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Trib HSSN football team of the week for 2023 Week 10Video
The year 2023 really is the Year of the Deer. In March, the Deer Lakes boys basketball team won its first WPIAL championship by ending OLSH’s three-year stay on top. Eight months later, the Lancers football team has delivered the school’s first postseason victory on the gridiron. “It’s unbelievable what...
Westmoreland PIAA soccer playoff capsule: Game for Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023
PIAA boys soccer playoffs Class 4A first round Warwick (21-1-1) at Norwin (15-5-1) 6 p.m. Tuesday, Norwin Knights Stadium, North Huntingdon Winner plays: Winner of Abington (20-3)/Manheim Township (12-5-3) on Saturday in quarterfinals Players to watch: Eli Yerger, Warwick; Ryan Shoemer, Norwin Throw-ins: Warwick is the fourth-place team from District...
Window still open for Greensburg Salem hockey
Entering his fifth year as hockey coach at Greensburg Salem, Corey Mentch knows the window of opportunity for a Penguins Cup still exists for his team. His Lions missed a shot to lift the cup last year, but this year affords the team another chance. “We realized a few years...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Hempfield’s Emerson Murdock
At a high school football game, most of the focus is usually on the play on the field, the big hits and long passes. But at all schools — and at Hempfield especially — the athleticism and enthusiasm on the sidelines also should be recognized. At Hempfield, the cheerleaders are...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Freeport’s Grace Beach
When the Freeport girls volleyball team faced off with Mars on Oct. 16, the team thought it would be without senior setter Grace Beach. Fifteen minutes before the bus was set to leave, Beach’s grandfather died. Coach Tom Phillips heard the news and told Grace to stay with her family....
High school sports schedules for Nov. 6, 2023
High schools Field hockey PIAA playoffs Tuesday’s schedule First round Class 3A Great Valley (16-6) at Conestoga (22-0), 6 p.m.; Lower Dauphin (18-3) at Cardinal O’Hara (9-8), 1 p.m.; Boyertown (17-5) at Wyoming Valley West (10-7), 6 p.m.; Methacton (17-4) at Emmaus (22-1), 4:30 p.m.; Avon Grove (16-5-1) at Manheim...
2023-24 PIHL standings through Nov. 5, 2023
Here are the latest 2023-24 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday. Don’t miss live and archived PIHL action every week at TribHSSN.TribLive.com. Class 3A Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points North Allegheny, 4-1-0 = 8 Pine-Richland, 4-1-0 = 8 Upper St. Clair, 4-1-0 =...
Trib HSSN football player of the week for 2023 Week 10
Early in the third quarter of their WPIAL Class A first-round playoff game Friday, Burgettstown had just scored to take a 30-14 lead over defending champion Union. The host Scotties never blinked, and thanks to senior quarterback Braylon Thomas, Union scored five straight touchdowns to win 51-37 and advance to...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Nov. 6, 2023
The ice wars continue as we mix our fall sports postseason coverage with a high school hockey doubleheader this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. The first full week of November begins with a PIHL Class 3A and Class A high school hockey doubleheader on Monday. After the...
Preparation, passion lead Norwin to title-game victory
Late Saturday night at Highmark Stadium, with the twinkle of the Pittsburgh skyline reflecting off the Monongahela River, Rick Zappone wasn’t sure if going to penalty kicks favored his Norwin team or North Allegheny more. After all, both teams were exhausted, drained by unrelenting yet superior soccer that still left...
After coming up short for WPIAL title, resilient Freeport heads to state volleyball tournament
The Freeport girls volleyball team is no stranger to taking on the best in the state at this point in a fall season. While the Yellowjackets players had hoped to enter this year’s PIAA Class 2A playoffs with another WPIAL title under their belts, head coach Tom Phillips said they...
13 WPIAL girls volleyball teams advance to PIAA playoffs
It was 47 years ago that Norwin defeated York Suburban to win the 1976 PIAA Class 3A girls volleyball championship. It was the first of 52 state titles captured by WPIAL teams. Last year, North Allegheny in Class 4A and Freeport in 2A added to that total. Now, 13 District...
