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3 WPIAL teams take top spots in latest state rankings
Only two teams fell out of the Trib HSSN state rankings following Week 4, but there was other movement in the rankings including a pair of new top-ranked teams. Mt. Carmel’s stay in the Class 2A top five was one and done after the Red Tornadoes lost to North Schuylkill,...
Westmoreland high school athletes of the week: Chuck Tragesser and Jillian Butchki
Chuck Tragesser School: Franklin Regional Sport: Golf Class: Junior Claim to fame: Tragesser shot 3-under-par to win by five strokes at the Section 4-AAA individual tournament Sept. 17 at Meadowink Golf Course. Tragesser placed 24th at the WPIAL individual final at Oakmont Country Club last season. “The season for me...
Big goal boosts Deer Lakes in section title quest
Overtime loomed for the Deer Lakes and Freeport girls soccer teams Monday as their key Section 2-AA matchup wound down to the final minute of regulation tied 1-1. But Lancers junior midfielder Abigail Boulos was given the opportunity to make a difference in the game’s outcome, and she delivered. Her...
5 from Alle-Kiski Valley to tee it up at WPIAL finals
At last year’s WPIAL Class AA boys individual golf championship at Sewickley’s Allegheny Country Club, Marcus Pinchok finished among a group one shot away from advancing to the PIAA Western Regional. The Burrell senior is back at the WPIAL finals, set for Thursday at Allegheny, and this time, he hopes...
A-K Valley Athletes of the Week: Knoch’s Kenzie Kerkan, Freeport’s Isaac Wetzel
Kenzie Kerkan Class: Senior School: Knoch Sport: Volleyball Report card: With a powerful jump serve, Kerkan had 60 service points in her last four matches for the two-time defending WPIAL Class AAA champion and top-ranked Knights (8-0). Kerkan has 90 service points and 101 digs as the team’s libero. What’s...
WPIAL girls soccer rankings through Sept. 23, 2019
Here’s a look at this week’s WPIAL girls soccer rankings: Class AAAA Team, record, previous 1. Peters Township, 9-0-1, 1 2. North Allegheny, 8-1-1, 5 3. Moon, 8-0-1, — 4. Seneca Valley, 6-2-1, — 5. Norwin, 8-1, 2 Out: Pine-Richland, 6-2, 3; Penn-Trafford, 7-3, 4 Class AAA 1. Mars, 7-0-1,...
Yough girls soccer standout Hadley Sleith adds football to packed athletic resume
Between school and soccer, Hadley Sleith’s schedule is pretty busy most days. It got even crazier this fall when the Yough senior decided to join the football team as a placekicker. “I love playing sports. I love being competitive,” she said. “Playing sports helps me bond with people at school...
George Guido: Owens Field will be silent on its 100th birthday
Happy 100th birthday wishes to Owens Field in Apollo, even though there will be no party. The Alle-Kiski Valley’s oldest sports facility still in use hosted its first event Sept. 27, 1919, when Apollo blasted first-year Leechburg, 47-0. The Vikings game Friday will not take place as scheduled. Apollo-Ridge was...
High school scores, summaries, schedules for Sept. 23, 2019
Field hockey Monday’s results WPIAL Division I Peters Township 5, Upper St. Clair 1 Nonsection Penn-Trafford 7, Woodland Hills 0 3 goals or more: Cece Hach, Penn-Trafford Golf Boys Monday’s results WPIAL individual semifinals Class AAA At Willowbrook Country Club, Apollo Par 72 Top 18 golfers qualify for championship round...
The Daily 3: WPIAL girls volleyball reaches the halfway point in section play on Tuesday
Most WPIAL girls volleyball teams will reach the midway point of section play with matches on Tuesday night. While there are good races throughout all four classifications, the view from the top in Section 3-AAAA is very crowded halfway through the regular season. Four teams are separated by only a...
High school roundup for Sept. 23, 2019: Sarah Heisinger keeps Peters Township girls soccer unbeaten with OT goal
Sarah Heisinger scored her second goal of the game with less than two minutes left in the second overtime to help Peters Township stay undefeated with a 2-1 girls soccer victory over Canon McMillan in a key Section 2-AAAA matchup Monday night. Jillian Marvin had an assist for Peters Township...
Norwin peppers Penn-Trafford to win girls soccer showdownVideo
Norwin’s gameplan was to bombard Penn-Trafford with shots in the girls soccer teams’ first Section 3-4A meeting of the season. The second-ranked Knights followed their assignment perfectly to lay the groundwork for a 2-1 victory over No. 4 Penn-Trafford on Monday night at Norwin Knights Stadium. Pitt recruits Katelynn Kauffman...
