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Shady Side outlasts Freeport in Class 3A Allegheny 6 Conference opener
The Class 3A Allegheny 6 Conference was one of two in the WPIAL to have none of its teams play a conference game before Friday night. Shady Side Academy and Freeport hoped to get off to a winning start in conference action after five nonconference contests to start the season....
Nigut helps Elizabeth Forward rally past Southmoreland
Southmoreland coach Tim Bukowski was steadfast when discussing the outcome of the Scotties’ game with Elizabeth Forward on Friday at Warriors Stadium. “I don’t think the better team won tonight, but the team with the best player did,” Bukowski said. The Warriors scored 21 points in the fourth quarter to...
Leechburg athletic director Angela Franke resigns
Angela Franke’s brief tenure as athletic director at Leechburg has come to a close. Her last day in the position was Friday, high school principal Doug Rodgers confirmed. Rodgers said he believes Franke is leaving for a full-time athletic director position in eastern Pennsylvania. The Leechburg AD job is part...
5 things to watch in WPIAL Week 5: Finally, every team has reached conference play
WPIAL teams are now five weeks into the football season and 14 schools had yet to play a conference game. That’ll change Friday when the Interstate and Allegheny 6 open conference play. Both are WPIAL Class 3A conferences, not to be confused with the similarly named Allegheny Six in Class...
Top 4 teams in WPISL standings pair off for Sunday doubleheaders
Mt. Lebanon brought previously undefeated Plum back to the pack in a doubleheader sweep of the Mustangs last Sunday in Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League action. The wins bumped the Blue Devils up to 6-2, while Plum fell to 6-2. West Allegheny dominated North Hills over two games to also...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 28, 2023
High schools Cross country Thursday’s results Boys Nonsection Hampton 17, Thomas Jefferson 42 Field hockey Thursday’s results Nonsection Penn-Trafford 9, Ellis School 0 Aquinas Academy at Upper St. Clair, (n) Latrobe at Winchester Thurston, (n) Norwin at Oakland Catholic, (n) Football Thursday’s result City League Allderdice 24, Brashear 8 Friday’s...
High school roundup for Sept. 28, 2023: Shady Side Academy takes care of Deer Lakes in clash of top 2A teams
Drew McKim scored a hat trick as Shady Side Academy earned a season split with Deer Lakes with a 6-2 boys soccer victory in Section 2-2A on Thursday night. Amir Awais, Santiago Maiz and Mark Bence also scored for the Bulldogs (9-1, 8-1), who avenged a Sept. 5 loss to...
Jeannette starts fast, wins 4th straight with victory over Riverview
Once the odds-on favorite most weeks, Jeannette is more dark horse these days as the football team continues to heal from a couple of thin years. But that is fine with the Jayhawks, who are regaining their footing week by week, game by game and win by win. Don’t look...
Fear the Antelopes: Under-the-radar Avonworth to meet West Mifflin in key conference clash
Would there be more buzz for a type of cat, bear or angry bird? Avonworth has started 5-0 this season, a year after reaching the WPIAL finals, but coach Duke Johncour says the Antelopes don’t seem to draw the attention others do. “I think we kind of fly under the...
Canon-McMillan boys soccer scores upset of No. 3 Norwin
Both boys soccer teams had given up 10 goals coming into their latest Section 2-4A matchup. But only one of them kept that total intact. Canon-McMillan, led by its coach with Westmoreland County ties, notched a goal in each half and locked down on defense throughout in a 2-0 upset...
Derry athletic director Brett Miller resigns
The Derry Area school board accepted the resignation of athletic and transportation director Brett Miller on Thursday. Miller, 37, has been hired at Seton Hill in the institutional advancement staff as the major gift officer. He spent the past 10 years at Derry. He replaced Brandon Rapp. He previously was...
Trib HSSN don’t-miss high school football matchups for 2023 Week 5
Week 5 of the WPIAL high school football season allows us all to exhale after a huge week of showdown football last week. Not that there aren’t any big games this weekend, some of which are previewed below, but there aren’t the ranked clashes that dominated the district in Week...
Texans DT, Whitehall native, Central Catholic grad Kurt Hinish to face Steelers for 1st time
Four days before what will be his 19th regular-season game as a professional, Houston Texans defensive tackle Kurt Hinish couldn’t speak with any degree of certainty about whether he could count on the support of his family for Sunday’s game. Hinish, who’s from Whitehall, was asked this week if his...
