Michael Love stories, Page 95

Eliza Miller ran a time of 19 minutes, 24.1 seconds to place first in the girls varsity race at the season-opening Kiski Cavalier Invitational cross country meet Sept. 18 at Northmoreland Park. “I went sub-20 in my first race, and that got me really excited for the rest of the...

The WPIAL last Wednesday revealed a plan to populate the football playoff brackets and deal with unbalanced records and schedules in several of the classifications among a wider announcement of postseason strategies for fall sports. With Gateway expected to finish with four games played in the regular season — it...

The Gateway boys soccer team found itself in a playoff battle in Section 4-4A as it hoped to qualify for the WPIAL postseason for the first time since 2016. The Gators played a compacted, hectic schedule down the stretch — 10 scheduled games in 16 days — after covid-19 issues...

The WPIAL on Wednesday laid out a plan to fill playoff brackets for the six football classifications as covid-19 has canceled games and created unprecedented issues for the organization. Apollo-Ridge had a keen interest in what the WPIAL had to say. The WPIAL’s plan for Class 2A has only the...

The Riverview boys golf team capped its 2020 season in the WPIAL Class AA team semifinals at Beaver Valley Golf Club. The Raiders, in the WPIAL team playoffs for the third consecutive year, placed eighth. “We left a lot of shots out there (on the course),” Riverview coach Hal Biehl...

Charlotte Jones has one final year of swimming at Plum, and then she hopes to make her mark at the NCAA Division I level. The Mustangs senior has given a verbal commitment to continue in the sport at Long Island University-Brooklyn in the Northeast Conference. “It is a great feeling...

The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League regular season concludes this weekend as the focus begins to turn to the playoff tournament. Montour (13-1) wrapped up the regular-season title last Sunday with a doubleheader sweep of Mt Lebanon (6-6). Seneca Valley, which split an early-season doubleheader with Montour, did the same...

Lorenzo Jenkins Fox Chapel, jr., WR/DB In wins over Shaler and Kiski Area after an 0-3 start, Jenkins caught a combined 13 passes for 240 yards and six touchdowns. He is averaging 16 yards a catch this season and owns totals of 24 catches, 383 yards and seven touchdowns. On...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

After three straight WPIAL Class AA runner-up finishes, the Knoch girls tennis team hopes to break through and claim the program’s first team title. The Section 3 champion Knights, the No. 1 seed in the Class AA bracket, have a first-round bye and will begin play in the quarterfinals at...

When numerous collegiate athletic conferences cancelled or postponed fall seasons, it got Jazlyn Rozier wondering if the River States Conference, the NAIA home for the Point Park women’s volleyball team, would follow suit. “We weren’t sure that by the time school came we would have the chance to play,” said...

The Gateway boys and girls cross country teams are in the stretch run to the WPIAL championships in two weeks, and the Gators hope to take advantage of both practices and competition to sharpen their focus. “The kids have the potential to do well,” an optimistic Gateway coach Tom LaBuff...

Apollo-Ridge senior quarterback Jake Fello threw for 142 yards and a touchdown in Friday’s 42-7 Eastern Conference victory over Shady Side Academy at Owens Field. Senior Keighton Reese caught the touchdown pass from Fello and finished with four catches for 76 yards, and fellow senior Klay Fitzroy added a pair...

Livia Paoletti understands she doesn’t have many high school cross country races left. So the Plum senior is taking nothing for granted over the final weeks of her final season. “I am so happy we are able to run, especially with all the uncertainty with covid the past couple of...

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...

Montour and Seneca Valley swept doubleheaders Sunday to remain tied atop the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League standings with two games to play. There is a three-way tie for third with North Allegheny, North Hills and Bethel Park all at 7-3. They have four games remaining. North Hills and Bethel...

Ally Bauer knew what it felt like to win a WPIAL doubles championship. The Knoch sophomore teamed with the graduated Libby Conlon to claim last year’s Class AA crown. On Thursday, Bauer made it two in a row, and this time, it was a sister act as she and older...

Dean Cecere Riverview, jr., RB/LB Cecere broke out last Friday in the Raiders’ loss to Imani Christian. He led the Riverview offense with 208 rushing yards and his first three touchdowns of the season on 17 carries. Cecere added three catches for 28 yards and three kick returns for 60...

Class 5A northeast Kiski Area (1-2, 0-2) at Fox Chapel (1-3, 1-1) 7 p.m. Friday at Fox Chapel Stadium, Fox Chapel Fox Chapel hopes to keep up momentum gained from its first win of the season, a 36-21 triumph over Shaler on Friday. Quarterback Justin Rice threw for five touchdowns, giving...