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High school roundup for Nov. 12, 2019: North Catholic hockey edges South Park to stay unbeaten
Quinten Shaffer scored the tiebreaking goal in second period to lead North Catholic to a 2-1 victory over South Park in PIHL hockey Tuesday night. Jonathan Felouzisi also scored and Chris McFayden made 28 saves for North Catholic (6-0-0). Garrett Brecosky scored and Shane Peremba stopped 39 shots for South...
North Allegheny keeps hopes of PIAA volleyball 3-peat alive
The North Allegheny girls volleyball team captured PIAA gold the past two seasons, and the Tigers will go after their third consecutive crown and sixth in program history after defeating Landisville Hempfield 3-1 in a Class AAAA semifinal match Tuesday at Altoona High School. The Tigers improved to 21-1 overall...
North Catholic volleyball gets vengeance, defeats Freeport in PIAAs
The day after North Catholic girls volleyball lost to Freeport in the WPIAL Class AA finals by surrendering a 2-0 lead, coach Amanda Fetter told her players they deserved to have a banner hanging in the gymnasium, and the only one left to get was a PIAA banner. The Trojans...
Lower Dauphin freezes out Franklin Regional in PIAA semifinals
ALTOONA — Another state semifinal, another loss for the Franklin Regional boys soccer team. But not for the lack of a superb effort did the Panthers succumb on Tuesday night to District 3 champion Lower Dauphin in the PIAA Class AAA semifinals. The Falcons, taking advantage of several rare opportunities...
Palmyra ends Knoch’s volleyball season in state semifinals
Things started well for the Knoch girls volleyball team in Tuesday’s PIAA Class AAA semifinal against Palmyra at Altoona High School. The Knights outlasted the Cougars 27-25 in a competitive first game and hoped to build on the gained momentum. But the District 3 champion didn’t waver. Palmyra, undefeated in...
Taylor Hamlett’s hat trick carries Mars into state championship game
If being able to score a big goal in a big game is the mark of a clutch soccer player, what does that make Mars’ Taylor Hamlett? She always scores more than one. Hamlett scored multiple goals for the fourth consecutive playoff game, netting a hat trick to help Mars...
Two WPIAL teams drop out, one jumps into PIAA rankings as state playoffs kick off
Six teams were bounced from the Trib HSSN state rankings on the brink of the start of the PIAA postseason. Two teams from the WPIAL and two from District 12 were among the six that saw their hopes of both a district title and eventually a state championship end with...
Westmoreland H.S. athletes of the week: Greensburg Central Catholic’s Carlo Denis and Franklin Regional’s Aly Kindelberger
Carlo Denis School: Greensburg Central Catholic Sport: Soccer Class: Freshman Claim to fame: Denis, who has 24 goals on the season, scored three times to lead Greensburg Central Catholic (17-3-1) to a 6-1 win over Iroquois in the first round of the PIAA Class A playoffs Nov. 5. “I think...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Knoch’s Skylar Burkett and Fox Chapel’s Colby Zmenkowski
Skylar Burkett Class: Senior School: Knoch Sport: Volleyball Report card: Burkett totaled 22 kills in Knoch’s two 3-0 sweeps in the PIAA playoffs last week. The Knights topped South Fayette in the first round and Franklin Regional in the quarterfinals. Burkett is an outside hitter and setter, and she possesses...
George Guido: ‘Miracle at the Park’ turns 25
Happy 25th anniversary to the “Miracle at the Park” game. Chosen in a Valley News Dispatch readers’ poll as the most memorable moment in local sports history, the game has become nothing less than local folklore a quarter-century later. Riverview defeated Jefferson-Morgan, 34-28 in overtime, to cap an incredible comeback....
PIAA postpones Tuesday’s state soccer semifinals at Hampton, Slippery Rock
Snow-covered fields forced the PIAA to postpone Tuesday’s soccer semifinals at Hampton and Slippery Rock. The two doubleheaders were rescheduled for Wednesday at the same sites. In Class A, the Shady Side Academy girls play Greensburg Central Catholic at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Hampton. The Greensburg Central Catholic boys follow...
High school scores, summaries, schedules for Nov. 11, 2019
Football WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship Saturday’s schedule Central Catholic (10-1) vs. Pine-Richland (10-1) at Heinz Field, 8 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Friday’s schedule Penn-Trafford (11-1) vs. Peters Township (11-1) at West Mifflin, 7 p.m.; Gateway (10-2) vs. McKeesport (9-3) at Greensburg Salem, 7 p.m. Class 4A Championship Saturday’s schedule...
