High School category, Page 204
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 2, 2024
High schools Cross country PIAA championships Boys Saturday’s results Class 3A Individual: 1. Carter Smith, Mifflin County, 15:41; 2. Nicholas Mazzeo, Lower Merion, 15:45; 3. Vinay Raman, Hershey, 15:48; 4. Isaac Oppermann, State College, 15:50; 5. Theo Oppermann, State College, 15:51; 6. Matt Gosling, Council Rock North, 15:53; 7. Adam...
5 things we learned from 1st round of WPIAL football playoffs: South Allegheny returns to the party
The last time South Allegheny won a WPIAL playoff game, fans might have skipped a Friday night episode of the “A-Team” or “Dallas” to instead watch the Gladiators. That was 1986. The football program endured some tough times since, but second-year coach Brian Hanson said some die-hard fans in Glassport,...
North Allegheny faces adversity, rallies past North Catholic to repeat as WPIAL 4A volleyball champs
After dropping the opening set, North Allegheny found itself on the verge of losing the second set to North Catholic in the WPIAL Class 4A girls volleyball championship match Saturday at Peters Township. However, the Tigers scratched and clawed through multiple set points to take the set and won in...
High school roundup for Nov. 2, 2024: Jaivin Peel powers Western Beaver in playoff win
Jaivin Peel threw for five touchdowns and ran for another to lead No. 5 Western Beaver to a 41-6 victory over No. 12 Carlynton in a WPIAL Class 2A first-round playoff game Saturday. Chris Kirkland caught three of Peel’s touchdown passes, including a 12-yarder to start the scoring, a 55-yarder...
Moon wins WPIAL boys soccer championship over Franklin Regional
Moon hasn’t lost a soccer game in over a year. Its last defeat came against Franklin Regional, the team it faced in the WPIAL championship, so vengeance was part of the Tigers’ game plan Saturday night. But only a small part. The next opponent in the thread just happened to...
WPIAL singles champ, 2 doubles teams take silver at PIAA tennis
WPIAL singles champion Gabriella Dusi of Belle Vernon and doubles champions Kirsten Close and Avery Allan of Quaker Valley and Jackie Tang and Michelle Yang of Mt. Lebanon came home from the PIAA girls tennis championships with silver medals Saturday. Dusi battled past District 10 champ Paige Patsy of Cathedral...
Fort Cherry junior Matt Sieg commits to Penn State
Penn State was the first of nearly two dozen schools to offer Fort Cherry’s Matt Sieg a scholarship, but ultimately the Nittany Lions’ offer was all he needed. Sieg, one of the WPIAL’s top recruits, announced his commitment Saturday. The 6-foot, 180-pound junior plays quarterback and defensive back for the...
Greensburg Central Catholic captures 4th WPIAL girls volleyball championship
Coming into the WPIAL Class A volleyball championship game, No. 3 Greensburg Central Catholic had no lack of motivation to face No. 1 Frazier at Peters Township’s AHN Arena. The Commodores picked up a pair of victories in section play over the Centurions, winning 3-2 in a reverse sweep on...
Clutch goal helps Pine-Richland get past Mt. Lebanon for 6th straight WPIAL field hockey title
The WPIAL Class 3A field hockey title game was a tale of two halves for both No. 2 seed Mt. Lebanon and top seed Pine-Richland on Saturday. In the first half, chances were even between the squads as both goalkeepers did outstanding jobs to thwart any second or third opportunities...
South Fayette shuts out Fox Chapel to defend WPIAL Class 3A girls soccer title
Junior forward Mia Deramo wants to give everyone around Western Pennsylvania a reason to discuss the South Fayette girls soccer program. The Lions delivered another emphatic statement about their proper place on the district’s stage with a 4-0 win over Fox Chapel in the WPIAL Class 3A championship Saturday at...
Mars takes down No. 1 Beaver to win WPIAL Class 3A girls volleyball title
About a month ago, Mars traveled to Beaver for a nonsection match and lost in straight sets, but coach Tamara Caraway said her players left with valuable lessons about their opponent and maybe more importantly themselves. The Fightin’ Planets applied what they learned on Saturday and won the program’s first...
Mohawk’s Jaxon Schoedel goes back-to-back; Winchester Thurston boys celebrate PIAA cross country title
Mohawk senior Jaxon Schoedel won his second consecutive PIAA Class A title, and the Winchester Thurston boys won their fourth team title Saturday at the PIAA cross country championships at the Parkview Course in Hershey. Schoedel breezed to the title in a time of 15 minutes, 52 seconds, setting the...
