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Burrell bounces back from first loss, shuts out rival FreeportVideo
The Burrell girls soccer team saw a 20-game Section 2-AA unbeaten streak come to an end Saturday with a loss at Shady Side Academy. But the Bucs were able to bounce back in winning fashion Monday with a 3-0 victory over Freeport on the new turf at Burrell’s Buccaneers Stadium....
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week for Week 4
In the seven years between 2010 and 2016, Serra Catholic had a combined record of 15-52 with one playoff appearance. Jose Regus took over in 2017 and since then, the Eagles are flying higher with three playoff appearances an overall record of 19-15. Could this bird of prey be ready...
Deer Lakes soccer’s Nina Lafko dealing with second torn ACL in 12 months
To have the sport you love taken away from you for a time because of a serious injury such as a torn anterior cruciate ligament can be hard reality to grasp. But to have the same injury happen just a couple of months after fully recovering from the first is...
Greensburg Central Catholic girls claim 6th straight golf title; Peters Township girls win 1st
Greensburg Central Catholic’s girls golf team added another WPIAL Class AA title to the school’s trophy case Monday. The Centurions won their sixth straight district championship by shooting an impressive 320, crushing the competition at Connoquenessing Country Club in Ellwood City. Geibel finished second, 99 shots back, with a 419....
2 WPIAL teams earn national recognition from High School Football America
Two WPIAL football teams are earning national attention. North Allegheny and Pine-Richland were among four Pennsylvania schools receiving spots in the Top 100 rankings High School Football America released Sunday. North Allegheny was ranked 35th and Pine-Richland 85th in the first list for this season. Also included was St. Joseph’s...
Montour moves to No. 1 in latest Class AAA girls volleyball coaches association rankings
There is one change at the top in this week’s Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association WPIAL girls volleyball rankings released Monday. Montour, the leader of Section 2-AAA at 7-0, takes over the top spot in Class AAA. Plum, 8-0 in Section 1-AAA, jumps five spots to No. 2 after a...
Gateway, Penn-Trafford choose Sunday night kickoff for football game
Sunday night football is coming to the WPIAL. Conference rivals Gateway and Penn-Trafford agreed to move this week’s game to 7 p.m. Sunday to give the Gators time to recover from their covid-19 shutdown. The game is at Gateway’s Antimarino Stadium. The Gators were forced to cancel last week’s game...
Trib HSSN WPIAL boys and girls soccer rankings for Oct. 5, 2020
Here’s a look at this week’s WPIAL boys and girls soccer rankings. Records are through Saturday’s games: WPIAL soccer rankings Girls Class 4A 1. Fox Chapel (8-0) 2. Butler (7-0) 3. Peters Township (5-1) 4. North Allegheny (4-2) 5. Moon (5-2) Class 3A 1. Mars (7-0) 2. Plum (7-0) 3....
10 members of WPIAL Diversity & Inclusion Council bring varied experiences
When Loran Cooley met the other individuals chosen for the first WPIAL Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Council, he noticed a long list of doctorates. “I’m probably the least qualified,” he said, laughing. Not hardly. As an African American and former head football coach at Baldwin, Cooley understands the racial landscape...
Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week for Week 4
Two years ago, Rochester was playing for a WPIAL title, which just seemed right in the small Beaver County town. Last year, an 0-7 start dropped the Rams out of the playoff chase for one of the few times in the 20 years Gene Matsook has been coach. Rochester finished...
Norwin’s Jubert wins 1st Bald Eagle Classic in preview of WPIAL course
The WPIAL recently announced a new site for its cross country championships — White Oak Park. The first Bald Eagle Cross Country Classic, hosted by the Baldwin and Serra Catholic programs on Saturday, served as a great warm-up course for the teams that competed. Norwin senior Alex Jubert certainly enjoyed...
This week’s Trib HSSN broadcasts
The first full week of October brings a chill in the air and hot high school sports action you can view or hear this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We ride into the second half of the regular season with Week 5 of high school football season...
Perennial power Freeport volleyball ‘work in progress’
The Freeport girls volleyball team on Monday begins a stretch of three games in three days and kicks off the second half of its Section 5-AAA schedule with a trip to Mars. Yellowjackets coach Tom Phillips hopes the rematch of Thursday’s five-set loss to the Planets is out of this...
