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Penn-Trafford coach pleased with volleyball team’s improvement
Penn-Trafford girls volleyball coach Tracy McDonald was eager to see if her team closed the gap against WPIAL power Seneca Valley. The two teams squared off in 2024, and the results weren’t what the Warriors hoped for. When they met again Aug. 27, the result was the same, but Penn-Trafford...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Season tickets for sale online
Those interested in purchasing season passes, student flex (10-game) passes or individual game tickets for all Penn-Trafford varsity home games can do so online through GoFan, which is located on ptwarriors.org. Football tickets are $7 per game and field hockey, soccer and volleyball matches are $6 for adults and $3...
Gateway boys soccer working to find identity in early going
The Gateway boys soccer team held a 2-1 lead with 32 minutes left in its season-opener at perennial Class 2A power Deer Lakes on Aug. 23. But the Gators were not able to hold on as the Lancers rallied and pulled away for an 8-2 victory. It wasn’t the start...
Sewickley sports notebook: WPIAL Community Champion Award going strong
The WPIAL Community Champion Award is presented to the schools that tabulate the most “meals” — total between money donated and food collected — in each of the six divisions, which are determined on enrollment. The award was established by the WPIAL in 2021. Quaker Valley helped kick off program...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Aug. 30, 2025
High schools Cross country Saturday’s results Gateway Invitational Boys Individual: 1. Samuel Plazio, Kiski Area, 16:30.30; 2. Michael Costello, Fox Chapel, 16:41.78; 3. Asher Eckel, Fox Chapel, 16:49.78; 4. Brennan Patterson, West Allegheny, 17:19.94; 5. Isaac Burtt, Beaver, 17:27.25; 6. Ashton Saunders, Riverview, 17:38.53; 7. Nolan Home, Fox Chapel, 17:50.54;...
High school roundup for Aug. 30, 2025: Seton LaSalle surges past Bishop Canevin
Kymarr Freeman scored on a pair of second-half touchdown runs as Seton LaSalle surged to a 22-7 victory over Bishop Canevin in nonconference football Saturday night. Freeman ran 23 times for 61 yards with scoring runs of 3 and 1 yards, Kia Jones also had a 3-yard TD run, and...
WPIAL football rankings: Week ending Aug. 31, 2025
WPIAL football rankings Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Central Catholic, 1-1, 1 2. North Allegheny, 2-0, 2 3. Hempfield, 2-0, 3 4. Seneca Valley, 1-1, NR 5. Norwin, 1-1, NR Out: Canon-McMillan (0-2, 4), Mt. Lebanon (0-2, 5) Class 5A 1. Pine-Richland, 1-1, 1 2. Peters Township, 2-0,...
Alle-Kiski Valley high school football notebook: Leechburg gets back on high-scoring path
Leechburg left Apollo-Ridge’s Owens Field with a bad taste in its mouth after a close Week Zero loss to the rival Vikings that saw the home team rally with 13 unanswered points in the second half. But the Blue Devils were able to use the 20-16 loss as motivation to...
Westmoreland H.S. notebook: Norwin grad Ryan Schiller to run track at Duquesne
Sprinter Ryan Schiller last spring had the best finish at the PIAA 3A championships by a Norwin athlete, taking second in the 100-meter hurdles in 14.36 seconds. The achievement sure looked good on his college application. Schiller announced he will continue his track career at Duquesne. He is a late...
Riverview settles down, pulls away for shutout victory over Valley
Kaden Levy thinks the Riverview football team’s offense can execute a myriad of plays well. It took the Raiders nearly 24 minutes to figure out which strategy worked the best against Valley. Riverview expanded its playbook Saturday at Riverside Park and found enough punch to pull away for a 35-0...
Westmoreland high school football notebook: Smithnosky shines in hometown … for visitors
Bobby Smithnosky had a homecoming game on the road but still earned his flowers. The sophomore quarterback from Greensburg Central Catholic had a career game at Mt. Pleasant, showing out in front of friends and family in his hometown. Class A GCC rolled to a 40-7 victory over the Class...
Westmoreland H.S. athletes of the week: Mt. Pleasant’s Morgan Gesinski, Franklin Regional’s Thomas Bridges
Morgan Gesinski School: Mt. Pleasant Class: Senior Sport: Soccer Claim to fame: Gesinski, a dynamic forward, became just the second girl in program history to score 100 career goals, registering a hat trick to reach the milestone in a 5-0 win over Hopewell. A Robert Morris commit, Gesinski is second...
