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Alle-Kiski Valley WPIAL soccer playoff capsules: Oct. 27, 2021
Boys Class 3A Quarterfinals 6-Kiski Area (16-3) at 3-Franklin Regional (14-3) 6:30 p.m. at Panther Stadium, Murrysville Winner plays: Winner of 7-Moon (16-2)/2-Hampton (16-1) on Monday (time, site TBD) Kiski Area overcame a slow start and put in four second-half goals to take care of No. 11 Gateway in the...
Freeport girls volleyball in good position for playoffs
The Freeport girls volleyball team feels right at home in the WPIAL playoffs. The Yellowjackets haven’t missed the postseason in close to two decades, and they find themselves the hunted as the No. 1 seed in Class AAA as they shoot for their second WPIAL championship in three years, their...
Westmoreland County WPIAL soccer playoff capsules: Oct. 27, 2021
Wednesday’s games Girls Class A Quarterfinals 8-Riverside (11-7) vs. 1-Greensburg Central Catholic (13-1) 6:15 p.m. at Fridley Field, Hampton Winner plays: Winner of 4-Bishop Canevin (15-0-1)/5-Freedom (13-4) on Monday (time, site TBD) Riverside won a back-and-forth playoff opener against No. 9 Winchester Thurston, 8-4. Emma Thellman and Megan Zelc scored...
Westmoreland boys athlete of the week: Anthony DiFalco, Franklin Regional
Anthony DiFalco School: Franklin Regional Sport: Soccer Year: Senior Claim to fame: DiFalco scored three goals to lead No. 3 Franklin Regional (14-3) to an 8-0 win over No. 14 Trinity (10-6-2) in the first round of the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs at Franklin Regional on Oct. 23. DiFalco, who...
Mt. Pleasant girls golf team pleased but not satisfied with solid season
The last 14 months have been a bit of a whirlwind for Ken Ivory. In August of 2020, Ivory stepped in late to lead the Mt. Pleasant girls golf team. The challenge of taking over a team on the brink of starting a season was tough, but add in the...
Volleyball coaches association releases final WPIAL girls rankings, players of the week
The WPIAL playoff brackets are set and the postseason matches begin this week. The Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its final girls rankings and players of the week Monday. North Allegheny (Class 4A), Freeport (Class 3A), North Catholic (Class 2A) and Bishop Canevin (Class A) own the top spots...
Greensburg Central Catholic girls volleyball takes aim at long playoff run
Over the past decade, two teams, including one from Westmoreland County, have dominated the WPIAL Class A girls volleyball playoffs. Allegheny County’s Bishop Canevin has won six championships since 2012, and the Greensburg Central Catholic Centurions gathered up the remaining three. Could there be another title run in store this...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 25, 2021
High schools Field hockey WPIAL playoffs Class 3A Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Peters Township at Pine-Richland, 7:30 p.m. Hempfield vs. North Allegheny at Pine-Richland, 6 p.m. Class 2A Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Latrobe at Penn-Trafford, 8 p.m. Upper St. Clair vs. Fox Chapel at Penn-Trafford, 6:30 p.m. Class A Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule...
High school roundup for Oct. 25, 2021: Quick-strike offense leads Oakland Catholic
Emily Cooper scored a pair of goals 27 second apart to lead No. 9 Oakland Catholic to a 5-1 victory over No. 8 Belle Vernon in a WPIAL Class 3A girls soccer first-round match Monday night. Mia Lowry, Claire Coldren and Reese Gambill also scored for the Eagles (13-3-1), who...
Elizabeth Forward boys rout Mt. Pleasant in WPIAL soccer playoffs
Fifth-seeded Elizabeth Forward cruised to an appearance in the Class 2A quarterfinals with a 6-1 victory over No. 12 Mt. Pleasant in the first round of the playoffs Monday night. Ethan Bowser finished with a hat trick and added a pair of assists to lead the Warriors (12-4) into a...
Franklin Regional blanks pesky West Allegheny in Class 3A girls soccer opener
Sydney Lindeman and her Franklin Regional teammates were wary of 14th-seeded West Allegheny in their playoff opener. “They come from a tough section playing against teams like Mars so we knew it would be tough,” Lindeman said. “It wasn’t going to be easy.” Concerning words? Maybe. But not when they...
Kiski Area girls soccer team edges Connellsville with second-half goal
The Connellsville girls soccer team came into Monday’s WPIAL Class 3A playoff home game against Kiski Area with the opportunity to make program history. It didn’t happen. The fourth-seeded Falcons, seeking the program’s first WPIAL playoff win, were burnt by the speed of 13th-seeded Kiski Area as the Cavaliers scored...
