High School category, Page 208
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Kiski Area’s Lauren Ciuca, Deer Lakes’ Cuyler Crim
Lauren Ciuca School: Kiski Area Class: Senior Sport: Cross country Claim to fame: Kiski Area girls cross country finished first in the Section 4-3A championship Oct. 2 at Northmoreland Park. Ciuca led all five Cavaliers runners with a time of 20 minutes, 17.70 seconds and finished in third place. This...
Plum’s Wes Lorish earns trip to state golf championships
Wes Lorish is in position to go after state gold. The Plum senior capped his run in the WPIAL Class 3A individual playoffs with a sixth-place finish in the two-day, 36-hole championship tournament last Tuesday and Wednesday at Southpointe Golf Club in Canonsburg (first round) and Oakmont Country Club (finals)....
Franklin Regional grad Michael Kemerer joins Minnesota coaching staff
Former All-American wrestler Michael Kemerer will join the University of Minnesota coaching staff this winter. The former Iowa standout spent last season as an assistant at Brown University, which followed his time as a resident athlete at Spartan Combat RTC in Ithaca, N.Y. A Franklin Regional alum, he also worked...
Ethan Vaughan, Fox Chapel cross country teams ‘race with the top dogs’
Ethan Vaughan had a scare early this season with his ankle. But other than one mystery ailment following a meet, everything has been on the right path for the Fox Chapel season. Vaughan suffered a stress fracture last season that prevented him from competing at WPIALs or earning a spot...
Gritty Fox Chapel boys dealing with any adversity season throws at them
The Fox Chapel boys soccer program will face plenty of obstacles, but coach Erik Ingram believes this year’s team is equipped to handle them. Fox Chapel suffered a difficult loss in Section 3-4A play Oct. 1, losing 5-1 to Seneca Valley. “We’ll be fine,” Ingram said. “We scored first (against...
Riverview earns 1st berth to boys soccer playoffs since 2019
The Riverview boys soccer team started this season 0-4 overall and 0-3 in Section 4-A play. The Raiders were coming off a tough 1-0 loss at rival Springdale and were looking for a spark. That spark came in the form of a 3-1 win over Class 2A Burrell two days...
Plum girls soccer riding high ahead of WPIAL postseason
Through its first 11 games, the Plum girls soccer team gave up just three goals and lost just once. But that one loss had a quick response. The Mustangs suffered a 1-0 nonconference setback at Montour on Sept. 19 but came back in its next game four days later and...
Norwin notebook: Adalena Robb tees it up at WPIAL tournament
For the third time in her golf career, Norwin junior Adalena Robb advanced through sectional qualifying then moved on to the final round of the WPIAL championship. Robb finished 22nd out of 29 players in the first round at Willowbrook Country Club in Apollo, shooting a 96, with nines of...
Langdon twins bring twice the toughness to North Allegheny linebacking corps
North Allegheny senior linebackers Dylan and Kyle Langdon came into the world at the same time. The identical twins share the exact same DNA, but that’s not all they have in common. “They mean a lot to everything,” NA coach Art Walker said. “They are very good leaders. They work...
North Allegheny golfers aim for elusive WPIAL crown
The North Allegheny golf team doesn’t spend much time in the high school gym, but the Tigers plan on making some renovations anyway. Coming off one of the best regular seasons in program history, the Tigers are looking to snap a 53-year WPIAL team title drought and update a black...
Franklin Regional soccer standout Abby Paterline taking talents to Edinboro
Just like when she helps to create offensive opportunities for Franklin Regional, Abby Paterline was methodical with the college recruiting process. The soccer standout is going to continue her playing career at Edinboro, an NCAA Division II program that plays in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. “Honestly, I took my...
‘Why change it?’: No. 2 Upper St. Clair rides running game to take down No. 4 South Fayette
There wasn’t much mystery around Upper St. Clair’s offense Friday night. The Panthers ran the football 43 times, which is pretty much what they did last week, too. And, again, it worked. Upper St. Clair rushed for 342 yards and senior Julian Dahlem scored twice as the second-ranked Panthers defeated...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 4, 2024
High school Football Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Hempfield 34, Norwin 28 Seneca Valley 31, Canon-McMillan 30 North Allegheny 28, Mt. Lebanon 21 Class 5A Allegheny Six Bethel Park 56, Baldwin 6 Peters Township 23, Moon 14 Upper St. Clair 17, South Fayette 7 Big East Kiski Area 36, Latrobe...
