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Seneca Valley takes scenic route to win over Hempfield
The longer the Seneca Valley football team bus meandered through Hempfield late Friday afternoon, searching for a more direct route to Spartan Stadium amid the chaos of homecoming activities, the more Raiders coach Ron Butschle’s stomach churned. Good thing his players seemed oblivious to the developing urgency of reaching their...
Mars guts out win over stingy North Hills
In its last two conference wins over Armstrong and Shaler, Mars racked up a total of 76 points. In its last two conference losses to Peters Township and Gateway, North Hills gave up a total of 78 points. Those numbers made it look like Mars would light up the scoreboard...
Charleroi rains on on Southmoreland’s playoff-clinching parade
It was a bittersweet night on Friday for the Southmoreland football team. The Scotties clinched a spot in the WPIAL playoffs for the first time in 40 years thanks to McGuffey’s victory over Brownsville. Unfortunately, the Scotties didn’t feel much like celebrating thanks to a 28-7 loss to visiting Charleroi...
Mt. Lebanon flashes versatility in win over Upper St. Clair
Chalk up another one to coach Bob Palko’s trademark versatility. Mt. Lebanon used seven ball carriers, two quarterbacks and a bruising offensive line to grab a 28-14 road win over rival Upper St. Clair on Friday night. There was also a little flash in the special teams department. After an...
Persistent Fox Chapel solves Connellsville defense
Fox Chapel’s offense took its time bending Connellsville’s defense until broke. The Foxes were held scoreless through the first 21 minutes of the game and then methodically picked the Falcons apart in a 35-20 victory Friday night. “It’s great to win a game like this,” Fox Chapel running back Sam...
Greensburg Salem makes best of chances, beats No. 4 West Mifflin
Heading into their matchup against West Mifflin, Greensburg Salem knew coming out victorious would be possible. But in order to win, the Golden Lions needed to capitalize on opportunities presented to them. That is exactly what happened when Greensburg Salem (3-4, 3-1) escaped with a 13-10 win over No. 4...
High school scores, summaries, schedules for Oct. 4, 2019
High schools Field hockey Friday’s result WPIAL Division I Mt. Lebanon 2, Peters Township 0 Football Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Central Catholic 28, Norwin 14 North Allegheny 49, Butler 14 Pine-Richland 63, Canon-McMillan 7 Seneca Valley 40, Hempfield 12 Class 5A Allegheny 8 Baldwin 23, West Allegheny 0 Bethel...
Baldwin shuts out West Allegheny for 3rd straight win
An 82-yard touchdown run by Angelo Priore on the first play of the second half provided the knockout blow as Baldwin scored a 23-0 win over Baldwin on Friday night, sealing its first three-game winning streak since 2005. Priore’s touchdown was the decisive play, but the Highlanders (4-3, 3-2 in...
North Catholic beats Elizabeth Forward to preserve conference mark
Third-ranked North Catholic stayed unbeaten in Class 3A’s Big East Conference by defeating Elizabeth Forward, 12-7, in front of a home crowd. The Trojans (5-1, 5-0) shined on defense, limiting the Warriors to 202 total yards and getting two turnovers. Senior Dominic Prentice was in the Warriors backfield all night...
Derrick Davis shines again as Gateway shuts out Franklin Regional
Gateway’s recent domination of Franklin Regional continued Friday night at Antimarino Stadium in Monroeville. The Gators rolled to their third win in the past two seasons over the Panthers, this one a 31-0 victory in the Class 5A Big East Conference. No. 3 Gateway was just getting warmed up in...
WPIAL football Week 6 results
TribLIVE’s sports reporters have you covered from Friday’s Week 6 high school football action. GAMES OF THE WEEK • GATEWAY 31, FRANKLIN REGIONAL 0 The Gators rolled to their third win in the past two seasons over the Panthers. • FREEPORT 40, DEER LAKES 21 Senior running back Ricky Hunter...
Apollo-Ridge dodges Valley upset bid, clinches playoff spotVideo
It was a night of highs and lows for Apollo-Ridge’s Logan Harmon during Friday’s Allegheny Conference game at Valley. Harmon fumbled three times, and two of them led to Valley touchdowns. But the Apollo-Ridge coaches never lost faith in their 210-pound battering ram, and he returned the favor in a...
