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Quaker Valley golfers motivated by near-miss at WPIAL team tournament
One shot made all the difference for the Quaker Valley boys golf team last season, as the Quakers placed third in the WPIAL Class 2A tournament by the narrowest of margins. Sewickley and Belle Vernon finished regulation play at the WPIAL event tied for the top spot in Class 2A...
Penn-Trafford tennis star Mia Williams back for more after brilliant freshman year
Penn-Trafford sophomore Mia Williams can make history if things go as expected over the next three years. Williams, the returning WPIAL Class 3A champion, could become the first girl in her classification to win four titles. Knoch’s Laura Greb won four titles (2017-2020) in Class 2A. Five girls have won...
Former Penn Hills cheerleader honored for academic achievement
Taylor Roach has a lot on her mind as she starts her freshman year at Pitt. The 2023 Penn Hills graduate is getting acclimated to college life but had the chance to enjoy some of the fruits of her labor this summer. Roach, who was Penn Hills’ valedictorian last season...
Penn Hills junior fights through injury to win national fitness competition
Jadyn Wright had put the time in and had built his routine around being dedicated to fitness. After a freak injury in rugby practice, the Penn Hills senior still had three Marine Corps National Physical Fitness Championship meets remaining to participate in. Wright planned to keep an eye on his...
New coach takes over Pine-Richland girls soccer team with young, talented roster
Alessandro Moreira knows the Pine-Richland/North Allegheny rivalry quite well. For 15 years, he was an assistant for the Tigers’ girls soccer team and helped them win consecutive WPIAL championships in 2019-20. Now he’ll be leading the other side. Moreira is the new varsity girls soccer coach at Pine-Richland and he’s...
Defending WPIAL boys soccer champion Pine-Richland ready for challenges ahead
For the first time, Pine-Richland boys soccer will go into a season with the distinction of being defending WPIAL champions. Last year provided a storybook run that ended with a 1-0 upset over Seneca Valley in the Class 4A final, but the Rams know a repeat will not be easy....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Aug. 26, 2023
High schools Field hockey Nonsection Mt. Lebanon 4, Penn-Trafford 1 State College 9, North Allegheny 1 Football Saturday’s results Nonconference Beaver 35, Western Beaver 14 Steelton-Highspire 42, Imani Christian 27 Sharon 26, Neshannock 0 Union 40, Mohawk 37 Soccer Boys Saturday’s results Chartiers-Houston tournament McGuffey 4, Steel Valley 0 Waynesburg...
High school roundup for Aug. 26, 2023: Union gets past Mohawk in season-opening barnburner
Braylon Thomas scored his second rushing touchdown of the fourth quarter on a 13-yard quarterback draw with 32 seconds remaining to give Union a wild, 40-36 come-from-behind win over Mohawk in a nonconference season opener Saturday. Mohawk (0-1) led 35-26 with less than three minutes left. First, Thomas scored on...
5 things we learned in Week Zero: New coaches find success quickly
Central Catholic players were kneeling around new coach Ryan Lehmeier in a postgame circle when longtime Vikings assistant Ron Fuchs spoke up. “A head coach only gets one first victory,” Fuchs announced, while praising Lehmeier’s leadership skills and “infectious” excitement since becoming the team’s coach. “In 25 years, I’ve seen...
Trib HSSN WPIAL high school football rankings: Week ending Aug. 27, 2023
WPIAL football rankings Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny, 1-0, 1 2. Central Catholic, 1-0, 2 3. Canon-McMillan, 1-0, 3 4. Mt. Lebanon, 1-0, 4 5. Seneca Valley, 0-1, 5 Class 5A 1. Penn Hills, 1-0, 2 2. Gateway, 0-1, 1 3. Pine-Richland, 0-1, 3 4. Bethel...
Westmoreland high school football notebook: Soccer recruit delivers in clutch for Jeannette
Jeannette football coach Tommy Paulone and his staff were on the lookout for a kicker this offseason. So they cast a line into a pond where desperate coaches hope to get a bite: the soccer team. There they found senior Austin Emery, an accomplished soccer player who had not kicked...
AK Valley high school football notebook: Plum celebrates 800th game with victory
Plum played the 800th game in program history Friday night, and the Mustangs celebrated with a win at rival Kiski Area. The Mustangs mixed the pass and the run, scoring a pair of TDs each way in the 28-18 victory. Junior Nick Odom doesn’t mind running against Kiski Area. In...
