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Clarion Area puts end to Bishop Canevin’s volleyball playoff run
Bishop Canevin senior outside hitter Gillian Golupski didn’t love how the season ended. The Lady Crusaders fell to District 9 champion Clarion Area, 25-14, 25-15, 25-14, Tuesday night in the PIAA Class A semifinals at home. But Golupski, who finished with a team-high nine kills, was happy Bishop Canevin had...
Trib HSSN state football rankings for Nov. 17, 2020
Like most of the WPIAL football champions crowned this past weekend, Trib HSSN is showing some mercy as more changes have come to the state rankings following the state quarterfinals round. We show mercy to two of the three teams that had to forfeit in the state elite eight due...
All-WPIAL boys soccer teams released
All four of the All-WPIAL boys soccer teams are out, and they include a number of players who are still competing in the PIAA playoffs. Seneca Valley, Mars, Deer Lakes and Greensburg Central Catholic, all in action Tuesday night in the state semifinals, had multiple selections. George Williams of Seneca...
Jeannette freshman QB Brad Birch likely out for Friday’s state playoff game
Jeannette freshman quarterback Brad Birch probably won’t play in Friday’s PIAA Class A semifinal game against Reynolds. Birch had a cast on his left ankle after suffering an undisclosed injury during Saturday’s WPIAL final against Clairton. Jeannette defeated Clairton, 45-14. The injury occurred during Jeannette’s first possession of the second...
WPIAL bans Peters Township band after investigating ‘blackface’ allegations
The Peters Township marching band is prohibited from performing at any WPIAL event until the school district submits a plan to “eradicate the social and racial insensitivity displayed by the marching band and its director/supervisors,” the WPIAL announced Tuesday. The ban lasts at least six months. The discipline was the...
Central Valley’s Ameer Dudley chooses Ivy League football, ‘best education’
Three days after winning a WPIAL championship, Central Valley quarterback Ameer Dudley had more reason to celebrate. The senior on Monday announced his commitment to Harvard, choosing the Ivy League school over other Division I offers. He’d quietly committed to the Crimson weeks ago but waited to reveal his decision...
High school roundup for Nov. 16, 2020: North Allegheny edges Upper St. Clair
Nolan Colinear scored the go-ahead 59 seconds into the third period to give North Allegheny a 2-1 Class 3A win over Upper St. Clair (0-2) at Baierl Ice Complex on Monday night. Austin Peterson scored the game’s first goal 6:42 into the opening period to put the Tigers (2-1) ahead...
High school scores, schedules for Nov. 16, 2020
High schools Field hockey PIAA playoffs Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Class 3A Emmaus at Central Bucks East, 2:30 p.m.; Pine-Richland at Central Dauphin, 5 p.m. Class 2A Archbishop Carroll vs. Southern Lehigh at Cardinal O’Hara, 3:30 p.m.; Selinsgrove at Palmyra, 7 p.m. Class A Bloomsburg at Wyoming Seminary, 4 p.m.; Greenwood...
Trib HSSN football team of the week for Week 10
After being competitive with the defending champion Clairton on the opening night of the season with a freshman quarterback making his debut, Jeannette was confident going into Saturday’s rematch in the WPIAL Class A championship game. But did they think they would win by 31 points? “No, I did not...
WPIAL considers changes to swimming championships, other winter sports
The WPIAL might hold its swimming and basketball championships somewhere other than Pitt’s facilities this winter. Of course, that’s assuming there are winter sports championships. The WPIAL board met online Monday and discussed adjustments that need to be made this winter. Among them, the board approved a plan to potentially...
Deer Lakes ready to ‘take care of business’ in PIAA semifinal matchup
Two years ago, the Deer Lakes boys soccer team made an improbable run to the 2018 PIAA Class AA championship game, and the Lancers have been looking to get back ever since. After a 2-0 win over District 9 champion Karns City on Saturday in the state quarterfinals, the Lancers...
Franklin Regional faces well-rested DuBois in PIAA Class 3A volleyball semifinals
It’s been an unusual and crazy fall sports season because of covid-19. Teams have been forced to postpone or cancel competitions. Some teams even forfeited playoff games. The DuBois girls’ volleyball team is making its first appearance in the PIAA Class 3A playoffs Tuesday, but it hasn’t played a match...
