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High school roundup for Aug. 23, 2025: Kemon Spell fills highlight reel in McKeesport win

Kemon Spell ran for 295 yards and four touchdowns after returning the opening kickoff 98 yards for a score to lead McKeesport to a 51-24 victory over Delaware Valley on Saturday at the KDKA Kickoff Classic at Wolvarena. Spell, a Penn State recruit, scored on runs of 56, 80, 38...
5 things we learned in Week Zero of high school football

Bethel Park’s Evan Devine led all WPIAL passers in Week Zero with 359 yards, a remarkable feat considering the quarterback was off playing golf at this time last year. Devine had given up football and joined the golf team, partly because of a nagging issue with his throwing shoulder, he...
Big-play offense, series of 4th-down stops lift Westinghouse past Steel Valley

Sparked by 122 yards on 13 carries from Dameon Hill, including an 80-yard touchdown run, Westinghouse defeated Steel Valley, 22-12, on Saturday at the Wolverena. Hill also tallied a 34-yard touchdown on a screen pass from Zahir Ismaeli. “It felt amazing,” Hill said. “Prior to the game, I said I...
Trib HSSN WPIAL football rankings: Week ending Aug. 24, 2025

WPIAL football rankings Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Central Catholic, 0-1, 1 2. North Allegheny, 1-0, 2 3. Hempfield, 1-0, 5 4. Canon-McMillan, 0-1, 4 5. Mt. Lebanon, 0-1, 3 Out: none Class 5A 1. Pine-Richland, 1-0, 1 2. Peters Township, 1-0, 2 3. Woodland Hills, 0-1, 3...
Riverview overcomes mistakes to beat Beth-Center in opener

If the Riverview football program spent much more time trying to dig holes Saturday at Riverside Park, it might have bored a tunnel under the Allegheny River to Freeport Road. The Raiders shook off six turnovers to grab a 34-19 season-opening win against Beth-Center. Riverview not getting overwhelmed by mistakes...
Mt. Pleasant’s Lily King helps set swim record in Romania

Mt. Pleasant alum Lily King was part of a world record-breaking relay team in Romania. King and the 400-yard freestyle relay set a world juniors mark at the World Aquatic Junior Swimming Championships in Otopeni, Romania. The team of Rylee Erisman, Liberty Clark, Julie Michler and King finished in 3...
A-K Valley high school football notebook: Mixed results for new coaches in season debuts

Three head coaches made their debuts with new teams Friday, and two of them went head-to-head in a Week Zero nonconference clash. Colyn Haugh topped TJ Wiley as Kiski Area shut out Knoch, 21-0, at Richard Dilts Field at Kiski Area High School. Haugh said it felt good to be...
Westmoreland high school football notebook: Hempfield QB Detruf gets win for late father

With each completion and big gain, Dom Detruf could picture his dad smiling. He could feel it. Hempfield’s senior quarterback played with poise and purpose in Friday night’s season opener at Spartan Stadium, a 28-23 win over North Hills. Detruf completed 14 of 17 passes for 206 yards and three...
Fox Chapel girls soccer faces new challenges, sets same championship goals

Fox Chapel girls soccer coach Carlo Prati spent the preseason searching for the right combination of players. With the environment the program has created, Prati believes the solutions will eventually work themselves out on the field. Fox Chapel reached the WPIAL Class 3A final last season but fell 4-0 to...
Experienced group returns to lead Plum girls volleyball

After a four-year run which included consecutive WPIAL playoff appearances and two section championships, the Plum girls volleyball team fell short last season of qualifying for postseason play. The Mustangs slipped to 3-7 in section matches in their move up to Class 4A, placing fifth behind playoff qualifiers Hempfield, Penn-Trafford...
Dozens of Bethel Park athletes from class of ’25 take next step to compete in college

Bethel Park’s senior athletes rolled triple fives in their commitments to their football, baseball and wrestling careers. Five senior members of the 2024-25 football, wrestling and baseball teams at Bethel Park are planning to continue competing at the next level this fall. On the gridiron, they are Jack Bruckner (Carnegie...
Plum boys golf recovers from graduation loss to contend in Section 4-3A

Keith Nonnenberg understood what the impact of losing four golfers to graduation after a strong run of success the past couple of years would have on the Plum boys golf team. Wes Lorish, one of the top golfers in the state through last season, moved on to Marshall. Tim Pease...
After playoff season, Norwin girls hope to keep momentum rolling

Norwin returned to the WPIAL girls soccer playoffs last season and nearly advanced out of the first round, falling to No. 12 seed Mt. Lebanon, 1-0, on penalty kicks (4-3). The fifth-seeded Knights finished 10-8-1, winning seven of their final 10 games to return to the Class 4A postseason after...
Norwin boys leaning on young talent to overcome losses

A stunning, last-second goal by North Hills sent Norwin reeling – and packing – last season, bringing an end to a potential WPIAL title repeat. Norwin players still can’t bear to watch the film. But the Knights have moved on from a 3-2 first-round loss, just like they moved on...
Hopes high for talented North Allegheny girls soccer

The North Allegheny girls soccer team plans on making its own luck this season. One year after some unfortunate bounces and achingly close calls denied them a spot in the WPIAL Class 4A championship game, the Tigers hope to leave little to chance this time around. “I think we got...
North Allegheny boys soccer confident new pieces will fit into place

Graduation did a number on the North Allegheny boys soccer team. The Tigers lost their top five goal scorers and return only a couple of starters from last year’s 16-4-1 WPIAL Class 4A semifinalist. “We had some really, really big losses,” coach Manuel Montero said. “But we just reload. …...

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