High school roundup for Nov. 11, 2019: Seneca Valley hockey stays undefeated
Tyler Kovac and Austin Albert each had a goal and an assist and Robbie Halyama made 16 saves as Seneca Valley (6-0-0) stayed unbeaten with a PIHL Class AAA victory over Canon-McMillan (4-3-0) on Monday night. Upper St. Clair 3, Central Catholic 2 — Devin Rohrich scored twice and Jacon...
WPIAL Football Team of the Week: Week 11
Sesame Street once had a song that began, “One of these things is not like the other.” When you look at the eight teams that will be playing for WPIAL football gold on Saturday at Heinz Field, six teams are no stranger to playing on the North Shore in November....
Franklin Regional gets dose of perspective on eve of PIAA soccer semifinal
Franklin Regional’s boys soccer team practiced Monday evening under the lights in Murrysville as Veterans Day faded into night. It was the eve of the state semifinals and the Panthers had a fairly light, non-contact workout. Coach Rand Hudson, however, saw fit to make the gathering about more than one-touch...
Midwestern: New Brighton’s Francona, Western Beaver’s Altenbaugh lead all-conference team
New Brighton receiver Jake Francona and Western Beaver linebacker Zach Altenbaugh earned MVP honors this season in the Midwestern Athletic Conference. The two seniors lead a coaches’ all-conference team announced Monday. Riverside senior Nate Sciarro appeared four times, earning all-conference honors as a wide receiver, defensive back, kicker and punter....
Freeport volleyball set for high-stakes rematch with North Catholic
As the Freeport girls volleyball team was taking care of Beaver on Saturday in a PIAA Class AA quarterfinal at Shaler, North Catholic and defending PIAA champion Bald Eagle Area squared off for another spot in the state semifinals. The Yellowjackets’ sweep of the Bobcats propelled them into the PIAA...
PIAA soccer, volleyball semifinals make for a big Tuesday
(Note: Tuesday’s PIAA soccer semifinals at Hampton and Slippery Rock were postponed to Wednesday.) Is there a better rivalry in the WPIAL than Greensburg Central Catholic vs. Shady Side Academy in girls soccer? The two have combined to dominate the decade with GCC winning five WPIAL and two PIAA championships...
Road to Hershey opens for business as state playoffs kick off this weekend
While the focus this week for WPIAL football fans is on the finish to the Highway to Heinz and the final stop on the Route to Norwin, the 2019 PIAA playoffs kick off this weekend. The district semifinals on Friday and championship games on Saturday are all part of the...
Springdale boys soccer set to build on successful season
Over the course of the past three seasons, the Springdale boys soccer team has proved itself to be one of the best in WPIAL Class A. The Dynamos made a WPIAL playoff appearance in all three years and were on the cusp of a WPIAL championship in 2017 before losing...
Playing through injuries solidified Knoch volleyball team’s depth
At practice Monday, Knoch girls volleyball players sat on the gym floor in a circle around coach Diane Geist as they prepared for their state semifinal opponent, District 3 champion Palmyra. The Knights are in the PIAA semifinals for the third year in a row and will be seeking an...
Standout Freeport pitcher Jarrett Heilman gives verbal commitment to Mercyhurst
Jarrett Heilman is busy preparing for his final high school baseball season with a Freeport, which returns numerous starters and key contributors from last spring’s run to a Section 1-3A title and the PIAA playoffs. But when the senior pitcher hangs up his Yellowjackets uniform for the final time, he...
Northern: Penn Hills lands 9 players, coach on 1st-team, all-conference list
Penn Hills had nine players voted first-team all-conference by coaches including eight on the defensive side of the football. The Indians swept the defensive back spots with Dylan Bennett, Dontae Pollard, Aakeem Snell, Noel Roach and Anthony Grimes all making the list. Penn Hills’ Jon LeDonne repeated as conference coach...
Big East: 9 from Penn-Trafford voted 1st-team all-conference, Ruane top coach
bPenn-Trafford went undefeated in the regular season and dominated the Big East once again Monday in the all-conference voting. The Warriors had nine players earn first-team honors and John Ruane was named as the coach of the year. Conference coaches vote on the awards. The results were announced Monday. FIRST-TEAM...
Allegheny 8: Peters Township leads all-conference voting with 8 on 1st team
Moon went from one conference win to a share of the Allegheny Eight title, a turnaround that earned Ryan Linn conference coach of the year honors. Co-champion Peters Township led with eight first-team players in voting conducted by conference coaches. The results were announced Monday. Bethel Park was second with...
