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What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 27, 2022: Plum, Franklin Regional renew rivalry
The second half of section play around WPIAL boys soccer begins for many teams Tuesday with 47 section matches on the schedule. One of the top contests is a battle between the two top teams in Section 4-3A as Plum hosts Franklin Regional. The Mustangs are in first place with...
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week for 2022 Week 4
Following a winless 2019 season and a total of four wins in 2020 and 2021 combined, losing the first three games of this season made it seem like another long fall was ahead for West Mifflin football. However, these Titans decided that recent struggles weren’t going to define them. After...
Top WPIAL teams hold on to spots in Volleyball Coaches Association rankings
The WPIAL girls volleyball section schedule has reached the midway point, and races in all four classifications are heating up. The No. 1 teams in the Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association rankings — North Allegheny (Class 4A), Moon (Class 3A), Freeport (Class 2A) and Bishop Canevin (Class A) — held...
Shaler leads way as Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League enters stretch run
Shaler leads the pack of 14 varsity teams as the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League enters the stretch run to the league playoffs. The Titans improved to 7-1 overall with a pair of dominating victories Sunday over Seneca Valley, 23-6 and 17-1. Second-place Hempfield (6-2) also swept a doubleheader, topping...
Familiar face guides Greensburg Central Catholic volleyball to strong start
Erin Salas, with a long history of coaching in the Greensburg Central Catholic system, has taken over the Centurions varsity girls volleyball team this year, becoming the program’s third head coach in as many seasons. She succeeds Angela Grabb. “I did it because I love to coach,” said Salas, a...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Hempfield’s Cydney Blahovec
In most sports, a span of five seconds isn’t that big of a deal, unless it’s right before the buzzer. In cross country, five seconds could mean a 10-place difference or more. That was exactly the case for Hempfield senior Cydney Blahovec and her performances in the Red, White &...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Burrell’s Kadi Bauer
From a top 12 finish at the state track meet to broken individual and school records to, most recently, a big improvement in times at the annual Red, White & Blue Invitational, senior Kadi Bauer has done a lot in her Burrell athletic career. “One of my favorite memories is...
High school sports schedules for Sept. 26, 2022
High schools Soccer Boys Monday’s schedule Nonsection Beaver at Central Valley, 7:30 p.m. Chartiers Valley at Trinity, 2 p.m. Hopewell at Freedom, 8 p.m. Ligonier Valley at North Star, 4 p.m. Riverview at Valley, 4 p.m. Girls Monday’s schedule Class 4A Section 1 Pine-Richland at Butler, 8 p.m. Shaler at...
Belle Vernon softball pitcher Kolowitz makes verbal commitment to St. Francis (Pa.)
Belle Vernon senior Olivia Kolowitz became more familiar with the recruiting game last fall when she joined the Ohio Outlaws travel softball team. As her pitching improved on an ascending plane, so did her stock as a prospect. Suddenly, college programs knew her name. Her mind was opened to a...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Golfers set for new WPIAL format
WPIAL golfers this week will be part of a significant format change to the individual postseason. For the first time, the championship tournaments will be 36 holes and played over a week at two courses. The scores from the two rounds will be cumulative. Essentially, the semifinal rounds were eliminated...
Add volleyball coach to list of duties for busy Southmoreland AD Boring
Dan Boring’s life is anything but, well, boring. The Southmoreland athletic director wears many hats in Scottie Land, and he added another one this fall, leaving people asking, “How does he do it all?” Boring, who has been the school’s wrestling coach for the last five years and teaches freshman...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Sept. 26, 2022: Golfers begin championship tournaments
The top district golfers in Class 2A boys and in both 3A and 2A girls will put ball on tee Monday morning to begin the first two rounds of the WPIAL golf championships. The new format has the championships being played on two days at two different golf courses. In...
Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week for 2022 Week 4
The smart little pig that built his house with brick was able to survive and thrive the menacing big bad wolf. Beaver Falls football coach Nick Nardone was just as wise four years ago when he decided to build his offense around a freshman that has been a rock for...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Sept. 26, 2022
We don’t need a calendar to tell us. An autumn chill is in the air as we close out the month of September with plenty of fall high school sports broadcasts this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio football coverage of...
