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Freeport volleyball rolls past Deer Lakes, stays perfect in section play
The Freeport girls volleyball team didn’t let visiting Deer Lakes gain any momentum in a Section 5-2A match Tuesday at Freeport Middle School. The Yellowjackets were impressive from the start and swept the Lancers, 3-0, with scores of 25-11, 25-5, and 25-4. “I think tonight was a very clean game...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 3, 2023
High schools Cross country Wednesday’s results Boys Division I Section 5 Blackhawk 19, West Allegheny 40 Montour 22, Blackhawk 35 Section 6 South Fayette 21, Upper St. Clair 36 South Fayette 15, Canon McMillan 50 Upper St. Clair 16, Canon McMillan 39 Division II Section 4 Hampton 15, Shady Side...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Oct. 4, 2023: Girls golfers battle for gold at Diamond Run
The top district girls golfers return to Sewickley for the final round of the WPIAL girls Class 3A and 2A individual golf championships Wednesday. The girls final round will take place at the Diamond Run Golf Club in Sewickley with 26 golfers from Class 3A and seven from Class 2A...
WPIAL boys soccer playoff clinchings through Oct. 3, 2023
Section play in the regular season is winding down with less than two weeks 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...
Realignment changes PIHL landscape, but champs are back to defend their titles
The 2023-24 PIHL season has begun, and while the alignment of the league has undergone changes, the contenders and talent on the ice are back for another year of puck. Last winter, Peters Township. South Fayette, Kiski Area and Ringgold took home Penguins Cup titles. All four champions can defend...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school football rankings for Oct. 3, 2023
The best teams in the state finished September strong. Teams ranked in the Trib HSSN PIAA football rankings were a combined 27-3 with most of those 27 wins coming in runaway victories as 18 of the winning teams scored 40 points or more. The 27 ranked teams from a week...
High school roundup for Oct. 3, 2023: Peters Township blanks Norwin in matchup of section contenders
Nathan Froelich scored in the first half and Adam Smiga connected in the second half to lead Peters Township (9-3, 8-3) to a 2-0 victory over Norwin (10-4, 8-3) in a matchup of playoff contenders in Section 2-4A boys soccer Tuesday. Armstrong 5, Kiski Area 4 – Jordan Callipare scored...
Plum boys rally from 2-goal deficit to avoid soccer upset vs. Latrobe
Everything seemed to be going right for Latrobe, until it wasn’t. Visiting Plum erupted for three second-half goals to avoid an upset and overcome the Wildcats in a 3-2 Section 4-3A boys soccer victory Tuesday night. Plum recovered nicely from its first 2-0 deficit of the season, staging a great...
It’s quality over quantity as Greensburg Central Catholic girls battle low roster numbers
Greensburg Central Catholic’s girls soccer team will play a game for the first time since Sept. 20 when it visits Seton LaSalle on Wednesday night. The Centurions (5-1), ranked No. 3 in the WPIAL and No. 6 in the state in Class A, had to postpone three consecutive games —...
Westmoreland County girls soccer notebook: Mt. Pleasant climbs to top of rankings
There is a new No. 1 team in Class 2A. Mt. Pleasant (10-2), which has won 10 straight — all shutouts — since a 2-0 loss to 3A No. 2 Moon, slid ahead of North Catholic and Avonworth. A result between those teams also led to the Vikings’ ascent to...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 2, 2023
High schools Field hockey Monday’s results Section 3A Pine-Richland 13, Allderdice 0 Mt. Lebanon at Hempfield, (n) Tuesday’s schedule Section 3A Peters Township at North Allegheny, 7:30 p.m. Nonsection Penn-Trafford at Aquinas Academy, 3:45 p.m. Latrobe at Ellis School, 4:30 p.m. Oakland Catholic at Shady Side Academy, 6 p.m. Winchester...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Oct. 3, 2023: 1st place on the line as boys soccer season reaches crunch time
There are just under two weeks left in section play in WPIAL boys soccer, so nearly every game has meaning in the fight for section crowns, playoff seeding and a postseason berth. The top four teams in two district sections go head to head Tuesday. In Section 2-4A, first-place Upper...
