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H.S. football notebook: Jeannette defense getting offensive
Jeannette’s defense is starting to reveal its athleticism and potential. The Class A third-ranked Jayhawks recorded two defensive touchdowns for the second straight week. After allowing 34 points to Clairton in Week 1, Jeannette has yielded six points. Kaelan Piscar returned a blocked punt 10 yards for a score, and...
Trib HSSN state football rankings for Sept. 29, 2020
In Week 4 of the state football rankings, it’s time to welcome some members of District 12 to the 2020 football season. Officials with the Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced last week that, like the Big Ten in college football, they have changed their mind and will allow schools in the...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 29, 2020
Cross country Boys Tuesday’s results WPIAL Class 3A Section 1 Latrobe 19, Hempfield 42 Norwin 22, Hempfield 37 Penn-Trafford 27, Ligonier Valley 28 Section 3 Hampton 15, Butler 49 Section 6 Mt. Lebanon 19, Peters Township 46 Mt. Lebanon 15, Trinity 50 Peters Township 17, Trinity 42 Class 2A Section...
High school roundup for Sept. 29, 2020: South Park wins Class 2A showdown
Nora Ozimek scored the winning goal and Ali Miklos recorded her sixth straight shutout to lead No. 4 South Park (6-0, 5-0) to a 1-0 victory over No. 5 Brownsville (4-2, 4-1) in a nonsection girls soccer match Tuesday night. Ambridge 2, Quaker Valley 1 (OT) – Rachel Guthrie and...
Undefeated Fox Chapel works way through rigorous schedule
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...
Norwin soccer player tackles challenges presented by cystic fibrosis
While most students are still sleeping, hours away from their phone alarm sounding to get them up for school, Sydney Willig is up before the sun, wide awake and confronting a disease. She sits up in bed while wearing a vibrating vest, uses two nebulizers and takes numerous medications —...
Westmoreland girls soccer notebook: Loaded with underclassmen, Latrobe on the rise
Latrobe has senior leadership on the soccer field but don’t sleep on the underclassmen who have blended in well and could spell a bright future for the program. “Our team dynamics have shifted quite drastically,” Wildcats girls coach Jamie Morrison said. Latrobe lost only two players to graduation in Madison...
A-K Valley girls soccer notebook: Burrell looking forward to homecoming
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...
Yough quarterback Tristan Waldier suffers another season-ending injury
In a couple of days, Yough went from not-so-bad news to the worst news of all regarding their starting quarterback. For the second straight year, Tristan Waldier will have his season cut short by a knee injury. Waldier, who injured his right knee in Friday night’s 41-9 loss to South...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 28, 2020
Field hockey Monday’s result WPIAL Nonsection Penn-Trafford 6, Hempfield 3 Golf Boys Monday’s results WPIAL individual championships Class 3A Semifinals At Indiana Country Club Par 71 (Top 18 advance to finals) Noah Oliver, Armstrong, 73. Chuck Tragesser, Franklin Regional, 74. Eli Yofan, Fox Chapel, 74. Adam Steinmetz, North Allegheny, 74....
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week for Week 3
Twelve years ago, these Eagles were an endangered species. It was so bad near the end of the 2008 football season, one of the cheerleaders had to suit up to guarantee the team would have enough players. Avella has seen better times since then, but it is a Class A...
High school roundup for Sept. 28, 2020: Brashear boys soccer stuns Bethel Park
Paul Chambers, Kalala Iraqi and Exauce Mugomoka scored to lead Brashear (1-2, 1-2) to a 3-2 victory over Bethel Park (2-3-1, 2-3-1) in Section 2-4A boys soccer Monday. It was Brashear’s first section win in three years. Belle Vernon 6, Laurel Highlands 4 – Daniel Sassak had a hat trick,...
Plum boys soccer takes down top-ranked Franklin Regional
Plum senior forward D.D. Flowers thinks his team has as good a chance as anyone to compete for a WPIAL title in Class 3A. After upsetting the two-time defending WPIAL champions, the Mustangs certainly strengthened their case. Flowers had a goal and assisted on another as No. 3 Plum took...
OLSH basketball standout Dante Spadafora picks West Liberty State
Dante Spadafora helped Our Lady of the Sacred Heart to consecutive WPIAL Class 2A titles, but he still has some business to finish. The senior would like to make it three titles in the winter. The team also was denied a shot at PIAA title because of the coronavirus and...
Deer Lakes boys soccer gets back on track with much-needed section win over Burrell
The Deer Lakes boys soccer team was looking to rebound from its first loss of the season, and its Section 2-2A contest against Burrell on Monday was exactly what the Lancers were looking for. Deer Lakes (3-1, 3-1) passed the ball around Burrell (2-1, 2-1), maintained possession throughout the game...
Trib HSSN WPIAL boys and girls soccer rankings for Sept. 28, 2020
Through Saturday’s games Girls Class 4A 1. Fox Chapel (5-0) 2. Peters Township (4-0) 3. Butler (5-0) 4. North Allegheny (4-1) 5. Mt. Lebanon (3-1) Class 3A 1. Mars (5-0) 2. Plum (4-0) 3. Belle Vernon (4-1) 4. Connellsville (3-0) 5. Franklin Regional (5-0) Class 2A 1. North Catholic (4-0)...
Erie McDowell football player still in coma in Pittsburgh hospital
Erie McDowell High School senior football player Jonathan “Johnny” Heubel is still recovering from two brain surgeries in a medically induced coma in a Pittsburgh hospital. Megan Heubel, Johnny’s mother, recently posted an update on his condition. “Our sweet Johnny he’s fighting and he is fighting hard!!!!,” the post said....
Volleyball coaches association releases weekly rankings, players of the week
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...
Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week for Week 3
The last time Plum defeated Mars in football was 1955. Dwight Eisenhower was president, a gallon of gas was 23 cents and minimum wage was $1 an hour. Sixty years later in 2015, the Mustangs started the season 4-0, marking the last time Plum qualified for the WPIAL playoffs. Advance...
This week’s Trib HSSN broadcasts
As the temperature slowly drops and the calendar changes from September to October, the fall sports action heats up this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We hit the midway point of the regular season with Week 4 of the high school football season with 34 video and...
Shaler freshman Joey Miller shows poise at section tournament
Knowing the target score didn’t rankle Shaler Area freshmen golfer Joey Miller. Carding a par on the 402-yard 18th hole during the Section 3-AAA tournament Sept. 21 at North Park would allow Miller to finish with an 8-over par 80 and march on to the WPIAL Class AAA semifinals. Miller...
New coach working to build Penn Hills girls tennis program
The Penn Hills girls tennis team has a new voice leading the program as Rich Parks takes over for Jack Kowalski, who coached the program for over two decades. Parks is the father of Richard Parks, who graduated from Penn Hills in 2011 after having a decorated tennis career. Parks...
Penn Hills goes back to basics after early season losses
Penn Hills football captured the WPIAL and PIAA Class 5A championships two seasons ago and found itself back in the WPIAL playoffs last season. This season got off to a bumpy start as the Indians opened with two nonconference losses. Even after being outscored 53-13 in the first two games,...
With weapons galore, Gateway QB Carsen Engleka making strong return from broken arm
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...
Gateway tennis building winning culture with more experienced lineup
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...
