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WPIAL Class A roundup: Harrison carries Cornell past Rochester
Zaier Harrison threw for 198 yards and three touchdowns, ran for 100 yards and a TD and scored on a 70-yard punt return to lead Cornell to a 35-8 victory over Rochester (0-6, 0-4) in the Class A Big 7 Conference Friday night. Savon Wilson, Kaden DiVIto and Blaine Sams...
Teddy Ruffner runs for 318 yards, 5 touchdowns to drive Mars past Shaler
On several occasions in the second half Friday night, Shaler tried to even things up with Mars in a key Class 5A Northern Conference matchup. Each time, Teddy Ruffner had something to say about that. The junior running back carried 34 times for 318 yards and five scores, including a...
WPIAL Class 2A roundup: Swartz guides No. 1 Washington to victory
Zack Swartz completed 9 of 10 passes for 129 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another TD as top-ranked Washington downed Frazier, 64-7, in a Class 2A Century Conference football game Friday night. Washington (6-0, 3-0), which scored 35 points in the second quarter on way to a 49-0...
WPIAL Class 3A roundup: Central Valley stays unbeaten
Myles Walker returned a punt 55 yards for a touchdown and Bret FitzSimmons scored on a 36-yard fumble return as No. 2 Central Valley scored a 42-6 win over Waynesburg (2-4, 0-4) in the Class 3A Tri-County West Conference on Friday night. Central Valley improved to 6-0 overall and 4-0...
WPIAL Class 4A roundup: South Fayette tops Blackhawk in Northwest 8 showdown
Naman Alemada threw for 340 yards and four touchdowns to lead No. 2 South Fayette to a 34-14 victory at Blackhawk (3-3, 3-2) in a Class 4A Northwest 8 Conference game Friday night. Shay Aitken ran for 170 yards and a touchdown while teammate Ryan McGuire caught seven passes for...
WPIAL Class 5A roundup: West Allegheny edges Woodland Hills in OT
Gavin Miller’s 4-yard touchdown pass to Kam Kruze, followed by Breana Gerst’s extra point, gave West Allegheny a 21-20 overtime win against Woodland Hills (0-6, 0-5) in the Class 5A Allegheny 8 Conference Friday night. Kruze also caught a 15-yard touchdown pass for the Indians (2-3, 2-3). The Wolverines scored...
North Catholic puts down challenge from Mt. Pleasant
Mt. Pleasant’s football team is close – oh so close – to playing winning football. But coach Jason Fazekas believes that close isn’t good enough. Friday night’s 42-28 home loss to North Catholic reinforced his belief. “We’ve been saying all year that the effort is there and it is,” Fazekas...
High school scores, summaries, schedules for Sept. 27, 2019
High schools Football Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Central Catholic 29, Pine-Richland 7 Mt. Lebanon 31, Hempfield 17 North Allegheny 40, Seneca Valley 7 Norwin 49, Butler 21 Class 5A Allegheny 8 Baldwin 42, Chartiers Valley 35 Bethel Park 23, Moon 16 West Alleghny 21, Woodland Hills 20 Big East...
WPIAL football Week 5 results
TribLIVE’s sports reporters have you covered from Friday’s Week 5 high school football action. GAMES OF THE WEEK •McGUFFEY 55, SOUTHMORELAND 28 The Scotties, on the verge of a WPIAL playoff appearance for the first time in 40 years, went score-for-score with visiting McGuffey until it all unraveled in the...
Record passing performance lifts Norwin past Butler
Jack Salopek put on a show for his final homecoming in a Norwin uniform. The senior quarterback threw for career highs of 410 yards and six touchdowns on 19-for-23 passing, and the Knights offense scored 35 points after halftime to pull away from Butler, 49-21, in a Class 6A matchup...
Highlands back in Class 4A playoff race after shutting out Ambridge
After a slow start, the emergence of young players has allowed Highlands to crawl back into the Class 4A playoff race. The Golden Rams won their second consecutive game Friday night with a 33-0 victory over Ambridge. Freshman quarterback Chandler Thimons threw for 165 yards and two touchdowns, and sophomore...
All-around effort from Asaad Robinson lifts McKeesport past Latrobe
McKeesport coach Matt Miller could feel it unraveling. Midway through the third quarter, Latrobe cut his team’s lead to a touchdown when Bobby Fetter ran it in from 1 yard out and added the two-point conversion. The very next play, McKeesport fumbled the kickoff, and Latrobe took over at the...
