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Norwin’s Kendro gives verbal commitment to Tennessee
An impressive workout at a summer showcase will afford Jake Kendro the opportunity to showcase his talents at the highest level of college baseball. The sophomore middle-infielder from Norwin began drawing interest from Tennessee after coaches saw him at a Perfect Game event in July in Georgia. An offer followed...
WPIAL Clinched: Girls soccer teams through Monday, Oct. 7
There is less than one week left in section play in WPIAL girls 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...
High school scores, summaries, schedules for Oct. 7, 2019
Field hockey Monday’s result WPIAL Division I Peters Township 4, Penn-Trafford 0 Golf Boys WPIAL team championships Class AAA Tuesday’s schedule Semifinals (Top 3 teams advance to finals) At Indian Run Golf Club, Avella, 9 a.m. Baldwin, Belle Vernon, Central Catholic, Mt. Lebanon, Moon, Pine-Richland, Shady Side Academy, Thomas Jefferson,...
High school roundup for Oct. 7, 2019: Peters Township moves into first-place tie with comeback win
Jillian Martin scored the game-winning goal in overtime as Peters Township (13-1-1, 10-1-1) erased a three-goal deficit to defeat Moon (11-2-1, 10-1-1) and move into a tie for first place in Section 2-AAAA girls soccer Monday night. Kaila McFerran scored the tying goal in the closing moments of regulation. Cece...
Boys team golf semifinals highlight Tuesday in the WPIAL
Monday was for the girls. Tuesday is time for the WPIAL boys team golf semifinals. Seventeen Class AAA teams will battle at two different sites with the top three teams from each bracket advancing to the finals Oct. 10. Teeing off at 9 a.m. at the Indian Run Golf Course...
Highlands soccer implementing unique analytical approach
Professional sports teams often use anything they can to gain a competitive advantage, and in recent years, different forms of analytics have become a norm across the country. But those in-depth analytics typically don’t trickle down to the high school level. So when first-year coach Jason Norris, an industrial engineer...
Mt. Lebanon boys soccer leading section, proving doubters wrong
Mt. Lebanon’s boys soccer team has been nearly unstoppable this season. After a 0-1-1 start, Mt. Lebanon has reeled off 12 consecutive victories to move up the ranks of Class AAAA teams. The Blue Devils (12-0-1) are ranked fourth-best in AAAA in the latest Trib HSSN weekly rankings, behind Plum,...
Four A-K Valley boys golf teams look to punch their ticket to WPIAL championship
On Tuesday morning, four boys golf teams from around the Alle-Kiski Valley will travel to River Forest Golf Course to play in a WPIAL Class AA semifinal match and compete for a chance to play for the team championship. The top three teams from the two semifinal matches — the...
WPIAL Football Team of the Week: Week 6
This season has turned into another successful one for tradition rich football programs just south of the City of Pittsburgh like Mt. Lebanon, Bethel Park and Upper St. Clair. Well, there is a new kid on the South Hills block that is making some noise and playing winning football as...
Section title, WPIAL playoff run in reach for Moon boys soccer
Moon is one the verge of clinching first place on the pitch in Section 2-3A. The Tigers are 13-2 overall, 9-1 in league play, slightly ahead of rival West Allegheny (10-4-1, 8-1-1), with two games remaining. Moon plays on the road against two teams closer to the bottom of the...
Knoch, Valley tennis teams set for WPIAL team tournament
After several weeks of dual matches and individual players and doubles teams going for WPIAL gold, the Knoch and Valley girls tennis teams turn their attention Tuesday to the WPIAL Class AA team tournament. First-round matches are set for a 3 p.m. start. After a break, the tournament resumes with...
WPIAL Boys Soccer Rankings through Oct. 5
Class AAAA Team, record, previous 1. Plum, 13-0-1, 2 2. Norwin, 13-1-1, 3 3. Seneca Valley, 11-2-1, 1 4. Mt. Lebanon, 12-1-1, 4 5. Canon-McMillan, 11-2-1, 5 Out: — Class AAA 1. Franklin Regional, 11-0-1, 1 2. Mars, 12-1-1, 2 3. Moon, 13-2, 4 4. Belle Vernon, 13-1, 5 5....
