Sports
George Guido: H.S. football season in A-K Valley provides plenty of highlights
November 5, 2019
And just like that, it was over. The 121st Alle-Kiski Valley high school football season came to a screeching halt with all three local playoff teams losing Friday night on the opening night of the postseason.
Franklin Regional continues climb in national rankings
With back-to-back WPIAL championships in hand, Franklin Regional rose a few notches in the national boys soccer rankings.
A-K Valley high school athletes of the week: Freeport’s Isabella Russo, Riverview’s Mason Ochs
Isabella Russo
Canon-McMillan’s Samosky, South Allegheny’s Pikula named Trib HSSN scholar-athletes of the month
The TribLive High School Sports Network is recognizing some of the best and brightest student-athletes in Western Pennsylvania.
Penn-Trafford field hockey hopes to continue surge
Penn-Trafford’s field hockey team saved its best for last.
WPIAL volleyball champs Freeport, Knoch eager to begin PIAA title quests
Shaler Area will be a volleyball hotspot Tuesday as WPIAL champions Freeport and Knoch open the PIAA playoffs with back-to-back matchups.
High school football playoff picture in districts 5, 6, 9, 10 for this weekend
While WPIAL football fans have their eyes on the Highway to Heinz and the Route to Norwin, the 2019 PIAA playoffs are taking shape with first-round action set to begin on Nov. 15 and 16.
First PIAA-playoff appearance is ‘great opportunity’ for Plum girls soccer
The Plum girls soccer team fell short Saturday in its quest for a WPIAL Class AAA championship in its first title-game appearance.
WPIAL Football Team of the Week: Week 10
Three WPIAL schools were looking for milestone victories as well as a win to advance on opening night of the district playoffs.
PIAA soccer, volleyball, field hockey playoffs begin Tuesday
The WPIAL came up empty in the PIAA girls soccer playoffs last year. Now, 11 teams begin their quest for a golden change.
Springdale boys soccer looks to avenge playoff losses
It only has been two years since the Springdale boys soccer team made a run to the PIAA Class A tournament.
Westmoreland PIAA soccer playoff capsules for Nov. 5, 2019
Tuesday’s games
Inaugural Moe Rosensteel Award to recognize WPIAL’s best girls soccer player
When the Rosensteel family tragically lost their daughter and sister, the Western Pennsylvania soccer community embraced them, consoled them and did their best to help them through the grieving process.
Deer Lakes boys soccer turns attention to PIAA tournament
Friday night brought a disappointing end to Deer Lakes’ quest for a WPIAL soccer championship.
Elizabeth Forward’s Resnik chooses Robert Morris
Elizabeth Forward’s Anna Resnik has decided where she’ll play collegiate softball, and she won’t have to travel too far to do so.
WPIAL announces football playoff sites for Week 11: Class 5A rematch at West A
Peters Township and Moon, co-champions in the Allegheny Eight, will play for the second time in six weeks when they meet Friday night in a WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinal at West Allegheny.
WPIAL football player of the week — Week 10
For most of Friday’s WPIAL Class 5A first-round playoff game, it looked like Baldwin would pull off the road upset as the No. 11 seed and celebrate the school’s first football playoff win in 28 years.
PIHL Team of the Week for Nov. 3, 2019
Cathedral Prep hosted Bethel Park on Tuesday in what was anything but another early-season PIHL game.
