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WPIAL boys and girls soccer rankings for Sept. 21, 2020
WPIAL soccer rankings (Through Saturday’s games) Girls Class 4A 1. Fox Chapel (2-0) 2. North Allegheny (2-0) 3. Pine-Richland (0-1) 4. Peters Township (2-0) 5. Norwin (1-2) Class 3A 1. Mars (3-0) 2. Plum (2-0) 3. Belle Vernon (2-1) 4. Oakland Catholic (2-0) 5. Connellsville (2-0) Class 2A 1. North...
Top-ranked girls volleyball teams keep positions in coaches rankings
WPIAL girls volleyball competition turns to Week 2, and section races are heating up in the four classifications. The top-ranked teams in each class from last week’s preseason Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association top-10 poll — North Allegheny (Class AAAA), Franklin Regional (Class AAA), North Catholic (Class AA) and Bishop...
Gov. Wolf vetoes House Bill 2787, leaving high school sports spectators in limbo
Gov. Tom Wolf followed through on his promise Monday and vetoed legislation that would have let school districts set their own attendance limits for sports. Now what? The primary sponsor of the bill, state Rep. Mike Reese, said he expects the General Assembly to override Wolf’s veto and give schools...
Hempfield brings back wrestling coach Vince DeAugustine
Hempfield Area School District board hired a familiar face to coach its wrestling team at Monday’s meeting. By a vote of 7-0, the board hired board member Vince DeAugustine as its coach. DeAugustine did not vote on the motion. DeAugustine coached at Norwin the past two seasons, where he helped...
High school schedules for Sept. 21, 2020
High schools Football Monday’s schedule WPIAL Nonconference Kiski Area at Connellsville, 7 p.m. Soccer Boys Monday’s schedule Class 2A Section 4 New Brighton at Hopewell, 8 p.m. Class A Section 1 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart at Neshannock, 7 p.m. Section 2 Winchester Thurston at Serra Catholic, 7 p.m....
This week’s Trib HSSN broadcasts
As summer turns to autumn, we celebrate with plenty of high school fall sports action this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We turn our attention to Week 3 of the high school football season with 37 video and audio broadcasts with a special Monday night edition,...
Trib HSSN High School Football Player of the Week for Week 2
Keystone Oaks coach Greg Perry has a reputation of being a “quarterback whisperer.” In his successful career as an assistant and head coach at Seton LaSalle and Keystone Oaks, he has coached standout scholastic quarterbacks such as Bruce Gradkowski, Bill Stull, Luke Brumbaugh, Tyler Perone and Alex Smith. All of...
Alle-Kiski Valley flush with volleyball prowess
When Plum girls volleyball coach Kelsey Bonk observed her team’s senior night ceremony Thursday before a match with McKeesport, she was reminded of the potential for the season with a rather experienced squad. The Mustangs, who dropped to Class AAA in the offseason, feature eight seniors, including 6-foot-2 all-state middle...
Kiski Area football deals with ‘weird’ times in prep for Monday night game
The Kiski Area football team is in an interesting position. The Cavaliers didn’t play their second game of the season Friday, as many teams did. Actually, they haven’t even played their first. Because of a coronavirus exposure, the Cavaliers shut down in-person football practices Sept. 1. They postponed their first...
Penn Hills girls volleyball looks to develop new leaders this season
With the departure of a handful of seniors, sophomore outside hitter Sarah Miller will not only be called upon to excel on the court but will be asked to fill a leadership role on Penn Hills volleyball team. Penn Hills, which only won three matches last season, dropped from Section...
Gateway runners stay dedicated to lowering times throughout season
While the PIAA and WPIAL wrangled with the decision to maintain the fall sports seasons or postpone them to 2021, the Gateway boys and girls cross country teams kept churning out miles to be ready to go when called upon. Veteran Gators coach Tom LaBuff said his runners have made...
Gateway volleyball adjusts to move to Class 4A
Gateway girls volleyball coach Phil Randolph said last season ended with a framework established that can lead to a turnaround in the program’s fortunes. “Last year was one of those things where the scoreboard didn’t really tell the honest story of our season,” said Randolph, whose Gators were 4-10 in...
Paszkowski, Paris lead Shaler cross country team into promising season
Running at North Park and the river trails in Millvale helped Tyler Paszkowski and Ryan Paris pass a lot of time during quarantine. Doing so was only natural for the two Shaler Area junior cross country runners. “Training with Tyler has been great,” Paris said. “We’ve been training together since...
