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WPIAL football player of the week: Week 1
Last year, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart quarterback Tyler Bradley had a huge season, throwing for 3,364 yards and 45 touchdowns in leading the Chargers to their first WPIAL football championship. Eric Wilson wants to be that guy in 2019. The Sto-Rox senior quarterback threw for 3,003 yards last...
Penn-Trafford field hockey team going for 4th straight WPIAL title
For the past three seasons, the Penn-Trafford field hockey team has captured the WPIAL Class AA championship. Will there be a four-peat? It could come down to how the team matures. The Warriors graduatd 11 seniors from last season’s roster. In their place will be talented-but-unchallenged junior and sophomore classes....
United forfeits Week 2 game to Ligonier Valley
United School District informed Ligonier Valley officials late Saturday the football team will forfeit its Week 2 game Saturday because of a lack of healthy players. United began the season with 18 players on the roster a year after the team played in the District 6 Class A championship game....
High school scores, summaries, schedules for Aug. 31, 2019
High schools Cross country Boys Saturday’s results WPIAL Gateway Invitational Team: 1. Fox Chapel, 40; 2. Riverview, 78; 3. Baldwin, 79; 4. Bethel Park, 151; 5. Gateway, 159; 6. North Catholic, 163; 7. Plum 164; 8. Central Catholic, 174; 9. Kiski Area, 209; 10. Penn Hills, 301. Individual: 1. Christian...
Freeport football team reflects on fortitude after rally comes up short
Freeport football coach John Gaillot was emotional Friday night when asked to evaluate his team’s performance in a 35-27 loss to Big East Conference rival Derry. The Trojans owned three-touchdown leads on two occasions in the second half, but the visiting Yellowjackets responded with two fourth-quarter scores and had the...
High school roundup for Aug. 31, 2019: Fox Chapel runners sweep Gateway Invitational
Grace Sisson and Brooke Krally took the top two spots as Fox Chapel swept the Gateway Invitational on Saturday in Boyce Park. Sisson finished with a time of 20 minutes, 56 seconds while Krally posted a time of 21:16. North Catholic’s Alaina Hicks and Julia Zalenkski finished third and fourth...
5 takeaways from Week 1 of high school football action
Carlynton accomplished something Friday the program hadn’t done in 14 years. The Cougars reached 2-0. Not since 2005 had Carlynton started the season with consecutive wins, a small achievement for some but a big confidence boost for first-year coach Rich Piccinini’s team. “There’s a buzz around the school and the...
WPIAL football rankings through Week 1
Class 6A Team, W-L, Last 1. Pine-Richland, 2-0, 1 2. Central Catholic, 2-0, 2 3. North Allegheny, 2-0, 3 4. Seneca Valley 0-2 4 5. Mt. Lebanon, 1-1, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Penn-Trafford, 2-0, 3 2. Peters Township, 2-0, 2 3. Gateway, 1-1, 1 4. Penn Hills, 1-1,...
Westmoreland football notebook: Tight connection between P-T coach, Gateway
Penn-Trafford coach John Ruane was talking to reporters after Friday’s win when Gateway defensive tackle Jacques Taylor asked him why he was on crutches. No. 3 Penn-Trafford defeated No. 1 Gateway, 28-7, in a hard-hitting game. Ruane said he believed he suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in his right leg...
Greensburg Central Catholic football team defeats RiverviewVideo
Earlier this year, the famous Oakmont Bakery moved to its facility across the street from Riverview. That seems appropriate because the host Raiders featured plenty of turnovers in their season opener Saturday. Three interceptions and a fumble ended drives, provided short fields and led to a score as Greensburg Central...
A-K Valley football notebook: Springdale beats Imani Christian for 1st time
As if their last-minute Week Zero win over Deer Lakes wasn’t enough, the Springdale Dynamos took it to another level Friday and took down Class 1A Eastern Conference opponent Imani Christian for the first time. “It was just like the Deer Lakes game,” Springdale coach Seth Napierkowski said after the...
Peters Township defeats Upper St. Clair in Allegheny 8 opener
Peters Township used a pair of scores from Josh Casilli to knock off Upper St. Clair, 29-21, in the teams’ WPIAL Class 5A Allegheny 8 Conference opener Friday night. The No. 2-ranked Indians (2-0, 1-1) started fast with a long return from Aidan McCall on the opening kickoff. Peters Township’s...
