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Westmoreland County girls soccer notebook: Playoff teams await pairings
The WPIAL will announce playoff pairings Wednesday afternoon, and tournaments could start this weekend. Westmoreland County teams in the postseason are Latrobe (12-2), Franklin Regional (11-5-1), Penn-Trafford (11-6), and Kiski Area (7-9-2) in Class 3A; Mt. Pleasant (14-2), Southmoreland (9-5), Yough (5-13) and Burrell (11-4) in 2A; and Greensburg Central...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 16, 2023
High schools Field hockey Monday’s results Section 3A Allderdice 3, Hempfield 2 North Allegheny 3, Norwin 0 Pine-Richland 1, Peters Township 0 Tuesday’s schedule Section 2A Fox Chapel at Latrobe, 7 p.m. Upper St. Clair at Penn-Trafford, 7 p.m. Section 1A Winchester Thurston at Aquinas Academy, 3:45 p.m. Aquinas Academy...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Oct. 17, 2023: One last playoff spot up for grabs in boys soccer
The final day of section play in WPIAL boys soccer is Tuesday. The playoff fields are set in Class 4A, 2A and A. The postseason puzzle is not quite finished in Class 3A, as the fourth-place battle in Section 2-3A comes down to the final night. Chartiers Valley is 6-7...
Field set for 2023 WPIAL girls soccer playoffs
Section play in the 2023 WPIAL girls soccer regular season is now complete with 56 teams qualifying for the district postseason. The WPIAL soccer playoff pairings show is scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday on TribHSSN.TribLive.com Here is the final list of district teams that have qualified for the WPIAL girls...
Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week for Oct. 16, 2023Video
In the last seven years, the Steel Valley football team has been creating its own glory days. The Ironmen won WPIAL and PIAA championships in 2016 and another district title in 2017. Following a couple of lean years, they returned to prominence in 2021 and won another WPIAL crown in...
High school roundup for Oct. 16, 2023: Mt. Lebanon claims final girls soccer playoff spot in 4A
Lucy Pryor scored the winning goal as Mt. Lebanon claimed the final playoff spot in the WPIAL Class 4A girls soccer field with a 1-0 victory over Bethel Park on Monday. The Blue Devils (10-5-2, 8-4-2) finished tied with Canon-McMillan for third place in Section 2. The Black Hawks (9-7-1,...
Lola Abraham scores all 3 goals as Riverview girls soccer makes history with section title
The Riverview girls soccer team clinched a share of the Section 1-A championship when Springdale lost to Greensburg Central Catholic on Saturday. But the Raiders were not willing to share the title with anyone, let alone the section rival Dynamos. Lola Abraham tallied a hat trick, and Riverview held off...
Penn-Trafford’s Turowski likes his position, Plum’s Lorish leads after Day 1 of PIAA golf
After shooting himself back into contention at the PIAA Class 3A golf championships on Monday, Penn-Trafford senior Nick Turowski headed to Colyer Lake to try his luck at catching fish. While the fishing expedition wasn’t successful, Turowski was OK with that. He wants to snag a big prize on Tuesday....
Highlands’ Bradyn Foster verbally commits to Penn
Bradyn Foster is looking forward to the final few weeks of preparation for the upcoming Highlands boys basketball season. But the 6-foot-8 senior forward also can look to his future after he graduates from Highlands in May. Foster verbally committed to the Penn men’s basketball team in the Division I...
Hempfield thrower Peyton Murray commits to Notre Dame
A GIF of actor Charles S. Dutton, who plays the character Fortune in the film “Rudy,” is popular on the internet. It shows Fortune clapping his hands, showing his appreciation for the title’s main character, the undersized underdog football player who defied the odds as a walk-on at Notre Dame....
Bishop Canevin regains top spot in final volleyball coaches association WPIAL Class A girls poll
North Allegheny, Hampton, Freeport and Bishop Canevin finish at the top of their respective rankings in the final Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association WPIAL girls top-10 polls released Monday morning. Bishop Canevin debuted at the top of the Class A poll in Week 1, but recently had slipped to No....
