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Penn Hills gets key win for playoff fortunes, defeating rival Plum
Jay’mere Ellis didn’t want to worry about tiebreakers, Gardner Points or for the committee to decide the Class 5A wild cards. The Penn Hills senior quarterback wanted to seal up second place in the Northeast Conference in tidy fashion to make a case for the best seed possible for the...
Mt. Lebanon, North Catholic, Quaker Valley advance at PIAA team tennis tournament
Mt. Lebanon, North Catholic and Quaker Valley are still alive their quests to win state team tennis titles. All three won quarterfinal matches in the PIAA playoffs Friday in Hershey to move on to Saturday’s semifinals. In Class 2A, WPIAL champ North Catholic (19-1) defeated District 3 runner-up Lancaster Country...
A-K Valley WPIAL soccer playoff capsules: Games for Oct. 26, 2024
WPIAL soccer playoffs Boys Class 4A Quarterfinals 8-Canon-McMillan (11-4-2) at 1-Plum (15-0-3) 11 a.m. Saturday, Mustangs Stadium, Plum Winner plays: Winner of 4-North Allegheny (15-3-1)/12-North Hills (10-8) on Tuesday in semifinals (site/time TBD) Corner kicks: Canon-McMillan, the third-place finisher in Section 2, beat Gateway, 6-0, in the first round. The...
Hempfield’s Howard commits to Virginia softball team
Virginia, they say, is for lovers. Hempfield’s Lauren Howard loved everything about the University of Virginia, where she has verbally committed to play softball in college. Howard, a junior, plays third base for the Spartans. She made an instant impact as a freshman and has become a regular in one...
Westmoreland County WPIAL soccer playoff capsule: Game for Oct. 26, 2024
WPIAL soccer playoffs Girls Class 2A Quarterfinals 9-Burrell (12-5-1) at 1-Mt. Pleasant (15-1) 1 p.m. Saturday, Viking Stadium, Mt. Pleasant Winner plays: Winner of 5-Freeport (12-1-1)/4-South Park (13-4-1) on Tuesday in semifinals (site/time TBD) Corner kicks: This is a rematch of last year’s quarterfinals when Burrell stunned the No. 3-seeded...
5 things to watch in Week 9: New wild card approach puts playoff hopes in WPIAL football committee’s hands
In most other years, Friday’s finale between Hopewell and North Catholic might be considered almost a play-in game. The winner would finish fourth in the Western Hills Conference and head to the playoffs, while the loser stays home. South Fayette vs. Moon in the Allegheny Six might’ve had the same...
Avonworth seeks another outright Western Hills title but Beaver can force 3-way tie
Which WPIAL football team has the longest conference winning streak now that Aliquippa’s has ended? That would be Avonworth, which hasn’t lost to a conference foe since 2021. The Antelopes have quietly won 18 in a row. “I joke around that we don’t get any love … but we’re doing...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 24, 2024
High schools Cross country WPIAL championships At White Oak Park Thursday’s results Boys Class 3A Individual results 1. Ethan Vaughan, Fox Chapel, 15:26.5; 2. Andrew Peigh, North Allegheny, 15:37.6; 3. Tyler Giunipero, Moon, 15:40.0; 4. David Black, Fox Chapel, 15:48.5; 5. Thomas Gaydos, Norwin, 15:52.7; 6. Jack Bertram, North Allegheny,...
Westinghouse, Allderdice to collide again with City League championship on the line
There will be no surprises when Allderdice (5-4) and Westinghouse (7-1) meet in the City League championship game at 3 p.m. Saturday at Cupples Stadium. The schools have faced each other a lot over the last few years. It will be the third time in four years they have met...
Trib HSSN don’t miss high school football matchups for 2024 Week 9
Welcome to Week 9 of the high school football season, the final Friday in October and the last regular season weekend of the 2024 campaign. There are 65 WPIAL football playoff berths this season, with 49 spots guaranteed to be clinched by the end of Friday in the six classifications,...
High school roundup for Oct. 24, 2024: Gabby Beinecke’s golden goal lifts South Fayette
Gabby Beinecke scored the overtime winner, assisted by Abbey Spalla, to lead No. 2 South Fayette to a 1-0 victory over No. 10 Bethel Park (10-7-3) in the WPIAL Class 3A girls soccer quarterfinals Thursday night. The Lions (16-3) will meet No. 6 Mars in the semifinals Tuesday. Fox Chapel...
Canon-McMillan girls roar out of halftime break, get past Penn-Trafford
Canon-McMillan ordered personal pizzas from Pizza Hut for the drive home Thursday night from Harrison City. The food arrived much earlier than expected, at halftime. The Big Macs’ go-ahead goal to open the second half was delivered even faster. Sarah Coffman ran wide and poked a shot past Rease Solomon...
