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Westmoreland County don’t miss high school football matchups for 2021 Week 5
Class 6A Hempfield (2-3, 0-2) at 5-Canon-McMillan (3-2, 1-1) 7 p.m. Friday, Canon-McMillan Stadium, Canonsburg Hempfield allowed 45 or more points for the third time this season as it fell to No. 2 Mt. Lebanon, 48-14. The Spartans trailed 45-0 at the half. Jake Phillips threw second-half touchdown passes to...
Westmoreland County football players to watch in 2021 Week 5
Elijah Binakonsky Hempfield, Sr., LB Binakonsky has scored two defensive touchdowns this season for the Spartans. He has 22 tackles, five tackles for loss, three quarterback sacks and an interception. He’s caught one pass for 5 yards. Owen Sinclair Franklin Regional, So., LB/DE Sinclair has excelled after being moved to...
2021 Western Pa. high school football schedule for Week 5
Thursday District 8 City League University Prep at Westinghouse, 7 p.m. Friday WPIAL Class 6A Hempfield at Canon-McMillan, 7 p.m. North Allegheny at Mt. Lebanon, 7 p.m. (HSSN**) Norwin at Baldwin, 7 p.m. Seneca Valley at Central Catholic, 8 p.m. (HSSN*) Class 5A Allegheny 6 Peters Township at Upper St....
Birdie eyes up the A-K Valley’s biggest stories to watch in football season’s 2nd half
Last week: 8-2 (80%) Overall: 39-12 (76.5%) ^ The Birdie doesn’t want to alarm anyone, but the high school football season is already half over. “Before you know it, I’ll be heading south for the winter faster than the Steelers are heading south in the AFC North standings,” the crestfallen...
A-K Valley don’t miss high school football matchups for 2021 Week 5
Class 5A Northeast Shaler (2-3, 0-0) at Fox Chapel (2-3, 0-0) 7 p.m. Friday, at James Burk Complex, O’Hara Township The Foxes hope to bounce back after a 48-28 loss to Class 5A No. 1 Moon last Friday. The setback halted a mini two-game win streak (Plum, Franklin Regional). A...
High-energy defense has Kiski Area unbeaten heading into encounter with North Hills
Some might have thought it was Turn Back the Clock Night last Friday at Dick Dilts Stadium when Kiski Area scored late to defeat West Allegheny, 7-0. It was the lowest-scoring Cavaliers game since Kiski Area beat Altoona by a similar score in 2012. “Back in the day, that’s all...
A-K Valley football players to watch for 2021 Week 5
Nick Curci Apollo-Ridge, Jr., RB/LB Curci returned to the lineup against Burrell and was an impact player in both the running and passing games. He carried the ball 11 times for 150 yards and three touchdowns and added four catches for 126 yards and two scores. Defensively, Curci recorded a...
Westmoreland County girls soccer notebook: Yough star jumps at Robert Morris offer
McKenzie Pritts said the college where she will continue her soccer career checked all the boxes. The standout junior forward from Yough made a verbal commitment over the weekend to Robert Morris. Pritts leads the Cougars, who are ranked No. 2 in WPIAL Class 2A, with 12 goals. “It’s a...
Westmoreland County boys soccer notebook: Pieces fitting together for Norwin
Norwin coach Scott Schuchert thinks his team is rounding into form, on the scoreboard and across the lineup. “We’re finding our identity,” he said after a recent 4-1 victory over Penn-Trafford that kept the third-ranked Knights undefeated in Section 3-4A. “Our back-line guys have really played well for us. We...
Westmoreland County girls athlete of the week: GCC’s Meghan Zambruno
Meghan Zambruno School: Greensburg Central Catholic Sport: Golf Year: Senior Claim to fame: Zambruno, a St. Francis (Pa.) recruit, defended her section championship, shooting a 4-over-par 75 at Pleasant Valley Golf Club to take medalist honors in the Section 1-2A girls golf qualifier Sept. 22. Zambruno’s twin sister, Ella, also...
Greensburg Salem cross country adjusts expectations after championship season
The reigning WPIAL Class 2A boys cross country champs have a nice little trend going. Greensburg Salem has won three titles in the last five years — 2016, ’18 and ’20. But 2021 — the odd year — might again be one that the Golden Lions will not be able...
Knoch’s Bauer aims to rebound at PIAA singles tournament
Ally Bauer won a WPIAL Class 2A doubles championship last year with sister Brooke. The Knoch junior hoped to add singles gold to her portfolio last Friday at North Allegheny High School. But Sewickley Academy’s Ashley Close had other ideas. Close defeated Bauer, 6-3, 6-3, to claim the title. Despite...
