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Brownsville’s Quarzo sisters celebrate, Moon’s Mia Cochran pulls off shocker at WPIAL cross country meet
Gionna Quarzo of Brownsville has made her name on the track. At the WPIAL Cross Country Championships at Cal (Pa.) on Thursday, she shined on the hilly, muddy course to capture her first cross country title in Class AA. Hot on her trail was her freshman sister Jolena, who placed...
Mt. Lebanon’s Patrick Anderson betters own course record, captures first WPIAL titleVideo
Patrick Anderson started this season by setting a course record at the Marty Uher Invitational on the Roadman Park course at Cal (Pa.). He turned in a time of 15 minutes, 54.40 seconds that day in late August. Anderson bettered that time in a return to Roadman for last week’s...
Yough girls edge Burrell for spot in soccer semifinalsVideo
Natalie Vilchek left the game for an extended period of time in the first half Thursday night after she tweaked her right knee. She returned and made an instant impact. The Yough junior checked back in with her right knee wrapped in tape and immediately set up for, of all...
West Allegheny girls soccer defeats Kiski Area to advance to first semifinal in program history
For the first time in school history, the West Allegheny girls soccer team is headed to the semifinals of the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs. After a first half in which West Allegheny and Kiski Area recorded five shots and four saves apiece, the ball finally started to find the back...
Greensburg Salem sees girls team, 2 boys qualify for states at WPIAL cross country meet
Greensburg Salem cross country coach Nathan Snider couldn’t ask for a better effort from his girls team Thursday at the WPIAL championships at Cal (Pa.). The Golden Lions finished second to South Fayette in the Class AA race and qualified for the state meet for the second consecutive season. The...
Knoch girls cross country team makes leap forward at WPIAL meet
Sammy Jo Barnes qualified for the PIAA cross country championships individually the past two seasons. The Knoch senior made it three in a row Thursday at Cal (Pa.) with a fifth-place finish (20 minutes, 27 seconds) in the Class AA girls race. Barnes was hoping for a little bit more,...
Trib HSSN high school football don’t-miss matchups for Week 9
Class 6A Central Catholic (6-1, 8-1) at Mt. Lebanon (5-2, 6-3) 7:30 p.m. Friday, Mt. Lebanon Stadium On the air: WJAS-AM 1320 and TribHSSN.TribLive.com Last week: Central Catholic 44, Canon-McMillan 0; Mt. Lebanon 45, Norwin 16 Coaches: Terry Totten, Central Catholic; Bob Palko, Mt. Lebanon Players to watch: Edward Tillman,...
Westmoreland County football notes: Penn-Trafford, Franklin Regional show mutual respect
Penn-Trafford knows what it is getting with Franklin Regional. But the sentiment is mutual. “It’s your prototypical Franklin Regional team,” Warriors coach John Ruane said. “Big, strong linemen. Physical linebackers. Good skill guys.” You get the point. That being said, Ruane has a message for his team this week as...
Trib HSSN football players to watch for Week 9
Here are four WPIAL football players to watch for during Week 9: Tui Brown Gateway, Sr., WR/LB Brown (6-3, 200) caught three passes for 100 yards in last week’s 48-7 win over Connellsville. The Division I prospect will lead the No. 2 Gators (7-2, 4-1) into battle against host McKeesport...
Cloudy playoff picture makes prognostication precarious for Chick’s Picks
The WPIAL football playoff picture does not just get cloudy on the field this time of year. As Week 9 has so many things on the line — conference titles and playoff spots to name two — things can be cloudy in the prognosticating world, as well. Chick’s Picks pondered...
George Guido: Freeport football made history in 2009
Each Friday throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look back at the games, players and events that are part of local scholastic history. Freeport won the 500th game in school history with a 37-7 victory over Deer Lakes on Oct. 23, 2009. Darius...
Shaler caught in crowded Northern Conference playoff picture
Keeping track and making sense of the WPIAL’s Class 5A Northern Conference football standings required a lot of extra attention. Other than the two teams at the top, Penn Hills and North Hills, and the one at the bottom, Armstrong, the other five teams have flip-flopped nearly every week. Shaler...
