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A-K Valley football Q&A with Deer Lakes’ Aris Hasley
Deer Lakes football has gotten off to a rocky start this season, but senior quarterback Aris Hasley has led the passing game to new heights. After three games, Hasley is ranked second among WPIAL quarterbacks in passing yards, attempts, touchdowns and completions. He’s converted just more than 50% of his...
A-K Valley football players to watch for Week 3
Trey Darrah Deer Lakes, sr., WR/DB Darrah was a key target for quarterback Aris Hasley against Uniontown last week as he hauled in seven passes for 161 yards and a pair of touchdowns. That gives him season totals of 14 catches for a team-best 285 yards and five scores. Brandon...
Knoch, Highlands work up ‘a good dislike’ for each otherVideo
The Knoch and Highlands football teams are on opposite sides of the WPIAL Class 4A Northwest Eight Conference. Led by first-year coach Brandon Mowry, who spent the past 15 years in various assistant positions with the program, the Knights have jumped out to a 3-0 start for the first time...
A-K Valley high school football don’t-miss matchups for Week 3
Class 5A Big East Connellsville (1-2, 0-2) at Plum (1-2, 0-2) 7 p.m. Friday at Mustangs Stadium, Plum On the air: TribHSSN.triblive.com Last week: Penn-Trafford 41, Connellsville 7; Gateway 44, Plum 0 Coaches: Marko Thomas, Connellsville; Matt Morgan, Plum Players to watch: Ky’Ron Craggette, Connellsville (Jr., 5-10, 215, RB/LB); Billy...
The Birdie goes online to help make A-K Valley football picks
A day doesn’t go by where the Birdie isn’t thinking about high school football. He walked into the office Monday with Saturday’s edition of the Valley News Dispatch in hand and was thumbing through it rapidly. When he finished, he looked distressed. He hadn’t found what he was looking for,...
Week 3 high school football schedule
Thursday District 8 City League Allderdice at Westinghouse, 7 p.m. Friday WPIAL Class 6A Canon-McMillan at North Allegheny, 7:30 p.m. Central Catholic at Hempfield, 7 p.m. Pine-Richland at Butler, 7:30 p.m. Seneca Valley at Mt. Lebanon, 7:30 p.m. Class 5A Allegheny 8 Moon at Baldwin, 7 p.m. West Allegheny at...
Westmoreland County high school football dont’t-miss matchups for Week 3
Class 6A No. 3 Central Catholic (2-1, 1-1) at Hempfield (2-1, 1-1) 7 p.m. Friday at Spartan Stadium, Hempfield Last week: North Allegheny 11, Central Catholic 10; Hempfield 34, Norwin 17 Coaches: Terry Totten, Central Catholic; Rich Bowen, Hempfield Players to watch: Eddie Tillman, Central Catholic (Jr., 5-8, 165, RB);...
No clowning around in Westmoreland County for The Birdie
The Birdie Last week: 9-2 (81.8 %) Season: 27-7 (79.4 %) “It: Chapter Two” is the story of a clown returning to Derry to scare up fears and torment kids. “No, that new movie isn’t about me,” said the Birdie, who wore a throwback New Florence jersey when he saw...
Westmoreland football Q&A with Hempfield’s Dillon Ferretti
Dillon Ferretti likes to take pregame power naps. He sets the alarm on his phone so he doesn’t oversleep. “Like a half-hour or an hour,” the Hempfield linebacker said. “It helps me to relax, and I just think about what I want to do in the game.” Not a unique...
Westmoreland County football players to watch in Week 3
John Beard Ligonier Valley, sr., WR/S/K Coach Roger Beitel refers to Beard as “Mr. Everything.” He has caught seven passes for 122 yards in addition to making six tackles, with two interceptions. He returned one for a score. He averages 43 yards a punt and has kicked 12 extra points....
Rivals Derry, Mt. Pleasant ready to battle for 1st place in Class 3A Big EastVideo
When Tim Sweeney took over the Derry football program after the 2013 season, he inherited a team that was at the lowest of lows. Five years later, the Trojans have won three consecutive conference titles and played for the WPIAL Class 3A championship last fall. Derry has gone through an...
No clear favorite at WCCA boys golf championship
For the past four seasons, the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association’s boys golf tournament has been dominated by three of the top amateur golfers in Western Pa.: Brad Pevarnik, Palmer Jackson and Mark Goetz. The trio dominated not only the county but also the WPIAL and PIAA. Well, they’re off to...
