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Shady Side Academy edges rival Ellis School, wins 3rd straight WPIAL field hockey title
Shady Side Academy and Ellis School are no strangers in battling for a WPIAL field hockey championship. The teams met for the seventh consecutive time in the finals, including each of the five Class A matchups since the WPIAL expanded to three classifications in 2016. Monday’s title contest at a...
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week for Week 8
Since moving to Class 5A when the PIAA expanded to six classifications in football before the 2016 season, Penn-Trafford has been so agonizingly close to a WPIAL title. However, no victory cigar has been puffed on. The Warriors are a combined 38-10 the last four years with two semifinals appearance...
This week’s Trib HSSN broadcasts
We kick off a November to remember with a golden week of championship soccer, volleyball, field hockey and football action this week only on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Week 9 of the high school football season features 10 WPIAL semifinals video streams and audio broadcast of the Class...
Girls All-WPIAL soccer teams announced
The All-WPIAL girls soccer selections are out for the 2020 season. All-state picks for the girls, as well as All-WPIAL boys players, are expected to come out next week. Here is the list of honorees by schools: Class 4A Butler Gabby Boden, Sr., F Sam Miller, Sr., F Chloe Weiland,...
Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week for Week 8
The Apollo-Ridge program rose to new heights in 2013 and ‘14 thanks to athleticism of Tre Tipton. Success on the football field continued for the Vikings in 2015 and ‘16 thanks to the running of Duane Brown. For the past four years, the team has been led on the ground...
WPIAL soccer playoff capsules for Monday’s semifinals
WPIAL soccer playoff previews Boys Class AAA Semifinals 3-West Allegheny (15-1) at 2-Franklin Regional (15-2) 6:30 p.m. Monday, Panther Stadium, Murrysville Winner plays: Winner of 13-South Fayette (11-4-1) at 1-Mars (16-0) in WPIAL championship, 8 p.m. Thursday (site TBD) Hat tricks: West Allegheny and Franklin Regional met in the last...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Franklin Regional boys soccer meets familiar foe
So they meet again. Franklin Regional (15-2) and West Allegheny (15-1) have become quite familiar with one another in the boys soccer postseason, and the teams will clash again at 6:30 p.m. Monday in a semifinal game in Murrysville. The playoff rivals played each other in the past two WPIAL...
John Steigerwald: Kudos to PIAA for giving student-athletes chance to compete
The PIAA was right. High school athletes all over Pennsylvania should be glad the organization that oversees high school sports in Pennsylvania didn’t listen to the so-called experts. Here’s what Pa. Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said Aug. 18: “The recommendation from the governor and myself is that all...
With safety protocols in place, PIHL season set to begin
Ice rinks across Western Pennsylvania again will be put to use Monday night when the PIHL commences the varsity high school hockey season. For the first time since the PIHL halted play in mid-March during the Penguins Cup playoffs, teams will take to the ice. Following safety protocols set forth...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Alumnus gets golf modeling gig
Penn-Trafford grad and professional golfer Dan Obremski has added modeling to his resume. Obremski, who recently played on the PGA of American Latino Tour, was featured in a Dick’s Sporting Goods advertising supplement modeling golf apparel. The 2005 Penn-Trafford grad attended Coastal Carolina and has won numerous mini-tour events in...
Penn-Trafford hockey putting pieces in place for return to playoffs
Penn-Trafford hockey coach Chris Cerutti has been busy this fall. He and his wife moving to a new home and are expecting a child, and he’s trying to rebuild the school’s hockey program after missing the playoffs in 2019-20. Penn-Trafford finished 8-9 last year in the PIHL Class AA Southeast...
Freshmen make immediate impact for Penn Hills football
Heading into the season, coach Jon LeDonne knew he was going to hand the keys to the Penn Hills offense over to freshman Julian Dugger. However, LeDonne wasn’t sure how much of an impact the rest of the freshmen and sophomore classes would make on the offense. As the Indians...
