High School category, Page 1205
The Birdie gets his mojo back while picking A-K Valley games
When the Birdie walked into the office on Monday, he had the biggest smile on his face. First of all, yes, the Birdie works on Labor Day because as he has acclaimed, he’s the hardest working feathered fowl in the office. Second of all, his smile wasn’t booming because of...
Westmoreland County football players to watch in Week 2
Isaiah Beltram Monessen, jr., QB/RB/WR Beltram rushed for 154 yards and a touchdown against Greensburg Central Catholic and caught a 57-yard touchdown pass in Week 1 against California. He’s one of the Greyhounds’ main offensive threats. He scored five touchdowns in 2018. Riley Comforti Southmoreland, sr., WR/DB The Southmoreland senior...
Kiski Area looking for consistency as North Hills pays visit
The first two weeks of the season have been a roller coaster for the Kiski Area Cavaliers. During their Week Zero game against defending City League champion Allderdice, sophomore quarterback Tommy Burke hit Jason Baker with a winning 6-yard touchdown pass that had the Cavaliers riding high. Maybe just a...
Early-season showdown could play major factor in Big Eight Conference
Could Friday’s WPIAL Class 4A Big Eight Conference battle be a preview of the WPIAL championship? No. 1 Thomas Jefferson (2-0, 1-0) and No. 2 Belle Vernon (1-0, 0-0) hope it is. Friday’s early-season matchup at Thomas Jefferson could determine the Big Eight Conference championship. And even though Thomas Jefferson’s...
Westmoreland County don’t-miss high school football matchups for Week 2
Class 6A Hempfield (1-1, 0-1) at Norwin (0-2, 0-1) 7 p.m. Friday at Norwin Knights Stadium, North Huntingdon On the air: TribHSSN.triblive.com, 107.1 FM Last week: Pine-Richland 42, Hempfield 14; North Allegheny 42, Norwin 0 Coaches: Rich Bowen, Hempfield; Dave Brozeski, Norwin Players to watch: Blake Remaley, Hempfield (Sr., 6-2,...
The Birdie sets sights on web stardom in Westmoreland County
Last week: 12-3 (80 percent) Season: 18-5 (78.3 percent) The Birdie is old school and set in many of his ways. He still uses a pencil and paper to keep game stats and likes to get ink on his fingers after reading the print edition of the newspaper. “People still...
High school scores, summaries, schedules for Sept. 3, 2019
LOCAL High schools Cross Country Boys Tuesday’s result WPIAL Nonsection Yough 31, Belle Vernon 23 Girls Tuesday’s result WPIAL Nonsection Belle Vernon 31, Yough 24 Field Hockey Tuesday’s results WPIAL Division I Pine-Richland 1, Mt. Lebanon 0 Nonsection Peters Township 5, Oakland Catholic 0 Golf Boys Tuesday’s results WPIAL Class...
High school roundup for Sept. 3, 2019: Toohey’s hat trick leads Mt. Pleasant soccer
Lucas Toohey had a hat trick to lead Mt. Pleasant to a 6-1 victory over Leechburg in a Section 2-AA boys soccer matchup Tuesday. Ryan Temple scored twice and Arthur Bartlow had three assists for Mt. Pleasant (1-0, 1-0). Nate Kubasky also scored. Jake Mull scored the lone goal for...
Burrell girls soccer hitting stride after tournament win
The Burrell girls soccer team had high hopes over the summer and in preseason workouts that it could replicate past success and take the next step in Section 2-2A and beyond. The potential was there, as veterans mixed with new talent and the season got started. But it wasn’t until...
Trib HSSN state football rankings for Week 2
Some good teams were bounced from the weekly Trib HSSN state rankings after some eyebrow-raisers in Week 1. Teams such as Harrisburg, Gateway, Imhotep Charter and Sharon are on the outside looking in, though it would not be a surprise to see any of them back in the top five...
Hopewell, Avonworth face off on opening day of girls soccer section play Wednesday in high school sports
A year ago, they were the final two victims of South Park’s district championship run. Wednesday, Hopewell visits Avonworth to open up Section 1-2A play on opening night of section play in WPIAL girls’ soccer. Last year, South Park shutout Avonworth 3-0 in the WPIAL Class 2A semifinals before blanking...
George Guido: Six-classification system for football affecting rivalries, attendance
If you’re looking for an Alle-Kiski Valley football rivalry game this week, don’t bother. Of the 13 schools in the Valley News Dispatch circulation area, none play each other. It’s the outgrowth of the six-classification system, which is in its fourth season. If you run a gas station, however, you’re...
