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Ligonier Valley finishes 2nd in D6 football rankings
The final PIAA District 6 football rankings were released, and Ligonier Valley (10-0) is seeded second behind returning Class 2A champion Richland. Bellwood-Antis (10-0) finished third, and once-beaten Penns Valley (9-1) ended up fourth. Richland defeated Ligonier Valley in last year’s championship game, and both could be on a collision...
PIHL Team of the Week for Oct. 28, 2019
Graduation hit a bunch of PIHL teams hard. Some lost more than others. Some have not missed a beat. North Allegheny, the defending Class AAA champions, are 4-0 this season despite losing five defensemen, top point scorer in Aaron Miller and goalie Richie Karapandi to graduation. The Tigers won both...
Trib HSSN PIHL Player of the Week — Oct. 28, 2019
The PIHL lost plenty of elite goaltenders to graduation last year. Three of the four TribLIVE HSSN Goalies of the Year in their respective classifications graduated. More than half of the goalies from last year’s All-PIHL teams are no longer in the league. Another is hurt. Yet for the third...
WPIAL football player of the week — Week 9
Seven hundred yards rushing for a standout running back is a pretty good month’s work. How about 709 yards on the ground in two games? Following a 304-yard rushing game in Week 8, Derry senior Justin Huss ran for 405 yards in a 56-32 win over host Burrell that eliminated...
WPIAL playoff madness makes for a busy week of fall postseason action this week on HSSN
TribLive High School Sports Network’s exclusive coverage of the district football playoffs begins with the WPIAL Playoff Parings Show on Monday as we unveil the brackets. Then, Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage from first round and quarterfinals action of every WPIAL football playoff game along with District 6...
Westmoreland girls soccer preview capsules: Games of Monday, Oct. 28, 2019
WPIAL girls soccer playoffs Semifinals Class AAAA 1-Norwin (17-1) vs. 5-Seneca Valley (13-3-2) 8 p.m. Monday at North Allegheny Winner plays: Winner of 2-Peters Township (17-1-1)/3-North Allegheny (15-2-1) in championship (time, date TBD) at Highmark Stadium Coaches: Leslie Kaminski, Norwin; Mark Perry, Seneca Valley Players to watch: Lacey Bernick, Jr.,...
Norwin girls soccer eager for rematch with Seneca Valley
The Norwin girls soccer team has been thinking about a possible rematch with Seneca Valley. After all, the Knights’ 4-3 loss to the Raiders on Sept. 19 is the only blemish on the top-seeded team’s 17-1 record. Norwin gets its wish at 8 p.m. on Monday at North Allegheny. This...
Surprising Freeport girls ‘want it all’ entering WPIAL soccer semifinalsVideo
Akina Boynton scored 11 goals during the regular season to help the Freeport girls soccer team to a 14-4 overall record, a runner-up finish in Section 2-AA and the No. 8 seed for the WPIAL playoffs. But perhaps none of those goals had the pressure or impact as the one...
Penn-Trafford, Latrobe meet again for WPIAL Class AA field hockey title
Penn-Trafford is looking to maintain its dynasty status. Latrobe is hoping to claim its first WPIAL title in field hockey. The friendly rivals will clash at 7:30 p.m on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at Fox Chapel in a repeat of last year’s championship game matchup. P-T edged Latrobe, 1-0, last year...
A-K Valley girls soccer preview capsules: Games of Monday, Oct. 28, 2019
Monday’s games Girls Semifinals Class AAA 3-West Allegheny (15-2) vs. 2-Plum (16-1-1) 8 p.m. Monday at Mars Winner plays: Winner of 1-Mars (16-0-1)/5-Belle Vernon (16-3) in the championship at Highmark Stadium (time, date TBD). Coaches: Dave Tissue, West Allegheny; Jamie Stewart, Plum Players to Watch: Mackenzie Taranto, Jr., F, West...
WPIAL bracketology: Chris Harlan, Don Rebel predict 2019 football playoff pairings
The field is set for the WPIAL football playoffs and the six brackets will be revealed Monday night. As always, everybody has an opinion on how those brackets should unfold. Many will guess and take stabs at what they feel will be the first-round matchups before the district makes them...
High school scores, summaries for Oct. 26, 2019
High schools Field hockey WPIAL playoffs Class AAA Championship Monday’s schedule Pine-Richland vs. Peters Township at Fox Chapel, 6 p.m. Class AA Championship Tuesday’s schedule Penn-Trafford vs. Latrobe at Fox Chapel, 7:30 p.m. Class A Championship Tuesday’s schedule Shady Side Academy vs. Ellis School at Fox Chapel, 6 p.m. Football...
