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5 things we learned in Week 6: WPIAL linemen can score touchdowns too
Could there be a quarterback controversy brewing at Pine-Richland? With a laugh, Miguel Jackson says yes. The 6-foot-2, 265-pound senior lived every lineman’s dream Friday night when he rushed for a touchdown and threw for another as undefeated Pine-Richland maintained its No. 1 ranking in WPIAL Class 5A with a...
Seneca Valley gets big Class 6A win in overtime against Baldwin
Nolan Dworek scored his second touchdown of the game on the first play from scrimmage for Seneca Valley in overtime to lead the host Raiders past Baldwin, 19-16, in a key Class 6A game Saturday afternoon. The win improves Seneca Valley to 4-1 and leaves the Raiders alone in second...
More uncertainty than usual surrounds WPIAL football playoff picture
There is a week left in the high school football season, and there is a lot of uncertainty about the playoffs. Usually, there would be a clear picture of the playoff scenarios. Not this year, thanks to the coronavirus. The WPIAL and the football committee met this week to determine...
WPIAL football rankings for Week 6
Class 6A 1. North Allegheny, 5-0, 1 2. Mt. Lebanon, 3-2, 2 3. Central Catholic, 3-2, 3 4. Seneca Valley, 4-1, 4 5. Canon-McMillan, 2-3, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Pine-Richland, 5-0, 1 2. Gateway, 3-0, 2 3. Peters Township, 5-0, 3 4. Penn-Trafford, 4-1, 4 5. South Fayette,...
Westmoreland H.S. football notebook: Hempfield copes with sudden end to season
Hempfield players had no clue they were playing their final football game of the season two Friday nights ago at Baldwin. The seniors had no idea it would be their last high school game, period. Hempfield had some recent covid-19 cases in school and initially planned to pause athletics for...
Leechburg earns 400th win and could record first winning season since 1991
Friday night was an important night for Leechburg football. Thirty-seven years after the program earned its 300th win, the Blue Devils earned No. 400 and did so in a big way. Sophomore running back Braylan Lovelace ran for 397 yards and four touchdowns on 19 carries as the Blue Devils...
A-K Valley high school football notebook: Apollo-Ridge could be at mercy of playoff selection committee
The WPIAL on Wednesday laid out a plan to fill playoff brackets for the six football classifications as covid-19 has canceled games and created unprecedented issues for the organization. Apollo-Ridge had a keen interest in what the WPIAL had to say. The WPIAL’s plan for Class 2A has only the...
Jump in classification doesn’t slow Shady Side Academy girls soccer
In the past four years, the Shady Side Academy girls soccer team has solidified itself as one of the best teams in Class A. They won two WPIAL titles and one PIAA title, made three PIAA finals appearances and won 70 games. They turned in their best season last year...
Shady Side Academy’s Sam Farner provides winning presence for boys soccer team
Shady Side Academy’s Sam Farner is just a junior, but coach Ed Ellsworth says it seems like the talented midfielder has been around the program forever. It’s probably because he has been around longer than most. Between his seventh and eighth grade years, Farner got accustomed to the program by...
North Journal notebook: North Allegheny field hockey rebounds
The North Allegheny field hockey team hit the midseason portion of its schedule with a record of 3-3. The Tigers then rebounded from 1-0 loss to Pine-Richland on Sept. 30 with 3-0-1 stretch, including wins over Mt. Lebanon, Allderdice and Fox Chapel and a scoreless tie with Peters Township. “The...
Pine-Richland’s Meredith Price builds lasting legacy with cross country program
Meredith Price will focus on every hard workout, sprint and time trial it has taken to get to the WPIAL championship race to motivate herself to finish strong. On the rare occasion she looks to either side of her, she’ll spot teammates like Angelina Hunkele, Natalie McLean, Elizabeth Hunkele and...
Pine-Richland girls soccer team puts faith in senior goalkeeper
Katharine Kelly might not look the part, but there was a time when she played left guard in youth football. Had she played receiver, she might have found her calling under Friday night lights. A little less than 10 years later, Kelly’s niche is goalkeeper for Pine-Richland’s soccer team. “I’d...
New-look roster carries Riverview boys golf to winning season
The Riverview boys golf team capped its 2020 season in the WPIAL Class AA team semifinals at Beaver Valley Golf Club. The Raiders, in the WPIAL team playoffs for the third consecutive year, placed eighth. “We left a lot of shots out there (on the course),” Riverview coach Hal Biehl...
