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2023 Western Pa. high school football schedule for Week 8
Thursday WPIAL Class 4A Nonconference Petersberg, W.Va. at Uniontown, 6 p.m. City League semifinals Perry Traditional Academy at University Prep, 7 p.m. Friday WPIAL Class 6A Seneca Valley at Central Catholic, 7 p.m. Class 5A Allegheny Six Moon at Upper St. Clair, 7 p.m. South Fayette at Bethel Park, 7...
Westmoreland County football players to watch in 2023 Week 8
Player of the week John Wetzel Latrobe, Jr., QB/FS The 6-foot-2 quarterback had a fantasy football game to remember. He rushed for 142 yards and scored four touchdowns and completed 9 of 12 passes for 241 yards and two scores against Connellsville. Wetzel has thrown for 1,073 yards and 14...
Latrobe looks to overcome past history against McKeesport
With the recent history between McKeesport and Latrobe being so one-sided, one might think the No. 2-ranked Tigers could be looking ahead to their Week 9 showdown with No. 5 Thomas Jefferson. But McKeesport coach Matt Miller coach expects Latrobe to get his team’s best effort. He almost guaranteed it....
The Birdie makes a grand entrance before making Week 8 Westmoreland County picks
Last week: 10-1 (90.9%) Season: 73-24 (75.3%) Because he is as impressionable as a 5-year-old watching cartoons, the Birdie is captivated easily. (He still watches cartoon reruns every Saturday morning before he breaks down Friday night film.) What has caught his eye this season are the large and burly inflatable...
Knoch girls defeat Sewickley Academy for WPIAL crown
It was deja vu in Class 2A girls tennis as Knoch squared off against Sewickley Academy for the seventh consecutive year. Knoch emerged with a 3-2 win at Janet L. Swanson Tennis Center at Washington & Jefferson College, giving the school three WPIAL championships in four years. Senior Lindsey Greb...
Peters Township has historic day, sweeps PIAA golf titles
It took a record performance, but the Peters Township golf program won that elusive PIAA championship and made history in doing so. The boys shot a record-tying 4-under par 284, and the girls shot a record 15-over 231 Wednesday at Penn State’s Blue Course to sweep the boys and girls...
Westmoreland County high school football matchups for 2023 Week 8
Class 5A Big East Conference No. 5 Gateway (4-4, 4-0) at Norwin (2-6, 1-2) 7 p.m. Friday, Norwin Knights Stadium, North Huntingdon Last week: McKeesport 38, Gateway 28; North Allegheny 53, Norwin 25 Last year’s result: Gateway 42, Norwin 10 Big East champion Gateway is looking to close out conference...
No. 4 Knoch, No. 5 East Allegheny to clash for Allegheny 6 championship
The last time Knoch won a football conference title was in 2011, when the Knights went 6-0 and captured the Class AAA Greater Allegheny Conference crown. They advanced to the WPIAL title game before falling to Montour at Heinz Field and ended the season 12-1 overall. East Allegheny has had...
A-K Valley high school football matchups for 2023 Week 8
Class 5A Big East Conference Plum (2-6, 0-4) at Hempfield (1-7, 0-3) 7 p.m. Friday, Spartan Stadium, Hempfield Township Last week: Penn-Trafford 21, Plum 6; Franklin Regional 38, Hempfield 15 Last year’s result: Plum 34, Hempfield 21 With the playoffs out of the question, it’s time to play for pride....
Norwin boys get another shot at Seneca Valley, Mt. Pleasant girls receive top 3 seed
Norwin will have to wait until next weekend to open the WPIAL boys soccer playoffs. Until then, the Knights will be teeming with anticipation. They have been itching for another shot at their nemesis. “I wish the game was tomorrow,” coach Scott Schuchert said Wednesday after learning his Knights (12-5-1)...
Birdie fixes Steelers problems on offense before making Week 8 A-K Valley picks
Last week: 6-4 (60%) Season: 67-23 (74.4%) There are a lot of things The Birdie does well, and most of them involve buffet-style meals, but staying in his lane definitely isn’t one of them. This week, your fearless feathered prognosticator, despite going a dismal 6-4 last week, decided to use...
Deer Lakes plots course to defend WPIAL boys soccer championship
The Deer Lakes boys soccer team lost just once in Section 2-2A play and finished the regular season 14-2. That means the Lancers have put themselves in prime position to defend their WPIAL championship and go after a third title in four years. The WPIAL soccer selection committee released its...