Plum’s Aldi Flowers chasing professional dream with FC Cincinnati development academy
Aldi Flowers’ story is a case study in a phrase that has been told to young athletes over and over again. Always be at your best because you never know who’s watching. For Flowers, it was a scout from FC Cincinnati who was watching, and he had no idea until...
Through the years: Kittanning stayed unbeaten at Burrell’s expense in 2013
Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look back at the games, players and events that have shaped local scholastic history. Kittanning remained undefeated with a 48-14 victory at Burrell on Sept. 27, 2013. Alek Schaffer caught scoring passes of 54 and...
Westmoreland County high school football notebook: Elizabeth Forward coach set to face old pals at Southmoreland
Peering across the field and trying to get a win against his buddies will be an interesting proposition for John DeMarco. There was a time when Southmoreland losing was the last thing he wanted to see. DeMarco, the first-year football coach at Elizabeth Forward, will lead his No. 2 Warriors...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 27, 2023
High schools Field hockey Wednesday’s results Section 3A Allderdice at Norwin, (n) North Allegheny 0, Mt. Lebanon 0 Hempfield at Pine-Richland, (n) Section 2A Upper St. Clair at Latrobe, (n) Thursday’s schedule Nonsection Aquinas Academy at Upper St. Clair, 7 p.m. Latrobe at Winchester Thurston, 4 p.m. Norwin at Oakland...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 28, 2023: Deer Lakes, Shady Side Academy renew rivalry
Last fall, the Deer Lakes and Shady Side Academy boys soccer teams split their two regular season matches and ended up as co-champions in Section 2-2A. SSA was the No.3 seed in the WPIAL 2A playoffs and was upset by Beaver in the district quarterfinals while the No. 4 Lancers...
Trib 10: New team takes top spot in weekly power rankings
With so many big games around the WPIAL, there was some shuffling of the deck in the latest Trib 10 power rankings, including a new team at No. 1. There were three head-to-head battles between ranked teams last week, including the much-anticipated showdown in 6A with a rematch of the...
Franklin Regional girls smother Penn-Trafford
Franklin Regional had eight players arrive late for Wednesday night’s warmups because of a National Honor Society event. As a result, kickoff was delayed 10 minutes. The Panthers probably didn’t need the extra time to loosen up. They looked ready from the start. Junior Abby Paterline had the only goal...
Kiski Area girls soccer showing ‘bit of consistency’
Kiski Area’s girls soccer team came into this season knowing it would go through some growing pains. Any outfit that graduates 10 seniors and watches all that experience leave is going to have a tough following year. Coach Dave Anderson and his staff came into the year with a young...
A-K Valley football players to watch in 2023 Week 5
Player of the week Cooper Hornack Burrell, Sr., RB/DB Hornack, the reigning two-time Valley News Dispatch wrestler of the year and the 2023 PIAA Class 2A champion at 127 pounds, was a difference-maker last Friday as Burrell won its third straight game after an 0-2 start. Burrell ran the ball...
A-K Valley high school football matchups for 2023 Week 5
Class 5A Big East Conference Franklin Regional (3-2, 0-1) at Plum (2-3, 0-2) 7 p.m. Friday, Mustang Stadium, Plum Last week: Franklin Regional 55, Shaler 7; Gateway 49, Plum 14 Last year’s result: Franklin Regional 31, Plum 28 Neighboring teams usually fight for the last word when they meet on...
The Birdie gets in the zone, makes Week 5 picks in A-K Valley football
As 7 p.m. approached last Friday night, The Birdie was tapping away feverishly at his laptop like a hungry chicken pecking at some feed. He decided not to attend a game in person this week like he normally does, instead declaring he was working on a project that would be...
2023 Western Pa. high school football schedule for Week 5
Thursday City League Brashear at Allderdice, 7 p.m. Friday WPIAL Class 6A Canon-McMillan at Central Catholic, 7 p.m. Class 5A Allegheny Six Peters Township at Baldwin, 7 p.m. South Fayette at Moon, 7 p.m. Big East Franklin Regional at Plum, 7 p.m. Hempfield at Gateway, 7 p.m. Penn-Trafford at Norwin,...