Plum’s Charlotte Jones makes dream of swimming at next level come true
Charlotte Jones has one final year of swimming at Plum, and then she hopes to make her mark at the NCAA Division I level. The Mustangs senior has given a verbal commitment to continue in the sport at Long Island University-Brooklyn in the Northeast Conference. “It is a great feeling...
Norwin notebook: Trip to WPIAL finals a 1st for Knights golfers
Norwin switched home courses for boys golf this fall. Nothing against Irwin Country Club, it was just that the Knights wanted a place more comparable to the places where their section foes play regularly. So, they moved to Youghiogheny Country Club near McKeesport. It was a few more miles down...
Underclassmen growing up quickly for Norwin football
Class 6A football can make a team grow up quickly in the WPIAL. Playing younger players is not always ideal but doing so, whether it be out of necessity or because of merit, can pay dividends down the road when underclassmen are more accustomed to the varsity level. Norwin has...
Covid-19 shutdown forces defending champion North Allegheny girls to turn focus to playoffs
As a defending WPIAL champion, no one would’ve blamed North Allegheny’s girls soccer team for glancing ahead to the playoffs. Now, that’s their only focus. Covid-19 concerns caused the team to shut down for the final two weeks of the regular season, canceling section games with Butler, North Hills and...
Franklin Regional girls tennis reaches goals
Franklin Regional’s girls tennis team enjoyed another good season. The Panthers reached all their goals according to coach Howard Fisher, who has been coaching tennis at Franklin Regional for 41 years. Franklin Regional (8-2, 7-1) finished second to Latrobe in Section 1-AAA. The Panthers reached the WPIAL playoffs where they...
Franklin Regional golfers savor WPIAL championship round at Oakmont
Brooke Horvath and Caroline Tragesser have played numerous rounds of golf together at various courses. But the duo from Franklin Regional were in for a new experience when they qualified for the WPIAL Class AAA individual championship. Already key contributors to the Panthers’ section-title run and a trip to the...
Hampton girls tennis players have no trouble finding silver linings in season
The Hampton girls tennis team is proof a season that looks dreadful on paper can look pretty good in person. Despite enduring an 0-10 match record, the youthful Talbots remained upbeat about the experience and encouraged for the future. “Even though we didn’t have a great record, it was a...
Freshman phenom brings scoring punch to Hampton girls soccer team
Hampton girls soccer coach Bill Paholich needed one workout to realize freshman Madison Hurst had a chance to be special. The diminutive 14-year-old opened the staff’s eyes when she kept pace with the lead pack during the Talbots’ preseason one-mile run. “We always do a mile conditioner … and she...
Trib HSSN’s Week 6 top performers for passing, rushing, receiving
Top performers for Week 6 high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 362 - Ethan Dahlem, Upper St. Clair (18 of 28) 307 - Cole Spencer, Pine-Richland (13 of 17) 293 - Brad Birch, Jeannette (11 of 14) 280 - Cadin Olsen, Armstrong (17 of 29) 272 - Chandler Thimons,...
WPIAL Class 2A roundup: Hough, Livingston guide Beaver Falls to MAC championship
Josh Hough and Shileak Livingston ran for 193 and 167 yards, respectively, and scored three touchdowns each as top-ranked Beaver Falls scored a 50-14 victory over Freedom (3-3, 3-3) in the Class 2A Midwestern Conference on Friday night. The Tigers (6-0, 6-0) clinched the conference title with the win. Shady...
WPIAL Class A roundup: Birch tosses 7 TD passes as Jeannette blanks Bishop Canevin
Brad Birch threw for 293 yards and seven touchdowns — including five in the second quarter — as No. 3 Jeannette pitched a 49-0 shutout over Bishop Canevin (3-3, 2-3) in Class A Eastern Conference play Friday night. Brett Birch caught five passes for 145 yards and three touchdowns while...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 16, 2020
Football Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Mt. Lebanon 48, Norwin 14 North Allegheny 35, Canon-McMillan 0 Hempfield at Central Catholic, ppd. Class 5A Allegheny 6 Peters Township 45, Bethel Park 7 South Fayette 38, West Allegheny 14 Upper St. Clair 42, Moon 35 Big East Franklin Regional 27, Latrobe 14...
