High school roundup: Sewickley, QV soccer teams compete in WPIAL playoffs
By Doug Gulasy, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe Sewickley Academy boys soccer team’s unbeaten regular season earned it the top seed in the WPIAL Class A playoffs. While that might put some ...
View ArticleSewickley Academy, Quaker Valley tennis teams look ahead after bowing out of...
By Karen Kadilak, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewAfter failing to defend their title at the PIAA Class AA girls tennis team championship last week in Hershey, the Sewickley Academy players began thinking ...
View ArticleQuaker Valley caps season with loss to Ellwood City
By Doug Gulasy, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewA season-ending loss to Ellwood City served as a microcosm of the Quaker Valley football team’s season. The Quakers (3-6) put up 41 points on ...
View ArticlePine-Richland football goes out on high note
By Jerry Clark, Pine Creek JournalThe Pine-Richland football team may mot have made the playoffs, but the Rams ended the season on a winning note, 48-14, over visiting Plum. “The ...
View ArticleShaler girls volleyball stopped by Upper St. Clair
By Jerry Clark, Pine Creek JournalShaler has a young, exciting girls volleyball squad, but the inexperience caught up with the team in the opening round of the WPIAL playoffs in ...
View ArticleEx-Hampton soccer standout Schaffer up for national award
By Staff ReportsHampton graduate Mallory Schaffer is a senior at William and Mary, has a 3.67 grade-point average and is working toward her biology degree. She also ...
View ArticleSynergy program expands at local YMCA
By Kelly Vernon, Mt. Pleasant JournalShawn Thompson said he is enthusiastic about the Synergy traveling softball program’s recent growth at the Regional Family YMCA in East Huntingdon. “It is a ...
View ArticleWolves win, reach semifinals
By Bill West, Leader TimesScoring several points in a row sometimes worries West Shamokin senior Jill Glover, who’s conscious of anything that remotely suggests she’s a star among the ...
View ArticleHigh school roundup: Seneca Valley girls advance to WPIAL championship
By Staff ReportsFreshman Lexus Lambert scored in the 70th minute, and goalkeeper Jessica Neill had a shutout as No. 2 Seneca Valley (19-1) earned a 1-0 win ...
View ArticleFox Chapel volleyball blanks Upper St. Clair
By Staff ReportsFox Chapel girls volleyball coach Sara D’Angelo showed she’s comfortable with the excitement surrounding her program Wednesday when she agreed to pose for a picture ...
View ArticleFluke goal costs Serra Catholic in overtime loss
By Keith Barnes, McKeesport Daily NewsTyler Grebur knows how to use his head on the soccer field. In fact, he scored the biggest goal in Serra Catholic history when he ...
View ArticleMcKeesport eyes revenge vs. Bethel Park
By Josh Yohe, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewIt has been two years since Bethel Park’s comeback shocked McKeesport during head coach Jim Ward’s first playoff game. The McKeesport program has never been ...
View ArticleTrib HS Insider Q&A: Woodland Hills’ Cody McClelland
By Josh Yohe, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewPlaying for a program that is traditionally strong in its rushing attack and has featured its share of dual-threat quarterbacks, ranging from Shawntae Spencer to...
View ArticleGorman: No quit in Hamilton, Blackhawk this season
By Kevin Gorman, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewJoe Hamilton was touched when Cole Chiappialle interrupted Blackhawk’s postgame celebration Friday night to thank the coaches for not giving up on the Cougars....
View ArticleBishop Canevin rallies to beat Riverview
By Paul Kogut, Valley News DispatchPropelled by Robert Morris recruit Arden Fisher, the Riverview girls volleyball took the first game and nearly pushed its WPIAL Class A quarterfinal match against ...
View ArticleTrib HS Insider Q&A: Belle Vernon’s Dorian Johnson
By Dave Mackall, Tribune-ReviewWhen the high school football season started, 6-foot-6 Dorian Johnson weighed a hefty 290 pounds. With the start of WPIAL playoffs approaching, he’s down to ...
View ArticleCentral Catholic, Penn-Trafford set for first-round matchup
By Dave Mackall, Tribune-ReviewTalk to Central Catholic coach Terry Totten about the Vikings’ WPIAL first-round playoffs opponent, and he sees much of his own team. “They’re like us,” ...
View ArticleH.S. Picks keeps track of Sandy
By H.s. PicksH.S. Picks, the Tribune-Review high school football prognosticator, has been Mr. Consistency. For the third consecutive week, Picks went 31-4. Picks received a couple emails ...
View ArticleLocal D-II women’s teams take step up in class
By Jeff VellaThe women’s basketball coaches from Edinboro and Indiana (Pa.) probably won’t want to look at the scoreboard much in their next games. That’s OK with ...
View ArticleFox Chapel, Shady Side Academy claim WPIAL field hockey crowns
By Matt Grubba, Gateway NewspapersTwo WPIAL finals produced two overtime finishes. Fox Chapel won its first WPIAL field hockey title since 1997 by knocking off defending champion Penn-Trafford, 1-0, ...
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