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WPIAL team golf playoffs set
The WPIAL team golf playoffs will get underway next Tuesday with 19 Class AAA boys teams playing at semifinal sites Beaver Valley Golf Club in Patterson Heights and The Links at Spring Church in Apollo. The same number of Class AA boys teams will play to advance out of semifinal...
Hampton new Class AAA No. 1 as Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association releases latest WPIAL girls rankings
The Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its latest WPIAL girls top-10 polls Monday morning, and there is a new No. 1 team in Class AAA. Hampton, which leads Section 5-AAA with a 7-0 record, takes over the top spot this week, unseating Thomas Jefferson. The Jaguars, at 7-0 and...
Hempfield cross country teams looking to end season with strong finishing kick
Hempfield cross country coach Jeff Mayo came into the season with lofty expectations for the boys and girls teams. But, after a 4-2 start for both squads, Mayo is feeling simultaneously let down and encouraged. “My girls group was undefeated (in the section) last year, so I was kind of...
Westmoreland Senior Spotlight: Hempfield’s Austin Corona
Austin Corona Hempfield golf Making the WPIAL individual tournament and qualifying for the team playoffs in the same season might seem like lofty goals. Not to Hempfield senior golfer Austin Corona. “I’m proud of both myself and my team,” Corona said. Corona helped the Spartans to a 9-3 overall record...
Early competition helps Knoch boys soccer prepare for playoff push
The Knoch boys soccer team entered this season as a rather inexperienced group, but what they lack in seasoning they have made up for with effort. That’s put the Knights in a lot of close games. Entering Saturday’s match with Highlands, six of Knoch’s 11 games were decided by one...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Valley’s Rachel Schrock
Rachel Schrock Valley girls tennis Rachel Schrock has grown accustomed to winning tennis matches this season. The senior is 10-0 playing at second singles. It’s not a coincidence the Vikings (10-0 overall, 6-0 in Section 1-AA) also have won all of their matches, thanks in part to the play of...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Oct. 4, 2021: Peters Township heads to Moon for girls soccer clash
The first full week of WPIAL October soccer begins with a busy night on the pitch for the girls. The marquee match is for first place in Section 2-4A as Moon hosts Peters Township. The Tigers are 6-1 in the section while the Indians are even in the loss column...
PIHL season preview: Plenty of contenders chasing championships in 2021-22
The PIHL season begins Monday, and there are some changes to the league but a lot will remain the same. North Allegheny, Baldwin, Indiana and Neshannock won championships last season, but only two remain in the same classification: North Allegheny and Neshannock. Indiana and Baldwin move up a classification, meaning...
High school sports schedules for Oct. 4, 2021
High schools Field hockey Monday’s schedule Class 3A Pine-Richland at Allderdice, 3:15 p.m. Class 2A Penn-Trafford at Oakland Catholic, 7 p.m. Class A Ellis School at Shady Side Academy, 6 p.m. Winchester Thurston at Aquinas Academy, 4 p.m. Nonsection Fox Chapel at Norwin, 6 p.m. Hockey Monday’s schedule Class AAA...
Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week for Week 5
No matter how much opposing teams try to slow him down, the man of Steel throws on his maroon and gold cape, takes the football and runs through, around and away from the freshly shredded defenses. Nijhay Burt might not be Superman or even Ironman, but he has put the...
Trib HSSN broadcast listings for week of Oct. 4, 2021
There is nothing quite like another busy week of fall high school sports with a dash of winter scholastic sports sprinkled in during the first full week of October on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week 6 of the high school...
Trib HSSN WPIAL soccer rankings: Week of Oct. 4, 2021
Girls Class 4A Rank Team Record Last rank 1. North Allegheny (9-0-1) 2 2. Latrobe (8-0-1) 5 3. Moon (8-1) 1 4. Peters Township (7-2-2) 4 5. Butler (8-0-2) NR OUT: Seneca Valley (6-3-2) 3 Class 3A 1. Mars (7-0-1) 1 2. Plum (10-1) 2 3. Hampton (8-2-1) 4 4....
