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Injuries force Bishop Canevin to forfeit football game against OLSH
Citing a lack of healthy players, Bishop Canevin announced that it will forfeit this week’s football game against Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. The Class A Big Seven Conference teams were scheduled to play Saturday night at Dormont Stadium. “Several of our players have been diagnosed with concussions and...
The Daily 3: First WPIAL hardware of the school year up for grabs in girls tennis
Shady Side Academy is the site of the first district championships of the season Thursday afternoon. The Class AAA and AA championship and consolation matches are set for 2 p.m. in the 2019 WPIAL girls singles tennis playoffs. In Class AAA, Baldwin’s Bethany Yauch and Fox Chapel’s Charlotte James will...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 18, 2019
Football Thursday’s schedule District 8 City League Westinghouse at Carrick, 7 p.m. Golf Boys Wednesday’s results District 6 Heritage conference championship At Champion Lakes Golf Course, Bolivar Individual results Par 73 Ryan Jones, Ligonier Valley, 83; Jack McCullough, West Shamokin, 84; Gunnar Elliot, Ligonier Valley, 87; Nate Zik, West Shamokin,...
High school roundup for Sept. 18, 2019: No. 1 South Park defends top spot in Class AA girls soccer
Maya Wertelet and Danielle DeProspo scored two goals apiece as No. 1 South Park (5-2, 4-1) recorded a 7-0 victory over No. 4 Mt. Pleasant (6-2, 4-2) in a girls soccer battle of top five teams and Section 3-AA contenders Wednesday. Haleigh Finale, Nora Ozimek and Grace Albitz also scored...
No changes as Trib Ten perfect in Week 3
Even though it was Friday the 13th, last week’s Trib Ten power ranking teams were perfect. All 10 teams were winners in Week Three, thus no changes were made in this week’s power rankings. It won’t be perfect in Week Four, though, with plenty of challenge ahead including No. 2...
Burrell edges rival Freeport in battle of unbeatensVideo
Allie Vescio made sure the Burrell girls soccer team didn’t have to go into overtime with rival Freeport on Wednesday at Freeport High School. The Bucs senior forward scored from 22 yards out off an assist from junior Jordyn Kowalkowski with 4 minutes, 27 seconds left in regulation. The score...
Belle Vernon soccer emerges as WPIAL contender ahead of schedule
A team this young is not supposed to be this good, this soon. Its best years should lie ahead. Tell that to the Belle Vernon soccer team. The Leopards start six sophomores. Of the 29 players on the roster, 22 are underclassmen. Yet here are the Leopards, off to their...
A-K Valley football Q&A with Plum’s Jake Miller
For the past three games, Plum sophomore Jake Miller has stepped into the position with a level of confidence every coach looks for in a quarterback. “He hasn’t really made too many mistakes the past three weeks and has played some pretty good competition,” Plum coach Matt Morgan said. “The...
A-K Valley football players to watch in Week 4
Dylan Cook Leechburg, jr., QB/DB With the Blue Devils’ backs against the wall last Friday against Greensburg Central Catholic, Cook helped bring his team back. He threw two touchdowns in the final minutes of regulation to rally Leechburg from a 21-7 deficit and force overtime. He now has four TD...
Matchup with Avonworth gives Apollo-Ridge chance to prove its mettleVideo
When Apollo-Ridge and No. 5 Avonworth meet at Lenzner Stadium on Friday night, the teams will be battling for a lot more than just another mark in the win column. Both teams come into the Class AA Allegheny Conference matchup unbeaten. One will come out of the game with a...
A-K Valley football don’t-miss matchups for Week 4
Class 5A Big East McKeesport (2-2, 1-1) at Plum (2-2, 1-2) 7 p.m. Friday at Mustangs Stadium, Plum Last week: Penn-Trafford 29, McKeesport 12; Plum 49, Connellsville 14 Players to watch: Devari Robinson, McKeesport (Sr., 5-11, 180, QB/DB); Jake Miller, Plum (So., 6-0, 175, QB) Four downs: 1. Plum broke...
Deer Lakes offense has The Birdie raising an eyebrow
Last week: 8-3 Season: 31-11 The Birdie is on fire, and he let everyone know about it when he came into the office earlier this week. “You see my picks from last week?” he said. “Only three wrong. That’s what I’m talking about! The best game picker is coming through....
High school football schedule for Week 4
Thursday District 8 City League Nonconference Westinghouse at Carrick, 7 p.m. Friday WPIAL Class 6A Butler at Seneca Valley, 7:30 p.m. Canon-McMillan at Hempfield, 7 p.m. Mt. Lebanon at North Allegheny, 7:30 p.m. Norwin at Pine-Richland, 7 p.m. Class 5A Allegheny 8 Chartiers Valley at Moon, 7 p.m. Upper St....
