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The Daily 3: WPIAL girls tennis brackets to be revealed
The WPIAL will unveil the brackets for the district’s first championship tournament on Tuesday. The 2019 girls singles tennis championships will take place over two days later this week. The first round, quarterfinals and semifinals matches are set for Thursday with the championship and consolation matches taking place Friday. Two...
WPIAL calls in Connellsville, Allderdice after more racial slur allegations
The WPIAL is calling in Connellsville administrators for the second time in two years to face allegations that the school’s boys soccer team targeted an opponent with racial slurs. A year ago, it was Penn Hills that made those accusations. This time, Allderdice parents are accusing Connellsville soccer players of...
With a team-first mentality, Zane Ingram is leading Fox Chapel to fast start
Ever since Zane Ingram joined the Fox Chapel boys soccer program as a freshman, he’s always put the team first. “Where the team needs him, he goes,” said Fox Chapel coach Erik Ingram, who also doubles as Zane’s dad. That journey has taken Zane from playing as an outside back...
WPIAL Football Team of the Week: Week 3
With every win these last two years, the Freedom football program seems to end long droughts of a mostly forgetful century of football. In 2018, the Bulldogs finished the regular season 9-1 for the program’s first winning season in 14 years. The team hosted a playoff game at Bulldogs Stadium...
Fox Chapel senior Charlotte James back for WPIAL tennis run
Charlotte James stepped away from high school tennis in 2018 to concentrate on USTA junior tournaments. But the Fox Chapel senior, one of the top college prospects in Pennsylvania, is back making waves in the Foxes lineup. She will be in the hunt for a WPIAL singles title when the...
Coaches association releases Week 3 WPIAL girls volleyball rankings
The WPIAL girls volleyball section slate enters Week 3 as teams in all four classifications jockey for position in the standings. North Allegheny (Class AAAA), Knoch (Class AAA), North Catholic (Class AA) and Bishop Canevin (Class A) are undefeated in section matches at the start of play this week, and...
The Daily 3: What to watch today in WPIAL sports
On a busy night of girls soccer in the WPIAL, the marquee matchup is a battle for first place in Section 2 between two of the last three undefeated teams in Class AAAA. Moon visits Peters Township in a clash between 4-0 teams atop their section. The Indians are 6-0...
Conference football heats up this week on Trib HSSN
We hit mid-September and close out summer with plenty of high school sports action this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage from Week Four of the high school football season with plenty of conference games among the 38 WPIAL, District 6...
High school schedules for Sept. 16, 2019
High schools Soccer Boys Monday’s schedule Class A Section 3 Aquinas Academy at Carlynton, 5 p.m. Nonsection Ellwood City at Westinghouse, 3:30 p.m. Hempfield at Laurel Highlands, 7 p.m. Valley at Jeannette, 7 p.m. Girls Monday’s schedule WPIAL Class 4A Section 1 North Allegheny at Fox Chapel, 7 p.m. Pine-Richland...
WPIAL Football Player of the Week: Week 3
Ethan Dahlem of Upper St. Clair had a record-breaking performance Friday night, and it still nearly wasn’t enough to secure a victory. But in the end, the junior quarterback was responsible for 560 yards from scrimmage and his scoring plunge from 1 yard late in the game was the difference...
Fox Chapel girls volleyball hopes aggressive approach works
When describing how aggressive to be when spiking a volleyball, Fox Chapel coach Phil O’Keeffe likes to use a baseball analogy. He tells his team if a pitcher that has a 100 mph fastball but is afraid to use it and lobs 75 mph pitches over the plate, the pitcher...
WPIAL/City League football standings through Week 3
Here are the updated WPIAL and City League football standings following Week 3 of the 2019 season. WPIAL Class 6A Team, conference record, overall record North Allegheny, 3-0, 4-0 Mt. Lebanon, 3-0, 3-1 Pine-Richland, 2-0, 4-0 Central Catholic, 2-1, 3-1 Hempfield, 1-2, 2-2 Seneca Valley, 1-2, 1-3 Norwin, 0-2, 1-3...
Norwin’s Krevokuch lands FBS offer
Norwin football player Tanner Krevokuch has his first Division I-FBS scholarship offer. Krevokuch, the Knights’ 6-foot-4, 205-pound tight end and middle linebacker, announced Sunday that Central Michigan has extended an offer. “This offer means everything to me because it changes my life big time,” Krevokuch said. “It helps for other...
