High School category, Page 187
Gateway runners gain experience at WPIAL championship meet
Piper Munyon ran on the White Oak Park cross country course for the first time Oct. 17 at the Tri-State Coaches Association championships. The Gateway freshman completed her race that day in 20 minutes, 22.33 seconds and placed 36th out of all of the WPIAL runners in the Class 3A...
Tough finish to regular season keeps Gateway out of WPIAL playoffs
Woodland Hills, Franklin Regional and Penn-Trafford finished as the top three teams in the Class 5A Big East Conference, and they earned the three automatic bids from the conference to the WPIAL playoffs which began last Friday. That left the three teams tied for fourth — Gateway, Kiski Area and...
Sewickley Herald notebook: Quaker Valley tennis run ends in state semifinals
Quaker Valley’s girls tennis team saw its 2024 season end in the PIAA Class 2A semifinals at the Hershey Racquet Club. QV, this year’s WPIAL runner-up, defeated District 9 champion Elk County Christian, 5-0, in the first round and District 3 winner Berks Catholic, 4-1, in the quarterfinals. District 2...
Sewickley Academy seniors cap high school golf careers at PIAA tournament
Sewickley Academy was represented by a pair of talented seniors, Severin Harmon and Karan Kad, at the PIAA Class 2A boys golf championships Oct. 21-22 at Penn State’s Blue Course. Harmon finished in a six-way tie for 41st place with a score of 83-77—159. Kad ended up in a three-way...
Dedication pays off in WPIAL cross country title for Quaker Valley senior
Quaker Valley senior Cecilia Montagnese joined an elite list of athletes at Quaker Valley with her top-notch performance at the WPIAL girls cross country championships. Montagnese captured the WPIAL Class 2A title with a time of 17:56.2 at White Oak Park in McKeesport, defeating Uniontown senior Grace Trimmer (18:15.2) by...
‘Aiming for gold and nothing less,’ Quaker Valley boys hit their target at WPIAL cross country meet
Quaker Valley’s boys cross country team, much like the Energizer bunny, just keeps on running. The Quakers won the WPIAL Class 2A team championship Oct. 24 for the 11th time in school history, finishing with 83 points to easily defeat runner-up Beaver and its 132-point total. “We have been preparing...
Quaker Valley golfers cap season at PIAA championships
Ethan Dai and Nolan Wagoner ended their golf careers at Quaker Valley in fashion. Both seniors qualified for the PIAA Class 2A individual championships held Oct. 21-22 at the Penn State Blue Course. For Dai, it was his fourth time golfing in the PIAA tournament. Wagoner was able to experience...
Fisher’s Files: Family fuels Quaker Valley freshman runner
Quaker Valley freshman Lucy Montagnese was a top 10 finisher in Class 2A at the WPIAL girls cross country championships. But it was a small army of supporters that helped inspire the 14-year-old Montagnese to her memorable individual performance. “I could not have run how I did at WPIALs without...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Warriors play keep-away to beat Latrobe
Want to know a good way to win a football game? Make sure the opponent does not possess the football. That’s what Penn-Trafford did to defeat Latrobe, 20-13, on Oct. 25. Penn-Trafford played a game of keep-away in the second half at Memorial Stadium. The Warriors were clinging to a...
Serra Catholic sophomore sticks with cross country, earns trip to state meet
Serra Catholic sophomore Emily Ruperto nearly threw in the towel on cross country. During the summer, Ruperto hits the club swimming circuit hard. The Penn Hills resident doesn’t have much time to get ready for the start of cross country season. “I’m all in on swimming during the summer,” Ruperto...
Penn Hills part of deep, talented WPIAL Class 5A playoff field
Many have criticized the PIAA’s decision to go to six classifications for football during the 2016 season. However, Penn Hills ultimately ended up landing in a division that has been one of the most successful for the WPIAL on the state level. After playing the first two seasons in this...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 2, 2024
High schools Cross country PIAA championships Boys Saturday’s results Class 3A Individual: 1. Carter Smith, Mifflin County, 15:41; 2. Nicholas Mazzeo, Lower Merion, 15:45; 3. Vinay Raman, Hershey, 15:48; 4. Isaac Oppermann, State College, 15:50; 5. Theo Oppermann, State College, 15:51; 6. Matt Gosling, Council Rock North, 15:53; 7. Adam...
5 things we learned from 1st round of WPIAL football playoffs: South Allegheny returns to the party
The last time South Allegheny won a WPIAL playoff game, fans might have skipped a Friday night episode of the “A-Team” or “Dallas” to instead watch the Gladiators. That was 1986. The football program endured some tough times since, but second-year coach Brian Hanson said some die-hard fans in Glassport,...
