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WPIAL girls soccer playoff picture through Oct. 9, 2023
Section play in the 2023 WPIAL girls soccer regular season has just one week remaining. 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. Here is the...
Sought-after Franklin Regional slugger Toryn Fulton commits to South Florida
Franklin Regional standout junior Toryn Fulton announced Monday she has made a verbal commitment to play college softball at South Florida. Fulton, a power-hitting outfielder who played second base last season for the Panthers, hit .552 with a 1.755 OPS. She had eight home runs, seven doubles and 32 RBIs....
High school roundup for Oct. 9, 2023: West Allegheny girls clinch playoff spot
Chloe Hart scored the winning goal to lead West Allegheny to a 1-0 victory over Chartiers Valley (4-8, 2-7), clinching a playoff spot in Section 4-3A girls soccer Monday. Kennedi Colinear had an assist and Ally Frueh and Alicia Alwine combined on the shutout for West A (10-6, 6-5). Beaver...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023: As boys soccer season winds down, key matches remain
With one week left in section play, there are several key matches in a fight for a WPIAL boys soccer playoff spot on the 10th day of the 10th month of the year. There are also two big matches Tuesday between teams that have already punched their postseason ticket and...
Latrobe girls soccer picks up pace, ends Franklin Regional win streak
With its offense moving efficiently and fluidly, Latrobe sped up the pace and created frequent scoring opportunities on the way to a 2-0 victory over Franklin Regional on Monday night in a Section 3-3A girls soccer game in Murrysville. Junior midfielder Bri Hoffer and sophomore forward Annalyse Bauer produced goals...
Kiski Area volleyball sweeps Plum in nonsection play
Plum and Kiski Area teams are no strangers to each other as the schools match up in multiple sports across fall, winter and spring. The Mustangs and Cavaliers girls volleyball teams continued that series Monday with a nonsection matchup at Kiski Area High School. With both teams hoping to build...
Trib HSSN football team of the week for 2023 Week 6
Coming off a 35-point loss to North Allegheny the previous week, there were not many people outside of the Pine-Richland locker room that gave them a chance in Week 6 against the No. 2 Class 6A team in the state, undefeated Central Catholic. Proof again of why they line up...
4 WPIAL players on watch list, Moon’s Pfeifer to coach in HS All-American soccer game
Four girls soccer players from the WPIAL made the watch list for the 2023 High School All-American Game set for Dec. 9 in Charleston, S.C. The game brings together the top girls and boys senior players from across the country. Moon has two players on the list in forward Sydney...
Frazier new No. 1 team in Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association Class A rankings
Frazier girls volleyball remained undefeated in Section 2-A last Thursday with a 3-1 win over California. The Commodores, also 11-1 overall, are the new No. 1 team in Class A as the Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its latest WPIAL girls volleyball rankings Monday morning. Serra Catholic (10-0, 8-0...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Derry’s Danielle Dominick
Tennis looks like an individual sport to the untrained eye, but in high school, the team aspect is as strong as any other sport. For Derry’s Danielle Dominick, who plays soccer as well, it’s pretty easy for her to make sure the team feels like one. “Whether I’m on the...
Talented Latrobe girls volleyball out to prove last year was not a ‘flash in the pan’
Latrobe girls volleyball has something to prove this season. Last year, the Wildcats went undefeated and made it to the WPIAL semifinals before bowing out to South Fayette in four sets. Then, in the first round of the PIAA playoffs, they lost to North Catholic. “We were on track to...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Kiski Area’s Ambur Orowitz
Kiski Area’s Ambur Orowitz keeps realistic expectations when it comes to tennis. No matter how she plays or how far she advances in the WPIAL playoffs, she is proud of what she has accomplished along the way. She was happy to finish fourth in the section singles tournament this year,...
Division I recruiters come calling for Highlands’ Bradyn Foster
With high school boys basketball season lurking around the corner, it means one last chance for the Class of 2024 to showcase its potential for the next level. Highlands senior Bradyn Foster aims to have his future plans decided before then. “I plan on committing before the season,” Foster said,...
