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Norwin’s Jack Salopek chasing 6,000 yards
Norwin senior quarterback Jack Salopek is looking to cap his career by reaching the 6,000-yard mark. Salopek, a Western Michigan commit, needs 133 yards to get to the milestone. Norwin (2-7) visits Seneca Valley (3-6) Friday night and has not qualified for the playoffs. Salopek could finish inside the top...
Rick Nese steps down as Penn-Trafford soccer coach
Rick Nese did not rule out a return to soccer, even in the near future, but for now he needs a break. Nese resigned as boys soccer coach at Penn-Trafford after five seasons. Nese, who wants to spend more time with his family, had a record of 55-30-4 with three...
Westmoreland County football players to watch for Week 9
Pete Billey Mt. Pleasant, jr., RB Billey (6-foot-2, 225 pounds) has become the third Mt. Pleasant running back to have a big impact. He has rushed for 439 yards and three touchdowns. He also plays defensive tackle. Ethan Carr Penn-Trafford, jr., WR Carr (6-3, 165) began the 2018 season as...
Volleyball openers, girls soccer quarters and PIAA team golf on tap Wednesday
In this day and age where players, coaches and fans love playing the disrespect card in every sport, it has become comical the lengths some go to in an effort to explain how they were snubbed. Perhaps one district girls volleyball team has a legitimate gripe though. Wednesday opens up...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 22, 2019
Field hockey WPIAL playoffs Class AAA Semifinals Wednesday’s schedule North Allegheny at Pine-Richland, 7:30 p.m.; Peters Township vs. Mt. Lebanon at Pine-Richland, 6 p.m. Class AA Semifinals Tuesday’s results Latrobe 1, Oakland Catholic 0 Bye: Penn-Trafford Championship Oct. 29 schedule Penn-Trafford vs. Latrobe at Fox Chapel, 7:30 p.m. Class A...
High school roundup for Oct. 22, 2019: Burrell opens WPIAL girls volleyball playoffs with win
Sara Novak had 17 kills and 19 digs to help Burrell (7-6) earn a 3-1 WPIAL girls volleyball Class AA preliminary round win over Southmoreland (10-6) at Norwin on Tuesday night. The Bucs won 25-20, 25-16, 21-25, 25-18 and earned a first-round meeting with top-seeded North Catholic at 7:30 p.m....
Westmoreland boys soccer playoff capsules
WPIAL boys soccer playoffs Quarterfinals Class AAAA 6-Norwin (16-2-1) at 3-Seneca Valley (13-3-1) 8 p.m. Wednesday at NexTier Stadium Winner plays: Winner of 2-Mt. Lebanon (13-4-1)/7-Butler (13-5-1) Saturday in semifinals Coaches: Scott Schuchert, Norwin; George Williams, Seneca Valley Players to watch: Ian Brown, Jr., D, Norwin; Luke Rupert, Sr., F,...
Riverside’s Skyler Fox wins 1st PIAA golf titleVideo
YORK — Riverside senior Skyler Fox always has played well in the PIAA Class AA golf championship, but he always came up short. He had three top-five finishes in the state tournament at Heritage Hills Golf Resort, but Tuesday, Fox finally finished the deal. During a year when he came...
George Guido: Burrell, Deer Lakes QBs airing it out
Deer Lakes quarterback Aris Hasley is now the Alle-Kiski Valley’s all-time leading passer. His 232-yard performance against Derry last Friday put him comfortably in the top spot with 4,482 yards. That surpasses Seth Cohen of Highlands, who finished with 4,083 yards. Cohen is now playing defensive back at Clarion. Hasley...
Mt. Lebanon field hockey speeds into playoffs after reaching elusive regular-season goal
The directional arrow for the Mt. Lebanon field hockey team pointed skyward this season. A top-four finish in Division I is the goal the team has been poised to reach for its program. The Blue Devils finally broke down that barrier thanks to a 15-2-1 regular-season record and 8-1 section...
Riverview ready to take a run at WPIAL cross country favorites
The Riverview boys cross country team finished runner-up to Winchester Thurston in Class A at WPIALs each of the past three seasons. The Raiders, led by juniors Mason Ochs and Gideon Deasy, would like to overtake the Bears on Thursday as the championships return to the Roadman Park course at...
Two WPIAL teams join the ranks of PIAA elite in latest HSSN state rankings
Depending on what district you call home, postseason football is very close or about to begin this weekend. The winds of change might be in the air, but except for Class 5A, they are not in this week’s Trib HSSN state rankings. While Class 2A has been very stable with...
Greensburg Salem boys hope to defend WPIAL cross country title
Greensburg Salem’s boys cross country team is going for a WPIAL Class AA title repeat. But it may seem like a new experience for the Lions. The group that participates in Thursday’s WPIAL championship at Cal (Pa.) is much different than last year’s team that captured PIAA gold as well....
