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Knoch volleyball back to full strength in first-round PIAA win over South Fayette
The last time Kennedy Christy was in the Shaler gym, she was injured on the final night of the regular season in a nonsection match against the Titans and it caused her to miss Knoch’s entire WPIAL playoff run. Christy was cleared to play Monday and made her return on...
3 WPIAL teams sit atop their class in latest Trib HSSN state football rankings
There was only one team ranked in the Trib HSSN state rankings that lost last week. It sounds like an impressive record, but seven teams enjoyed district playoff byes and did not play in Week 10. Of the teams that did suit up for postseason play, 12 of the 13...
Former WPIAL basketball star Donovan ‘Puff’ Johnson commits to North Carolina
Former WPIAL basketball star Donovan “Puff” Johnson committed Tuesday night to North Carolina, choosing a school where older brother Cameron played. The 6-foot-7 standout watched closely as his brother became a Tar Heels star over the past two seasons, and that familiarity ultimately led him to Chapel Hill. “He enjoyed...
Sullivan plays hero again, propels Deer Lakes into PIAA quarterfinals with overtime goal
Throughout their PIAA first-round matchup with District 6 champion Juniata on Tuesday, the Deer Lakes boys soccer team came within inches of scoring the go-ahead goal. Mike Sullivan hit both goalposts and the crossbar at one point. Ryan Rodgers pushed two shots wide with open space in front of him,...
McDowell ends Norwin’s girls soccer playoff run
The Norwin girls soccer team suffered a 3-2 loss to McDowell in a PIAA Class AAAA first-round matchup Tuesday night at Dollinger Field in Erie. Katelyn Kauffman and Madison Rose scored goals, helping the Knights to a 2-0 halftime lead before the Trojans stormed back with a pair of second-half...
Freeport volleyball shakes off ‘WPIAL hangover,’ cruises in first-round PIAA match
After having to come back from two-set deficits to win in the WPIAL semifinals and finals last week,the Freeport girls volleyball team had a much less stressful opening to the state playoffs. Behind a balanced attack, the Yellowjackets cruised to a 3-0 sweep of District 9 champion Brookville in the...
Westmoreland County high school athletes of the week: Franklin Regional’s Garrett Beaver, Norwin’s Katelyn Kauffman
Garrett Beaver School: Franklin Regional Sport: Soccer Year: Senior Claim to fame: Beaver scored the game-winning goal to lift No. 1 Franklin Regional (19-0-1) to a 2-1 win over No. 7 West Allegheny in the boys WPIAL Class AAA championship on Nov. 2 at Highmark Stadium. “It was an amazing...
Plum’s Jackson gives verbal commitment to Pitt volleyball
For Plum’s Makayla Jackson, Pitt is it. The Mustangs standout junior middle hitter paid an official visit to the University of Pittsburgh volleyball program over the weekend, and she came away impressed so much that she gave a verbal commitment to the Panthers. “I loved the campus and the fact...
George Guido: H.S. football season in A-K Valley provides plenty of highlights
And just like that, it was over. The 121st Alle-Kiski Valley high school football season came to a screeching halt with all three local playoff teams losing Friday night on the opening night of the postseason. This season was better than 2018, however. One reason is four local teams had...
A-K Valley high school athletes of the week: Freeport’s Isabella Russo, Riverview’s Mason Ochs
Isabella Russo Class: Sr. School: Freeport Sport: Volleyball Report card: Russo had the match-clinching kill for the Yellowjackets, who rallied after dropping the first two sets in a 3-2 win over North Catholic in the WPIAL finals Saturday at Fox Chapel. She had 17 kills in the match. Russo also...
High school scores, schedules for Nov. 4, 2019
High schools Field hockey PIAA playoffs First round Tuesday’s schedule Class AAA Downingtown West (17-5) vs. Central Dauphin (16-7) at Methacton, 6 p.m.; Wilson (21-3) vs. Peters Township (10-3-1) at Mechanicsburg, 5 p.m.; Cardinal O’Hara (14-7) vs. Owen J. Roberts (19-3) at The Proving Grounds, Conshohocken, 5 p.m.; Emmaus (24-0)...
Canon-McMillan’s Samosky, South Allegheny’s Pikula named Trib HSSN scholar-athletes of the month
The TribLive High School Sports Network is recognizing some of the best and brightest student-athletes in Western Pennsylvania. School administrators, athletic directors, coaches and teachers have the opportunity to nominate one female and one male scholar athlete to receive the TribLIVE High School Sports Network Scholar-Athlete of the Month Award....