WPIAL sets pairings for 2023 girls tennis playoffs
The 2023 WPIAL girls team tennis playoffs begin with first-round matches Monday in Class 3A and Tuesday in 2A. Mt. Lebanon is the defending WPIAL Class 3A champion while Knoch won Class 2A gold. The Knights will try to win a third team tennis title in the last four years...
WPIAL girls soccer playoff clinchings through Oct. 8, 2023
Section play in the 2023 WPIAL girls soccer regular season has just over one week remaining. 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. Here is...
WPIAL boys soccer playoff clinchings through Oct. 8, 2023
Section play in the regular season is winding down with one week left in 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...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Oct. 9, 2023: Girls soccer playoff spots up for grabs
The fight for WPIAL girls soccer playoff spots enters its final week. What’s more exciting than two teams fighting for a postseason berth? Well if a couple of district sections are any indication, three teams in the mix to play on the playoff pitch in late October could be better....
Trib HSSN football player of the week for 2023 Week 6Video
The Beth-Center offensive game plan for its Week 6 game against visiting Bentworth was to do what the Bulldogs do best: run the ball. Little did they know that No. 5 in blue would take the football and never stop running with it. Beth-Center senior running back Ethan Varesko carried...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Oct. 9, 2023
The three-week stretch run of the high school football regular season kicks off this weekend on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video coverage of Week 7 with six WPIAL football games Friday, plus links to plenty of other video streams. The WPIAL football scoreboard show wraps...
High school sports schedules for Oct. 9, 2023
High schools Field hockey Monday’s schedule Section 3A North Allegheny at Hempfield, 6 p.m. Mt. Lebanon at Norwin, 7 p.m. Peters Township at Allderdice, 3:15 p.m. Nonsection Pine-Richland at Fox Chapel, 7 p.m. Hockey PIHL Monday’s schedule Class 2A Thomas Jefferson at Franklin Regional, Palmer Imaging Arena, 6:30 p.m. Bishop...
Westmoreland high school notebook: WCCA cross country meets set for Wednesday
The next events on the Westmoreland County Coaches Association fall calendar are the cross country championships. The meets will be Wednesday at Westmoreland County Community College. The boys race will get the day started at 3 p.m., followed by the girls at 3:40. Junior varsity races follow at 4:20. Last...
Trib HSSN girls, boys soccer rankings: Week ending Oct. 8, 2023
WPIAL soccer rankings Girls Class 4A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny (14-0) 1 2. Peters Township (12-0-1) 2 3. Upper St. Clair (12-1) 3 4. Seneca Valley (11-1-1) 4 5: Fox Chapel (9-3-1) 5 Out: None Class 3A 1. Mars (11-0) 1 2. Moon (10-1-1) 2 3. Plum...
Gateway notebook: Boys soccer edges Franklin Regional; Cisse takes 3rd at section meet
The Gateway boys soccer team needed almost the full 80 minutes, but a late penalty-kick goal from junior midfielder James LoCoco was the difference as the Gators topped Section 4-3A power Franklin Regional on Oct. 3 at home. The 3-2 victory avenged a 1-0 loss to the Panthers from Sept....
While awaiting head coach, Gateway baseball team prepares for ’24 season
The process to hire a new varsity baseball coach at Gateway continues this month, but the program’s players, under the direction of several assistants from last spring, haven’t stopped gathering for workouts and fall games to stay sharp and on the same page with the 2024 season on their minds....
Trio of captains leads young Sewickley Academy girls soccer roster to promising season
The captain’s role on the Sewickley Academy girls soccer team has proven invaluable for the younger players this season. Behind co-captains Libby Eannarino, Katherine Varghese and Quincy Sirko, the Panthers recently won four games in a row by a whopping 34-2 margin after an 0-2 start. “I am very happy...
