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North Journal notebook: North Allegheny boys soccer advances
Jonathan Swann had two goals and Ben Christian, Evan Anderson and Kensly Owens also scored to lead No. 6 North Allegheny (13-3-1) to a 5-1 victory over No. 11 Allderdice (5-6-1) in a WPIAL Class 4A boys soccer game Oct. 27. North Allegheny was scheduled to meet No. 3 Norwin in...
North Allegheny, North Hills set to host WPIAL football finals
The WPIAL football finals are moving from the North Shore to the North Hills. Heinz Field wasn’t a viable option this fall under covid-19 restrictions, so the WPIAL’s six championship games are divided instead between North Allegheny’s Newman Stadium and North Hills’ Martorelli Stadium. Each stadium will host three. The...
Franklin Regional hockey ready to rebound after missing postseason
Franklin Regional missed the 2019-20 PIHL Penguins Cup playoffs by one point. That didn’t sit well with the players and coach John Winebrenner after his squad finished 10-8 behind Latrobe and Hempfield. But with nine starters returning and a talented group of players moving up from the junior varsity, Winebrenner...
Franklin Regional boys soccer accomplishing preseason goals
Franklin Regional arranged some objectives early in the boys soccer season like it was laying out a new outfit for the first day of school. Winning the section was first on the list. Bringing home a third consecutive WPIAL title was there, too, a little farther down. Only it wasn’t...
Liberto brothers boost Hampton football into playoffs
The Hampton football team made a valiant playoff push down the season’s home stretch. Hampton won five of its final six games to finish third with a 5-2 record in the Greater Allegheny Conference. The Talbots, making their first playoff appearance since 2015, landed the No. 8 seed in Class...
Trib HSSN’s Week 8 top performers for passing, rushing, receiving
Top performers for Week 8 high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 283 - Max Rocco, Serra Catholic (18 of 31) 281 - Austin Jones, Sto-Rox (18 of 24) 262 - Cadin Olsen, Armstrong (13 of 18) 218 - Jake Pugh, Thomas Jefferson (14 of 15) 171 - Cole Beck,...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 30, 2020
Football WPIAL Playoffs Friday’s results Class 6A Semifinals Central Catholic 35, Mt. Lebanon 0 North Allegheny 21, Seneca Valley 7 Class 5A First round Gateway 14, Penn Hills 0 Penn-Trafford 35, Upper St. Clair 7 Peters Township 39, Woodland Hills 6 Pine-Richland 47, South Fayette 7 Class 4A First round...
WPIAL playoffs roundup: No. 1 Aliquippa blanks Hampton in opening round
Top-seeded Aliquippa forced four first-half turnovers, including a fumble on the opening kickoff, and sprinted past No. 8 Hampton, 31-0, in the opening round of the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs Friday night at The Pit. Aliquippa (8-0) took a 7-0 lead 81 seconds into the game on Vernon Redd’s 14-yard...
North Allegheny tops Seneca Valley, reaches WPIAL Class 6A championship
It was by no means easy, but top-seeded North Allegheny showcased its versatile offense in a 21-7 victory over fourth-seeded Seneca Valley in the WPIAL Class 6A semifinals Friday night at Newman Stadium in Wexford A barrage of runners led the way for the Tigers (6-0), who reached the WPIAL...
Clairton’s Dontae Sanders racks up 428 rushing yards in Class A win over OLSH
“Prime Time” was the nickname of NFL great Deion Sanders, but Clairton senior Dontae Sanders might need to repurpose the nickname, looking more like Barry Sanders in prime time in Clairton’s playoff win Friday night. Sanders rushed for 428 yards and six touchdowns, leading Clairton to a 54-20 victory over...
Gateway defense stands strong, defeats Penn Hills in Class 5A opening round
Gateway couldn’t score many points Friday night on its home turf, but the Gators didn’t need to. Their defense took matters personally and stonewalled a determined Penn Hills bunch in a physical WPIAL football playoff victory at Antimarino Stadium. Carsen Engleka passed for 147 yards, and the Gateway defense backed...
Serra Catholic keeps its strange season alive, beats McGuffey in 1st-round game
It has been a unique season for Serra Catholic, from only playing four games in the regular season to entering its WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinal matchup against McGuffey on a 21-day layoff. But the Eagles didn’t worry about all of that. Their main focus Friday night on the road was...
