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Riverview soccer teams eager to be back on field
It has been nearly two years since the Riverview boys and girls varsity soccer teams played games that counted in the WPIAL. That stretch, which included the entire 2020 season when low numbers prevented the teams from competing, came to an end when the Riverview boys faced section foe Eden...
Ellwood City, OLSH cancel Week 2 football games
Ellwood City and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart each canceled their scheduled football games this week because of covid-related issues. OLSH would have hosted Beaver Falls. Ellwood City was scheduled to host Shenango. Both were nonconference games. Beaver Falls and Shenango were attempting to find replacement games. There were...
Freeport football to honor veterans Friday
The Freeport football team takes on Avonworth at home Friday, and the Yellowjackets will honor local veterans and celebrate RED Friday. A Remembering Everyone Deployed ceremony will be during pregame festivities starting at 6:30 p.m. Local veterans will take the field to be honored, and residents of the Mechling Shakley...
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week 2021: Week 1
It has been 12 years since the Shaler football team has been undefeated through two weeks. While there have been a lot of lean years since 2009, including an 0-7 season last year, the Titans did have back-to-back four-win seasons in 2018 and 2019 that included trips to the WPIAL...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 7, 2021: Boys soccer opens section play
Once again this school year, the network with the best coverage of high school sports brings you a daily dose of what to watch for around scholastic sports that day. We begin with a look at opening night in WPIAL boys section soccer. Tuesday features a pair of contests matching...
Westmoreland boys athlete of the week: Belle Vernon’s Patrick Bush
Patrick Bush School: Belle Vernon Sport: Golf Year: Junior Claim to fame: Bush shot a 38 for Belle Vernon a 206-214 nonsection loss to Canon-McMillan on Aug. 24. Last season, Bush tied for 25th place with a round of 83 at the WPIAL Class AAA championship at South Hills Country...
Hempfield senior making headlines, helping build girls tennis program
Whether it’s debating the views of world politicians or setting an example in her own life, Alexis Smith has a passion for leadership. Smith is a senior on the Hempfield girls tennis team and is one of the top players in the region. But she also is a standout student,...
Lily Fenton leads Latrobe volleyball team, carries on family legacy
She is the final sibling from a family known for its athletic excellence to etch her name into Westmoreland County sports folklore. And she’s just a junior at Latrobe. Lily Fenton, a 5-foot-6 setter who, in 2020, was a WPIAL first-team all-section player and was recognized by the AAU National...
Victory at historic Oakmont Country Club boosts confidence for Burrell golfers
The Burrell boys golf team dropped anchor at Oakmont Country Club last week. Having lost three starters from last season and playing one of the top golf courses in the world, the Bucs arrived with more questions than answers going into their Section 1-2A match against rival Riverview. “It was...
Valley tennis uses 5-court strength to pursue playoff goals
Even with all seven of her starters back from last season’s second-place team and the section alignment staying the same, Valley tennis coach Rachael Link is taking no chances. “After finishing second in an extremely competitive section last year, we aren’t taking anything for granted,” the 13th-year coach said. “During...
High school sports schedule for Sept. 7, 2021
High schools Soccer Boys Tuesday’s schedule WPIAL Class 4A Section 1 Butler at North Hills, 7 p.m. Seneca Valley at Shaler, 7:30 p.m. Section 2 Bethel Park at Brashear, 7 p.m. Mt. Lebanon at Canon-McMillan, 8 p.m. Peters Township at Baldwin, 7:30 p.m. Section 3 Latrobe at Central Catholic, 7:30...
Volleyball coaches association releases Week 1 rankings as WPIAL kicks off regular season
It was a busy opening weekend to the 2021 season for many WPIAL girls volleyball teams with dual-match and tournament action. The Western PA Volleyball Coaches Association released its Week 1 Top 10 poll Monday morning, and North Allegheny (Class AAAA), Montour (Class AAA), North Catholic (Class AA) and Bishop...
Derry junior hunting birdies, team success
Hunter Jurica stays true to his name all year. In the winter, he likes to trek out into the freezing woods with a rifle and hunt deer. When the ground thaws, he grabs his clubs, tries his best to stay out of the woods and hunts birdies. Jurica is a...
