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Tucker Cullen’s third goal of the game was the overtime winner, lifting Fox Chapel to a 5-4 victory over Franklin Regional in PIHL Class 3A hockey Monday night. Spencer Goehring had a goal and an assist and Niko Vavpetic also scored for Fox Chapel (3-4). Ryan Crouse had two goals...

Welcome to opening night of the PIAA boys and girls soccer playoffs, as well as girls volleyball and field hockey. Since the start of this century 25 years ago, 2024 was only the third time a WPIAL team did not win a PIAA soccer championship. No gold for District 7...

Franklin Regional junior Thomas Bridges continues to carry the flag for soccer defenders everywhere. First, the center back was named the Section 3-3A Player of the Year. Now, the 6-foot-2 bruiser earned Western Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association All-State honors. Bridges’ size, skill and versatility make him the envy of many...

PIAA boys soccer playoffs Class 3A First round 7-2 Franklin Regional (18-4) at 6-1 Hollidaysburg (17-2-1) 7 p.m. Tuesday, Tiger Stadium, Hollidaysburg Winner plays: Winner of 3-1 Conrad Weiser (21-0-1)/7-3 Thomas Jefferson (19-3-1) on Saturday in quarterfinals (time, site TBD) Coaches: Nick White, Franklin Regional; Craig Shale, Hollidaysburg Players to...

PIAA soccer playoffs Boys Class 4A First round 3-4 Central York (15-5-1) at 7-1 Fox Chapel (16-2) 5 p.m. Tuesday, Burke Stadium, Fox Chapel Winner plays: Winner of 1-2 Abington (18-2-3)/3-2 Chambersburg (12-4-4) Saturday in semifinals (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Alex Neff, Central York; Sean Regan, Fox Chapel...

High schools Field hockey PIAA playoffs Class 3A First round Tuesday’s schedule Manheim Township (12-8-2) at Villa Maria (20-2), 3 p.m.; Downingtown West at Mechanicsburg (17-4-1), Memorial Park Stadium, 6 p.m.; Avon Grove (21-1) at Wyoming Valley West (9-8), 4 p.m.; Garnet Valley (16-7) at Emmaus (24-1); Penn Manor (19-4-1)...

The WPIAL football playoffs officially move into November featuring action in all six classifications this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has audio coverage of some of the 2025 WPIAL football postseason games with quarterfinal and semifinal contests. All of the video of select postseason district...

Coaching turnover, while necessary at times and inevitable at others, can be damaging to an athletic program at any level. Even the good ones. It can cause rifts, distractions and impatience as a new leader fosters change and buys time to implement a system. Franklin Regional, though, hasn’t had issues...

The PIAA playoffs will begin Tuesday for field hockey, boys and girls soccer and girls volleyball. The PIAA released the brackets on Sunday. Field hockey PIAA playoffs Class 3A First round Tuesday’s schedule Manheim Township (12-8-2) at Villa Maria (20-2), 3 p.m.; Downingtown West at Mechanicsburg (17-4-1), Memorial Park Stadium,...

Sewickley Academy sophomore Zachary Sharara took top honors in Class A at the WPIAL boys cross country championship Oct. 23 at White Oak Park. Sharara breezed to the title, running a time of 15:41.60. “I am so happy for Zak after the consistent daily commitment that he has shown over...

Trey Susa is a 5-foot-9 golfer at Sewickley Academy who has an iron game to more than match his size. A bit of irony was experienced by Susa at the WPIAL boys individual golf championships this season, as the Sewickley freshman tied for third in Class 2A. “I was thrilled...

When top-seeded Sewickley Academy and No. 2 Bentworth advanced to the WPIAL Class A girls soccer championship game at Highmark Stadium, it guaranteed the final would be a star-studded affair. The teams’ rosters include seven district all-stars, including four from Sewickley. The Panthers are led by junior midfielder Emilia Carabba,...

The Quaker Valley girls soccer team did not reach double digits against any regular-season opponent on its way to a 13-2-1 record and section title in 2025. That all changed in the first round of the WPIAL playoffs. The third-seeded Quakers blanked No. 14 Southmoreland, 11-0, to advance to the...

The Quaker Valley football team walked off the field as a winner in 2025. QV shut out McGuffey, 21-0, in its season finale Oct. 24 on the Highlanders’ home turf. “It was a great way to end the season for us,” said Tom Eshenbaugh, the Quakers’ first-year coach. “Our defense...

Jonah Montagnese turned on the jets and left the rest of the Class 2A boys field in his wake. The Quaker Valley junior won a WPIAL cross country title Oct. 23 by almost 26 seconds, finishing in a time of 15:08.70 at chilly White Oak Park. “Jonah ran an absolutely...

Coach Wayne Wade has a special place in his heart for a legendary Clairton defense from 15 years ago, a historic group that won WPIAL and PIAA titles in 2010. Those Bears held their first 15 opponents to a touchdown or less that year, part of an epic 66-game winning...

The WPIAL has finalized sites in all six classes of next Friday’s football playoff matchups. Sites for the Class 4A and Class A brackets and one game in Class 2A were announced Saturday. Class 6A Semifinals Friday’s schedule Canon-McMillan (4-6) vs. Central Catholic (9-1) at West Mifflin, 7 p.m.; Norwin...

High schools Cross country PIAA championships Boys Saturday’s results Class 3A Individual: 1. Travis Furmanski, Cedar Crest, 15:34; 2. Nicholas Mazzeo, Lower Merion, 15:39; 3. Theo Oppermann, State College, 15:45; 4. Carter Smith, Mifflin County, 15:45; 5. Luke Bradbury, State College, 15:46; 6. Alexander Mazzeo, Lower Merion, 15:53; 7. Matt...

Peters Township won its first WPIAL girls volleyball championship Saturday, taking down Pine-Richland in three sets at AHN Arena. Sophomore right side hitter Maddie Carroll spearheaded the Indians with 14 kills, notching the clinching point for each set, including the last two points of the first two sets. Set scores...

In 2022, Penn-Trafford’s Mia Williams burst onto the high school tennis scene by winning a WPIAL championship as a freshman. On Saturday, she ended her high school career in the same spot on the medal podium. Williams rolled past West Chester Henderson freshman Erika Dunwoody in straight sets, 6-3, 6-0,...

Norwin girls cross country coach Brian Fleckenstein said he felt 100 or fewer points would be enough to win a PIAA championship. His girls did better than he expected Saturday at the PIAA Class 3A cross country champions at the Parkview course in Hershey. The Knights ran away with the...

Susan Pollins has spent nine years with the seniors on the Beaver girls volleyball team. The Bobcats coach believes any group coming behind them will have a high hurdle to clear to match what they’ve accomplished. Beaver, the No. 2 seed, swept Oakland Catholic 3-0 (25-15, 27-25, 27-25) in the...

Lily McLaughlin School: Fox Chapel Class: Senior Sport: Soccer Claim to fame: McLaughlin scored the golden goal with 1:38 left in overtime to lift the top-seeded Fox Chapel (19-1-1) to a 1-0 victory over No. 2 South Fayette in the WPIAL Class 3A championship game. The Foxes will look to...