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Derrick Davis shines again as Gateway shuts out Franklin Regional
Gateway’s recent domination of Franklin Regional continued Friday night at Antimarino Stadium in Monroeville. The Gators rolled to their third win in the past two seasons over the Panthers, this one a 31-0 victory in the Class 5A Big East Conference. No. 3 Gateway was just getting warmed up in...
WPIAL football Week 6 results
TribLIVE’s sports reporters have you covered from Friday’s Week 6 high school football action. GAMES OF THE WEEK • GATEWAY 31, FRANKLIN REGIONAL 0 The Gators rolled to their third win in the past two seasons over the Panthers. • FREEPORT 40, DEER LAKES 21 Senior running back Ricky Hunter...
Apollo-Ridge dodges Valley upset bid, clinches playoff spotVideo
It was a night of highs and lows for Apollo-Ridge’s Logan Harmon during Friday’s Allegheny Conference game at Valley. Harmon fumbled three times, and two of them led to Valley touchdowns. But the Apollo-Ridge coaches never lost faith in their 210-pound battering ram, and he returned the favor in a...
Dominant Ligonier Valley clinches fourth straight conference titleVideo
Pretty, it wasn’t. But it didn’t need to be. Even when Ligonier Valley doesn’t play its best, it still can be dominant. The Rams (7-0), the third-ranked team in the state by the Tribune-Review, clinched a share of the PIAA District 6 Heritage Conference title with another mercy rule win,...
Jackson helps West Greene beat California for 1st time since 2003
In a marquee Class A contest, California and West Greene had two of the top offenses in all of the WPIAL. On Friday night, the Trojans’ offense couldn’t muster any consistent flow on the field and had no answer for West Greene’s Ben Jackson on the ground. The Pioneers tallied...
Mt. Pleasant ground game grinds down Burrell in second half
Tough defense and a never-say-die ground game lifted Mt. Pleasant to a convincing 34-18 win over Burrell in a key Big East Conference game Friday night. Burrell took a 12-7 lead into the locker room at halftime, but the Vikings played a determined second half to run away with the...
Freeport keeps playoff hopes alive with 3rd straight win
Deer Lakes will have to wait another year to see if it can sneak a win past longtime rival Freeport because from the first whistle Friday night, the Yellowjackets showed why they haven’t lost to their Class 3A Big East Conference rival since 2010. Freeport (3-3, 3-3) prevented a Deer...
South Fayette’s Naman Alemada strong-arms Knoch
If there were any doubts about which team belonged in first place in the Northwest Eight Conference, Naman Alemada and No. 2 South Fayette put them to bed as quickly as possible against No. 5 Knoch. Alemada, a 6-foot-5 junior, threw for 398 yards and six scores to lift the...
Defense dominates as Class 5A No. 1 Penn-Trafford beats Latrobe
Penn-Trafford was not clicking offensively. The running game was sluggish, passes were off the mark and the sticks weren’t moving with normal rapidity. The Warriors’ defense, however, was there to bail it out. No. 1 Penn-Trafford held Latrobe to one first down, pressured the Wildcats’ continuously and pounded down a...
Montour rides wildcat to victory over Highlands
Despite the absence of quarterback Luke Persinger, the Montour Spartans have “wildcatted” their way into the Class 4A playoff race. After an overtime victory last week against previously undefeated Knoch, Montour won again Friday night with Gannon Kadlecik and Dom Magliocco running out of the wildcat formation. Kadlecik scored twice...
Junior running backs power Beaver Falls past Keystone Oaks
Beaver Falls rallied in the fourth quarter behind strong performances from junior tailbacks Shileak Livingston and Josh Hough, beating Keystone Oaks, 34-21, Friday night at Dormont Stadium. In what Tigers’ third-year head coach Nick Nardone described as a “weird game,” the Tigers led in first downs 18-5 and won the...
Moon’s defense dominates, hands Peters Township 1st loss
Entering its WPIAL Class 5A Allegheny 8 Conference contest against Moon, No. 2 Peters Township hadn’t trailed this season. By the end of Friday night’s game, the Tigers made sure the Indians were familiar with the feeling. Moon (5-2, 3-1) scored its first touchdown less than three minutes into the...