Petrarca, Peters Township defense blitz Woodland Hills
Peters Township’s offense put enough points on the board to top Woodland Hills. As a matter of fact, so did the Indians’ defense. The third-seeded Indians got a pair of defensive touchdowns from junior linebacker Luke Petrarca and recorded two safeties on the way to a 39-6 win over visiting...
Fill-in quarterback carries Keystone Oaks past South Park in Class 3A thriller
With its star quarterback hobbled by an ankle injury, Keystone Oaks turned to senior Mark Hutchin to spark the offense and erase a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit. Down 24-21, Hutchin took the Wildcat snap and ran to the right side for an 8-yard touchdown with 29 seconds remaining to lead the...
Belle Vernon dispatches Chartiers Valley in WPIAL 1st round
Despite at times playing like a team that hasn’t played in the past two weeks, the Belle Vernon football team advanced to the WPIAL semifinals Friday. Devin Whitlock and Quinton Martin combined for more than 300 yards on the ground, and each scored three touchdowns as the Leopards earned a...
QB Cole Spencer sets Pine-Richland TD pass record in win over South Fayette
Cole Spencer and Eli Jochem quietly played catch on the sideline in their sophomore season while Pine-Richland played defense, getting in as many throws as possible before trying to replicate their connection on offense. It wasn’t obvious at the time, but the two would become one of the most explosive...
WPIAL football playoff opening round scores for Oct. 30, 2020
TribLIVE’s sports reporters have you covered from Friday’s WPIAL high school football playoff action. GAMES OF THE WEEK • 6A (semifinals): No. 3 CENTRAL CATHOLIC 35, No. 2 MT. LEBANON 0 Central Catholic defensive lineman Bralen Henderson had four sacks and his teammates added four more. • 5A: No. 4...
Jeannette makes quick work of Avella in WPIAL Class A opening round
If Jeannette coach Roy Hall was worried his players were looking ahead, they made sure early on Friday night to ease his mind. The Jayhawks took care of business against an overmatched Avella squad, scoring on their first seven possessions and adding scores on a kickoff return and a fumble...
Plum shuts down McKeesport to reach first WPIAL semifinal since 1996
The Plum and McKeesport football teams were no strangers to each other when they met Friday at Plum’s Mustangs Stadium for a berth in the WPIAL Class 4A semifinals. The Tigers and Mustangs clashed for the eighth time in the past 10 years. The latest meeting was one of the...
Penn-Trafford’s defense does talking against Upper St. Clair in rout
With two high-scoring offenses meeting Friday night at Warrior Stadium, some expected a shootout. Penn-Trafford shot down that notion. The fourth-seeded Warriors took the air out of No. 5 Upper St. Clair and produced a pair of 100-yard rushers in a relatively painless 35-7 victory in a WPIAL Class 5A...
Rochester grounds out victory over Springdale in Class A quarterfinals
In this day of sophisticated passing offenses, Rochester turned the calendar back to the 1950s with a strong ground game in Friday’s WPIAL Class A quarterfinal victory. The Rams ran 69 plays — 68 of them runs — in a 34-17 victory over Springdale at Rochester Stadium. The only pass...
Apollo-Ridge makes statement with blowout victory over WashingtonVideo
After feeling overlooked this year, the No. 4 Apollo-Ridge Vikings were looking to make a statement Friday night at Owens Field when they took on No. 5 Washington in the first round of the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs. Consider it made. Washington fumbled on its first three drives, and the...
Elizabeth Forward tops Freeport for long-awaited WPIAL playoff victory
For the first time in two decades, the Elizabeth Forward football program has a playoff victory under its belt. The third-seeded Warriors rushed for more than 300 yards and held off a second-half rally from No. 6 Freeport to capture its first playoff triumph since 2000 with a 34-20 victory...
North Catholic punishes Mt. Pleasant for mistakes in Class 2A matchup
As the clock was winding down late in the fourth quarter, Mt. Pleasant coach Jason Fazekas said to his assistants he felt like the score was a lot closer than the scoreboard indicated. Fazekas liked plenty of what his team did Friday night, but critical mistakes and missed opportunities were...
Shenango limits damage done by California’s Jaeden Zuzak, wins Class A quarterfinal
Shenango’s mission in a WPIAL Class A quarterfinal matchup with California on Friday night was pretty clear. The Wildcats had to stop Jaeden Zuzak, the second-leading rusher in the WPIAL. Zuzak wasn’t stopped, per se, running for 193 yards on 21 carries and three touchdowns, but Shenango controlled him enough...
