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Franklin Regional golfers advance to PIAA championships
The Franklin Regional boys golf team is the reigning WPIAL Class AAA champion. The Panthers competed in the WPIAL semifinals at The Links at Spring Church on Oct. 12, hoping to advance to the team championship at Cedarbrook Golf Course on Oct. 14. Three members of the team earned a...
Hampton freshman runner Fish off to fast start
Hampton’s Kevyn Fish proudly held out her left hand and showed her dad the “6:22” written on her palm. Fish had just completed a mile run as part of the school’s sixth-grade Greek Olympics and wanted to remember her time. So she jotted it down. “I was like, ‘I think...
Resch provides physical, intelligent presence in middle of Hampton defense
Hampton’s Jacque DeMatteo has sought two traits in his middle linebacker during 22 seasons as a WPIAL football coach. “You have to be physical and intelligent,” DeMatteo said, “and that’s both adjectives and qualities that describe Jayden right now.” Senior middle linebacker Jayden Resch is the anchor of an improving...
Fast start breeds optimism for Fox Chapel hockey team
Fox Chapel’s season-opening 8-1 hockey victory over Hampton may be the first step in getting the Foxes back toward their accustomed perch among the PIHL’s upper echelon. Junior Danny Downey had two goals and three assists, junior Mason Heininger two goals and two assists, and senior goaltender Nash Wedner recorded...
Fox Chapel football team leans on Dietz, balanced offense
There’s no doubt Fox Chapel’s had one of the toughest football schedules around over the first seven games of the season. The Foxes’ opponents have a cumulative 29-13 record during that time, but Fox Chapel is putting up some good offensive numbers with senior quarterback Collin Dietz at the controls....
No. 3 Aliquippa cruises past Chartiers Valley in Parkway Conference clash
A fast start propelled third-seeded Aliquippa to a 48-13 victory in a WPIAL Class 4A Parkway Conference showdown at Chartiers Valley on Friday night. In a span of just over two minutes to start the game, the Quips had built a 14-0 lead. That lead would never be erased. “It...
Belle Vernon fends off Ringgold upset bid
The rains came at the start of the second half, and then lightning followed on the third possession after halftime Friday night at Joe Montana Stadium. The game was paused at the 7:24 mark of the third quarter with Belle Vernon leading Ringgold by a touchdown. After a two-hour delay,...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 8, 2021
High school Field hockey Friday’s results Class A Shady Side Academy 3, Winchester Thurston 0 Nonsection Penn-Trafford at Ellis School, ppd. 3-goal scorers: Megan McSorley (Shady Side Academy) Football Friday’s results Class 6A Baldwin 28, Hempfield 0 Central Catholic at Mt. Lebanon, suspended North Allegheny 42, Norwin 24 Seneca Valley...
Elizabeth Forward capitalizes on South Allegheny mistakes in Interstate victory
Elizabeth Forward used a number of South Allegheny miscues to take a commanding three-score lead after the first 10 minutes Friday night and cruised to a 36-7 win over its WPIAL Class 3A Interstate Conference rivals at Glassport Memorial Stadium. The first offensive snap of the game went in the...
WPIAL Class A roundup: No. 2 OLSH edges Union in double overtime
Stephen Greer scored on a 6-yard run in overtime to cap No. 2 OLSH’s 37-36 comeback win against Union (5-1, 3-1) in the WPIAL Class A Big Seven Conference on Friday night. Greer finished with 162 rushing yards and two touchdowns for OLSH (5-1, 3-1), which trailed 30-7 after the...
WPIAL Class 2A roundup: No. 4 Laurel stays undefeated with win over New Brighton
Luke McCoy ran for 101 yards and two touchdowns and caught a 47-yard scoring pass as No. 4 Laurel scored a 42-7 victory over New Brighton (2-5, 1-3) in the WPIAL Class 2A Midwestern Athletic Conference on Friday night. Laurel (7-0, 4-0) limited New Brighton to 98 yards and six...
WPIAL Class 4A roundup: Williams helps Montour to victory over Blackhawk
Caleb Williams ran for 263 yards and two touchdowns to lead Montour past Blackhawk, 28-27, in a WPIAL Class 4A Parkway Conference game Friday night. James Haseleu added an interception return for a score, and Jake Wolfe scored on a 10-yard run for the game-winner for Blackhawk (3-4, 1-1). Carson...