Penn Hills takes lessons from volleyball season
Heading into the season, the Penn Hills girls volleyball team was expecting to improve on its seven-win season a year ago. However, everything changed immediately in their first match. The season started off promising when the Indians won the first game, 33-31, against Section 3-AAAA champion Norwin. But in the...
North Allegheny enters girls volleyball playoffs as dangerous as ever
Pointing out a 63-match winning streak for the North Allegheny girls volleyball program somehow feels like underselling the Tigers’ story. The two-time defending PIAA and WPIAL Class AAA champions have labored to stack up victories. When the undefeated, top-seeded Tigers opened the playoffs Oct. 28 against Seneca Valley, they earned...
Injuries, lack of depth proved costly for Hampton football
As the Hampton football team looks back on its season, it might think about it as a wasted opportunity — but that doesn’t mean the team didn’t give its best. What started out as a promising year turned sour for the Talbots (2-5, 2-7) in middle of the season, when...
New coach carrying on family tradition for Hampton bowling team
Two years ago, Glenn Thomas wanted to start a bowling team at Hampton. The impetus? His sons, Garrett and Jacob, wanted to bowl. New coach Bob Wallace will follow in those footsteps. Wallace will take over a program still in its infancy, though the team started to gain traction last...
Unflappable approach carries Shaler volleyball to playoff season
Dealing with the nerves of being in a playoff match didn’t seem to rattle the Shaler Area girls volleyball program. Opening the WPIAL Class AAA tournament with a 3-0 sweep of Penn-Trafford fit with the narrative the Titans have tried to build around the program. “We played a calm, but...
Despite injuries, Chartiers Valley boys soccer season included playoff berth
The Chartiers Valley boys soccer team had to contend with one of the greatest adversary a team can face — injuries. The Colts ended their season with a 3-0 loss in the opening round of the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs, but coach Garrett MacKenzie was proud of his team’s effort...
Carlynton football team sees progress despite rough season
When Rich Piccinnini took over the Carlynton football program during the most recent offseason, he wasn’t expecting miracles. The Cougars, after all, had almost no success on which to build. He also wasn’t expecting to lose three quarterbacks to season-ending injuries. But that’s the hand the team was dealt as...
Howard bolsters Penn Hills rushing attack
During the WPIAL playoffs, a successful team will need to lean on a strong running game to advance deep in the tournament. Throughout the season, the Penn Hills football team has worked to establish a run game after the graduation of Terry “Tank” Smith. Coach Jon LeDonne has leaned on...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 23, 2019
Field hockey WPIAL playoffs Class AAA Semifinals Wednesday’s results Peters Township 1, Mt. Lebanon 0 Pine-Richland 3, North Allegheny 0 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 Semifinals Wednesday’s results...
Girls volleyball first round and girls soccer quarters highlight Thursday in WPIAL
The WPIAL girls volleyball Class A championship has been a hot potato for most of this decade. For a six-year stretch, Greensburg Central Catholic and Bishop Canevin alternated winning district gold with the Centurions winning in the even years of 2012, 2014 and 2016 while the Crusaders won it all...
High school roundup Oct. 23, 2019: Mt. Lebanon scores 3 goals in game’s final 70 seconds to win WPIAL playoff match
Second-seeded Mt. Lebanon netted three goals in the final 1 minute, 10 seconds of regulation to roar past upset-minded Butler 3-1 Wednesday night in a WPIAL boys soccer Class AAAA quarterfinal matchup. Trailing since the 21:55 mark of the first half thanks to a Butler goal by Carson Knight, Mt....
Power rankings unchanged after Trib 10 teams enjoy perfect Week 8
The Trib 10 became the Perfect 10 in Week 8. All 10 teams from last week’s power rankings were winners in the next-to-last weekend of the regular season. That won’t happen in Week 9 with a pair of head-to-head matchups with North Allegheny visiting Pine-Richland in 6A and Aliquippa hosting...
Greensburg Central Catholic gets revenge on Avonworth in boys soccer playoffsVideo
Itching to play Avonworth again for the better part of a year, Greensburg Central Catholic got its shot at redemption in the boys soccer playoffs Wednesday night. The second-seeded Centurions embraced the challenge and made amends, scoring three unanswered goals to post a 3-1 victory over No. 7 Avonworth in...
