High School category, Page 8

Rain on Sunday wiped out the planned semifinals and championship games of the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League playoff tournament. Top seed Montour, No. 2 Bethel Park, No. 4 Hempfield and No. 3 North Allegheny all advanced and will now decide the title Saturday at McIntyre Field in Ross Township....

One week. That is all that separates four WPIAL boys soccer teams from finishing the regular season and starting the postseason against the same opponent. The first round of the district boys soccer playoffs conclude with the focus on four Class 4A opening-round matches. In two of them, familiar foes...

High schools Field hockey WPIAL playoffs Class 3A Semifinals Wednesday’s schedule Norwin (3-9) at Pine-Richland (15-3), 7 p.m.; North Allegheny (4-7-3) at Mt. Lebanon (7-3-1), 7 p.m. Class 2A Wednesday’s schedule Upper St. Clair (3-7-3) at Peters Township (12-2-2), 7 p.m.; Latrobe (3-8-3) at Fox Chapel (11-3-3), 7 p.m. Class...

Emily McKee scored five goals to lead top-seeded Fox Chapel to a 7-0 victory over No. 16 Laurel Highlands (6-9-1) in a WPIAL Class 3A girls soccer first-round game Monday. Lily McLaughlin and Ella Ettinger also scored for the Foxes (16-1-1), who will meet No. 9 West Allegheny in Thursday’s...

Bill Ament stood facing his players on the sideline and flashed a wide grin. “We’re practicing tomorrow, you know?” the Shaler girls soccer coach said firmly. With that, he offered a nod and a wink while hoping for a favorable response. Indeed, his Titans players made no effort to hide...

With players’ and coaches’ hair dyed blond, Mt. Pleasant pushed on in its quest for soccer gold. “That’s what we do at playoff time,” said Vikings coach Floyd Snyder, referring to a hair-coloring tradition that began years ago in the program. The fifth-seeded Vikings kept their heads Monday night to...

Deer Lakes senior forward Peyton Kushon doesn’t shy away from the environment created by the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs. The pressure in do-or-die moments doesn’t feel suffocating. For Kushon, it’s more comforting. Sixth-seeded Deer Lakes, behind two goals from Kushon, marched on with a 5-1 win over No. 11 Central...

For the seventh year in a row, the Plum girls soccer team opened the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs with a Monday evening home game. The Mustangs were undefeated in the first six matchups, outscoring their opponents 33-3. The winning continued under the lights at Mustangs Stadium, this time against a...

Several golfers from the WPIAL put themselves in outstanding positions Monday to make a run at PIAA individual golf titles at Penn State University. Among those players were returning champions Carson Kittsley of Fox Chapel in Class 3A boys and Mya Morgan of Elizabeth Forward in Class 3A girls. Kittsley,...

For the first time in program history, the Burrell girls volleyball team will enter the WPIAL playoffs as a section champion. But head coach Kourtney Lehman said the Bucs players, who outlasted Southmoreland in four games on the road Thursday to clinch the outright Section 5-2A title, quickly turned the...

WPIAL soccer playoffs Boys Class 4A First round 11-Woodland Hills (7-7) at 6-Norwin (10-5-3) 8 p.m. Tuesday, Norwin Knights Stadium, North Huntingdon Winner plays: At 3-Plum (14-2-2) Saturday in quarterfinals Players to watch: Andrew Bingham, Woodland Hills; Ryan Schoemer, Norwin Throw-ins: Woodland Hills returns to the WPIAL playoffs for the...

WPIAL soccer playoffs Girls Class A First round 13 Chartiers-Houston (8-5-2) at 5-Springdale (10-1-1) 6 p.m. Tuesday at Springdale High School Winner plays: Winner of 12-Riverview (8-5) vs. 5-Riverside (8-3-1) Saturday in quarterfinals (site/time TBD) Throw-ins: Springdale is seeking back-to-back WPIAL titles. The Dynamos captured the third WPIAL crown in...

The WPIAL field hockey committee on Monday released the brackets for the Class 3A, Class 2A and Class A playoffs. Pine-Richland (Class 3A), Peters Township (Class 2A) and Shady Side Academy (Class A) are the No. 1 seeds. Pine-Richland will host No. 4 Norwin in one Class 3A semifinal at...

Penn State has 21 high school seniors who remain committed in its Class of 2026 after coach James Franklin was fired Oct. 12. Though, many members of that group are “exploring other options” and visiting alternate suitors in the Power 4 conferences. Fort Cherry safety Matt Sieg and Imani Christian...

High schools Hockey PIHL Monday’s schedule Class 3A Central Catholic vs Franklin Regional at Palmer Imaging Arena, 7:10 p.m. Class 2A Hempfield vs Norwin at Palmer Imaging Arena, 9:10 p.m. Class A Westmont Hilltop vs Avonworth at Baierl Ice Complex, 7 p.m. Blackhawk vs Moon at RMU Island Sports Center,...

The opening round of the 2025 WPIAL soccer playoffs continues Monday with first round matches in three brackets, including girls Class 4A. There are only four first round matches slated in the opening round as the top four seeds; No. 1 Peters Township (14-2-2), No. 2 Seneca Valley (10-3-2), No....

The “Stretch Run” of the high school football season concludes while the district postseason begins in four other WPIAL fall sports this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week 9 of this high school football season, with nearly 30 WPIAL,...

There have only been three PIAA boys golf champions from Westmoreland County in the 87-year history of the state championships. The PIAA finals are set for Oct. 20 at Penn State, and the county will be well represented as several players eye the title. Latrobe senior Jack Sacriponte, senior Max...

WPIAL soccer playoffs Boys Class 2A First round 12-Elizabeth Forward (11-7) at 5-Mt. Pleasant (14-4) 6:30 p.m. Monday, Viking Stadium, Mt. Pleasant Winner plays: Winner of 13-McGuffey (12-6)/4-Avonworth (15-2-1) on Thursday in quarterfinals Players to watch: Aiden Davis, Elizabeth Forward; Tyke Snyder, Mt. Pleasant Throw-ins: Elizabeth Forward is the third-place...

WPIAL soccer playoffs Boys Class 2A First round 11-Central Valley (12-5) at 6-Deer Lakes (14-3-1) 6:30 p.m. Monday, Lancer Stadium, West Deer Winner plays: Winner of 3-North Catholic (15-2-1)/14-Yough (13-5) on Thursday in quarterfinals (time/site TBD) Players to watch: Owen Shearer, Central Valley; Cuyler Crim, Deer Lakes Throw-ins: Central Valley...

One week remains in the 2025 WPIAL football regular season with plenty of district postseason berths and conference crowns still up for grabs. This is the second year of the new look WPIAL football playoffs where wild card teams have expanded and are no longer figured out by the mathematical...

Quaker Valley’s Ian Lorang faced 50 shots in his team’s first two PIHL games this season. The senior goalkeeper didn’t let even one slip past him while playing the full 102 minutes against the Bulldogs and Spartans. The Quakers blanked Meadville, 4-0, and Montour, 5-0, in the first week of...

Shaler Area School District welcomed the 2025 class into its Athletic Hall of Fame during a ceremony Oct. 4. Julia Bernesser (volleyball, track and field), Bri Dobson (softball), former superintendent Don Lee, and Tim Giel (wrestling) and the 2005 softball team were honored with a reception and induction ceremony. The...