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Trib HSSN PIHL Player of the Week — Nov. 4, 2019
The TribLIVE High School Sports Network PIHL Player of the Week is a forward for just the second time this season. His coach described him as a spark plug. It was a three-goal, two-assist night in a 7-6 Canon-McMillan victory over Central Catholic, with three of those points coming in...
WPIAL football playoff quarterfinals and semifinals take center stage on HSSN
With the WPIAL soccer and volleyball playoffs in the books, the focus turns to the district football postseason this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Our exclusive coverage of the district football playoffs continues with video and audio coverage from quarterfinals and semifinals action of all 16...
Future bright for Riverview boys cross country team
Riverview junior Mason Ochs finished eighth in the Class A boys race at Saturday’s PIAA cross country championships after taking second at WPIALs. Teammate Gideon Deasy was 14th. The top five Raiders runners — all underclassmen — posted finishes 40th or better to help the team finish runner-up to Winchester...
Pine-Richland lineman Miguel Jackson adds 3rd Division I offerVideo
Pine-Richland’s Miguel Jackson, one of the WPIAL’s top pass rushers, added his third Division I offer this week. The 6-foot-2, 240-pound junior announced an offer Friday from Toledo, his thirdMid-American Conference school. The guard and defensive end already holds offers from Akron and Bowling Green. Jackson has 8½ sacks, 47...
2 WPIAL seniors receive 1st Division I offers from Rhode IslandVideo
Two WPIAL football players received their first Division I offers this week from the same FCS school. Rhode Island extended offers to Mt. Lebanon senior Mason Ventrone and Moon senior Brenden Luffey, the players announced on Twitter. Leading the Rams’ recruiting efforts around the WPIAL is first-year assistant coach Josh...
Knoch, Freeport volleyball teams seek repeat of 2017 PIAA titles
In 2017, the Knoch and Freeport volleyball teams played the final three matches of their PIAA championship runs in the same location. The Knights followed the Yellowjackets on the court in the quarterfinals at Slippery Rock High School, the semifinals at Seneca Valley High School and the finals at Richland...
Riverview places 2nd at PIAA Class A cross country meet
HERSHEY — Jenkintown came into the PIAA Class A boys cross country championships as the heavy favorite to win the team title. But its top runner was injured during the race, which opened the door for two WPIAL teams — Winchester Thurston and Riverview — to battle for the title....
High school scores, schedules for Nov. 2, 2019
High schools Cross country Boys Saturday’s results PIAA championships At Hershey Class AAA Team results Downingtown West, 65; La Salle College, 84; North Allegheny, 112; Butler, 156; Penncrest, 164; Unionville, 193; Lower Merion, 197; Council Rock South, 228; State College, 232; Cedar Crest, 265 Individual results Patrick Anderson, Mt. Lebanon,...
Knoch girls volleyball beats Thomas Jefferson for 3rd straight WPIAL title
In its playoff run, Knoch girls volleyball proved how strong a team it is by grinding out wins without standout hitters Kennedy Christy and Hannah Rowe. On Saturday in the WPIAL finals, Rowe showed how good a player she is, and delivered a three-peat for the Knights. Rowe, surrounded by...
Canon-McMillan shocks North Allegheny for first WPIAL volleyball title
Entering the WPIAL Class AAAA girls volleyball championship between third-seeded Canon-McMillan and top-seeded and unbeaten North Allegheny, the Big Macs were big underdogs. But Canon-McMillan pulled a major upset, ending the Tigers’ 65-match winning streak with a five-set victory Saturday and earning its first WPIAL title. “This team has been...
A-K Valley football teams fall short in 1st round of WPIAL playoffs
When sophomore Cody Dykes connected on a 33-yard field goal early in the second quarter of Friday’s WPIAL Class 5A first-round game at Bethel Park, the Kiski Area football team held a 10-point lead. Seniors running backs Peyton McCann and Luke Lander combined for 106 yards to that point, and...
5 things we learned in Week 10: McGuffey, West Greene celebrate 1st WPIAL playoff win in decades
McGuffey waited 25 years for Friday night’s celebration. West Greene waited 26. New Brighton waited 18. Cornell had waited forever. Sometimes, a WPIAL playoff win arrives only once in a generation, a fact McGuffey junior Evan Wright and a few of his teammates understand well. McGuffey’s wait ended when the...
