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Fox Chapel hockey looks to build on breakthrough season
After a spectacular season that saw Fox Chapel hockey post a 20-0-2 record before losing in the PIHL semifinals to Norwin, the Foxes are back for more. Fox Chapel started the new season Oct. 3 with a 5-2 victory over Kiski Area. Danny Downey scored a hat trick and Mason...
2022 WPIAL statistical leaders for rushing, passing, receiving in Week 6
Top performers for Week 6 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 357 - Dayshaun Burnett, Imani Christian (24 of 39) 340 - Brody Evans, Thomas Jefferson (20 of 29) 291 - Alec Anderson, Carmichaels (20 of 37) 280 - Carson Heinle, Kiski Area (22 of 32) 252 -...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 7, 2022
High schools Football Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A North Allegheny 20, Mt. Lebanon 6 Class 5A Allegheny Six Bethel Park 27, Upper St. Clair 14 Peters Township 48, Moon 8 Big East Franklin Regional 35, Norwin 0 Gateway 21, Penn-Trafford 10 Northeast North Hills 35, Shaler 23 Penn Hills 29,...
WPIAL Class A football roundup: Anderson guides Carmichaels past Monessen in TCS
Alec Anderson threw for 291 yards and three touchdowns and ran for two TDs as Carmichaels outlasted Monessen, 40-36, to pick up the WPIAL Class A Tri-County South Conference win Friday night. Tyler Richmond and A.J. Donaldson caught TD passes for Carmichaels (5-2, 3-1). Tyvaughn Kershaw ran for 181 yards...
WPIAL Class 2A football roundup: Spencer leads No. 3 Serra Catholic past Yough
Amire Spencer had 143 receiving yards and two touchdowns as No. 3 Serra Catholic scored a 28-14 win over Yough (2-5, 1-3) in WPIAL Class 2A Allegheny Conference play Friday night. Elijah Ward threw for 121 yards and a touchdown while teammate Quadir Stribling tossed for 131 yards and one...
WPIAL Class 4A football roundup: North Catholic edges Hampton in overtime
Kaden Sarver hit Gavin Kamody with a 19-yard touchdown pass in overtime to give North Catholic a 13-7 victory over Hampton (3-4, 1-2) in the Class 4A Greater Allegheny Conference on Friday night. North Catholic (4-3, 2-2) tied the game in the fourth quarter on a 65-yard punt return by...
WPIAL Class 3A football roundup: Shady Side Academy takes down Knoch in Allegheny 6
Darrin Haynes scored on a 20-yard run in the first quarter and Joey Bellinotti had two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to lead Shady Side Academy to a 30-12 victory over Knoch in a WPIAL Class 3A Allegheny 6 Conference football game Friday night. Carter Simko also scored on a...
WPIAL Class 6A/5A football roundup: No. 1 North Allegheny tops Mt. Lebanon
Logan Kushner and Khiryn Boyd ran for touchdowns and Jack Yatchenko scored on a fumble recovery as top-ranked North Allegheny earned a 20-6 victory over No. 3 Mt. Lebanon (2-5, 1-2) in a Class 6A football game Friday night. Kushner threw for 81 yards for the Tigers (6-1, 3-0). Canon-McMillan...
Sto-Rox continues to roll with mercy-rule win over Washington
Sto-Rox lost two nonconference games by three points apiece and allowed 48 points in those losses combined to open the season. Since then, the Vikings have allowed only seven points, all of which came in the first of what is now four-straight wins after Friday night, to Charleroi. In the...
Gateway beats Penn-Trafford to take home victory bell
The Gateway Gators defeated the Penn-Trafford Warriors, 21-10, at Antimarino Field at Gateway High School in the Battle of the Victory Bell. It was Gateway’s first win over the Warriors (4-3, 1-2) in three seasons. After last season’s loss, coach Don Holl and the Gators (6-1, 2-1) were hungry for...
Southmoreland football romps past South Allegheny
Southmoreland has had a rough go of things lately, but its playoff hopes were boosted in a big 36-6 win at South Allegheny in Class 3A Interstate Conference play Friday night. “It was a great win, but we’ve got to win one more to make playoffs, and that’s our goal,”...
Bethel Park’s offense plays keep away in win over No. 1 Upper St. Clair
“The most average line you’ve ever seen.” Bethel Park center Logan Pettigrew heard that description about his offensive line earlier this season and it still makes him laugh. Individually, there are no monster-sized blockers on the Black Hawks’ line, but the unsung and undersized group can be scary together. Upper...
