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Rain forces WPIAL to postpone girls tennis semifinals
With rain showers in the area, WPIAL officials on Monday morning postponed the Class AAA and AA girls tennis semifinal matches. All four matches now will be Tuesday afternoon with 3 p.m. starts. In Class AAA, top-seeded Peters Township will host Latrobe, and Upper St. Clair hosts Pine-Richland. Peters Township,...
Trib HSSN WPIAL boys and girls soccer rankings for Oct. 19, 2020
Here’s a look at this week’s Trib HSSN WPIAL boys and girls soccer rankings. Records are through Saturday’s games. Girls soccer Class 4A Team, record, previous 1. Fox Chapel, 11-1, 1 2. Butler, 9-1, 2 3. Peters Township, 9-1-1, 3 4. Norwin, 7-2-1, 4 5. North Allegheny, 7-2, 5 Class...
WPIAL girls volleyball playoff clinchings through Oct. 18, 2020
The WPIAL girls volleyball regular season has one week left. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in which head-to-head does not break the tie all qualify for the postseason. Trib HSSN’s exclusive coverage of the 2020 WPIAL...
WPIAL girls soccer playoff clinchings through Oct. 18, 2020
There is one day left in section play in WPIAL girls soccer with two more spots in 4A up for grabs. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in which head-to-head does not break the tie all qualify...
WPIAL boys soccer playoff clinchings through Oct. 18, 2020
There are two days left in section play in WPIAL boys soccer with only one Class 3A spot still available. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in which head-to-head does not break the tie all qualify for...
TribHSSN broadcasts: Week of Oct. 19-24
The ‘Stretch Run’ of the 2020 high school football season concludes as we wrap up the regular season and look ahead to the postseason this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Week 7 of the high school football season features 31 video and audio broadcasts on Friday and...
Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week for Week 6
With a possible playoff berth in the balance, twice Upper St. Clair fell behind Moon by two touchdowns. However, Panthers fans had no fear because Ethan Dahlem was there. USC’s senior quarterback had a huge night and engineered multiple comebacks in Week 6, the last coming when he scored on...
WPIAL bracketology: Chris Harlan, Don Rebel predict 2020 football pairings
In the words of Upper St. Clair basketball coach Danny Holzer: “It’s never too early for bracketology.” One week remains in this very unique season and many teams won’t know for certain they’re a playoff participant until the brackets are released Saturday night on the TribLive High School Sports Network....
Westmoreland high school notebook: Franklin Regional’s Kimmich has chance for double titles
There were days this fall when Luke Kimmich would play in a nine-hole golf match after school, change clothes and be back in time to join the boys soccer team for a practice or game. The senior from Franklin Regional pulled double-duty and handled it with the best of the...
Mt. Pleasant tennis standouts double up as softball stars
They are used to singles and doubles … and triples and home runs. But we’re talking tennis here, not softball. Mt. Pleasant has found success in both sports, and many of the same names have made that happen. In a unique case, the Vikings had three Division I softball players...
Penn Hills golfer learns lessons on Oakmont’s fabled greens
Every young golfer’s dream in Western Pennsylvania is to play a round of golf at Oakmont Country Club. Penn Hills sophomore Lucy Brayton had that opportunity as she competed in the WPIAL Class AAA Girls Individual Championship on Oct. 8. Brayton, who was the first Penn Hills girls golfer to...
Despite shortened schedule Gateway football preparing for run at WPIAL title
The WPIAL last Wednesday revealed a plan to populate the football playoff brackets and deal with unbalanced records and schedules in several of the classifications among a wider announcement of postseason strategies for fall sports. With Gateway expected to finish with four games played in the regular season — it...
Penn Hills basketball standout Deondre Mitchell earns starting role as 1st-year WR
For the last couple of years, senior Deondre Mitchell has been known for his success on the basketball court for Penn Hills. This fall, Mitchell added football to his resume, lining up at wide receiver for the Indians. With no basketball fall leagues this year because of covid-19, Mitchell was...