Mt. Lebanon’s Patrick Anderson leads trio of area cross country state champions
HERSHEY — Mount Lebanon senior Patrick Anderson said it’s not easy to win back-to-back cross country titles. “I’ve gone into every race this season knowing there was a target on my back,” Anderson said after winning his second consecutive PIAA Class AAA title Saturday at the cross country state championships...
Bishop Canevin tops Fort Cherry for 3rd straight WPIAL volleyball title
Bishop Canevin has reached the WPIAL Class A girls volleyball finals in each of the past eight seasons. On Saturday, the Crusaders completed the first three-peat for the crown since Hopewell capped a four-year run in 2005. Bishop Canevin took down Fort Cherry, 3-1, in the first of four championships...
Peters Township doubles tandem claims PIAA championship
Peters Township’s Kat Wang and Marra Bruce claimed the PIAA Class AAA doubles tennis title Saturday afternoon after defeating Radnor’s Kanon Ciarrocchi and Lucy Hederick, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, at Hershey Racquet Club. Wang and Bruce advanced to the finals by beating Avery Palandjian and Scotty Reynolds of Manheim Township, 6-3,...
Westmoreland football notebook: Only 4 teams remain after 1st round of playoffs
And then there were four. The opening night of the high school football postseason began with 12 Westmoreland County teams, but only four advanced Friday. Three teams — WPIAL Class 5A top seed Penn-Trafford (10-1), Class 4A No. 3 Belle Vernon (9-1), and Ligonier Valley (11-0) in District 6 —...
Freeport rallies past North Catholic for WPIAL Class AA volleyball title
For the second time in 48 hours, the Freeport girls volleyball team rallied from two sets down. On Saturday afternoon, the comeback resulted in a 3-2 victory over top-seeded North Catholic in the WPIAL Class AA final at Fox Chapel. It’s the fifth WPIAL title — all in this decade...
Franklin Regional boys top West Allegheny to successfully defend soccer title
Hit the sweet spot. That’s what raced through Franklin Regional senior Garrett Beaver’s mind as the soccer ball deflected off a defender and landed squarely in front of him. When West Allegheny could not clear the ball after a Franklin Regional shot attempt, Beaver reared back and ripped the rebound...
Mars cruises by Plum to capture 1st WPIAL girls soccer title since ’15
The Mars girls soccer team advanced to the WPIAL Class AAA championship the past two seasons but came up short in both attempts. On Saturday at Highmark Stadium, the Fightin’ Planets made sure the third time was a charm. Top-seeded Mars scored four goals in the first half and never...
Jayden Sharpless nets free kick to give North Catholic first WPIAL girls soccer title
The WPIAL Class AA girls soccer championship game needed a hero, and North Catholic sophomore Jayden Sharpless stepped up in double overtime on an indirect free kick. Her first attempt sailed wide, but she was granted a second chance because of a pre-kick violation against Yough for encroachment. Cougars defender...
South Park shocks North Catholic in Class 3A barn burner
South Park scored three fourth-quarter touchdowns, including a clutch 59-yard run up the middle by Rudy Mihoces with just over two minutes left in the game, to stun North Catholic, 32-27, in a WPIAL Class 3A first-round playoff upset Friday night at J.C. Stone Field in Allison Park. Mihoces finished...
Peters Township dominates Mars, heads to Class 5A semifinals
Fifth-seeded Peters Township cruised past 12th-seeded Mars, 47-6, in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs. The Indians (10-1) dominated from the start, utilizing their strong offense and exceptional defense. Penn recruit Josh Casilli started the scoring, catching a 61-yard touchdown pass from Logan Pfeuffer. From there, Peters...
Ligonier Valley opens District 6 playoffs with rout of West Shamokin
Ligonier Valley’s presumed final football game against a District 6 Heritage Conference opponent before joining the WPIAL next year ended much like the ones before it. The Rams, without all-time leading rusher Kyrie Miller — out with a sprained ankle — skated to victory in their opener of the District...
WPIAL football playoffs roundup: Gateway holds off Shaler in 1st round
Derrick Davis scored twice in the fourth quarter as No. 2 Gateway avoided being upset in its Class 5A first-round playoff game with a 35-21 victory against No. 15 Shaler (4-7) on Friday night. The game was tied at 14 heading into the final quarter. Davis ran for 123 yards...
Avonworth puts quick end to Southmoreland’s playoff run
Although the Southmoreland football team accomplished a major goal of breaking a 40-year playoff drought, the Scotties were hoping that their stay in the postseason would turn out to be a bit longer. Unfortunately for the 15th-seeded Scotties, their postseason reservations expired in the first round of the WPIAL Class...
