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High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 3, 2021
High schools Hockey Thursday’s schedule Class 3A Pine-Richland at Upper St. Clair, Ice Castle Arena-Trackside, 7 p.m Bethel Park at Cathedral Prep, Mercyhurst Ice Center, 8:30 p.m North Allegheny at Central Catholic, Alpha Ice Complex, 8:30 p.m Canon-McMillan at Seneca Valley, Baierl Ice Complex-World, 9 p.m Peters Township at Baldwin,...
The Birdie hits reset button, makes Westmoreland County playoff picks
Last week: 9-4 (69.2%) Season: 88-35 (71.5%) When the Birdie caught wind that Seton Hill was getting Esports teams for the fall of 2022, he checked to see if he had any college eligibility left. “If you’d have seen me play Tecmo Bowl back in the day, you’d know why,”...
Westmoreland County don’t miss high school football matchups for 2021 Week 10
Class 5A First round 12-Franklin Regional (3-7) at 5-Penn Hills (6-3) 7 p.m. Friday, Andrew Yuhas Stadium, Penn Hills Winner plays: At 4-Gateway (7-3) in the quarterfinals Nov. 12, 7 p.m. Franklin Regional can thank its thrilling, 41-40 comeback win over Latrobe for its playoff berth. The Panthers finished fourth...
Seeking 1st WPIAL playoff win, Southmoreland welcomes familiar foe in East Allegheny
It took Southmoreland 40 years to make its second appearance in the WPIAL football playoffs. That was two years ago when the Scotties qualified for the Class 2A postseason and met eventual champion Avonworth. The Scotties lost, 41-0. The first appearance was against perennial power Penn Hills in 1979, and...
Westmoreland County football players to watch in 2021 Week 10
Hunter Dean Mt. Pleasant, sr., OL/DL The senior lineman has helped pave the way for the Vikings’ solid ground attack led by Robbie Labuda, Aaron Alakson and quarterback Tyler Reese. The 5-4 Vikings look to ground out a playoff win against Burrell. Nate Dlugos Greensburg Central Catholic, jr., QB The...
2021 Western Pa. high school football schedule for Week 10
Class 6A Quarterfinals Friday’s schedule Canon-McMillan (4-6) at North Allegheny (6-4), 7 p.m. (HSSN) Semifinals Friday, Nov. 12 Canon-McMillan/North Allegheny winner at Mt. Lebanon (10-0), 7 p.m. Seneca Valley (7-3) vs. Central Catholic (8-2) at Baldwin, 7 p.m. Class 5A First round Friday’s schedule Woodland Hills (4-6) at Bethel Park...
A-K Valley football players to watch in 2021 Week 10
Logan Brooks Plum, Sr., WR/DB Brooks has been key part of the Mustangs passing game all season, but he picked up his pace the past several weeks with a combined 23 catches for 263 yards and three touchdowns against Knoch, Armstrong and Greensburg Salem. He hauled in 11 passes for...
The Birdie gets out his calculator and makes A-K Valley playoff picks
Last week: 8-1 (88.9%) Overall: 78-27 (74.3%) If there’s one question the Birdie gets asked more than any other, it’s “Do you want fries with that?” A close second is, “How do you make your picks? It’s like you’re a fortune teller who can see into the future.” On the...
A-K Valley don’t miss high school football matchups for 2021 Week 10
Class 5A First round 10-Fox Chapel (4-6) at 7-Upper St. Clair (6-4) 7 p.m. Friday, at Panther Stadium, Upper St. Clair Township Winner plays: At 2-Penn-Trafford in quarterfinals Nov. 12, 7 p.m. Fox Chapel returns to the WPIAL playoffs after a one-year hiatus. The Foxes are part of the postseason...
Westmoreland girls soccer playoff capsule for Nov. 4, 2021
Today’s game Girls Class 2A Consolation game Shady Side Academy (12-2-1) vs. Southmoreland (14-2-2) 6:30 p.m., Norwin Knights Stadium, North Huntingdon Notes: The winner takes third place in the WPIAL and advances to the PIAA tournament, which begins Tuesday, to play the District 10 champion. Shady Side Academy, a longtime...
WPIAL boys soccer championship preview: North Catholic, GCC have shot at history
A pair of WPIAL schools will be playing for the triple crown this week. Both North Catholic and Greensburg Central Catholic have teams playing for WPIAL championships in boys soccer, girls soccer and girls volleyball Thursday, Friday and Saturday. A year ago, the Mars and Greensburg Central Catholic boys and...
Evenly matched playoff foes Highlands, New Castle have history of tight games
Highlands and New Castle have played some close games over the past several seasons, and Friday’s opening-round playoff game appears to be evenly matched. That’s what one would expect when a ninth-seeded team such as New Castle (6-4, 3-2) squares off against No. 8 Highlands (7-3, 4-3) at Golden Rams...
