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WPIAL Class 4A football roundup: Armstrong edges North Catholic in Greater Allegheny
Jaydon Oliver threw for 172 yards and two touchdowns as Armstrong scored a 21-20 victory over North Catholic (3-3, 2-1) in the Class 4A Greater Allegheny Conference on Friday night. Chase Jablonski and Nick McNeely caught TD passes, and Kyan Kline ran for a 3-yard TD for Armstrong (4-2, 1-1)....
WPIAL Class 5A football roundup: Kyle Dupill runs for 240 yards, 5 TDs, as Franklin Regional rallies past Plum
Franklin Regional overcame an 11-point halftime deficit to earn a 45-26 victory over Plum in the Class 5A Big East Conference on Friday night. Kyle Dupill ran for 240 yards and five touchdowns, and Ayden Hudock had a 65-yard TD run for Franklin Regional (4-2, 1-1). Sean Franzi threw for...
Trib HSSN’s 2023 Week 5 top performers for passing, rushing, receiving
Top performers for Week 5 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 365 - Payton Wehner, Central Catholic (15 of 19) 296 - Tristyn Tavares, Norwin (23 of 35) 292 - Ryan Messina, Elizabeth Forward (14 of 23) 289 - Jay Wrona, Mohawk (21 of 38) 261 — Kadin...
WPIAL Class 6A, City League football roundup: Peter Gonzalez’s 268 receiving yards help Central Catholic roll to victory
Peyton Wehner threw for 365 yards and five touchdowns to lead top-ranked Central Catholic to a 49-6 victory over No. 3 Canon-McMillan (4-2, 1-2) in Class 6A football action Friday night. Peter Gonzalez caught seven passes for 268 yards and three touchdowns for the Vikings (6-0, 3-0). Zachary Welsh ran...
Upper St. Clair bounces back with decisive win over rival Mt. Lebanon
Upper St. Clair came into Friday night’s game looking for a bounce-back effort after suffering its first loss of the season last week. Mason Chambers made sure the Panthers got one. Chambers scored on a 79-yard run in the first quarter and finished with 202 yards and four touchdowns in...
Mars jumps on Highlands early to claim conference win
Gabe Hein lifted a whole planet Friday night. Many of them, actually. Hein sparked the Mars Fightin’ Planets to a 48-15 victory over visiting Highlands, scoring three touchdowns before leaving the game with an injury midway through the second quarter. The Planets’ student section and their faithful fans erupted when...
Moon grinds to victory against South Fayette
It’s not too often that Moon’s wing-T offense will be flashy, and it wasn’t in Friday’s 24-3 win over South Fayette to allow the Tigers (3-3, 1-0 5A-1) to win their third straight and open conference play in the Allegheny Six. But what the offense lacked in flash, on a...
Clairton’s Drahcir Jones runs over Greensburg Central Catholic for 271 yards, 4 TDs
In a wild contest that featured six fourth-quarter touchdowns, Greensburg Central Catholic coach John Thompson felt the last one exemplified his team’s 40-28 loss at Clairton perfectly. With about a minute remaining, the Bears (4-2, 3-0) faced fourth-and-1 from GCC’s 30-yard line. The score was 34-28, but the Centurions (3-3,...
Belle Vernon stars come out in rout of South Allegheny
A week after suffering its first loss of the season at the hands of Thomas Jefferson in nonconference play, Belle Vernon bounced back in dominant fashion Friday night. The Leopards scored 50 first-half points and relied on big offensive performances from Quinton Martin and Braden Laux in a 57-6 rout...
Penn-Trafford pulls away late to defeat Norwin behind freshman RB’s 4 TDs
There was a fireworks display Friday night in North Huntingdon after the Penn-Trafford and Norwin football game. But it was nothing like the firepower the football teams displayed at Norwin Stadium. Penn-Trafford defeated Norwin, 56-28, for a WPIAL Class 5A Big East Conference victory. The teams broke the series record...
Mt. Pleasant sticks with hot hand, rolls past Greensburg Salem
Through its nonconference slate, Mt. Pleasant made a living by bullying its opponents on the ground with its tool shed of running backs, and that was no different for the fourth-ranked team in Class 3A on Friday as it rolled to a 38-7 victory over Greensburg Salem. The dominant win...
No. 4 Imani Christian rolls past Burrell for Allegheny Conference win
Going into its matchup against Class 2A No. 4 Imani Christian, Burrell knew it needed to execute when it got into the red zone. But, unfortunately for the Buccaneers, a handful of their drives stalled deep in Saints territory. Imani Christian scored on its first two drives of the game,...
