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Big games from Fulton, Wetzel carry Latrobe over Connellsville
The Connellsville football team, playing on its own field, put together a fairly strong first quarter in front of a homecoming crowd Friday night. But once things started to go downhill, there was no stopping the slide as the Falcons were beaten by visiting Latrobe, 43-13, in a Class 4A...
Mt. Pleasant, North Allegheny girls added to PIAA golf tournament
The PIAA announced Friday that the WPIAL will be getting two additional girls qualifiers for the state team tournament Wednesday at Penn State. Mt. Pleasant in Class 2A and North Allegheny in Class 3A have been added to the field. They will join the two WPIAL champions — Greensburg Central...
5 things to watch in Week 7 of high school football
Football coaches will always say Week 7 isn’t the time for nonconference games, since the playoffs are less than a month away and nobody wants to get hurt now in a “meaningless” game. That aside, this week’s schedule has a few attractive matchups that might be meaningless in the standings,...
South Allegheny football coach steps down, citing health concerns
South Allegheny’s turbulent football season got a little more tumultuous this week with the abrupt resignation of coach Darwin Manges. The Gladiators have been riddled with injuries among other issues, and now they’ll be heading into games without their head coach. Against Belle Vernon, a 50-0 loss, the Gladiators only...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 13, 2022
High schools Field hockey Thursday’s result Section 3A Pine-Richland 5, Mt. Lebanon 0 North Allegheny 14, Allderdice 0 Football Thursday’s result City League Westinghouse 52, Brashear 0 Friday’s schedule Class 5A Allegheny Six Moon at Bethel Park, 7 p.m. South Fayette at Baldwin, 7 p.m. Big East Hempfield at Franklin...
Trib HSSN don’t-miss high school football matchups for 2022 Week 7
We begin the stretch run of the regular season, where games seem to mean more with conference championships up for grabs, home-field advantage and playoff positioning in the mix and teams fighting to continue their seasons into November and the WPIAL playoffs. A friendly reminder that the new district playoff...
WPIAL girls volleyball playoff clinchings through Oct. 13, 2022
The 2022 WPIAL girls volleyball regular season has one week remaining. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in which head-to-head does not break the tie all qualify for the postseason. Trib HSSN’s exclusive coverage of the 2020...
High school roundup for Oct. 13, 2022: Brendan Strawser sets Gateway goal record
Brendan Strawser scored a pair of goals to become his school’s all-time leading scorer and lead Gateway (10-7-1, 8-5-1) to a 7-3 victory over Obama Academy (5-12, 2-11) in Section 4-3A boys soccer Thursday night. Strawser has 49 goals, breaking the record set by assistant coach and Gateway hall of...
WPIAL boys soccer playoff clinchings through Oct. 13, 2022
Section play in the regular season is all but in the books in the 2022 WPIAL boys soccer season. There is only one more Class 4A playoff berth up for grabs. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot...
Greensburg Central Catholic girls win 8th consecutive WPIAL Class 2A golf title
The Greensburg Central Catholic girls golf team continued its dominance in the WPIAL championship. Junior Izzy Aigner shot a 3-over-par 75 to lead the Centurions to their eighth consecutive WPIAL Class 2A title Thursday on the Red Course at Cedarbrook Golf Course in Rostraver. The boys Class 2A title came...
North Catholic standout Alayna Rocco commits to Harvard
Tribune-Review Terrific 10 basketball player Alayna Rocco of North Catholic is taking her talents to the Ivy League. Rocco, a Trafford resident, announced Thursday night a verbal commitment to Harvard. Incredibly excited and grateful to say I am committed to the application process at Harvard University! Thank you to everyone...
PIAA rule keeps OLSH football team idle Friday night after Avella forfeits
Avella doesn’t have enough healthy players available for this week’s football game against Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, so the Eagles will forfeit the Class A Black Hills Conference contest scheduled for Friday night. OLSH tried to make the best of a bad situation and found an alternate opponent...
Trib HSSN to have exclusive streaming coverage of all 6 WPIAL football championships
The TribLIVE High School Sports Network is offering viewers the “best seat in the house” for the 2022 WPIAL football championships, and for the first time that offer extends to all six title games. Trib HSSN will be the exclusive home for the Class 6A and 5A finals Nov. 19,...