Greensburg Central Catholic boys soccer chasing elusive PIAA title
Greensburg Central Catholic has a perennially strong boys soccer program. Tell you something you don’t know, right? Well, despite the Centurions competing for WPIAL titles every year, the team never has advanced to the PIAA finals, which means it has not had the privilege of raising a trophy in Hershey....
Westmoreland PIAA soccer playoffs capsules for Nov. 17, 2020
Tuesday’s games Boys Class A Semifinals Greensburg Central Catholic (16-1) vs. Brockway (15-2) 7 p.m., Norwin Knights Stadium, North Huntingdon Coaches: Tyler Solis, GCC; Andy Daugherty, Brockway Winner plays: Winner of Faith Christian (8-2)/Tulpehocken (15-3-1) in PIAA championship, 1:30 p.m. Friday at HersheyPark Stadium Free kicks: GCC is back in...
WPIAL field hockey all-stars announced
The WPIAL announced field hockey all-stars and honorable mentions for the 2020 season, which concluded last week with Pine-Richland (Class AAA), Penn-Trafford (Class AA) and Shady Side Academy (Class A) winning district championships. Pine-Richland and Shady Side Academy play in the PIAA semifinals Tuesday. Here are the selections: Class AAA...
PIHL standings through Nov. 15, 2020
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday, Nov. 15. Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points Class AAA Peters Township, 2-0-0 = 4 Bethel Park, 2-1-0 = 4 Pine-Richland, 1-0-0 = 2 Seneca Valley, 1-0-0 = 2 North Allegheny, 1-1-0 = 2...
Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week for Week 10
In hockey, they call it the spin-a-rama. The action of making a full turn while skating with the puck. Central Valley junior running back Landon Alexander turned Martorelli Stadium into his personal ice rink Friday in helping his team to a second straight WPIAL Class 3A football championship. Alexander spun,...
This week’s broadcasts on Trib HSSN
As the fall sports seasons winds down, the focus is on the PIAA football, soccer, volleyball and field hockey state playoffs this week only on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Week 11 of the high school football season features the five remaining WPIAL football champions as they hit the...
After ‘unbelievable’ win against Clairton, Jeannette must turn focus to next opponent
It took a day, but Jeannette football coach Roy Hall started to recognize what his team accomplished Saturday in the WPIAL Class A championship game. What Jeannette did to Clairton is something the Bears usually do to opponents: The Jayhawks smashed them. Jeannette (9-1) took advantage of six Clairton turnovers...
Greensburg CC girls soccer hopes to keep rolling toward state title game
Greensburg Central Catholic is 17-0 and sits a victory away from the girls state soccer championship game in Hershey. But first-year coach Olivia Kruger said her team still might have its best game ahead. Or, at least one of its best games. Kruger looks for improvements each time GCC plays,...
PIAA releases sites, times for soccer, volleyball, field hockey semifinals
The PIAA has released the sites and times for Tuesday’s semifinal matches in boys and girls soccer, girls volleyball and field hockey. WPIAL champions opened the PIAA postseason strong in all three sports, going a combined 12-0 in state quarterfinal matches in boys soccer, girls soccer and girls volleyball Saturday...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Hockey team opens with win
Penn-Trafford opened the 2020-21 season Nov. 5 by defeating Mars, 3-2, in Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League action. Ryan Crombie’s goal in the third period snapped a 2-2 tie. The Warriors also got goals from Nick Loughner and Bennett Dupilka. Penn-Trafford dropped its next game, falling to Hempfield, 5-1. The Warriors...
Promising season ends with one-point loss for Gateway football
Gateway’s bid for a second straight WPIAL Class 5A championship and third title in four seasons came to an end by the slimmest of margins in the semifinals Nov. 6. The Gators and Peters Township now have played two one-point games the past two years. Last year, Gateway won 21-20...
Penn-Trafford football season ends a little earlier than hoped
Penn-Trafford’s football season ended a little earlier than it planned. The Warriors (6-2) saw their season end with a 49-14 loss at No. 1 Pine-Richland in the WPIAL semifinals. Their losses were to the two WPIAL Class 5A finalists. Peters Township edged Penn-Trafford, 24-21, in the second game of the...
Seniors help build foundation for upstart Redeemer Lutheran volleyball program
Four years ago, Nathan Loewe started up a girls volleyball team at Redeemer Lutheran with a handful of players who had very limited experience with the sport. After a couple of seasons filled with learning basic skills, the Rams found themselves on the doorstep of the final for their conference...
