Michael Love stories, Page 96

The section schedules in each of the four WPIAL girls soccer classifications are to conclude Oct. 20. The WPIAL soccer committee will meet the next day to set the playoff field. A lot of games will be played over the next couple of weeks in what has become an unprecedented...

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...

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...

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...

Austin Long is optimistic. The head baseball coach at the Community College of Allegheny County Boyce Campus in Monroeville hopes the team can return to game action in the spring after last spring’s season was wiped out at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Ongoing issues with the pandemic also...

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...

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....

Springdale football coach Seth Napierkowski emphasized to his team before Friday’s game with Greensburg Central Catholic not to take the Centurions lightly. He said his players responded. Fueled by the return of junior quarterback Legend Ausk, the Dynamos weapons on both sides of the ball combined to pull away from...

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 win....

The wait is over. More than four months after ground broke on the stadium project to install an artificial turf field, replace the track and upgrade other areas at Burrell’s Buccaneers Stadium, soccer and football teams will get the chance to compete on the new surface. The first game is...

The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League is winding toward the end of the varsity regular season, and the teams continue to battle for positioning in the team standings. Montour and Seneca Valley remain at the top of the standings at 9-1. The only blemishes on each team’s record came in...

Ryan Hubner Plum, sr., QB Run plus pass equals win for the Mustangs signal caller so far in 2020. Against Mars last Friday, Hubner tossed a pair of touchdowns to Reed Martin and added a rushing score as Plum scored a convincing 49-21 road victory. He accounted for 176 total...

Class 5A northeast North Hills (1-2, 1-0) at Kiski Area (1-1, 0-1) 7 p.m. Friday, Richard J. Dilts Stadium, Allegheny Township Cavaliers standout Kenny Blake, hobbled by a sprained ankle early in Saturday’s loss to Penn Hills, returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown before leaving the game. Assistant coach...

First he got the call. Then he got the hit. Former Plum standout Alex Kirilloff recorded his first Major League hit Wednesday afternoon in the Minnesota Twins’ wild card matchup with the Houston Astros at Minnesota’s Target Field. Kirilloff delivered in the bottom of the fourth, scorching a pitch from...

With two weeks and six games in the books, the Fox Chapel girls soccer team is making its mark in and out of Section 3-AAAA. The Foxes are 6-0 overall and 5-0 in the section. They stepped away from section play Tuesday and edged former section foe North Allegheny 2-1...

The Burrell girls soccer team has hit the road in the early part of the season, waiting to play on the new turf field at Buccaneers Stadium. That wait is coming to an end. The Bucs, 4-0 overall and in Section 2-AA, are scheduled to play their home opener at...

With two weeks of section and nonsection matches in the books, WPIAL girls volleyball teams in all four classifications prepare to turn their attention to the stretch run in October that leads to the scheduled start of the WPIAL playoffs the week of Oct. 26. The Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches...

Carsen Engleka was making his case for playing time last year at quarterback in the Gateway offense when a bad break ended his sophomore season. The Gators’ 5-foot-11, 180-pound signal caller, a backup to starter Bryson Venanzio early in the 2019 season, was under center in the latter stages of...

With a mix of experienced and younger players this fall, the Gateway girls tennis team hopes to continue its overall development with matches that will help it both now and in the future. “We have different skill levels throughout the team, and everyone is really supportive of each other,” senior...

Apollo-Ridge will have a rare, midseason bye week coming up because Summit Academy opted out of the season. With the Vikings steamrolling three consecutive opponents — Ligonier Valley, Freeport and Burrell — coach John Skiba doesn’t want his team to lose any momentum. “We’re not happy about it, but it...

Lauren Dugan isn’t taking any of her volleyball practices or matches for granted this fall. The Riverview senior middle hitter said the uncertainty of whether there would be a season because of the ongoing pandemic was a real concern. When the PIAA gave all fall sports teams the green light...

The Plum girls volleyball team made the WPIAL Class AAAA playoffs in 2017, going 7-5 in section play. The past two years, however, were not as successful as a young group both seasons struggled to find its way in the section and went a combined 3-21. But with a wealth...

Plum averaged 42 points in Greater Allegheny Conference victories over Greensburg Salem and Indiana. The Mustangs kept rolling Friday with seven more touchdowns in a 49-21 victory over Mars in a conference clash of undefeated teams at the Mars Athletic Complex. “We talked all week about the hype surrounding Mars...