Westmoreland high school notebook: Flamingos ‘flock’ to area for Belle Vernon fundraiser
Plastic pink flamingos have been showing up in yards around Belle Vernon, but for good reason. The Belle Vernon girls soccer team isn’t out to prank anyone. It’s quite the opposite, in fact. It is all part of a fundraiser that is back for a second straight year. Money raised...
High-scoring DiFalco diversifies his game for Franklin Regional boys soccer team
It was like time stopped for a few seconds, and Anthony DiFalco was controlling the dials. The rolling boil that was the Franklin Regional offense that night against Greensburg Salem became a gentle simmer as DiFalco slowed the pace briefly to set up another scoring opportunity. Junior Jake Zimmerman took...
Penn Hills senior grows into game on tennis court
Francie Buckner doesn’t always know what she’s doing on the tennis court. Don’t search for any signs of apprehension from Buckner though. The Penn Hills senior has a serious poker face to throw off her opponents. They don’t need to know about her lack of experience. Buckner, who started playing...
Penn Hills notebook: Boys soccer team surges after slow start
The Penn Hills boys soccer team appears reinvigorated. The Indians lost seven of their first nine games and appeared to be heading toward another season without the playoffs, but the back half of the Section 4-3A schedule has been kinder to Penn Hills The Indians showed major progress Sept. 29...
Pine-Richland hockey team ready to join crowded chase for Penguins Cup
Last year, PIHL Class 3A featured a lot of parity with the top five teams separated by four points at the end of the regular season and No. 7 seed Mt. Lebanon making a run in the playoffs to the championship game. Pine-Richland coach Jordan Yoklic expects more of the...
Pine-Richland pair showing chemistry, having breakout seasons
Dating to their youth football days, Cole Boyd and Alex Gochis said they’ve always had chemistry as a quarterback and receiver combo. Through the years, they’ve continued to build on it through work both in practice and on their own time. They’ve had to wait their turn to showcase what...
Plum volleyball caps 1st half of section play with key win over Franklin Regional
The Plum girls volleyball team ended the first half of Section 1-3A play in a three-way tie for the section lead with Franklin Regional and Indiana. Each team sported 6-1 records. Franklin Regional defeated Indiana, 3-2, in the section opener for both teams, while the Indians swept Plum, 3-0. Then...
Shutout victory helps Plum football get back on track
For the first time this season, Matt Morgan was able to deliver a victory speech. The Plum head coach’s winning address to his players came shortly after the final horn sounded signaling the end of a 29-0 victory over Mars on Sept. 24. The Mustangs had come close the week...
Gateway notebook: Gators girls soccer in hunt for section title
The Gateway girls soccer team earned an important point in the chase for the top spot in Section 1-3A with a 1-1 tie against Hampton on Sept. 28. The game marked the beginning of the second half of section play. The Gators, who upped their section mark to 4-2-1 with...
Gateway hockey team continues to build toward success
Shawn Jesih has high hopes this season for the Gateway junior varsity ice hockey team, the organization’s highest-level squad in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League. The Gators, who haven’t fielded a varsity team since the days of Tyler Perhac, Jonathan Kasper, Cam Cacolice and Jordan Mardirossian a little more than...
Sewickley Academy, Quaker Valley golfers shine at section qualifier
Section 9 was well represented at the WPIAL Class AA boys individual golf final Sept. 30 at Allegheny County Club. Sewickley Academy’s Joey Mucci and Quaker Valley’s Ethan Dai easily eclipsed the qualifying mark of 85 at the earlier section qualifier also held at Allegheny Country Club, SA’s home course....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 2, 2021
High schools Cross country Boys Saturday’s results Grove City Invite Team: 1. Grove City, 43; 2. South Fayette, 97; 3. North Catholic, 110; 4. Hampton, 111; 5. Altoona, 149. Individual: 1. Jake Borgesi, South Fayette, 16:22; 2. Josh Jones, Grove City, 16:32; 3. Sean Aiken, Eden Christian, 16:38; 4. Caleb...
High school roundup for Oct. 2, 2021: Laure leads Rochester in Class A showdown
Sal Laure reached the end zone four times — three times on the ground and once through the air — to lead Rochester to a 34-7 win over OLSH in Class A Big 7 conference action Saturday. Laure reached the end zone three times in the first half as he...
