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WPIAL Class AAA girls golf championship preview: Players face tough test at Oakmont Country Club
WPIAL Class AAA girls golf individual championship 10 a.m. Thursday, Oakmont Country Club, Plum 2019 champion: Isabella Walter, North Allegheny The field: 35 players will compete over 18 holes for the district championship. The player breakdown by county is: Allegheny (17), Butler (5), Westmoreland (4), Washington (4), Fayette (3), Beaver...
Gov. Wolf eases gathering restrictions with formula tied to capacity limits
Gov. Tom Wolf increased gathering-size limits for events statewide Tuesday, revealing a new formula that’s based on a percentage of a facility’s capacity rather than the 25-person indoor and 250-person outdoor restrictions previously imposed. Indoor events are limited to 10% to 20% of capacity, depending upon the venue’s size, and...
Soccer community remembers ‘Moe’ Rosensteel
They will always remember “Moe.” The WPIAL and local soccer community took time Tuesday to again honor the late Kaitlyn “Moe” Rosensteel, a former Ringgold and travel soccer standout and West Virginia Wesleyan recruit who was killed by a lightning strike — along with Greensburg Central Catholic baseball player Brendan...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 5, 2020
Field hockey Monday’s result WPIAL Class 3A North Allegheny 0, Peters Township 0 Class 2A Penn-Trafford 8, Oakland Catholic 0 Class A Shady Side Academy 5, Aquinas Academy 0 3 goals or more: Julia Moorhead, Penn-Trafford Golf Girls Monday’s results WPIAL Team championships At Connoquennessing Country Club, Ellwood City Class...
High school roundup for Oct. 5, 2020: Pine-Richland girls soccer stuns No. 2 Butler
Ava Boyd scored twice, including the tie-breaking goal in the second half, to lead help Pine-Richland (4-4-1, 3-4-1) to a 3-1 girls soccer victory over No. 2 Butler (7-1, 6-1) in Section 1-4A. Manon Rokesch also scored for the Rams. Beaver 0, Quaker Valley 0 (OT) – Ana Avdellas made...
Resurgent Norwin knocks off No. 1 Fox Chapel in girls soccer clash
For more than two decades, Norwin and Penn-Trafford have ping-ponged section titles in girls soccer. They have been section opponents for a lot longer. If it wasn’t one bringing home the hardware, it was the other. A newcomer from Allegheny County is out to change things up in the rivals’...
Burrell bounces back from first loss, shuts out rival FreeportVideo
The Burrell girls soccer team saw a 20-game Section 2-AA unbeaten streak come to an end Saturday with a loss at Shady Side Academy. But the Bucs were able to bounce back in winning fashion Monday with a 3-0 victory over Freeport on the new turf at Burrell’s Buccaneers Stadium....
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week for Week 4
In the seven years between 2010 and 2016, Serra Catholic had a combined record of 15-52 with one playoff appearance. Jose Regus took over in 2017 and since then, the Eagles are flying higher with three playoff appearances an overall record of 19-15. Could this bird of prey be ready...
Deer Lakes soccer’s Nina Lafko dealing with second torn ACL in 12 months
To have the sport you love taken away from you for a time because of a serious injury such as a torn anterior cruciate ligament can be hard reality to grasp. But to have the same injury happen just a couple of months after fully recovering from the first is...
Greensburg Central Catholic girls claim 6th straight golf title; Peters Township girls win 1st
Greensburg Central Catholic’s girls golf team added another WPIAL Class AA title to the school’s trophy case Monday. The Centurions won their sixth straight district championship by shooting an impressive 320, crushing the competition at Connoquenessing Country Club in Ellwood City. Geibel finished second, 99 shots back, with a 419....
2 WPIAL teams earn national recognition from High School Football America
Two WPIAL football teams are earning national attention. North Allegheny and Pine-Richland were among four Pennsylvania schools receiving spots in the Top 100 rankings High School Football America released Sunday. North Allegheny was ranked 35th and Pine-Richland 85th in the first list for this season. Also included was St. Joseph’s...
Montour moves to No. 1 in latest Class AAA girls volleyball coaches association rankings
There is one change at the top in this week’s Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association WPIAL girls volleyball rankings released Monday. Montour, the leader of Section 2-AAA at 7-0, takes over the top spot in Class AAA. Plum, 8-0 in Section 1-AAA, jumps five spots to No. 2 after a...
