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Strong season for Thomas Jefferson boys soccer gets milestone win for veteran coach
He is one of the esteemed deans among WPIAL soccer coaches. Michael Kulish, affectionately known as “Doc,” has enjoyed a legendary coaching career at Thomas Jefferson. At age 74, Kulish is one of the oldest soccer coaches in Western Pennylsvania, and he recently completed his 29th season in style, attaining...
Playoff win, 2nd-half surge highlight Quaker Valley girls soccer season
Quaker Valley strung together a winning record in the second half of the girls soccer season. The QV girls blanked Ambridge and Riverside at the end of September en route to a 5-4-1 mark that included five shutouts down the season’s home stretch. The Quakers achieved their season-long goal of...
Kriebel cousins make mark on Quaker Valley soccer programs
They are two of a kind. As 17-year-old athletes, both hail from long-standing soccer families, and both are super talented on the pitch. Quaker Valley cousins Rowan and Chase Kriebel displayed their senior leadership skills admirably throughout the fall soccer season. Rowan Kriebel, a 6-foot forward and captain on the...
Penn-Trafford’s Bruno signs letter of intent to attend Baylor for acrobatics and tumbling
You probably didn’t know a student/athlete can earn a scholarship for acrobatics and tumbling. You aren’t alone. Penn-Trafford senior Carleigh Bruno learned about it kind of by accident while working out at Legend Athletics in North Huntingdon. She was there trying to improve her moves for cheerleading competition. That’s where...
Penn Hills swim team still facing pandemic-era challenges
Penn Hills swimming coach Nick Page is hoping the team can avoid losing a month of practice time like it did last year. The Indians — like all local programs — were shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic for the first month of last season. But Penn Hills is...
Gutsy performance helped Penn Hills advance in WPIAL football playoffs
All the time the Penn Hills football team’s coaching staff dedicated to knowing their players paid off Nov. 12 at Gateway. Indians coach Jon LeDonne knew what Julian Dugger was capable of while battling cramps during a 23-20 win over the Gators in the WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinals on the...
Senior class built winning culture for Pine-Richland field hockey
A few nights after Pine-Richland field hockey’s season came to an end, Rams coach Donna Stephenson said it felt weird sitting at home because she felt like she should be out at practice with her team. Stephenson’s feelings went beyond the everyday routine teams get into during a season before...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 20, 2021
High schools Field hockey PIAA playoffs Championship Saturday’s results Class 3A Emmaus 1, Lower Dauphin 0 Class 2A Twin Valley 3, Gwynedd Mercy 2 Class A Wyoming Seminary 6, Oley Valley 0 Football WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Finals Saturday’s result Mt. Lebanon 47, Central Catholic 7 Class 5A Finals Nov....
Alex Tecza’s 4 TDs help lift Mt. Lebanon to 1st WPIAL football title in 21 years
Central Catholic had about six weeks to devise a new strategy for stopping Alex Tecza, Eli Heidenreich and Joey Daniels, yet the three seniors and their Mt. Lebanon teammates proved undeniable. So, too, was the Blue Devils’ desire for a WPIAL title. Tecza alone rolled up more than 200 yards...
North Allegheny wins 5th straight PIAA Class 4A girls volleyball championship
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP — It is said to never wake up a sleeping bear. By beating North Allegheny in the first game of their PIAA girls volleyball championship match Saturday night, Parkland might have woken the sleeping Tiger. North Allegheny rallied to win the next three games to win its...
Hampton boys soccer claims state championship with shutout
HERSHEY — Hampton won the PIAA Class 3A boys soccer title 1-0 over Archbishop Wood on Saturday night at Hersheypark Stadium, capping a successful weekend of WPIAL soccer that saw five state championships for local teams. It appeared for a while the Talbots (23-1) might be the third game in...
Mars edges Radnor in double overtime to secure PIAA girls soccer 3-peat
HERSHEY — Mars won its third straight PIAA Class 3A girls’ soccer title, but Saturday’s win held as much drama as the first two championships combined. The Planets defeated Radnor, 2-1, in double overtime at Hersheypark Stadium on Aly Cooper’s goal, assisted by Brooke Hamlet, 7 minutes, 28 seconds into...
George Guido: Leechburg is 1st in Alle-Kiski Valley to score 500
In a season of firsts, first-time-sinces and never-wases, Leechburg attained a milestone that wasn’t apparent until the season ended with a 39-18 loss to Cornell. The Blue Devils became the first Alle-Kiski Valley team in history to score 500 points in a season. It broke the local record of 499...