4 WPIAL football teams maintain long conference streaks as Penn Hills’ ends
One of WPIAL football’s longest active conference winning streaks ended Saturday, leaving four double-digit streaks intact. Penn Hills had won 15 consecutive conference games before Saturday night’s 43-0 loss to Pine-Richland in the Class 5A Northeast. It was the first time the team lost to a conference foe since joining...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Zambruno sisters excited to play in states
Greensburg Central Catholic twin sisters Meghan and Ella Zambruno finally will get to play together in the PIAA Class AA golf championship. Meghan shot 79 to take second place, and Ella carded an 82 for third at the WPIAL championship Thursday at Allegheny Country Club, advancing the juniors to the...
WPIAL Class AAA boys golf championship preview: Field looks crowded
WPIAL Class AAA boys golf individual championship 11 a.m. Tuesday, South Hills Country Club, Whitehall 2019 champion: Scott Bitar, Fox Chapel The field: 36 players will compete for the district title in an 18-hole tournament. The player breakdown by county: Allegheny (18), Westmoreland (8), Butler (3), Washington (3), Beaver (2),...
Gateway’s Jenkins getting her kicks on soccer, football teams
Joelle Jenkins doesn’t have a slow gear when it comes to playing soccer. The Gateway senior, a physical four-year starter on defense, wouldn’t have it any other way. Dedication and drive are things that endear her to teammates, Gators coach Kelly Bender said. “Watching Joelle step into a leadership role...
Versatile Reed Martin helps Plum to unbeaten start
In Plum football’s Greater Allegheny Conference game against Mars on Sept. 25, Reed Martin never left the field. The Mustangs senior lined up at wide receiver and running back on offense and at cornerback on defense. He punted, kicked off, converted extra points and returned kicks in the 49-21 triumph....
Penn-Trafford’s Turowski makes good impression during freshman season
Penn-Trafford golfer Nick Turowski is having an impressive freshman season. He is hoping his debut high school season ends at the PIAA championship in York. He aimed to become one of the lucky 10 to advance when he and his brother Alex competed in the WPIAL individual championship Oct. 6...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Patrick Driscoll pulls double duty with golf, cross country
Penn-Trafford senior Patrick Driscoll has been pulling double duty this fall. He’s a starter on the boys golf team that qualified for the WPIAL Class AAA team tournament, and he’s the top runner on the cross country team. “I like both sports pretty equally, but I do recognize I’m a...
Quaker Valley girls tennis team ecstatic to be back in WPIAL playoffs
Heading into the girls tennis season, Quaker Valley coach Christiana Hays was just looking for one missing piece. She returned six of her seven starters from a 2019 season that saw the team miss the WPIAL Class AA team playoffs. Seniors Emily Sanders, Maggie McManus and Gwen Nace were returning along...
Sewickley Academy girls tennis reaches most important goal by simply stepping on court
Over the past few years, the Sewickley Academy girls tennis team has been the one to beat in WPIAL Class AA team tennis. They’ve won the past three WPIAL team titles, defeating Knoch all three times, and they’ve also won the past two PIAA titles, defeating District 3 champion Wyomissing,...
Brentwood boys soccer aiming to remain among section’s elite
The Brentwood boys soccer team has become accustomed to hitting double digits in the win column in recent seasons. The Spartans ended up with 11-6-1 and 10-7 records in 2016 and 2017. They improved to 11-3-2 in 2018 and advanced to the WPIAL quarterfinal round. Last season, Brentwood posted a...
New-look Thomas Jefferson volleyball squad out to keep section title streak going
Thomas Jefferson has won eight consecutive section championships in girls volleyball. The Jaguars under coach Ron Kelly long ago established themselves as annual WPIAL playoff and title contenders. This year’s team is a work in progress. The Jaguars suffered heavy graduation losses — 10 seniors — from last year’s WPIAL...
Coaches’ sons form special bond, lead football, soccer teams at South Fayette
They have been best friends since they can remember. They always had so much in common: a love for sports and playing at a high level on their respective high school teams. One other thing they both do is refer to their dad as Coach. Charley Rossi and Chad Eldridge...
