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Volleyball coaches association releases Week 3 WPIAL girls rankings
The Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its WPIAL girls top-10 poll for Week 3 on Monday, and there is a change at the top in Class 3A. Hampton is the new No. 1 after sweeping Deer Lakes in a nonsection matchup Sept. 13 and topping last week’s Class 3A...
Westmoreland County senior spotlight: Southmoreland’s Taylor Klingensmith
Southmoreland has blossomed into one of the more potent offensive girls soccer teams in the WPIAL. The Scotties’ Big 3 of Taylor Klingensmith, Kendall Fabery and Olivia Cernuto have combined for 24 of the team’s 31 goals. Maybe they should have a catchy nickname like, “TKO.” Klingensmith would prefer another...
Rolling Fields PGA Junior League team takes 3rd at U.S. Regional event
In Dick Logan’s 28 years as a PGA professional, this summer coaching the Rolling Fields Golf Course 17-and-under PGA Junior League team was the best experience of his entire career. The enjoyment came from being around six kids he said have the utmost respect for the game, their opponents, and...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Springdale’s August Tabacheck
Saturday was special for Springdale soccer standout August Tabacheck, but it had nothing to do with his talents on the pitch. The senior center midfielder saw more than a year’s worth of hard work on display with the opening of the Daniel R. Tabacheck Memorial Dog Park in Agan Park...
Trib HSSN broadcast listings for week of Sept. 20-25
We hit the midway point of the WPIAL football regular season with key conference and nonconference games this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week 4 with 33 WPIAL, District 6, District 9 and independent high school football broadcasts Friday...
Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week for 2021 Week 3
His name might not be Michael, but on Friday of Week 3 at Mapletown High School, Carmichaels senior Trenton Carter was truly a Mighty Mike. In a Tri-County South Conference opener between a pair of 2-1 teams, Carter gashed the Maples with both his arm and his legs. “I feel...
What to watch for Sept. 20, 2021: WPIAL golf tournaments begin
While the WPIAL girls singles tennis championships are set for Thursday and Friday, another fall postseason tees off Monday. The district will hold its boys individual golf sectionals Monday at eight Class AAA and nine Class AA sites. Qualifiers will earn a spot in the WPIAL semifinals Sept. 27 In...
Westmoreland H.S. notebook: Norwin girls tennis living up to expectations
With the largest and most experienced team she has had since taking over at Norwin in 2018, girls tennis coach Diane Pesarsick has even larger expectations for the Knights this fall. Norwin, which has 23 girls in its program — 11 varsity, six of whom are seniors — is looking...
Season-opening loss sharpens focus for Greensburg Central Catholic boys soccer
The first game of the season in any sport is important. But, just the same, it can seem quite meaningless. Even when a No. 1-ranked team gets sideswiped right out of the gates? The Greensburg Central Catholic boys soccer team, fresh off back-to-back WPIAL Class A titles and PIAA runner-up...
Trib HSSN soccer rankings for week of Sept. 19, 2021
Girls Class 4A Rank Team Record Last rank 1. North Allegheny (5-0) 2 2. Seneca Valley (4-1-1) 3 3. Peters Township (2-1-1) 1 4. Moon (3-0) 5 5. Butler (5-0) 4 Class 3A 1. Mars (4-0-1) 1 2. Plum (5-0) 2 3. Montour (4-1) 3 4. Hampton (4-2) NR 5....
No longer Penn State-bound, Perry’s Tyreese Fearbry chooses Kentucky
Six weeks after decommiting from Penn State, Perry senior Tyreese Fearbry has a new plan for college. The 6-foot-5, 225-pound defensive end verbally committed Saturday to Kentucky, choosing the SEC school over his other finalists, Pitt and Auburn. Fearbry is a four-star prospect according to Rivals and ranked 13th overall...
Gateway girls soccer shows improvement during 3-game winning streak
The Gateway girls soccer team came out on the short end of a 5-1 result against Plum, the WPIAL Class 3A runner-up the past two seasons, in the season opener Sept. 4. But the Gators bounced back from that loss and won three straight against Hampton, Armstrong and Knoch, all...
Gateway sophomore running back Jaquon Reynolds breaks out against Penn Hills
Jaquon Reynolds waited his turn. The diminutive 5-foot-7, 163-pound sophomore running back put in his time last year as a freshman at Gateway and grew his game under the watchful eye of the Gators coaches as well as veteran players such as Derrick Davis, now playing at LSU. After an...
