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Quaker Valley’s Avery Allan takes pride in run to WPIAL finals
Quaker Valley’s Avery Allan was awarded the No. 2 seed in Class 2A for the WPIAL girls tennis singles tournament. And the QV sophomore ended up second as top seed Gabrielle Dusi of Belle Vernon earned a marathon 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 victory in the finals Sept. 18 at North Allegheny....
With winning record in 1st half of season, Quaker Valley moving in right direction
Week 4 is the unofficial midpoint of the WPIAL high school football season. Quaker Valley played four nonconference games in the first half and won three of them. The Quakers defeated Valley in Week 4 by a score of 29-20 to add to earlier nonconference wins over Freedom and Keystone...
Western Beaver starts 6-0 for 1st time in 20 years — 5 things we learned in Week 5
Western Beaver football is shining brightly nowadays and it’s not just the new lights above Rich Niedbala Field. The team is 6-0 for the first time in 20 years. That’s thanks in part to a running back with the perfect first name for starring in a “Western.” Instead of a...
Apollo-Ridge grabs momentum back in 2nd half, drops OLSH
Is there such thing as a hat trick in football? Apollo-Ridge’s Alex Clawson may have defined it with a touchdown pass, an interception and a fumble recovery in a 27-12 Class 2A Allegheny Conference victory over Our Lady of the Sacred Heart on Saturday night. The Chargers had all the...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 27, 2025
High schools Cross country Saturday’s results Youthtowne Clash At Baldwin Boys Individual: 1. Tyler Carroll, North Catholic, 16:12.99; 2. Devin Junko, Trinity, 16:16.47; 3. Riley McGee, Seneca Valley, 16:28.88; 4. Ethan Moldovan, Carlynton, 16:33.80; 5. Cooper Knorr, Chartiers Valley, 16:38.82; 6. Will Kuchera, Allderdice, 16:39.22; 7. Liam Gallocher, Chartiers Valley,...
High school roundup for Sept. 27, 2025: Penn Hills runs past Shaler
Doryan Peay rushed for 148 yards and two touchdowns to lead Penn Hills to a 36-7 victory over Shaler in Class 5A Northeast Conference football Saturday. Devin Harris threw for 121 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 76 yards and one TD for Penn Hills (2-4, 2-0), which outgained...
WPIAL football rankings: Week ending Sept. 28, 2025
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Central Catholic, 5-1, 1 2. North Allegheny, 5-1, 2 3. Norwin, 4-2, 3 4. Hempfield, 4-2, 5 5. Canon-McMillan 3-3, 4 Out: none Class 5A 1. Pine-Richland, 5-1, 1 2. Peters Township, 6-0, 2 3. Woodland Hills, 4-2, 4 4. Upper St. Clair,...
Riverview gets important conference win over Greensburg Central Catholic
Riverview 6-foot-2, 245-pound offensive lineman Addison Pascal doesn’t desire to employ a flashy game plan. A ground-based, grinding approach has served the Raiders fine. Riverview took advantage of a worn-down Greensburg Central Catholic football team Saturday at Riverside Park, powering to a 26-7 Eastern Conference win. The Raiders ran the...
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Norwin’s Annie Czajkowski, Hempfield’s Jonathan Stetchock
Annie Czajkowski School: Norwin Class: Senior Sport: Cross country Claim to fame: Czajkowski, a Division I prospect, has emerged as a WPIAL and PIAA 3A title contender and is one of the top runners for championship favorite Norwin. She won the PIAA Foundation Class 3A race in Hershey with a...
Leechburg workhorse RB Andrasy enjoying stellar season
Timmy Andrasy knew coming into his senior season that he would be a major focal point of the Leechburg football offense. After the graduation of Blue Devil heavyweights Jake Cummings and Jayden Floyd, Andrasy expected his impact in the running game to increase. He accepted that role and has run...
Alle-Kiski Valley athletes of the week: Deer Lakes’ Bryanna Simonetti, Highlands’ Ryan Maloney
Bryanna Simonetti School: Deer Lakes Class: Senior Sport: Soccer Claim to fame: Simonetti scored a pair of goals in a Deer Lakes (10-1, 5-1) shutout win over Yough on Wednesday. The Lancers sit in second place in Section 4-2A and have won five games in a row for the second...
Westmoreland high school football notebook: Southmoreland off to historically good start
Dustin Shoaf, Southmoreland’s 24-year-old first year football coach, said he didn’t think many people expected the Scotties to win their first six games. He’d heard the faint praise. But here are the Scotties, unblemished and the talk of Westmoreland County football. Despite 13 penalties — Shoaf vowed to correct the...
