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Sewickley Herald notebook: Freshman delivers for Quaker Valley girls soccer
One of the youngest players on the Quaker Valley girls soccer team made the shot that reverberated throughout the Leetsdale Borough area. Freshman defender Lily Baker found the back of the net against Burrell in the 71st minute of the WPIAL Class 2A championship game Nov. 2 at Highmark Stadium....
Quaker Valley cross country season builds to big finish at states
Cecilia Montagnese’s outstanding postseason run in cross country stretched all the way to Hershey, site of the PIAA championships. A senior at Quaker Valley, Montagnese placed third in the PIAA Class 2A girls race Nov. 2 with a time of 18 minutes, 49 seconds on the Parkview cross country course....
Quaker Valley girls volleyball sweeps through playoffs to win 1st WPIAL title
There haven’t been too many more dominant performances in the WPIAL girls volleyball tournament than Quaker Valley’s this year. The top-seeded QV girls did not lose a set in Class 2A, sweeping past No. 16 Keystone Oaks, No. 8 Ellwood City, No. 5 Southmoreland and, in the final at Peters...
Quaker Valley tennis team ‘paid their rent’ during season to remember
Christi Hays, Quaker Valley’s veteran tennis coach, is known to use famous quotes at times when discussing the Quakers’ program. She recently offered the following: “There is a great J.J. Watt quote that goes, ‘Success is not owned, it is leased, and the rent is due every day.’ “Well, the...
Quaker Valley football enjoys highlights, laments inconsistency during 2024 season
There were two givens in the Quaker Valley football season. Any time the Quakers reached 30 points in the scoring column, they won the game. QV defeated Valley, 34-14, in Week 4 and McGuffey, 33-10, in Week 9. The Quakers finished with a 2-7 record and were 1-5 in the...
Quaker Valley decorated doubles team wraps up impressive postseason run
Kirsten Close and Avery Allan made an indelible mark in the Quaker Valley girls tennis program in 2024. Close, a 5-foot-8 senior, and Allan, a 5-foot freshman, are two of the best high school tennis players in the state. They also now rank as the No. 1 girls doubles tandem...
Fox Chapel boys soccer team bows out of PIAA playoffs
CHAMBERBSURG — Saturday’s PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal game between Fox Chapel and District 3’s Warwick was a seesaw affair with no real statistical advantage for either team. The sides went back and forth looking for an opening but produced few dangerous chances in a 2-1 Warwick victory. Fox Chapel finally...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 9, 2024
High school Football WPIAL Class 6A Championship Nov. 16 schedule Central Catholic (9-2) vs. North Allegheny (10-1) at Norwin, 6:05 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Friday’s schedule Pine-Richland (10-1) vs. Bethel Park (11-2) at North Hills, 7 p.m.; Upper St. Clair (11-0) vs. Peters Township (10-1) at Bethel Park, 7 p.m....
High school roundup for Nov. 9, 2024: Mars girls avenge loss, move on to PIAA semifinals
Meredith Ashbaugh scored in the game’s opening minutes and the Fightin’ Planets defense made it hold up, leading Mars to a 1-0 victory over WPIAL champion South Fayette (20-4) in the PIAA Class 3A girls soccer quarterfinals Saturday. Mars (20-3), the third-place finisher from the WPIAL, lost 1-0 on penalty...
5 things we learned from 2nd week of WPIAL football playoffs: Remarkable Aliquippa streak ends
It took a big win by another elite program to snap Aliquippa’s amazing WPIAL championship streak. Aliquippa had reached the WPIAL finals 16 years in a row, but that incredible run ended Friday night with a 38-21 loss to fellow titan Thomas Jefferson in the Class 4A semifinals. This will...
Franklin Regional succumbs to undefeated Conrad Weiser in PIAA quarterfinals
CHAMBERSBURG — Saturday’s final game of a PIAA quadruple-header featured end-to-end action, several highlight-reel saves and feisty exchanges between the Franklin Regional and Conrad Weiser boys soccer teams. But Weiser got two goals from Abu Barrie to shut out the Panthers, 2-0, in a Class 3A quarterfinal. Franklin Regional finished...
Alle-Kiski Valley athletes of the week: Fox Chapel’s Maddie Grimsley, Plum’s Chase Eber
Maddie Grimsley School: Fox Chapel Class: Senior Sport: Soccer Claim to fame: Grimsley had a goal and an assist in Fox Chapel’s PIAA first-round 5-1 win over Hollidaysburg on Tuesday night. She was tough to defend on one-on-ones and had a hand in each of the Foxes’ five goals, whether...