Penn-Trafford field hockey hopes to continue surge
Penn-Trafford’s field hockey team saved its best for last. The Warriors blanked rival Latrobe, 4-0, in the WPIAL championship Oct. 29, earning their fourth consecutive Class AA title. Next up is a PIAA first-round playoff game against District 3’s Twin Valley (20-5) at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Hempfield. “The WPIAL...
WPIAL volleyball champs Freeport, Knoch eager to begin PIAA title quests
Shaler Area will be a volleyball hotspot Tuesday as WPIAL champions Freeport and Knoch open the PIAA playoffs with back-to-back matchups. The undefeated Yellowjackets (18-0) will face District 9 champion Brookville at 6 p.m., and the Knights (21-1) will battle South Fayette at 7:30. “We’re playing with so much momentum...
High school football playoff picture in districts 5, 6, 9, 10 for this weekend
While WPIAL football fans have their eyes on the Highway to Heinz and the Route to Norwin, the 2019 PIAA playoffs are taking shape with first-round action set to begin on Nov. 15 and 16. All of the district playoffs lead to the Road to Hershey, so HSSN has updates...
First PIAA-playoff appearance is ‘great opportunity’ for Plum girls soccer
The Plum girls soccer team fell short Saturday in its quest for a WPIAL Class AAA championship in its first title-game appearance. The Mustangs were not able to solve unbeaten Mars in a 4-0 loss at Highmark Stadium. But that didn’t end the season for Plum (17-2-1). It has turned...
WPIAL Football Team of the Week: Week 10
Three WPIAL schools were looking for milestone victories as well as a win to advance on opening night of the district playoffs. Greensburg Salem and North Hills will have to wait for wins No. 700 and 500, respectively. South Park, however, was able to enjoy the program’s 400th victory, a...
PIAA soccer, volleyball, field hockey playoffs begin Tuesday
The WPIAL came up empty in the PIAA girls soccer playoffs last year. Now, 11 teams begin their quest for a golden change. Tuesday marks the start of the 2019 PIAA boys and girls soccer playoffs, with first-round action throughout the commonwealth. Last season was the first time since 2014...
Springdale boys soccer looks to avenge playoff losses
It only has been two years since the Springdale boys soccer team made a run to the PIAA Class A tournament. During that 2017 season, the Dynamos lost to North Catholic in the WPIAL Class A championship game, then advanced to the state quarterfinals, losing 2-1 to District 9 champion...
Inaugural Moe Rosensteel Award to recognize WPIAL’s best girls soccer player
When the Rosensteel family tragically lost their daughter and sister, the Western Pennsylvania soccer community embraced them, consoled them and did their best to help them through the grieving process. Kaitlyn “Moe” Rosensteel died in June. Five months later, her father has formed the Kaitlyn “Moe” Rosensteel Scholarship Foundation —...
Deer Lakes boys soccer turns attention to PIAA tournament
Friday night brought a disappointing end to Deer Lakes’ quest for a WPIAL soccer championship. Now the Lancers boys turns their attention to the PIAA Class AA tournament. Deer Lakes (16-5) will take on District 6 champion Juniata at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Bald Eagle Area High School. The Lancers...
WPIAL announces football playoff sites for Week 11: Class 5A rematch at West A
Peters Township and Moon, co-champions in the Allegheny Eight, will play for the second time in six weeks when they meet Friday night in a WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinal at West Allegheny. The WPIAL revealed Week 11 playoff sites Monday. Moon won 21-13 at home in Week 6. But that’s...
High school schedules for Nov. 4, 2019
High schools Field hockey PIAA playoffs First round Tuesday’s schedule Class 3A Downingtown West vs. Central Dauphin at Methacton, 6 p.m.; Wilson vs. Peters Township at Mechanicsburg, 5 p.m.; Cardinal O’Hara vs. O.J. Roberts at The Proving Grounds, Conshohocken, 5 p.m.; Emmaus vs. Garnet Valley at Nazareth, 6:30 p.m.; Lower...
WPIAL football player of the week — Week 10
For most of Friday’s WPIAL Class 5A first-round playoff game, it looked like Baldwin would pull off the road upset as the No. 11 seed and celebrate the school’s first football playoff win in 28 years. However, McKeesport quarterback Devari Robinson had other ideas, and his second-half heroics kept another...
PIHL Team of the Week for Nov. 3, 2019
Cathedral Prep hosted Bethel Park on Tuesday in what was anything but another early-season PIHL game. Just 10 days following the death of Rambler senior forward John “Jack” Schoenig in the State College area, his teammates returned to the ice for their first game since the heartbreaking news. Schoenig died...
