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Patrick Cutchember leads way for improving Quaker Valley football team
Not only was it his best effort this season, it was the top individual performance of his football career. Senior RB/WR/DB Patrick Cutchember led Quaker Valley to a 30-7 conference win Oct. 8 against Hopewell with a dazzling 200-yard, three-touchdown rushing performance. “We have one of the best playmakers in...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Golfers come up short in WPIAL semifinals
The Penn-Trafford boys golf team saw its season come to an end in the WPIAL Class 3A team semifinals Oct. 12 at The Links at Spring Church. The Warriors finished fifth behind Fox Chapel (387), Mars (397), Peters Township (398) and Franklin Regional (401) with a score of 402. The...
Penn-Trafford field hockey star Ava Hershberger ‘determined to be the best’
A rare thing happened Oct. 12 to Penn-Trafford sophomore Ava Hershberger. The WPIAL’s field hockey leading scorer didn’t contribute a point in her team’s 2-0 victory against Fox Chapel that clinched the Class 2A section title. Hershberger has been a scoring machine for the Warriors, tallying 28 goal and seven assists....
Penn Hills girls volleyball team struggling to find consistency
Penn Hills girls volleyball coach Jay Mitlo would like to see a few things fall in the Indians’ favor. When evaluating his team’s performance thus far, Mitlo believes the team has settled into a tough pattern. “I had another coach ask me how the team is, and I say we...
Driver keeps Penn Hills golfer from reaching state tournament goal
A couple of days before the WPIAL Class 3A girls golf championships, Penn Hills junior Lucy Brayton had a plan laid out for how to get to the state tournament. Playing a practice round at Hannastown Golf Club, Brayton shot an 9-over par 81. That score, Brayton figured, should punch...
Pine-Richland girls cross country team rounds into form after spate of injuries
The Pine-Richland girls cross country team has faced some adversity this year with injuries, but it hasn’t dampened the dream of winning WPIAL gold. A big meet win Oct. 9 helped reassure the Rams that they have a team capable of getting the job done. With a fully healthy team...
Pine-Richland girls volleyball team, coach Seman dedicate match to helping youngster in need of kidney transplant
First-year Pine-Richland girls volleyball coach Angela Seman is a huge believer in giving back to the community and wants to pass that trait on to her players. At the same time she is helping a friend and her young son. The Rams hosted an event for 4-year-old Daniel George, who...
Plum girls soccer team ramping up for playoff run
When the final horn sounded on Plum’s 10-0 rout of Section 3-3A rival and WPIAL playoff contender Penn Hills on Oct. 12, the Mustangs had clinched their third consecutive section championship. It hoped for a clean sweep of section play in its section finale against second-place Oakland Catholic last Thursday....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 16, 2021
High schools Football Saturday’s results WPIAL Class 2A Three Rivers Sto-Rox 41, Western Beaver 0 Class A Big 7 Shenango 14, OLSH 7 Eastern Bishop Canevin 35, Jeannette 0 Leechburg 71, Riverview 8 Saturday’s summaries Class 2A Three Rivers Sto-Rox 41, Western Beaver 0 Sto-Rox 21 0 14 6 —41...
High school roundup for Oct. 16, 2021: No. 1 Sto-Rox rolls past Western Beaver
Jaymar Pearson rushed for 171 yards and three touchdowns and Josh Jenkins threw for 243 yards and a trio of scores to lead No. 1 Sto-Rox (8-0, 3-0) to a 41-0 victory over Western Beaver (6-2, 2-1) in a Class 2A Three Rivers Conference matchup Saturday. Pearson scored on runs...
Five things we learned in Week 7: City League star, state’s top junior sidelined for season
One of Pennsylvania’s top football players may miss the rest of his junior season with a knee injury. Brashear’s Ta’Mere Robinson, a four-star college prospect with a bevy of major Division I offers, revealed Saturday on Twitter that he’s sidelined with a “possible ACL/MCL tear.” Rivals has him ranked as...
Yough forfeits football game to Valley after 3rd quarter fight
An alleged late hit inflicted on a Valley High School football wide receiver in the third quarter of Friday night’s nonconference game with Yough led to a brawl and eventual forfeit by the Cougars. With the Vikings leading 23-6 in the third quarter at New Kensington’s Memorial Stadium, the unnamed...
