High School category, Page 959
Junior Dean Cecere, Riverview learn from challenging early season slate
In Riverview’s Eastern Conference football game against Imani Christian on Oct. 2 at Graham Field in Wilkinsburg, Dean Cecere broke free on runs several times and turned in career-best marks on the stat sheet. The Raiders junior running back delivered 208 yards and his first three touchdowns of the season...
Norwin volleyball eyes extension of strange covid-19 season
Norwin senior volleyball player Brooke Gast still is adjusting to covid-19 times, where few fans, if any, are permitted in gymnasiums, and rally points hit gym floors with a pronounced echo. Substitutes wait in outside hallways until they are called into matches. There are masks, temperature checks and daily covid...
Norwin notebook: Football team puts seven-game skid in rearview mirror
A seven-game losing streak is no more for the Norwin football team. The Knights took care of No. 5-ranked Baldwin, 28-12, in Week 4 as senior Nick Fleming completed 10 of 16 passes for 203 yards and two touchdowns, and also ran for a score. Senior Connor Chrisman had five...
After strong section season, North Allegheny runners prepare for championship meets
When North Allegheny’s runners walked to the starting line wearing masks for their early-September scrimmage, coach John Neff wasn’t sure what to expect from cross country season under covid-19 conditions. Looking back, it all went fairly well. “It was not as different as I was afraid of, to be honest...
North Journal notebook: North Allegheny tennis earns playoff berth
North Allegheny girls tennis capped off section play last week by sweeping North Hills, gaining momentum ahead of the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs. The Tigers finished the regular season 6-6 overall and 6-1 in Section 2. The playoffs were slated to begin Monday, after deadline for this edition. “Playoffs are...
Franklin Regional’s ‘Super’ Mario Sarnic happy to be back on field
As Mario Sarnic lay motionless on the cold turf at Franklin Regional’s Panther Stadium, sound sucked from the complex, lights twinkling from a waiting ambulance, time stood still for the wide receiver and defensive back. “I looked up and saw my friends and the look on their faces wasn’t good,”...
Franklin Regional’s Tragesser siblings reach WPIAL finalsVideo
Franklin Regional senior Chuck Tragesser has played at historic Oakmont Country Club before. He knows how tough it is and how to attack it. So what advice did he offer his sister Caroline when she competed in the WPIAL Class AAA girls individual championship Oct. 8? “Don’t let it get...
New Hampton volleyball coach ‘strong leader’
Annie Bozzo is Hampton’s third girls volleyball coach in as many years, but the transition appears to be smooth. The undefeated Talbots were in first place in Section 5-AAA with an 8-0 mark (9-0 overall) following a 3-1 win over Knoch on Oct. 6. “It is hard to restart each...
Hampton senior Resch vocal leader for volleyball team
For the past two years, Hampton’s Julia Resch has drawn loud cheers before her volleyball matches even start. She has received stadium-wide applause at football games and from packed gyms before basketball games. Resch is a golden-throated senior who performs the national anthem before the Talbots’ matches and then anchors...
Gage Galuska part of turnaround season for Hampton football
Hampton three-sport senior Gage Galuska plays football in the fall, wrestles in the winter and runs track in the spring. Other than a two-week stretch in early June, he is always on the go. But in the second half against Greensburg Salem in Week 4 on Oct. 2, he really...
Trib HSSN’s Week 5 top performers for passing, rushing, receiving
Top performers for Week 5 high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 343 - Joey Daniels, Mt. Lebanon (16 of 20) 332 - Cadin Olsen, Armstrong (18 of 28) 324 - Gavin Miller, West Allegheny (27 of 46) 300 - Ethan Dahlem, Upper St. Clair (18 of 23) 271 -...
WPIAL Class 3A roundup: No. 1 Central Valley routs No. 4 Keystone Oaks
Central Valley continued its assault on Class 3A opponents Friday night. Landon Alexander ran for 202 yards and two touchdowns to lead top-ranked Central Valley to a 65-14 victory against No. 4 Keystone Oaks (3-2, 2-1) in the Northwestern 6 Conference. The Warriors (5-0, 3-0) scored six first-half touchdowns before...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 9, 2020
Football Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Baldwin 37, Hempfield 34 Mt. Lebanon 37, Central Catholic 30 North Allegheny 49, Norwin 13 Seneca Valley 31, Canon-McMillan 17 Class 5A Allegheny Six South Fayette 23, Bethel Park 7 Upper St. Clair 34, West Allegheny 13 Big East Latrobe 29, Connellsville 26 Woodland...
