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Breaking down the 2022 WPIAL boys soccer playoffs
Here’s a look at the 2022 WPIAL boys soccer playoffs: Class 4A Favorite: Who else? Seneca Valley is the two-time defending champion and was the PIAA runner-up last year. The Raiders, ranked No. 1 in 4A for the entire regular season, have not lost and have one tie, against Butler....
Breaking down the 2022 WPIAL girls soccer playoffs
Here’s a look at the 2022 WPIAL girls soccer playoffs: Class 4A Favorite: North Allegheny. The Tigers have 10 shutouts, including seven straight. Their only loss was to Seneca Valley in Section 1 play. Most of last year’s team returned. Speaking of last year, NA still resents a first-round loss...
Mars girls, Seneca Valley boys ready to defend WPIAL soccer titles as top seeds
Mars’ girls soccer team and Seneca Valley’s boys soccer team have dominated WPIAL competition in recent years. Both are again favored to defend their district titles. The WPIAL soccer playoff brackets were released Wednesday afternoon, and both teams earned No. 1 seeds in their respective brackets. Mars (14-0) is chasing...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 18, 2022
High schools Field hockey Tuesday’s results Section 3A Hempfield 5, Allderdice 1 Thursday’s schedule City League Semifinals University Prep (3-4) at Allderdice (3-5), 7 p.m. Friday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Central Catholic at Seneca Valley, 7 p.m. Class 5A Allegheny Six Bethel Park at South Fayette, 7 p.m. Upper St....
WPIAL girls volleyball playoff clinchings through Oct. 18, 2022
The 2022 WPIAL girls volleyball regular season has one night 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. Trib HSSN’s exclusive coverage of the 2022...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Oct. 19, 2022: Soccer playoffs brackets to be revealed live on Trib HSSN
Let the bracketology talk on the pitch begin. The WPIAL soccer playoff field is set with 57 boys and 57 girls teams ready to shoot for eight district championships. There will be at least two new title winners — in girls Class 4A, because 2021 champion Moon moved down to...
High school roundup for Oct. 18, 2022: Riverview’s Lola Abraham scores 14 goals, clinches playoff spot … all in one day
Riverview junior Lola Abraham had a day to remember Tuesday, scoring 14 goals in two games to help her team clinch a spot in the WPIAL playoffs. Needing to squeeze in two Section 1-A games before playoff pairings were finalized Wednesday, the Raiders scheduled a doubleheader Tuesday. They would play...
Trib HSSN High School Football State Rankings for Oct. 18, 2022
As we hit the midway point of October and close in on the start of the district postseason for some, like autumn leaves, a few tradition-rich names have fallen out of the Top 5. There were four changes in the weekly Trib HSSN state football rankings following Week 7. Perennial...
Kiski Area girls soccer has been in playoff mode
Kiski Area girls soccer coach Dave Anderson said his team played several must-win games down the stretch as it fought to keep its WPIAL playoff-appearance streak intact. That included Monday’s win-or-go-home Section 1-3A matchup at Indiana. “For us, the playoffs started early with that game,” Anderson said. It ended up...
Central Catholic’s Salvitti places 2nd in PIAA golf tourney
The WPIAL golfers were shut out of first-place titles at the PIAA championships for a second consecutive year. The best finish in Class 3A was by Central Catholic senior Rocco Salvitti, who placed second in Class 3A to Dylan Ramsey of Cedar Crest. Ramsey shot a two-round 4-under-par 140. He...
Sisters bring chemistry lesson to girls soccer playoff teams in Westmoreland County
Regan and Robin Reilly have a secret. A secret, just between sisters. “We are competing to see who scores more goals,” said Regan, a junior defender for the Latrobe girls soccer team. “It’s a little side competition we have.” “They have a little fun with that,” Wildcats coach Jamie Morrison...
9 WPIAL coaches earn statewide award from PIAA
Nine WPIAL coaches were name state coaches of the year by the PIAA for the 2021-22 school year. Moon had two coaches earn the statewide honor: girls track coach Kyle Burgess and girls soccer coach Bill Pfeifer. Joining them were Hampton boys soccer coach Matt McAwley, Seneca Valley boys swimming...
