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Appolonia leads Yough past Highlands in WPIAL girls soccer playoffs
A lot has been made of the Yough girls soccer team’s high-octane offensive skills. The Cougars can find the net with the best of them. But coach Dann Appolonia will be the first to say it all starts with defense. “Our defense was very strong, and that’s what we need...
Plum boys soccer is ready to push past postseason shortcomings
The Plum boys soccer team has enjoyed a storybook-type season heading into their WPIAL Class AAAA quarterfinal match with Upper St. Clair on Wednesday. The Mustangs finished the regular season with a 15-0-2 record, captured the Section 3-AAAA championship and produced a goal differential of plus-47. It is the type...
GCC’s Meghan Zambruno, Riverside’s Skyler Fox atop leaderboard at PIAA golf championship.
Greensburg Central Catholic sophomore Meghan Zambruno and Riverside senior Skyler Fox sit atop the leaderboard at the PIAA golf ghampionships after Monday’s opening round. Round 2 was moved up to an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start because of the forecast of rain in York. Zambruno shot a 3-over-par 75 to lead...
No vote yet, but WPIAL open to admitting Ligonier Valley
The WPIAL administration supports Ligonier Valley switching districts, if the school is released from PIAA District 6. The WPIAL board didn’t take any formal vote — that can’t come until after District 6 takes action — but it did discuss Ligonier Valley’s situation at Monday’s meeting in Green Tree. WPIAL...
WPIAL unveils girls volleyball playoff brackets
North Allegheny, Knoch, North Catholic and Bishop Canevin earned top seeds in their respective classifications as the WPIAL released girls volleyball playoff brackets Monday. In Class AAAA, second-seeded Pine-Richland, No. 3 Canon-McMillan and No. 4 Moon will join a field of 12 hoping to unseat the Tigers, who are searching...
Hempfield catcher Emma Hoffner picks Ohio
Emma Hoffner is a junior at Hempfield, but she already has been through the college recruiting process twice. The softball catcher committed to St. Francis (Pa.) last year, but a coaching change prompted her to decommit and open her recruitment. In the meantime, other schools entered the picture after following...
Plum tops Montour to claim fall baseball league title
Plum shut out Montour, 5-0, Sunday afternoon at Norwin to capture the Western Pennsylvania Fall Baseball League’s varsity title. The Mustangs went 3-0 in the playoffs and finished 12-2-1 overall to capture the program’s third fall title since 2014. “The league was very competitive this year,” Plum coach Carl Vollmer...
PIHL Team of the Week — Oct. 21, 2019
Three PIHL teams accomplished the feat of scoring 17 goals in a game during the 2018-19 season. All of them were in the same division in Class A. Montour, last year’s Class A Penguins Cup champion, scored 17 goals in two games in a row last season, while Meadville and...
Coaches association releases final WPIAL girls volleyball rankings
The WPIAL girls volleyball regular season has concluded, and the playoff pairings will be released early Monday afternoon. The journey to the finals at Fox Chapel is about to begin. The Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its final classification rankings and players-of-the- week recognition Monday. Class AAAA 1. North...
Derry volleyball hopes for extended run in WPIAL playoffs
Getting past the first round of the WPIAL Class AA playoffs has not been a problem for Derry’s girls volleyball team. The Trojans want to pick up two — or more — wins this fall, though. Derry begins its postseason quest this week. The goal is to get past the...
High school sports schedules for Oct. 21, 2019
High schools 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...
Trib HSSN PIHL Player of the Week — Oct. 21, 2019
Talk to any coach in the PIHL, and most will say having good goaltending is half the battle. Most probably would say a good goaltender — combined with good play behind the blue line — can steal games. In a lot of cases, that good goaltender is a leader in...
Ligonier Valley drops to third in latest District 6 football rankings
Despite another easy win in the PIAA District 6 Heritage Conference, Ligonier Valley dropped a spot in the football rankings in Class 2A. The Rams (9-0) fell from second to third behind unbeaten Richland (9-0) and Bellwood-Antis (9-0). District 6 doesn’t rank teams based on ability. It ranks teams using...
