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PIHL standings through Nov. 14, 2021
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday: Team, Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points Class 3A North Allegheny, 7-1-0 = 14 Peters Township, 5-2-0 = 10 Seneca Valley, 4-1-0 = 8 Central Catholic, 4-3-0 = 8 Baldwin, 3-1-2 = 8 Pine-Richland, 3-2-0 =...
High-scoring Greensburg Central Catholic takes defensive approach in PIAA playoffs
Greensburg Central Catholic went into the WPIAL championship with energy and bravado. The Lady Centurions left Highmark Stadium 10 days ago humbled and heartbroken. Senior Tatum Gretz thinks a good way to erase the bad memories of a 2-1 overtime loss to Steel Valley is to play for a PIAA...
Fox Chapel to host semifinal doubleheader in PIAA girls volleyball tournament
Fox Chapel will host a semifinal doubleheader Tuesday night in the girls volleyball state tournament. The PIAA on Saturday announced sites and times. Freeport and Hampton will play at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, with Shaler and North Allegheny following at 7:30 p.m. North Catholic and Bishop Canevin also have games Tuesday....
PIAA announces sites, times for state soccer semifinals
The WPIAL will have at least seven soccer teams in the state finals, and the league could have a finalist in all eight championship games. The PIAA on Sunday announced sites and times for the state semifinals with seven all-WPIAL matchups among them. All games are Tuesday. Boys semifinals Class...
5 things we learned: Big Seven keeps WPIAL Class A unpredictable
The WPIAL’s smallest classification was also its most unpredictable this fall, but Our Lady of the Sacred Heart coach Dan Bradley says he isn’t surprised by who is still standing. The final four in Class A has three teams from the Big Seven, including his ninth-seeded Chargers, who upset No....
Determined Penn Hills overcomes adversity in WPIAL playoffs
Weathering early adversity isn’t something Julian Dugger allows to linger in his mind during football games. The Penn Hills sophomore quarterback knows the Indians have the tools to make adjustments in-game. Three early turnovers against Franklin Regional in the Indians’ 38-6 WPIAL Class 5A first-round win Nov. 5 at Yuhas-McGinley...
Before heading west, Pine-Richland runner caps decorated high school cross country career
On Nov. 10, Meredith Price signed a letter of intent for track and cross country at Utah State, so this coming fall she’ll be running in the Rocky Mountains. The last few years she’s proven she’s had no problem navigating the hills of Pennsylvania. Price placed 17th in the PIAA...
Gateway’s Sundin caps high school cross country career at PIAA championships
Brady Sundin capped his high school cross country career on the state’s biggest stage. The Gateway senior joined the top runners in Hershey on Nov. 6 for the PIAA championships, and he placed 141st overall in the Class 3A boys race with a time of 17 minutes, 53.9 seconds. “He...
Gateway hockey team snaps early skid
The Gateway junior varsity ice hockey team continues to navigate through the fall portion of its 2021-22 season, and the Gators added a point to its place in the standings with a 2-2 tie against North Hills on Nov. 8. Gateway rallied from an early 1-0 deficit to the Indians...
Sister combos lead Sewickley Academy girls tennis to championship season
The Close sisters are not just close. The Sewickley Academy athletes are best of friends. “Kirsten is my best friend and my biggest competitor,” Ashley said, “and I am so grateful she was able to be a part of this season with me.” Ashley, a 16-year-old sophomore, starred at No....
Pine-Richland’s Hasley shows worth on both sides of the ball
Jeremiah Hasley ran gassers every day he could during the summer and even worked with a personal trainer to get into the best shape possible, because he wanted to be on the field for every snap of Pine-Richland football this season. Hasley, a Duke recruit, had already made his mark...
Injuries allow young players to gain experience for Riverview
The Riverview football team took its lumps on the scoreboard throughout the 2021 season, but coach Trevor George said the mix of veterans and young talent never wavered in their attitude and dedication to pushing past any adversities they faced. “Whatever happened on game day, win or lose, they approached...
Heart, grit help carry Plum to WPIAL football playoffs
The Plum football team lost to Hampton by 28 points in the regular season. To some, that Greater Allegheny Conference result, 35-7 on Oct. 8 at Plum, might have been a foreshadowing of things to come when the WPIAL football playoff committee paired the Talbots and Mustangs for the Class...