A-K Valley boys soccer playoff capsules
Wednesday’s games Boys soccer Quarterfinals CLASS AAAA 1-Plum (15-0-2) vs. 8-Upper St. Clair (12-3-2) 8 p.m. Wednesday at Plum Winner Plays: Winner of 4-Canon-McMillan/5-Fox Chapel Coaches: Raf Kolankowski, Plum; Uwe Schneider, Upper St. Clair Players to Watch: DD Flowers, Jr., F, Plum; Colin Sibley, Sr., F, Upper St. Clair Corner...
Westmoreland County high school athletes of the week: Greensburg Central Catholic’s Nate Ward and Belle Vernon’s Morgan Einodshofer
Nate Ward School: Greensburg Central Catholic Sport: Soccer Year: Senior Claim to fame: Ward scored two goals in the second half to lead No. 2 Greensburg Central Catholic (12-3-1) to a 4-2 win over No. 15 Mohawk in the first round of the WPIAL Class A playoffs Saturday at Butler’s...
A-K Valley high school athletes of the week: Burrell’s Sara Novak and Springdale’s Mike Mitchell
Sara Novak Class: Sr. School: Burrell Sport: Volleyball Report card: Novak had a solid all-around game for playoff bound Burrell in a 3-0 sweep of rival Valley on Thursday with five kills, seven aces and 10 assists. She also had 13 kills and 11 digs in a 3-1 loss to...
WPIAL finds evidence ‘credible,’ but won’t punish Connellsville, Allderdice for slurs
The WPIAL found the evidence “credible,” but Connellsville and Allderdice won’t be punished for the racial and anti-gay slurs allegedly exchanged in a boys high school soccer match last month. Instead, both schools must implement “anti-discrimination, diversity and sensitivity training,” the WPIAL announced Tuesday, a day after players, coaches and...
Clairton’s Wayne Wade III among 2 denied postseason eligibility by WPIAL
The WPIAL denied an appeal from Clairton transfer Wayne Wade III on Monday, leaving the senior ineligible for the upcoming football playoffs. The WPIAL also denied a postseason eligibility waiver request from Beaver volleyball player Lanie French, a junior who transferred from Quaker Valley. She also played softball for the...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 21, 2019
Field hockey WPIAL playoffs First round Class AAA Wednesday’s schedule North Allegheny at Pine-Richland, 7:30 p.m.; Peters Township vs. Mt. Lebanon at Pine-Richland, 6 p.m. Class AA Tuesday’s schedule Latrobe vs. Oakland Catholic at Penn-Trafford, 6:30 p.m. Bye: Penn-Trafford Class A Wednesday’s schedule Sewickley Academy at Shady Side Academy, 7:30...
Westmoreland County football Q&A with Ligonier Valley’s Kyrie Miller
If you want to be a captain of the Ligonier Valley football team, you have to apply for the job. Literally. “Players submit applications, and they complete tasks and then they are voted on by their peers,” Rams coach Roger Beitel said. “The coaches don’t pick the captains. The players...
WPIAL girls soccer roundup for Oct. 21, 2019: Second-seeded Plum survives shootout to edge Gateway in Class AAA
Katie Patton scored in regulation and second-seeded Plum (15-1-0) outscored Gateway 6-5 in tiebreaking penalty kicks to record a 2-1 shootout victory in a first-round WPIAL Class AAA girls soccer match Monday night. The Mustangs will face Hampton (12-3-0) in Thursday’s quarterfinals. Daniella Garner scored in regulation for Gateway (8-10-1)....
Start of volleyball playoffs, state tennis and PIAA golf on tap for Tuesday
The WPIAL girls volleyball brackets are out with the four defending champions (North Allegheny in AAAA, Knoch in AAA, North Catholic in AA and Bishop Canevin in A) all earning top-seeds. Fourteen teams will begin the postseason Tuesday with seven preliminary round matches. The five “pigtail” matches in Class AA...
WPIAL Football Team of the Week: Week 8
In 2016 and 2017, Cornell finished a combined 1-17. Those were the first two years back after the football program took a four-year hiatus. Now the Raiders are 7-1 and will be playing for a share of the conference championship Friday. “Every day we stress this is a marathon not...
Burrell girls soccer continues dominance with easy win over Mt. Pleasant
The Burrell girls soccer team’s dominance in the regular season extended to Monday’s WPIAL Class AA first-round game against Mt. Pleasant at Kiski Area. The undefeated fourth-seeded Bucs led 4-0 at halftime and cruised to a 5-0 victory over the 13th-seeded Vikings. “We will take this win and move forward...
WPIAL investigates slurs in 2-hour hearing with Allderdice, Connellsville; decision TuesdayVideo
The WPIAL board of directors, investigating allegations of racial and anti-gay slurs, heard more than two hours of testimony Monday night from boys soccer players, coaches and administrators representing Allderdice and Connellsville. The board reached a decision, but those findings and possible discipline won’t be announced until 10 a.m. Tuesday,...