Balanced attack leads Shaler volleyball to winning season
There will be no relaxing once the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs start for Shaler outside hitter Mia Schubert. The Titans — who are the second overall seed — felt they let a match with section rival North Allegheny get away from them late in the season. Shaler — which was...
Shaler boys soccer tried to get in sync during up-and-down season
Shaler senior Ross Hartley saw the pattern for the boys soccer team shortly after a 6-0 loss to Fox Chapel. “From the beginning of the season, we were disconnected,” Hartley said. “We got more connected during the middle of the season. Toward the end of the end of the season,...
South Fayette golfer emerging as one of WPIAL’s top players
Summer camp is usually a time for kids to do some hiking, swimming, biking and perhaps create a craft or two. Summer camp for 9-year-old Caroline McConnell is where she learned to play golf. “I started with the sport at a summer camp out at Scally’s,” McConnell said. “I have...
Playoff loss hard to handle after brilliant season for Bishop Canevin girls soccer
One and done. It’s the beauty of the high school sports postseason. It’s also a painful reminder for all the qualifying teams that only one school is left at the end to raise the championship trophy. The bitterness of a postseason loss is a little easier to swallow when a...
Condensed season proved challenging for Baldwin football
One word that perhaps aptly defines the Baldwin football season is “condensed.” Due to postponements as a result of covid-19 shutdowns, the Fighting Highlanders played an abbreviated schedule of only five games. After a promising 27-7 nonconference win Sept. 11 against Hollidaysburg, the purple and white went 1-3 in Class...
Playoff berth caps successful season for Baldwin boys soccer
The Baldwin boys soccer team compiled a 6-2-1 regular-season record to clinch a WPIAL Class 4A playoff berth for a second consecutive season. “Considering the number of injuries and other circumstances we dealt with this season, I think getting into the playoffs ended up being a good achievement,” said Dave...
Sewickley Academy Panthers are hoping to reach their peak during the postseason
Throughout its regular season, the Sewickley Academy boys soccer team had just two blemishes on its record — a loss and a tie — and both came against Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. Now, after beating No. 11 Chartiers-Houston, 3-0, in the first round of the WPIAL Class A...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 31, 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 schedule Penn-Trafford at Fox Chapel, 7:30 p.m. Class A Championship Monday’s schedule Shady Side Academy vs. Ellis School at Fox Chapel, 5 p.m. Football WPIAL playoffs Class 6A...
Behind special senior class, Apollo-Ridge headed to WPIAL semifinals for 1st time
Apollo-Ridge football coach John Skiba remembers going to a junior high banquet for the group that became his current seniors after they completed an undefeated season. He told them if the core group of guys such as Logan Harmon, Jake Fello, Klay Fitzroy, Keighton Reese and Dom Reiter stayed together,...
High school roundup for Oct. 31, 2020: Peters Township boys grab OT win in WPIAL quarters
Andrew Massucci scored the game-winning goal in the second overtime to lift No. 1 Peters Township (12-1-1) to a 2-1 victory over No. 9 Baldwin (8-7-1) in the WPIAL Class 4A boys soccer quarterfinals Saturday afternoon. Alex Grim also scored for Peters Township, which moves on to play No. 4...
Knoch girls tennis wins state title in dominant performance
The Knoch girls tennis team faced far more pressure this year than it would in a normal season. In an effort to streamline the playoff process as a coronavirus safety measure, only the WPIAL champion received a berth into the PIAA field. The top three teams usually qualify. Therefore, there...
A-K Valley high school football notes: Springdale succumbs to grueling schedule
Not many teams get the chance to say they faced the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 teams in their respective classification in one season. That was the case for Springdale this year. The Dynamos led No. 3 Jeannette for most of their Eastern Conference matchup before losing 36-28,...
Many happy returns for Belle Vernon, Jeannette, Penn-Trafford
One thing the three remaining high school football teams from Westmoreland County have in common is their abilities to score points in a variety of ways. Belle Vernon, Jeannette and Penn-Trafford do not just rely on high-powered offenses. Each has scored touchdowns on defense and special teams. Those are the...
