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Deer Lakes, Highlands have sense of urgency for Allegheny 7 Conference clash
Deer Lakes and Highlands went down to the wire last season to decide their first football game against each other in nine years. The Lancers, trailing by 13 points at halftime, rallied in the second half with a pair of touchdowns from since-graduated Zier Williams and a couple of turnovers...
Norwin athletic director Mike Burrell heading overseas to work Steelers game in Ireland
Mike Burrell wears a lot of hats as the athletic director at Norwin, a PIAA official and a co-chairman for the WPIAL football steering committee. But he also works Pittsburgh Steelers home games as part of the game-in-progress crew. Since this week’s game against the Minnesota Vikings in Dublin, Ireland...
Westmoreland County boys soccer notebook: Young Norwin roster ‘learning how to win close games’
With seven seniors, 16 juniors and 13 sophomores, Norwin often rolls out a young lineup. When the Knights played Plum last week, nine players who are playing varsity soccer for the first time were on the field. Only one senior started that game: midfielder Ian Natale. “We do have a...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 23, 2025
High schools Cross country Tuesday’s results Division I Section 1 Boys Individual: 1. Jonathan Stetchock, Hempfield, 16:01.80; 2. Benjamin McBride, Norwin, 16:09.70; 3. Ryan Ewing, Hempfield, 16:15.60; 4. Charlie Heese, Latrobe, 16:22.20; 5. Kaiden Branan, Indiana, 16:22.60; 6. Owen Rankin, Norwin, 16:39.70; 7. Troy Payne, Hempfield, 16:46.60; 8. Carter Moody,...
High school roundup for Sept. 23, 2025: North Allegheny wins 5-set showdown for 1st place
Molly Robertson had 23 kills and 10 digs to lead North Allegheny to a 3-2 victory over North Catholic (5-2, 4-1) in a five-set thriller for first place in Section 2-4A girls volleyball Tuesday. The Tigers won by set scores of 25-20, 25-23, 18-25, 23-25 and 18-16. Alicia Mokube recorded...
Mars fends off Freeport to stay undefeated in section
Mars won the first two sets of Tuesday’s Section 2-2A girls volleyball clash with Freeport and hoped to finish off a clean sweep. The Yellowjackets didn’t go down without a fight, however, and rallied to keep the match alive with a third-set triumph. But in the end, the visiting Planets...
Penn-Trafford strikes for upset over No. 5 Franklin Regional
Penn-Trafford has taken on a sneaky personality competing in boys soccer Section 3-3A. The Warriors play a physical style and rely on sound, exacting defense to create opportunities. Despite their slightly above .500 record and a high number of unlucky bounces that have stunted them some offensively, they can creep...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 24, 2025: Girls soccer section frontrunners to square off
As we get closer to the stretch run of the WPIAL girls soccer regular season, races are heating up not only for section titles, but also for a spot in the upcoming district playoffs next month. The top four teams in each section qualify for the WPIAL playoffs. On Wednesday,...
Mya Morgan, Alyssa Zhang have big leads after 1st round of WPIAL golf tournament
No score is safe in golf, especially after one round of a two-round championship tournament. And while Elizabeth Forward senior Mya Morgan (Class 3A) and Shady Side Academy sophomore Alyssa Zhang (Class 2A) have not won anything yet, they have put themselves in position to win WPIAL titles. For Morgan,...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school football rankings for Sept. 23, 2025
As summer has turned to autumn, the elite high school football teams in the PIAA keep stacking the wins. Of the 28 teams that played last week from the Trib HSSN state rankings, all but one was victorious. The lone exception was Monsignor Bonner-Archbishop Prendergast from District 12, which lost...
A-K Valley girls soccer notebook: 8 teams pushing for section titles
Girls soccer teams in the Alle-Kiski Valley are surging as the WPIAL regular season passes the halfway point. Eight teams either lead their section or are in second place. That group — Fox Chapel, Plum, Kiski Area, Freeport, Burrell, Deer Lakes, Riverview and Springdale — is a combined 56-9-1 overall...
Westmoreland County girls soccer notebook: Mt. Pleasant sharpens up with tough schedule
Mt. Pleasant is hoping this is the year it breaks through and wins a WPIAL championship. The talent is in place for another playoff run, and another sharp-toothed schedule is preparing the Vikings (8-2-1) to play the best teams. They will be nothing short of battle-tested come the postseason. “It...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 22, 2025
High schools Field hockey Monday’s results Class 2A Fox Chapel 2, Penn-Trafford 0 Nonsection Latrobe 5, Norwin 1 Golf Boys WPIAL championship Monday’s results First round Class 3A At Willowbrook Country Club Par: 72 Yards: 6,431 1. Carson Kittsley, Fox Chapel, 66 2. Baron Bitar, Fox Chapel, 68 T3. Jack...
