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Trib HSSN football players to watch for 2021 Week 6
Here are four WPIAL high school football players to watch in Week 6: Isaiah Brown Armstrong, So., WR Brown had four catches for 63 yards in last week’s shutout win over Mars. One of the WPIAL’s top receivers, he has 18 catches for 366 yards this season. The River Hawks...
Quaker Valley, South Fayette golfers claim WPIAL championships
When she was 9 years old, Marissa Malosh first picked up a golf club during a vacation in Hilton Head, S.C. A family friend and avid golfer, Rob Watterson, watched her hit balls on the beach and thought it was a good idea she keep the club in her hands...
Chick’s Picks’ crystal ball is better for picking HS football games than finding missing eagles
Welcome to Week 6. All eyes in Pittsburgh this week were on Kodiak, the eagle that escaped from the National Aviary. Kodiak is a Steller’s sea eagle — the largest in existence in terms of weight. Aviary officials were on the lookout for nine days, searching for the 20-pound bird...
Through the years: 10 years ago, West Shamokin sets futility record
Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look back at the games, players and events that are part of local scholastic history. West Shamokin set a new WPIAL record with its 40th consecutive loss, a 40-14 setback against previously winless Deer Lakes...
Central Catholic, Mt. Lebanon battle for 1st place in WPIAL Class 6A
Unlike last week, there won’t be any motivational banner hanging over Mt. Lebanon’s locker room entrance. No history lesson. No hype. That’s because Friday’s conference matchup may decide the regular-season champion in WPIAL Class 6A when top-ranked Central Catholic (5-1, 3-0) visits the No. 2 Blue Devils (6-0, 3-0) at...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 6, 2021
Cross country Boys Division I Section 4 Team results: 1. Fox Chapel 33; 2. Indiana 75; 3. Kiski Area 90; 4. Central Catholic 92; 5. Plum 116; 6. Gateway 135; 7. Armstrong 203 Individual results: 1. Jack Lorence, Fox Chapel, 17:02.3; 2. Owen Putt, Indiana, 17:39.9; 3. Ethan Vaughan, Fox...
High school roundup for Oct. 6, 2021: Hampton, Franklin Regional battle to draw
Sydney Kranick scored for Franklin Regional and Sophie Kelly found the net for Hampton as the top two teams in the Section 1-3A standings played to a girls soccer draw Wednesday night. Hampton (9-2-2, 7-1-2) ran its unbeaten streak to 11 games (9-0-2). Franklin Regional (8-3-1, 7-1-1) is 5-1-1 in...
WPIAL Clinched for Oct. 6, 2021: Girls soccer
Section play in the 2021 girls soccer regular season section play has just over one week left. 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 qualify for the postseason. Trib HSSN’s...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Oct. 7, 2021: WPIAL girls golf gold up for grabs
You could say that a select few WPIAL girls golfers and tennis players will be in action Thursday and Friday for the love of gold. First, 36 Class 3A and 18 Class 2A district golfers will tee off Thursday morning in the 2021 WPIAL girls individual golf championships at the...
Trib 10: Top 2 teams in weekly power rankings set to collide
Several big head-to-head matchups last week led to a pair of Class 6A district teams being bounced from the weekly Trib 10 power rankings. Top-ranked Mt. Lebanon rolled past North Allegheny while No. 2 Central Catholic shut out Seneca Valley, dropping the Tigers and Raiders from the Trib 10. It...
While waiting for a lifeguarding gig at Belle Vernon’s ‘Beach,’ The Birdie is picking Westmoreland County winners
Last week: 11-2 (84.6%) Season: 51-22 (69.9%) ^ The Birdie had a lot of jobs growing up before he finally answered his calling to become a prep football virtuoso. “I tested crash helmets for a spell, was a survey taker for Family Feud briefly, and read palms on weekends,” he...
Westmoreland County don’t miss high school football matchups for 2021 Week 6
Class 6A Baldwin (1-5, 1-2) at Hempfield (2-4, 0-3) 7 p.m. Friday, Bill Abraham Field at Spartan Stadium, Hempfield The Spartans dropped their third consecutive conference game, falling at Canon-McMillan, 45-27. Baldwin picked up its first win of the season by scoring on a blocked punt and fumble return to...
Gateway, Penn-Trafford set for Battle for the Bell game in Big East Conference
It won’t be hard for Penn-Trafford coach John Ruane or Gateway coach Don Holl to keep their football teams focused this week. Players from both squads probably had this game circled on the calendar when the schedule came out in March. It’s not only the annual Battle for the Bell...