Ball-hawking defense helps Greensburg Central Catholic stuff Springdale
Greensburg Central Catholic forced three turnovers and used a strong mix of rushing and passing to win its third consecutive Eastern Conference game, defeating Springdale, 33-7. The Centurions took the lead for good on their second drive of the game. Zach Kuvinka capped the 53-yard drive with a 6-yard run,...
Ball-hawking secondary leads Monessen to rout of Bentworth
Monessen’s defense compiled six takeaways and the offense rode the arm and legs of quarterback Isaiah Beltram on the way to a 60-3 victory over Bentworth on Friday night in Tri-County South Conference. The Greyhounds (2-4, 2-2) moved to third place in the conference with three conference games left. “Last...
Gateway volleyball looking to turn growth into wins
With two wins midway through the season, it’s easy to say the Gateway girls volleyball team’s outlook is bleak. The team lost five of its last six games as of Sept. 26, including a three-set loss to Armstrong. “We didn’t have a good performance against Armstrong (last Thursday) and I’m...
Ex-Pitt DB Avonte Maddox ‘going well’ after scary collision in Eagles’ win at Green BayVideo
Eagles cornerback Avonte Maddox was diagnosed with a concussion and neck injury, the team announced Friday. The former Pitt defensive back is back home and undergoing further testing after being carried off the field on a stretcher against Green Bay on Thursday night. Packers running back Jamaal Williams also suffered...
WPIAL Week 5 football: How to watch, listen and find scores
Week 5 of the WPIAL football season kicks off tonight, and there isn’t a bigger game than Pine-Richland/Central Catholic. TribLIVE HSSN has you covered with a live video stream of the game as well as other broadcasts of other games across the WPIAL. You can find a complete list of...
Editorial: Take it slow on marijuana legalization
“Legalize marijuana” is not a new refrain in Pennsylvania. You could hear it on college campuses. You could hear it from libertarian groups. It came more and more as other states made lighting up permissible. The old song has been sampled often as medical marijuana has been OK’d and the...
AG Shapiro supports legalized marijuana as Gov. Wolf pushes support in OakmontVideo
Pennsylvania’s top law enforcement official announced Friday his support to legalize pot. Attorney General Josh Shapiro took to Twitter to outline his support for “efforts to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana use for Pennsylvanians over the age of 21.” He said the decision to support the federally outlawed drug came...
Parents question Fox Chapel Area’s longtime senior photo policy
Fox Chapel Area High School’s senior yearbook photo policy has some parents frustrated. In a post this week on the private Facebook group Fox Chapel Community Lounge, which has more than 3,000 members, district parent Peri Unligil questioned the policy that gives seniors only one option to get their photo...
Review: Renée Zellweger is undeniably perfect as ‘Judy’Video
Renée Zellweger is so undeniably perfect as Judy Garland that it almost makes up for the shortcomings of the film around it. “Judy ” is itself a fine and imperfect look at some of Garland’s last years of life, but it really should have been something transcendent — Zellweger’s performance...
Quaker Valley takes another step toward a new high school
Quaker Valley leaders say they’ve taken another critical step toward building a new high school on more than 150 acres of land the district purchased off Camp Meeting Road. Board members on Sept. 24 approved an agreement with PFM Financial Advisors to help the district develop a long-term financing plan...
Apollo’s newest full-time police officer is a familiar face
An Apollo resident with an extensive resume in law enforcement and even more experience in public service is the borough’s newest full-time police officer. Council agreed Thursday night to hire Ron Baustert. Baustert, 57, will begin his duties in about two weeks. He is scheduled to give his retirement notice...
More professional wrestling joining TV schedulesVideo
Television viewers had better be ready to rumble as three new professional wrestling programs are hitting the schedules like the piledriver. It starts with IMPACT Wrestling slated to launch Oct. 1 on AXS TV, followed by “All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite” launching on TNT Oct. 2. If that isn’t enough time...
Trump calls on Schiff to ‘immediately resign’ over his portrayal of Trump’s call with ZelenskyVideo
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday called for House Intelligence Chairman Adam B. Schiff to resign over his portrayal of Trump’s message to Ukraine’s president in their phone call that the president called an attempt to “defraud the American public.” Rep. Adam Schiff totally made up my conversation with...