North Allegheny faces adversity, rallies past North Catholic to repeat as WPIAL 4A volleyball champs
After dropping the opening set, North Allegheny found itself on the verge of losing the second set to North Catholic in the WPIAL Class 4A girls volleyball championship match Saturday at Peters Township. However, the Tigers scratched and clawed through multiple set points to take the set and won in...
High school roundup for Nov. 2, 2024: Jaivin Peel powers Western Beaver in playoff win
Jaivin Peel threw for five touchdowns and ran for another to lead No. 5 Western Beaver to a 41-6 victory over No. 12 Carlynton in a WPIAL Class 2A first-round playoff game Saturday. Chris Kirkland caught three of Peel’s touchdown passes, including a 12-yarder to start the scoring, a 55-yarder...
Moon wins WPIAL boys soccer championship over Franklin Regional
Moon hasn’t lost a soccer game in over a year. Its last defeat came against Franklin Regional, the team it faced in the WPIAL championship, so vengeance was part of the Tigers’ game plan Saturday night. But only a small part. The next opponent in the thread just happened to...
WPIAL singles champ, 2 doubles teams take silver at PIAA tennis
WPIAL singles champion Gabriella Dusi of Belle Vernon and doubles champions Kirsten Close and Avery Allan of Quaker Valley and Jackie Tang and Michelle Yang of Mt. Lebanon came home from the PIAA girls tennis championships with silver medals Saturday. Dusi battled past District 10 champ Paige Patsy of Cathedral...
Fort Cherry junior Matt Sieg commits to Penn State
Penn State was the first of nearly two dozen schools to offer Fort Cherry’s Matt Sieg a scholarship, but ultimately the Nittany Lions’ offer was all he needed. Sieg, one of the WPIAL’s top recruits, announced his commitment Saturday. The 6-foot, 180-pound junior plays quarterback and defensive back for the...
Greensburg Central Catholic captures 4th WPIAL girls volleyball championship
Coming into the WPIAL Class A volleyball championship game, No. 3 Greensburg Central Catholic had no lack of motivation to face No. 1 Frazier at Peters Township’s AHN Arena. The Commodores picked up a pair of victories in section play over the Centurions, winning 3-2 in a reverse sweep on...
Clutch goal helps Pine-Richland get past Mt. Lebanon for 6th straight WPIAL field hockey title
The WPIAL Class 3A field hockey title game was a tale of two halves for both No. 2 seed Mt. Lebanon and top seed Pine-Richland on Saturday. In the first half, chances were even between the squads as both goalkeepers did outstanding jobs to thwart any second or third opportunities...
South Fayette shuts out Fox Chapel to defend WPIAL Class 3A girls soccer title
Junior forward Mia Deramo wants to give everyone around Western Pennsylvania a reason to discuss the South Fayette girls soccer program. The Lions delivered another emphatic statement about their proper place on the district’s stage with a 4-0 win over Fox Chapel in the WPIAL Class 3A championship Saturday at...
Mars takes down No. 1 Beaver to win WPIAL Class 3A girls volleyball title
About a month ago, Mars traveled to Beaver for a nonsection match and lost in straight sets, but coach Tamara Caraway said her players left with valuable lessons about their opponent and maybe more importantly themselves. The Fightin’ Planets applied what they learned on Saturday and won the program’s first...
Mohawk’s Jaxon Schoedel goes back-to-back; Winchester Thurston boys celebrate PIAA cross country title
Mohawk senior Jaxon Schoedel won his second consecutive PIAA Class A title, and the Winchester Thurston boys won their fourth team title Saturday at the PIAA cross country championships at the Parkview Course in Hershey. Schoedel breezed to the title in a time of 15 minutes, 52 seconds, setting the...
Westmoreland high school football notebook: Penn-Trafford peaks at right time
Penn-Trafford is playing winning football at the right time, and coach John Ruane credits preparation and an unheralded contribution from his backups for the consistency. The Warriors (9-2) opened the WPIAL 5A playoffs with a 49-28 victory Friday night over South Fayette for their first postseason win since their great...
Shady Side Academy earns 2nd straight WPIAL Class A field hockey championship
When field hockey season started for Shady Side Academy coach Elizabeth Patterson, she knew she would have five returning players from the team’s 2023 championship winning squad. How the rest of the roster would fill out remained a mystery. “Last year we had lower numbers, one or two subs, so...
