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Freeport senior runner Michael Braun commits to ‘No. 1 choice’ Penn State
Michael Braun first made contact with Penn State cross country and track and field coaches in late August and quickly developed a rapport. “They expressed some interest, and we just went from there,” the Freeport senior distance standout said. Braun paid an initial visit to the University Park campus and...
Penn-Trafford avenges loss to Hempfield, moves atop section standings
In September, the Hempfield girls volleyball team visited Penn-Trafford and came away with a 3-2 victory. Both teams came into Tuesday’s rematch with 5-1 records in Section 3-4A, so first place heading into the stretch run was at stake at Spartan Fieldhouse. The Warriors turned the tables on the Spartans,...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 8, 2024
High schools Field hockey Tuesday’s result Mt. Lebanon 2, North Allegheny 1 Football Thursday’s schedule WPIAL Nonconference Allderdice at Butler, 7 p.m. Seton LaSalle at Shady Side Academy, 7 p.m. City League Nonconference Perry Traditional Academy at Carrick, 6 p.m. Friday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Central Catholic at Norwin, 7...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Oct. 9, 2024: Section titles still up for grabs in girls soccer
Most of the WPIAL girls soccer section titles are already decided with under a week remaining in the regular season, but first place will be at stake in a couple of section matches Wednesday. Two teams with a combined overall record of 23-2-1 meet with the Section 3-2A title up...
WPIAL clinched: Boys soccer playoff qualifiers through Oct. 8, 2024
Section play in the 2024 WPIAL boys soccer regular season is down to the final six days. As of now, 50 teams have qualified for the district postseason. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in which head-to-head...
High school roundup for Oct. 8, 2024: Belle Vernon’s Trevor Kovatch sets school record with 100th goal
Trevor Kovatch’s game-winning goal in the second half was the 100th goal of his career, breaking the school record of 99 and leading Belle Vernon to a 2-1 victory over West Mifflin in Section 3-3A boys soccer Tuesday night. Anthony Sawa also scored for the Leopards (7-7, 3-5). Greyson Black...
Latrobe boys soccer earns 1st section title with shutout of Franklin Regional
Latrobe won’t have to share its first section championship. The boys soccer team hunkered down defensively to sweep Franklin Regional with a 1-0 victory and take the outright Section 3-3A title with a 10-0 record. The Wildcats (11-3 overall) posed for photos in front of the net Tuesday night at...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school football rankings for Oct. 8, 2024
The powers that be in high school football across the state did not buckle with the first taste of October football last week. Instead, they were near perfect. Twenty-nine of the 30 teams from last week’s Trib HSSN rankings were in action. They were a combined 28-1. The one loss...
Former Hempfield, Serra Catholic football coach Rich Bowen dies at age 60
Rich Bowen was never a fan of attention. Not as a star football player or a championship coach. Not as a good-natured husband and father, handyman or athletic director. Not as a man who impacted so many young lives, even up until his final weeks when he was fighting for...
Norwin boys in position to make late-season magic again
Norwin was banged up and flirting with missing the WPIAL boys soccer playoffs last year when everything began to click at just about this same point in the season. “It was the Baldwin game,” Knights coach Scott Schuchert said. “We were chasing … almost not making the playoffs. We had...
Westmoreland County girls soccer notebook: Norwin peaking at right time
Norwin went from wanting to make gradual improvements to taking a giant leap forward. The girls soccer team is back to being a factor after clinching a WPIAL 4A playoff spot for the first time in three years. With four wins over a five-game stretch, Norwin climbed into second place...
Rochester football player Carter Mason recovering in hospital after in-game head injury, brain bleed
Terri Mason was home watching a livestream of the Rochester football game when she realized something was wrong. “No. 8 didn’t come back on that field,” said Mason, who was looking for her son, Carter, a senior running back. “Next thing you know, they said a Rochester player went down....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 7, 2024
High schools Cross country Monday’s results Boys Division II Section 5 Belle Vernon 18, South Park 43 Field hockey Monday’s results Class 3A North Allegheny 9, Hempfield 1 Nonsection Penn-Trafford 5, Norwin 0 Hockey Monday’s results Class 3A Franklin Regional 2, Thomas Jefferson 1 South Fayette 6, Central Catholic 5...