Quaker Valley’s Corinne Washington adds Robert Morris offerVideo
Quaker Valley basketball standout Corinne Washington received a Robert Morris offer Saturday, making her the second WPIAL junior this month to add a Colonials scholarship. Washington is a 5-foot-11 guard/forward and the sister of former Quakers star Coletrane Washington, now at Drexel. She was a double-digit scorer last season for...
WPIAL football player of the week — Week 8
Once a perennial power, the Burrell football program as fallen on tough times as of late. The Buccaneers, the 1995 WPIAL AA champions, haven’t reached the playoffs since 2012 and have not won a postseason game since 2005. That could change soon thanks in part to 6-foot-3, 190-pound junior quarterback...
PIAA golf, WPIAL girls soccer and girls volleyball brackets on Monday
Time for another dose of WPIAL bracketology as the district girls volleyball postseason is set to begin. There are 64 teams competing for four WPIAL championships. All four defending champs are back in the postseason. North Allegheny in Class AAAA, Knoch in AAA and Bishop Canevin in A are going...
WPIAL soccer and volleyball playoffs join football finales on Trib HSSN
The stretch run of the high school football regular season comes to an end, and its postseason time in girls volleyball and boys and girls soccer this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage from Week 9 of the high school football...
Senior-led Leechburg girls volleyball turns focus to playoffs
The best word to describe Leechburg girls volleyball in matches against the two teams in front of them in the Section 4-A standings is “close.” The Blue Devils took Vincentian Academy and Greensburg Central Catholic to five sets in the second meeting with each team this season before falling. The...
Unbeaten Burrell ready for obstacles in WPIAL Class AA girls soccer playoffsVideo
Burrell capped its regular season last Tuesday with a 5-1 victory over playoff-bound Highlands. Then the Bucs, who were 16-0 after defeating the Rams and won the program’s first section championship since 2005, settled in to find out where they would be seeded in the WPIAL Class AA girls soccer...
Five things to watch from WPIAL golfers at the PIAA championships
The PIAA golf championships will take place Monday through Wednesday at Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York. The individual championship will be the first two days, and the team tournament on the final day. It will be interesting to see how the WPIAL golfers compete against the rest of the...
A-K Valley girls soccer playoff capsules: Games for Monday, Oct. 21, 2019
Monday’s games Girls soccer First round Class AAAA 9-Fox Chapel (9-7-1) at 8-Upper St. Clair (11-5) 8:15 p.m. Monday at Upper St. Clair Winner plays: 1-Norwin on Thursday in quarterfinals Coaches: Peter Torres, Fox Chapel; Dave Gray, Upper St. Clair Players to Watch: Lucy Ream, Jr., M/F, Fox Chapel; Marissa...
Peters Township’s Donovan McMillon announces first Division I football offerVideo
Peters Township’s Donovan McMillon made one of his team’s biggest plays Friday night and then added his first Division I offer a day later. The junior announced an offer Saturday from Akron. McMillon blocked a Bethel Park punt in the first quarter of Friday’s 30-7 victory, a play that led...
WPIAL boys soccer playoffs roundup: Butler edges Connellsville in 1st round
Landon Mohney scored two goals 45 seconds apart in the 27th minute and that was enough for No. 7 Butler to secure a 2-1 victory over No. 10 Connellsville (12-7) in the first round of the WPIAL Class AAAA boys soccer playoffs Saturday at Art Bernardi Stadium. Butler (13-5-1) advanced...
Alle-Kiski Valley football notebook: No place like home for Apollo-Ridge
Apollo-Ridge could have clinched a home first-round playoff game last week against Steel Valley, but the Vikings were upset by the Ironmen. Everything turned out in the Vikings’ favor Friday as they secured that home game and second place in the 2A Allegheny Conference when Shady Side Academy lost to...
WPIAL football playoff picture entering Week 9
The stretch run continues as the WPIAL football season heads into the final week of the regular season. Heading into Week 9, the list of teams that have clinched has risen to 56 with only six spots still up for grabs. The playoff fields are set in both Class 6A...
