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Northgate uses explosive plays to defeat Riverview
Northgate’s big-play offense proved to be too much Saturday afternoon for the Riverview Raiders. The Flames scored five touchdowns on plays of 45 yards or more in a 32-26 victory over the Raiders at Oakmont’s Riverside Park. Junior Austin Mitchell ran for 156 yards on six carries and scored from...
Westmoreland high school athletes of the week: Olivia Cernuto and Luke Rivardo
Olivia Cernuto School: Southmoreland Sport: Soccer Year: Senior Claim to fame: Cernuto has been scoring goals at a torrid pace and reached a career milestone in the process. The standout forward scored her 100th career goal Thursday in the Scotties’ 7-1 victory over Penn Hills. She had four scores in...
Trib HSSN WPIAL football rankings: Week ending Sept. 10, 2022
WPIAL football rankings Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Central Catholic, 2-1, 1 2. North Allegheny, 3-0, 2 3. Canon-McMillan, 1-2, 5 4. Mt. Lebanon, 1-2, 4 5. Seneca Valley, 1-2, 3 Class 5A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Gateway, 3-0, 1 2. Penn Hills, 2-1, 2 3. Penn-Trafford,...
A-K Valley high school football notebook: Wetzel nearly sets Freeport field goal mark
Early in the second quarter of Friday’s 61-7 victory over Quaker Valley, the Freeport offense faced a fourth-and-6 from the Quakers 40. The Yellowjackets didn’t go for it or punt in the hopes of pinning QV near its goal line. Instead, Isaac Wetzel jogged onto the field to attempt a...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Plum’s Annabel Arhin, Freeport’s Garrett Risch
Annabel Arhin Class: Senior School: Plum Sport: Soccer Report card: Arhin had two goals and an assist to help Class 3A No. 3-ranked Plum (3-0, 3-0 Section 3) to a 4-2 win over No. 4 Latrobe on Wednesday. The Mercyhurst recruit scored 11 goals last season in helping the Mustangs...
Hampton cross country team working on encore after historic season
The Hampton boys cross country team is learning how to run with a target on its back. The Talbots return four of their top five runners from the school’s first WPIAL Class 2A cross country championship and are looking to become the first Class 2A boys team to repeat since...
Runner-up finishes motivate Hampton girls volleyball to grab gold
The most successful season in program history was just the start for the Hampton girls volleyball team. Silver was nice, but they want gold. “(Last year) was such a great year and I think that placing silver twice adds fire to a lot of us,” all-state junior outside hitter Emmy...
Fox Chapel girls volleyball shows early-season progress
After some recent struggles, it appears the Fox Chapel girls volleyball team is headed in the right direction. The Foxes were 0-12 in section play last season, 0-16 overall. But Fox Chapel started out 1-2 and coach Diana Andreyko, in her sixth year with the program, has reason for optimism....
Franklin Regional girls golfers sit atop Section 3 again
It would be understandable if the Franklin Regional girls golf team struggled at the start of the season after losing its top two players. The opposite, however, has occurred. The Panthers are sitting at a familiar spot in Section 3-3A — on top. The Panthers are 7-0 and coach Kane...
Franklin Regional girls volleyball leaning on senior-heavy rotation
Rachel Carter’s first season as coach of the Franklin Regional girls volleyball team was a getting-to-know-you time for the team’s new leader and its players. Now that her system is taking root, the Panthers are ready to build toward the future. “We put a lot of work in last year...
North Allegheny notebook: Water polo teams sweep past McDowell
North Allegheny’s water polo teams continued their strong start to the season with a pair of victories over McDowell on Sept. 6. Carissa Jones scored seven goals and Rebecca Melanson added six to guide the NA girls team to a 15-7 win. Katyusha Peregoncev and Lily Tang also scored. Izzie...
New coach overhauls boys soccer program at ‘University of North Allegheny’
As a soccer coach who’d reached the college ranks, Manuel Montero wasn’t interested in coaching high school soccer again, but North Allegheny’s unofficial nickname intrigued him. “The University of NA,” he said. “That’s what attracted me.” Montero had coached high school, club and college soccer on the West Coast before...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 9, 2022
High schools Football Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Canon-McMillan 33, Seneca Valley 21 Class 5A Allegheny Six Upper St. Clair 53, Baldwin 14 Northeast Penn Hills 33, Pine-Richland 28 Nonconference Aliquippa 26, North Catholic 0 Armstrong 49, New Castle 13 Avonworth 21, Sto-Rox 18 Beaver 28, Freedom 18 Beaver Falls...