North Catholic captures PIAA Class 2A girls volleyball crown
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP — North Catholic fell behind two games to zero in its last match against Phillipsburg-Osceola and rallied to win, but many coaches don’t recommend teams do that on a regular basis. The Trojanettes didn’t waste any time Saturday as they blitzed defending state champion Trinity, 3-0, to...
Hampton finishes as PIAA runner-up after falling to Spring Grove in girls volleyball final
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP — Spring Grove spoiled Hampton’s dream season in the PIAA final Saturday, as it defeated the Talbots, 3-1, to win Class 3A gold for the first time in girls volleyball at Cumberland Valley High School. Individual game scores were 25-21, 25-20, 22-25 and 25-19. “It is not...
Farrell’s ground game puts end to ‘heck of a season’ for Westinghouse
Westinghouse knew about Farrell’s rushing attack. The Bulldogs were up to the challenge, but it still wasn’t enough. A goal-line stand by Farrell at the end of the first half and a few costly turnovers by Westinghouse (10-2) led to the Steelers leaving George Cupples Stadium on the South Side...
Oliver Daboo nets winner in overtime to give Winchester Thurston 1st PIAA boys soccer title
HERSHEY — A choice more related to superstition than diet, Winchester Thurston junior defender Oliver Daboo stopped eating chocolate a few weeks ago with the playoffs approaching. The fast was worth it as he held a soon-to-be devoured five-pound Hershey’s chocolate bar under his arm Saturday at Hersheypark Stadium. “Since...
Southern Columbia tops Greensburg C.C. in PIAA Class A final for 2nd straight year
HERSHEY — Disarmed early and down two goals before it even took a shot, Greensburg Central Catholic could not recover from a coarse start and lost the state girls soccer championship for the second year in a row to Southern Columbia. GCC (18-3), looking for its third PIAA title, was...
WPIAL 6A football championship breakdown: Mt. Lebanon vs. Central Catholic
WPIAL Class 6A football championship No. 1 Mt. Lebanon vs. No. 2 Central Catholic 7 p.m. Saturday, Norwin On the air: TV: WPCW; Audio: TribHSSN.TribLive.com, 95.3 FM, 1020 AM Winner plays: McDowell in the PIAA quarterfinals Nov. 26 or 27 WPIAL titles: Mt. Lebanon 7 (1966, ’70, ’80, ’81, ’83,...
Chartiers Valley athletes, including 5 girls basketball players, sign with colleges
Nov. 10 was a busy day for eight Chartiers Valley athletes as the seniors put pen to paper and officially signed on the first of two national letter of intent days. None of these current Colts wanted to wait until Feb. 2 for the second NLI day as they look...
Slow start gave Chartiers Valley volleyball a big hill to climb
In her first season as coach of the Chartiers Valley girls volleyball program, Amanda Burgess guided the Colts to a fourth-place finish in Section 2-3A and a WPIAL playoff berth. While Chartiers Valley lost in the preliminary round to Central Valley, the hopes and plans were to build off the...
North Allegheny notebook: Tigers advance to 5th straight volleyball final
Already a four-time defending state champion, the North Allegheny girls volleyball team earned a trip to the PIAA finals for the fifth year in a row after defeating rival Shaler, 3-1, in a PIAA Class 4A semifinal Nov. 6 at Fox Chapel. The Tigers rallied from a 25-19 loss in...
North Allegheny’s Mlecko steps into PIAA cross country history books as 4-time team champion
There was a time when Maura Mlecko was the freshman on North Allegheny’s cross country team, running at the state championship meet in Hershey for the first time. But like runners on that course, four years can go by fast. As a senior surrounded by freshmen, Mlecko was back in...
Franklin Regional boys soccer remains among elite with another superb season
It’s the time of year when postseason games and accolades pile up for the Franklin Regional boys soccer program. Another season stretched into mid-November for the program, which learned a new scheme and overcame some adversity to stay among the WPIAL powers. The Panthers reached the WPIAL semifinals before falling...
Future bright for Hampton cross country teams
The Hampton boys and girls cross country teams each have a lot to look forward to next season. For the boys, it’s where they have been, and for the girls, it’s where they are going. The boys will return five of their top runners from the most successful season in...
