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WPIAL Class 2A roundup: Penrod guides Avonworth past Valley
Park Penrod threw for 175 yards and four touchdowns to lead Avonworth to a 47-14 win against Valley (0-2, 0-1) in a Class 2A Allegheny Conference football game Friday night. Kyros Thorpe caught three passes for 101 yards and two touchdowns for Avonworth (2-0, 1-0) while teammate Jax Miller rushed...
Wilson, Pack lead potent Sto-Rox past defending WPIAL champ OLSH
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart scored the first points of this Big 7 Conference game, then Sto-Rox scored the rest en route to an impressive 34-6 home victory over the defending WPIAL Class A champion. OLSH (1-1, 0-1) took a 6-0 lead on their first offensive possession, going 71...
WPIAL Class 3A roundup: Aliquippa rolls past Waynesburg
Top-ranked Aliquippa scored 54 points in the first half on way to its 60-9 Class 3A Tri-County West win against Waynesburg (1-1, 0-1) on Friday night. Antonio Quinn ran five times for 115 yards and two touchdowns. The Quips (2-0, 1-0) scored on three returns — a 75-yard punt return...
WPIAL Class 4A roundup: Greensburg Salem tops Trinity in OT
Trent Patrick’s 1-yard scoring run in overtime gave Greensburg Salem a 19-13 victory over Trinity (0-1, 0-1) in the Big 8 Conference on Friday night. Patrick accounted for Greensburg Salem’s other touchdowns in the second quarter with a 16-yard pass to Cavan Trout and a 2-yard run for the Golden...
WPIAL Class 6A, 5A roundup: Daniels leads Mt. Lebanon past Canon-McMillan
Joey Daniels threw for 187 yards and four touchdowns as No. 5 Mt. Lebanon earned a 49-21 win over Canon-McMillan (0-2, 0-1) in a Class 6A football game Friday night. Evan Jones and Sam LaSota caught two scoring passes each for the Blue Devils (1-1, 1-0). Jon Quinque threw for...
Halftime turnaround helps Elizabeth Forward top Deer Lakes
Elizabeth Forward coach Mike Collodi didn’t yell at his team at halftime. In some cases, a seven-point deficit and a half rife with mistakes might be cause for a chewing out, but Collodi knew he had to show positivity with his young players. So that’s what he did. He assured...
Laurel’s defense, running game overwhelm Rochester
Championship football teams are often built around a solid running game or a stout defensive unit. Laurel’s team has both. Laurel rushed for 309 yards and pitched their second straight shutout as the third-ranked Spartans won 42-0 on the road over fourth-ranked Rochester in the Class 1A Big 7 Conference...
Bethel Park passes test at Woodland Hills
When Brian Delallo took over as head coach for Jeff Metheny at Bethel Park, he realized he was going to be thrown into the fire immediately with a tough road test against Woodland Hills at the Wolvarena. Delallo and the Black Hawks passed the test. Behind a potent rushing attack,...
GCC soccer’s Nate Ward commits to Hoosiers
Nate Ward plays with emotion. You can see it when he scores a goal or if a penalty doesn’t go his team’s way on the soccer field. His facial expressions say it all. So it was no surprise the senior from Greensburg Central Catholic had a big smile on his...
QB Cochise Ryan powers California past Monessen
California’s Cochise Ryan had a little motivation heading into the Trojans’ important Tri-County South battle at Monessen on Friday night. So he went out and helped his team to a 42-7 win over the Greyhounds at Memorial Stadium. “I got a text message this morning and I saw (Monessen coach...
Huss tops 200 yards in Derry’s Big East win against Freeport
Justin Huss was a workhorse for Derry on Friday in the team’s Big East opener against Freeport. The senior running back logged 33 carries and totaled 261 yards and four touchdowns as the Trojans held off a fourth-quarter Yellowjackets rally for a 35-27 victory. “We knew going in that Freeport...
Nico Flati’s clutch TD helps West Allegheny edge Chartiers Valley
Nico Flati’s 37-yard touchdown run on a fourth-and-2 play with less than 90 seconds left in the game lifted West Allegheny to a 35-31 victory over Chartiers Valley on Friday night. Flati ran for 178 yards on 19 carries and scored four touchdowns on the ground. “Nico was carrying the...
