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Lancaster native Andy Hoover takes reins of Gateway baseball program
Andy Hoover owns an extensive baseball playing and coaching background at various levels, and he hopes to use his knowledge of the game to make a difference at Gateway. The Lancaster County native officially was hired as the Gators’ baseball coach at a school board meeting Aug. 19. A meeting...
Sewickley Herald notebook: Basketball teams get new section homes
The WPIAL recently released new section alignments for the next two-year cycle in all sports. In boys basketball, Class 4A lost five teams and switched from four sections to three. Quaker Valley and Avonworth moved from the defunct Section 4 into Section 2, where they will join Ambridge, Beaver, Central...
With top players back, Sewickley Academy girls soccer looks for 3rd straight playoff berth
The Sewickley Academy girls soccer team is aiming for a trifecta in 2024. The Panthers are looking to land in the WPIAL playoffs for a third consecutive season and for the fourth time in five years. Sewickley is led by a new face to the program as Gary Weber has...
Young players on Penn-Trafford golf team looking to shave off a few strokes
Starting new is the theme surrounding the 2024 Penn-Trafford boys golf team. Graduation hit the team hard as only one player on this year’s roster — senior Aiden Dzurko — saw playing time with the starters last season. And Dzurko’s was limited to one or two matches when Nick Turowski...
New coach, players learning together in Penn Hills volleyball program
Raymond Ager III enjoys being part of a team. While playing for the Steel City Bobcats, an adult football league team at Friendship Park, Ager saw the Penn Hills girls volleyball team practicing. “I saw the girls working out up there, and I asked what they were doing,” Ager said....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Aug. 24, 2024
High schools Football Saturday’s results Nonconference Beaver 28, Westinghouse 26 Clairton 30, Steel Valley 7 Cornell 44, Brashear 0 Summit Academy 20, Frazier 16 Imani Christian 45, Philadelphia West Catholic 6 Mars 47, Boone, Fla. 35 Susquehanna Township 36, Penn Hills 30 St. Frances Regional Academy (Md.) 44, Central Catholic...
Nationally ranked St. Frances Academy tops Central Catholic in showcase at Wolvarena
There was no surprise about the talent Central Catholic’s opponent brought to town. Ranked 13th nationally by USA Today, St. Frances Academy lived up to the program’s lofty reputation with a 44-16 victory over the Vikings in a Week Zero showcase Saturday at the Wolvarena. South Florida-bound senior Jeremiah Koger...
Beaver, Amari Jackson make game’s biggest plays to knock off Westinghouse
Beaver held off Westinghouse, 28-26, to cap off a season-opening tripleheader Saturday at the Wolvarena in thrilling fashion. With Westinghouse down 28-26 late in the fourth quarter, quarterback Khalil Green took it to the Beaver 36-yard line on a 35-yard run. On fourth-and-4, a pass interference penalty set Westinghouse up...
High school roundup for Aug. 24, 2024: Mars puts on air show in Florida
Luke Goodworth hit Gabe Hein with touchdown passes of 80, 84 and 30 yards to lead Class 4A No. 3 Mars to a 47-35 road victory over Boone (Fla.) in a game postponed until Saturday due to a storm Friday night. Goodworth threw for 365 yards and five touchdowns while...
5 things we learned in high school football Week Zero: Kick returns liven up openers
The spread offense. The no-huddle. The Gatorade shower. High school football has borrowed plenty of trends from the college and pro ranks, but the NFL’s new kickoff format is one that traditionalists hope never makes its way to Friday nights. They say a long kickoff return nowadays is a rare...
WPIAL football rankings: Week ending Aug. 25, 2024
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny, 1-0, 1 2. Central Catholic, 0-1, 2 3. Norwin, 1-0, 5 4. Canon-McMillan, 0-1, 4 5. Seneca Valley, 0-1, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Peters Township, 1-0, 1 2. Pine-Richland, 1-0, 2 3. Upper St. Clair, 1-0, 5 4. Woodland...
Clairton rides defense to convincing win over Steel Valley
Clairton defensive back Taris Wooding and the Bears’ crushing defense didn’t worry much about the offense. With Wooding and his teammates patrolling the secondary, Steel Valley’s offense wasn’t gaining any territory. The Ironmen didn’t score any points on offense, allowing the Bears to survive three turnovers of their own for...
Norwin boys soccer shuts out Franklin Regional to open season
Norwin continues to row in the right direction. After senior forward Daniel Maddock scored the boys soccer team’s first goal of the season, several Knights plopped their backsides on the ground along the sideline, lined up like they were sitting in a boat, and began to row in unison for...