Coaches association releases latest WPIAL girls volleyball rankings
The opening weekend of the WPIAL girls volleyball season has come and gone, and section matchups in all four classifications begin Tuesday evening. The Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association, in a poll of the 120 WPIAL head coaches, released its second rankings list of the season. North Allegheny (Class AAAA),...
High school schedules for Sept. 3, 2019
High schools Soccer Boys Tuesday’s schedule WPIAL Class 4A Section 1 Central Catholic at Seneca Valley, 7:30 p.m. North Allegheny at Allderdice, 7 p.m. Pine-Richland at Fox Chapel, 7 p.m. Shaler at Butler, 7:30 p.m. Section 2 Baldwin at Brashear, 3:30 p.m. Canon-McMillan at Bethel Park, 7:30 p.m. Peters Township...
Boys soccer matchup between Upper St. Clair, Peters Township among 3 things to watch Tuesday in high school sports
From 2000-15, the South Hills dominated WPIAL boys’ soccer’s highest classification. Fifteen of the century’s first 16 Class AAA champions were Bethel Park, Canon-McMillan, Mt. Lebanon, Peters Township or Upper St. Clair. The exception was 2005, when Plum won it all. While the power has swung to the north in...
WPIAL football team of the week: Week 1
When Moon faces Mars, there are plenty of puns that could be used to describe this otherworldly match-up. But Moon being named TribHSSN’s Week One Team of the Week is more about a Tigers tale then it is about an intergalactic contest. Mars scored the game’s first 14 points before...
Alle-Kiski high school notebook: Knoch, Freeport volleyball maintain spots in poll
Knoch and Freeport maintain their positions in the latest Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association’s top-10 poll released Monday. The Knights, semifinalists at Saturday’s Canon-McMillan Tournament, stay in first place in the Class AAA, holding off No. 2 Thomas Jefferson and No. 3 Laurel Highlands, and Kiski Area received votes this...
Ligonier Valley’s Silk to play football at Kiski School
Kyle Silk had planned on finishing his high school career at Ligonier Valley. But when District 6 officials and then the PIAA board of directors denied his eligibility request to play football after he transferred from United to Ligonier Valley, Silk had two options if he wanted to continue to...
Avonworth football standout Kyros Thorpe seeks postseason eligibility
Avonworth’s Kyros Thorpe has made an immediate impact since transferring from Central Catholic, but it’s unknown whether he’ll be eligible for the football playoffs. The senior has an eligibility hearing scheduled Thursday at the WPIAL office in Green Tree. Thorpe was granted regular-season eligibility when he transferred to Avonworth but...
WPIAL schedules eligibility hearing for soccer star Jayden Sharpless
North Catholic transfer Jayden Sharpless, the top WPIAL girls soccer player last season, will learn this week whether she can play this fall. The sophomore has an eligibility hearing Thursday at the WPIAL office in Green Tree. Sharpless was the TribLive HSSN Girls Soccer Player of the Year last season...
High school sports scores for Sept. 1, 2019
High schools Soccer Boys Sunday’s results WPIAL Ambridge tournament Ambridge 2, Central Valley 0 Riverside 5, Freedom 2 Avonworth tournament Avonworth 7, Bishop Canevin 0 OLSH 1, St. Joseph 0 Belle Vernon tournament Allderdice 3, Connellsville 1 Belle Vernon 3, Brashear 2 Highlands 6, Monessen 0 Carlynton tournament California 5,...
Central Catholic junior Elliot Donald reveals 8 favorite scholarship offers
Central Catholic junior Elliot Donald posted a favorites list this week that included all three area colleges and some of the top programs nationally. The 6-foot-2, 230-pound defensive lineman posted a Top 8 that listed Pitt, Penn State and West Virginia, along with LSU, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State and...
North Allegheny freshman adds Michigan State basketball offer
Jasmine Timmerson won’t make her high school basketball debut for a few more months, but the North Allegheny freshman already has a Big 10 scholarship offer. Timmerson announced an offer Friday from Michigan State while visiting the school’s campus. She now has three Division I offers with the others from...
Gateway junior Derrick Davis adds another SEC football offer
Gateway’s Derrick Davis might soon be able to choose any college in the country. The star junior announced a football scholarship offer from LSU on Sunday, making the Tigers the latest major college program recruiting Davis. He announced an offer last week from Florida, adding to a list that already...
Football, soccer, volleyball coverage this week on Trib HSSN
We labor into a week of broadcasts with plenty of high school football and the debut of several other scholastic sports on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week Two with plenty of conference games among the 36 WPIAL, District 6 and...
