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A-K Valley don’t-miss football matchups for Week 7
Class 5A Big East Plum (3-4, 1-4) at Latrobe (2-5, 1-4) 7 p.m. Friday at Latrobe Memorial Stadium On the air: TribHSSN.triblive.com; 97.3 FM, 1480 AM Last week: Plum 30, Weir, W.Va. 27; Penn-Trafford 39, Latrobe 7 Coaches: Matt Morgan, Plum; Jason Marucco, Latrobe Players to watch: Reed Martin, Plum...
Muddled Big East playoff picture has The Birdie’s feathers ruffled
Overall record: 54-21 (72%) Last week: 6-5 (55%) The WPIAL Class 3A Big East Conference playoff picture is getting confusing as several teams are vying for the fourth and final playoff spot. The craziness isn’t just affecting the teams either. It’s carrying over into the Valley News Dispatch office. When...
High school football schedule for Week 7
Thursday District 8 City League Brashear at Allderdice, 7 p.m. Friday WPIAL Class 6A Hempfield at North Allegheny, 7:30 p.m. Norwin at Canon-McMillan, 7 p.m. Pine-Richland at Mt. Lebanon, 7:30 p.m. Class 5A Allegheny 8 Bethel Park at Baldwin, 7 p.m. Chartiers Valley at Peters Township, 7 p.m. Upper St....
Westmoreland football Q&A with Mt. Pleasant’s Jake Johnson
Teetering between a potential playoff berth and an early end to the season can be like purgatory for WPIAL teams. It’s a week-to-week waiting game as the season crawls to a finish. The only way they can impact their fate — and avoid potential tiebreakers and the dreaded Gardner Points...
Westmoreland County football players to watch in Week 7
David Altimore Greensburg Central Catholic, jr., QB/DB Altimore (6-1, 160) has completed 48 of 80 passes for 619 yards and 10 touchdowns. He missed the Leechburg game with an injury suffered in the Clairton loss. His main targets are Ben LaCarte, who has 17 catches for 246 yards, and Brandon...
Westmoreland County don’t-miss football matchups for Week 7
Class 6A Hempfield (2-5, 1-5) at No. 1 North Allegheny (7-0, 6-0) 7 p.m. Friday at Newman Stadium, McCandless On the air: TribHSSN.TribLive.com Last week: Seneca Valley 40, Hempfield 12; North Allegheny 49, Butler 14 Coaches: Rich Bowen, Hempfield; Art Walker, North Allegheny Players to watch: Fintan Brose, Hempfield (Sr.,...
The Birdie picks his favorite Westmoreland County perches
Last week: 11-3 (78.6) Season: 75-15 (83.3) The Birdie makes his rounds each football season. He tries his best to be fair and attempts to see as many local teams as he can. That means the area’s authority on all things high school football tries to visit each stadium in...
Key matches in WPIAL girls soccer highlight Wednesday schedule
With time running out in the regular season, several key matches will help unclog a couple of section logjams in WPIAL girls soccer on Wednesday. In Section 4-AAA, Ambridge is in third place (5-4-1), just ahead of both Central Valley (5-5) and South Fayette (5-5). On Wednesday, Ambridge hosts second-place...
High school scores, summaries, schedules for Oct. 8, 2019
Field hockey Tuesday’s result WPIAL Division II Shady Side Academy 4, Ellis School 0 Golf Boys WPIAL team semifinals (Top three advance to finals) Class AAA At Indian Run Golf Club, Avella Upper St. Clair, 388* Jack Urban, 74; Scott Jordan 74; Nathan Piatt, 75; Keith Kerber, 85; Alex Jones,...
Former Hempfield hockey player Christian Gorscak makes D-1 commitment
Former Hempfield hockey standout Christian Gorscak finished his high school education online and graduated last year. Next up is a college degree for the rising prospect — and he hopes a lot more hockey. Gorscak announced Wednesday he will continue his career at Niagara, a Division I program in New...
Six from WPIAL nominated for HS All-American soccer games
Four girls and two boys from the WPIAL have been added to the 2019 High School All-American Soccer Game Watch List. The national game for seniors will be Dec. 7 in Orlando, Fla. Finalists will be chosen at a later date. WPIAL girls players on the ballot include Norwin defender...
WPIAL Clinched: Boys soccer teams through Tuesday, Oct. 8
There is less than one week left in section play in WPIAL boys soccer. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in which head-to-head does not break the tie all qualify for the postseason. Trib HSSN’s exclusive coverage...
