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WPIAL Week 5 football: How to watch, listen and find scores
Week 5 of the WPIAL football season kicks off tonight, and there isn’t a bigger game than Pine-Richland/Central Catholic. TribLIVE HSSN has you covered with a live video stream of the game as well as other broadcasts of other games across the WPIAL. You can find a complete list of...
High school scores, summaries, schedules for Sept. 26, 2019
Football Thursday’s results District 8 City League Westinghouse 42, Brashear 0 Friday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Butler at Norwin, 7 p.m.; Hempfield at Mt. Lebanon, 7:30 p.m.; North Allegheny at Seneca Valley, 7:30 p.m.; Pine-Richland at Central Catholic, 7:30 p.m. Class 5A Allegheny 8 Baldwin at Chartiers Valley, 7 p.m.;...
High school roundup Sept. 26, 2019: West Allegheny boys soccer knocks off Moon
Fletcher Amos scored the tie-breaking goal midway through the second half to help West Allegheny (8-4-1, 6-1-1) to a 2-1 victory over Moon (10-2, 8-1) in a battle of the top two teams in Section 2-AAA. Logen Mackey also scored for West Allegheny. Mars 9, Indiana 0 — Austin Rocke,...
Will Pine-Richland vs. Central Catholic predict WPIAL champion once again?
Central Catholic and Pine-Richland have a shared history that few recent rivalries can match. In each of the past six seasons, the team that won their regular-season matchup went on to win the WPIAL title. It’s served as a midseason championship barometer for the WPIAL’s largest classification. Pine-Richland won the...
Trib HSSN high school football don’t-miss matchups for Week 5
Class 6A conference North Allegheny (4-0, 5-0) at Seneca Valley (2-2, 2-3) 7 p.m. Friday, Nextier Stadium On the air: TribHSSN.TribLive.com Coaches: Art Walker, North Allegheny; Ron Butschle, Seneca Valley Players to watch: Percise Colon, North Allegheny (Sr., 5-6, 165, RB); Gabe Lawson, Seneca Valley (Sr., 6-2, 190, QB) Last...
Chick’s Picks aims to reverse the curse in Week 5
After more than two decades of successful WPIAL prognosticating, it comes as no surprise when Chick’s Picks is contacted with various opportunities to increase her fame. This week, Chick’s Picks received a call from a well-known video game manufacturer who offered her a spot on the front cover of its...
5 things to watch in Week 5 of high school football
Central Valley traveled 13 miles to play its first conference road game this season and only nine miles for its second, matchups with Beaver County rivals Blackhawk and Beaver Falls. This week, they’re road Warriors. A 70-mile drive each way awaits Central Valley on Friday night. The Warriors have reserved...
A-K Valley Through the Years: One century ago, Owens Field made debut
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. 100 years ago • Owens Field in Apollo hosted its first game as Apollo defeated first-year Leechburg, 47-0. The land...
Sewickley Academy’s J.F. Aber captures WPIAL gold at Class AA boys golf championships
Riverside’s Skyler Fox was gunning to become the first golfer in WPIAL history to win four straight individual boys championships. If it wasn’t for Sewickley Academy’s J.F. Aber, Fox would’ve done it. With an even-par score of 70, Aber held off Fox by one stroke to capture his first WPIAL...
Shaler notebook: Girls golf team eager to build on successful season
The Shaler Area girls golf team isn’t a program that will have to do much soul searching after this season. Second-year Titans coach David Lapmarado already has players willing to give back after the best season in program history. “I’ve had interest from the seniors, Darian Lees and Dana Wolf,...
Shaler hockey player Spencer Platt heads west to Wyoming to grow his game
Feeling out of place would be natural for Glenshaw native Spencer Platt. Seeking a path to college hockey, Platt decided to move 1,800 miles from home to Cody, Wyo., to play for the Yellowstone Quake of the North American 3 Hockey League. The NA3HL is an American Tier III junior...
Finding right mix puts Bishop Canevin girls soccer squarely in playoff race
As the Bishop Canevin girls soccer team prepared to open the season, coach Pat Egan was sure of two things: His group of returning players would be motivated by last fall’s first-round playoff loss, and they would need help from younger players to be a factor in the 2019 postseason....