Quaker Valley football builds on positive strides taken during 2021 season
Quaker Valley’s football team finished fifth in the rugged Class 3A Northern Six Conference this season, behind Central Valley (5-0), Avonworth (4-1), Keystone Oaks (3-2) and Ambridge (2-3). The Quakers played 10 games, finished 2-8 overall and 1-4 in the conference, and allowed 40 or more points five times. They...
Penn-Trafford field hockey closing the gap among state’s best teams
When Penn-Trafford field hockey coach Cindy Dutt looked back at the 2021 season, she cites a program on the verge of greatness. Her Warriors have been the top team in Class 2A in Western Pennsylvania for six consecutive seasons, and it doesn’t look like that will change anytime soon. When...
Penn Hills wrestling team, ‘self-motivated’ senior look forward to more normal season
AJ Palumbo and the Penn Hills wrestling team had the same unfortunate experience as many others did during the pandemic last season. Matches were canceled, schedules were changed, and nothing was normal for the Indians. Palumbo, a 220-pound senior, wrestled one match last season. Penn Hills finished with three wrestlers...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 13, 2021
High schools Field hockey PIAA playoffs Class 3A Quarterfinals Saturday’s results Central York 1, Wilson 0 Conestoga 2, Cumberland Valley 1 Emmaus 2, Methacton 1 Lower Dauphin 3, Downingtown West 2 Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Conestoga vs. Emmaus; Central York vs. Lower Dauphin Class 2A Quarterfinals Saturday’s results Gwynedd Mercy 2,...
High school roundup for Nov. 13, 2021: WPIAL rematches set in state playoffs
Joey Coon, Nathan Prex and Max Marcotte scored as Seneca Valley moved one step closer to defending its boys soccer state championship with a 3-0 victory over Lower Merion in the PIAA Class 4A quarterfinals Saturday. Seneca Valley (20-0-1) will meet Peters Township in Tuesday’s semifinals in a rematch of...
Greensburg Central Catholic girls slam door on Freedom in PIAA quarterfinals
Greensburg Central Catholic and Freedom combined for 21 goals in their previous two matchups this season. In their third meeting, all it took was one. A 25th-minute strike from freshman forward Riley Kerr complemented a stocky defensive performance as the Centurions blanked Freedom, 1-0, in a PIAA Class A girls...
Eden Christian tops Greensburg Central Catholic in PIAA playoffs
Down two starters and a decided underdog because of it, Eden Christian was looking for someone to be the hero in Saturday’s PIAA Class A boys soccer quarterfinal against Greensburg Central Catholic. An unlikely candidate emerged in the clutch. Junior midfielder Ryan Merrick doesn’t get a lot of scoring opportunities,...
Kiski Area lineman Brandon Lawhorn Moore commits to Miami (Ohio)
Kiski Area’s Brandon Lawhorn Moore, one of the WPIAL’s top offensive line recruits, committed Saturday to Miami (Ohio). The 6-foot-5, 290-pound senior tackle announced on Twitter his commitment to the RedHawks. He also had listed Division I offers from Duquesne, Bowling Green, Bucknell, Buffalo, Fordham, Kent State, Maine, New Hampshire,...
Hampton defense stops another foe, dropping Franklin Regional in state quarterfinals
The Franklin Regional boys soccer team suffered the same fate Saturday as every team Hampton has faced thus far in the postseason. The Panthers were shut out. It wasn’t for lack of effort or chances, as the Panthers probed and prodded Hampton for the majority of the match, but they...
Plum girls soccer team tops Mechanicsburg in PIAA quarters
The record-setting season for the Plum girls soccer team continues. The Mustangs trailed District 3 champion Mechanicsburg just two minutes into Saturday’s PIAA Class 3A quarterfinal at Hollidaysburg. But second-half tallies from junior Camryn Rogers and sophomore Ava Weleski lifted Plum into the state semifinals with a 2-1 win over...
George Guido: Leechburg’s Burke completes one of A-K Valley’s top all-time seasons
With Leechburg’s loss in the WPIAL Class A quarterfinals Friday, it brought the curtain down on one of the best seasons an A-K Valley quarterback ever has had. Blue Devils senior Thomas Burke III finished the season with 2,213 yards, which is third best in local history. In 2019, Burrell’s...
Norwin notebook: Goalkeeper comes into her own at Ohio U.
Sam Wexell waited her turn to take over the goalkeeping duties at Ohio. Once she got her chance, she shined. Looking like the protector of the net she was at Norwin, Wexell helped led Ohio to the Mid-American Conference Tournament and an 11-5-3 record. She also earned some hardware. Wexell...