Banner season for West Allegheny girls soccer team fulfills grade school promise
Juniors Mackenzie Taranto and Morgan Shansky sat together six years ago in West Allegheny’s high school gymnasium and scanned the rafters for every section, WPIAL and PIAA banner. The football team was fresh off its second consecutive WPIAL Championship, and the boys soccer team had just won a title. The...
Attacking style has North Catholic girls soccer in line for share of section title
Emily Karr wasn’t sure what to expect after a year away from the North Catholic girls soccer program. Karr had an idea of what she wanted the Trojanettes to do when she returned as coach. “I went into the season with the style I like to play,” Karr said. “We...
4 WPIAL teams hold down top spots in latest state football rankings
It was a strong week for most of the top teams across the commonwealth as only three teams fell out of the Trib HSSN state rankings following Week 6. Peters Township suffered the biggest drop, going from No. 1 in Class 5A to falling out after a loss to Moon....
High school roundup for Oct. 8, 2019: Woodland Hills clinches first boys soccer playoff berth in school history
Lewis Rodocker scored a second-half goal to help Woodland Hills (9-5-1, 7-5-1) clinch a boys soccer playoff berth for the first time in school history with a 4-4 tie against Latrobe on Tuesday night. Quinn Fogarty, Mitchell Hills and Gavin Moore also scored for Woodland Hills. Latrobe (5-8-1, 5-7-1) didn’t...
Westmoreland H.S. athletes of the week: Franklin Regional’s Gianni Diacopoulos and Tatum Gretz
Gianni Diacopoulos School: Franklin Regional Sport: Soccer Class: Junior Claim to fame: Diacopoulos earned two shutouts for Franklin Regional (12-0-1, 11-0-1) this past week. Franklin Regional defeated West Mifflin, 5-0, and Chartiers Valley, 5-0, in Section 4-AAA. Franklin Regional has 10 shutouts this season. “Last week was a pretty good...
Greensburg Central Catholic’s Brewer looking for personal record
Greensburg Central Catholic sophomore Corinn Brewer changed her approach this season. Instead of running in a lot of cross country invitationals, she’s tapered back her schedule. “I ran at Cal U three times last year, and I burnt myself out,” Brewer said. “I didn’t compete well in the WPIAL Class...
Fox Chapel ready for anything as girls soccer playoffs approachVideo
The Fox Chapel girls soccer team was less than two minutes away from going to overtime Monday with Class AAAA No. 1 North Allegheny in a Section 1 contest. But the Tigers got the game winner with 1 minute, 45 seconds left to pull out a 2-1 victory and remain...
Fox Chapel girls hunting WPIAL team tennis title
The Fox Chapel girls tennis team lost just once in 12 regular-season matches. That one setback came to Peters Township in a 3-2 decision Sept. 24. The Foxes would love to get another crack at the Indians in the WPIAL Class AAA team tournament, set to begin Thursday afternoon. That...
Scheduling conflict forces WPIAL to move football championship from Robert Morris
A scheduling conflict at Robert Morris has forced the WPIAL to move its Class 2A football championship to Norwin. The WPIAL also changed the date of the Class 5A final, rescheduling both for Nov. 23 at Norwin. The Class 2A final will be at noon with the Class 5A game...
A-K Valley high school athletes of the week: Maddie Ancosky, Scott Bitar
Maddie Ancosky Class: Senior School: Leechburg Sport: Volleyball Report card: Ancosky had a big week for the Blue Devils, racking up 36 kills in two games. She had 18 kills in a 3-1 win over Springdale and 18 in a 3-2 loss to Vincentian Academy. Ancosky is also a key...
WPIAL girls soccer rankings through Oct. 7
Here’s a look at this week’s WPIAL girls soccer rankings: Class AAAA 1. North Allegheny, 12-1-1, 1 2. Peters Township, 13-1-1, 2 3. Norwin, 13-1, 5 4. Seneca Valley, 10-3-1, 4 5. Moon, 11-2-1, 3 Out: None Class AAA 1. Mars, 12-0-1, 1 2. Plum, 11-1, 2 3. Belle Vernon,...
George Guido: Springdale grad Pfeifer reaches statewide milestone
Congratulations go out to Springdale graduate Bill Pfeifer, the Hopewell girls soccer coach who last week became the winningest coach in Pennsylvania girls soccer history. Pfeifer, who graduated from Springdale in 1983, took over the top spot with the Vikings’ 3-0 victory over Keystone Oaks. He passed longtime former Hampton...
Appolonia sets goal record for streaking Yough girls soccer
Growing up in a soccer family, Justine Appolonia has been scoring goals since she can remember. After Saturday, she can say no girl at Yough High School has scored more. The senior Youngstown State recruit netted three goals in a 7-0 win over South Allegheny to give her 107 for...