Gateway, Penn-Trafford choose Sunday night kickoff for football game
Sunday night football is coming to the WPIAL. Conference rivals Gateway and Penn-Trafford agreed to move this week’s game to 7 p.m. Sunday to give the Gators time to recover from their covid-19 shutdown. The game is at Gateway’s Antimarino Stadium. The Gators were forced to cancel last week’s game...
Trib HSSN WPIAL boys and girls soccer rankings for Oct. 5, 2020
Here’s a look at this week’s WPIAL boys and girls soccer rankings. Records are through Saturday’s games: WPIAL soccer rankings Girls Class 4A 1. Fox Chapel (8-0) 2. Butler (7-0) 3. Peters Township (5-1) 4. North Allegheny (4-2) 5. Moon (5-2) Class 3A 1. Mars (7-0) 2. Plum (7-0) 3....
10 members of WPIAL Diversity & Inclusion Council bring varied experiences
When Loran Cooley met the other individuals chosen for the first WPIAL Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Council, he noticed a long list of doctorates. “I’m probably the least qualified,” he said, laughing. Not hardly. As an African American and former head football coach at Baldwin, Cooley understands the racial landscape...
Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week for Week 4
Two years ago, Rochester was playing for a WPIAL title, which just seemed right in the small Beaver County town. Last year, an 0-7 start dropped the Rams out of the playoff chase for one of the few times in the 20 years Gene Matsook has been coach. Rochester finished...
Norwin’s Jubert wins 1st Bald Eagle Classic in preview of WPIAL course
The WPIAL recently announced a new site for its cross country championships — White Oak Park. The first Bald Eagle Cross Country Classic, hosted by the Baldwin and Serra Catholic programs on Saturday, served as a great warm-up course for the teams that competed. Norwin senior Alex Jubert certainly enjoyed...
This week’s Trib HSSN broadcasts
The first full week of October brings a chill in the air and hot high school sports action you can view or hear this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We ride into the second half of the regular season with Week 5 of high school football season...
Perennial power Freeport volleyball ‘work in progress’
The Freeport girls volleyball team on Monday begins a stretch of three games in three days and kicks off the second half of its Section 5-AAA schedule with a trip to Mars. Yellowjackets coach Tom Phillips hopes the rematch of Thursday’s five-set loss to the Planets is out of this...
4 WPIAL football teams maintain long conference streaks as Penn Hills’ ends
One of WPIAL football’s longest active conference winning streaks ended Saturday, leaving four double-digit streaks intact. Penn Hills had won 15 consecutive conference games before Saturday night’s 43-0 loss to Pine-Richland in the Class 5A Northeast. It was the first time the team lost to a conference foe since joining...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Zambruno sisters excited to play in states
Greensburg Central Catholic twin sisters Meghan and Ella Zambruno finally will get to play together in the PIAA Class AA golf championship. Meghan shot 79 to take second place, and Ella carded an 82 for third at the WPIAL championship Thursday at Allegheny Country Club, advancing the juniors to the...
WPIAL Class AAA boys golf championship preview: Field looks crowded
WPIAL Class AAA boys golf individual championship 11 a.m. Tuesday, South Hills Country Club, Whitehall 2019 champion: Scott Bitar, Fox Chapel The field: 36 players will compete for the district title in an 18-hole tournament. The player breakdown by county: Allegheny (18), Westmoreland (8), Butler (3), Washington (3), Beaver (2),...
Gateway’s Jenkins getting her kicks on soccer, football teams
Joelle Jenkins doesn’t have a slow gear when it comes to playing soccer. The Gateway senior, a physical four-year starter on defense, wouldn’t have it any other way. Dedication and drive are things that endear her to teammates, Gators coach Kelly Bender said. “Watching Joelle step into a leadership role...
Versatile Reed Martin helps Plum to unbeaten start
In Plum football’s Greater Allegheny Conference game against Mars on Sept. 25, Reed Martin never left the field. The Mustangs senior lined up at wide receiver and running back on offense and at cornerback on defense. He punted, kicked off, converted extra points and returned kicks in the 49-21 triumph....
Penn-Trafford’s Turowski makes good impression during freshman season
Penn-Trafford golfer Nick Turowski is having an impressive freshman season. He is hoping his debut high school season ends at the PIAA championship in York. He aimed to become one of the lucky 10 to advance when he and his brother Alex competed in the WPIAL individual championship Oct. 6...
