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Brentwood football lays foundation for special season with solid first half
The Brentwood football team is on the cusp. With a 4-1 overall record at midseason, the Spartans were tied for first with defending champion Burgettstown at 3-0 in the Three Rivers Conference. “So far, so good. We’re playing decent,” coach Kevin Kissel said. “We’re coming up on the tough part...
Sewickley Academy golf team building a championship tradition unlike any other
The Sewickley Academy boys golf team has a storied history. Since 1994, the team has won 21 section titles, nine WPIAL Class AA team titles, including six straight since 2013, and two PIAA Class AA titles in 2015 and 2017. In 2015, Jason Li captured the only boys individual title...
Penn-Trafford girls tennis teammates dream of “sweep” in graduating class
Ruby Chen has two part-time jobs, plays two instruments, volunteers at Forbes Hospital, is on the tennis team and still finds time for one of the fullest course loads at Penn-Trafford. With everything packed into each day until a self-set midnight deadline, she ranks No. 1 academically in her senior...
Pine-Richland girls doubles team qualifies for WPIAL tournament
While Pine-Richland’s top girls tennis doubles pairing of Ellie Stokes and Meghan Wilson weren’t able to win in their Section 2-AAA consolation match at North Allegheny last Thursday, the duo clinched a berth in the WPIAL Class AAA doubles championship. For Stokes and Wilson, their qualification for the district doubles...
Pine-Richland boys golfers qualify for WPIAL individual finals
Pine-Richland golfer Donnie Professori is heading back to the WPIAL Class AAA individual final after shooting 73 to win the WPIAL Class AAA qualifier this past Monday at Hannastown Golf Club. Professori will be joined in his third go-around at the championship by teammate Nick Piper, a junior who qualified...
Plum slow-pitch softball searching for 3rd straight league championship
The Plum varsity girls slow-pitch softball team saw its 36-game winning streak snapped Sept. 5 with a 16-2 loss at North Hills. But the two-time defending Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League champions bounced back in a big way three days later with a sweep of Mt. Lebanon by a combined...
Postseason success makes Franklin Regional tennis player eager for more
Franklin Regional junior girls tennis player Hannah Yan already is looking forward to next season after a successful run recently. Yan upset Latrobe’s Jenna Bell, the defending champion, for the Section 1-AAA singles title 6-4, 6-3. Yan went to the WPIAL tournament, where she made it to the quarterfinals. “This...
The Herald Spotlight Athlete: Juliana Bem, Shady Side Academy
Juliana Bem, a senior on the Shady Side Academy cross country team, is one of the veterans on a team that is off to a good start. Juliana is also on the track team. She has begun narrowing her college choices and wants to major in engineering. She has hopes...
Bye week helps Franklin Regional regroup, heal for Gateway game
Much like an NFL schedule, the Franklin Regional football slate includes a bye week. It took place for the Panthers last week and was created when Albert Gallatin dropped out of the WPIAL after last season. “Yes, a bye week in high school football is rare,” FR coach Greg Botta...
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...
High school scores, summaries, schedules for Sept. 26, 2019
Football Thursday’s results District 8 City League Westinghouse 42, Brashear 0 Friday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Butler at Norwin, 7 p.m.; Hempfield at Mt. Lebanon, 7:30 p.m.; North Allegheny at Seneca Valley, 7:30 p.m.; Pine-Richland at Central Catholic, 7:30 p.m. Class 5A Allegheny 8 Baldwin at Chartiers Valley, 7 p.m.;...
High school roundup Sept. 26, 2019: West Allegheny boys soccer knocks off Moon
Fletcher Amos scored the tie-breaking goal midway through the second half to help West Allegheny (8-4-1, 6-1-1) to a 2-1 victory over Moon (10-2, 8-1) in a battle of the top two teams in Section 2-AAA. Logen Mackey also scored for West Allegheny. Mars 9, Indiana 0 — Austin Rocke,...
Will Pine-Richland vs. Central Catholic predict WPIAL champion once again?