Plum girls golf continues improvement during 2nd WPIAL season
The Plum girls golf team’s seven seniors — Kailey Burton, Ava Miller, Addy Pfeiffer, Alex Fulmer, Hayden Tihey, Brooke Price and Aine Collins — were celebrated Sept. 15 before a Section 4-3A home match with Latrobe at 3 Lakes Golf Course in Penn Hills. The contest was the final one...
North Allegheny wrestling dynasty pins down another Hall of Fame spot
Jeff Alexander was always the smallest guy in a North Allegheny wrestling room packed with state champions and bad intentions. The 1990 graduate, who arrived on varsity as a 4-foot-10, 98-pound freshman, became a key part of one of the most dominating wrestling dynasties in WPIAL history. “I got nervous...
Behind 8 new starters, North Allegheny defense wraps up solid 1st half
North Allegheny’s defense had nearly as many shutouts in the first half of the season as it had returning starters. The Tigers’ new-look defensive unit answered a bunch of offseason questions by allowing a Class 6A-low average of 11.2 points through five weeks while blanking Gateway and Penn Hills in...
New coach looks to rebuild hockey program, culture at Franklin Regional
Franklin Regional hockey has a new coach this season, the program’s third in three seasons. Nathan Connelly, who coached previously at Trinity, Shaler and West Virginia, was hired to replace Brian Bearly, who resigned after the 2024-25 season. Bearly, a Franklin Regional grad, plans to coach an 18U team. Connelly...
Grateful for chance to compete, Shady Side Academy freshman wins big race in Hershey
Josephine Lenart appreciates every opportunity to compete for the Shady Side Academy girls cross country team. While Lenart, a freshman, is short on experience, she is long on perspective. Lenart won for the first time at one of the premier regular-season invitationals, the 19th PIAA Foundation Meet, which is held...
Shady Side Academy girls tennis locked in on WPIAL championship goal
Shady Side Academy sophomore Brooke Henderson can tell the Bulldogs are locked in on winning the WPIAL Class 3A girls team tennis title. The program was already set to have a competitive lineup this season. Once Cassie Lapina, who won a section title at Pine-Richland last season, transferred in, the...
Fox Chapel Herald notebook: Golfers start WPIAL tournament strong
The Fox Chapel boys golf team got off to a strong start during the first round of the WPIAL Class 3A boys individual golf championships at Willowbrook Country Club. Defending PIAA champion Carson Kittsley shot a 6-under par 66 to put himself in first place. Sophomore Baron Bitar shot a...
Fox Chapel girls soccer meeting challenge of new faces in new places in lineup
Caylie Wilkinson, a junior defender for the Fox Chapel girls soccer team, felt like this year’s team was significantly different from the previous two iterations. Wilkinson is the only returning starting defender from the Foxes team that reached the WPIAL Class 3A final last season. With six new starters in...
High school football roundup for Sept. 26, 2025: New Castle beats No. 1 Aliquippa for 1st time since 1987
It had been nearly 40 years since New Castle celebrated a victory over Aliquippa. That changed Friday night. Freshman Marino Graham threw for 179 yards and one touchdown and ran for 105 yards and two TDs as New Castle upset top-ranked Aliquippa, 18-12, in a Class 4A Parkway Conference football...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 26, 2025
High school Football Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Central Catholic 21, North Allegheny 6 Hempfield 38, Canon-McMillan 27 Mt. Lebanon 41, Seneca Valley 20 Class 5A Allegheny Six Moon 23, Bethel Park 20 Peters Township 24, Upper St. Clair 20 South Fayette 49, Baldwin 13 Big East Armstrong 29, Gateway...
Trib HSSN’s 2025 Week 5 top performers for passing, rushing, receiving
Top performers for Week 5 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 350 - Dominic Detruf, Hempfield (26 of 34) 308 - Ethan Hellmann, Upper St. Clair (24 of 37) 277 - Nolan DiLucia, Peters Township (15 of 22) 260 - Cedric Mack, East Allegheny (14 of 25) 252...
No. 2 Peters Township’s last-minute defensive stand seals victory over No. 3 Upper St. Clair
The offenses gained momentum after halftime with three lead changes, but nobody was too surprised that Peters Township vs. Upper St. Clair eventually came down to the defenses. Each side delivered a late defensive stop. Ultimately, a last-minute stand 12 yards from its own end zone let Peters Township escape...
Moon edges Bethel Park in Allegheny Six Conference opener
The hype has been plentiful around the Class 5A Allegheny Six Conference, and Friday night’s clash between Moon and Bethel Park showed why. At Tigers Stadium at Moon Area High School, Moon bounced back from a tough nonconference loss to Seneca Valley last week with a strong start and a...
