Soccer
Despite graduation losses, Plum girls soccer aims to continue winning ways
August 26, 2023
The Plum girls soccer team enjoyed a strong four-year run through last season that included 72 victories in 83 games, four consecutive section championships, three WPIAL title-game appearances and three trips to the PIAA playoffs.
Norwin girls soccer driven to return to playoffs
Norwin girls soccer coach Diane Metzger does not like to get too specific with preseason details about her team.
North Allegheny girls soccer looks to combine returning stars with young talent
In three of the past four years, the North Allegheny girls soccer program has been standing on top of the WPIAL’s Class 4A heap. Even after the graduation of a well-decorated senior class, the Tigers still have the firepower to defend their title.
Franklin Regional boys look to reload, climb WPIAL soccer ladder
Lukas Petersen remembers the empty feeling in his body as he watched Montour celebrate a 2-1 upset of his Franklin Regional Panthers in the WPIAL Class 3A first round late last October.
After key losses, Hampton girls soccer to rely on deep pool of talent
The Hampton girls soccer team lost two all-WPIAL players to graduation and then lost another one to something nobody saw coming.
A-K Valley girls soccer preview: Springdale returns strong core in bid for repeat
August 24, 2023
Springdale coach Marc Bentley can’t help but smile when thinking back to last fall and his team’s run to the WPIAL Class A championship game at Highmark Stadium and its trip to the PIAA quarterfinals.
With typically strong defense, Franklin Regional girls soccer prepares to contend again
August 19, 2023
Each game it is the same.
Expect excitement from loaded Norwin boys soccer team
Scott Schuchert is looking at this boys soccer season with eager eyes.
Top scorer on soccer field, hockey rink takes place in Pine-Richland hall of fame
Matt Crummy was an all-around athlete in his high school days at Pine-Richland. He was also an all-terrain athlete.
Former Valley player Carlisle will coach Vikings boys soccer team, which returns this fall
August 6, 2023
Ben Carlisle is no stranger to the experience of representing the Valley boys soccer team. He enjoyed a standout career with the Vikings before graduating in 2015.
Late coach Gene Klein’s long list of accomplishments won’t soon be forgotten at Quaker Valley
August 5, 2023
It was a no-brainer when former boys soccer coach Gene Klein was inducted into the Quaker Valley Sports Hall of Fame in 1998.
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Yough welcomes new girls soccer coach
July 22, 2023
Yough’s girls soccer team will have its third coach in three years with the hiring of Robert Broadwater, a Pennsylvania state trooper and former Yough middle school coach.
Yough’s Kendalyn Umbel commits to play soccer at YSU, won’t play high school season
July 19, 2023
Like a penalty kick in a shootout, Kendalyn Umbel has lined up her Division I college soccer future — with two years left in her high school career.
Franklin Regional soccer players join select team for national tournament in Florida
July 15, 2023
A handful of Franklin Regional boys soccer players were set to compete on a national stage.
No rest for Pitt-bound Lola Abraham as she preps for senior year at Riverview
July 13, 2023
When Riverview’s Lola Abraham committed to play soccer at Pitt last November, she said the decision was only the beginning and she couldn’t rest on past accomplishments.
Cuthbert, who guided P-T girls to WPIAL title, named girls soccer coach at Greensburg C.C.
July 11, 2023
Championship-winning coach Derek Cuthbert has returned to lead another Westmoreland County school’s soccer team.
Franklin Regional soccer standouts honored with scholarships
July 8, 2023
A pair of recent graduates who will have the same major in college left a lasting mark on the Franklin Regional soccer programs.
Freedom’s Shaye Bailey named 2022-23 TribLive HSSN Girls Athlete of the Year
July 2, 2023
In an era where specialization is trendy in high school sports, Freedom’s Shaye Bailey doesn’t like that idea.
Gateway grad Mike Rugh to lead Gators boys soccer team
June 11, 2023
Mike Rugh joined the Gateway boys soccer coaching staff as an assistant five years ago with the hopes of giving back to his alma mater while remembering all of the good memories he had when putting on the Gators uniform.
Fox Chapel girls soccer star learned life lessons during Hall of Fame career
May 20, 2023
Lily Feldman was eager to plot her own course after graduating from Fox Chapel High School in 2009.