WPIAL soccer teams learn opponents for 2023 PIAA tournament
Two years ago, history was made as WPIAL teams captured five PIAA soccer championships. The Hampton (3A), Quaker Valley (2A) and Winchester Thurston (A) boys and the Moon (4A) and Mars (3A) girls brought home state titles, the most in district soccer history. Last season was a different story though...
Burrell football coach says playoff opponent used racial slurs, his protest led to ejection
Burrell football coach Shawn Liotta said his players were targeted with racial slurs in a game Friday against Mohawk and that he was ejected after confronting game officials about it. “Their kids were repeatedly using racist remarks toward our kids,” said Liotta, a sixth-year coach at Burrell. “Our coaches and...
North Allegheny notebook: Pitt’s Sarah Schupansky earns All-ACC first-team honors
Sarah Schupansky made history last week, becoming the first member of the Pitt women’s soccer team to earn first-team All-ACC honors. Schupansky, a 2021 North Allegheny graduate, has a team-high 10 goals, 10 assists and 30 points this season. The forward was the ACC Offensive Player of the Week earlier...
North Allegheny trying to make most of calm before the playoff storm
The North Allegheny football team didn’t have a game in the first week of the playoffs, but that doesn’t mean the Tigers took a week off. “We were going to do everything we could to make the most of the extra time,” NA coach Art Walker said. “We wanted to...
Hampton girls soccer looks to bright future after playoff ouster
Every player who scored a goal this season for the Hampton girls soccer team has one thing in common — she’ll be back. The Talbots will return all 10 starting field players and a bunch of key reserves from this season’s 14-5 WPIAL playoff qualifier. “I would like to think...
‘Challenging’ season ends with Hampton football on wrong side of playoff tiebreaker
The Hampton football season began with an injury and ended with an insult. The Talbots lost their starting quarterback to a season-ending knee injury in training camp and then narrowly missed the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs on a tiebreaker. “It was definitely challenging,” second-year coach Steve Sciullo said. “We can’t...
Fox Chapel cross country team, top runner Rowan Gwin dialed in at WPIAL meet
Fox Chapel senior Rowan Gwin looked forward to mentoring junior teammate Drew Black at the PIAA Class 4A cross country championships in Hershey. If anyone had the requisite experience for helping a first-time runner out, it was Gwin, who was making his third trip and had a wide range of...
Fox Chapel girls soccer uses speed to go on long postseason run
Fox Chapel’s underdog run through the WPIAL Class 4A postseason wasn’t just the result of an October victory. The Foxes blazing a path to the championship game at Highmark Stadium started by challenging one another during training camp in August. Those battles continued through routine practices in September or any...
After 4th straight playoff appearance, Gateway boys soccer says goodbye to senior class
A fourth straight trip to the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs was in the preseason plans for the Gateway boys soccer team. A streak-breaking victory in their first-round matchup at No. 5 Montour also was what the Gators wanted. They got the former but were denied the latter, as the Spartans...
Quaker Valley cross country teams accomplishing goals in postseason
It’s been a sweet season for the Quaker Valley boys cross country team. The Quakers qualified as a team for the PIAA Class 2A race, which was set for Nov. 4 in Hershey. “We know there are many strong teams in the 2A race of the PIAA championships, especially those...
Quaker Valley greats gather for 2023 hall of fame induction weekend
The celebratory Sports Hall of Fame weekend returned to Quaker Valley this fall after a three-year pause due to the covid pandemic. Six individuals and two teams were inducted on the weekend of Oct. 13-14, increasing the number of HOF individuals at Quaker Valley to 103 and HOF teams to...
After quarterfinal loss, Penn-Trafford volleyball hopes to reload for future
Penn-Trafford girls volleyball coach Jim Schall would have rather been coaching a semifinal-round match than being at home watching the World Series. That’s because team dropped a hard-fought 3-1 decision to No. 3 Canon-McMillan on Oct. 26 in the WPIAL quarterfinals. It was a match that could have gone the...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Warriors hockey team of to 1-3 start
Penn-Trafford’s ice hockey team opened the season by defeating Norwin. Since then, the Warriors have dropped three games while they look for stronger goaltending. “It’s been frustrating; until we fix our goaltending problem we’re going to struggle,” Penn-Trafford coach Chris Cerutti said. “I have four guys I’m working with.” The...