WPIAL girls soccer championship preview: 3 teams bring repeat dreams to Highmark
A pair of WPIAL schools will be playing for the triple crown this week. Both North Catholic and Greensburg Central Catholic have teams playing for WPIAL championships in boys soccer, girls soccer and girls volleyball Thursday, Friday and Saturday. A year ago, the Mars and Greensburg Central Catholic boys and...
Westmoreland HS notebook: Franklin Regional’s DiFalco to play in All-American game
Franklin Regional soccer standout Anthony DiFalco has had a decorated high school career. He’s won just about every individual award possible, from All-WPIAL and All-State honors to All-America status. He has two WPIAL championships, a runner-up finish and two PIAA semifinal appearances. Now, the gifted forward will get to play...
Deer Lakes volleyball perseveres through in-season coaching change
One word can be used to describe the Deer Lakes girls volleyball season: necessity. Necessity struck when the school’s assistant principal became the team’s coach during the season. It hit again when the team was forced to rally back in its final game — and nearly did. And, at the...
A-K Valley girls athlete of the week: Plum’s Camryn Rogers
Camryn Rogers Class: Junior School: Plum Sport: Soccer Report card: Rogers had a hat trick in Plum’s 7-1 win over Laurel Highlands in the first round of the playoffs Monday. She had a dozen goals in the regular season. The Mustangs played South Fayette on Tuesday in the semifinals and...
After roller-coaster regular season, Springdale turns attention to playoffs
Springdale finally reached the finish line last Saturday, being one of the final teams to qualify for the WPIAL football playoffs. The 35-0 victory over cross-river rival Riverview put the Dynamos in the postseason for the 19th time, but the journey was filled with setbacks such as injuries, illnesses and,...
Westmoreland County girls athlete of the week: Southmoreland’s Olivia Cernuto
Olivia Cernuto School: Southmoreland Sport: Soccer Class: Junior Claim to fame: Cernuto, who has 24 goals this season, scored three times to lead No. 2 Southmoreland (14-1-2) to a 6-0 victory over No. 15 West Mifflin in the first round of the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs Oct. 26. Cernuto scored...
Senior-led Hempfield relishes run to WPIAL field hockey playoffs
You could say Hempfield’s early exit from the WPIAL field hockey playoffs has cast a persistent pall of doubt over a program that, until this year, hadn’t even sniffed a postseason opportunity. But it did little to break the Spartans’ spirit. Not that the coaches and players were dwelling on...
Southmoreland volleyball reflects on up-and-down season
Heather Meyer’s team showed it can compete with some of the best the WPIAL has to offer in Class 2A. But, for the second-year Southmoreland girls volleyball coach, maintaining that level of play was a problem. And one she hopes can be remedied in the coming months. “Our season, we...
Freeport fends off Armstrong in Class 3A volleyball thriller
The Freeport girls volleyball team is back in the WPIAL championship game. The top-seeded Yellowjackets lost the first game of their WPIAL Class 3A semifinal match with section rival and fifth-seeded Armstrong on Tuesday. But Freeport won three of the remaining four games, including the deciding Game 5 by a...
High school roundup for Nov. 2, 2021: Peters Township, Seneca Valley reach 4A finals
Alex Grim and and Austin Marmol each had a goal and an assist to lead No. 2 Peters Township to a 4-1 victory over No. 6 North Allegheny (15-6) in the WPIAL Class 4A boys soccer semifinals Tuesday night at West Allegheny. Andrew Massucci and Connor Hoye also scored for...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 2, 2021
High schools Football WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Friday’s schedule Canon-McMillan (4-6) at North Allegheny (6-4), 7 p.m. Semifinals Friday, Nov. 12 Canon-McMillan/North Allegheny winner at Mt. Lebanon (10-0), 7 p.m. Seneca Valley (7-3) vs. Central Catholic (8-2) at Baldwin, 7 p.m. Class 5A First round Friday’s schedule Woodland Hills...
GCC gets off canvas, rallies past California into WPIAL volleyball finals
California had No. 3 Greensburg Central Catholic on the ropes Tuesday in the WPIAL Class A girls volleyball semifinals at Norwin. The seventh-seeded Trojans, fresh off their upset of No. 2 Mapletown, were set to deliver the knockout blow, but the Centurions wouldn’t let it happen. It was like they...
Greensburg Central Catholic gets wild OT win over Eden Christian
Carlo Denis said he heard a defender say, “Oh, no.” Seconds later, Greensburg Central Catholic was saying, “Oh, yes.” Denis, the Centurions’ standout junior forward, took a throw-in from junior Jacob Umbel as time ticked down in overtime Tuesday night. He then spun around a defender and touched the ball...