Dominant Ligonier Valley clinches fourth straight conference titleVideo
Pretty, it wasn’t. But it didn’t need to be. Even when Ligonier Valley doesn’t play its best, it still can be dominant. The Rams (7-0), the third-ranked team in the state by the Tribune-Review, clinched a share of the PIAA District 6 Heritage Conference title with another mercy rule win,...
Jackson helps West Greene beat California for 1st time since 2003
In a marquee Class A contest, California and West Greene had two of the top offenses in all of the WPIAL. On Friday night, the Trojans’ offense couldn’t muster any consistent flow on the field and had no answer for West Greene’s Ben Jackson on the ground. The Pioneers tallied...
Mt. Pleasant ground game grinds down Burrell in second half
Tough defense and a never-say-die ground game lifted Mt. Pleasant to a convincing 34-18 win over Burrell in a key Big East Conference game Friday night. Burrell took a 12-7 lead into the locker room at halftime, but the Vikings played a determined second half to run away with the...
Freeport keeps playoff hopes alive with 3rd straight win
Deer Lakes will have to wait another year to see if it can sneak a win past longtime rival Freeport because from the first whistle Friday night, the Yellowjackets showed why they haven’t lost to their Class 3A Big East Conference rival since 2010. Freeport (3-3, 3-3) prevented a Deer...
South Fayette’s Naman Alemada strong-arms Knoch
If there were any doubts about which team belonged in first place in the Northwest Eight Conference, Naman Alemada and No. 2 South Fayette put them to bed as quickly as possible against No. 5 Knoch. Alemada, a 6-foot-5 junior, threw for 398 yards and six scores to lift the...
Defense dominates as Class 5A No. 1 Penn-Trafford beats Latrobe
Penn-Trafford was not clicking offensively. The running game was sluggish, passes were off the mark and the sticks weren’t moving with normal rapidity. The Warriors’ defense, however, was there to bail it out. No. 1 Penn-Trafford held Latrobe to one first down, pressured the Wildcats’ continuously and pounded down a...
Montour rides wildcat to victory over Highlands
Despite the absence of quarterback Luke Persinger, the Montour Spartans have “wildcatted” their way into the Class 4A playoff race. After an overtime victory last week against previously undefeated Knoch, Montour won again Friday night with Gannon Kadlecik and Dom Magliocco running out of the wildcat formation. Kadlecik scored twice...
Junior running backs power Beaver Falls past Keystone Oaks
Beaver Falls rallied in the fourth quarter behind strong performances from junior tailbacks Shileak Livingston and Josh Hough, beating Keystone Oaks, 34-21, Friday night at Dormont Stadium. In what Tigers’ third-year head coach Nick Nardone described as a “weird game,” the Tigers led in first downs 18-5 and won the...
Moon’s defense dominates, hands Peters Township 1st loss
Entering its WPIAL Class 5A Allegheny 8 Conference contest against Moon, No. 2 Peters Township hadn’t trailed this season. By the end of Friday night’s game, the Tigers made sure the Indians were familiar with the feeling. Moon (5-2, 3-1) scored its first touchdown less than three minutes into the...
Thomas Jefferson slows Central Valley’s big-play offense in nonconference clashVideo
Central Valley has the type of athlete-heavy spread offense that’s caused Thomas Jefferson trouble in recent years. See TJ’s season-ending losses to Erie’s Cathedral Prep in 2015, ’16 and ’17, or South Fayette’s win last November in the WPIAL finals. But this year’s TJ defense has taken a new approach,...
Tried of near misses, Penn-Trafford hockey sets sights on playoff berth
Ryan Mickey will be one of Penn-Trafford’s top scorers this season, but the only goal that really matters to him is making the playoffs. After three years of close calls, the senior doesn’t want to be on the outside looking in during the postseason. For as good as the Warriors...
Pine-Richland soccer focused on program-building process
The Pine-Richland boys soccer team has seen its fair share of ups and downs in head coach Jordan Wiegand’s first season leading the program. Although the Rams’ 5-9 overall record and 4-7 mark in Section 1-AAAA play may not have them positioned for the success that they hoped to enjoy...
Plum volleyball focused on strong finish
With the season winding down and the playoffs likely not in sight for the 2-9 Plum girls volleyball team, coach Kelsey Bonk is still focused on winning. “(The team) just wants to finish strong,” she said. “I don’t think it matters what time of year it is. Wanting to win...