Deer Lakes boys shut out North Catholic again, advance to WPIAL semifinals
It’s always tough beating a team three times in a season. But the Deer Lakes boys soccer team did it against North Catholic on Thursday with a WPIAL Class 2A semifinals berth on the line. The third-seeded Lancers beat the sixth-seeded Trojans, 3-0, at Lancer Stadium in West Deer. Earlier...
Freshman’s goal in final minutes of overtime sends Plum past Moon in WPIAL quarterfinals
Keirstin Curry said she couldn’t have hit a better shot. It couldn’t have come at a better time. Moments after coming on as a substitute in double overtime, Curry got a little bit of space and ripped a shot from 30 yards into the top of the net to give...
Norwin boys win 2nd WPIAL cross country team title in school history
All season, Norwin cross country coach Brian Fleckenstein kept telling his runners they could beat North Allegheny. On Thursday, that’s exactly what they did. The Knights won their first team title since 1977, second in school history, by edging the Tigers for the WPIAL Class 3A boys title at White...
Runners from Woodland Hills, Quaker Valley, Carlynton race their way to WPIAL girls cross country titles
Woodland Hills is best known as a football school. Junior Annabel Johnson is putting the cross country team on the map. Johnson pulled away in the final half-mile to win the Class 3A girls title at the WPIAL cross country championship at White Oak Park on Thursday. Her time was...
Fox Chapel, Freeport, Mohawk runners claim WPIAL boys cross country crowns
Safe to say Fox Chapel senior Ethan Vaughan left everything he had on the course at White Oak Park. Vaughan became the third Fox Chapel runner to win a WPIAL cross country title when he paced the Class 3A boys field Thursday. He ran 15 minutes, 26.50 seconds to squeeze...
Freeport’s Michael Braun goes wire to wire to win WPIAL Class 2A cross country title
Freeport senior Michael Braun earned a top-10 finish at the WPIAL cross country championships last year and ran at states. The recent Penn State commit wanted more this year. He got what he wanted Thursday. Braun went out fast and led wire to wire to win his first WPIAL championship...
Westmoreland County high school football notebook: Playoff races coming down to wire
The WPIAL football playoff picture won’t be in full focus for Westmoreland County teams until late Friday night or even Saturday afternoon. Several teams’ seasons will come down to the final week of the regular season. Area teams that already have clinched spots in the postseason are Penn-Trafford (7-2) and...
Through the Years: Freeport staved off Deer Lakes upset bid in ’84
Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look at the players, coaches and events that shaped our scholastic legacy. Freeport quarterback Mike Petras ran for two touchdowns, and Deer Lakes running back Allen Schietroma scored on a 22-yard pass and 50-yard punt...
Westmoreland County soccer notebook: Mt. Pleasant girls tackle rematch head on
Mt. Pleasant girls soccer players remember that sinking, helpless feeling that overtook them as Burrell’s golden goal hit the twine a year ago. The Vikings were shocked by the Buccaneers, 2-1, in the WPIAL 2A quarterfinals, ending their hopes of a return trip to the district finals. Burrell was the...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 23, 2024
High schools Field hockey WPIAL playoffs Class 3A Semifinals Thursday’s schedule Norwin (4-12) at Pine-Richland (18-0), 7 p.m.; North Allegheny (8-10) at Mt. Lebanon (11-4), 7 p.m. Class 2A Semifinals Wednesday’s results Fox Chapel 2, Penn-Trafford 1 Thursday’s schedule Latrobe (3-10) at Peters Township (14-3), 6 p.m. Championship Saturday, Nov....
Unflappable Burrell sweeps South Allegheny in Class 2A volleyball 1st round
It was a battle of two second-place girls volleyball teams in Class 2A, and the great equalizer was playoff experience. No. 10 Burrell had great poise, played mistake-free and dominated the net, as the Bucs upset host No. 7 South Allegheny on Wednesday in WPIAL first-round play. “When you do...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Oct. 24, 2024: Underdogs thrive in Class 2A boys soccer
Quarterfinal soccer continues in the 2024 WPIAL playoffs. The lone boys tournament taking center stage Thursday will be Class 2A, where the left side of the bracket was busted up in the opening round. Top-seeded South Park advanced in the first round, but the No. 4, 5 and 8 seeds...
All-WPIAL girls soccer list announced
WPIAL and PIAA champions have not been crowned yet in girls soccer, but some of the talented players who will lead teams to titles were recognized by coaches in the district. The All-WPIAL list for girls soccer came out Wednesday night. Mt. Pleasant and Peters Township lead all schools in...