Westmoreland County football players to watch in 2021 Week 6
Dom Barca Norwin, sr., RB/LB Barca has rushed for 166 yards and three touchdowns for the Knights and has caught four passes for 102 yards. He’s also one of the top tacklers on defense. Mason Beeman Derry, so., QB/LB Beeman is maturing and developing into a good quarterback after having...
2021 Western Pa. high school football schedule for Week 6
Thursday District 8 City League Nonconference Perry Traditional Academy at Carrick, 7 p.m. Friday WPIAL Class 6A Baldwin at Hempfield, 7 p.m. Canon-McMillan at Seneca Valley, 7:30 p.m. (HSSN*) Central Catholic at Mt. Lebanon, 7 p.m. (HSSN*) Norwin at North Allegheny, 7:30 p.m. (HSSN) Class 5A Allegheny 6 Bethel Park...
Upsets have Birdie’s feathers ruffled while making A-K Valley picks
Last week: 5-6 (45.5%) Overall: 44-18 (71.0%) ^ The final minutes of an upset are often the most thrilling moments in sports. A plucky group overcomes the odds to silence the doubters and accomplish a great feat. Everybody loves an upset, right? Yeah. Not everybody. “Last week really chirped me...
A-K Valley don’t miss high school football matchups for 2021 Week 6
Class 5A Northeast Fox Chapel (3-3, 1-0) at Kiski Area (5-1, 0-1) 7 p.m. Friday, Richard Dilts Stadium, Allegheny Township Fox Chapel opened conference play last Friday with a 28-14 victory over Shaler. The Foxes have won three of four after an 0-2 start. Their three losses have come to...
Bishop Canevin’s defense stands between Leechburg, elusive winning season
Leechburg checked off another item on its to-do list last week by winning at Jeannette for the first time. Now comes another shot at a major goal Friday night when the Class A No. 3 Blue Devils (5-1, 2-1) host No. 4 Bishop Canevin. A Leechburg victory over the Crusaders...
A-K Valley football players to watch in 2021 Week 6
Dom Beyer Plum, So., RB/LB A consistent piece of the defensive puzzle for the Mustangs, Beyer has recorded 38 tackles and a sack in five games of his debut season as a key varsity performer. He made 10 tackles, nine solo, in last Friday’s 23-21 win over Highlands which put...
Westmoreland County girls soccer notebook: GCC goes on field trip
As Greensburg Central Catholic prepared to play No. 1 Springdale in a key rematch, practice was replaced by something more fun: a field trip. The defending WPIAL champion and state runner-up Centurions took a day to spend some time on the “Hill” last week as they watched Seton Hill host...
Westmoreland County boys soccer notebook: Eye-popping Belle Vernon goal goes viral
Throughout the soccer season, Pennylvania Soccer and Hudl.com scour the state looking for the top highlight-reel goals. When the website saw Daniel Sassak’s jaw-dropper for Belle Vernon that stunned Trinity, it took the play straight to the top. Pennsylvania Soccer named it the No. 1 goal of the week in...
Ligonier Valley, Imani Christian, Seton LaSalle forfeit Week 6 football games
Serra Catholic is picking up its second forfeit victory of the season after Ligonier Valley announced Wednesday it will be unable to field a team for Friday’s scheduled WPIAL Class 2A Allegheny Conference football game. The Eagles (8-0, 2-0) received a nonconference forfeit win against Carlynton on Sept. 24. Serra...
Former pitcher expected to be next Hempfield softball coach
Hempfield has recommended a candidate to replace legendary softball coach Bob Kalp, who resigned in July after 25 seasons. The next coach, if approved at a voting meeting Oct. 18, will be Tina (Skelly) Madison, who was an assistant under Kalp for one season. Madison worked with pitchers because she...
Westmoreland County girls athlete of the week: GCC’s Sara Felder
Sara Felder School: Greensburg Central Catholic Sport: Soccer Class: Junior Claim to fame: Felder had back-to-back hat tricks to lead Greensburg Central Catholic (9-1, 5-1 Section 1-A) to victory last week. Felder’s three goals helped the Centurions to a 4-2 section win over Springdale on Sept. 30. The victory avenged...
Szekely pacing Greensburg Central Catholic cross country youth movement
If you’re at a local cross country meet, Nick Szekely is easy to spot. Just look for the socks. “Ever since seventh grade, when I did track, I’ve always worn socks with designs on them, like dinosaurs and foxes,” said Szekely, a standout sophomore runner at Greensburg Central Catholic. There’s...
