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Central Catholic leads 6A all-conference team; Canon-Mac’s Evans top coach
Central Catholic, North Allegheny and Pine-Richland finished tied as tri-champions in WPIAL Class 6A, but the Vikings ran away with the all-conference vote. The conference coaches awarded first-team all-conference honors to nine Central Catholic players, including four linemen. North Allegheny placed six players on the first team and Pine-Richland had...
Ligonier Valley to play Richland for District 6 title
The District 6 Class 2A championship game between No. 1 seed Richland (11-0) and No. 2 Ligonier Valley (12-0) will take place at 7 p.m. Friday at Mansion Park in Altoona. These teams squared off in the 2018 District 6 title game with Richland rallying for a 21-12 victory. Richland...
WPIAL releases sites for Class 5A, 2A football semifinals
The sites and times are set for the semifinals Friday and the four district championship games Saturday at Heinz Field as the WPIAL football playoffs continue this weekend. Entering Week 12, only two defending champions remain in the tournament field. Pine-Richland is looking for a third straight Class 6A title...
Semifinals Friday and Championship Saturday highlight a big week on Trib HSSN
The Highway to Heinz concludes, and there is one final stop on the Route to Norwin in the WPIAL football playoffs this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Our exclusive coverage of the district football playoffs continues with video feeds of the Class 5A and 2A semifinals...
Mt. Lebanon’s Patrick Anderson leads PTFCA all-state cross country team
Two-time state cross country champion Patrick Anderson was named as the sport’s male athlete of the year by the Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association. The Mt. Lebanon senior was among 10 WPIAL runners who earned all-state honors this week. North Allegheny’s John Neff was named as the girls coach...
High school schedules for Nov. 11, 2019
High schools Football WPIAL playoffs 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 Sites, times TBD Penn-Trafford (11-1) vs. Peters Township (11-1); Gateway (10-2) vs. McKeesport (9-3) Class 4A Championship Saturday’s schedule Thomas Jefferson (12-0) vs. Belle Vernon (10-1)...
WPIAL football player of the week — Week 11
With the coldest temperatures of the football season chilling the second Friday of the WPIAL postseason, most thought the below-freezing temps might prohibit teams from throwing the ball all over the frosty fields of Western Pa. Pine-Richland football coach Eric Kasperowicz was not one of them. “That’s what we do....
PIHL hockey standings through Nov. 10
Here are the PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday, Nov. 10. Exclusive coverage of the 2020 PIHL Penguins Cup hockey playoffs can be heard and viewed only here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. In Class AAA, the top eight teams qualify for the playoffs. In Class AA,...
Washington leads all-conference selections in Class 2A Century
Washington quarterback Zack Swartz, lineman Zakhi Marshall and coach Mike Bosnic won individual awards in the Class 2A Century. The Prexies led with seven first-team all-conference selections in a vote of coaches. Swartz was named as the conference’s top offensive player, Marshall was the top lineman and Bosnic earned coach...
Deer Lakes falls short but promises to come back stronger
After coming up just short in the PIAA Class AA state championship last season, the Deer Lakes boys soccer team came into 2019 with unfinished business. They set a goal for themselves to not only get back to the state championship, but to reach their first WPIAL championship and bring...
Trib HSSN PIHL Player of the Week — Nov. 11, 2019
Thursday was another day at the office for this week’s TribLIVE High School Sports Network PIHL Player of the Week. In seven games this season, South Park goalie Shane Peremba has allowed 10 goals and faced 206 shots on goal. Do the math: That’s a .951 save percentage and a...
Trib HSSN PIHL Team of the Week: Nov. 11, 2019
Last season’s semifinal loss to Pine-Richland left a sour taste in the mouths of the Latroce Icecats. Those who returned haven’t forgotten that feeling. In fact, coach Josh Werner said, those guys are using it as a chip on their shoulders and motivation to make sure it doesn’t happen again....
Balanced scoring, solid defense get Latrobe hockey off to hot start
With an experienced and balanced roster, Latrobe entered the season as one of the favorites to win a PIHL Penguins Cup Class AA championship. The Wildcats have reinforced that belief with a 5-0 start to the year. “We have a big group of seniors this year, and they are hungry...
