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Trib HSSN PIHL Player of the Week — Nov. 4, 2019

November 3, 2019

The TribLIVE High School Sports Network PIHL Player of the Week is a forward for just the second time this season.

WPIAL football playoff quarterfinals and semifinals take center stage on HSSN

With the WPIAL soccer and volleyball playoffs in the books, the focus turns to the district football postseason this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network.

Riverview’s Mason Ochs runs to the finish line during the WPIAL Class A championship race Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, at California University.

Future bright for Riverview boys cross country team

Riverview junior Mason Ochs finished eighth in the Class A boys race at Saturday’s PIAA cross country championships after taking second at WPIALs.

Greensburg Central Catholic’s Dylan Sebek (3) and Ricco Ciccarelli celebrate with the student section after the Centurions defeated Winchester Thurston in the boys WPIAL Class A championship game Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, at Highmark Stadium.

PIAA soccer playoffs sites and times set for Westmoreland teams

Two WPIAL boys champions and three girls runners-up from Westmoreland County will open the PIAA soccer playoffs Tuesday.

Pine-Richland linemen Miguel Jackson (right) prepares for the 2019 season August 7, 2019.

Pine-Richland lineman Miguel Jackson adds 3rd Division I offer

Pine-Richland’s Miguel Jackson, one of the WPIAL’s top pass rushers, added his third Division I offer this week.

2 WPIAL seniors receive 1st Division I offers from Rhode Island

Two WPIAL football players received their first Division I offers this week from the same FCS school.

Knoch’s Rory McCune and Hannah Rowe blocks the shot of Thomas Jefferson’s Abigail Chalovich during the girls class 3-A WPIAL Volleyball Championships Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 at Fox Chapel Area High School.

Knoch, Freeport volleyball teams seek repeat of 2017 PIAA titles

In 2017, the Knoch and Freeport volleyball teams played the final three matches of their PIAA championship runs in the same location.

Brownsville’s Gionna Quarzo (yellow ribbon) congratules sister Jolene at the PIAA cross country championships Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, in Hershey.

Riverview places 2nd at PIAA Class A cross country meet

November 2, 2019

HERSHEY — Jenkintown came into the PIAA Class A boys cross country championships as the heavy favorite to win the team title.

High school scores, schedules for Nov. 2, 2019

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Knoch’s Hannah Rowe holds the championship trophy after beating Thomas Jefferson during the WPIAL Class AAA girls volleyball championships Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 at Fox Chapel Area High School.

Knoch girls volleyball beats Thomas Jefferson for 3rd straight WPIAL title

In its playoff run, Knoch girls volleyball proved how strong a team it is by grinding out wins without standout hitters Kennedy Christy and Hannah Rowe.

Canon-McMillan celebrates beating North Allegheny in the WPIAL Class 4A girls volleyball championships Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 at Fox Chapel Area High School.

Canon-McMillan shocks North Allegheny for first WPIAL volleyball title

Entering the WPIAL Class AAAA girls volleyball championship between third-seeded Canon-McMillan and top-seeded and unbeaten North Allegheny, the Big Macs were big underdogs.

Kiski Area’s Lebryn Smith is taken down during a WPIAL Class 5A opening-round playoff game against Bethel Park on Friday.

A-K Valley football teams fall short in 1st round of WPIAL playoffs

When sophomore Cody Dykes connected on a 33-yard field goal early in the second quarter of Friday’s WPIAL Class 5A first-round game at Bethel Park, the Kiski Area football team held a 10-point lead.

New Brighton’s Nyasanu Greene breaks the tackle of Apollo-Ridge’s Dom Reiter and Logan Harmon in the second half at Owens Field on Friday, Nov 1, 2019.

5 things we learned in Week 10: McGuffey, West Greene celebrate 1st WPIAL playoff win in decades

McGuffey waited 25 years for Friday night’s celebration. West Greene waited 26. New Brighton waited 18.

Westmoreland H.S. notebook: Yough softball coaching job reopens

Yough is looking for a softball coach — again.

Mt. Lebanon’s Patrick Anderson leads trio of area cross country state champions

HERSHEY — Mount Lebanon senior Patrick Anderson said it’s not easy to win back-to-back cross country titles.

Bishop Canevin celebrates after beating Fort Cherry in Game 2 during the WPIAL Class A girls volleyball championships Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 at Fox Chapel Area High School.

Bishop Canevin tops Fort Cherry for 3rd straight WPIAL volleyball title

Bishop Canevin has reached the WPIAL Class A girls volleyball finals in each of the past eight seasons.

Peters Twp.’s Marra Bruce returns a serve next to Kat Wang during the WPIAL Class AAA doubles championship match against Latrobe Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, at Oxford Athletic Club in Wexford.

Peters Township doubles tandem claims PIAA championship

Peters Township’s Kat Wang and Marra Bruce claimed the PIAA Class AAA doubles tennis title Saturday afternoon after defeating Radnor’s Kanon Ciarrocchi and Lucy Hederick, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, at Hershey Racquet Club.