Gateway boys soccer deals with schedule crunch in quest for playoff berth
The Gateway boys soccer team found itself in a playoff battle in Section 4-4A as it hoped to qualify for the WPIAL postseason for the first time since 2016. The Gators played a compacted, hectic schedule down the stretch — 10 scheduled games in 16 days — after covid-19 issues...
Shaler cross country looking forward to new venue for WPIAL meet
Shaler cross country coach Justin Eskra believes the WPIAL may have stumbled upon one positive during the uncertainty of the covid-19 pandemic. Instead of heading down to Cal (Pa) for the district’s Class AAA championships, runners will compete at White Oak Park on Oct. 29. In what Eskra anticipates will...
Shaler boys soccer gains experience, measure of revenge
Twenty-seven days made a world of difference for the Shaler Area boys soccer team. TJ Tylenda scored twice in the second half and the Titans regained self-respect during a 2-1 Section 1-4A victory over Pine-Richland on Oct. 6 at home. The Rams beat up Shaler a little less than a...
South Fayette junior golfer stares down Oakmont, takes home silver
With the district golf and girls tennis postseason winding down, no area teams and only one area golfer is moving on to the PIAA state championships. South Fayette junior Caroline McConnell finished as the WPIAL runner-up in the 2020 Class AAA district championships at Oakmont Country Club. McConnell shot a...
First year on job brings growth, surprises to Chartiers Valley athletic director
Oct. 14 marked Michael Gavlik’s one-year anniversary as athletic director at Chartiers Valley. A lot happened during Gavlik’s first 12 months, but there was nothing he couldn’t handle. Gavlik came to Chartiers Valley with an impressive resume, having been manager and director of Pittsburgh City League athletics for 16 years....
Thomas Jefferson girls tennis players look forward to future of program
Thomas Jefferson recently wrapped up a winning 2020 season in girls tennis. Behind a lineup dominated by juniors and seniors, the Jaguars ended up 7-6 while competing in Section 3-3A. “I thought we were very competitive this season and were very close to winning in several matches,” said Chuck Correll,...
Brain power: Baldwin quarterback among WPIAL’s top passers
Baldwin’s starting quarterback is a brainiac, for sure. At 5-foot-9, 165 pounds, Colton Brain is on the smaller-scale of quarterbacks in Western Pennsylvania. His know-how and athletic ability, however, more than make up for his undersized stature. “Colton has been great in so many ways for our football team,” Baldwin...
Quaker Valley boys soccer displaying championship-caliber form
A year ago, the Quaker Valley boys soccer team had a talented senior class that led them to WPIAL and PIAA Class 2A titles. Eight of them, including Pennsylvania Gatorade Player of the Year Dom Reiter and his twin brother Fritz, combined to score 119 of Quaker Valley’s 175 goals....
Penn-Trafford notebook: Warriors golfers come up short in semifinals
Penn-Trafford senior Alex Turowski shot a 1-under par 71 at the WPIAL Class AAA team semifinals, but it wasn’t enough help the team advance to the WPIAL team championship Oct. 15. The Warriors finished fourth, and the top three teams advanced. They had a score of 414 behind Central Catholic...
High school scores and summaries for Oct. 17, 2020
Football Saturday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Seneca Valley 19, Baldwin 16 Class 5A Big East Gateway 21, Woodland Hills 16 Class 4A Parkway Aliquippa 39, Montour 14 Class A Tri-County South California 49, Carmichaels 20 Saturday’s summaries Football WPIAL Class 6A Seneca Valley 19, Baldwin 16 (OT) Baldwin 0 6...
High school roundup for Oct. 17, 2020: Aliquippa drops Montour, clinches conference crown
Led by Vernon Redd on the ground and the combination of Vaughn Morris and Tajier Thornton in the air, No. 2 Aliquippa cruised to a 39-14 victory over Montour on Saturday night, clinching the Class 4A Parkway Conference crown. Redd ran 23 times for 175 yards and a score. Morris...
Gateway shakes off rust, holds off Woodland Hills
After not playing for 28 days, the Gateway Gators returned to action Saturday night and had to hold off a late effort by neighboring Woodland Hills. The No. 2-rated Gators saw their lead reduced to five points with 1 minute, 54 seconds left to play and virtually ran out the...