WPIAL board increases to 21 seats with diversity advisory council addition
The WPIAL board has expanded to 21 members with the addition of a seat for a representative from the WPIAL Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Council. The first to fill that seat is David Hunter, a Donora native and an accomplished professional in investment and finance. The nine-person advisory council chose...
High school sports scores, schedules for Oct. 17, 2022
High schools Field hockey Monday’s results Section 3A Pine-Richland 2, Peters Township 0 Section 2A Penn-Trafford 5, Oakland Catholic 0 Golf PIAA championships Monday’s results First round Boys Class 3A At Penn State White Course 1. Dylan Ramsey, Cedar Crest, 67 T2. Rocco Savitti, Central Catholic, 70 T2. Logan Wagner,...
WPIAL girls soccer playoff clinchings through Oct. 17, 2022
Section play in the 2022 girls soccer regular season is over with one big exception of matches with playoff ramifications set for Tuesday. 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...
High school roundup for Oct. 17, 2022: Melia Peer’s OT winner helps Mt. Lebanon secure section title
Melia Peer scored in overtime to give Mt. Lebanon a 1-0 victory over Bethel Park (10-4-2, 8-4-2) that clinched the Section 2-3A title. The Blue Devils (14-2-1, 12-2) edged Peters Township (12-1-3, 11-1-2) for the top spot. The WPIAL soccer playoff pairings will be released Wednesday on Trib HSSN. SECTION...
Plum girls soccer wins at home to clinch section crown
The Plum girls soccer team controlled its own destiny Monday to finish off its fourth straight section championship. The Mustangs didn’t let the visiting Penn-Trafford Warriors play the role of spoiler. Seniors Cam Rogers and Kaitlyn Killinger each scored a goal and provided an assist in the first half as...
PIAA’s reps from WPIAL split on future of competitive-balance rule
The WPIAL has three seats on the PIAA board, and its representatives usually vote together, but that didn’t happen when asked about making major changes to the state’s competitive-balance rule. Those WPIAL reps, like the PIAA board itself, were split. Should the PIAA eliminate the transfer element from the rule,...
Central Catholic’s Salvitti and Penn-Trafford’s Turowski chasing PIAA golf gold
If Central Catholic senior Rocco Salvitti and Penn-Trafford junior Nick Turowski hope to capture PIAA Class 3A golf titles, they have work to do during the final round Tuesday. Salvitti, the 2022 WPIAL champion, and Turowski, who won the WPIAL title in 2021, trail Cedar Cliff’s Dylan Ramsey, who shot...
Kiski Area senior swimmer chooses West Virginia
Parker Sterlitz made his first visit to West Virginia University about a year ago. The senior swimming standout at Kiski Area said he immediately fell in love with the campus and the Mountaineers swimming program. Since then, Sterlitz said, he looked at other schools and found himself comparing them to...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Oct. 18, 2022: Girls volleyball teams chase playoff spots
The final week of the WPIAL girls volleyball regular season is upon us with most section matches set for Tuesday and Thursday before the brackets are revealed Friday on Trib HSSN. Fifty-seven teams have clinched a district postseason berth with as many as 16 more spots still a possibility. One...
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week for 2022 Week 7
The Seneca Valley football team entered the 2022 season with high hopes and great expectations with several key players returning and many picking the Raiders as the team to beat in Class 6A. Those good vibes continued after a hard fought 15-13 Week Zero victory over Penn Hills, a top-five...
North Allegheny, Hampton, Freeport, Serra Catholic atop final coaches association volleyball rankings
It’s about that time. The regular season for WPIAL girls volleyball concludes with the end of section play Thursday and a couple of nonsection matchups Friday and Saturday. The road to the four WPIAL championship games Nov. 5 begins next week. There are section championships and playoff qualifiers to be...
Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League teams ready for playoff tournament
Montour, North Allegheny, Bethel Park, Baldwin and Shaler each recorded doubleheader sweeps Sunday as the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League nears the conclusion of its regular season and prepares for its playoff tournament. Before the playoff brackets can be finalized, there is one more regular-season game to be played. Baldwin,...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Southmoreland’s Skylar Koshar
Many athletes say the best part of high school sports is making memories with your team and remembering the fun nights along the way. That was the case for then-junior and current senior Skylar Koshar with last year’s Southmoreland girls soccer team. The Scotties made program history when they not...
