffs inched closer, taking advantage of a depleted and reeling South Allegheny squad and rolling to a 42-0 victory Friday night. The Vikings, who play at Southmoreland in the regular-season finale next Friday, qualified for the WPIAL playoffs for a...
Another big game for Landan Stevenson carries Mapletown past Monessen to Tri-County South title
Monessen’s missed opportunities and ill-advised penalties and the hard-nosed running of Mapletown’s Landan Stevenson were the determining factors in a Week 8 de facto Tri-County South Conference championship game Friday night. Stevenson ran the ball for 176 yards and threw a touchdown pass in the second quarter, as the Maples...
Joey Bellinotti, Shady Side Academy shut down Deer Lakes
Shady Side Academy bested Deer Lakes, 20-0, on Friday at Lancer Stadium, spoiling Deer Lakes’ senior night and keeping the Lancers (4-5, 2-2) from clinching a playoff spot. The Bulldogs (4-4, 3-1) clinched the WPIAL playoffs last week. The Bulldogs defense prevented the Lancers from entering the red zone and...
Jeannette clinches playoff spot with victory over Springdale
Jeannette is headed back to the WPIAL Class A playoffs after a year absence. The Jayhawks, the winningest program in the WPIAL with 770 victories, got two touchdowns apiece from senior running back Noah Sanders and junior quarterback Payton Molter and cruised to a 35-7 victory against winless Springdale to...
Cadin Olsen leads Armstrong past Chandler Thimons, Highlands in high-scoring affair
Many observers expected a replica of a heavyweight boxing match Friday at Golden Rams Stadium for the Greater Allegheny Conference showdown. The Armstrong High School band played the “Theme from Rocky” after the game, and it was quite appropriate as the River Hawks and Highlands combined for 971 offensive yards....
Belle Vernon overwhelms Southmoreland with 7 TDs in 7 drives
Another Friday night, another early ending for Belle Vernon. The Leopards scored touchdowns on their first seven possessions, including five in the first half, to help push Belle Vernon to a 48-0 win over Southmoreland in a Class 3A Interstate Conference matchup. Jake Gedekoh had a pair of touchdown runs,...
McKeesport rolls over Latrobe, but Wildcats clinch playoffs
There was good news and bad news for Latrobe’s football team Friday night. The bad news came first: The Wildcats were thumped by No. 2 McKeesport, 54-14, in the Class 4A Big Seven Conference finale at Memorial Stadium. The good news, which softened the blow some: Latrobe is headed to...
A-K Valley soccer playoff preview capsules for games of Oct. 22, 2022
Saturday’s games Boys Class 3A First round 12-Gateway (10-7-1) at 5-Kiski Area (14-3) 2 p.m., Richard Dilts Stadium, Allegheny Township Winner plays: Winner of 13-Montour (9-4-4)/4-Franklin Regional (14-4) in quarterfinals at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday (site TBD) Players to watch: Brendan Strawser, MF, Gateway; Anders Bordoy, MF, Kiski Area Corner kicks:...
Freeport girls look to add Class 2A WPIAL volleyball crown to collection
The Freeport girls volleyball team isn’t technically defending a WPIAL championship. The Yellowjackets moved back to Class 2A after winning the Class 3A crown last year, but the goal remains the same as they begin a quest for a seventh WPIAL title since 2010. Freeport, as expected, was selected as...
Volleyball powers get a look at their path to gold as the WPIAL announces playoff pairings
North Allegheny, North Catholic, Freeport and Serra Catholic drew No. 1 seeds as the WPIAL released the four girls volleyball playoff brackets Friday afternoon. North Allegheny will attempt to win its fifth Class 4A title in six years as it begins play Thursday at home in the quarterfinals against the...
Westmoreland County soccer playoff preview capsules for games of Oct. 22, 2022
Saturday’s games Boys Class 3A First round 13-Montour (9-4-4) at 4-Franklin Regional (14-4) 2 p.m., Panther Stadium, Murrysville Winner plays: Winner of 12-Gateway (10-7-1)/5-Kiski Area (14-3) in quarterfinals at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday (site TBD) Players to watch: Andrew Prunier, MF, Montour; Colton Hudson, MF, Franklin Regional Corner kicks: Montour finished...
5 things to watch in Week 8 of high school football
It’s hard to be perfect. With two weeks left in the regular season, only seven WPIAL teams still own an undefeated record, the lowest total in three years. Last season, 10 teams finished the regular season unbeaten. In 2020, there were 14, inflated in part because of pandemic cancellations. This...
Field set for WPIAL girls volleyball playoffs
The 2022 WPIAL girls volleyball regular season has come to an end with 73 teams qualifying for the district postseason. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in which head-to-head does not break the tie all qualify for...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 20, 2022
High schools Cross country Thursday’s results Tri-State Cross Country Invitational At Cal (Pa.) Boys Class 3A Individual: 1. Drew Griffith, Butler, 15:32.56; 2. Jack Bertram, North Allegheny, 16:15.50; 3. Brett Kroboth, Peters Township, 16:20.59; 4. Jackson Pajak, North Allegheny, 16:37.30; 5. Gregory Kossuth, North Allegheny, 16:50.56; 6. Eli Dewitt, Seneca...
High school roundup for Oct. 20, 2022: Bishop Canevin girls open WPIAL playoffs with OT win
Natalie Kirsch scored the overtime winner to lift No. 17 Bishop Canevin to a 2-1 victory over Bentworth in a WPIAL Class A preliminary round girls soccer playoff game Thursday night. The Crusaders (8-9) advanced to play No. 1 Freedom at noon Saturday. Cali Evans scored on a penalty kick...
Hempfield track star Liz Tapper picks Michigan
Hempfield senior Liz Tapper announced at volleyball senior night Thursday that she will be continuing her track career at the University of Michigan. Tapper selected Michigan over Duke, Ohio State and Kentucky. Tapper capped her junior season by becoming a high school national champion at the New Balance Nationals at...
Knoch, Mt. Lebanon claim WPIAL girls tennis team titles
The Knoch girls tennis team is back on top in WPIAL Class AA. And the Knights defeated a familiar foe to get there. Knoch and Sewickley Academy, the top seeds in the Class AA bracket, met Thursday to decide the WPIAL championship for the sixth year in a row. The...
Riverview runners set stage for WPIALs with strong Tri-State showing
Riverview cross country coach Palma Ostrowski walked away from the annual Tri-State Coaches Association Invitational pleased with the team’s performance. The boys finished second to Winchester Thurston, 45-52, in Class A and the girls placed third behind Winchester Thurston and Mohawk on the difficult Cal (Pa.) course. Winchester Thurston edged...
Butler’s Drew Griffith sets course record at Tri-State cross country event
Butler junior Drew Griffith was hoping to set the course record at Cal (Pa.) during the Tri-State Cross Country Invitational on Thursday. He thought he missed the mark by five seconds. Well, he was mistaken. He broke the course mark by nine seconds after he ran a 15:32.56 in the...