WPIAL clinched: Girls soccer playoff qualifiers through Oct. 7, 2024
Section play in the 2024 WPIAL girls soccer regular season has less than a week remaining. So far, 53 teams have qualified for the district postseason. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in which head-to-head does not...
High school roundup for Oct. 7, 2024: South Fayette gets past Thomas Jefferson to clinch section title
Mia Deramo scored the game-winning goal as South Fayette clinched the Section 3-3A girls soccer title with a 1-0 victory over second-place Thomas Jefferson (8-5-1, 7-2) on Monday night. Gabby Beinecke set up the winning goal for the Lions (12-3, 9-0). Beaver 6, Ambridge 1 – Mia Furda had three...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Oct. 8, 2024: Boys soccer teams vie for section leads, playoff berths
A lot of focus will be on a Class 4A section Tuesday evening with one WPIAL boys soccer match set to determine the section champion while the other could lead to a playoff berth. For most teams, there are three section matches left as the regular season concludes early next...
Freeport girls work overtime again to get past Burrell
In the first meeting between the Freeport and Burrell girls soccer teams Sept. 16, a goal from sophomore Camryn Woods in the first overtime lifted the Yellowjackets to the victory. The teams met again Monday, this time at Freeport, and the rematch between the leaders of Section 2-2A also needed...
Norwin girls avenge loss to Penn-Trafford, stay in section title hunt
Norwin watched film Sunday to get ready to play rival Penn-Trafford. They didn’t like the ending. “Our girls were a little ticked off because P-T celebrated on our logo last time,” Norwin girls soccer coach Ashley DeVito said. “That was the last taste we had playing them. Our girls were...
Mt. Pleasant girls tennis team wins section title through hard work
Mt. Pleasant girls tennis coach Aaron Hutter calls his squad “blue collar.” That’s because the team is not like some of the top teams in the WPIAL that draw their players from tennis clubs and specialty coaches. Hutter gets his girls from recruiting the hallways. Many of his girls are...
High school football team of the week for Oct. 7, 2024
Trib HSSN football team of the week – Ellwood City Wolverines Coach: Dan Bradley (third season) Result: Ellwood City 26, Western Beaver 20 Record: 4-0 in Class 2A Midwestern Athletic Conference, 6-0 overall #Earned: The growth of a program continued on a brilliant Saturday afternoon in Industry. After turning Our...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Southmoreland’s Ethan Kenney
Last year, Southmoreland’s boys soccer team finished with just four wins, which followed a winless campaign. Coming into this season, expectations were not high. Then, the Scotties won the South Allegheny classic at the beginning of the year, immediately reaching half their win total from the previous two seasons combined....
Kiski School football on upswing, building for future
Heading into the fifth game of the season against Penn Charter on Sept. 27, Kiski School football coach David Buran knew his team was not going to have an easy go of it. “We each have played a common opponent this season and, using the transitive property, it’s going to...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Springdale’s Nathan Dubas
After the Springdale Dynamos boys soccer team lost its top goal scorer from last year to graduation, senior Nathan Dubas felt it was his responsibility to step up and assume that role for himself. “I wanted to step up and be that guy this season. I knew I had to...
WPIAL clinched: Girls soccer playoff qualifiers through Oct. 6, 2024
Section play in the 2024 WPIAL girls soccer regular season is down to the final eight days. So far, 46 teams have qualified for the district postseason. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in which head-to-head does...
WPIAL clinched: Boys soccer playoff qualifiers through Oct. 6, 2024
Section play in the 2024 WPIAL boys soccer regular season is down to the final nine days. Entering this week, 43 teams have qualified for the district postseason. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in which head-to-head...
