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High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 20, 2021
High schools Field hockey Monday’s results Class 3A Pine-Richland 8, Mt. Lebanon 0 North Allegheny at Allderdice, (n) Peters Township at Norwin, (n) Class A Shady Side Academy 4, Winchester Thurston 2 Nonsection Hempfield 4, Latrobe 3 Tuesday’s schedule Class 2A Penn-Trafford at Upper St. Clair, 7 p.m. Fox Chapel...
High school roundup for Sept. 20, 2021: Central Catholic’s Rocco Salvitti wins section golf title
Central Catholic’s Rocco Salvitti shot a 2-under 70 at Murrysville GC to take medalist honors at the Section 4-3A boys golf tournament Monday. Salvitti finished one shot ahead of Franklin Regional’s Zach Abdallah. Central Catholic’s Carter Pitcairn and Aidan Burchianti, Franklin Regional’s Nolan Shilling and Jeff Anderchak and Plum’s Tim...
Latrobe girls soccer in position for breakout season
It’s just about fall, so it’s pumpkin spice season. The Latrobe girls soccer team prefers a different flavor: nutmeg. Or, at least they prefer the act by that name used in soccer where a player dribbles and kicks a ball through an opponent’s legs — a gotcha move that leaves...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 21, 2021: South Hills soccer showdown
Even though the pendulum has swung due north with Seneca Valley and North Allegheny winning the four of the last five WPIAL boys soccer championships in the highest classification, there was a time when gold could be found in a four-mile radius of Route 19 in the South Hills of...
Hempfield’s Daniel Sierk commits to Bucknell
If you have seen Hempfield play this season, then you’ve watched No. 50 blow up opposing plays for the Spartans. You can’t miss Daniel Sierk. The senior just continuously shows up at defensive end. He has been one of the top pass-rushers in Class 6A. More colleges are showing interest...
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week for Sept. 20, 2021
In 30 all-time meetings on the football field, Rochester has dominated Class A Big Seven Conference foe Union. The Rams are 25-5 overall. However, Union is now 5-4 in the last nine meetings after Friday’s conference opening stunner. “I don’t think I was the head coach for all those losses,...
WPIAL sets covid-19 cancellation policy, won’t require vaccinations for officials
A regular-season contest canceled because of covid-19 can be declared a “no-contest” rather than a forfeit, but first the WPIAL intends to make sure teams aren’t bending the rules to avoid an opponent. “If you have able bodies to participate and you choose not to, then that’s a forfeit,” WPIAL...
Volleyball coaches association releases Week 3 WPIAL girls rankings
The Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its WPIAL girls top-10 poll for Week 3 on Monday, and there is a change at the top in Class 3A. Hampton is the new No. 1 after sweeping Deer Lakes in a nonsection matchup Sept. 13 and topping last week’s Class 3A...
Westmoreland County senior spotlight: Southmoreland’s Taylor Klingensmith
Southmoreland has blossomed into one of the more potent offensive girls soccer teams in the WPIAL. The Scotties’ Big 3 of Taylor Klingensmith, Kendall Fabery and Olivia Cernuto have combined for 24 of the team’s 31 goals. Maybe they should have a catchy nickname like, “TKO.” Klingensmith would prefer another...
Rolling Fields PGA Junior League team takes 3rd at U.S. Regional event
In Dick Logan’s 28 years as a PGA professional, this summer coaching the Rolling Fields Golf Course 17-and-under PGA Junior League team was the best experience of his entire career. The enjoyment came from being around six kids he said have the utmost respect for the game, their opponents, and...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Springdale’s August Tabacheck
Saturday was special for Springdale soccer standout August Tabacheck, but it had nothing to do with his talents on the pitch. The senior center midfielder saw more than a year’s worth of hard work on display with the opening of the Daniel R. Tabacheck Memorial Dog Park in Agan Park...
Trib HSSN broadcast listings for week of Sept. 20-25
We hit the midway point of the WPIAL football regular season with key conference and nonconference games this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week 4 with 33 WPIAL, District 6, District 9 and independent high school football broadcasts Friday...
Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week for 2021 Week 3
His name might not be Michael, but on Friday of Week 3 at Mapletown High School, Carmichaels senior Trenton Carter was truly a Mighty Mike. In a Tri-County South Conference opener between a pair of 2-1 teams, Carter gashed the Maples with both his arm and his legs. “I feel...
