Sports
Seeking 1st WPIAL playoff win, Southmoreland welcomes familiar foe in East Allegheny
November 3, 2021
It took Southmoreland 40 years to make its second appearance in the WPIAL football playoffs.
Westmoreland County football players to watch in 2021 Week 10
Hunter Dean
2021 Western Pa. high school football schedule for Week 10
Class 6A
A-K Valley football players to watch in 2021 Week 10
Logan Brooks
The Birdie gets out his calculator and makes A-K Valley playoff picks
Last week: 8-1 (88.9%)
A-K Valley don’t miss high school football matchups for 2021 Week 10
Class 5A
Westmoreland girls soccer playoff capsule for Nov. 4, 2021
Today’s game
WPIAL boys soccer championship preview: North Catholic, GCC have shot at history
A pair of WPIAL schools will be playing for the triple crown this week.
Evenly matched playoff foes Highlands, New Castle have history of tight games
Highlands and New Castle have played some close games over the past several seasons, and Friday’s opening-round playoff game appears to be evenly matched.
WPIAL girls soccer championship preview: 3 teams bring repeat dreams to Highmark
A pair of WPIAL schools will be playing for the triple crown this week.
Westmoreland HS notebook: Franklin Regional’s DiFalco to play in All-American game
Franklin Regional soccer standout Anthony DiFalco has had a decorated high school career.
Deer Lakes volleyball perseveres through in-season coaching change
One word can be used to describe the Deer Lakes girls volleyball season: necessity.
A-K Valley girls athlete of the week: Plum’s Camryn Rogers
Camryn Rogers
After roller-coaster regular season, Springdale turns attention to playoffs
Springdale finally reached the finish line last Saturday, being one of the final teams to qualify for the WPIAL football playoffs.
Westmoreland County girls athlete of the week: Southmoreland’s Olivia Cernuto
Olivia Cernuto
Senior-led Hempfield relishes run to WPIAL field hockey playoffs
You could say Hempfield’s early exit from the WPIAL field hockey playoffs has cast a persistent pall of doubt over a program that, until this year, hadn’t even sniffed a postseason opportunity. But it did little to break the Spartans’ spirit.
Southmoreland volleyball reflects on up-and-down season
Heather Meyer’s team showed it can compete with some of the best the WPIAL has to offer in Class 2A.
Freeport fends off Armstrong in Class 3A volleyball thriller
November 2, 2021
The Freeport girls volleyball team is back in the WPIAL championship game.
High school roundup for Nov. 2, 2021: Peters Township, Seneca Valley reach 4A finals
Alex Grim and and Austin Marmol each had a goal and an assist to lead No. 2 Peters Township to a 4-1 victory over No. 6 North Allegheny (15-6) in the WPIAL Class 4A boys soccer semifinals Tuesday night at West Allegheny.
