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Breaking down the 2019 WPIAL football playoffs
Class 6A Favorite: It’s hard to say. Central Catholic, Pine-Richland and North Allegheny finished in a three-way tie for the conference title. The WPIAL needed tiebreakers to determine their spots in the playoff bracket. Central Catholic received the No. 1 seed because it ranked first among the three in the...
Freshman McKenzie Pritts scores twice, Yough blanks Freeport to reach WPIAL title game
The Yough girls soccer team recorded only two shots on goal over the first 43 minutes of its WPIAL Class AA semifinal against Freeport on Monday at Mars. But the Cougars made both shots count as they built a two-goal advantage. Yough added a goal later in the second half...
Apollo-Ridge, Kiski Area, Fox Chapel learn playoff opponents at WPIAL football pairings meeting
When the seedings of the WPIAL football playoffs were released Monday evening at the annual pairings meeting, three A-K Valley teams found out who they would be facing in the first round Friday night. Of the three, Apollo-Ridge was the only team to receive a first-round home game. After going...
Perennial powers earn top seeds for WPIAL football playoffs
Some of the winningest football programs in WPIAL history are favored to claim another title. WPIAL officials released the 2019 playoff pairings Monday night at the DoubleTree Hotel in Green Tree, and the top seeds were a who’s who of perennial powers. The group includes Class 6A top seed Central...
Runner disqualified over her hijab posts personal best time
TOLEDO, Ohio — A week after being disqualified over her hijab, a high school runner in Ohio came back with her best race ever. Sixteen-year-old Noor Abukaram finished the cross country season Saturday by posting her personal best time. Abukaram said she had been embarrassed a week ago after she...
2 from WPIAL picked for HS All-American soccer games
A pair of WPIAL soccer players were selected to play in the High School All-American games set for Dec. 7 in Orlando, Fla. Six district players were nominated but only Greensburg Central Catholic senior midfielder Nate Ward and Gateway senior goalkeeper Madisyn Neundorfer made the cut. Neundorfer is one of...
High school schedules for Oct. 28, 2019
High schools Field hockey WPIAL playoffs Class AAA Championship Monday’s schedule Pine-Richland vs. Peters Township at Fox Chapel, 6 p.m. Class AA Championship Tuesday’s schedule Penn-Trafford vs. Latrobe at Fox Chapel, 7:30 p.m. Class A Championship Tuesday’s schedule Shady Side Academy vs. Ellis School at Fox Chapel, 6 p.m. Soccer...
Longest WPIAL football playoff drought now belongs to Leechburg
And then there was one. With the longest playoff drought ending this fall, there is only one WPIAL football program that has not made the district playoffs this century. It has been 31 years since Leechburg qualified for the WPIAL football postseason. Back then, four classifications were in their early...
Football brackets, girls soccer semis and field hockey finals make for a busy Monday
For the high school football fan, Bracketology Day is like a kid on Christmas morning. The WPIAL will release brackets for the 2019 football playoffs Monday evening, and you can find out first what the matchups are by clicking on the WPIAL Playoff Pairings Show starting at 7 p.m. at...
Ligonier Valley finishes 2nd in D6 football rankings
The final PIAA District 6 football rankings were released, and Ligonier Valley (10-0) is seeded second behind returning Class 2A champion Richland. Bellwood-Antis (10-0) finished third, and once-beaten Penns Valley (9-1) ended up fourth. Richland defeated Ligonier Valley in last year’s championship game, and both could be on a collision...
PIHL Team of the Week for Oct. 28, 2019
Graduation hit a bunch of PIHL teams hard. Some lost more than others. Some have not missed a beat. North Allegheny, the defending Class AAA champions, are 4-0 this season despite losing five defensemen, top point scorer in Aaron Miller and goalie Richie Karapandi to graduation. The Tigers won both...
Trib HSSN PIHL Player of the Week — Oct. 28, 2019
The PIHL lost plenty of elite goaltenders to graduation last year. Three of the four TribLIVE HSSN Goalies of the Year in their respective classifications graduated. More than half of the goalies from last year’s All-PIHL teams are no longer in the league. Another is hurt. Yet for the third...
WPIAL football player of the week — Week 9
Seven hundred yards rushing for a standout running back is a pretty good month’s work. How about 709 yards on the ground in two games? Following a 304-yard rushing game in Week 8, Derry senior Justin Huss ran for 405 yards in a 56-32 win over host Burrell that eliminated...
