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What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 22, 2021: Girls golf moves into sectional spotlight
After most of the individual boys golf sectionals here held earlier this week, it’s time for the girls to tee it up in three sections. The district will hold its girls individual golf sectionals on Wednesday at one Class 3A and both Class 2A sites. Qualifiers will earn a spot...
Trib HSSN State Football Rankings for Sept. 21, 2021
While there were no changes at the top, six teams lost their grip and dropped out of the latest edition of the Trib HSSN state football rankings. Only one classification, Class 4A, remained intact from Week 2. Harrisburg, Upper Dublin, Whitehall, Danville, Richland and Rochester got bounced after Week 3...
Greensburg Central Catholic boys soccer too much for Jeannette
A confident expression turned to one of wounded surprise as Jeannette watched Greensburg Central Catholic fire goal after goal into the back of the net. After a while, the surprise wore off and reality set in. As injuries mounted and a thin bench emptied to nothing, the Jayhawks realized what...
Burrell girls soccer team picks up where it left off
A youthful Burrell girls soccer team navigated through all of the covid-related changes last fall, won eight out of 12 games and finished 7-2 in Section 2-AA play. The Bucs capped their season in the WPIAL quarterfinals. Despite losing a couple of key players to graduation, a lot of talent...
Covid protocols force Derry, Norwin, Woodland Hills to cancel Week 4 football games
A pair of Westmoreland County high school football teams had to cancel their Week 4 games Tuesday. Derry athletic director Brett Miller informed Freeport officials Tuesday that Trojans players and coaches were exposed to someone who has covid-19, and the team had to cancel Friday’s WPIAL Class 3A Allegheny Seven...
Westmoreland County boys athlete of the week: GCC’s Mason Fabean
Mason Fabean School: Greensburg Central Catholic Sport: Soccer Year: Senior Claim to fame: Fabian scored two goals to lead Greensburg Central Catholic (3-1, 2-0) to a 3-1 win over Serra Catholic in Section 2-A action Sept. 16. Earlier in the week, Fabean scored the winning goal with 10 minutes left...
Derry girls volleyball aims to continue long run of postseason berths
Call Derry girls volleyball coach Brock Smith a perfectionist of sorts, though it’s far from a flawless setting. Derry, which is off to a 2-1 start in Section 5-2A, hasn’t won any WPIAL championships in the sport and has made just one appearance in the PIAA playoffs since Smith took...
Ligonier Valley girls volleyball talks the talk, walks the walk
Following a successful first season in the WPIAL, Ligonier Valley volleyball coach Emily Daugherty easily could identify some areas for her team to improve over the summer. “We knew that they’d be a very conditioned team. I was never afraid of their skill levels and stuff like that,” said Daugherty,...
A-K Valley boys athlete of the week: Plum’s Lucas Pittman
Lucas Pittman Class: Junior School: Plum Sport: Soccer Report card: Pittman scored four goals for Plum in a 9-0 win over Obama Academy on Sept. 13 and had an assist in a 3-0 win at Penn Hills on Sept. 15. Through the first six games, Pittman had six goals and...
Under new coach, Freeport boys soccer changes approach, sees some results
Tahlon Kirkland knew he was in for a challenge when he took over the Freeport boys soccer coaching job. The long-term substitute in the school district also was pretty familiar with the players he was inheriting. “I know most of them already from working at the school. So that was...
Team-first mentality helps Highlands football to 4-0 start
The Highlands football team fans cheer for on Friday nights isn’t the product of just a week’s worth of practice. They Golden Rams are the product of a year-long commitment and an attitude that fifth-year coach Dom Girardi has instilled from the moment he took over the program. “Every day...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 20, 2021
High schools Field hockey Monday’s results Class 3A Pine-Richland 8, Mt. Lebanon 0 North Allegheny at Allderdice, (n) Peters Township at Norwin, (n) Class A Shady Side Academy 4, Winchester Thurston 2 Nonsection Hempfield 4, Latrobe 3 Tuesday’s schedule Class 2A Penn-Trafford at Upper St. Clair, 7 p.m. Fox Chapel...
