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Westmoreland County girls soccer notebook: Yough peaking at right time
File Yough under teams peaking at the right time for the WPIAL girls soccer postseason. The ninth-seeded Cougars (11-4) gradually are returning to full strength as they get set to play at No. 5 Avonworth (13-1-1) on Wednesday night in the semifinals. The Class 2A runner-up last year, Yough brought...
Westmoreland County boys soccer notebook: Norwin, Seneca Valley on collision course
The Norwin boys soccer team is back in the WPIAL semifinals for the second time in three years. If the third-seeded Knights (11-0-2) were going to play for a WPIAL Class 4A championship like they did in 2018, coach Scotty Schuchert knew one team would stand in their way: the...
Latrobe girls tennis savors historic run to state finals
Latrobe girls tennis coach Chad Kissell thought early on this might be a special year for his team. When the Wildcats opened the season with an impressive 4-1 victory against North Allegheny, Kissell’s mind was made up. “I knew we were capable of winning the WPIAL Class AAA title,” Kissell...
Mars stands in way of 3-peat for Franklin Regional boys soccer
With the Highmark Stadium experience a been-there-done-that kind of thing for the Franklin Regional boys soccer team, the Panthers are just focused on winning another game. Their next game, though, happens to be the WPIAL Class 3A championship, and a win would mean a third straight title for the Panthers....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 2, 2020
Field hockey WPIAL playoffs Class 3A Championship Wednesday’s schedule Pine-Richland vs. Peters Township at Fox Chapel, 6:30 p.m. Class 2A Championship Monday’s result Penn-Trafford 2, Fox Chapel 1 Class A Championship Monday’s result Shady Side Academy 2, Ellis School 1 Monday’s summaries WPIAL championships Class 2A Penn-Trafford 2, Fox Chapel...
High school roundup for Nov. 2, 2020: North Allegheny girls soccer knocks off top seed
Sarah Schupansky had two goals and Lucia Wells also scored as No. 5 North Allegheny (10-2) rolled to a 3-0 victory over top-seeded Peters Township (11-2-1) in the WPIAL Class 4A girls soccer semifinals Monday night. The Tigers will meet No. 2 Butler in Thursday’s championship match. Butler 2, Moon...
Waynesburg girls volleyball on top of its game in playoff win over Frazier
During the regular season, the Waynesburg volleyball team used two wins against rival Frazier to earn a section championship. On Monday night, the Raiders used a victory over the Commodores to punch their ticket into the WPIAL Class 2A semifinals. Fifth-seeded Waynesburg (13-2) played a strong match from start to...
Anthony DiFalco’s OT goal lifts Franklin Regional over West Allegheny, into WPIAL final
With teams as evenly matched as West Allegheny and Franklin Regional, differences in high-stakes playoff games against one another usually are subtle to the casual observer. It can be a miscue here or a bad bounce there that decides a winner. But other game-changing plays can be more glaring —...
Penn-Trafford beats Fox Chapel for WPIAL field hockey titleVideo
The Penn-Trafford field hockey team is champion again. The Warriors remained perfect on the season and claimed their fifth straight WPIAL Class 2A field hockey title with a 2-1 victory over Fox Chapel on Monday at a chilly Burk Stadium at Fox Chapel High School. “It’s really exciting,” Penn-Trafford coach...
Greensburg Central Catholic girls overcome slow start, rout South Side
It didn’t take the Greensburg Central Catholic girls soccer team long to find out that South Side came to play Monday in the WPIAL Class A semifinals at Norwin. The Rams scored the game’s first goal and led 10 minutes into the game. Then things changed quickly, the Centurions scored...
Deer Lakes dominates Mt. Pleasant, reaches 2nd straight WPIAL title game
As the No. 2 Deer Lakes Lancers worked their way through the regular season and playoffs, they’ve relied on their group of captains — Devin Murray, Mike Sullivan and Colton Spence — to carry the load. But on Monday at Lancer Stadium, it was the supporting cast that stepped up...
Shady Side Academy edges rival Ellis School, wins 3rd straight WPIAL field hockey title
Shady Side Academy and Ellis School are no strangers in battling for a WPIAL field hockey championship. The teams met for the seventh consecutive time in the finals, including each of the five Class A matchups since the WPIAL expanded to three classifications in 2016. Monday’s title contest at a...