Freedom shuts out Mohawk in MAC matchupVideo
It’s good to be the king. Senior Max Ujhazy was named Homecoming King moments before kickoff, then helped turn the game around with a big punt return in the third quarter as Freedom defeated Mohawk, 28-0, on Saturday in a Class 2A Midwestern Athletic Conference contest. “It was very humbling,...
High school roundup for Sept. 14, 2019: Burgettstown rallies past Summit
After trailing by 10 points after the first quarter, Burgettstown scored 44 unanswered points in a 46-12 victory over Summit Academy (0-4) in a nonconference football game Saturday afternoon. Burgettstown (3-0) got on the board when Cyle Conley scored on a 4-yard rushing touchdown. Seth Phillis took over the second...
High school scores for Sept. 14, 2019
Football Saturday’s results WPIAL Class 2A Midwestern Freedom 28, Mohawk 0 Class A Big 7 Union 48, Northgate 28 Nonconference Burgettstown 46, Summit Academy 12 Springdale 41, Bishop Canevin 6 District 8 City League Nonconference Cardinal Mooney (Ohio) 48, Carrick 0 Saturday’s summaries WPIAL Class 2A Midwestern Freedom 28, Mohawk...
Springdale starts quickly in dismantling of Bishop Canevin
With the injury to Springdale quarterback Legend Ausk, the Dynamos went with signal-calling by committee Saturday night. The committee did just fine as Springdale jumped out to a three-touchdown lead and rolled to a 41-6 nonconference victory over Bishop Canevin at Dormont Stadium. The Dynamos are off to a 4-0...
Westmoreland high school football notebook: Jeannette coach Hall reaches milestone
It was a special night for Jeannette football coach Roy Hall on Friday. Not only did his No. 1-ranked Jayhawks deliver a 54-0 victory against Avella, the win was the 100th of his coaching career. He was honored with a surprise party after the game. Hall, who began his career...
5 takeaways from Week 3: Quarterback’s 485 yards among all-time WPIAL bestVideo
Gaudy statistics by WPIAL quarterbacks aren’t unusual anymore, but occasionally there’s a number that stands out among the rest. Upper St. Clair’s Ethan Dahlem posted one of those eye-popping numbers Friday night. The junior passed for 485 yards in the Panthers’ 45-41 victory over Woodland Hills. Dahlem completed 22 of...
WPIAL football rankings through Week 3
WPIAL Football Class 6A 1. Pine-Richland, 4-0, 1 2. North Allegheny, 5-0, 2 3. Central Catholic, 3-1, 3 4. Mt. Lebanon, 3-1, 5 5. Seneca Valley, 1-3, 4 Out: none Class 5A 1. Penn-Trafford, 4-0, 1 2. Peters Township, 4-0, 2 3. Gateway, 3-1, 3 4. Penn Hills, 3-1, 4...
A-K Valley football notebook: Valley breaks through with 1st victory
After an 0-3 start in which it was outscored by 80 points and shut out twice, the Valley football team broke through Friday with a 22-6 home victory over Imani Christian. The Vikings trailed 6-0 at halftime, and three first-half turnovers deep in Saints territory snuffed out scoring opportunities. “I...
Playing more than one sport can benefit high school athletes, coaches say
John Gaillot, in his 11th season as football coach at Freeport High School, said he has had a good track record of his players also being involved in wrestling, basketball and baseball. He realizes the pull other that sports sometimes have. Offseason camps, leagues and workouts help an athlete continue...
Veteran high school football coaches offer their thoughts on falling participation
WORDS OF WISDOM Veteran coaches discuss the issue of falling participation numbers in high school football: George Novak 14th winningest coach in state history with six WPIAL titles at Woodland Hills • “I think there are more sports programs to choose from. There is more specialization in one sport with...
Drastic changes in enrollment factor into high school football participation decline
When McKeesport coach Matt Miller was a senior in 1991, the Tigers had around 85 names on the football roster. This year, his team has 47. What isn’t lost on Miller is that when he walks the halls at the high school, there are far fewer students than there once...
Electronics not a significant factor contributing to dwindling high school football rosters
Ligonier Valley coach Roger Beitel recognizes that the modern high school football player is going to spend hours each day looking at a cell phone or tablet. Beitel tries to use that trend to his advantage. He sends players videos to watch, game plans to study and workout schedules to...
