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A-K Valley don’t miss high school football matchups for Week 6
Class 5A northeast Fox Chapel (2-3, 2-1) at Penn Hills (2-3, 2-1) 7 p.m. Friday, Yuhas-McGinley Stadium, Penn Hills The winner will get a leg up in the race for a WPIAL Class 5A playoff spot. … Fox Chapel has won two straight after an 0-3 start. Senior starting quarterback Justin...
Birdie doing his part to keep A-K Valley safe for football
Last Week: 8-2 (80%) Overall Record: 41-8 (84%) With the cancellation of games around the area this past week due to the coronavirus, the Birdie, whose desk is covered in old food wrappers, empty water bottles and year-old newspapers, went on a cleaning spree like no other. By the end...
High school football schedule, broadcasts for Week 6
Thursday WPIAL Class A Tri-County South Avella at Bentworth, 6 p.m. City League Brashear at Perry Traditional Acad., 7 p.m. Nonconference Carrick at Albert Gallatin, 7 p.m. Friday WPIAL Class 6A Canon-McMillan at North Allegheny, 7:30 p.m. (HSSN, 1020 AM) Hempfield at Central Catholic, ppd. Norwin at Mt. Lebanon, 7:30...
Westmoreland County football players to watch for Week 6
Dylan Gustafson Latrobe, sr., RB/FS The senior had an impressive game against Connellsville on Friday, rushing for 171 yards and three touchdowns in the Wildcats’ 29-26 victory. He has rushed for 417 yards, caught seven passes for 134 yards and scored nine touchdowns. Tanner Krevokuch Norwin, sr., TE/LB The 6-foot-5,...
No. 3 Elizabeth Forward, No. 5 Mt. Pleasant to square off for Interstate Conference title
When Jason Fazekas took over the Mt. Pleasant football program, his goal was get the Vikings back to competing for conference titles. Now in his fourth season as coach, Fazekas has the Vikings in position to win the WPIAL Class 3A Interstate Conference for the first time since 2013. Fazekas...
WPIAL Clinched: Boys soccer through Oct. 14, 2020
There is less than a week left in section play in WPIAL boys soccer. 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 also qualify for the postseason. Trib HSSN’s exclusive coverage...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 14, 2020
Field hockey Wednesday’s results WPIAL Class 2A Penn-Trafford 13, Woodland Hills 1 Class A Shady Side Academy 4, Ellis School 1 3 goals or more: Allyson Doran, Penn-Trafford; Emma Little, Penn-Trafford Football Thursday’s schedule WPIAL Class A Tri-County South Avella at Bentworth, 6 p.m. District 8 City League Brashear at...
High school roundup for Oct. 14, 2020: North Catholic knocks off Quaker Valley
Ben Esser had a goal and an assist to help No. 5 North Catholic to a 3-2 boys soccer victory Monday, handing No. 3 Quaker Valley its first loss of the season to move into a tie for first place in Section 4-2A. Andrew Maddalon and Will Kunzmann also scored...
Greensburg Salem names alumnus Frank Sundry athletic director
Greensburg Salem School District’s hired Frank Sundry as its new athletic director. The vote was 6-3. He replaces Mike Burrell, who resigned to become the new athletic director at Norwin. Sundry is a 2004 graduate of Greensburg Salem, where he earned seven varsity letters (three in cross country, three in...
Deer Lakes avenges only loss of season with section win over Shady Side Academy
Throughout his high school career, Deer Lakes senior Mike Sullivan has been known for taking over games. Wednesday night’s Section 2-2A contest against rival Shady Side Academy was no different. The fleet-footed forward scored two goals, with the first coming just 44 seconds before the end of the first half,...
Lack of eligible players shuts down Monessen’s football season
The Monessen football program will forfeit the remaining two games of the 2020 football season. After forfeiting last week’s game with Carmichaels, the Greyhounds have also called off games against West Greene on Friday and California on Oct. 23. Last week’s game was forfeited due to injuries and players being...
Westmoreland County high school football notebook: Covid-19 halts momentum
Covid-19 has found its way into Westmoreland County schools, and the virus has caused four local football programs to shut down. Penn-Trafford, Hempfield, Derry and Southmoreland shelved team activities and canceled games this week, causing disruptions in preparation and a halt in momentum with only two weeks left in the...