WPIAL girls soccer playoff clinchings through Oct. 2, 2023
Section play in the 2023 WPIAL girls soccer regular season has less than two weeks 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...
High school roundup for Oct. 2, 2023: South Park maintains grip on 1st place with win over Shady Side Academy
Emelyn Schlater scored the winning goal as South Park (9-3, 7-0) maintained sole possession of first place in Section 4-2A girls soccer with a 1-0 victory over Shady Side Academy (9-3, 5-2) on Monday night. Ambridge 2, Hopewell 1 (OT) – Hayden Grant scored to tie the game and Norah...
Plum girls soccer defeats Latrobe in overtime thriller
The Plum and Latrobe girls soccer teams needed overtime to decide their Section 3-3A matchup Monday evening at Plum’s Mustangs Stadium. Freshman Emily Grubich made sure the homestanding Mustangs came away with the crucial three points. She raced down the middle of the field, possessed the ball after passes from...
Deer Lakes girls soccer learning on fly, gaining confidence
Deer Lakes sophomore Bryanna Simonetti spelled out a simple formula for the Lancers’ Section 2-2A clash with section power Freeport last Wednesday. “It just came down to us sticking together as a team and playing solid at both ends,” Simonetti said. “We had been playing pretty well, and I had...
Penn-Trafford’s Turowski captures second WPIAL Class 3A golf title
Nick Turowski was so relaxed during the final round of the WPIAL Class 3A golf championship Monday at Valley Brook Country Club he laid down on the 17th fairway waiting for the green to clear. “The plan today was to come out and have fun,” Turowski said after his five-shot...
Unflappable Nixen Erdely of Frazier wins WPIAL Class 2A golf title
If there was any pressure going into the second and final round of the WPIAL Class 2A individual golf championship, Frazier’s Nixen Erdely wasn’t showing it. On the one hour, 20 minute drive with his dad from Frazier to Butler Country Club, Erdely wasn’t thinking about the round ahead of...
Trib HSSN high school football player of the week for 2023 Week 5
There are a lot of “dual” threat football players in the WPIAL, but none are as unique as Mohawk quarterback Jay Wrona. Yes, Wrona can hurt you with his passing and running, but he can also do damage with his woods and irons too. The senior is participating and shining...
Girls volleyball rankings: Section races heat up for stretch run to WPIAL playoffs
There were no changes at the top in each of the four WPIAL classifications as the Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its Week 5 polls Monday morning. Staying at No. 1 were North Allegheny in Class 4A, Hampton in Class 3A, Freeport in Class 2A and Serra Catholic in...
Kiski Area Sports Hall of Fame inducts Class of 2023
The Kiski Area athletic community gathered last month to celebrate a group of Cavaliers greats. Their exploits in competition were recognized with enshrinement as the latest class of the Kiski Area Sports Hall of Fame. Lauded during the Sept. 2 banquet and ceremony were Sean Arnold (Class of 1998, soccer,...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Deer Lakes’ Brooke Kostyak
Brooke Kostyak is an unconventional goalkeeper of sorts. Typically, soccer goaltenders need to be vocal to communicate with their defense to help prevent goals, but Kostyak is of a quiet nature and her coach believes it doesn’t hurt Deer Lakes in the slightest. “We’ve gotten used to it. She has...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Mt. Pleasant’s Maggie Piper
A trip to the PIAA semifinals obviously would be considered part of a successful season, but to make it that close and fall short can be crushing. In the case of Mt. Pleasant’s girls soccer team, the Vikings are hungrier than ever to get back there and cross that threshold...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Oct. 2, 2023: WPIAL boys golf champions to be crowned
The district will be dishing out golf gold Monday with the final round of the 2023 WPIAL boys Class 3A and 2A individual golf championships. The boys 3A final round will take place at the ValleyBrook Country Club in McMurray with 39 golfers participating. Penn-Trafford senior Nick Turkowski has the...
Trib HSSN football team of the week for 2023 Week 5
For the Moon football team, it’s not hard to guess what rides they gravitate toward when they visit Kennywood Park. The way things have gone the last two and a half years, they are lined up for one of the park’s roller coasters. In 2021, the Tigers reached great heights...