Latrobe golfer Colten McCutcheon survives bad hole to qualify for WPIALsVideo
Latrobe senior Colten McCutcheon did something at Monday’s WPIAL Class AAA semifinal that he can luckily laugh about. He had a 10 on the par-5 third hole at Willowbrook Country Club and was still able to qualify for the WPIAL Championship on Oct. 1 at Fox Chapel Golf Club. McCutcheon...
WPIAL postpones hearing for Allderdice, Connellsville boys soccer teams
A WPIAL hearing scheduled Wednesday for the Allderdice and Connellsville boys soccer teams has been postponed. The hearing was delayed at Allderdice’s request, WPIAL executive director Tim O’Malley said. A new date wasn’t immediately set. The WPIAL board voted unanimously last week to investigate allegations that the two boys soccer...
Springdale’s Andrew Haus is exceeding expectations in net
Before the 2019 soccer season started, Springdale boys soccer coach Cesareo Sanchez had a big hole to fill at the goalkeeper position. Mike Zolnierczyk, the 2018 Valley News Dispatch boys athlete of the year who only allowed eight goals all season, had graduated and Sanchez was in need of a...
Alle-Kiski Valley notebook: Section 5-AA volleyball serves up big games
The WPIAL girls volleyball schedule contains several key matchups Tuesday, and one resides in Section 5-AA, where Deer Lakes will host Freeport at 7:30 p.m. The senior-laden Yellowjackets are 5-0 with wins against every other team in the section, and Deer Lakes is tied with Derry for second at 4-1....
WPIAL Football Team of the Week: Week 4
After making the playoffs in 2018 for the first time in a decade, the 2019 campaign was slipping away from Canon McMillan. They were 0-4, 0-3 in Class 6A and had been outscored 172-44. They also had played their last two games without head coach Mike Evans, who had been...
WPIAL boys soccer rankings through Sept. 21
WPIAL Boys Soccer Rankings Class AAAA Team, record, previous 1. Norwin, 10-0-1, 1 2. Seneca Valley, 9-1, 2 3. Plum, 9-0-1, 5 4. Mt. Lebanon, 7-1-1, — 5. Canon-McMillan, 8-2-1, 4 Out: Fox Chapel, 7-2, 3 Class AAA 1. Franklin Regional, 7-0-1, 1 2. Moon, 9-1, 2 3. South Fayette,...
Shady Side Academy will forfeit football game against Apollo-Ridge
Citing a lack of healthy players, Shady Side Academy notified Apollo-Ridge on Monday that it will forfeit this week’s football game. Shady Side athletic director Gene Deal called the decision heartbreaking. The Indians started the season with 23 names on the roster but finished last week’s game with only 14...
Coaches association releases latest WPIAL girls volleyball rankings
The Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its Top 10 girls’ rankings for each of the four WPIAL classifications Monday, and the top teams in each poll maintain their positions as the fourth week of section play begins. North Allegheny owns the top spot in Class AAAA. The Tigers, 5-0...
Burgettstown lineman Riley Kemper commits to Robert MorrisVideo
Burgettstown lineman Riley Kemper, a reigning WPIAL wrestling champion, committed Sunday to play football at Robert Morris. Kemper announced his decision on Twitter. The 6-foot-4, 275-pound senior earned first-team all-conference honors on the offensive line last season. He’s an anchor up front for a Burgettstown team that’s 4-0 this season...
High school schedules for Sept. 23, 2019
High schools Soccer Boys Monday’s schedule WPIAL Class AA Section 1 South Park at Keystone Oaks, 7:30 p.m. Nonsection Aquinas Academy at St. Joseph, 4 p.m. East Allegheny at Southmoreland, ppd. Jeannette at Valley, 7 p.m. Knoch at Freeport, 5:15 p.m. McKeesport at South Allegheny, 5 p.m. Riverview at Trinity...
Highly successful Mars girls soccer team off to another fast start
Over the past decade, the Mars girls soccer program has experienced a tremendous run on the pitch. The Fightin’ Planets have advanced to the WPIAL playoffs 10 times, won nine consecutive section titles, racked up four WPIAL championships and finished as a WPIAL runner-up three times, qualified for the PIAA...
WPIAL Class AAA boys golf individual semifinals set for Monday
The championship field will be determined Monday with the WPIAL Class AAA boys individual golf semifinals at two sites. District golfers will tee off at 9 a.m. at Hannastown Golf Club in Greensburg and Willowbrook Golf Club in Apollo. The top 18 golfers from each site will qualify for the...
WPIAL football player of the week: Week 4
You knew it was only a matter of time. In his first four games, West Greene senior running back Ben Jackson had rushed for 253, 166, 272 and 299 yards. On Friday, against a team the Pioneers finished tied with for the conference championship last season, Jackson ran wild in...