A-K Valley football notebook: Deer Lakes snaps string of Week Zero losses
Deer Lakes defeated Apollo-Ridge, 35-14, in its first Week Zero game in 2016. Taking the 2020 covid year out of the equation, the Lancers hadn’t fared well in Week Zero contests since with six straight season-opening setbacks. That changed Friday as Deer Lakes took control in the first half and...
Westmoreland County football notebook: GCC’s Samir Crosby accounts for 6 TDs
Samir Crosby had an impressive performance in a wild opener for Greensburg Central Catholic at Shady Side Academy. The Centurions rallied to win 46-40 as the junior quarterback accounted for six touchdowns. GCC trailed 32-10 in the second quarter before Crosby took command and led a comeback. He scored four...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Aug. 24, 2024
High schools Football Friday’s results Nonconference Allderdice 14, Fox Chapel 6 Ambridge 30, Western Beaver 14 Armstrong 38, Highlands 37 (OT) Avonworth 24, Burrell 7 Bentworth 48, Brownsville 0 Bethel Park 50, Seneca Valley 14 Blackhawk 57, Beaver Falls 0 California 62, Serra Catholic 26 Carlynton 33, Carrick 18 Deer...
Montour defense stands tall against Central Valley rushing attack in Week Zero victory
Breaking long runs can be a big part of Central Valley’s offense, especially with a 200-pound running back that has a hard-to-tackle reputation. Yet the biggest plays on this night belonged to a Montour defense that schemed for this matchup for a while. Central Valley running back Jance Henry Jr....
Trib HSSN’s 2024 Week Zero top performers for passing, rushing, receiving
Top performers for Week Zero of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 310 - Cedric Mack, East Allegheny (18 of 28) 305 - Bobby Fadden, Mohawk (20 of 40) 289 - Nolan DiLucia, Peters Township (16 of 21) 278 - Ryan Cortes, South Allegheny (15 of 25) 273 -...
High school football roundup for Aug. 23, 2024: West Mifflin hangs on to defeat Elizabeth Forward
Armand Hill ran for 84 yards, including a 44-yard touchdown with less than a minute remaining, to help West Mifflin earn a 17-16 nonconference victory over Class 3A No. 4 Elizabeth Forward (0-1) on Friday night. The Warriors nearly tied the game when Ryan Messina found Charlie Nigut on a...
Bethel Park opens season with breezy win vs. Seneca Valley
One pick-6 in a quarter is a momentum shifter, but two? That is typically a game changer. And that was the case for Bethel Park on Friday night. Jack Bruckner and William Sabatos each intercepted a pass and returned it for a touchdown in the first quarter to set the...
Ty Kershaw, Monessen use big plays to rout Charleroi in game between rivals
The first three times Monessen’s Tyvaughn Kershaw touched the ball in the Greyhounds’ Week Zero matchup versus Mon Valley rival Charleroi, he wound up in the end zone. Only two of those touches counted as scores, but that was more than enough for Kershaw and the Greyhounds as they rolled...
Late TD pass lifts Jeannette past Mt. Pleasant in comeback victory
Mt. Pleasant appeared to have Jeannette right where it wanted it. A seven-point lead with three minutes and change remaining and a fresh turnover in their hands. But Jeannette wasn’t ready to call it a night. The more chances the Jayhawks got, the hungrier they looked. They came to life...
Ligonier Valley rides ground game to win over Derry in ‘Riot on the Ridge’
From the start, this year’s rendition of “Riot on the Ridge” looked more like a whimper. Derry Area and Ligonier Valley seemed to have a good bit of nerves in the first game as the teams had mental lapses leading to turnovers and penalties. “We have to clean up communication,”...
Armstrong turns back Highlands at goal line in OT thriller
Frank Fabian isn’t sure who halted Highlands quarterback Menage Lucas’ twisting effort at the goal line. But the Armstrong football coach said his kids told him it was Markayne Duncan who stopped a diving Lucas inches short during a 2-point conversion attempt in the first overtime of a 38-37 Week...
Leechburg gets 2 scores late to get past Apollo-Ridge
Leechburg was down 14-7 on Friday at Veterans Memorial Field against Apollo-Ridge. But the Blue Devils battled until the end, tallying 12 points in the fourth quarter and earning them a 19-14 victory. The Blue Devils were led by Jayden Floyd, who completed 13 out of 18 passes with a...