Hempfield girls soccer snaps 46-game losing streak
The streak is over. There aren’t four more refreshing words for the Hempfield girls soccer team to hear. There couldn’t be. Not for a team that hadn’t won a game in almost four years. Not for a team that had not scored a goal in two years. The Spartans were...
Early playoff exit lights fire under Hampton boys soccer
The seniors on the Hampton boys soccer team have felt euphoria and agony over the years. As sophomores, they were part of a memorable run to the WPIAL and PIAA championships, while last season ended with a one-and-done playoff dud. They are working to make sure this season they land...
Senior captain, talented underclassmen mix well for Fox Chapel girls soccer
Anna Troutman welcomed the opportunity to serve as a captain on the Fox Chapel girls soccer team. With the mix of players the Foxes have returning for this season, having strong leadership will be an important component for the team to return from the playoffs. The Foxes have an influx...
Riverview girls soccer hopes to maintain winning formula
The Riverview girls soccer team is after a playoff three-peat. After the frustration of not having enough players to field a team in 2020, the Raiders have enjoyed a resurgence in the program. That growth has produced back-to-back WPIAL playoff berths in Class A. Junior midfielder/forward Cailey Trosch, one of...
Despite graduation losses, Plum girls soccer aims to continue winning ways
The Plum girls soccer team enjoyed a strong four-year run through last season that included 72 victories in 83 games, four consecutive section championships, three WPIAL title-game appearances and three trips to the PIAA playoffs. Last year’s Mustangs reached the WPIAL Class 3A semifinals and the PIAA quarterfinals and were...
Bar set high for Bethel Park boys soccer
Last season may be difficult to match for this year’s Bethel Park boys soccer team. The Black Hawks finished second with an 11-3 record in Section 3-3A, which was won by Thomas Jefferson at 13-1. Bethel Park handed the Jaguars their only section loss Sept. 22 by a 3-1 score....
Norwin girls soccer driven to return to playoffs
Norwin girls soccer coach Diane Metzger does not like to get too specific with preseason details about her team. That is because the unexpected can show up, well, unexpectedly. Injuries derailed the Lady Knights the last two seasons, leaving a scar in 2022 when the team missed the WPIAL playoffs...
North Allegheny notebook: Connor Chang competes at Junior Pan American Championships
Connor Chang earned a spot with Team USA and competed in karate last week at the Junior Pan American Championships in Santiago, Chile. Chang, a North Allegheny student who competes for Pennsylvania Shotokan Karate Club, made the team for the first time and competed in Mexico City, coming up just...
North Allegheny girls soccer looks to combine returning stars with young talent
In three of the past four years, the North Allegheny girls soccer program has been standing on top of the WPIAL’s Class 4A heap. Even after the graduation of a well-decorated senior class, the Tigers still have the firepower to defend their title. If they are going to be successful...
Franklin Regional boys look to reload, climb WPIAL soccer ladder
Lukas Petersen remembers the empty feeling in his body as he watched Montour celebrate a 2-1 upset of his Franklin Regional Panthers in the WPIAL Class 3A first round late last October. He doesn’t want to feel that again. He doesn’t want his players to experience it, either. But nothing...
After key losses, Hampton girls soccer to rely on deep pool of talent
The Hampton girls soccer team lost two all-WPIAL players to graduation and then lost another one to something nobody saw coming. Three-time all-WPIAL midfielder Madison Hurst will miss her senior season after suffering a torn ACL in November playing Cup soccer. With a recovery timeline of eight to nine months,...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Aug. 25, 2023
High schools Field hockey Friday’s results Nonsection Peters Township 6, Upper St. Clair 1 Football Friday’s results Nonconference Apollo-Ridge 18, Leechburg 16 Armstrong 49, Valley 16 Avonworth 35 Grove City 14 Baldwin 56, Brashear 0 Beaver Falls 28, Blackhawk 7 Bentworth 42, Brownsville 6 Bethel Park 33, North Hills 10...
High school football roundup for Aug. 25, 2023: Penn Hills tops Seneca Valley in battle of ranked teams
Julian Dugger threw for 140 yards and two touchdowns as Class 5A No. 2 Penn Hills got off to a strong start with a 33-20 victory over Class 6A No. 5 Seneca Valley (0-1) in a nonconference game Friday night. Amir Key added 108 rushing yards and a touchdown for...