WPIAL Class 2A roundup: Thad Gray leads Western Beaver past Brentwood
Thad Gray ran for the game’s first three touchdowns as Western Beaver earned a 35-22 victory over Brentwood (3-2, 2-1) to stay atop the Class 2A Three Rivers Conference on Friday night. Gray finished with 73 rushing yards for Western Beaver (4-0, 3-0). Jase Keib paced Brentwood’s offense with 164...
WPIAL Class A roundup: California’s Zuzak runs for 440 yards, 7 TDs in victory
Jaedan Zuzak ran for 440 yards and seven touchdowns to lead unbeaten California to a 65-22 victory against Jefferson-Morgan (2-3, 2-3) in the Class A Tri-County South Conference on Friday night. Damani Stafford added 112 rushing yards and one touchdown for the Trojans (4-0, 4-0). Burgettstown 29, Cornell 14 —...
WPIAL Class 6A roundup: Baldwin, Seneca Valley earn key wins
Colton Brain threw for 201 yards and three touchdowns to lead Baldwin to a 37-34 victory against Hempfield (1-4, 1-4) in a Class 6A Conference game Friday night. C.J. Robbins scored on passes of 64 and 67 yards — his only receptions of the game — while Luke Loeffert ran...
Mt. Lebanon shows grit, rallies to beat Central Catholic
The night might not have started the way Mt. Lebanon wanted, but it sure did finish the way they liked, as the Blue Devils rallied from a 17-point first-half deficit to beat Central Catholic, 37-30, on Friday night in a Class 6A game at Graham Field in Wilkinsburg. “These are...
WPIAL Class 5A roundup: Upper St. Clair tops West Allegheny in Allegheny 6
Ethan Dahlem threw for 300 yards and two touchdowns and ran for two more TDs to lead Upper St. Clair to a 37-27 triumph over West Allegheny (3-2, 1-2) in Class 5A Allegheny 6 Conference play Friday night. David Pantelis caught seven passes for 138 yards and two touchdowns while...
Woodland Hills regroups, thumps Franklin Regional
Franklin Regional opened Friday’s WPIAL Class 5A Big East Conference game against Woodland Hills with a trick play. It caught Woodland Hills’ defense by surprise. The end-around pass from wide receiver Mario Sarnic to fellow wide receiver Jeffrey Downs had the Woodland Hills defense fooled. It was designed to be...
Penn Hills grinds out tough victory over conference foe North Hills
North Hills was looking to stay atop the Class 5A Northeast Conference when it met Penn Hills on Friday night. Penn Hills, meanwhile, was hoping to bounce back after being shut out the previous week. In a defensive struggle, Penn Hills (2-3, 2-1) outlasted North Hills (2-3, 2-1), 14-7. “We...
WPIAL Class 4A roundup: No. 4 Plum stays unbeaten with win over Hampton
Ryan Hubner threw for 178 yards and a 62-yard touchdown pass to Reed Martin as No. 4 Plum scored a 20-7 victory over Hampton (3-2, 3-2) in the Class 5A Greater Allegheny Conference on Friday night. Martin caught five passes for 105 yards for the Mustangs (5-0, 5-0). Logan Brooks...
Unbeaten Elizabeth Forward hangs on, beats South Allegheny in double OT
Over the course of a season, there are games that test a team like no other. Injuries, a tough opponent and a star running back can give that kind of challenge to any team with championship aspirations. Elizabeth Forward got all of that and then some from South Allegheny on...
Thomas Jefferson leans on ground game in win over Laurel Highlands
After Thomas Jefferson (4-0, 4-0) finished walloping Laurel Highlands (1-4, 1-3), coach Bill Cherpak addressed his team and simply said, “We played like we should,” and then called the team into a huddle. After a win like that, Cherpak didn’t have to say much. The Jaguars dismantled the Mustangs, 58-0,...
Devin Whitlock’s record touchdown helps Belle Vernon run through Ringgold
There’s no doubting Belle Vernon’s Devin Whitlock’s athletic talent. Now, the junior will hold a place in Leopards history as well. Whitlock scored four first-half touchdowns and found himself in the record books, returning an interception 105 yards on the final play of the half as Belle Vernon Area trounced...
Top-ranked North Allegheny rolls past Norwin
A late arrival by North Allegheny to Westmoreland County didn’t manage to derail the WPIAL’s No. 1-ranked Class 6A football team on Friday night at Norwin. Chalk it up to experience in matters like these: When the lights go on for North Allegheny, they generally go out for the Tigers’...
