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High school roundup for Sept. 30, 2024: Burrell girls hand 1st loss to North Catholic
Makiah Buchak, Mikey Kariotis, McKenna Miller and Maggie Nesko scored to lead Burrell to a 4-1 victory in Section 2-2A girls soccer Monday night, handing North Catholic its first loss of the year. Dana Barczykowski was the winning goalkeeper for the Bucs (9-2-1, 5-2). Laurel Mealie scored for North Catholic...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Oct. 1, 2024: Top Class 3A golfers to tackle Oakmont
Welcome to October, where the leaves turn colors, the mercury begins to dip and the high school sports regular season morphs into the fall postseason. While the forecast is iffy, the top boys Class 3A golfers in the district will hit the links at the prestigious Oakmont Country Club for...
Trib HSSN high school football team of the week for 2024 Week 5Video
Trib HSSN football team of the week – Central Catholic Vikings Coach: Ryan Lehmeier (second season) Result: Central Catholic 27, North Allegheny 14 Record: 3-0 in Class 6A, 4-2 overall #Earned: Eyebrows were raised when two weeks into the 2024 season, Central Catholic was sitting at 0-2. However, there was...
Peters Township junior, Shady Side Academy freshman dodge raindrops to win WPIAL golf titles
Alyssa Zhang took up golf just four years ago. “It was because of covid,” she said. “I wanted to try something new. I didn’t want to play contact sports anymore.” Zhang’s first WPIAL championship, though, was not contactless. It was clean, crisp contact with her irons on rain-soaked fairways that...
Dana Petruska comes out of retirement to take over as girls basketball coach at Deer Lakes
When Dana Petruska retired from coaching high school girls basketball in the spring of 2023, she thought that probably was it after 35 seasons. But that lasted just 15 months. Her love of the game and love of coaching keeps her going. Petruska, who owns a 518-325 career record, will...
Imani Christian basketball player among 3 transfers ruled ineligible by WPIAL
Imani Christian basketball player Kieshaun Demus, a sophomore who transferred from North Hills, was ruled ineligible for his sophomore season by the WPIAL. WPIAL executive director Scott Seltzer said the board found Demus’ transfer was motivated at least partially by athletics following an eligibility hearing Monday. One concern for the...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Greensburg Central Catholic’s Maura Oslosky
After going 13-6 overall and 10-2 in section play last season, the Greensburg Central Catholic girls volleyball team returned a large senior class, including setter Maura Oslosky, who has plenty of experience at the varsity level. “I definitely think we have enough talent to get far,” Oslosky said about her...
Notable changes to the 2025-26 WPIAL boys tennis alignment
The WPIAL released new section alignments for the next two-year cycle in all sports, and changes will be implemented starting this fall. This summer, the Tribune-Review will break down changes for each of the WPIAL sports. Here’s a look at the upcoming WPIAL boys tennis season: 2024 WPIAL championships Class...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: St. Joseph’s Veronica McCarthy
All her life, Veronica McCarthy has been around volleyball. When she was little, her mother, who was still an active volleyball player, brought her along. “When she was born, I was still playing volleyball, so she traipsed all over Ohio and that helped her to understand the game,” Ann McCarthy...
PIHL preview: Pine-Richland, Thomas Jefferson, Chartiers Valley, Neshannock begin title defenses
The 2024-25 PIHL season opens with 13 varsity games Monday night in rinks across Western Pennsylvania. There’s been some changes in alignment that could impact the standings this season. A slew of underclassmen will try to replace some graduated all-stars throughout the league. And, as usual, the teams that can...
High school sports schedule for Sept. 30, 2024
High schools Hockey Monday’s schedule Class 3A North Allegheny vs. South Fayette at Mt. Lebanon Ice Center, 7:10 p.m. Class 2A Armstrong vs. Baldwin at Ice Castle Ice Arena, 7 p.m. Canon-McMillan vs. Norwin at Palmer Imaging Arena, 6:30 p.m. Hempfield vs. Penn-Trafford at Palmer Imaging Arena, 8:30 p.m. Class...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Sept. 30, 2024: Girls golfers to vie for titles
The top girls golfers in the district are set to close the door on September scholastic action with the final round of the 2024 WPIAL Class 3A and 2A girls golf individual championships. In Class 3A, Peters Township junior Ellie Benson has a three-stroke lead heading into the final 18...