High school scores, summaries, schedules for Aug. 30, 2019
High schools Field hockey Friday’s result WPIAL Division II Shady Side Academy 8, Latrobe 0 Nonsection Ellis School 6, Penn-Trafford 1 Football Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Central Catholic 10, Seneca Valley 7 Mt. Lebanon 49, Canon-McMillan 21 North Allegheny 42, Norwin 0 Pine-Richland 42, Hempfield 14 Class 5A Allegheny...
Week 1 top performers for passing, rushing, receiving
Top performers for Week 1 high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 348 - Eric Wilson, Sto-Rox (20 of 29) 296 - Shane Susnak, Fox Chapel (19 of 30) 284 - Ethan Dahlem, Upper St. Clair (15 of 24) 276 - Cole Spencer, Pine-Richland (19 of 26) 269 - Zaire...
WPIAL Class A roundup: Jackson scores 5 times in West Greene’s blowout win
Ben Jackson ran for 150 yards and scored five times as West Greene scored an 82-14 win over Bentworth (0-2, 0-1) in a Class A Tri-County South game Friday night. Jackson has 11 touchdowns this season through two games for the Pioneers (2-0, 1-0). Cornell 32, Union 6 — Zaire...
QB Cole Spencer passes Pine-Richland past Hempfield
Pine-Richland is picking up this year where the Rams left off a year ago in claiming another WPIAL Class 6A football championship, their second in a row and third in five seasons. Cole Spencer has been a big reason for Pine-Richland’s continued success. The junior quarterback’s play has been nothing...
WPIAL Class 2A roundup: Penrod guides Avonworth past Valley
Park Penrod threw for 175 yards and four touchdowns to lead Avonworth to a 47-14 win against Valley (0-2, 0-1) in a Class 2A Allegheny Conference football game Friday night. Kyros Thorpe caught three passes for 101 yards and two touchdowns for Avonworth (2-0, 1-0) while teammate Jax Miller rushed...
Wilson, Pack lead potent Sto-Rox past defending WPIAL champ OLSH
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart scored the first points of this Big 7 Conference game, then Sto-Rox scored the rest en route to an impressive 34-6 home victory over the defending WPIAL Class A champion. OLSH (1-1, 0-1) took a 6-0 lead on their first offensive possession, going 71...
WPIAL Class 3A roundup: Aliquippa rolls past Waynesburg
Top-ranked Aliquippa scored 54 points in the first half on way to its 60-9 Class 3A Tri-County West win against Waynesburg (1-1, 0-1) on Friday night. Antonio Quinn ran five times for 115 yards and two touchdowns. The Quips (2-0, 1-0) scored on three returns — a 75-yard punt return...
WPIAL Class 4A roundup: Greensburg Salem tops Trinity in OT
Trent Patrick’s 1-yard scoring run in overtime gave Greensburg Salem a 19-13 victory over Trinity (0-1, 0-1) in the Big 8 Conference on Friday night. Patrick accounted for Greensburg Salem’s other touchdowns in the second quarter with a 16-yard pass to Cavan Trout and a 2-yard run for the Golden...
WPIAL Class 6A, 5A roundup: Daniels leads Mt. Lebanon past Canon-McMillan
Joey Daniels threw for 187 yards and four touchdowns as No. 5 Mt. Lebanon earned a 49-21 win over Canon-McMillan (0-2, 0-1) in a Class 6A football game Friday night. Evan Jones and Sam LaSota caught two scoring passes each for the Blue Devils (1-1, 1-0). Jon Quinque threw for...
Halftime turnaround helps Elizabeth Forward top Deer Lakes
Elizabeth Forward coach Mike Collodi didn’t yell at his team at halftime. In some cases, a seven-point deficit and a half rife with mistakes might be cause for a chewing out, but Collodi knew he had to show positivity with his young players. So that’s what he did. He assured...
Laurel’s defense, running game overwhelm Rochester
Championship football teams are often built around a solid running game or a stout defensive unit. Laurel’s team has both. Laurel rushed for 309 yards and pitched their second straight shutout as the third-ranked Spartans won 42-0 on the road over fourth-ranked Rochester in the Class 1A Big 7 Conference...
Bethel Park passes test at Woodland Hills
When Brian Delallo took over as head coach for Jeff Metheny at Bethel Park, he realized he was going to be thrown into the fire immediately with a tough road test against Woodland Hills at the Wolvarena. Delallo and the Black Hawks passed the test. Behind a potent rushing attack,...
GCC soccer’s Nate Ward commits to Hoosiers
Nate Ward plays with emotion. You can see it when he scores a goal or if a penalty doesn’t go his team’s way on the soccer field. His facial expressions say it all. So it was no surprise the senior from Greensburg Central Catholic had a big smile on his...