Trib HSSN high school football rankings: Oct. 16, 2021
Class 6A Rk, Team, W-L, Last 1. Mt. Lebanon, 8-0, 1 2. Central Catholic, 6-2, 2 3. North Allegheny, 5-3, 3 4. Seneca Valley, 6-2, 4 5. Canon-McMillan, 4-4, 5 Out: none Class 5A Rk, Team, W-L, Last 1. Moon, 7-0, 1 2. Penn-Trafford, 5-2, 3 3. Pine-Richland, 4-3, 2...
George Guido: Thrower award to be presented again this year
The Willie Thrower Memorial Foundation is working toward the second annual Willie Thrower Award to recognize the top high school quarterback from Southwestern Pennsylvania. The award is named after the former New Kensington and Michigan State standout who became the NFL’s first Black quarterback while with the Bears in 1953....
Leechburg clinches 1st winning football season in 30 years
Leechburg football crossed a major goal off its list Saturday and did so in dominant fashion. For the first time in 30 years the Blue Devils clinched a winning season with a 71-8 rout of Riverview in a Class A Eastern Conference game on a soggy Saturday afternoon at Riverside...
Westmoreland football notebook: Penn State coaches come to watch Belle Vernon’s Martin
Belle Vernon had a couple of special guests on campus Friday. For the second week in a row, major college football coaches stopped by to check in on standout Quinton Martin, the coveted sophomore recruit who began collecting Division I offers as a freshman. Penn State coach James Franklin and...
Improbable comeback something Franklin Regional ‘will always remember’
A couple of key plays led to Franklin Regional’s improbable second-half comeback Friday night at Latrobe, perhaps the greatest rally in the football program’s history. The Panthers, ravaged by injuries, overcame a 40-14 deficit to beat the Wildcats, 41-40, in a pulsating Class 5A Big East matchup with playoff implications....
Hampton junior shoots for success on golf course, hockey rink
Dan Venture capped his 2021 golf season as a WPIAL finalist. A junior at Hampton, Venture shot 8-over 80 and tied for 19th at the WPIAL Class 3A semifinals Sept. 27 at Willowbrook Country Club. Venture advanced to the championship round held Oct. 5 at Nemacolin, where he finished with...
Another successful season for Guyasuta youth football
It’s been another banner season for Guyasuta youth football. After reaching the championship game in all three age/weight classes last season, the program is knocking on the door again in the Allegheny Youth Football League. The Braves (ages 10 and under) won it all last year while the Warriors (12...
Norwin notebook: Norwin football has long night
Several area football teams had to sit through delays Oct. 8 as lightning and storms moved through Allegheny County. Norwin was one of the teams subjected to an unsual Friday night. In McCandless, Norwin and North Allegheny were cruising along when lightning struck and forced the teams into the locker...
North Allegheny notebook: Tigers soccer teams advance to postseason
Evan Anderson had a hat trick, and Andre Ennis added two goals and an assist as North Allegheny’s boys soccer team wrapped up section play with an 11-1 win over North Hills on Oct. 13. The Tigers finished the Section 1-4A schedule with an 8-4 record, good for third place...
Herald notebook: Fox Chapel, Shady Side Academy soccer teams clinch WPIAL playoff berths
The Fox Chapel and Shady Side Academy boys and girls soccer teams have all clinched berths for the WPIAL playoffs. Shady Side Academy’s girls team was in first place and clinched the title in Section 2-2A at 8-1-1 overall and 8-0-1 in section heading into the finale at Highlands (0-9)....
After slow start, North Allegheny field hockey finds its rhythm
The North Allegheny field hockey team is a youthful bunch with many new starters after 10 seniors graduated from last year. After some growing pains early in the season with a 2-4 start in some challenging games in and out Section 1-3A, the Tigers, coach Michelle Couch said, have hit...
Franklin Regional notebook: Golf team’s repeat bid ends in WPIAL semifinals
The Franklin Regional boys golf team just missed defending its Class 3A team golf title when it finished fourth at the WPIAL team semifinals Oct. 12 at The Links at Spring Church. The Panthers finished behind Fox Chapel (387), Mars (397) and Peters Township (398). Franklin Regional finished with a...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 15, 2021
High schools Field hockey Friday’s results Class A Ellis School at Aquinas Academy, (n) Nonsection North Allegheny 3, Fox Chapel 0 Upper St. Clair at Peters Township, (n) Football Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Central Catholic 35, Hempfield 0 Mt. Lebanon 35, Norwin 7 North Allegheny 36, Canon-McMillan 14 Seneca...