Kiski Area wrestlers prepare for season with The Surge
Kiski Area is heading into the wrestling season in search of its fourth straight Class AAA WPIAL title, and last weekend a few Cavaliers got to test their mettle at The Surge wrestling tournament at the Pitt-Johnstown. The tournament included teams from all over the region and had some of...
PIAA releases sites for soccer, volleyball semifinals
The PIAA has released the sites and times for the soccer and girls volleyball semifinals. The WPIAL has four teams headed to the Final Four in boys soccer, girls soccer and girls volleyball. All of these matches are Tuesday. Boys soccer Class AAA semifinals: Franklin Regional vs. Lower Dauphin at...
Blocked extra point sends Ligonier Valley into District 6 title game
After sending all its games into a mercy-rule mode, the Ligonier Valley football team nearly wound up on the short end in the District 6 Class 2A semifinals Saturday night. But the Rams survived a spirited Bellwood-Antis performance to come away with a 21-20 decision and advance to their fourth...
Mars girls soccer team rolls past West Allegheny in PIAA playoffs
The Mars girls soccer team has been dominant against WPIAL opponents all season, and in its final meeting against a district foe this season, it wasted little time establishing the tone. The Fightin’ Planets scored twice in the first five minutes Saturday, which went a long way towards breaking a...
High school scores, summaries, schedules for Nov. 9, 2019
High schools Football WPIAL playoffs Championship Nov. 16 schedule Central Catholic (10-1) vs. Pine-Richland (10-1) at Heinz Field, 8 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Friday’s schedule Sites, times TBD Penn-Trafford (11-1) vs. Peters Township (11-1); Gateway (10-2) vs. McKeesport (9-3) Class 4A Championship Nov. 16 schedule Thomas Jefferson (12-0) vs. Belle...
Mercyhurst Prep’s Jarrett Harry nets hat trick to propel Lakers past Deer Lakes.
The Deer Lakes boys soccer team wanted an opportunity to avenge its WPIAL Class AA championship loss to Quaker Valley. A win Saturday at Slippery Rock would have given the Lancers that shot. But they ran into Jarrett Harry and Mercyhurst Prep in the PIAA quarterfinals. The relentless junior forward...
Knoch volleyball sweeps Franklin Regional to move into state semifinals
The Knoch girls volleyball team swept Franklin Regional when the teams met in the WPIAL Class AAA semifinals last week. The Panthers hoped to turn the tables on the Knights as they faced off again Saturday, this time with a berth in the PIAA semifinals on the line. But Knoch,...
Westmoreland football notebook: ‘Lights out’ Penn-Trafford defense leads way
Upper St. Clair junior quarterback Ethan Dahlem is a nightmare to defend. He makes plays with his legs and right arm. If you don’t corral him, he runs around in the backfield and finds an open receiver or a lane to run through. Penn-Trafford’s defense did a good enough job...
Freeport volleyball sweeps Beaver, moves into PIAA semifinalsVideo
The Freeport girls volleyball team is returning to a familiar place. The Yellowjackets fired on all cylinders Saturday in a 3-0 sweep of Beaver in a PIAA Class AA quarterfinal at Shaler, and they will play in the state semifinals for the third year in a row. “We always talk...
Ward golden for Greensburg Central Catholic boys in PIAA quarterfinals
It looked like Springdale had rendered Greensburg Central Catholic senior standout Nate Ward powerless for the better part of 82 minutes Saturday afternoon. As it turns out, Ward was biding his time before delivering another gem to extend the Centurions’ season. The Indiana recruit has a penchant for the dramatic...
Nemeth’s goal the difference as GCC clips Freedom in PIAA Class A quarters
Somehow, Sam Nemeth managed to hoof the ball into the net. Somehow, Greensburg Central Catholic overcame a shortened bench. Some way, the Centurions are headed back to the PIAA semifinals. “It all happened so fast,” said Nemeth, a senior midfielder who provided all the offense GCC needed in a defensively...
Five things we learned in high school football Week 11
With another celebration at Heinz Field, Central Catholic or Pine-Richland can call itself the team of the decade in the WPIAL’s largest classification. For now, both could make that claim. Each team has won the WPIAL’s largest classification three times since 2010, tying them with North Allegheny (2010-12) during that...