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week for Week 8
Since moving to Class 5A when the PIAA expanded to six classifications in football before the 2016 season, Penn-Trafford has been so agonizingly close to a WPIAL title. However, no victory cigar has been puffed on. The Warriors are a combined 38-10 the last four years with two semifinals appearance...
This week’s Trib HSSN broadcasts
We kick off a November to remember with a golden week of championship soccer, volleyball, field hockey and football action this week only on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Week 9 of the high school football season features 10 WPIAL semifinals video streams and audio broadcast of the Class...
Girls All-WPIAL soccer teams announced
The All-WPIAL girls soccer selections are out for the 2020 season. All-state picks for the girls, as well as All-WPIAL boys players, are expected to come out next week. Here is the list of honorees by schools: Class 4A Butler Gabby Boden, Sr., F Sam Miller, Sr., F Chloe Weiland,...
Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week for Week 8
The Apollo-Ridge program rose to new heights in 2013 and ‘14 thanks to athleticism of Tre Tipton. Success on the football field continued for the Vikings in 2015 and ‘16 thanks to the running of Duane Brown. For the past four years, the team has been led on the ground...
WPIAL soccer playoff capsules for Monday’s semifinals
WPIAL soccer playoff previews Boys Class AAA Semifinals 3-West Allegheny (15-1) at 2-Franklin Regional (15-2) 6:30 p.m. Monday, Panther Stadium, Murrysville Winner plays: Winner of 13-South Fayette (11-4-1) at 1-Mars (16-0) in WPIAL championship, 8 p.m. Thursday (site TBD) Hat tricks: West Allegheny and Franklin Regional met in the last...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Franklin Regional boys soccer meets familiar foe
So they meet again. Franklin Regional (15-2) and West Allegheny (15-1) have become quite familiar with one another in the boys soccer postseason, and the teams will clash again at 6:30 p.m. Monday in a semifinal game in Murrysville. The playoff rivals played each other in the past two WPIAL...
John Steigerwald: Kudos to PIAA for giving student-athletes chance to compete
The PIAA was right. High school athletes all over Pennsylvania should be glad the organization that oversees high school sports in Pennsylvania didn’t listen to the so-called experts. Here’s what Pa. Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said Aug. 18: “The recommendation from the governor and myself is that all...
With safety protocols in place, PIHL season set to begin
Ice rinks across Western Pennsylvania again will be put to use Monday night when the PIHL commences the varsity high school hockey season. For the first time since the PIHL halted play in mid-March during the Penguins Cup playoffs, teams will take to the ice. Following safety protocols set forth...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Alumnus gets golf modeling gig
Penn-Trafford grad and professional golfer Dan Obremski has added modeling to his resume. Obremski, who recently played on the PGA of American Latino Tour, was featured in a Dick’s Sporting Goods advertising supplement modeling golf apparel. The 2005 Penn-Trafford grad attended Coastal Carolina and has won numerous mini-tour events in...
Penn-Trafford hockey putting pieces in place for return to playoffs
Penn-Trafford hockey coach Chris Cerutti has been busy this fall. He and his wife moving to a new home and are expecting a child, and he’s trying to rebuild the school’s hockey program after missing the playoffs in 2019-20. Penn-Trafford finished 8-9 last year in the PIHL Class AA Southeast...
Freshmen make immediate impact for Penn Hills football
Heading into the season, coach Jon LeDonne knew he was going to hand the keys to the Penn Hills offense over to freshman Julian Dugger. However, LeDonne wasn’t sure how much of an impact the rest of the freshmen and sophomore classes would make on the offense. As the Indians...
Balanced attack leads Shaler volleyball to winning season
There will be no relaxing once the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs start for Shaler outside hitter Mia Schubert. The Titans — who are the second overall seed — felt they let a match with section rival North Allegheny get away from them late in the season. Shaler — which was...
Shaler boys soccer tried to get in sync during up-and-down season
Shaler senior Ross Hartley saw the pattern for the boys soccer team shortly after a 6-0 loss to Fox Chapel. “From the beginning of the season, we were disconnected,” Hartley said. “We got more connected during the middle of the season. Toward the end of the end of the season,...