High school roundup for Sept. 22, 2025: Fox Chapel rallies from 2-goal hole to beat Shaler
Emily McKee scored all three goals to lead Fox Chapel to a 3-2 comeback victory over Shaler in Section 1-3A girls soccer Monday afternoon. The Foxes (9-1, 6-0) fell behind 2-0 in the first 15 minutes of the game before rallying. Naudia Zotter and Gabby Alcalde scored for the Titans...
Plum keeps rolling with shutout of section foe Franklin Regional
Franklin Regional had a “Gold Out” for Monday’s Section 4-3A girls soccer game. The matchup, however, had more of a purple tint to it. Gianna Revetta and Olivia Bigger scored second-half goals as unbeaten Plum ran its section winning streak to 35 with a 2-0 victory over the fifth-ranked Panthers...
Fox Chapel junior builds early lead at WPIAL golf championships
Fox Chapel junior golfer Carson Kittsley hopes history does not repeat itself. Kittsley led the 2024 WPIAL Class 3A championship after one round but did not finish the job and finished fourth behind Peters Township’s Colton Lusk at Oakmont Country Club. He did, however, win the PIAA title. Well, Kittsley...
Baldwin coach says he will work with player fighting in viral video, not ‘throw him away’
Baldwin football coach Dana Brown Jr. saw the social media comments saying he should immediately kick a player off the team for unsportsmanlike actions captured Friday in a viral video. Brown strongly disagrees. The third-year coach condemned the player’s actions — twisting the helmet off an opponent and taking a...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 23, 2025: WPIAL girls golf tournament tees off
The 2025 WPIAL girls individual golf championship field is now set as golfers prepare to tee off for the first of two rounds Tuesday. Both the Class 3A and 2A girls golfers will play the first 18 of the 36-hole championship Tuesday at the Seven Oaks Country Club in Beaver....
Trib HSSN football team of the week for Sept. 22, 2025Video
Trib HSSN football team of the week – Aliquippa Quips Coach: Mike Warfield (seventh season overall, first season back after taking time off in 2024) Result: Aliquippa 21, Penn Hills 16 Record: 3-1 overall, 0-0 in the Class 4A Parkway Conference #Earned: All the rumors of the demise of the...
High school sports schedule for Sept. 22, 2025
High schools Soccer Boys Monday’s schedule Class 4A Section 3 Seneca Valley at Butler, 7:30 p.m. Class 2A Section 1 Shady Side Academy at Freeport, 3:45 p.m. Section 2 Hopewell at Avonworth, 7:30 p.m. Nonsection Belle Vernon at Ringgold, 7:30 p.m. California at Brownsville, 7 p.m. Carrick at Highlands, 7:30...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Sept. 22, 2025
We celebrate the first full week of autumn with plenty of high school football and other WPIAL fall sports action this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week 5 of this high school football season, with over 25 WPIAL, District...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Sept. 22, 2025: Golf postseason gets underway
The 2025 WPIAL boys individual golf championship field is now set following last week’s sectional qualifiers as golfers prepare to tee off for the first of two rounds on Monday. The Class 3A boys golfers will play the first 18 of the 36-hole championship Monday at the Willowbrook Country Club...
Trib HSSN football player of the week for Sept. 21, 2025
Trib HSSN football player of the week – David Dennison School – Bethel Park Class – Senior Height/weight – 6-foot-2, 190 pounds Position – Running back, outside linebacker #Earned – Bethel Park running back David Dennison sat and waited his turn. Oh, he got his fair share of playing time...
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Mt. Pleasant’s Shipley, Hempfield’s Kovalcik commit to Mercyhurst
A pair of Westmoreland County baseball players are primed for college careers at the NCAA Division I level. A pipeline has opened to Erie. Mercyhurst, a second-year Division I program that formerly competed in the D-II Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, will be the college home to a pair of Ians...
WPIAL soccer rankings: Week ending Sept. 21, 2025
WPIAL soccer rankings Through Saturday’s games Girls Class 4A Team, record, previous 1. Peters Township (6-0-2) 1 2. North Allegheny (7-2-2) 3 3. Seneca Valley (6-2-2) 2 4. Pine-Richland (8-1-1) 4 5. Norwin (7-2) 5 Out: None Class 3A 1. South Fayette (7-1-1) 1 2. Fox Chapel (8-1) 2 3....