Thomas Jefferson slows Central Valley’s big-play offense in nonconference clashVideo
Central Valley has the type of athlete-heavy spread offense that’s caused Thomas Jefferson trouble in recent years. See TJ’s season-ending losses to Erie’s Cathedral Prep in 2015, ’16 and ’17, or South Fayette’s win last November in the WPIAL finals. But this year’s TJ defense has taken a new approach,...
Tried of near misses, Penn-Trafford hockey sets sights on playoff berth
Ryan Mickey will be one of Penn-Trafford’s top scorers this season, but the only goal that really matters to him is making the playoffs. After three years of close calls, the senior doesn’t want to be on the outside looking in during the postseason. For as good as the Warriors...
Pine-Richland soccer focused on program-building process
The Pine-Richland boys soccer team has seen its fair share of ups and downs in head coach Jordan Wiegand’s first season leading the program. Although the Rams’ 5-9 overall record and 4-7 mark in Section 1-AAAA play may not have them positioned for the success that they hoped to enjoy...
Plum volleyball focused on strong finish
With the season winding down and the playoffs likely not in sight for the 2-9 Plum girls volleyball team, coach Kelsey Bonk is still focused on winning. “(The team) just wants to finish strong,” she said. “I don’t think it matters what time of year it is. Wanting to win...
Gateway hockey program continues ascent, will play JV again
Rebuilding Gateway’s hockey program will continue to be a slow, difficult process. The Gators will play at the junior varsity level for the third consecutive season with a roster of 12 skaters and three goaltenders, and most of them have a year or two of experience. “We want to work...
Expect offensive fireworks from Norwin hockey team
This season, Norwin’s hockey team wants to keep the light on — the opposing team’s goal lamp. With its top three scorers back from a year ago, the Knights expect to rack up goals. “Offense is definitely our strength,” Norwin coach Adam Tokarski said. “All the players want to get...
Baldwin ace Bethany Yauch commits to Cleveland State
Baldwin tennis whiz Bethany Yauch, a two-time WPIAL runner-up, recently signed a letter of intent with Cleveland State, a member of the NCAA Division I Horizon Conference. The senior opted for the Vikings following a trip with her parents to the campus located near Lake Erie. “When I visited Cleveland...
Q&A with 40-year South Hills Record sports reporter Ray Fisher
The 2018-19 school year marked my 40th year covering high school sports at the South Hills Record. Where did the time go? Over the years, I’ve done my fair share of Q&A interviews with local sports figures, ranging from grandparents, parents, children (student-athletes) and now grandchildren. Recently, it was suggested...
Quaker Valley hockey looking to rebound
Quaker Valley’s hockey team hopes to rebound from a near postseason miss. The Quakers, who own five PIHL Penguins Cup Class A titles (2006, ’08, ’12, ’13, ’14), reached the Class AA championship game two years ago. Last season, though, playing in a bigger classification and against bigger schools caught...
Plum’s captains bringing optimism back to ice
Prior to the season, Plum hockey coach Phil Mains told his leadership group of captain Dan Baranowski and alternate captains Logan Schlegel and Nic Pushic that the team would go as they go. The captains took that message to heart and worked to build a good culture in the locker...
No steps backward for Norwin volleyball
The Norwin girls volleyball team entered the season as a relative unknown. The team returned only one starter from last season’s team — senior middle hitter Victoria Nicholes. With only four seniors total, the staff turned to a junior class and underclassmen lacking varsity experience. This uncertainty led to some...
Franklin Regional volleyball joins fight against breast cancer with Dig Pink event
The Franklin Regional girls volleyball players kicked off Breast Cancer Awareness Month on Oct. 1 with a Dig Pink fundraiser on their home floor. The Panthers topped rival Kiski Area, 3-1, to remain undefeated at 9-0 in Section 1-AAA. Franklin Regional was ranked No. 5 in Class AAA in the...
Franklin Regional hockey adapting quickly to new coach
Franklin Regional’s hockey team has a new coach, but the goal remains the same — win a PIHL Penguins Cup championship. John Winebrenner takes over behind the bench for the Panthers, who won PIHL Penguins Cup Class A titles in 2016-17. He has his own championship history as well. He...