Westmoreland high school football notebook: Penn-Trafford peaks at right time
Penn-Trafford is playing winning football at the right time, and coach John Ruane credits preparation and an unheralded contribution from his backups for the consistency. The Warriors (9-2) opened the WPIAL 5A playoffs with a 49-28 victory Friday night over South Fayette for their first postseason win since their great...
Shady Side Academy earns 2nd straight WPIAL Class A field hockey championship
When field hockey season started for Shady Side Academy coach Elizabeth Patterson, she knew she would have five returning players from the team’s 2023 championship winning squad. How the rest of the roster would fill out remained a mystery. “Last year we had lower numbers, one or two subs, so...
A-K Valley football notebook: Highlands gets rematch with top-seeded Imani Christian
When the WPIAL football pairings for Class 3A came out last Saturday, Highlands players and coaches saw that there was the potential for a rematch with No. 1 Imani Christian in the quarterfinals. But to get that chance, they had to take care of business against Southmoreland in the first...
WPIAL announces sites for Friday’s football playoff games
The WPIAL on Saturday announced sites for the next round of football playoff games. Teams that earned a bye in the previous round will host a game this week. All other matchups are played on a neutral field. The WPIAL chose Chartiers Valley to host a Class 4A semifinal between...
South Park blanks Avonworth to claim 5th WPIAL boys soccer championship
South Park boys soccer coach Jon Cantwell told his players they couldn’t live off their reputations. Not all of the Eagles playing in the WPIAL Class 2A championship game Saturday afternoon at Highmark Stadium had earned their championship wings yet. When South Park beat Avonworth, 1-0, to claim a second...
Quaker Valley sweeps Hopewell for 1st WPIAL Class 2A girls volleyball championship
Quaker Valley captured its first WPIAL girls volleyball title with a 3-0 win against Hopewell in the Class 2A final Saturday at Peters Township’s AHN Arena. Molly MacDonald spearheaded the Quakers with 17 kills and 13 digs. “I’m glad to help out,” MacDonald said. “I mean, we all did a...
Westmoreland County athletes of the week: Greensburg Central Catholic’s Ashlyn Black, Penn-Trafford’s Tyler Funk
The Westmoreland County Athletes of the Week is presented by Smail Kia. Look for the tags and look for the savings at Smail Kia in Greensburg. Ashlyn Black School: Greensburg Central Catholic Class: Junior Sport: Volleyball Claim to fame: Black led third-seeded GCC to the WPIAL Class A championship match...
No. 2 Quaker Valley edges Burrell for 3rd WPIAL girls soccer crown
It had been 32 years since a Quaker Valley girls soccer team had won a WPIAL championship. The wait for the Quakers to hoist the title trophy again came to an end Saturday. Sophomore Anabel Miko and freshman Lily Baker scored goals in the second half for Class 2A No....
Suffocating defense powers Peters Township to WPIAL Class 2A field hockey title
Peters Township’s defense learned its lesson from the last time the Indians played Fox Chapel. On Oct. 7, the Foxes squeaked out a 1-0 win off a breakaway goal. “They had one or two breakaways, and they executed them well,” Indians senior forward Serafina Forlini said. Peters Township was determined...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Springdale’s Carissa Walsh, Fox Chapel’s Carson Krushansky
Carissa Walsh School: Springdale Class: Senior Sport: Soccer Claim to fame: Walsh had two goals within six minutes to propel Springdale past Winchester Thurston in the WPIAL Class A title match Thursday. The win gave Springdale its first WPIAL championship since 2009, when the school won the Class 2A title...
Riverview girls soccer caps season in WPIAL quarterfinals
With one WPIAL Class A playoff victory under its belt, the Riverview girls soccer team hoped for more when it tangled with No. 2 Seton-La Salle in a quarterfinal contest Oct. 26 at Dormont Stadium. Raiders coach Sean Abraham said his team was ready for the challenge, but in the...
Plum’s Wes Lorish caps decorated high school career at PIAA golf tournament
Wes Lorish had high hopes for his final PIAA Class 3A individual championship tournament. The Plum senior sought gold after losing out on the title in a tiebreaker last year. But despite his best efforts, he was not able to get to where he wanted to be during the two-day...
Norwin notebook: Soccer teams well represented on all-WPIAL lists
Norwin’s soccer teams were rewarded for strong regular seasons and playoff runs with postseason accolades. The Knights were well-represented on the all-WPIAL lists. Daniel Maddock was selected to the boys Class 4A list, while two Norwin girls made the list in Class 4A in seniors Julia Bursick and Carmella Simco....