WPIAL playoff madness makes for a busy week of fall postseason action this week on HSSN
TribLive High School Sports Network’s exclusive coverage of the district football playoffs begins with the WPIAL Playoff Parings Show on Monday as we unveil the brackets. Then, Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage from first round and quarterfinals action of every WPIAL football playoff game along with District 6...
Westmoreland girls soccer preview capsules: Games of Monday, Oct. 28, 2019
WPIAL girls soccer playoffs Semifinals Class AAAA 1-Norwin (17-1) vs. 5-Seneca Valley (13-3-2) 8 p.m. Monday at North Allegheny Winner plays: Winner of 2-Peters Township (17-1-1)/3-North Allegheny (15-2-1) in championship (time, date TBD) at Highmark Stadium Coaches: Leslie Kaminski, Norwin; Mark Perry, Seneca Valley Players to watch: Lacey Bernick, Jr.,...
Norwin girls soccer eager for rematch with Seneca Valley
The Norwin girls soccer team has been thinking about a possible rematch with Seneca Valley. After all, the Knights’ 4-3 loss to the Raiders on Sept. 19 is the only blemish on the top-seeded team’s 17-1 record. Norwin gets its wish at 8 p.m. on Monday at North Allegheny. This...
Surprising Freeport girls ‘want it all’ entering WPIAL soccer semifinalsVideo
Akina Boynton scored 11 goals during the regular season to help the Freeport girls soccer team to a 14-4 overall record, a runner-up finish in Section 2-AA and the No. 8 seed for the WPIAL playoffs. But perhaps none of those goals had the pressure or impact as the one...
Penn-Trafford, Latrobe meet again for WPIAL Class AA field hockey title
Penn-Trafford is looking to maintain its dynasty status. Latrobe is hoping to claim its first WPIAL title in field hockey. The friendly rivals will clash at 7:30 p.m on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at Fox Chapel in a repeat of last year’s championship game matchup. P-T edged Latrobe, 1-0, last year...
A-K Valley girls soccer preview capsules: Games of Monday, Oct. 28, 2019
Monday’s games Girls Semifinals Class AAA 3-West Allegheny (15-2) vs. 2-Plum (16-1-1) 8 p.m. Monday at Mars Winner plays: Winner of 1-Mars (16-0-1)/5-Belle Vernon (16-3) in the championship at Highmark Stadium (time, date TBD). Coaches: Dave Tissue, West Allegheny; Jamie Stewart, Plum Players to Watch: Mackenzie Taranto, Jr., F, West...
WPIAL bracketology: Chris Harlan, Don Rebel predict 2019 football playoff pairings
The field is set for the WPIAL football playoffs and the six brackets will be revealed Monday night. As always, everybody has an opinion on how those brackets should unfold. Many will guess and take stabs at what they feel will be the first-round matchups before the district makes them...
High school scores, summaries for Oct. 26, 2019
High schools Field hockey WPIAL playoffs Class AAA Championship Monday’s schedule Pine-Richland vs. Peters Township at Fox Chapel, 6 p.m. Class AA Championship Tuesday’s schedule Penn-Trafford vs. Latrobe at Fox Chapel, 7:30 p.m. Class A Championship Tuesday’s schedule Shady Side Academy vs. Ellis School at Fox Chapel, 6 p.m. Football...
Sewickley Academy, Fox Chapel win PIAA girls tennis team titles
The WPIAL was well-represented in the PIAA girls team tennis championships Saturday in Hershey, with three of the four finalists coming from the area. Sewickley Academy defeated Knoch, 3-0, in Class AA, and Fox Chapel earned the Class AAA title at Hershey Racquet Club. Sewickley’s victory was a rematch of...
Burrell football is back on the map
Despite a 56-32 season ending loss to Big East Conference runner-up Derry on Friday night, it’s clear Burrell is a team on the rise in Class 3A. One year after going 2-8, where second-year coach Shawn Liotta at times dressed 17-18 players a game, the Bucs (6-4) produced their first...
Hat trick lifts Deer Lakes boys soccer past South Park in Class AA semis
Deer Lakes boys soccer has used “unfinished business” as its mantra after narrow misses on the road to a WPIAL championship appearance the last few years. Lancers junior Michael Sullivan provided the finishing touch Saturday, when he scored all three goals in a 3-0 victory over South Park in the...
Ligonier Valley routs Portage to win 4th straight Appalachian Bowl
Chalk up another Appalachian Bowl rout for the Ligonier Valley football team. Kyrie Miller rushed for 234 yards and three touchdowns on 27 carries before leaving the game with an ankle injury in the third quarter as the Rams cruised to a 58-6 victory over Portage on Saturday night at...