Knoch finds winning formula in conference victory over Deer Lakes
Sometimes when things are working, there isn’t a need to change anything. That’s the philosophy Knoch coach Tim Burchett put to use Friday night for Knoch’s offense. And that led to five straight possessions with a touchdown and a 41-21 victory over Deer Lakes in the Class 3A Allegheny 6...
Jeannette starts fast, wins 4th straight with victory over Riverview
Once the odds-on favorite most weeks, Jeannette is more dark horse these days as the football team continues to heal from a couple of thin years. But that is fine with the Jayhawks, who are regaining their footing week by week, game by game and win by win. Don’t look...
Shady Side outlasts Freeport in Class 3A Allegheny 6 Conference opener
The Class 3A Allegheny 6 Conference was one of two in the WPIAL to have none of its teams play a conference game before Friday night. Shady Side Academy and Freeport hoped to get off to a winning start in conference action after five nonconference contests to start the season....
Nigut helps Elizabeth Forward rally past Southmoreland
Southmoreland coach Tim Bukowski was steadfast when discussing the outcome of the Scotties’ game with Elizabeth Forward on Friday at Warriors Stadium. “I don’t think the better team won tonight, but the team with the best player did,” Bukowski said. The Warriors scored 21 points in the fourth quarter to...
Leechburg athletic director Angela Franke resigns
Angela Franke’s brief tenure as athletic director at Leechburg has come to a close. Her last day in the position was Friday, high school principal Doug Rodgers confirmed. Rodgers said he believes Franke is leaving for a full-time athletic director position in eastern Pennsylvania. The Leechburg AD job is part...
5 things to watch in WPIAL Week 5: Finally, every team has reached conference play
WPIAL teams are now five weeks into the football season and 14 schools had yet to play a conference game. That’ll change Friday when the Interstate and Allegheny 6 open conference play. Both are WPIAL Class 3A conferences, not to be confused with the similarly named Allegheny Six in Class...
Top 4 teams in WPISL standings pair off for Sunday doubleheaders
Mt. Lebanon brought previously undefeated Plum back to the pack in a doubleheader sweep of the Mustangs last Sunday in Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League action. The wins bumped the Blue Devils up to 6-2, while Plum fell to 6-2. West Allegheny dominated North Hills over two games to also...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 28, 2023
High schools Cross country Thursday’s results Boys Nonsection Hampton 17, Thomas Jefferson 42 Field hockey Thursday’s results Nonsection Penn-Trafford 9, Ellis School 0 Aquinas Academy at Upper St. Clair, (n) Latrobe at Winchester Thurston, (n) Norwin at Oakland Catholic, (n) Football Thursday’s result City League Allderdice 24, Brashear 8 Friday’s...
High school roundup for Sept. 28, 2023: Shady Side Academy takes care of Deer Lakes in clash of top 2A teams
Drew McKim scored a hat trick as Shady Side Academy earned a season split with Deer Lakes with a 6-2 boys soccer victory in Section 2-2A on Thursday night. Amir Awais, Santiago Maiz and Mark Bence also scored for the Bulldogs (9-1, 8-1), who avenged a Sept. 5 loss to...
Jeannette starts fast, wins 4th straight with victory over Riverview
Once the odds-on favorite most weeks, Jeannette is more dark horse these days as the football team continues to heal from a couple of thin years. But that is fine with the Jayhawks, who are regaining their footing week by week, game by game and win by win. Don’t look...
Fear the Antelopes: Under-the-radar Avonworth to meet West Mifflin in key conference clash
Would there be more buzz for a type of cat, bear or angry bird? Avonworth has started 5-0 this season, a year after reaching the WPIAL finals, but coach Duke Johncour says the Antelopes don’t seem to draw the attention others do. “I think we kind of fly under the...
Canon-McMillan boys soccer scores upset of No. 3 Norwin
Both boys soccer teams had given up 10 goals coming into their latest Section 2-4A matchup. But only one of them kept that total intact. Canon-McMillan, led by its coach with Westmoreland County ties, notched a goal in each half and locked down on defense throughout in a 2-0 upset...
Derry athletic director Brett Miller resigns
The Derry Area school board accepted the resignation of athletic and transportation director Brett Miller on Thursday. Miller, 37, has been hired at Seton Hill in the institutional advancement staff as the major gift officer. He spent the past 10 years at Derry. He replaced Brandon Rapp. He previously was...