East Allegheny boys soccer team dethrones defending 2A champ Deer Lakes
There will be a new WPIAL champion in boys Class 2A. East Allegheny sophomore midfielder Ryan Nichol scored off a rebound 24 seconds into overtime to lift No. 10 East Allegheny past defending champion Deer Lakes, 2-1, in a first-round game Monday at Lancers Stadium. “That felt amazing,” Nichol said...
3 WPIAL teams take 2nd at PIAA team golf championships
Silver was popular medal for three WPIAL golf teams Monday at the PIAA team championship at Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York. Fox Chapel boys (3A), Peters Township girls (3A) and Greensburg Central Catholic girls (2A) each collected second-place medals. The Fox Chapel boys lost in a playoff to District...
Alle-Kiski Valley WPIAL soccer playoff capsules: Oct. 26, 2021
Tuesday’s games Boys Class A First round 9-Seton LaSalle (9-4-1) vs. 8-Springdale (10-4-1) 6 p.m. Tuesday at Warrior Stadium, Elizabeth Forward Winner plays: Winner of 16-Chartiers-Houston (6-11-1)/1-Greensburg Central Catholic (12-3), Saturday (Time/Site TBD) Notes: Seton LaSalle was the runner-up in Section 2 behind Bentworth. The Rebels tied the Bearcats, 0-0,...
Westmoreland WPIAL soccer playoff capsules: Oct. 26, 2021
Tuesday’s games Boys Class 4A First round 12-Penn-Trafford (9-7) at 5-Fox Chapel (13-3-1) 8 p.m. at James Burk Athletic Complex, O’Hara Winner plays: At 4-Canon-McMillan (13-2-1) on Saturday (time TBD) Notes: Penn-Trafford faded late in the season, losing five of its last six with shutouts against Norwin (1-0) and North...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Oct. 26, 2021: Rematches set in boys soccer playoffs
Class 4A and A will take the stage Tuesday with opening-round boys soccer playoffs in both classifications. With four first-rounds byes, only four first-round matches are slated in 4A. Two of them are recent rematches. Two weeks ago, Fox Chapel edged visiting Penn-Trafford in a nonsection match, 3-1. The teams...
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week for Oct. 25, 2021
The year was 1988. President Ronald Reagan was concluding his eighth year in office while turning the White House over to George H. W. Bush. A gallon of gas was 91 cents, the price of a dozen eggs was 65 cents and the cost of a movie ticket was $3.50....
Norwin ‘power couple’ patrols soccer sidelines
Scott and Caitlin Schuchert met on a soccer field. Because of course they did. “I remember we started coaching together and I went up to him and introduced myself,” Caitlin Schuchert said. “He was like, ‘Hey, what’s up?’ We started hanging out and it kind of went from there. We...
Ligonier Valley cross country team battle tested heading into WPIAL meet
Ligonier Valley’s cross country season has been a battle. But that has undoubtedly left the Rams battle tested. “The WPIAL set us up more like a geographical area for our section, which is something we really like,” said coach Al Fiorina. “We’re competing against 3A teams and a few 2A...
Westmoreland Senior Spotlight: Yough’s Marin Sleith
Marin Sleith Yough girls soccer Many coaches and soccer fans probably would agree that goalkeeper is the most important position on the field. The Yough girls soccer team surely is glad that senior goalie Marin Sleith is on their side. Sleith, along with four other Cougars, were all-section players this...
Highlands cross country team finds plenty of positives in up-and-down season
Rich Bogaty has been around competitive running for a long time. With 42 years of experience, the third-year Highlands cross country coach has seen just about everything the sport can throw at him. But the past couple of years have been particularly challenging because of the impact of covid-19 and...
A-K Valley senior spotlight: Freeport’s Emma Check
Emma Check Freeport girls soccer The Freeport girls soccer team is certainly playing is best at the right time of year. The No. 14-seeded Yellowjackets have won four of their last five games entering a WPIAL first-round playoff match at No. 3 South Park at 8 p.m. Tuesday. A major...
Greensburg Central Catholic girls golf team looks to regain PIAA title
If the PIAA the ran its team tournament the way teams compete during the season, counting the top four scores, the Greensburg Central Catholic girls golf team would be shooting for a fourth consecutive title. The Centurions won back-to-back titles in 2018 and ‘19. But the PIAA counts only the...
High school sports schedule for Oct. 25, 2021
High schools Field hockey WPIAL playoffs Class 3A Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Peters Township at Pine-Richland, 7:30 p.m. Hempfield vs. North Allegheny at Pine-Richland, 6 p.m. Class 2A Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Latrobe at Penn-Trafford, 8 p.m. Upper St. Clair vs. Fox Chapel at Penn-Trafford, 6:30 p.m. Class A Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule...
