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North Allegheny notebook: NA volleyball rebounds from finals loss

North Allegheny’s hopes for a WPIAL girls volleyball three-peat were dashed on Nov. 5, when the Tigers lost to Pine-Richland, 3-2, in the Class 4A championship match at Robert Morris. The second-seeded Rams (16-2) outscored North Allegheny, 5-1, down the stretch of the fifth and deciding set to win by...
Back-to-back WPIAL cross country titles put Hampton in elite company

Hampton’s boys cross country team is working on mini-dynasty status. The Talbots won the 2022 WPIAL Class 2A boys cross country championship Oct. 27 to become the first team to repeat in its division since Knoch in 2014-15. “It was definitely a team goal,” Hampton coach Dean Longwell said. “The...
Hampton football looks ahead following heartbreaking loss

Hampton senior Eric Weeks has replayed the final moments of the Talbots’ 34-33 gut-wrenching last-second WPIAL Class 4A playoff loss to Montour over and over again. But the ending never changed. “I’ve watched that play probably 50 times, thinking of anything I could have done better,” the wide receiver/defensive back...
Fox Chapel youth soccer alumni make college choices

Three graduates of the Fox Chapel Area Soccer program who have become high school standouts signed with their respective colleges. National Letter of Intent Day featured Fox Chapel’s Makayla Mulholland signing with Appalachian State University, Molly McNaughton with Cal (Pa.) and Oakland Catholic’s Gabi Folino with Northern Kentucky. All three...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 11, 2022

High schools Football WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Friday’s results Central Catholic 28, Mt. Lebanon 7 North Allegheny 7, Canon-McMillan 0 Championship Nov. 19 schedule North Allegheny (10-1) vs. Central Catholic (7-4) at Norwin, 6 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Friday’s results Pine-Richland 23, Woodland Hills 12 Upper St. Clair 17,...
Ryan Palmieri, Pine-Richland top Woodland Hills to get back to WPIAL championship game

For a team used to playing for WPIAL football championships, Pine-Richland came away from Friday night’s Class 5A semifinal battle with Woodland Hills like it had never before been to the finals. The second-seeded Rams broke their postseason huddle with a burst of enthusiasm — and relief — knowing they’d...
2022 WPIAL statistical leaders for rushing, passing, receiving in Week 11

Top performers for Week 11 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 211 - Braylon Thomas, Union (10 of 18) 174 - Cadin Olsen, Armstrong (15 of 36) 135 - Philip McCuen, McGuffey (4 of 8) 129 - Jaren Brickner, Beaver Falls (4 of 8) 115 - Ethan Hellmann,...
High school football roundup: Cruce Brookins’ 6 TDs lift No. 1 Steel Valley into semifinals

Cruce Brookins rushed for 332 yards and six touchdowns as No. 1 Steel Valley earned a 46-13 victory over No. 8 McGuffey (8-4) in the WPIAL Class 2A football quarterfinals Friday night at Campbell Field. Brookins scored on runs of 63, 2, 27, 3, 17 and 44 yards. Donald Barksdale...
Upper St. Clair wins slugfest with Bethel Park, making 1st WPIAL finals in 11 years

When rain is the forecast, old-school football is on the horizon. No. 5 Upper St. Clair certainly brought that to the table in a 17-7 victory over No. 1 Bethel Park in the WPIAL Class 5A semifinals Friday night, but frankly, these two teams might have played just as hard-charging...
Bishop Canevin pulls away from Clairton, advances to Class A semifinals

Bishop Canevin outlasted Clairton on Friday night at rain-soaked Dormont Stadium. The Crusaders battled the remnants of Hurricane Nicole en route to beating the Bears, 29-6, clinching a spot in the WPIAL Class A semifinals. “I’ve never coached in a game like this,” coach Richard Johnson said. “It was just...
4th-quarter touchdown pushes North Allegheny past Canon-McMillan into WPIAL finals

As a scoreless tie dragged on with weather conditions making life difficult on both offenses, North Allegheny running back Andrew Gavlik started to realize that one score might win this WPIAL Class 6A semifinal matchup against Canon-McMillan. With a little more than six minutes left in the game, teammate Logan...
Shady Side Academy upsets Elizabeth Forward to advance to semifinals

For the first time in more than a decade, Shady Side Academy is heading to the WPIAL semifinals. The No. 6 Bulldogs played stout defense and made big plays when they needed to en route to a 31-17 upset victory over No. 3 Elizabeth Forward in the Class 3A quarterfinals...
‘Down and out’ Central Catholic tops Mt. Lebanon to make 4th straight finals trip

Central Catholic wideout Peter Gonzalez missed the first three weeks of the season after knee surgery, but quarterback Payton Wehner kept throwing him passes anyway, while he worked his way back to the field. Now, they’re among the top quarterback-receiver duos in the WPIAL. “Me and Payton just built that...
Belle Vernon dominates East Allegheny in WPIAL playoffs

All the talk this week was red wave or blue wave. But all No. 9 East Allegheny saw was a green wave on “The Beach” at James Weir Stadium. Top-seeded Belle Vernon spotted the Wildcats (8-4) a lead before exploding for 55 unanswered to roll into the WPIAL semifinals with...
No. 5 McKeesport overcomes 12 fumbles to beat No. 4 Armstrong in WPIAL quarterfinals

Usually, 12 fumbles isn’t the recipe for a victory. But McKeesport had built a big lead in the heavy rainfall Friday night before the fumble-itis set in. The No. 5 Tigers scored on four straight possessions in the first half and rolled to a 41-21 victory over No. 4 Armstrong...
Beaver Falls shuts out Ligonier Valley in WPIAL quarters

Tasked with running a hurry-up offense, the likes of which they had never seen before, Ligonier Valley and Beaver Falls had to pack up and move their WPIAL Class 2A football game to another site Friday night shortly after warm-ups when a blown transformer caused a power outage at Geneva...

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