Shaler boys soccer adapting to change early on this season
Peering at the scoreline of the Shaler Area boys soccer team’s season opener,coach Adam Hunter doesn’t find what he anticipates seeing all season. The Titans were blanked by Fox Chapel, 3-0, in their Section 1-4A opener last Monday, conceding two goals late in the contest. What Hunter believes is that...
South Fayette, Chartiers Valley have pieces in place to return to volleyball playoffs
After a delay of a couple of weeks, the 2020 WPIAL girls volleyball season has begun. A pair of local Class AAA teams that reached the playoffs last year entered this season with great expectations. South Fayette was the Section 2-AAA champion a year ago. The Lions reached the WPIAL...
Seniors energize Brentwood volleyball team
Two impact players on the Brentwood girls volleyball team are seniors Sidney Wuenschell and Calli Kammermeier. Coach Kayla Hubsch offered her appreciation for both talented athletes. “Sidney and Calli have stepped up in the hitting positions this year and should make a big impact with both their blocking and hitting,”...
With a reloaded roster, Sewickley Academy preparing for another championship run
For the Sewickley Academy boys golf team, it’s never rebuild. It’s always reload. A year after winning PIAA and WPIAL Class AA team championships, 2020 is no different. Although the Panthers graduated WPIAL Class AA individual champion J.F. Aber, coach Win Palmer returns three of the five players who competed...
Quaker Valley golfers gain momentum after section win over Sewickley Academy
For the past seven years, the Sewickley Academy golf team has dominated its WPIAL Class AA competition, but as teams begin their 2020 season, the Panthers might have some competition. On Sept. 15, Quaker Valley shocked the Panthers and defeated their Section 9-AA opponent 193-208 at Sewickley Heights Golf Club....
Penn-Trafford’s Ford on record-breaking run: ‘It’s crazy to think no one can break it’
When Brad Ford lined up at quarterback in the wildcat formation against Latrobe at the Penn-Trafford 1-yard line, all he was looking for was some yardage to get the offense away from its own end zone. “It was 128 X Go; it’s supposed to be a pass play,” said Ford,...
Penn-Trafford girls golf showing marked improvement
It’s a game plan Penn-Trafford girls’ golf coach Ed Herbst has followed for years. “I just want them to improve every time they step on the course,” Herbst said. “It’s rare that we start the section season with two losses, but we did. But we defeated one of those teams.”...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 19, 2020
Football Saturday’s results WPIAL Class A Big Seven Shenango 44, Fort Cherry 0 Eastern Jeannette 55, Riverview 6 Springdale 40, Bishop Canevin 20 Nonconference Western Beaver 22, Beaver 14 Monday’s schedule WPIAL Nonconference Kiski Area at Connellsville, 7 p.m. Saturday’s summaries Class A Big 7 Shenango 44, Fort Cherry 0...
High school football roundup for Sept. 19, 2020: Another big night for Shenango’s Watkins
Thanks to the coronavirus-shortened schedule in place in the WPIAL this season, it’s going to be hard for WPIAL standouts to put up the kind of numbers they’re accustomed to. Shenango’s Reis Watkins doesn’t need a full, 10-game slate to put up an eye-popping stat line, however. Watkins surpassed the...
Butler’s Singleton, Moon’s Cochran among winners at Red, White and Blue Classic
Butler’s C.J. Singleton recorded the fastest time of all runners who competed in the 18th annual Red, White and Blue Classic at White Oak Park in White Oak on Saturday afternoon. Singleton’s time of 15 minutes, 45 seconds was fast enough to earn first place in the Class 3A boys...
High school roundup for Sept. 19, 2020: North Allegheny girls soccer trips up Norwin in OT
Lucia Wells and Abigail Stager scored to lead No. 5 North Allegheny (2-0, 1-0) to a 2-1 overtime victory in a nonconference matchup of ranked girls soccer teams Saturday. Lacey Bernick scored for No. 1 Norwin, which lost its second straight game. Bentworth 9, East Allegheny 1 – Reagan Schreiber...
5 things we learned in Week 2 of high school football
With Friday night’s win over Mt. Lebanon, a team Canon-McMillan hadn’t defeated in 12 years, the Big Macs bolstered their playoff chances. Well, maybe. At this point, just assuming there is a postseason is risky, but nobody can describe with certainty what the WPIAL playoff picture for Class 6A might...