Springdale’s Ausk likely done for season after collarbone injury
The Springdale football team, in the midst of last Friday’s 28-7 nonconference victory over Monessen, was dealt a blow when sophomore starting quarterback Legend Ausk suffered a broken collarbone on a tackle early in the third quarter. “I’ve never been in a situation like the one he is in, but...
Franklin Regional, Thomas Jefferson boys soccer teams battle to draw
Soccer ties aren’t always about the action but the reaction. Fifth-ranked Thomas Jefferson packed in its defense like a football team stacking the box against the run Tuesday night. With 10 players back at times for the Jaguars, No. 1 Franklin Regional had trouble doing what it does best: wide...
High school scores, summaries, schedules for Sept. 10, 2019
Cross country Boys Tuesday’s results Division I Section 5 Montour 28, Blackhawk 40 Montour 28, Moon 29 Moon 29, Blackhawk 40 Section 6 Peters Township 24, Bethel Park 31 South Fayette 22, Bethel Park 39 South Fayette 22, Peters Township 35 Division II Section 4 Freeport 15, Redeemer Lutheran 50...
High school roundup for Sept. 10, 2019: Joey Fonagy’s hat trick keeps Canon-McMillan undefeated
Joey Fonagy recorded a hat trick to help No. 1 Canon-McMillan (6-0, 3-0) stay undefeated with a 5-1 win over Baldwin (2-4, 1-1) in Section 2-AAAA boys soccer Tuesday night. Fonagy’s first goal came on a penalty kick, his second off an assist from Owen Maher and his third off...
The Daily 3: Field hockey champs set to face off
The WPIAL field hockey alignment is made up of two divisions in the regular season followed by three classes in the postseason. There are 10 Division I teams and 10 Division II teams. Then, come playoff time, nine teams are categorized in Class AAA, four in Class AA and seven...
Balanced approach paying off for Belle Vernon girls soccer team
Belle Vernon’s girls soccer team cruised through its section last year. The Leopards are winning with ease again this fall. Belle Vernon is off to a 4-1 start, including a 3-0 mark in Section 2-3A play. “We’ve really been working more as a team in these last couple games,” junior...
Westmoreland Athletes of the Week: Belle Vernon’s Daniel Sassak, Yough’s Justine Appolonia
Daniel Sassak School: Belle Vernon Sport: Soccer Class: Sophomore Claim to fame: Sassak, who had 12 goals in the first five games of the season, scored four goals to lead Belle Vernon (5-0, 2-0) to a 10-0 win over Uniontown in Section 3-3A action Sept. 5. Sassak scored twice in...
Kiski Area girls soccer team faces stiff section test
Reagan Frederick didn’t expect to finish last season as the top goal scorer for the Kiski Area girls soccer team in its charge to the WPIAL Class AAA quarterfinals. “I wasn’t the only forward up top, and we had a lot of players who could score,” said Frederick, an All-WPIAL...
A-K Valley H.S. athletes of the week: Fox Chapel’s Lucy Ream and Plum’s Darius Flowers
Lucy Ream School: Fox Chapel Class: Junior Sport: Soccer Report card: Ream recorded a hat trick, including the winner in double overtime in a 3-2 win over Butler last Wednesday. She also scored both goals in a 2-1 win over Penn-Trafford in the season opener and added a goal in...
North Allegheny moves into Trib HSSN state football rankings for Week 3
As opposed to last week, there were only a couple of changes to the weekly Trib HSSN state football rankings following Week 2 games. Three teams lost and tumbled out of their respective classifications’ top 5. Ironically, in all three cases, the winning teams replaced those fallen squads in the...
George Guido: Franklin Regional hitting the road
If you’re a Franklin Regional football fan, you hopefully caught last Friday’s home win over Latrobe. That’s because the Panthers won’t play another home game for six weeks. Yes, Franklin Regional is on the road for the next two weeks, then has an open date on the schedule created by...
WPIAL girls soccer rankings through Sept. 9, 2019
Here’s a look at this week’s WPIAL girls soccer rankings through Monday’s games: WPIAL girls soccer rankings Class AAAA Team, record, previous 1. Peters Township, 5-0, 1 2. Norwin, 3-0, 3 3. Pine-Richland, 3-1, 4 4. Seneca Valley, 3-1, 2 5. Penn-Trafford, 3-1, — Out: North Allegheny, 3-1, 5 Class...
Jeannette, Avella consider rescheduling football game but agree to play Friday night
Jeannette and Avella school administrators discussed moving this week’s football game to a different date or time, but ultimately agreed to play the game as scheduled. The teams will play at 7 p.m. Friday at McKee Stadium. Avella had raised concerns in the wake of last week’s fatal shooting outside...