Leechburg cruises past Jeannette
Randy Walters gazed around McKee Stadium — a storied venue in Jeannette — and he was proud in the moment. Walters, Leechburg’s proud football coach — especially on this night — witnessed his team again dismantle a Jeannette squad that represents the school with the most victories all-time in the...
3rd-ranked Belle Vernon too much for Greensburg Salem
Jake Gedekoh is old school. He listens to classic rock. He tells it like it is. He likes to get his uniform dirty. “I love to run the football,” the Belle Vernon junior said. “I love the contact.” Infused by the play of Gedekoh and standout Quinton Martin, third-ranked Belle...
Big plays help Franklin Regional blank Norwin, set up showdown with Hempfield
Franklin Regional didn’t play a perfect game Friday at Norwin. But the Panthers made enough big plays to defeat the Knights, 35-0, spoiling their homecoming at Norwin Stadium. Senior running back Zach Bewszka rushed for 166 yards and scored on runs of 23 and 68 yards, and junior Ayden Hudock...
Freeport grinds out win over East Allegheny behind ‘skinny’ offensive line
Freeport might not be the biggest team around, but the Yellowjackets have the ability to dominate the line of scrimmage. That’s what happened Friday night as Freeport posted a key Allegheny 6 Conference victory, 35-13 over East Allegheny. The Yellowjackets ran for 407 yards — 263 by senior Ben Lane...
Elizabeth Forward cruises to victory over Mt. Pleasant
A quick-strike offense and a shutdown defense helped lead Elizabeth Forward to a 42-14 win over visiting Mt. Pleasant in Class 3A’s Interstate Conference on Friday night at Warriors Stadium. EF’s Zach Boyd continued to show he’s one of the most dominant players in the WPIAL, and the Warriors defense...
Haden Sierocky’s big plays help Ligonier Valley defeat Burrell
Haden Sierocky’s teammates have given him the nickname “Mr. Big Play.” He certainly lived up to it Friday night. Sierocky rushed for two scores, caught a touchdown pass, had a long kickoff return to start the second half and made a crucial interception in the end zone in the fourth...
Deer Lakes rallies for win in low-scoring battle with Valley
Last year’s Allegheny Conference matchup between Valley and Deer Lakes was low scoring at Lancers Stadium as the Lancers came away with the win thanks to a single touchdown accounting for the only points. Points again were at a premium Friday night as the teams renewed their rivalry at Valley...
Mt. Lebanon, Knoch teams win WPIAL doubles titles
At the WPIAL girls tennis doubles championships Friday, a Knoch team gave its school a four-peat while a Mt. Lebanon duo put its school back on top after a long time away. In Class 2A, Knoch’s Ally Bauer and Lindsey Greb, the top seed, defeated Sewickley Academy’s Rayna Thakkar and...
5 things to watch in Week 6 of high school football
This could be a make-or-break week for some teams with conference title hopes. There are five matchups on the Week 6 schedule pitting teams with undefeated conference records. Among them is a Century Conference matchup between fourth-ranked Washington (5-1, 2-0) and No. 5 Sto-Rox (3-2, 3-0). Each team celebrated an...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 6, 2022
High schools Field hockey Thursday’s result Section 3A Peters Township 9, Hempfield 0 Pine-Richland 6, Norwin 0 Football Thursday’s results WPIAL Class A Eastern Greensburg Central Catholic 47, Frazier 0 City League Nonconference Perry 54, Carrick 7 Friday’s schedule Class 6A Mt. Lebanon at North Allegheny, 7:30 p.m. Class 5A...
High school roundup for Oct. 6, 2022: Quaker Valley boys win 27th section title
Nick Allan had three goals and two assists to lead Quaker Valley to a 6-0 boys soccer victory over Mohawk (5-9, 4-7) on Thursday, clinching the Section 4-2A title. It’s the 27th section championship for the Quakers. Cameron Diggins added two goals and two assists and Bennett Haas had a...
Bethel Park, Upper St. Clair renew rivalry ranked 1st, 2nd in WPIAL Class 5A
Bethel Park and Upper St. Clair have combined for a few dramatic regular-season finales in recent years, but WPIAL schedule makers decided there’s no need to wait. It’s only Week 6, but the South Hills rivals meet at 7 p.m. Friday at Upper St. Clair with first place in the...
WPIAL girls volleyball playoff clinchings through Oct. 6, 2022
The 2021 WPIAL girls volleyball regular season has two weeks 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 2022...