Southmoreland calls off football game vs. Brownsville after joining covid-19 shutdown list
Add Southmoreland to the list of Westmoreland County high schools shutting down athletics because of covid-19 cases. Friday’s homecoming football game against Brownsville has been postponed and could be made up after the final regular season game on Oct. 23, according to Southmoreland athletic director Dan Boring. Southmoreland recorded its...
Winning culture carries over for Kiski Area girls soccer team
The Kiski Area girls soccer team advanced to the WPIAL Class AAA quarterfinals each of the past two seasons. Coach Mike Spagnolo said he hoped to continue that success this fall with a younger group of players after 11 seniors graduated. While it took time for the team to get...
Trib 10: Central Catholic falls out, Penn-Trafford joins football power rankings
For the second time in three weeks, Central Catholic came up on the short end of the stick. The Vikings began the season on top of the HSSN power rankings and remained there for nearly a month. However, losses to North Allegheny and Mt. Lebanon in the last three weeks...
A-K Valley girls soccer notebook: Fox Chapel wins rugged section
A 2-1 overtime victory over Norwin early in Section 2-AAAA play might turn out to be the difference maker in Fox Chapel’s section championship. The Foxes shut out Allderdice, 5-0, on Tuesday behind two goals from Emma Wecht, single tallies from Lucy Ream and Addie Piper and an own goal...
Elizabeth Forward’s Chase Whatton chooses MAC school from long list of college offers
Chase Whatton said he would make his college decision public on Wednesday afternoon and he held true to his word. The sought-after senior tight end and defensive end from Elizabeth Forward narrowed his choices to seven programs and revealed his top one on social media. Whatton, an all-state defensive end...
WPIAL reveals postseason plans, awards home games to higher seeds
If playoff qualifiers can’t be determined from the standings, the WPIAL steering committee for each sport will decide who makes the postseason this fall. That surely will be the most scrutinized change the WPIAL board approved Wednesday while finalizing plans for an unprecedented postseason under covid-19 conditions. Among its other...
Westmoreland boys soccer notebook: Kennedy’s return sparks Latrobe boys
Tom Kennedy returned to coach boys soccer at Latrobe this season and immediately aimed to simplify things. “In the system I used to run at GCC, it was easy,” Kennedy said. “It’s about knowing your responsibility and the players having accountability. You can’t have a breakdown. You need people to...
‘Bar has been raised’ for Belle Vernon boys soccer team
More of a formality than a confetti-filled celebration, the observance of Belle Vernon’s second section title in as many years was different. It was all business when the Leopards clinched their fifth section title. Maybe that’s because this is a boys soccer team with more on its mind than section...
Baldwin, Seneca Valley delay football game to Saturday
Baldwin and Seneca Valley have delayed this week’s football game to Saturday. The WPIAL Class 6A schools were scheduled to play Friday night but the game was delayed after Baldwin briefly paused workouts to test its players for coronavirus. All players tested negative, superintendent Randal Lutz said Wednesday in a...
PIAA flexibility lets Blackhawk, New Castle reschedule football game Oct. 30
Blackhawk and New Castle rescheduled their postponed football game for Oct. 30, the first week of the WPIAL playoffs, taking advantage of a PIAA decision to let teams extend the regular season. Neither New Castle (0-4, 0-2) nor Blackhawk (2-3, 1-2) is in position to qualify for the WPIAL playoffs...
Westmoreland County don’t miss high school football matchups for Week 6
Class 6A Norwin (1-4, 1-4) at No. 2 Mt. Lebanon (2-2, 2-2) 7 p.m. Friday, Mt. Lebanon Stadium, Mt. Lebanon Norwin scored the opening touchdown against No. 1 North Allegheny, but couldn’t keep up with the Tigers’ skill and depth in a 49-13 loss. Connor Chrisman and Noah Vogel caught...
Mars girls, Peters boys move up in national soccer rankings
Mars has not lost a girls soccer game in almost two years. The defending WPIAL and PIAA Class 3A champions have won 46 straight regular-season matches dating to 2017. That’s an awful lot of winning, a feat even worthy of national attention. Mars once again caught the eye of the...
WPIAL Clinched: Girls soccer teams through Oct. 13, 2020
There is less than a week left in section play in WPIAL girls soccer. 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...
