High School category, Page 957
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 13, 2020
Field hockey Tuesday’s result WPIAL Class 3A Peters Township 9, Allderdice 0 Golf Boys Tuesday’s results WPIAL Team semifinals (Top three teams advance to the championship round) Class 2A At Beaver Valley Golf Course, Patterson Heights Quaker Valley 406, Neshannock 421, Ellwood City 432 Did not qualify North Catholic 434,...
High school roundup for Oct. 13, 2020: Bishop Canevin girls soccer stays unbeaten
Ashley Lippold had two goals and an assist and Ainsley Smith also scored to lead No. 4 Bishop Canevin (8-0-2, 8-0-2) to a 3-0 girls soccer victory over Sewickley Academy (8-2-1, 8-2-1) on Tuesday in a showdown between the top two teams in Section 4-A. Bishop Canevin will clinch the...
Southmoreland girls soccer uses second-half surge to roll past Mt. Pleasant
Sitting on a precarious one-goal lead, Mt. Pleasant kept giving visiting Southmoreland chances early in the second half. That is about the last thing a team wants to do against the upstart Scotties. Sophomore forward Olivia Cernuto had a hat trick and an assist, and junior midfielder Taylor Klingensmith added...
A-K Valley boys soccer notebook: Kiski Area filling the net after finding identity
At some point during the season, each winning team starts to hit a stride that carries it on a successful run. Since Sept. 28, the Kiski Area Cavaliers (10-2-1, 10-2) have been on a midseason run that not many teams can match. Since defeating Woodland Hills, 7-0, Sean Arnold and...
Westmoreland County girls soccer notes: Yough ‘won’t be an easy out’ in playoffs
Yough knows what it feels like to be a favorite in girls soccer. Last year, the Cougars had one of the WPIAL’s most high-powered offenses and rode it to their first district championship game appearance — and a PIAA playoff berth. But this season, Yough isn’t as prominent in the...
Norwin, Franklin Regional among fresh faces at WPIAL team golf championships
Norwin switched home courses for boys golf about five years ago. Nothing against Irwin Country Club, the Knights just wanted a layout more comparable to the ones where their section foes play. So they moved to Youghiogheny Country Club near McKeesport. It was a few more miles down the highway...
Trib HSSN state football rankings for Oct. 13, 2020
Week 5 was a near-perfect week for the top 30 football teams in the state. At least it was for those teams that laced it up for the second Friday in October. Only two teams lost among last week’s PIAA ranked teams by Trib HSSN. WPIAL Rochester lost and was...
Leechburg boys soccer making major strides in program’s 2nd year
In the program’s second year, the Leechburg boys soccer team has put itself in position to make its first playoff appearance. That’s a rapid rise for a program coach Brad Walker started from scratch in 2019. After forming a co-op agreement with Apollo-Ridge, the Blue Devils were thrust into a...
Greensburg Central Catholic girls soccer builds unity
Olivia Kruger did not see a need to change much stylistically when she took over the Greensburg Central Catholic girls soccer team. This ensemble knows how to win. Kruger knew she had an abundance of talent and just wanted to make sure the team had chemistry, along with the proper...
WPIAL boys soccer playoff clinchings through Oct. 12, 2020
There is less than one 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 all qualify for the postseason. Trib HSSN’s exclusive coverage...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 12, 2020
Field hockey Monday’s results WPIAL Class 3A Peters Township 4, Norwin 1 Pine-Richland 16, Allderdice 0 Class 2A Latrobe 8, Oakland Catholic 2 3 goals or more: Lauren Jones, Latrobe (5); Cassidy King, Peters Township; Grace Merlack, Pine-Richland; Rylie Wollerton, Pine-Richland Golf Boys Monday’s results WPIAL Team semifinals (Top three...