2022 WPIAL statistical leaders for rushing, passing, receiving in Week 2
Top performers for Week 2 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 323 - Josh Jenkins, Sto-Rox (12 of 24) 317 - Chris Cibrone, Peters Township (18 of 34) 286 - Zion Frye, Carrick (17 of 35) 279 - Gavin Owens, Chartiers Valley (11 of 18) 268 - Keyshawn...
High school football roundup for Week 2: Canon-McMillan takes down Seneca Valley
Jake Kasper ran for 153 yards and four touchdowns to lead No. 5 Canon-McMillan to a 33-21 win at No. 3 Seneca Valley (1-2, 0-1) in a Class 6A football game Friday night. Mike Evans threw for 150 yards and a touchdown for the Big Macs (1-2, 1-1). Graham Hancox...
Gateway survives scare, beats North Hills on late field goal
Gateway is the top-ranked team in 5A and considered one of the favorites in the hunt for a third WPIAL title in 6 years. The Gators started the season 2-0, while their opponent, North Hills, had yet to pick up a win in two tries. None of that seemed to...
Serra rallies from pair of 2-TD deficits, uses big defensive play to hold off Washington
Being a ball hawk is a skill, a skill they take very seriously at Serra Catholic. Last year, defense led the Eagles to a WPIAL championship. Friday night, it helped carry them to an impressive win over perennial power Washington. DaiQuan Chatfield’s 47-yard fumble return helped Serra Catholic take the...
Central Catholic’s 17-point 2nd quarter propels Vikings past Bethel Park
One week after defeating last year’s WPIAL Class 6A champions, Bethel Park looked to continue its success, going head-to-head with Central Catholic at Bethel Park High School Stadium. Central Catholic also had a victory last week against Abraham Lincoln High School. With both teams coming off of strong wins, the...
Avonworth overcomes early deficit to defeat Sto-Rox in wild game
Friday night at Lenzner Field was nothing if not a bit bizarre. Avonworth and Sto-Rox each recovered one of their own kickoffs, there were a combined 25 penalties and five turnovers and a comeback from an early double-digit hole. In the end, power football and two key takeaways lifted the...
McKeesport grinds out victory over Belle Vernon
It was the Bobbie Boyd show Friday night at George L. Smith Field at Weigle-Schaeffer Stadium. The McKeesport standout ran for more than 160 yards and a score while also adding a stout defensive effort to help lead the Tigers to a 14-6 victory over visiting Belle Vernon in a...
Deer Lakes gets big nonconference win over Apollo-Ridge
It was a whole lotta love Friday for Deer Lakes in its home opener. Junior wide receiver Wayne Love caught four passes for 184 yards and three touchdowns as the Lancers rolled past Apollo-Ridge, 43-7, in a nonconference game. Deer Lakes quarterback Derek Burk completed 7 of 15 passes for...
Penn-Trafford gets clean victory against Woodland Hills
Looking to right a wrong — the Warriors lost at home last week for just the third time since 2013 — Penn-Trafford returned to form at Warrior Stadium. Instead of turning the ball over and going backward with penalties, the Warriors were sound and crisp, back to making big plays...
Greensburg Salem holds on for win over Ligonier Valley
Greensburg Salem made a rare venture into the mountains Friday night and escaped with a narrow high school football victory over relative WPIAL newcomer Ligonier Valley. The teams hadn’t played in more than 90 years. Cody Rubrecht passed for 118 yards and rushed for 116 to lead Class 3A Greensburg...
Penn Hills’ Amir Key scores 3 times in victory over Pine-Richland and his former coach
Jon LeDonne spent five seasons building Penn Hills into a big-play dynamo and saw that explosive energy work against his new team Friday night. With LeDonne now on the opposite sideline, running back Amir Key rushed for 216 yards and three touchdowns as No. 2-ranked Penn Hills defeated No. 3...
Hempfield runs past Latrobe, gets off to 3-0 start
There were a lot of happy faces in the Hempfield locker room following Friday’s nonconference game at Latrobe Memorial Stadium. The Spartan players were posing for photos and music was blaring after their convincing 49-14 victory against Latrobe in a battle of the unbeaten — and they should be happy,...