Trib HSSN football players to watch for 2022 Week 7
Here are four WPIAL high school football players to watch in Week 7: Alec Anderson Carmichaels, sr., QB/LB Anderson threw for 290 yards and four touchdowns and also ran for 50 yards and two scores for Carmichaels in last week’s 36-40 loss to Monessen. The Mighty Mikes (5-2, 3-1) will...
Through the years: Valley kept its win streak vs. Burrell going in ’17
Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look at the players, coaches and events that shaped our scholastic legacy. Valley’s first-year football player, senior Shawn Demharter, returned an interception 23 yards for a score as the Vikings downed Burrell for the fifth...
Westmoreland County high school football notebook: Keefer-to-Keffer connection sparks Southmoreland
Keefer to Keffer. Yes, Southmoreland will take some more of that. It’s become the connection heard throughout Alverton on Friday nights, the tandem everyone is talking about around the Scotties’ program. In their first year playing together at the varsity level, Kadin Keefer and Ty Keffer have become a formidable...
All signs point to prognostication excellence from Chick’s Picks in Week 7
Chick’s Picks had the opportunity to attend a game Friday night. Since it is not often that she is able to do so, Chick’s Picks was sure to choose a game with a lot on the line, along with a few of the best student sections in the WPIAL. As...
Philadelphia Catholic League teams no longer block WPIAL’s path to PIAA basketball finals
The marquee matchup of state championship weekend became an all-Philadelphia Catholic League affair when Roman Catholic and Archbishop Wood met in Hershey last winter for the Class 6A boys basketball final. It was the third time in eight years that the PIAA’s big-school boys championship included two teams from District...
Trib 10: Bethel Park moves up in power rankings
As we roll into the stretch run of the regular season, things have settled down a bit in the weekly power rankings in Week 6 after a topsy-turvy Week 5. There were no dropouts in the Trib 10 from last week with the lone loss coming in a Class 5A...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Oct. 13, 2022: City League regular season wraps up
It is Week 7 of the high school football season, but the final week of the regular season in the Pittsburgh City League. With the semifinals already set for next week, the weekend at George Cupples Stadium begins with the regular season champion taking on a winless team that will...
WPIAL girls soccer playoff clinchings through Oct. 12, 2022
Section play in the 2022 girls soccer regular season ends Monday. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in which head-to-head does not break the tie all qualify for the postseason. Trib HSSN’s exclusive coverage of the 2022...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 12, 2022
High schools Cross country Wednesday’s results WCCA Championships Boys Individual: 1. Samuel Plazio, Kiski Area, 16:41.6; 2. Antonio Tuttoilmondo, Hempfield, 16:49.9; 3. August Lawrence, Latrobe, 16:58.1; 4. Aaron Tressler, Greensburg Salem, 17:08.4; 5. Owen DeMatt, Hempfield, 17:10.1; 6. Jacob McGhee, Penn-Trafford, 17:19.9; 7. Andres Breauchy, Norwin, 17:20.1; 8. Noah Wilson,...
High school roundup for Oct. 12, 2022: Thomas Jefferson takes control of section with win over EF
Emma Martinis had a pair of goals and Natalie Lamenza also scored to lead Thomas Jefferson to a 3-1 victory over Elizabeth Forward in a battle of the top two teams in Section 2-3A girls soccer Wednesday night. The Jaguars (13-2, 11-1) can clinch first place with victories over Uniontown...
Deer Lakes girls soccer gets crucial win vs. Valley
The Deer Lakes girls soccer team was in must-win mode Wednesday as it hosted Valley in a Section 2-2A game at Lancers Stadium. And a win is what the Lancers got. Freshman Bryanna Simonetti scored with 29 minutes, 57 seconds left in the second half off an assist from senior...
Mt. Pleasant girls soccer stays unbeaten, tops Southmoreland
Usually this late in the girls soccer regular season, section games are precious and carry heavy meaning in the standings. Unbeaten Mt. Pleasant already had secured its first section title since 2016 and a WPIAL playoff spot by the time it hosted rival Southmoreland on Wednesday night. But the No....