High school roundup for Oct. 12, 2020: No. 2 Seneca Valley trips up No. 1 North Allegheny
Connor Schmidt and Beaux Lizewski scored to help No. 2 Seneca Valley (8-1-1, 8-1-1) to a 2-1 victory over No. 1 North Allegheny (9-2-1, 7-2-1) in a battle of WPIAL boys soccer title contenders Monday night. The teams tied 1-1 in their previous meeting this season. Belle Vernon 5, Uniontown...
Hempfield girls claim 3rd cross country section title, hope to run in postseason meets
Hempfield girls cross country coach Jeff Mayo was surprised to learn the Spartans had won only two section titles before the 2020 season. After going 8-0 in Section 1-AAA, the Spartans now have three. The previous two were in 2002 and ’13. Hempfield is led by seniors Lily Schmadel and...
Leechburg volleyball building to section showdown
The Leechburg girls volleyball team has lost only one match this season. That came at the hands of WPIAL Class A power Greensburg Central Catholic by a 3-1 score on Sept. 24. The Section 4-A rivals meet again next Tuesday on senior night at Leechburg. While the Blue Devils are...
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week for Week 5
The late Al Davis, owner of the Oakland Raiders during their powerhouse days in the 1970s was fond of saying, “Just win, baby.” At Aliquippa, the football team takes that message to heart. Over the last half-century, the Quips have only endured one losing season, that coming in 1994 when...
Hempfield, Derry football games called off after positive covid tests
Three more WPIAL football games were canceled because of covid-19 cases. Hempfield was supposed to play at Central Catholic, Derry was set to host East Allegheny and Apollo-Ridge planned to play at Serra Catholic, but those games will not happen Friday night. Hempfield will close through Friday after three students...
3 Hempfield Area High students positive for coronavirus; school, athletics shut down
Hempfield Area High School is closed Tuesday through Friday after three students tested positive for the coronavirus. School administrators were notified of the positive cases over the weekend, according to a letter to parents from Superintendent Tammy Wolicki, posted Sunday on the district website. During the five-day closure, all students...
Trib HSSN WPIAL boys and girls soccer rankings for Oct. 12, 2020
Here’s a look at this week’s Trib HSSN WPIAL boys and girls soccer rankings. Records are through Saturday’s games. Girls soccer Class 4A Team, record, previous 1. Fox Chapel, 10-1, 1 2. Butler, 8-1, 2 3. Peters Township, 5-1, 3 4. Norwin, 6-2-1, NR 5. North Allegheny, 7-2, 4 Out:...
Beaver takes over top spot in Class AAA girls volleyball rankings
Two weeks remain in the 2020 WPIAL girls volleyball regular season, and numerous section races are coming down to the wire. The Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its weekly top-10 poll and players of the week Monday, and the leaders of three of the four classifications — Moon (9-0,...
Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week for Week 5
California senior running back Jaedan Zuzak made history in Week 5 when he ran wild in the Trojans home opener. Zuzak rushed for an eye-popping 440 yards on 19 carries and scored seven touchdowns on runs of 63, 72, 43, 94, 1, 6 and 42 yards in California’s 65-22 rout...
WPIAL boys soccer playoff clinchings through Oct. 11, 2020
There is one 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 all qualify for the postseason. Trib HSSN’s exclusive coverage of the...
WPIAL girls soccer playoff clinchings through Oct. 11, 2020
There is one 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 of the...
This week’s Trib HSSN broadcasts
The first global pandemic stretch run is upon us as we have reached the final two weeks of the regular season in high school football. Week 6 of the high school football season features 31 video and audio broadcasts from Thursday through Saturday on the TribLive High School Sports Network....
Wresting event to feature Pennsylvania’s best
The first True Power Wrestling tournament, sponsored by PA Power Wrestling, will feature some of the top wrestlers (high school, junior high, girls and collegiate) in the state on Oct. 17 at Tyrone. The event is closed to the public because of covid-19 concerns. There will be 15 boys’ bouts,...
WPIAL girls volleyball playoff clinchings through Oct. 11, 2020
The WPIAL girls volleyball regular season has two weeks left. 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 2019 WPIAL...
