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Aly Kindelberger, Franklin Regional shut down No. 1 Beaver in Class 3A volleyball semifinals
Franklin Regional showed up to Beaver High School with plenty of passion Wednesday night and knocked off previously unbeaten and top-seeded Beaver to advance to the WPIAL Class 3A girls volleyball championship. “Passion, defensive prowess and Aly Kindelberger took away their offense completely,” Franklin Regional coach Mike Feorene said. “They...
WPIAL will start winter sports on time
With the first practices only weeks away, the WPIAL won’t make any changes to the winter sports schedule after receiving mixed feedback from schools. The WPIAL last month sent a questionnaire to schools to gauge readiness for basketball, wrestling and other practices to start next month. The answers were “all...
OLSH girls soccer looks to slow down high-scoring GCC in WPIAL title game
When Greensburg Central Catholic collides with Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in the WPIAL Class A girls soccer championship Thursday at Gateway, it will be a battle of opposites. The No. 1 Centurions feature a high-powered offense that averages 7.9 goals per game. The No. 6 Chargers (12-2) have...
Trib 10: Ranked teams clash in second week of WPIAL playoffs
All 10 teams in last week’s HSSN football power rankings were home in Week 8, and all 10 scored victories to keep their district championship hopes alive. However, while there are no changes to the Trib 10 this week, that certainly won’t be the case next week. The challenges become...
Westmoreland County soccer playoff preview capsules: Nov. 5
Boys Class 3A Championship 2-Franklin Regional (16-2) vs. 1-Mars (17-0) 8 p.m. Thursday, Newman Stadium, North Allegheny, McCandless Coaches: Rand Hudson, Franklin Regional; Chris Knauff, Mars How they got here: Franklin Regional defeated Knoch, 7-0; Indiana, 4-0; and West Allegheny, 2-1 (OT); Mars defeated Laurel Highlands, 5-1; Hampton, 1-0; and...
Deer Lakes, Shady Side Academy prepare to settle score in 3rd matchup of season
In the past four years, the No. 2 Deer Lakes Lancers and No. 1 Shady Side Academy have met 10 times: eight times in the regular season, and twice in the postseason. On Thursday at North Allegheny’s Newman Stadium, the teams will meet for the third time this season with...
A-K Valley soccer playoff preview: Nov. 5
Today’s game Class AA Championship 2-Deer Lakes (14-1) vs. 1-Shady Side Academy (14-2) 5:15 p.m. Thursday, Newman Stadium, North Allegheny, McCandless Coaches: Dan Yates, Deer Lakes; Ed Ellsworth, Shady Side Academy How they got here: Deer Lakes defeated Southmoreland, 7-0; South Park, 1-0 (OT); and Mt. Pleasant, 7-1; Shady Side...
Westmoreland County high school football notebook: Belle Vernon’s Devin Whitlock grabs headlines
Devin Whitlock’s importance to the Belle Vernon football team cannot be understated. The junior star who moved from receiver to quarterback is having a special season. As in, WPIAL player of the year-caliber stuff. He has led the Leopards (6-1) to the WPIAL Class 4A semifinals Friday night at Aliquippa...
WPIAL singles, doubles champions to begin quest for state titles
The PIAA singles and doubles tennis tournaments kick off Wednesday for the four WPIAL champions at the Oxford Athletic Club in Wexford. All four quarterfinals matches are set to begin at 11:30 a.m. Knoch senior Laura Greb, the four-time WPIAL Class AA singles champion, opens against District 6 champion Alyssa...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 3, 2020
Field hockey WPIAL playoffs Class 3A Championship Wednesday’s schedule Pine-Richland vs. Peters Township at Fox Chapel, 6:30 p.m. Football WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship Friday’s schedule Central Catholic (5-2) vs. North Allegheny (6-0) at North Hills, 7 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Friday’s schedule Penn-Trafford (6-1) at Pine-Richland (7-0), 7 p.m.;...
High school roundup for Nov. 3, 2020: Freeport hockey takes opener
Nico DiSanti had a hat trick and Caleb Hoffman scored twice as Freeport opened its PIHL season with a 7-4 victory over Kiski Area on Tuesday night. Keith Smilowitz and Addison Stewart each had a goal and two assists for Freeport. Tyler Lane got his first varsity win in net,...
Trib HSSN state football rankings for Nov. 3, 2020
As district tournaments wind down and the Road to Hershey begins, tops teams across Pennsylvania start falling by the wayside with golden dreams turned to season-ending nightmares. All things considered, though, only three HSSN football teams ranked in the top 5 in each classification across the state were bumped from...
