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High school sports schedule for Sept. 16, 2024
High schools Soccer Boys Monday’s schedule Class 2A Section 1 Leechburg at North Catholic, 7 p.m. Class A Section 3 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart at Carlynton, 7 p.m. Nonsection Ellwood City at South Side, 6 p.m. Montour at Plum, 7:30 p.m. Girls Monday’s schedule Class 4A Section 1...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Sept. 16, 2024: Girls soccer teams battle for 1st
Trib HSSN hits mid-September with a busy night of WPIAL girls soccer, with three outright battles for first place Monday on the pitch. Thomas Jefferson (4-1) visits South Fayette (5-2) in a match between 3-0 teams tied for the top spot in Section 3-3A. The Jaguars have won three consecutive...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Sept. 16, 2024
Conference play continues in high school football while plenty of other high school sports make for a busy week as we head into the second half of September on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week 4 with nearly 30 WPIAL, independent...
Trib HSSN football player of the week for Sept. 15, 2024Video
Trib HSSN football player of the week – Trey Hopper School – Montour Class – Senior Height/weight – 6-foot-4, 175 pounds Position – Quarterback What coach says – “(Trey) got better as the game went on,” Montour coach Lou Cerro said. “He knew he made some bad reads in the...
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Addy Witcoski sets Ligonier Valley golf record
Addy Witcoski went to the golf course Tuesday like she would for any match, unaware she was about to make history. The Ligonier Valley junior was on her game, hitting fairways and greens on the way to a 3-over-par 38, a program record for the Rams. “School records are hard...
Trib HSSN WPIAL boys, girls soccer rankings for week of Sept. 16, 2024
WPIAL soccer rankings (Through Saturday’s games, Boys Class 4A Rank, team, record, previous 1. Fox Chapel, 5-1-1, 4 2. Seneca Valley, 6-2, 1 3. Plum, 5-0-2, 3 4. Peters Township, 6-1-1, 5 5. North Allegheny, 5-2-1, 2 Out: None Class 3A 1. Thomas Jefferson, 4-0-2, 1 2. Latrobe, 6-1, NR...
Gateway football team looks to overcome early adversity
The Gateway football team was able to weather adversity over the first two weeks of the season, from injuries to key players and facing two of the top Class 6A teams in the state. But Gators coach Don Holl said strides were made through those first two weeks — losses...
Gateway girls volleyball leans on large senior class under 1st-year coach
Erica Bosh was hired as Gateway’s girls volleyball head coach in August, right before preseason practices started. She said the initial meeting with the team was positive, and it set the tone for what everyone wanted to accomplish. “We have eight seniors, so we have a lot of good leadership...
Sewickley notebook: Quaker Valley girls soccer holding teams off the scoreboard
Some recent highlights in the Sewickley Herald coverage area: • Quaker Valley’s girls soccer team didn’t allow a single goal in its first five games of the season. The Quakers blanked Ambridge, 8-0, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, 7-0, Keystone Oaks, 5-0, and Hopewell, 3-0, and played to a...
Basketball, track experience set up Quaker Valley hall of fame inductee for success in life
Bobby Farrington, a 1982 Quaker Valley graduate, was known for his basketball and track skills as a high school athlete. However, the QV Sports Hall of Fame inductee provided a list of prominent people in his life, and they all were academic influencers. • Martha Ridgeway: “She always challenged me...
Softball skills take Leetsdale teen on trip to Italy
Mya Eshenbaugh can now say she has played softball on an international level. The 14-year-old Eshenbaugh, a Leetsdale resident, traveled with family members Aug. 7-17 to Italy to compete against club teams and visit several cities. Eshenbaugh’s team was made up mainly of girls from the upstate New York, ages...
Penn-Trafford’s Mia Williams wins 3rd section title, sets sights on WPIAL, PIAA goals
Penn-Trafford junior Mia Williams rolled to her third consecutive WPIAL Section 1-3A title on Sept. 12. Now she’s eyeing a shot at her second WPIAL title, which she won in 2022. She finished second in the WPIAL in 2023 and has yet to place at the PIAA tournament in Hershey....
Penn-Trafford notebook: Warriors win rematch with Moon
When the Penn-Trafford seniors were freshman, they were part of the school’s only WPIAL and PIAA championship team. That squad defeated Moon, 24-21, in the WPIAL finals, and the rematch came Sept. 6 in Harrison City. Jesse Lisbon caught a touchdown pass and Tasso Whipple raced 72 yards for a...