Westmoreland football Q&A with Yough’s Gamal Marballie
The closest Gamal Marballie got to playing quarterback in recent years was on his Xbox. “I’m pretty good at video games,” the Yough junior said. But Marballie was thrust into the position on the field when Cougars’ starter Tristan Waldier went down with a knee injury in Week Zero against...
Westmoreland County football players to watch in Week 4
Justin Johns Franklin Regional, sr., RB/LB Johns is the Panthers’ defensive leader with 30 tackles, 17 solo, and one interception. He has rushed for 64 yards and two touchdowns and has two catches for 19 yards. It’s his defensive leadership that makes him special. Tucker Knupp Latrobe, jr., TE/MLB The...
Penn-Trafford defense up for any challenge
Penn-Trafford calls its defensive scheme, “Tribe.” It’s rather appropriate because this group works as one. “We have great chemistry, and we gang-tackle,” senior linebacker Chase Burk said. “If one guy messes up, another is there. We’ve got each other’s backs.” The 3-3-5 stack defense the top-ranked Warriors roll out has...
North Catholic remembers the disappointment after loss to DerryVideo
The phrase “One More” is ingrained into the minds of coach Pat O’Shea’s North Catholic football players. During the 2018 WPIAL Class 3A semifinals against Derry at Hempfield, North Catholic was a quarter away from earning a trip to the WPIAL finals to face Aliquippa. “One more,” O’Shea said. “We...
Westmoreland high school football don’t-miss matchups for Week 4
Class 6A Canon-McMillan (0-4, 0-3) at Hempfield (2-2, 1-2) 7 p.m. Friday at Spartan Stadium On the air: TribHSSN.triblive.com, 107.1 FM Last week: North Allegheny 42, Canon-McMillan 6; Central Catholic 31, Hempfield 14 Coaches: Mike Evans, Canon-McMillan; Rich Bowen, Hempfield Players to watch: Jon Quinque, Canon-McMillan (Sr., 5-10, 185, QB);...
The Birdie gets set for a road trip out of Westmoreland County
Last week: 13-1 (92.9 %) Season: 40-8 (83.3 %) Wearing a fake mustache and a Cam Newton babushka, the Birdie tried to avoid his assigning editor this week for fear he would have to cover a game in Week 4. He always is trying to go incognito, even around the...
High school scores, summaries, schedules for Sept. 17, 2019
Cross country Boys Tuesday’s results WPIAL Division I Section 5 Beaver 19, Blackhawk 36 Blackhawk 19, Hopewell 43 Blackhawk 15, Lincoln Park 50 Division II Section 3 Belle Vernon 23, Avella 32 Belle Vernon 23, Brownsville 36 Section 4 Freeport 15, Geibel 50 Freeport 20, Greensburg Central Catholic 41 Section...
The Daily 3: Girls soccer showdowns on tap
A pair of WPIAL Class AA showdowns highlights the girls soccer slate on Wednesday. HSSN Top 5 teams collide in Section 3 when No. 4 Mt. Pleasant visits top-ranked South Park. The Eagles are 3-1 and trail the visiting Vikings (4-1) by a half-game. The other standout matchup in the...
High school roundup for Sept. 17, 2019: Reiter twins carry Quaker Valley past North Catholic
Twin brothers Fritz and Dom Reiter scored goals to help No. 1 Quaker Valley (6-2, 5-0) to a 3-0 win Tuesday, handing No. 3 North Catholic (6-1, 3-1) its first loss of the season in a matchup of Section 4-AA powers. Franky Fernandez also scored for Quaker Valley. Pine-Richland 1,...
Trib HSSN state football rankings for Week 4
It was a quirky week for the Trib HSSN state rankings following Week 3, which is appropriate coming off a Friday the 13th with a full moon. Two top ranked teams lost this past weekend, yet both remain at the top of their classification. St. Joe’s Prep lost by a...
Freeport girls soccer looks for leg up in tight section race
The Freeport girls soccer team began its season with cautious optimism as youth was served in several areas on the field and paired up with veteran talent. Right out of the gate, the Yellowjackets put six goals on the board and pitched a shutout in their opener against Highlands on...
George Guido: Deer Lakes football picks up steam on offense
Deer Lakes gave coach Tim Burk a great birthday present last Friday. Not only did the Lancers defeat Yough, 61-30, but Deer Lakes set a single-game scoring record with the 61 points. The old record was 55 in 2005 when Deer Lakes defeated West Shamokin. “Our kids did a lot...