Trib HSSN WPIAL soccer rankings: Week ending Sept. 25, 2022
Tribune-Review soccer rankings Boys Class 4A Rank, school, record, previous 1. Seneca Valley, 10-0, 1 2. Pine-Richland, 7-1-1 3 3. Fox Chapel, 5-2-2, 2 4. Peters Township 8-1 NR 5. North Allegheny, 7-3-1, 5 Out: Upper St. Clair, 6-3-1, 4 Class 3A 1. Plum, 10-0-1, 1 2. Moon, 9-0-1, 2...
Excitement building for 1st Plum girls wrestling season
No workouts are yet official, but a number of girls at Plum are meeting in the high school wrestling room twice a week for sessions as excitement continues to build for the first Mustangs girls wrestling season in November. The informal workouts began two weeks ago, and last Monday, eight...
Gateway boys soccer team confident entering season’s 2nd half
Gateway boys soccer coach Bernie Stiles has a feeling of confidence as his team enters the stretch run to what he hopes is a WPIAL playoff spot. The Gators entered last Thursday’s Section 4-3A matchup with Penn Hills, one which opened the second half of the section schedule, in a...
Shaler volleyball looks to continue success against new section opponents
Annie Bozzo was pleased to have a fresh start when taking over the Shaler girls volleyball program. The Titans, who lost six seniors from a team that finished 17-3 and made the PIAA Class 4A semifinals last season, were moved into a new section in realignment. Instead of being in...
With Haley Kostorick back, Shaler girls soccer has new enthusiasm
A year off has served Shaler soccer player Haley Kostorick well. Reinvigorated by time off to focus on basketball, the Clarion commit decided she wanted to give soccer another go during her senior season. “It was a last-minute decision,” Kostorick said. “I went up to Clarion, loved it there and...
Loaded lineup keeps expectations high for Thomas Jefferson girls volleyball team
Thomas Jefferson girls volleyball coach Ron Kelly didn’t shy away from offering his expectations for this year’s team. “I am looking forward to having a great season,” he said. “We will develop daily with hard work and should be a contender by year’s end. “We have an experienced group of...
Thomas Jefferson soccer teams start season on right foot
Thomas Jefferson’s boys soccer team has been near unbeatable in 2022. The Jaguars racked up wins in eight of their first nine games and stood atop Section 3-3A with a sparkling 6-0 record, two games ahead of Trinity, Connellsville and Bethel Park. TJ outscored the opposition by a 26-5 overall...
Led by Close sisters, Sewickley Academy girls tennis in prime position
Sewickley Academy’s Ashley Close took the first step toward what’s expected to be another compelling playoff run this season. Close defeated junior Chloe DeSanzo of Beaver, 6-1, 6-0, in the Section 4-2A finals Sept. 15 at Beaver High School. Close also beat Central Valley junior Rachel Hardek in the semifinals...
Quaker Valley senior makes waves on national rowing scene
There was little if any doubt she’d be chosen. Quaker Vally senior Ellie Graham recently was named to the United States Rowing’s Class of 2023 Scholastic Honor Roll. It’s a prestigious honor. Each year, USRowing selects 100 students throughout the country who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievements and success on...
Penn-Trafford girls volleyball working to learn what it takes to win
Penn-Trafford girls’ volleyball coach Jim Schall didn’t seemed bothered by his team’s start to the 2022 season. Warriors were 3-4 overall and 2-1 in Section 3-4A following a hard-fought 3-2 loss to Shaler, falling 15-13 in Game 5, on Sept. 20. Penn-Trafford returned two starters — senior libero Gia Pezze...
Dedication pays off for Penn Hills’ Daemar Kelly with commitment to Quinnipiac
The transformation of Penn Hills senior guard Daemar Kelly wasn’t something that happened overnight. Long days and nights in the gym allowed the 6-foot-5 Indians senior guard to slowly progress into being a strong all-around basketball player. Kelly made his college choice last week, selecting Quinnipiac over Rider, Robert Morris...
