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PIAA adopts girls flag football as sanctioned high school sport statewide
Flag football is officially a sanctioned sport for Pennsylvania high school girls, meaning the WPIAL and PIAA soon will be crowning champions. The PIAA board voted Wednesday to add flag football to its growing catalog of sports. This vote was the third and final needed to complete the PIAA’s emerging...
A-K Valley high school football matchups for 2024 Week 4
Here’s a look at the don’t-miss matchups for the A-K Valley in Week 4 of the 2024 season: Class 5A Big East Conference Penn-Trafford (2-2, 0-1) at Kiski Area (1-3, 0-1) 7 p.m. Friday, Richard J. Dilts Stadium, Allegheny Township Last week’s result: Woodland Hills 35, Penn-Trafford 21; Gateway 28,...
Westmoreland County boys soccer notebook: Latrobe still fine-tuning game
Latrobe coach Jake Rice will take a win any way he can get it, but he thinks his team is capable of more. “Sometimes, you just have to win dirty,” Rice said. By that, the third-year coach was referring to the Wildcats winning despite not playing their best. Their best...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 17, 2024
High schools Cross country Tuesday’s results Boys Division 1 Section 5 Beaver 21, Blackhawk 39 Beaver 15, Central Valley 50 Blackhawk 15, Central Valley 50 Chartiers Valley 15, Hopewell 49 Chartiers Valley 26, West Allegheny 31 West Allegheny 17, Hopewell 38 Division 2 Section 4 Riverview 24, Hampton 32 Riverview...
High school roundup for Sept. 17, 2024: Peters Township blanks Upper St. Clair in battle for 1st place
Colin Froelich scored a pair of goals to lead Peters Township to a 4-0 victory over Upper St. Clair (4-3-1, 3-1) in a showdown for first place in Section 2-4A boys soccer. Alex Parise and Brett Martin each added a goal and Markus Bizyak recorded the shutout for Peters (7-1-1,...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 18, 2024: Tennis tournaments on tap
The first postseason of the 2024-2025 school year begins Wednesday with the first three rounds of the WPIAL girls tennis singles championships. The field of 16 girls in Class 3A and 15 in 2A are set with the 3A matches scheduled for North Allegheny and the 2A tournament to be...
Gene Brisbane resigns as Derry girls basketball coach
Gene Brisbane is someone who does not mince words. The veteran girls basketball coach who worked the sidelines the last five years at Derry resigned on Tuesday and he was up front with the players about why. “There is no commitment from the girls at Derry,” Brisbane said. “It was...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania High School Football Rankings for Sept. 17, 2024
Most of the elite teams across the state took advantage of a fabulous Friday of weather to take care of business and register another victory. However, there were three teams ranked in the Trib HSSN rankings that were bitten by defeat on Friday the 13th and dropped out of the...
WPIAL notebook: Wrestling teams want in-season tournaments exempt from PIAA contest limit
If WPIAL wrestling teams get their wish, some in-season tournaments no longer will count toward their 22-contest limit set by the PIAA. The WPIAL board will consider a request to reclassify events such as the Midwestern Athletic Conference Tournament and the Tri-County Athletic Directors Tournament as “league championships,” and therefore...
Westmoreland County girls soccer notebook: Norwin making steady progress
Norwin sent dangerous shot after dangerous shot at Latrobe goalkeeper Gianna Trunzo, but the first-year netminder either made a terrific save or the ball whizzed by the skin of the post. The Knights dropped a 1-0 decision to the host Wildcats in Section 1-4A, but the late barrage of shots...
Woodland Hills set to hire former Franklin Regional basketball coach
Woodland Hills will vote Wednesday night to hire Steve Scorpion as its head boys basketball coach, according to the board agenda. Scorpion was as an assistant for the last two seasons, one at Woodland Hills and last year at Kiski Area. Woodland Hills will play next season in Class 6A,...
