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WPIAL football playoff field set with final clinchings
Here’s a look at the teams that have qualified for the WPIAL football playoffs. The playoffs begin next Friday, and pairings will announced Monday night. Class 6A (6 teams) 1. Central Catholic+, 2. Pine-Richland+, 3. North Allegheny, 4. Mt. Lebanon, 5. Seneca Valley, 6. Canon-McMillan Class 5A (16 teams) Allegheny...
Behind Tillman’s 4 TDs, Central Catholic beats Mt. Lebanon, moves into 1st-place tie in Class 6A
Central Catholic’s gameplan usually features a stifling defense and a strong running game with Eddy Tillman dominating behind a powerful offensive line. That script worked to perfection again Friday night as Central Catholic scored 38 unanswered points in a 45-7 victory at Mt. Lebanon. The 5-foot-8 Tillman might not be...
Bethel Park turns back 2-point conversion to hold off Upper St. Clair
Bethel Park limited Upper St. Clair’s potent offense for the better part of their WPIAL Class 5A Allegheny 8 Conference showdown Friday, so it was only fitting the Black Hawks edged the Panthers, 14-13, after stopping a late 2-point conversion attempt. Bethel Park (6-3, 5-2) denied the 2-pointer with 1...
Pine-Richland defeats rival North Allegheny, creates 3-way tie for conference titleVideo
Pine-Richland quarterback Cole Spencer scanned across North Allegheny’s defense, spotted a safety out of position and turned that mistake into a 79-yard touchdown pass. A few minutes later, the junior noticed a one-on-one matchup he liked and used it to throw a 78-yarder. Those are decisions Spencer might not have...
Mt. Pleasant routs Uniontown, earns playoff berth
Mt. Pleasant qualified for the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs with a 35-8 win at Uniontown on Friday night, getting a bit of help from a few other Big East Conference teams along the way. Coach Jason Fazekas knew his Vikings did all they possibly could have done. The rest —...
Thomas Jefferson defense dominates West Mifflin
The Thomas Jefferson defense was practically impenetrable Friday in a 53-0 victory over rival West Mifflin on senior night. The Jaguars defense held West Mifflin to minus-42 yards in the first half and minus-32 yards on the night. “Our defense is really good,” Thomas Jefferson coach Bill Cherpak said. “It...
Greensburg Salem QB Trent Patrick torches Indiana
Greensburg Salem quarterback Trent Patrick had a senior night to remember, accounting for six touchdowns and leading the Golden Lions to a 48-7 win over Indiana and a third-place finish in the Class 4A Big 8 Conference. “A big team win like this is definitely going to put us in...
PIAA girls tennis roundup: Fox Chapel, Knoch, Sewickley Academy advance to semifinals
The Fox Chapel girls tennis team remained alive for a PIAA championship Friday with a 3-2 victory over District 1 champion Unionville at Hershey Racquet Club. The Foxes (16-2) advance to Saturday’s semifinals and will face District 3 champion Manheim Township at 9:30 a.m. They are the only WPIAL team...
Nearly flawless defense keys Franklin Regional boys soccer playoff run
Franklin Regional puts a premium on goals. As in, when you play against the Panthers, you can’t have any. The Panthers (17-0-1) are a stingy, defensive juggernaut in WPIAL Class AAA boys soccer with their back line strength complementing their vast offensive skill set — or is it the other...
A-K Valley boys soccer playoff capsules for Saturday, Oct. 26
Saturday’s games Boys Class AAAA semifinals 1-Plum (16-0-2) vs. 4-Canon McMillan (13-3-1) 4 p.m. at Mars High School Winner plays: Winner of 2-Mt. Lebanon (14-4-1)/3-Seneca Valley (14-3-1) Coaches: Raf Kolankowski, Plum; Larry Fingers, Canon-McMillan Players to watch: AJ Koma, Jr., F, Plum; Owen Maher, Jr., D, Canon-McMillan Corner kicks: The...
WPIAL Week 9 football: How to watch, listen and find scores
It’s the final week of the high school football regular season, and playoff berths and first-round byes are up for grabs. You can find a complete list of all the games being broadcast here. And when results start to roll in, you can find all the scores here. Check back...
Pine-Richland’s Donnie Professori caps successful season with state medal
Last year, Pine-Richland boys golfer Donnie Professori fell just short of participating in the PIAA Class AAA boys golf tournament as his 15th-place finish at the WPIAL title event allowed him to qualify only as an alternate. This year, Professori not only qualified but took home 10th-place honors at the...