What to watch for Sept. 20, 2021: WPIAL golf tournaments begin
While the WPIAL girls singles tennis championships are set for Thursday and Friday, another fall postseason tees off Monday. The district will hold its boys individual golf sectionals Monday at eight Class AAA and nine Class AA sites. Qualifiers will earn a spot in the WPIAL semifinals Sept. 27 In...
Westmoreland H.S. notebook: Norwin girls tennis living up to expectations
With the largest and most experienced team she has had since taking over at Norwin in 2018, girls tennis coach Diane Pesarsick has even larger expectations for the Knights this fall. Norwin, which has 23 girls in its program — 11 varsity, six of whom are seniors — is looking...
Season-opening loss sharpens focus for Greensburg Central Catholic boys soccer
The first game of the season in any sport is important. But, just the same, it can seem quite meaningless. Even when a No. 1-ranked team gets sideswiped right out of the gates? The Greensburg Central Catholic boys soccer team, fresh off back-to-back WPIAL Class A titles and PIAA runner-up...
Trib HSSN soccer rankings for week of Sept. 19, 2021
Girls Class 4A Rank Team Record Last rank 1. North Allegheny (5-0) 2 2. Seneca Valley (4-1-1) 3 3. Peters Township (2-1-1) 1 4. Moon (3-0) 5 5. Butler (5-0) 4 Class 3A 1. Mars (4-0-1) 1 2. Plum (5-0) 2 3. Montour (4-1) 3 4. Hampton (4-2) NR 5....
No longer Penn State-bound, Perry’s Tyreese Fearbry chooses Kentucky
Six weeks after decommiting from Penn State, Perry senior Tyreese Fearbry has a new plan for college. The 6-foot-5, 225-pound defensive end verbally committed Saturday to Kentucky, choosing the SEC school over his other finalists, Pitt and Auburn. Fearbry is a four-star prospect according to Rivals and ranked 13th overall...
Gateway girls soccer shows improvement during 3-game winning streak
The Gateway girls soccer team came out on the short end of a 5-1 result against Plum, the WPIAL Class 3A runner-up the past two seasons, in the season opener Sept. 4. But the Gators bounced back from that loss and won three straight against Hampton, Armstrong and Knoch, all...
Gateway sophomore running back Jaquon Reynolds breaks out against Penn Hills
Jaquon Reynolds waited his turn. The diminutive 5-foot-7, 163-pound sophomore running back put in his time last year as a freshman at Gateway and grew his game under the watchful eye of the Gators coaches as well as veteran players such as Derrick Davis, now playing at LSU. After an...
Despite roster turnover, Sewickley Academy girls soccer chasing another playoff berth
Sewickley Academy is a fixture in the WPIAL girls soccer playoffs. The Panthers have advanced to the postseason 12 of the past 13 years, including 11 consecutive times from 2007-17. During that span, the SA girls captured four section championships, with the latest coming in 2017. The Panthers qualified for...
Quaker Valley girls soccer poised for postseason return
Quaker Valley’s soccer teams were absent from the WPIAL playoffs last season because of coronavirus protocols. After a covid-19 outbreak in the district last fall, QV’s athletic seasons were shut down. The QV girls finished fourth in Section 1-2A after going 3-5-2 in league play and 3-7-2 overall. The Quakers...
Penn Hills notebook: Cross country makes best of Gateway Invitational
Low numbers forced Penn Hills cross country coach Lee Zelkowitz to make some audibles with the schedule. The Indians passed on competing in the Red, White & Blue Invitational at White Oak Park and instead opened by competing in the Gateway Invitational at Boyce Park. “That’s the hardest course they...
Penn Hills coaches try to keep focus on football for players
Penn Hills football coach Jon LeDonne and his coaching staff worked hard prepping to play Woodland Hills on Sept. 17 at home. The Indians coaching staff also were tasked with keeping the players focused despite recent events in the community. No fans were allowed in Yuhas-McGinley Stadium last Friday and...
Junior striker brings joy of scoring goals to Pine-Richland boys soccer
Colin Zvejnieks’ parents told him that he has always been a runner. So much so, they claim he learned to run before he could walk. Needless to say Zvejnieks is energetic, and that trait comes out even more when he’s on the soccer field. A varsity player since his freshman...