WPIAL Class 5A roundup: Bethel Park rolls past No. 4 South Fayette
Troy Volpatti rushed for 181 yards and three touchdowns to lead Bethel Park to a 27-7 win over No. 4 South Fayette (4-3, 0-2) in the Class 5A Allegheny Six Conference on Friday night. Max Blanc threw for 129 yards and ran for a touchdown for Bethel Park (4-3, 2-0)....
WPIAL Class 6A/City League roundup: Seneca Valley edges Canon-McMillan in double OT
Nolan Dworek scored on a 5-yard run on No. 5 Seneca Valley’s second overtime possession as the Raiders defeated No. 3 Canon-McMillan, 24-17, in Class 6A football game Friday night. The teams traded field goals on their first possession of the extra period—a 30-yarder by Canon-McMillan’s Anthony Finney and a...
2021 WPIAL statistical leaders for rushing, passing, receiving in Week 6
Top performers for Week 6 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 301 - Carson Davidson, Blackhawk (24 of 42) 276 - Sam Miller, Peters Township (19 of 24) 276 - Jahshawn Pringle, Woodland Hills (14 of 16) 262 - Hayden Teska, Greensburg Salem (18 of 35) 257 -...
Touchdown in final seconds lifts Penn Hills past North Hills in back-and-forth thriller
North Hills took its first lead of the game with less than a minute to go against Penn Hills. Apparently, they left too much time on the clock. Penn Hills took advantage of a big kickoff return by Amir Rollins and quarterback Julian Dugger hit Brenden Hill for a 16-yard...
WPIAL Class 3A roundup: Central Valley shuts out Keystone Oaks
Central Valley’s special teams scored twice off failed punt attempts as the top-ranked Warriors blanked Keystone Oaks, 42-0, in the Class 3A Northwestern 6 Conference on Friday night. Matt Merritt recovered a bad snap in the end zone on an attempted punt in the first quarter while Kyle Shad scored...
Key special teams play turns tide as Armstrong pulls away from Greensburg Salem
It was a game that featured two of the top quarterbacks in the WPIAL. But the biggest play came on a special teams miscue that turned into something good for Armstrong. The Riverhawks were lining up for a field goal early in the second quarter, but the snap rolled back...
Surging Fox Chapel knocks off Kiski Area
With the score tied and just over 6 minutes remaining, the Fox Chapel defense knew it need just needed to make a key stop as Kiski Area worked to get out of the shadow of its goal post. The Foxes (4-3, 2-0) forced Kiski Area (5-2, 0-2) to punt and...
Penn-Trafford answers bell, beats Gateway for 1st place in Big East Conference
Jakob Haynes saw an opening and rang Gateway’s bell. Gateway had just crossed midfield and was facing a 4th and 1 to keep a potential go-ahead drive going. But the Penn-Trafford junior linebacker knifed through the line and delivered a drive-killing tackle on running back Jaquon Reynolds with 1 minute,...
Baldwin topples Hempfield in coach’s return to Westmoreland County
Baldwin football coach Tim Sweeney has spent a lot of time in Westmoreland County winning games while at Derry, his alma mater. He took the Trojans to four consecutive WPIAL playoff appearances in six seasons. “Yeah, I’ve been following Derry,” he said. “I mean, I’m a Derry grad, so the...
Burrell spoils Deer Lakes homecoming with Allegheny Conference win
Trailing by three points, Burrell was facing a fourth-and-4 at the Deer Lakes 26-yard line. It had been Burrell’s “Caden DiCaprio show” all night, and that’s what the Lancers were expecting. DiCaprio took the handoff from Devin Beattie, rolled right and hit Kamden Marmo for a 25-yard pass down to...
Freeport picks apart East Allegheny, earns conference victory
At halftime, the Freeport band played the Dolly Parton classic “Jolene” in their set. The lyrics to that song were appropriate for the night, as all East Allegheny could do was beg the Yellowjackets not to take away their ball. Freeport forced five turnovers, including a 26-yard interception return by...
Bishop Canevin stymies Leechburg in clash of Class A Eastern Conference contenders
Leechburg hoped to maintain its high-scoring offense Friday night for the school’s homecoming game. But the Bishop Canevin defense had other ideas, holding the Blue Devils to just three points on a game-opening drive and tackling Leechburg 14 times for loss in a 33-3 Eastern Conference victory at Leechburg Veteran...
Lightning postpones Central Catholic vs. Mt. Lebanon football game to Saturday
When Central Catholic visited Mt. Lebanon on Friday night, the game was supposed to be electric, not the weather. Yet, the clash between the top-ranked teams in WPIAL Class 6A was suspended in the third quarter because of a lightning storm that hung around Mt. Lebanon for more than an...