Coaches association releases Week 6 WPIAL girls volleyball rankings
The plots thicken for the girls volleyball teams in the WPIAL as two weeks remain in the regular season and section races from Class A to Class AAAA. With the help of the WPIAL’s 120 head coaches, the Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association on Monday released its latest rankings and...
PIHL Player of the Week for Oct. 6, 2019
The 2018-19 season was a tough year for Quaker Valley hockey. Four players scored 10 or more points and the team only won five of its 19 games. The Quakers did make the postseason, as the fifth-place team out of Class AA’s Northwest Conference, but the run ended in the...
PIHL Team of the Week for Oct. 6, 2019
During the 2018-19 PIHL regular season, Class AAA was the most defensive-minded classification by a wide margin. The leading team in goals for last year was finalist Peters Township, which scored 81 goals in 18 regular-season games. The Indians scored eight goals once, in their penultimate contest, an 8-3 win...
Girls AAA golf semis and WPIAL soccer highlight Monday WPIAL slate
With all of the individual district championships in the books, the WPIAL team golf postseason is set to tee off starting Monday with the Class AAA girls semifinals. The nine-team field features Blackhawk, Butler, Fox Chapel, Franklin Regional, Mars, North Allegheny, Penn-Trafford, Peters Township and Upper St. Clair. The teams...
Ligonier Valley makes a leap in District 6 football rankings
Ligonier Valley and Saltsburg made leaps in the PIAA District 6 football rankings after big wins Friday. The unbeaten Rams (7-0), who clinched their fourth consecutive Heritage Conference championship with a 46-0 victory against Marion Center, moved past Bellwood-Antis into second place behind Richland in Class 2A. Despite the loss...
WPIAL football playoff picture after Week 6
The stretch run has commenced as the WPIAL football season heads into the final three weeks of the regular season. All the games now feel a little bit more important as teams fight for conference championships, home field advantage, playoff positioning and postseason berths. The TribLive High School Sports Network...
Stretch run begins in football, soccer regular season concludes this week on HSSN
The home stretch of the fall high school sports season is upon us, and the stretch run begins this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage from Week 7 of the high school football season with plenty of conference games among the...
High school schedules for Oct. 7, 2019
High schools Golf Boys WPIAL team championships Class AAA Tuesday’s schedule Semifinals (Top 3 teams advance) At Indian Run Golf Club, Avella Baldwin, Belle Vernon, Central Catholic, Mt. Lebanon, Moon, Pine-Richland, Shady Side Academy, Thomas Jefferson, Upper St. Clair, 9 a.m. At Links at Spring Church, Apollo Blackhawk, Fox Chapel,...
WPIAL football player of the week — Week 6
Coming into this season, there were major questions about the QB position at Quarterback High. More than halfway through the regular season, those questions have been answered with plenty of passing yards, touchdowns and victories for South Fayette. The latest Lions quarterback is Naman Alemada, and he continues to make...
Latrobe ready to make run in WPIAL tennis team tournament
With singles and doubles WPIAL girls tennis champions determined, it’s time for area teams to begin their quests for titles. That includes Latrobe, which wrapped up a third straight Section 1-AAA championship Tuesday with a 4-1 win over Hempfield. It secured a perfect section record (8-0) for the third year...
A-K Valley girls soccer teams jockeying for playoff position
Seven seconds. That’s all the time that was left on the second-half clock Saturday when Emerson Johngarlo scored the winning goal for Kiski Area in its 2-1 Section 1-AAA girls soccer victory over Franklin Regional that solidified second place in the standings. Many games like the one between the Cavaliers...
Southmoreland girls volleyball team digs in for final stretch
Southmoreland’s girls volleyball team is ready to make a push for a section title. With only two weeks of section play left, the Scotties (7-2) still have a shot of clinching at least a share of the WPIAL Section 3-AA championship. They have three section matches left, including big ones...
Kiski Area volleyball making steady climb in Section 1-AAA
The day before Thursday’s crucial Section 1-AAA match with Armstrong, Kiski Area libero Rebekah Fowler didn’t want to give too much away. “We’re expecting big things,” She said. Fowler, her Cavaliers teammates and first-year coach Jodie McCartney could not have prognosticated what took place 24 hours later, but it was...