Alle-Kiski Valley athletes of the week: Riverview’s Mary Quinlan, Kiski Area’s Austin Beck
Mary Quinlan School: Riverview Class: Junior Sport: Soccer Claim to fame: Quinlan is on fire to begin the season. On Monday, she scored a pair of goals as the Raiders (2-0, 2-0) defeated Greensburg Central Catholic 9-1 to open Class 1A Section 4 play. Two days later, she scored a...
Former Southmoreland QB Anthony Smith enrolls at high school in West Virginia
Maligned sophomore quarterback Anthony Smith, who transferred from Southmoreland to Seton LaSalle where he was ruled ineligible for the season, has enrolled at Fairmont Senior High School in Fairmont, W.Va. Smith (6-foot-2, 190 pounds), a Division I prospect with three scholarship offers, was added to the Polar Bears’ roster Tuesday...
Hole-in-one highlights hot start for North Allegheny girls golf team
The North Allegheny girls golf team has aced its early-season tests. Off to their best start in seven years, the Tigers (6-0, 7-0-1) have rolled to an undefeated mark in Section 3-3A and won the NA Invitational, highlighted by senior Kayli Dings’ first hole-in-one. “We’ve got to get through the...
Young Riverview boys soccer team gets early-season experience
The Riverview boys soccer team didn’t have to wait to be tested as it opened the season Aug. 22 at the Indiana tournament. The Raiders, featuring a mix of seasoned talent and several newcomers, including freshmen, in the starting lineup and coming off the bench, needed a rally to overcome...
North Allegheny sets sights on defending WPIAL boys golf title
North Allegheny is learning that playing golf is trickier when you have a target on your back. The Tigers, coming off the program’s first WPIAL title since 1971 and its first state championship, have embraced the challenge of being the hunted. “Everyone is trying to beat us and playing their...
Franklin Regional boys golf scoring low through 1st half of season
Franklin Regional’s boys golf team has put itself in prime position heading into the second half of the season. The Panthers sat atop Section 4-3A at 5-0 after wins against Central Catholic, 186-211, and Plum, 189-216. “It was a good win for us against Central Catholic,” Franklin Regional coach Jeff...
Shady Side Academy’s Cassie Sauer shakes off injury, makes college choice
The simple explanation for why Shady Side Academy senior Cassie Sauer’s basketball season ended last year was that she fractured her hip. A more complicated explanation of a “freak accident” paints a more complex picture. “The injury itself was terrible,” said Sauer, who is 6-foot-2. “It was a misstep that...
Shady Side Academy girls soccer leaning on strong senior captains, promising young talent
The Shady Side Academy girls soccer team is managing a roster that isn’t the deepest in program history. The Bulldogs have 17 players, and coach Mary Lynch will be faced with the task of make sure everyone can get some rest. The roster limitations haven’t hampered what the Bulldogs believe...
Fox Chapel Herald notebook: Shady Side Academy football coach wins dramatic debut
Andrew Geisler wanted to restore the reputation of the Shady Side Academy football program to be one that made a name off its grit. During Geisler’s first game as the varsity coach, the Bulldogs made their mark against Greensburg Central Catholic. After the Bulldogs fell behind by two scores, Shady...
Norwin girls volleyball rebuilding with young, motivated group
Norwin won only four of 16 matches last girls volleyball season and finished 4-6 in Section 3-4A. As veteran coach Mary Ellen Ferragonio begins her 19th season guiding the Knights, the team faces an overhaul. The Knights play in the gym, so they don’t have to worry about mold-abatement projects...
Norwin notebook: Swankler again named Robert Morris women’s soccer captain
For the second year in a row, senior forward Paloma Swankler, a Norwin grad, was selected as a team captain for the Robert Morris women’s soccer team. Swankler had six goals and five assists last fall and earned All-Horizon League second-team honors. She has started 24 of 56 career games...
Roman Thompson thrives in ‘violent game,’ carries Central Catholic past Pine-Richland
If any game perfectly fits Central Catholic’s Roman Thompson, this three-hour battle with Pine-Richland was surely the one. Ruthlessly physical for all four quarters, a kicker was hurt on the first play, a top lineman was helped off the field later and countless other players got banged up Friday night,...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Aug. 29, 205
High schools Football Friday’s results WPIAL Nonconference Aliquippa 42, Belle Vernon 7 Armstrong 35, Hampton 28 Avella 7, Carlynton 6 Avonworth 44, West Mifflin 7 Beaver 50, Blackhawk 27 Burgettstown 23, Bentworth 20 California 36, Cornell 32 Carmichaels 38, Sto-Rox 20 Central Catholic 34, Pine-Richland 20 Chartiers Valley 29, West...