Springdale itching for another shot at No. 1 Greensburg Central Catholic in WPIAL semifinals
For the past year, Springdale has been waiting for another opportunity to take on Greensburg Central Catholic. At 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, the No. 5 Dynamos (12-1) will get their chance when they meet up with the No. 1 Centurions (13-1) in the WPIAL Class A semifinals at Norwin with a...
WPIAL soccer playoff preview capsules: Nov. 4
Boys Class 4A Semifinals 4-Fox Chapel (11-3) at 1-Peters Township (12-1-1) 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, ClearEdge Stadium, McMurray Winner plays: Winner of 3-Norwin (11-0-2) at No. 2 Seneca Valley (12-1-1) in championship, 3 p.m. Saturday at North Allegheny Hat tricks: After earning a first-round bye, the Foxes scored six goals to...
Westmoreland County girls soccer notebook: Yough peaking at right time
File Yough under teams peaking at the right time for the WPIAL girls soccer postseason. The ninth-seeded Cougars (11-4) gradually are returning to full strength as they get set to play at No. 5 Avonworth (13-1-1) on Wednesday night in the semifinals. The Class 2A runner-up last year, Yough brought...
Westmoreland County boys soccer notebook: Norwin, Seneca Valley on collision course
The Norwin boys soccer team is back in the WPIAL semifinals for the second time in three years. If the third-seeded Knights (11-0-2) were going to play for a WPIAL Class 4A championship like they did in 2018, coach Scotty Schuchert knew one team would stand in their way: the...
Latrobe girls tennis savors historic run to state finals
Latrobe girls tennis coach Chad Kissell thought early on this might be a special year for his team. When the Wildcats opened the season with an impressive 4-1 victory against North Allegheny, Kissell’s mind was made up. “I knew we were capable of winning the WPIAL Class AAA title,” Kissell...
Mars stands in way of 3-peat for Franklin Regional boys soccer
With the Highmark Stadium experience a been-there-done-that kind of thing for the Franklin Regional boys soccer team, the Panthers are just focused on winning another game. Their next game, though, happens to be the WPIAL Class 3A championship, and a win would mean a third straight title for the Panthers....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 2, 2020
Field hockey WPIAL playoffs Class 3A Championship Wednesday’s schedule Pine-Richland vs. Peters Township at Fox Chapel, 6:30 p.m. Class 2A Championship Monday’s result Penn-Trafford 2, Fox Chapel 1 Class A Championship Monday’s result Shady Side Academy 2, Ellis School 1 Monday’s summaries WPIAL championships Class 2A Penn-Trafford 2, Fox Chapel...
High school roundup for Nov. 2, 2020: North Allegheny girls soccer knocks off top seed
Sarah Schupansky had two goals and Lucia Wells also scored as No. 5 North Allegheny (10-2) rolled to a 3-0 victory over top-seeded Peters Township (11-2-1) in the WPIAL Class 4A girls soccer semifinals Monday night. The Tigers will meet No. 2 Butler in Thursday’s championship match. Butler 2, Moon...
Waynesburg girls volleyball on top of its game in playoff win over Frazier
During the regular season, the Waynesburg volleyball team used two wins against rival Frazier to earn a section championship. On Monday night, the Raiders used a victory over the Commodores to punch their ticket into the WPIAL Class 2A semifinals. Fifth-seeded Waynesburg (13-2) played a strong match from start to...
Anthony DiFalco’s OT goal lifts Franklin Regional over West Allegheny, into WPIAL final
With teams as evenly matched as West Allegheny and Franklin Regional, differences in high-stakes playoff games against one another usually are subtle to the casual observer. It can be a miscue here or a bad bounce there that decides a winner. But other game-changing plays can be more glaring —...
Penn-Trafford beats Fox Chapel for WPIAL field hockey titleVideo
The Penn-Trafford field hockey team is champion again. The Warriors remained perfect on the season and claimed their fifth straight WPIAL Class 2A field hockey title with a 2-1 victory over Fox Chapel on Monday at a chilly Burk Stadium at Fox Chapel High School. “It’s really exciting,” Penn-Trafford coach...
Greensburg Central Catholic girls overcome slow start, rout South Side
It didn’t take the Greensburg Central Catholic girls soccer team long to find out that South Side came to play Monday in the WPIAL Class A semifinals at Norwin. The Rams scored the game’s first goal and led 10 minutes into the game. Then things changed quickly, the Centurions scored...
Deer Lakes dominates Mt. Pleasant, reaches 2nd straight WPIAL title game
As the No. 2 Deer Lakes Lancers worked their way through the regular season and playoffs, they’ve relied on their group of captains — Devin Murray, Mike Sullivan and Colton Spence — to carry the load. But on Monday at Lancer Stadium, it was the supporting cast that stepped up...