Central Catholic and Pine-Richland have a shared history that few recent rivalries can match. In each of the past six seasons, the team that won their regular-season matchup went on to win the WPIAL title. It’s served as a midseason championship barometer for the WPIAL’s largest classification. Pine-Richland won the...
Trib HSSN high school football don’t-miss matchups for Week 5
Class 6A conference North Allegheny (4-0, 5-0) at Seneca Valley (2-2, 2-3) 7 p.m. Friday, Nextier Stadium On the air: TribHSSN.TribLive.com Coaches: Art Walker, North Allegheny; Ron Butschle, Seneca Valley Players to watch: Percise Colon, North Allegheny (Sr., 5-6, 165, RB); Gabe Lawson, Seneca Valley (Sr., 6-2, 190, QB) Last...
Chick’s Picks aims to reverse the curse in Week 5
After more than two decades of successful WPIAL prognosticating, it comes as no surprise when Chick’s Picks is contacted with various opportunities to increase her fame. This week, Chick’s Picks received a call from a well-known video game manufacturer who offered her a spot on the front cover of its...
5 things to watch in Week 5 of high school football
Central Valley traveled 13 miles to play its first conference road game this season and only nine miles for its second, matchups with Beaver County rivals Blackhawk and Beaver Falls. This week, they’re road Warriors. A 70-mile drive each way awaits Central Valley on Friday night. The Warriors have reserved...
A-K Valley Through the Years: One century ago, Owens Field made debut
Each Friday throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look back at the games, players and events that are part of local scholastic history. 100 years ago • Owens Field in Apollo hosted its first game as Apollo defeated first-year Leechburg, 47-0. The land...
Sewickley Academy’s J.F. Aber captures WPIAL gold at Class AA boys golf championships
Riverside’s Skyler Fox was gunning to become the first golfer in WPIAL history to win four straight individual boys championships. If it wasn’t for Sewickley Academy’s J.F. Aber, Fox would’ve done it. With an even-par score of 70, Aber held off Fox by one stroke to capture his first WPIAL...
Shaler notebook: Girls golf team eager to build on successful season
The Shaler Area girls golf team isn’t a program that will have to do much soul searching after this season. Second-year Titans coach David Lapmarado already has players willing to give back after the best season in program history. “I’ve had interest from the seniors, Darian Lees and Dana Wolf,...
Shaler hockey player Spencer Platt heads west to Wyoming to grow his game
Feeling out of place would be natural for Glenshaw native Spencer Platt. Seeking a path to college hockey, Platt decided to move 1,800 miles from home to Cody, Wyo., to play for the Yellowstone Quake of the North American 3 Hockey League. The NA3HL is an American Tier III junior...
Finding right mix puts Bishop Canevin girls soccer squarely in playoff race
As the Bishop Canevin girls soccer team prepared to open the season, coach Pat Egan was sure of two things: His group of returning players would be motivated by last fall’s first-round playoff loss, and they would need help from younger players to be a factor in the 2019 postseason....
South Fayette golfer Luke Lestini playing well, having fun
South Fayette golfer Luke Lestini entered the season with a new focus. He was as one of the top returning boys golfers in the WPIAL after finishing 16th in the state last year. While other golfers might concentrate on improving their short game or tee shots, Lestini focuses on enjoying...
Hampton tennis players improve against tough competition
Members of the Hampton girls tennis team are finding out playing the sport isn’t just enough — you have to love it. That’s the goal for the offseason after a team led by sophomores in singles performed admirably in the wake of losing WPIAL championship contender Madison Cordisco to a...
Hampton girls soccer looking to put pieces together
The Hampton girls soccer team has the tools. It just needs to learn to put it all together. That was the feeling following a 4-0 loss in an early season marquee matchup with undefeated rival Mars — a program that has proven to be a thorn in Hampton’s side over...
Penn Hills’ Silverman displays talent in multiple fields
The fall sports season is always a busy time of the year for junior Jonah Silverman. However, Silverman made a slight change to the sports he was participating in. Instead of running for the Penn Hills cross country team, Silverman decided to be the kicker for the football team to...