Breaking down the 2023 WPIAL girls soccer playoffs
Here’s a closer look at the 2023 WPIAL girls soccer playoffs: Class 4A Favorite: The preseason favorite, North Allegheny (17-0) has not lost and has outscored teams 90-10. The Tigers were champions three times in the last four years (2022, ‘20, ‘19). Contenders: Section 2 winner Upper St. Clair (15-1)...
Breaking down the 2023 WPIAL boys soccer playoffs
Here’s a closer look at the 2023 WPIAL boys soccer playoffs: Class 4A Favorite: Seneca Valley (13-0-3), which has won three WPIAL titles in the last five years and was the runner-up last year, enters the postseason without a loss. The Raiders, led by veteran coach George Williams, ranked fifth...
3 teams chasing 3-peats as WPIAL announces soccer playoff pairings
Three teams will go for three-peats in the WPIAL soccer playoffs. The Moon girls (Class 3A), Avonworth girls (2A) and Winchester Thurston boys (A) are two-time defending champions. The No. 1 seeds for the boys playoffs are Seneca Valley (4A), Plum (3A), South Park (2A) and Charleroi (A). The girls...
Westmoreland County boys soccer notebook: Tournament honors late Mt. Pleasant grad
The late Seth Menart was a three-time all-section player at Mt. Pleasant and went on to win a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference tile at Cal (Pa.) as a walk-on. The Mt. Pleasant community will continue to keep his memory alive with the 15th annual Seth Menart Memorial Soccer Tournament Nov....
Greensburg Central boys soccer enters WPIAL playoffs as intriguing underdog
It’s not often a team can take momentum from a loss, but Greensburg Central Catholic did that in a recent setback. The Centurions played top-ranked Charleroi close before falling 1-0. It was a far cry from a 4-1 loss to the Section 2-A champion Cougars earlier in the boys soccer...
WPIAL girls volleyball playoff picture through Oct. 17, 2023
The 2023 WPIAL girls volleyball regular season will be over after Thursday. Thus far, 65 teams have clinched a district playoff berth. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in which head-to-head does not break the tie all...
WPIAL boys soccer playoff field finalized
The regular season is over in the 2023 WPIAL boys soccer season as 56 teams have clinched a district playoff spot. The WPIAL soccer playoff pairings show is scheduled for noon Wednesday on TribHSSN.TribLive.com. Here is the final list of district teams that have qualified for the WPIAL boys soccer...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 17, 2023
High schools Field hockey Tuesday’s results Section 2A Fox Chapel 3, Latrobe 0 Penn-Trafford 6, Upper St. Clair 1 Section 1A Winchester Thurston at Aquinas Academy, (n) Aquinas Academy at Ellis School, (n) Wednesday’s schedule Section 3A Pine-Richland at North Allegheny, 7:30 p.m. Norwin at Hempfield, 6 p.m. Mt. Lebanon...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Oct. 18, 2023: Soccer playoff pairings to be unveiled at noon
The first edition of bracketology for the fall WPIAL sports season comes Wednesday when the district releases the brackets for the 2023 boys and girls soccer playoffs. Not only did the four defending girls soccer champions all qualify for this year’s postseason to defend their crowns, North Allegheny, Moon, Avonworth...
High school roundup for Oct. 17, 2023: John Krug’s hat trick lifts Chartiers Valley into playoffs on season’s final day
John Krug scored a hat trick to lead Chartiers Valley to a 3-2 victory over West Allegheny to claim the final spot in the WPIAL Class 3A playoff field Tuesday night. The Colts (7-9, 7-7) finished fourth in the Section 2 standings, just ahead of Central Valley (8-7-2, 6-6-2). Andy...
Butler’s Hunter Swidzinski wins PIAA golf title in all-WPIAL playoff
Butler senior Hunter Swidzinski figured he had nothing to lose heading into the final round of the PIAA Class 3A golf championship Tuesday. All he did was shoot the best round of his life. Swidzinski shot an 8-under-par 64 and then won a three-hole playoff to claim the title and...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania High School Football Rankings for Oct. 17, 2023
There were only two teams ranked in last week’s Trib HSSN PIAA football rankings that came up on the short end of the stick in Week 7, and one of them was a shocker. For only the second time in 82 games, defending Class 2A state champion and the most...
Siblings abound on Westmoreland County playoff soccer teams
When Mason and Brandon Yeschenko were younger, they would put on large, red boxing gloves and settle disputes by going a couple of rounds in the basement. For Halloween one year, one of them dressed as Rocky Balboa. The other, Ivan Drago. “Every game they’d play, no matter what it...