High school football roundup for Oct. 4, 2024: No. 1 Pine-Richland edges Penn Hills
Aaron Strader threw for 166 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a fourth-quarter TD as top-ranked Pine-Richland scored a 31-21 victory over Penn Hills (3-4, 2-1) in a Class 5A Northeast Conference football game Friday night. Devin Harris threw for 132 yards and ran for two touchdowns for Penn...
Trib HSSN’s 2024 Week 6 top performers for passing, rushing, receiving
Top performers for Week 6 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 355 - Joey Felitsky, North Catholic (37 of 53) 291 - Chaz Jakson, Perry (9 of 16) 282 - Connor Kmetz, Riverview (11 of 24) 273 - Ryan Cortes, South Allegheny (16 of 24) 249 - Cedric...
WPIAL football rankings: Week ending Oct. 6, 2024
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Central Catholic, 5-2, 1 2. North Allegheny, 6-1, 2 3. Hempfield, 3-4, 3 4. Seneca Valley, 2-4, NR 5. Canon-McMillan, 2-5, 4 Out: Mt. Lebanon (1-6, 5) Class 5A 1. Pine-Richland, 6-0, 1 2. Upper St. Clair, 7-0, 2 3. Bethel Park, 7-0,...
Peters Township defense clamps down in 2nd half in win over Moon
Peters Township’s defense blanked Moon in the second half, pushing the Indians to a 23-14 win Friday night at Tiger Stadium. Peters Township trailed 14-7 going into the second half after back-to-back big plays for Moon. Andrew Cross hit Jared Moyer on a 74-yard pass to tie it 7-7 and...
Ligonier Valley ground game takes it to Charleroi
It was a night of homecoming festivities for Charleroi, but the Cougars were unable to deliver a storybook ending as they fell to Ligonier Valley, 20-14, in nonconference play as both teams were looking to get back on track. It was the Rams who capitalized late, thanks to a dominant...
Belle Vernon finally gets big plays from offense, routs Chartiers Valley
Belle Vernon Area coach Matt Humbert acknowledged that, through the opening four games, one of the things missing from the offense was the big plays. That was remedied Friday night. The Leopards hit multiple big plays against Chartiers Valley, putting up 33 first-quarter points despite having the ball for less...
Samir Crosby accounts for 5 TDs, propels Greensburg Central Catholic past Jeannette
If Greensburg Central Catholic was looking for momentum heading into halftime against rival Jeannette, it found it in a flurry. A 30-point first half was punctuated by the Centurions scoring 10 points in 11 seconds as they rolled to a 44-27 victory in a Class A Eastern Conference game on...
Penn-Trafford rings Victory Bell in win vs. Gateway
If Penn-Trafford running back Tasso Whipple was playing as though it would be his last high school football game against archrival Gateway, that’s because it was. And Whipple left everything on the field Friday night, running every which way against the Gators. The 6-foot-1, 205-pound senior gained 249 yards and...
Fast start helps Hempfield hold off Norwin for 2nd consecutive conference win
Hempfield jumped out to a quick lead against rival Norwin on Friday but needed to hold on for its second consecutive WPIAL Class 6A Conference victory. Quarterback Dom Detruf rushed for 103 yards and a touchdown and completed 6 of 17 passes for 143 yards and a score to carry...
Mt. Pleasant springs to life in 2nd half to get past Greensburg Salem
The first half of the Class 3A Interstate Conference matchup between Mt. Pleasant and Greensburg Salem was the epitome of a sleeper. Neither team could get much of anything going through the air and did limited damage on the ground. The Vikings amassed 141 total yards in the first half...
Trey Coury runs 53 times for 266 yards as Burrell tops Valley in rivalry game
For the second week in a row, Trey Coury did some heavy lifting. The Burrell sophomore tailback again logged more than 50 carries: 53 to be exact. Those runs went for 266 yards and both Bucs scores in a 15-6 victory over Valley in the annual “Battle of the Bypass”...
Kiski Area uses big 3rd quarter to pull away from Latrobe
Kiski Area traveled to Memorial Stadium in Latrobe on Friday lugging a five-game losing streak and looking for its first Big East Conference victory. The homestanding Wildcats were looking to rebound after losing at home last week to Woodland Hills in conference play. Up by two points at halftime, the...