Despite roster turnover, Sewickley Academy girls soccer chasing another playoff berth
Sewickley Academy is a fixture in the WPIAL girls soccer playoffs. The Panthers have advanced to the postseason 12 of the past 13 years, including 11 consecutive times from 2007-17. During that span, the SA girls captured four section championships, with the latest coming in 2017. The Panthers qualified for...
Quaker Valley girls soccer poised for postseason return
Quaker Valley’s soccer teams were absent from the WPIAL playoffs last season because of coronavirus protocols. After a covid-19 outbreak in the district last fall, QV’s athletic seasons were shut down. The QV girls finished fourth in Section 1-2A after going 3-5-2 in league play and 3-7-2 overall. The Quakers...
Penn Hills notebook: Cross country makes best of Gateway Invitational
Low numbers forced Penn Hills cross country coach Lee Zelkowitz to make some audibles with the schedule. The Indians passed on competing in the Red, White & Blue Invitational at White Oak Park and instead opened by competing in the Gateway Invitational at Boyce Park. “That’s the hardest course they...
Penn Hills coaches try to keep focus on football for players
Penn Hills football coach Jon LeDonne and his coaching staff worked hard prepping to play Woodland Hills on Sept. 17 at home. The Indians coaching staff also were tasked with keeping the players focused despite recent events in the community. No fans were allowed in Yuhas-McGinley Stadium last Friday and...
Junior striker brings joy of scoring goals to Pine-Richland boys soccer
Colin Zvejnieks’ parents told him that he has always been a runner. So much so, they claim he learned to run before he could walk. Needless to say Zvejnieks is energetic, and that trait comes out even more when he’s on the soccer field. A varsity player since his freshman...
Pine-Richland girls tennis coach Siriprasert focuses on process to build success
As a tennis coach, Jirakorn “Dang” Siriprasert concentrates more on the process than the result. Sometimes the two can go hand-in-hand. With a largely new varsity roster this year, the Pine-Richland girls team won its first four section matches of the season and is on track to contend for a...
Riverview girls volleyball riding high after defeating No. 8 Apollo-Ridge
The Riverview girls volleyball team is not the biggest in terms of roster numbers with just 14 from freshmen to seniors, but the Raiders are playing big so far in the 2021 season. “We have really worked on trusting each other and trusting the process in everything we do this...
Plum girls soccer again off to strong start
The Plum girls soccer team entered the season with high hopes to maintain a standard set the past several years that included consecutive trips to the WPIAL Class 3A title game. So far, so good for the Mustangs who were 4-0 and had outscored opponents 22-2 through a 12-1 rout...
Chartiers Valley cornerback Lamont Payne commits to Penn State
Chartiers Valley junior defensive back Lamont Payne committed to Penn State on Saturday while on campus to watch the Nittany Lions’ win over Auburn. A 6-foot-1, 175-pound cornerback, Payne is a four-star prospect according to Rivals and ranked eighth overall among Pennsylvania’s 2023 graduates. Payne announced his commitment on Twitter....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 18, 2021
High schools Football Saturday’s results WPIAL Nonconference Western Beaver 20, Beaver 14 District 8 City League Westinghouse 41, Allderdice 12 District 10 McDowell 38, Butler 21 Saturday’s summaries Nonconference Western Beaver 20, Beaver 14 Beaver 0 7 7 0 —14 Western Beaver 7 13 0 0 —20 WB: Thad Gray...
High school roundup for Sept. 18, 2021: LeFebvre leads Western Beaver past Beaver
Quarterback Xander LeFebvre had a 5-yard touchdown run and blocked a punt that Lonnie Craft ran in for a 15-yard score to lead Western Beaver to a 20-14 nonsection win over Beaver on Saturday. Thad Gray scored on a 31-yard run for the Golden Beavers (3-1). Wyatt Ringer had a...
5 things we learned in Week 3 of H.S. football: Bishop Canevin joins Class A conversation
Rebuilding a football program traditionally takes playbooks and practice, but Bishop Canevin coach Rich Johnson added tree pruners and paint brushes to his list. He spent time sprucing up the practice field in his two years there. “When everyone was in quarantine, me and my staff were down at the...