Penn Hills girls volleyball working to turn the corner
Ray Ager wants to see the Penn Hills girls volleyball team learn to weather the storm. When the skies opened up during the Indians’ first four matches, they hadn’t found a way to battle their way to shelter. With a young team, Ager expected there to be learning pains. “They’ve...
Penn Hills grad Hollis Mathis thriving as captain, hybrid offensive weapon at William & Mary
Williams & Mary’s football program would have difficulty having a captain that fit one of their offensive mottos better than Hollis Mathis. Effort, Adaptability and Toughness (EAT) is one of The Tribe’s mantras for this season. There may not be many athletes across college football as adaptable as Hollis, a...
Pine-Richland girls tennis thriving without top player
It’s been another superb season thus far for Pine-Richland girls tennis, and for the most part, it’s been without the team’s strongest player. Caroline Prisk, who qualified for states as a freshman last season, has only played in a handful of matches because she’s been focusing on playing junior tournaments...
For Pine-Richland’s Emme Kline, hard work pays off with commitment to Cincinnati
Emme Kline has been playing soccer since she was 3 years old, and she’s always wanted to play college soccer, but that dream came into focus in 2020. With the down time that came during the covid shutdowns that year, Kline spent a lot of time in her backyard practicing....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 14, 2024
High schools Field hockey Nonsection Saturday’s results Pine-Richland 5, Hawken 0 Novi (Mich.) 3, North Allegheny 0 Football Saturday’s result Class 2A Midwestern Western Beaver 49, Beaver Falls 6 Saturday’s summary Western Beaver 49, Beaver Falls 6 Beaver Falls 0 0 6 0 —6 Western Beaver 28 21 0 0...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Burrell’s Makiah Buchak, Kiski Area’s Max Mottura
Makiah Buchak School: Burrell Class: Sophomore Sport: Soccer Claim to fame: Buchak scored both goals in Burrell’s 2-0 win over Knoch in a Section 2-2A matchup Wednesday evening. Buchak has five goals and three assists through the Bucs’ (4-1-1, 2-1) first six games. When did you get started with soccer?...
High school roundup for Sept. 14, 2024: Jaivin Peel pilots Western Beaver past Beaver Falls
Jaivin Peel threw for 244 yards and four touchdowns and added a rushing touchdown to lead Western Beaver to a 49-6 victory over Beaver Falls (0-4, 0-1) in Class 2A Midwestern Athletic Conference football Saturday afternoon. Curtjuan Moore caught two passes — both for touchdowns — for 104 yards. Western...
5 things we learned in high school football Week 3: Rare low-scoring tilts draw attention
Don’t call for maintenance. The scoreboard at South Park’s stadium wasn’t malfunctioning Friday night, nor was the one at Franklin Regional, even if they both had a 0-0 score in the fourth quarter. There were zeroes on Ringgold’s scoreboard in the third quarter, as well. In a football era often...
Alle-Kiski Valley high school football notebook: Plum finally gets in win column
Last year, Shaler spoiled Plum’s 2-0 start by handing the Mustangs a 28-14 nonconference loss in Week 2. When the offseason alignments came out and Plum and Shaler both were placed in the Class 5A Northeast Conference, the Mustangs knew they had a guaranteed chance to avenge the setback. The...
WPIAL football rankings: Week ending Sept. 15, 2024
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny, 4-0, 1 2. Central Catholic, 2-2, 2 3. Seneca Valley, 1-2, 5 4. Norwin, 2-2, 3 5. Canon-McMillan, 1-3, NR Out: Hempfield (1-3, 4) Class 5A 1. Peters Township, 4-0, 1 2. Pine-Richland, 3-0, 2 3. Upper St. Clair, 4-0, 3...
Westmoreland high school football notebook: Franklin Regional’s Bayne bides his time
Joey Bayne sat out the final 10-plus minutes of a boys soccer game against visiting Latrobe on Thursday with cramps in his leg. The Franklin Regional senior was resting up for Friday’s Class 5A Big East football opener against Latrobe, and it paid off. Little did the kicker know, he...
Latrobe football advances in T-Mobile school spirit competition; ‘multi-million-dollar’ grand prize at stake
Latrobe wants fans from all over town to show their school spirit and turn this football season into one big pep rally. The district has advanced past the first round of a nationwide social media-driven competition called “T-Mobile 5G Friday Night Lights,” which recognizes small towns and their love of...