WPIAL football Week 1 results
TribLIVE’s sports reporters have you covered from Friday’s Week 1 high school football action. GAMES OF THE WEEK • Penn-Trafford 28, Gateway 7 The star of the night was Penn-Trafford senior safety Caleb Lisbon, who picked off three passes and scored a touchdown on a 12-yard run to extend the...
Lisbon, No. 3 Penn-Trafford stun top-ranked GatewayVideo
It turned out to be a “painful” victory for Penn-Trafford coach John Ruane. During Cole Defillippo’s 31-yard interception return to seal a 28-7 victory against No. 1 Gateway, Ruane believes he ruptured the Achilles tendon in his right leg. Using a pair of crutches after the game for support, Ruane...
Central Catholic scores last-minute touchdown, stops Seneca Valley in wild finishVideo
Central Catholic scored with 28 seconds left and then its defense made a touchdown-saving tackle as time expired Friday night, a wild finish to a 10-7 victory at Seneca Valley. After three quarters without a touchdown, the final minute saw both teams holding their breath. “You can never get too...
Dudley leads Central Valley football team to shut out of Quaker Valley
Ameer Dudley said he was a bit shell-shocked a year ago when he was thrust into the starting lineup at quarterback as a sophomore for perennial power Central Valley. But a year later, those nerves have appeared to turn into a burst of confidence for the Warriors. “Last year, coach...
North Hills rallies past Fox Chapel to win conference opener
North Hills scored three touchdowns in an eight-minute span in the second half and got a late stop on defense to defeat Fox Chapel 35-28 in the Northern Conference opener for both teams at Martorelli Stadium on Friday night. After taking a 14-6 lead into halftime, the Indians (2-0, 1-0)...
Shaler ground game breaks out in win over Kiski Area
A Shaler rushing attack that struggled in Week Zero made a statement in the Titans’ first Northern Conference game against Kiski Area. Titans running back Jake Miller carried 13 times for 124 yards — the first 100-yard game of his career — and scored on a 1-yard run in a...
Franklin Regional answers questions in win over Plum
Before the season started, veteran Franklin Regional coach Greg Botta had several areas of concern for his team. Some were answered Friday night as the Panthers won both their season opener, defeating neighboring Big East Conference rival Plum, 42-14. New quarterback Trevor Brncic passed for 93 yards and two touchdowns...
Norwin no match for No. 3 North Allegheny
Norwin football coach Dave Brozeski didn’t mince words after his team’s showdown with North Allegheny. “NA is a heck of a team,” Brozeski said. “They beat us pretty good.” Six players scored touchdowns for the Tigers as they rolled to a 42-0 win over the Knights in a Class 6A...
After first quarter fireworks, Southmoreland cruises past Frazier
For about half of the first quarter, Friday’s Interstate Conference opener between Frazier and host Southmoreland looked like it was going to be a shootout. Then, the Scotties figured out how to contain Kenny Fine while also finding the rhythm of their passing game, and from then on, Southmoreland dominated...
North Catholic takes down Burrell for 1st win of the season
Although he lost his leading rusher and receiver from last year, North Catholic coach Pat O’Shea was confident in his team’s abilities heading into its season opener against Burrell on Friday night at J.C Stone Field in North Park. It didn’t take long to realize why he was so confident...
Jeannette shows off big-play abilities on new turf in win vs. Leechburg
From idea to inception to realization, so much has been made of Jeannette’s new turf playing surface. Now, how about the team that plays on it? And how about this passing game? The second-ranked Jayhawks weren’t about to let down a spirited home crowd in the first game on the...
Thomas Jefferson football players reflect on legacy
The majority of athletes on the Thomas Jefferson football team — if not all of them — grew up dreaming of donning a Jaguars uniform. I asked some of the older guys on the team about what it means to be a TJ football player. Here are a few responses:...
Gateway girls soccer aims for deep playoff run
Gateway’s seniors know too well how difficult it is make the playoffs and how challenging it is to stay there. The Gators girls soccer team earned playoff berths twice in the last three seasons — by winning a play-in game and by tiebreaker — only to lose in the first...
