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Mt. Lebanon field hockey speeds into playoffs after reaching elusive regular-season goal
The directional arrow for the Mt. Lebanon field hockey team pointed skyward this season. A top-four finish in Division I is the goal the team has been poised to reach for its program. The Blue Devils finally broke down that barrier thanks to a 15-2-1 regular-season record and 8-1 section...
Riverview ready to take a run at WPIAL cross country favorites
The Riverview boys cross country team finished runner-up to Winchester Thurston in Class A at WPIALs each of the past three seasons. The Raiders, led by juniors Mason Ochs and Gideon Deasy, would like to overtake the Bears on Thursday as the championships return to the Roadman Park course at...
Two WPIAL teams join the ranks of PIAA elite in latest HSSN state rankings
Depending on what district you call home, postseason football is very close or about to begin this weekend. The winds of change might be in the air, but except for Class 5A, they are not in this week’s Trib HSSN state rankings. While Class 2A has been very stable with...
Greensburg Salem boys hope to defend WPIAL cross country title
Greensburg Salem’s boys cross country team is going for a WPIAL Class AA title repeat. But it may seem like a new experience for the Lions. The group that participates in Thursday’s WPIAL championship at Cal (Pa.) is much different than last year’s team that captured PIAA gold as well....
A-K Valley boys soccer playoff capsules
Wednesday’s games Boys soccer Quarterfinals CLASS AAAA 1-Plum (15-0-2) vs. 8-Upper St. Clair (12-3-2) 8 p.m. Wednesday at Plum Winner Plays: Winner of 4-Canon-McMillan/5-Fox Chapel Coaches: Raf Kolankowski, Plum; Uwe Schneider, Upper St. Clair Players to Watch: DD Flowers, Jr., F, Plum; Colin Sibley, Sr., F, Upper St. Clair Corner...
Westmoreland County high school athletes of the week: Greensburg Central Catholic’s Nate Ward and Belle Vernon’s Morgan Einodshofer
Nate Ward School: Greensburg Central Catholic Sport: Soccer Year: Senior Claim to fame: Ward scored two goals in the second half to lead No. 2 Greensburg Central Catholic (12-3-1) to a 4-2 win over No. 15 Mohawk in the first round of the WPIAL Class A playoffs Saturday at Butler’s...
A-K Valley high school athletes of the week: Burrell’s Sara Novak and Springdale’s Mike Mitchell
Sara Novak Class: Sr. School: Burrell Sport: Volleyball Report card: Novak had a solid all-around game for playoff bound Burrell in a 3-0 sweep of rival Valley on Thursday with five kills, seven aces and 10 assists. She also had 13 kills and 11 digs in a 3-1 loss to...
WPIAL finds evidence ‘credible,’ but won’t punish Connellsville, Allderdice for slurs
The WPIAL found the evidence “credible,” but Connellsville and Allderdice won’t be punished for the racial and anti-gay slurs allegedly exchanged in a boys high school soccer match last month. Instead, both schools must implement “anti-discrimination, diversity and sensitivity training,” the WPIAL announced Tuesday, a day after players, coaches and...
Clairton’s Wayne Wade III among 2 denied postseason eligibility by WPIAL
The WPIAL denied an appeal from Clairton transfer Wayne Wade III on Monday, leaving the senior ineligible for the upcoming football playoffs. The WPIAL also denied a postseason eligibility waiver request from Beaver volleyball player Lanie French, a junior who transferred from Quaker Valley. She also played softball for the...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 21, 2019
Field hockey WPIAL playoffs First round Class AAA Wednesday’s schedule North Allegheny at Pine-Richland, 7:30 p.m.; Peters Township vs. Mt. Lebanon at Pine-Richland, 6 p.m. Class AA Tuesday’s schedule Latrobe vs. Oakland Catholic at Penn-Trafford, 6:30 p.m. Bye: Penn-Trafford Class A Wednesday’s schedule Sewickley Academy at Shady Side Academy, 7:30...
Westmoreland County football Q&A with Ligonier Valley’s Kyrie Miller
If you want to be a captain of the Ligonier Valley football team, you have to apply for the job. Literally. “Players submit applications, and they complete tasks and then they are voted on by their peers,” Rams coach Roger Beitel said. “The coaches don’t pick the captains. The players...
WPIAL girls soccer roundup for Oct. 21, 2019: Second-seeded Plum survives shootout to edge Gateway in Class AAA
Katie Patton scored in regulation and second-seeded Plum (15-1-0) outscored Gateway 6-5 in tiebreaking penalty kicks to record a 2-1 shootout victory in a first-round WPIAL Class AAA girls soccer match Monday night. The Mustangs will face Hampton (12-3-0) in Thursday’s quarterfinals. Daniella Garner scored in regulation for Gateway (8-10-1)....