Fox Chapel girls can’t find key goal in PIAA quarterfinal loss to Lower Dauphin
CHAMBERSBURG — Fox Chapel scored first and had the better of the scoring opportunities throughout the game but couldn’t find an equalizer as Lower Dauphin edged past the Foxes, 2-1, in a PIAA Class 3A girls soccer quarterfinal at Chambersburg High School. Fox Chapel (19-5), the WPIAL runner-up, dropped a...
Westmoreland/Alle-Kiski Valley athletes of the week: Southmoreland’s Taylor Doppelheuer, Latrobe’s Joey Crimboli
The Westmoreland County Athletes of the Week is presented by Smail Kia. Look for the tags and look for the savings at Smail Kia in Greensburg. Taylor Doppelheuer School: Southmoreland Class: Senior Sport: Volleyball Claim to fame: A 6-foot hitter, Doppelheuer led the Scotties to their first PIAA playoff win...
Westmoreland high school football notebook: Upstart Jeannette takes cue from basketball team
If the basketball team could do it, so could the football team. That was Jeannette’s mindset Friday night as the Jayhawks double-stamped their surprising run in the WPIAL Class A football playoffs with a second straight upset, 29-23 over rival and fifth-seeded Greensburg Central Catholic in the quarterfinals at Norwin....
Hailey Marchlewski’s winning goal sends Springdale past Bishop Guilfoyle in state quarterfinals
Springdale junior forward Hailey Marchlewski said her team prepared for if things went sideways during a PIAA Class A girls soccer quarterfinal Saturday at Andy Kuzneski Field in Indiana. When the Dynamos allowed District 6 champion Bishop Guilfoyle to score a tying goal with five minutes remaining, Springdale seemed unbothered....
WPIAL announces semifinal sites for next round of football playoffs
The WPIAL on Saturday released sites for the next round of football playoff games. Class 5A, 3A, 2A and A have semifinals Friday at various sites. The 6A and 4A finals are Saturday at Norwin as previously announced. WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Final 1-Central Catholic (9-2) vs. 2-North Allegheny (10-1)...
Fox Chapel finishes strong at PIAA cross country meet
David Black spent most of his time during the PIAA Class 3A cross country championships attempting to dig out of a hole from the start of the race. The Fox Chapel senior needed a fast start to get on the medal stand. Black ended up two spots short but was...
Redeemer Lutheran girls volleyball celebrates championship season
Redeemer Lutheran junior outside hitter Anika Vanwyk felt some uncertainty even though the Rams were one point away from an appearance in the Southwestern Pennsylvania Athletic Alliance championship game. Junior setter Clarissa Tinkey rolled her ankle celebrating the point and Redeemer had to quickly reconfigure things on the fly. The...
Discipline, focus pay off for Penn Hills in playoffs
The Penn Hills football team was focused on the task at hand during the first round at the WPIAL playoffs. The Indians have attempted to stay with that line of thinking all season. When things break down or go awry, Penn Hills wants to maintain a simple mantra: Do your...
Riverview boys soccer continued to make strides, capping 2024 season in playoffs
The Riverview boys soccer team had a breakout season in 2024 with 10 wins in the regular season and its first trip to the WPIAL playoffs since 2019. Coach Mickey Namey said his Raiders players represented themselves with a solid effort in a WPIAL Class A first-round game against No....
Plum girls soccer team reflects on another rewarding season
The Mars and Plum girls soccer teams met to decide the WPIAL Class 3A championship three straight years from 2019-21. The Fightin’ Planets won all three meetings, two at Highmark Stadium and a third at North Allegheny. The teams reunited at North Allegheny on Oct. 31 to decide this year’s...
Norwin notebook: Cross country teams place at states
Norwin came home from Hershey with more than candy wrappers. For the first time, the Knights boys and girls cross country teams qualified for the PIAA championships. The girls placed sixth on the 3.2-mile course with 196 points, led by Annie Czajkowski, who placed 24th individually. The boys team, fresh...
Norwin’s championship defense ends in unexpected fashion
While the season didn’t end with another WPIAL championship, it did come with a bizarre ending for the Norwin boys soccer team. And a crushing ending, at that. Still, the Knights finished another strong season at 11-6-1 and stayed among the top contenders in Class 4A. “We knew it wasn’t...
After PIAA title streak ends, North Allegheny cross country looks forward to promising future
For the first time since 2017, North Allegheny cross country returned from Hershey without a state championship. But they didn’t come back empty-handed. “If you get as good as you can, and you fight the whole way and never give up, I’m going to be proud of you,” longtime coach...