Westmoreland County soccer teams working hard to fill shoes of graduated stars
Winning a championship with bedrock players like midfielder Owen Christopher and goalkeeper Anthony Scalise was invigorating for Norwin last season. The team followed those players’ lead to WPIAL glory. That was the good news. But there also was some bad news: Christopher and Scalise graduated. Franklin Regional’s girls felt the...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 16, 2024
High schools Field hockey Monday’s results Class 2A Penn-Trafford 2, Latrobe 0 Nonsection Pine-Richland 7, Fox Chapel 0 Golf Monday’s results Class 3A Section 3 At Slippery Rock GC Par: 70. Target score: 80 1. Preston Troiano, North Allegheny, 69; 2. Chris Hoffman, North Allegheny, 71; 3. Anthony Trombatt, Butler,...
Mt. Pleasant girls soccer flexes muscles in section showdown with Southmoreland
Maddie Barrick may not be among the leading scorers on the Mt. Pleasant girls soccer team, but she does have great timing when she finds the net. Barrick scored two first-half goals Monday, including the game winner, as the Vikings built a 3-1 halftime lead and went on to win...
High school roundup for Sept. 16, 2024: South Fayette races past Thomas Jefferson
Quinn Miller, Gabby Beinecke and Emily Sinton each had two goals to lead South Fayette to a 7-1 victory over Thomas Jefferson in a matchup of top teams in Section 3-3A girls soccer Monday. Abbey Spalla also scored and Mia Deramo had two assists for the Lions (6-3, 4-0) in...
Freeport scores in overtime to top Burrell in section clash
Eighty minutes weren’t enough to decide Monday’s WPIAL Section 2-2A girls soccer clash between rivals Freeport and Burrell at Buccaneer Stadium. Freeport sophomore Cam Woods scored the winner with 8 minutes, 14 seconds left in the first overtime to end a game rife with dazzling scoring chances and equally dazzling...
Early 2nd-half goal, big saves by Solomon help Penn-Trafford to girls soccer victory over Norwin
Penn-Trafford and Norwin came into Monday night’s girls soccer game allowing just over a goal a game apiece. Offensive chances would be scarce, but the players needed to be ready for any slipup from the opponent and look to capitalize. Penn-Trafford senior Alexis Brown made the most of her opportunity,...
Clairton reveals ‘Tyler Boyd Stadium’ as new name for high school football field
Not only is Clairton’s football stadium getting new turf, new bleachers and new lights, it also has a new name: Tyler Boyd Stadium. A 2013 graduate now playing in his ninth NFL season, Boyd had a legendary high school career at Clairton and remains rooted in his hometown. He was...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 17, 2024: Peters Township, Upper St. Clair battle for 1st place in section
Last season, Upper St. Clair won the Section 2-4A boys soccer crown, finishing four points head of Peters Township in the standings. Both the Indians and Panthers lost in the WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinals. Now the Route 19 neighbors are tied for first place and are ready to square off...
Trib HSSN High School Football Team of the Week for 2024 Week 3
Trib HSSN football team of the week – South Allegheny Gladiators Coach: Brian Hanson (second season) Result: South Allegheny 23, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 7 Record: 4-0 overall, 1-0 in the 2A Allegheny Conference #Earned: These are good times happening on the hill in Glassport as South Allegheny...
Latrobe’s Bell, Mt. Pleasant’s O’Conner commit to D-I schools
A pair of local swimming standouts have made commitments to NCAA Division I programs. Seniors Lauren Bell of Latrobe and Kiersten O’Conner of Mt. Pleasant are primed for the next level. Bell will compete at Marshall, and O’Conner is headed to Connecticut. Other offers for Bell came from James Madison,...
Notable changes to the 2025-26 WPIAL boys volleyball 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 volleyball season: 2024 WPIAL championships Class...
Breaking down changes to the 2025-26 WPIAL boys lacrosse 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 lacrosse season: 2024 WPIAL championships Class...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Plum’s Mia Nardo
Plum girls soccer coach Jamie Stewart is pleased with the growth he has seen from senior forward Mia Nardo over the course of her four years. “I am so pleased about the type of player she is,” Stewart said. “From where she was as a freshman to where she is...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Yough’s Grace Tomko
Senior defender Grace Tomko, who was a part of the Yough girls soccer team that won a playoff game two seasons ago, knows the Cougars have what it takes to do it again in her final season. But that doesn’t mean last year, when the Cougars went 5-14, didn’t come...