Start of volleyball playoffs, state tennis and PIAA golf on tap for Tuesday
The WPIAL girls volleyball brackets are out with the four defending champions (North Allegheny in AAAA, Knoch in AAA, North Catholic in AA and Bishop Canevin in A) all earning top-seeds. Fourteen teams will begin the postseason Tuesday with seven preliminary round matches. The five “pigtail” matches in Class AA...
WPIAL Football Team of the Week: Week 8
In 2016 and 2017, Cornell finished a combined 1-17. Those were the first two years back after the football program took a four-year hiatus. Now the Raiders are 7-1 and will be playing for a share of the conference championship Friday. “Every day we stress this is a marathon not...
Burrell girls soccer continues dominance with easy win over Mt. Pleasant
The Burrell girls soccer team’s dominance in the regular season extended to Monday’s WPIAL Class AA first-round game against Mt. Pleasant at Kiski Area. The undefeated fourth-seeded Bucs led 4-0 at halftime and cruised to a 5-0 victory over the 13th-seeded Vikings. “We will take this win and move forward...
WPIAL investigates slurs in 2-hour hearing with Allderdice, Connellsville; decision TuesdayVideo
The WPIAL board of directors, investigating allegations of racial and anti-gay slurs, heard more than two hours of testimony Monday night from boys soccer players, coaches and administrators representing Allderdice and Connellsville. The board reached a decision, but those findings and possible discipline won’t be announced until 10 a.m. Tuesday,...
Appolonia leads Yough past Highlands in WPIAL girls soccer playoffs
A lot has been made of the Yough girls soccer team’s high-octane offensive skills. The Cougars can find the net with the best of them. But coach Dann Appolonia will be the first to say it all starts with defense. “Our defense was very strong, and that’s what we need...
Plum boys soccer is ready to push past postseason shortcomings
The Plum boys soccer team has enjoyed a storybook-type season heading into their WPIAL Class AAAA quarterfinal match with Upper St. Clair on Wednesday. The Mustangs finished the regular season with a 15-0-2 record, captured the Section 3-AAAA championship and produced a goal differential of plus-47. It is the type...
GCC’s Meghan Zambruno, Riverside’s Skyler Fox atop leaderboard at PIAA golf championship.
Greensburg Central Catholic sophomore Meghan Zambruno and Riverside senior Skyler Fox sit atop the leaderboard at the PIAA golf ghampionships after Monday’s opening round. Round 2 was moved up to an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start because of the forecast of rain in York. Zambruno shot a 3-over-par 75 to lead...
No vote yet, but WPIAL open to admitting Ligonier Valley
The WPIAL administration supports Ligonier Valley switching districts, if the school is released from PIAA District 6. The WPIAL board didn’t take any formal vote — that can’t come until after District 6 takes action — but it did discuss Ligonier Valley’s situation at Monday’s meeting in Green Tree. WPIAL...
WPIAL unveils girls volleyball playoff brackets
North Allegheny, Knoch, North Catholic and Bishop Canevin earned top seeds in their respective classifications as the WPIAL released girls volleyball playoff brackets Monday. In Class AAAA, second-seeded Pine-Richland, No. 3 Canon-McMillan and No. 4 Moon will join a field of 12 hoping to unseat the Tigers, who are searching...
Hempfield catcher Emma Hoffner picks Ohio
Emma Hoffner is a junior at Hempfield, but she already has been through the college recruiting process twice. The softball catcher committed to St. Francis (Pa.) last year, but a coaching change prompted her to decommit and open her recruitment. In the meantime, other schools entered the picture after following...
Plum tops Montour to claim fall baseball league title
Plum shut out Montour, 5-0, Sunday afternoon at Norwin to capture the Western Pennsylvania Fall Baseball League’s varsity title. The Mustangs went 3-0 in the playoffs and finished 12-2-1 overall to capture the program’s third fall title since 2014. “The league was very competitive this year,” Plum coach Carl Vollmer...
PIHL Team of the Week — Oct. 21, 2019
Three PIHL teams accomplished the feat of scoring 17 goals in a game during the 2018-19 season. All of them were in the same division in Class A. Montour, last year’s Class A Penguins Cup champion, scored 17 goals in two games in a row last season, while Meadville and...
Coaches association releases final WPIAL girls volleyball rankings
The WPIAL girls volleyball regular season has concluded, and the playoff pairings will be released early Monday afternoon. The journey to the finals at Fox Chapel is about to begin. The Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its final classification rankings and players-of-the- week recognition Monday. Class AAAA 1. North...