High school roundup for Sept. 20, 2021: Central Catholic’s Rocco Salvitti wins section golf title
Central Catholic’s Rocco Salvitti shot a 2-under 70 at Murrysville GC to take medalist honors at the Section 4-3A boys golf tournament Monday. Salvitti finished one shot ahead of Franklin Regional’s Zach Abdallah. Central Catholic’s Carter Pitcairn and Aidan Burchianti, Franklin Regional’s Nolan Shilling and Jeff Anderchak and Plum’s Tim...
Latrobe girls soccer in position for breakout season
It’s just about fall, so it’s pumpkin spice season. The Latrobe girls soccer team prefers a different flavor: nutmeg. Or, at least they prefer the act by that name used in soccer where a player dribbles and kicks a ball through an opponent’s legs — a gotcha move that leaves...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 21, 2021: South Hills soccer showdown
Even though the pendulum has swung due north with Seneca Valley and North Allegheny winning the four of the last five WPIAL boys soccer championships in the highest classification, there was a time when gold could be found in a four-mile radius of Route 19 in the South Hills of...
Hempfield’s Daniel Sierk commits to Bucknell
If you have seen Hempfield play this season, then you’ve watched No. 50 blow up opposing plays for the Spartans. You can’t miss Daniel Sierk. The senior just continuously shows up at defensive end. He has been one of the top pass-rushers in Class 6A. More colleges are showing interest...
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week for Sept. 20, 2021
In 30 all-time meetings on the football field, Rochester has dominated Class A Big Seven Conference foe Union. The Rams are 25-5 overall. However, Union is now 5-4 in the last nine meetings after Friday’s conference opening stunner. “I don’t think I was the head coach for all those losses,...
WPIAL sets covid-19 cancellation policy, won’t require vaccinations for officials
A regular-season contest canceled because of covid-19 can be declared a “no-contest” rather than a forfeit, but first the WPIAL intends to make sure teams aren’t bending the rules to avoid an opponent. “If you have able bodies to participate and you choose not to, then that’s a forfeit,” WPIAL...
Volleyball coaches association releases Week 3 WPIAL girls rankings
The Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its WPIAL girls top-10 poll for Week 3 on Monday, and there is a change at the top in Class 3A. Hampton is the new No. 1 after sweeping Deer Lakes in a nonsection matchup Sept. 13 and topping last week’s Class 3A...
Westmoreland County senior spotlight: Southmoreland’s Taylor Klingensmith
Southmoreland has blossomed into one of the more potent offensive girls soccer teams in the WPIAL. The Scotties’ Big 3 of Taylor Klingensmith, Kendall Fabery and Olivia Cernuto have combined for 24 of the team’s 31 goals. Maybe they should have a catchy nickname like, “TKO.” Klingensmith would prefer another...
Rolling Fields PGA Junior League team takes 3rd at U.S. Regional event
In Dick Logan’s 28 years as a PGA professional, this summer coaching the Rolling Fields Golf Course 17-and-under PGA Junior League team was the best experience of his entire career. The enjoyment came from being around six kids he said have the utmost respect for the game, their opponents, and...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Springdale’s August Tabacheck
Saturday was special for Springdale soccer standout August Tabacheck, but it had nothing to do with his talents on the pitch. The senior center midfielder saw more than a year’s worth of hard work on display with the opening of the Daniel R. Tabacheck Memorial Dog Park in Agan Park...
Trib HSSN broadcast listings for week of Sept. 20-25
We hit the midway point of the WPIAL football regular season with key conference and nonconference games this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week 4 with 33 WPIAL, District 6, District 9 and independent high school football broadcasts Friday...
Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week for 2021 Week 3
His name might not be Michael, but on Friday of Week 3 at Mapletown High School, Carmichaels senior Trenton Carter was truly a Mighty Mike. In a Tri-County South Conference opener between a pair of 2-1 teams, Carter gashed the Maples with both his arm and his legs. “I feel...
What to watch for Sept. 20, 2021: WPIAL golf tournaments begin
While the WPIAL girls singles tennis championships are set for Thursday and Friday, another fall postseason tees off Monday. The district will hold its boys individual golf sectionals Monday at eight Class AAA and nine Class AA sites. Qualifiers will earn a spot in the WPIAL semifinals Sept. 27 In...