South Fayette golfer Luke Lestini playing well, having fun
South Fayette golfer Luke Lestini entered the season with a new focus. He was as one of the top returning boys golfers in the WPIAL after finishing 16th in the state last year. While other golfers might concentrate on improving their short game or tee shots, Lestini focuses on enjoying...
Hampton tennis players improve against tough competition
Members of the Hampton girls tennis team are finding out playing the sport isn’t just enough — you have to love it. That’s the goal for the offseason after a team led by sophomores in singles performed admirably in the wake of losing WPIAL championship contender Madison Cordisco to a...
Hampton girls soccer looking to put pieces together
The Hampton girls soccer team has the tools. It just needs to learn to put it all together. That was the feeling following a 4-0 loss in an early season marquee matchup with undefeated rival Mars — a program that has proven to be a thorn in Hampton’s side over...
Penn Hills’ Silverman displays talent in multiple fields
The fall sports season is always a busy time of the year for junior Jonah Silverman. However, Silverman made a slight change to the sports he was participating in. Instead of running for the Penn Hills cross country team, Silverman decided to be the kicker for the football team to...
North Hills soccer at crossroads in playoff chase
With a little more than half of its season in the books, the North Hills boys soccer team is positioning itself for a late-season battle for one of the final WPIAL playoff spots in Section 1-AAA. Thus far, the Indians (4-5-1, 3-5-1) have experienced their fair share of highs and...
North Allegheny’s Catanzarite hopes to deliver for tennis team
Like her older sister, North Allegheny freshman girls tennis player Nora Catanzarite leads the Tigers. Catanzarite, 14, of Franklin Park, has an 9-5 record and a 6-1 Section 2-AAA mark playing first singles. She earned the section singles title and advanced to the WPIAL tournament, where she lost in the...
Mars boys soccer chasing 6th straight section championship
The beat goes on for the Mars boys soccer program. Under the guidance of veteran coach Chris Knauff, the Fightin’ Planets have advanced to the WPIAL playoffs 12 years in a row and won eight section championships during that span. It appears to be more of the same in 2019,...
Trib HSSN football players to watch in Week 5
Here are four WPIAL football players to watch for during Week 5: Dante Clay Moon, Sr., QB/P Clay completed 7 of 10 passes for 190 yards and two scores and also ran for 180 yards and three TDs on 10 carries last week, as Moon routed Chartiers Valley. Clay (6-1,...
High school scores, summaries, schedules for Sept. 25, 2019
Cross country Boys Wednesday’s results WPIAL Division I Section 6 Canon-McMillan 20, Peters Township 35 Canon-McMillan 15, Trinity 50 Peters Township 15, Trinity 50 Girls Wednesday’s results WPIAL Divison I Section 6 Canon-McMillan 15, Trinity 48 Peters Township 15, Trinity 38 Peters Township 20, Canon-McMillan 36 Football Thursday’s schedule District...
High school roundup for Sept. 25, 2019: Emma Bundy comes up big for North Allegheny
Emma Bundy scored her second goal of the game in overtime to lead North Allegheny (9-1-1, 7-0) to a 3-2 victory over Pine-Richland (6-3, 4-3) in a matchup of top girls soccer teams in Section 1-AAAA on Wednesday night. Tulasi Sayamala also scored for North Allegheny. Peters Township 1, Bethel...
One Class 5A rival replaces another in the new Trib 10 power rankings.
Two Trib 10 teams from a week ago lost in Week 4, one dropping a spot while the other dropped out completely. While the top three teams remain the same, Penn-Trafford lost to Ohio power Massillon Washington last week, dropping from No. 4 to No. 5. The Warriors flip-flopped with...
The Daily 3: WPIAL history might be made on the links Thursday
History can be made Thursday at the 2019 WPIAL Class AA boys’ individual golf championships. Skylar Fox may become the most decorated boys golfer in district history as he shoots for a fourth WPIAL title. Last year, the Riverside senior captured his third district championship in three years when he...
5 things to watch at the WPIAL Class AA golf championship
The WPIAL Class AA golf championship will take place Thursday at Allegheny Country Club. There are 32 golfers trying to finish in the Top 16 to advance to the PIAA Western Qualifier on Oct. 14 at Tom’s Run Golf Course at Chestnut Ridge Golf Resort in Blairsville. There they will...