Trib HSSN football player of the week for Sept. 29, 2024
Trib HSSN football player of the week – Julian Dahlem School – Upper St. Clair Class – Senior Height/weight – 5-foot-10, 175 pounds Position – Running back, receiver, cornerback What coach says – “The high pressured environment that goes along with playing football on Friday nights is the place where...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Sept. 30, 2024
September turns to October as we begin to wind down on some of the autumn high school sports regular seasons this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week 6 with nearly 30 WPIAL, independent and District 6 football games...
Westmoreland high school notebook: County players advance to WPIAL golf final round
The fields are set for the final round of the WPIAL boys and girls golf championships. On Monday, the girls Class 3A and 2A tournaments will be at Butler Country Club. The first groups go off at 9 a.m. Locals among the 29-player field in 3A include Katarina DeVito and...
WPIAL to crown 2024 boys, girls individual golf champions
Boys Class 3A Final round Tuesday, Oakmont Country Club Defending champion: *Nick Turowski, Penn-Trafford (2-under-par 142) First-round leader: Carson Kittsley, So., Fox Chapel (1-over 73) Chip-ins: Last year’s runner-up, senior Connor McKenzie of Upper St. Clair, is in the 42-player field. … Sophomore Michael Quallich of Baldwin, senior Colton Lusk...
Trib HSSN WPIAL boys, girls soccer rankings for week of Sept. 30, 2024
WPIAL soccer rankings (Through Saturday’s games) Boys Class 4A Rank, team, record, previous 1. North Allegheny, 9-2-1, 1 2. Plum, 10-0-3, 2 3. Peters Township, 10-1-1, 3 4. Fox Chapel, 7-2-1, 4 5. Seneca Valley, 8-4, 5 Out: None Class 3A 1. Thomas Jefferson, 7-1-2, 1 2. Moon, 13-0, 2...
Gateway boys soccer hits stride ahead of 2nd half of section play
The Gateway boys soccer team finds its in solid position to reach the WPIAL playoffs for the fifth consecutive season. Coach Mike Rugh said the Gators, who were 6-4 overall and 3-2 in Section 1-4A heading into the start of the second cycle of section play, are hitting their stride...
After increased summer training, Penn-Trafford’s Jake McGhee eyes postseason success
Penn-Trafford senior Jake McGhee did not start running until middle school. He has come a long way in a brief time to become one of the top runners in Westmoreland County and the WPIAL. McGhee recently placed fifth in the Class 3A division of the annual Red, White and Blue...
Win over Aliquippa shows Penn Hills moving in right direction
Penn Hills quarterback Jay’Mere Ellis never planned on shying away from his responsibilities. The Indians football program gives him plenty of challenges. “I knew what I was signing up for by playing on both sides of the ball,” Ellis said. “I came in with a different mindset. I wanted to...
Penn Hills notebook: Girls soccer goalkeeper puts in work
Penn Hills girls soccer goalie Atheena Burnett put in a hard day’s work in the Indians’ 3-0 loss to Gateway on Sept. 23. Burnett made 40 stops to help keep her team in the game. Penn Hills is in the middle of a rough stretch of play. The Indians haven’t...
Pine-Richland senior finds scoring touch, leads boys soccer team into playoff contention
Being a senior, Finn Kichi knew this season at Pine-Richland was his final opportunity to prove what he can do on a soccer field. What he’s shown is that he can be a prolific finisher. Kichi had 11 goals in Pine-Richland’s first 10 games, which put him in the top...
Pine-Richland girls golfers celebrate section title after win in finale
Before the season started, Jared Slimm took a picture of the Pine-Richland girls golf banner in the gymnasium and shared it with his players. “The only year on there was 2016,” Slimm said. “Our overall team goal this year was to put another year on there.” It came down to...
Quaker Valley girls tennis celebrates section title, keeps working toward more goals
Two titles in a row — it’s an exceptional result for any team. And the Quaker Valley girls tennis team has done just that by repeating as section champion in 2024. QV improved to 10-1 overall and 6-0 in Section 5-2A with a decisive 5-0 win Sept. 23 against Hopewell....
Mt. Pleasant’s Jarett Garn has SportsCenter moment
From triple coverage to national attention. Mt. Pleasant running back Jarett Garn’s highlight-reel touchdown catch was the No. 2 play on ESPN SportsCenter’s Top 10 on Friday night. In the second quarter, on third-and-14, Garn made a leaping grab on a deep throw from Cole Chatfield over three Yough defenders....