Highlands girls volleyball nets long-awaited victory
Over the last couple of weeks Highlands girls volleyball coach Caroline Bain could sense her team was on the cusp of breaking through. When her players walked into the gym Thursday night with a confident look in their eyes it affirmed her belief. “They just came in and said they...
A-K Valley girls athlete of the week: Riverview’s Lola Abraham
Lola Abraham Class: Sophomore School: Riverview Sport: Soccer Report card: Abraham scored four goals and had three assists to lead Riverview girls soccer to its first victory of the year in a 7-0 win over Jeannette on Sept. 20. Abraham trains at the Pittsburgh Riverhounds Academy and had an opportunity...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 28, 2021
High schools Cross country Boys Division I Section 1 Hempfield 20, Latrobe 41 Hempfield 24, Norwin 32 Derry 16, Yough 42 Greensburg Salem 18, Derry 37 Section 2 McKeesport 25, Elizabeth Forward 31 McKeesport 16, Thomas Jefferson 39 Thomas Jefferson 17, West Mifflin 41 Elizabeth Forward 15, West Mifflin 45...
High school roundup for Sept. 28, 2021: Plum girls soccer tops Thomas Jefferson in battle for 1st place
Kaitlyn Killinger scored twice to lead Plum to a 6-1 victory over Thomas Jefferson in a battle between the top two teams in the Section 3-3A girls soccer standings Tuesday night. Marissa Liberto, Annibel Arhin, Ava Weleski and Camryn Rogers also scored for the Mustangs (9-0, 7-0). Cam Gore found...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 29, 2021: First place up for grabs in boys soccer
With just over two weeks left in soccer section play around the WPIAL, each match with first-place implications takes on greater meaning as September winds down. Class 3A in WPIAL boys soccer has a pair of such clashes set for Wednesday. In Section 2-3A, first-place West Allegheny hosts Moon. The...
Trib HSSN state football rankings for Sept. 28, 2021
There was not a lot of movement in the weekly HSSN state football rankings from last week as we closed the door on September football, but October kicks off with a mighty strong punch with key games across the commonwealth. Only two teams, Archbishop Wood in 6A and Tri-Valley in...
Opportunity knocks for Kiski Area girls soccer in 2nd half of season
The Kiski Area girls soccer team finds itself in the middle of a playoff chase in Section 1-3A. The Cavaliers are tied for fourth place in the section at 3-3 and are 5-6 overall heading into the second half of section play, which begins Thursday at Franklin Regional. Coach Mike...
Ligonier Valley finding ways to overcome adversity en route to 5-0 start
“You can’t let things get you down. It’s just staring at adversity right in his eyes and taking advantage of every day you have. You have to go out there and make the most of every opportunity, despite your situation.” Sound like classic coachspeak? You bet, but from a coach’s...
Greensburg Central Catholic’s Boyle an athlete for all seasons, but golf rises to top
Baseball mainly has been his summer sport, hockey in the winter. But golf? Well, for Wade Boyle, it’s becoming something he wants to take part in all the time. So much so the Greensburg Central Catholic junior has given up playing summer league baseball to concentrate on the links, though...
Westmoreland County boys athlete of the week: Mt. Pleasant’s Chase McCloy
Chase McCloy School: Mt. Pleasant Sport: Soccer Class: Sophomore Claim to fame: McCloy recorded four goals and two assists to lead Mt. Pleasant (4-2-1, 3-1-1) past Southmoreland, 10-0, in Section 3-2A action Sept. 23. McCloy scored a goal in the Vikings’ 4-1 victory over Waynesburg in section play Sept. 21....
Leechburg’s Klasnick wants to build off momentum on Section 1-AA golf title
After a scintillating Section 1-AA golf final in which Leechburg’s Ken Klasnick defeated Burrell’s Jaxon Logut in the second sudden-death hole, the Blue Devils senior is preparing for the WPIAL individual finals Thursday at Allegheny Country Club. Klasnick and Logut each shot a 92 on Sept. 20, at Lenape Heights...
Deer Lakes golfers make school history at section qualifiers
Deer Lakes golf coach Sam Sack knew almost immediately that this season could shape up to be a special one. “When we started practice, I said, ‘Hey, who golfed over the summer?’ ” said Sack, who is in his 10th season as the Lancers’ coach. “This team said they golfed...
A-K Valley boys athlete of the week: Highlands’ Cam Reigard
Cam Reigard Class: Sophomore School: Highlands Sport: Soccer Report card: Cam Reigard scored twice, including the winning goal, to help Highlands secure its first Section 1-3A win of the year in a 3-2 victory over Armstrong. They were Reigard’s first two goals of the season. He also has one assist....