Sewickley Academy, Fox Chapel win PIAA girls tennis team titles
The WPIAL was well-represented in the PIAA girls team tennis championships Saturday in Hershey, with three of the four finalists coming from the area. Sewickley Academy defeated Knoch, 3-0, in Class AA, and Fox Chapel earned the Class AAA title at Hershey Racquet Club. Sewickley’s victory was a rematch of...
Burrell football is back on the map
Despite a 56-32 season ending loss to Big East Conference runner-up Derry on Friday night, it’s clear Burrell is a team on the rise in Class 3A. One year after going 2-8, where second-year coach Shawn Liotta at times dressed 17-18 players a game, the Bucs (6-4) produced their first...
Hat trick lifts Deer Lakes boys soccer past South Park in Class AA semis
Deer Lakes boys soccer has used “unfinished business” as its mantra after narrow misses on the road to a WPIAL championship appearance the last few years. Lancers junior Michael Sullivan provided the finishing touch Saturday, when he scored all three goals in a 3-0 victory over South Park in the...
Ligonier Valley routs Portage to win 4th straight Appalachian Bowl
Chalk up another Appalachian Bowl rout for the Ligonier Valley football team. Kyrie Miller rushed for 234 yards and three touchdowns on 27 carries before leaving the game with an ankle injury in the third quarter as the Rams cruised to a 58-6 victory over Portage on Saturday night at...
A-K Valley football notebook: Late-season surge gets Kiski Area in playoffs
A series of playoff scenarios were on the table in the Class 5A Northern Conference entering Friday’s Week 9 games. First and foremost on Kiski Area’s mind was a win over rival Armstrong in its regular-season finale. Secondary was what Mars and Fox Chapel did in their games. The main...
Canon-McMillan boys score 2 late goals, edge Plum in Class AAAA semis
A few minutes after the Plum boys soccer team’s magical season ended Saturday with a heartbreaking 3-2 loss in the WPIAL Class AAAA semifinals that saw Canon-McMillan score twice in the final six minutes, Mustangs coach Raf Kolankowski used the moment as a teaching tool. “It’s disappointing, but I told...
Greensburg Central Catholic tops short-handed Springdale to reach WPIAL boys soccer final
The WPIAL season ended in heartbreaking fashion for Greensburg Central Catholic last year, losing the championship match to Avonworth on penalty kicks. This season, the Centurions set out to erase that memory. Step 1 happened in the WPIAL Class A quarterfinals, when they defeated Avonworth. Step 2 could happen next...
Mt. Lebanon boys avenge loss to Seneca Valley in WPIAL semifinals
Last season, the Seneca Valley Raiders, on their way to a Class AAAA boys soccer championship, defeated Mt. Lebanon, 7-0, in the quarterfinals. This season, the No. 2-seeded Blue Devils got a bit of revenge, as Mt. Lebanon ousted the defending champs from the WPIAL postseason with a 2-1 victory...
High school roundup for Oct. 26, 2019: Quaker Valley boys return to WPIAL title game
Quaker Valley scored on its first and last shots of the game for a 2-0 win over No. 4 Shady Side Academy (14-3-1) in the WPIAL Class AA boys soccer semifinals Saturday at North Allegheny. The top-seeded Quakers (19-2) advanced to the WPIAL title game for the fourth consecutive season...
5 things we learned in Week 9: Cornell earns 1st home playoff game since 1983
Many at Cornell couldn’t remember the football team ever hosting a playoff game, coach Ed Dawson said, but that’s understandable after more than three decades. Those memories are fuzzy because it happened just once — 36 years ago. It became a hot topic after Cornell clincheda first-round home game in...
Franklin Regional boys post another shutout, move to WPIAL soccer title game
To put what the Franklin Regional boys soccer team is doing in perspective: The Panthers have not allowed a goal in 840 minutes of game time. They have 10 straight shutouts. South Fayette was the last team to sneak one in on a direct kick — on Sept. 24. Impressive,...
WPIAL football rankings through Week 9
WPIAL Football Class 6A 1. Central Catholic, 9-1, 2 2. Pine-Richland, 9-1, 3 3. North Allegheny, 9-1, 1 4. Mt. Lebanon, 6-4, 4 5. Seneca Valley, 4-6, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Penn-Trafford, 9-1, 1 2. Gateway, 8-2, 2 3. Penn Hills, 9-1, 3 4. Moon, 8-2, 4 5....
Westinghouse tops University Prep for 1st City League title since 1996
It was like old times late Saturday afternoon for Pittsburgh’s Homewood-Brushton area. Westinghouse brought home its 36th City League football title with a 12-2 victory over University Prep at Cupples Stadium. The Bulldogs generated two big plays on offense, and the defense held University Prep to minus-2 yards rushing to...