Westmoreland Senior Spotlight: Greensburg Salem’s Kylie Smith
Kylie Smith Greensburg Salem Senior First-year Greensburg Salem girls soccer coach Jessica Melodia rattled off numerous strengths for senior forward Kylie Smith, an all-section honoree in 2020. Among them was her ability to be a team player. That skill was honed the past several years while working at her family’s...
Young St. Joseph girls volleyball team building toward future
Because the covid-19 pandemic delayed fall sports in 2020, the St. Joseph girls volleyball team had one practice and went right into games. Needless to say, a more normal schedule this year was welcomed. The Spartans got some summer work in and had about three weeks of open gyms, and...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Highlands’ Dan Thimons
Dan Thimons knows the importance of his position on the football field. The play can’t physically start until he says so. Highlands’ senior center takes pride in his work, making sure the ball gets in the hands of his cousin, junior quarterback Chandler Thimons. He also works to keep his...
A-K Valley boys athlete of the week: Kiski Area’s Campbell Curry
Campbell Curry Class: Senior School: Kiski Area Sport: Golf/Soccer Report card: Curry carded a 41 to help Kiski Area edge Freeport, 246-249, in the Section 1-3A opener at Willowbrook Country Club. He also shot 42 against Butler. Curry is a forward on the Cavaliers’ soccer team, making him a unique...
Trib HSSN Football Player of The Week 2021: Week 1
Trailing by three points in the final two minutes of an emotional nonconference game against visiting Pine-Richland, Seneca Valley quarterback Graham Hancox showed no signs of nerves as he led the offense on the field. The feeling of self-assurance was unusual for a player making only his third varsity start....
High school roundup for Sept. 5, 2021
Daniel Sassak scored twice to lead host Belle Vernon to a 2-1 victory over Gateway at the Paul Sasko Classic tournament Sunday at Belle Vernon. Highlands 2, Leechburg 1 — Sam Norris and Tyler Smith scored for the Golden Rams in a victory at their host Labor Day tournament. Shaler...
High school sports scores for Sept. 5, 2021
High schools Soccer Boys Sunday’s results Belle Vernon tournament Belle Vernon 2, Gateway 1 Carlynton tournament Carlynton 0, Hopewell 0 Keystone Oaks 4, Carlynton 0 Highlands tournament Highlands 2, Leechburg 1 Shaler 5, Penn Hills 1 West Mifflin tournament Thomas Jefferson 8, Serra Catholic 0 West Mifflin 2, Slippery Rock...
New look Franklin Regional girls volleyball maintains lofty expectations
A new chapter in the Franklin Regional girls volleyball program will be written in 2021 following a season unlike any other. Franklin Regional won its first WPIAL championship in a pandemic-riddled 2020 season and reached the PIAA finals for the first time. Thanks to an abundance of talent, the Panthers...
Trib HSSN broadcasts for the week starting Monday, Sept. 6
With the traditional end-of-summer holiday weekend behind us, we labor toward a busy week of high school sports on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week 2 of the high school football season with 36 WPIAL and District 6 high school football...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Mt. Pleasant helps cancer victims
Mt. Pleasant is raising money for charity through a unique fundraiser that is fit for a king — and queen. Sports teams, the band ensemble and PIAA wrestling champion Dayton Pitzer are collecting money for the American Cancer Society. The American Cancer Society Penny King/Queen event at Mt. Pleasant will...
Deep senior class returns to lead Gateway girls volleyball
When Kayla Taylor arrived in Monroeville in July as the new head coach of the Gateway girls volleyball team, she wasn’t familiar with much in the program, including its players. But in the time since then, including the past couple of weeks of preseason practices and scrimmages, she has gotten...
Gateway girls tennis showing improvement with returning lineup
Kenny Nieser heads to the tennis courts at Gateway High School each time hoping to see improvement from his youthful girls team. So far this season, he said, his players are getting a return on their investments. “We have a good group of girls who have shown up and worked...