Under new head coach, young Latrobe hockey team has sights on playoffs
The 2023-24 season is one of change for the Latrobe hockey team. The IceCats have a new coach after Josh Werner stepped down after nine years. He will serve as an assistant coach this year. The new man behind the bench is a familiar face. Adam Ferguson played at Latrobe...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Franklin Regional’s Dom Kaforey
Franklin Regional’s boys soccer team ended last season with a 2-1 loss to Montour in the first round of the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs. This year, the team that has been consistently good year after year knows it can make it further in the postseason. Center back Dom Kaforey wants...
Deer Lakes hockey aims to take next step after reaching PIHL semifinals
The excitement in Deer Lakes hockey coach Jonathan Merlo’s voice for the upcoming season was easy to discern. A former hockey player with the Lancers, Merlo guided his alma mater to the PIHL Division 2 semifinals, and now the goal is to get a couple steps further. The Lancers lost...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Plum’s Brady French
Plum boys soccer coach Raf Kolankowski doesn’t subscribe to the notion the coach should select the captain of his teams. “I usually let the players pick the captains,” he said. “After tryouts, I usually have them make those decisions. The kids know who the leaders are.” This year, his players...
Trib HSSN football team of the week for 2023 Week 7
Since being hired as head coach at Pine-Richland in 2013, Eric Kasperowicz has become synonymous with high scoring, successful offenses. The former high school quarterback turned the Rams into a district and state power with their high octane offenses that brought a lot of wins and titles to the program....
WPIAL girls soccer playoff picture through Oct. 15, 2023
Section play in the 2023 WPIAL girls soccer regular season concludes for most teams Monday. 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 qualify for the postseason. The postseason field...
WPIAL boys soccer playoff picture through Oct. 15, 2023
Section play concludes Tuesday for the 2023 WPIAL boys soccer season. 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 qualify for the postseason. The playoff fields are set in Class...
PIAA names Freeport’s Phillips Girls Volleyball Coach of the Year for 2022
The Freeport girls volleyball team continued the storied tradition of the program in 2022, winning its 18th straight section title, its seventh WPIAL title since 2010, and the second state championship (2017) in school history. Yellowjackets head coach Tom Phillips said many people had a hand in making last season...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Oct. 16, 2023: Girls soccer teams wrap up section play
The final day of section play in WPIAL girls soccer is Monday. The race for a playoff spot in Section 2-4A has been tight all season, and one game separates three teams. It’s a win-and-you’re-in match when Mt. Lebanon visits Bethel Park. The Blue Devils are 7-4-2, while the Black...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Oct. 16, 2023
We hit the middle week of the stretch run of the high school football regular season with some fall sports and a little taste of winter sports this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video coverage of Week 8 with six WPIAL football games Friday,...
High school sports schedules for Oct. 16, 2023
High schools Field hockey Monday’s schedule Section 3A Hempfield at Allderdice, 3:15 p.m. North Allegheny at Norwin, 4 p.m. Peters Township at Pine-Richland, 7:30 p.m. Hockey Monday’s schedule Class 2A Latrobe at Penn-Trafford, Palmer Imaging Arena, 9:10 p.m. Class A McDowell at Quaker Valley, Baierl Ice Complex, 7 p.m. Greensburg...
2023 WPIAL football playoff picture heading into Week 8
There are two weeks left in the 2023 WPIAL football regular season. Already, 34 teams have guaranteed themselves a spot on the Playoff Path to the North Shore and to North Huntingdon. That leaves 33 district playoff spots up for grabs over the next two weeks. Here is the latest...
Westmoreland County high school notebook: WCCA all-star game returning to Ligonier Valley
After a successful debut last year, the Westmoreland County Coaches Association Volleyball All-Star Game will return next month. The event will be 6 p.m. Nov. 21 at Ligonier Valley. Last year, 16 local teams were represented in the East vs. West matchup that includes top senior players selected by coaches....
Trib HSSN girls, boys soccer rankings: Week ending Oct. 15, 2023
WPIAL soccer rankings Girls Class 4A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny (16-0) 1 2. Upper St. Clair (14-1) 3 3. Peters Township (13-1-2) 2 4. Seneca Valley (13-1-1) 4 5. Fox Chapel (9-4-1) 5 Out: None Class 3A 1. Mars (13-0) 1 2. Moon (11-1-2) 2 3. Plum...
