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Thomas Jefferson’s Natasha Yanief sends the Jaguars to the WPIAL championship game with a kill over South Fayette’s Rachel Phoennik (18) and Alisa Gealey during their Class 3A semifinal Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, at North Allegheny High School.
High school roundup for Oct. 30, 2019: Haleigh Finale scores four to lead South Park girls soccer to states
October 30, 2019
Haleigh Finale scored four goals to propel No. 2 South Park to a 4-1 win over eighth-seeded Freeport in the WPIAL Class AA girls soccer consolation game at Mars.

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Knoch’s Hannah Rowe celebrates a kill during the Knights’ WPIAL Class 3A semifinal against Franklin Regional Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, at North Allegheny High School.
Knoch girls volleyball tops Franklin Regional, reaches WPIAL finals
The Knoch girls volleyball team will play for a third straight WPIAL Class AAA championship.

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North Allegheny, Aliquippa slide down while the Trib 10 crowns a new No. 1
Week 9 was divine for all but two of the members of last week’s The Trib Ten.

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Norwin’s Paloma Swankler controls the ball in front of Fox Chapel’s Kaylee Uribe during their WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinal on Oct. 24, 2019, at Norwin High School.
Group effort leads Norwin girls into WPIAL title game vs. North Allegheny
The Norwin girls soccer team returned to the WPIAL championship for the fourth time in five years and will go for its fifth district title Thursday night when it faces North Allegheny in the Class AAAA final at Highmark Stadium.

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Freeport senior Tori Radvan warms up for a WPIAL Class AA quarterfinal match against Hopewell on Oct. 29, 2019, at North Hills.
Knee injury behind her, Freeport senior ready for ‘high-pressure situations’ in WPIAL volleyball playoffs
Tori Radvan ended her sophomore volleyball season on the court at Johnstown’s Richland High School celebrating a state championship with her Freeport teammates.

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The Birdie can recite Derry’s Justin Huss’ stats chapter and verse.
The Birdie won’t stop squawking about Westmoreland County teams in WPIAL playoffs
Last week: 11-2 (84.6)

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Apollo-Ridge’s Logan Harmon (44) has rushed for 1,338 yards and 17 touchdowns this season.
Apollo-Ridge thrilled to stay at home on a Friday night
The Apollo-Ridge Vikings are celebrating the 100th anniversary of Owens Field this season. On Friday, they’ll get to do it in style by hosting their first home playoff game since 2014.

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Valley’s Jayden Richter (20) tries to drag down Apollo-Ridge’s Klayton Fitzroy (10) Oct. 4, 2019.
A-K Valley high school football Q&A with Apollo-Ridge’s Klay Fitzroy
The Apollo-Ridge Vikings closed out their regular season schedule this past Friday with a 43-33 loss to Charleroi.

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Peyton McCann is a top player for the Kiski Area football team in 2019.
A-K Valley football players to watch in the first week of WPIAL playoffs
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Kiski Area’s Justin Hessom (52) celebrates after recovering a fumble in the end zone for a touchdown earlier this season against Fox Chapel.
Bethel Park stands in way of elusive playoff victory for Kiski Area
It’s been 29 years since the last Kiski Area football playoff victory.

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Fox Chapel receiver Warner Macklin (10) looks for some running room against Armstrong earlier this season at Fox Chapel.
Fox Chapel looks to become just 3rd No. 16 seed in WPIAL history to upset No. 1 in opening round
Once Fox Chapel lost to Shaler in the regular season finale last Friday, coach Tom Loughran knew the Foxes would be playing the No. 1 seed to start the playoffs.

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Apollo Ridge’s Klayton Fitzroy pulls in a catch over Avonworth’s Kyros Thorpe on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019.
The Birdie spends day begging for seeds as A-K Valley teams learn playoff opponents
Last week: 6-5 (54.5)

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Zac Gordon has rushed for 849 yards and nine touchdowns on 128 carries this season.
Westmoreland County football Q&A with Franklin Regional’s Zac Gordon
Zac Gordon used to play tight end in youth football, even some center, before coaches thought it would be better to put the ball in his hands.

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The regular rotation of offensive and defensive linemen at Ligonier Valley includes, from left, seniors Dunavin Graham, Michael Petrof, Wylie Spiker, Alex Torrance, Christian Jablonski and Gabriel Gonda and sophomore Jude Grzywinski. The seven players average 6-foot-3 and 268 pounds.
Ligonier Valley’s foes must try to break through ‘Great Wall’
At a summer football camp in central Pennsylvania, a Philadelphia-area high school coach observed Ligonier Valley’s massive linemen, prompting an impulsive reaction.

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Justin Johns and 13th-seeded Franklin Regional face fourth-seeded Moon on Friday.
Westmoreland County don’t-miss football matchups for first week of WPIAL playoffs
Class 5A: FIRST ROUND

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North Allegheny’s Nathan Hoke and Ben Rohan get a hold of Pine-Richland’s Cole Spencer Friday, Oct. 25, 2019 at Pine-Richland High School.
High school football broadcasts scheduled Friday, Saturday on Trib HSSN
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Cornell’s Savon Wilson works out next to head coach Ed Dawson during practice on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, in Coraopolis.
Weather forecast forces Cornell to move football playoff game to West Allegheny
The Cornell football team was hoping to play its first home playoff game since 1983, but a rainy forecast has changed those plans.

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Mt. Lebanon, Canon-McMillan square off for WPIAL Class AAAA boys soccer championship
WPIAL Class AAAA Boys Soccer Championship

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Greensburg Central Catholic’s Nate Ward (12) and Avonworth’s Addison Dexter (8) chase down a loose ball during a WPIAL Class A quarterfinal game Oct. 23, 2019 at Fox Chapel High.
Westmoreland County high school soccer notes: GCC’s Nate Ward double-booked for Friday night
Greensburg Central Catholic senior Nate Ward not only is one of the top soccer players in the WPIAL, but he also is the kicker for the Centurions football team.

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Greensburg Central Catholic’s Samantha Nemeth battles Shady Side Academy’s Callie Davis for the ball during their game Oct. 3, 2019 in Fox Chapel.
After temporary coaching change, GCC girls soccer in position to claim 7th WPIAL title
Ashley Davis returned a few weeks ago to resume coaching the Greensburg Central Catholic girls soccer team following a break for maternity leave.

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