Franklin Regional girls soccer sets bigger goals for next season
The Franklin Regional girls soccer season came to end last Monday with a WPIAL first-round playoff exit at the hands of West Allegheny, 2-0. It was a season filled with ups and downs, as the Panthers started the season with a 2-4 overall record through six games before winning five...
Another successful season for Shady Side Academy boys golf
The Shady Side Academy boys golf team wrapped up another successful season, winning a third straight section title with a 12-0 record. It was the straight undefeated section record for the Indians. Overall, they ended up at 13-1. “It was another excellent year,” assistant coach Kyle Smith said. “We qualified...
Gateway girls soccer finishes solid season with near-upset in playoffs
Gateway’s girls soccer team almost pulled off a stunner. The No. 15 seed in the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs, Gateawy lost to second-seeded Plum by the narrowest of margins, losing 2-1 in a shootout Oct. 21 in a first-round playoff match at Plum. Plum outscored Gateway, 6-5, in penalty kicks...
Gateway boys soccer comes up short of playoffs but makes strides
The 2019 season wasn’t what the Gateway boys soccer team expected. With 10 returning starters, the Gators hoped the balance of power in Section 4-AAA would begin to shift in their favor. But Gateway ended up with a 4-13 record and sixth-place finish. “Obviously, we wanted to go farther than...
TJ girls tennis looks to build on playoff season
It proved to be a goal-achieving season for the Thomas Jefferson girls tennis team. “We achieved our preseason goal to make the WPIAL Class AAA team playoffs,” coach Chuck Correll said. “The team really improved from last year. The girls worked hard during the offseason. “This team ranks as one...
Baldwin girls soccer takes first steps on path to winning program
The month of October wasn’t kind to the Baldwin girls soccer team. The Highlanders wrapped up September with a 3-6-1 record but didn’t win a game down the season’s home stretch, finishing 3-12-1 overall and 3-11 in Section 2-AAAA. “If you look at the wins and losses, you could be...
Baldwin boys soccer celebrates end of long playoff drought
The postseason drought is over for the Baldwin boys soccer program. It had been eight years since the Highlanders qualified for the WPIAL playoffs. They clinched a postseason berth Oct. 10 with a clutch 3-1 section win at home against rival Bethel Park. “It was an up-and down-season with a...
In likely its final Appalachian Bowl appearance, Ligonier Valley aims to take down Portage
Ligonier Valley has shown no sympathy this year, enforcing a 35-point mercy rule in all nine football games to date — outscoring opponents by a combined 421-47. This season, however, is no different than others in recent years for the undefeated Rams. For what likely will be the final time,...
Westinghouse, University Prep to clash for City League title
One school has been the City League’s most successful football program and the other has established itself in less than a decade. Westinghouse (6-3, 3-1) will seek its 36th City crown while University Prep (8-1, 4-0) will try for its fourth title in just its ninth season in the 102nd...
North Allegheny, Pine-Richland chasing 1st-round byes along with conference title
North Allegheny coach Art Walker hasn’t studied playoff scenarios or counted tiebreaker points ahead of Friday’s regular-season finale at Pine-Richland. This is all Walker cares to know: Win and North Allegheny claims the conference title outright. “That’s it,” he said. “We haven’t done any equations. We’re just worried about the...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 24, 2019
Cross country Boys Thursday’s results WPIAL championships At Cal (Pa.) University Class AAA Team results North Allegheny, 66; Butler, 88; Seneca Valley, 163 Individual results Patrick Anderson, Mt. Lebanon, 15:41; Daniel McGoey, North Allegheny, 15:58; Zachary Leachman, Mars, 16:10; Christian Fitch, Fox Chapel, 16:16; CJ Singleton, Butler, 16:22; Zack Marmol,...
High school roundup for Oct. 24, 2019: Seneca Valley edges Moon in WPIAL girls soccer quarterfinals
Sometimes all it takes is one goal, and that adage rang true on Thursday at Mars High School as fifth-seeded Seneca Valley (13-3-2) took down third-seeded Moon (15-3-1) 1-0 in a Class AAAA girls soccer quarterfinal matchup. With just under three-minutes remaining in the first half, Seneca Valley’s Breana Valentovish...
5 things to watch in Week 9: Aliquippa, Central Valley battle for conference title
Only one team has defeated Aliquippa in the past two seasons combined: Central Valley in Week 9 last year. That’s one loss in 706 days. It’s also the only loss in Aliquippa coach Mike Warfield’s two-year tenure. “You don’t have to remind me,” Warfield said, laughing. The Beaver County rivals...
