Sports
WPIAL Class AA girls golf championship preview: Quaker Valley’s Bulger looks for repeat
September 30, 2020
WPIAL Class AA girls golf championship
H.S. football notebook: Jeannette defense getting offensive
Jeannette’s defense is starting to reveal its athleticism and potential.
Trib HSSN state football rankings for Sept. 29, 2020
September 29, 2020
In Week 4 of the state football rankings, it’s time to welcome some members of District 12 to the 2020 football season.
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 29, 2020
Cross country
High school roundup for Sept. 29, 2020: South Park wins Class 2A showdown
Nora Ozimek scored the winning goal and Ali Miklos recorded her sixth straight shutout to lead No. 4 South Park (6-0, 5-0) to a 1-0 victory over No. 5 Brownsville (4-2, 4-1) in a nonsection girls soccer match Tuesday night.
Undefeated Fox Chapel works way through rigorous schedule
With two weeks and six games in the books, the Fox Chapel girls soccer team is making its mark in and out of Section 3-AAAA.
Norwin soccer player tackles challenges presented by cystic fibrosis
While most students are still sleeping, hours away from their phone alarm sounding to get them up for school, Sydney Willig is up before the sun, wide awake and confronting a disease.
Westmoreland girls soccer notebook: Loaded with underclassmen, Latrobe on the rise
Latrobe has senior leadership on the soccer field but don’t sleep on the underclassmen who have blended in well and could spell a bright future for the program.
A-K Valley girls soccer notebook: Burrell looking forward to homecoming
The Burrell girls soccer team has hit the road in the early part of the season, waiting to play on the new turf field at Buccaneers Stadium.
Covid-19 cases rising among U.S. children as schools reopen
After preying heavily on the elderly in the spring, the coronavirus is increasingly infecting American children and teens in a trend authorities say appears driven by school reopenings and the resumption of sports, playdates and other activities.
Appalachian League leads off in minor league contraction
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball started the process of contracting minor league affiliates Tuesday, with the Appalachian League converted to a college summer circuit for rising freshmen and sophomores.
Yough quarterback Tristan Waldier suffers another season-ending injury
In a couple of days, Yough went from not-so-bad news to the worst news of all regarding their starting quarterback.
Rally brings gun rights advocates to Pennsylvania Capitol
HARRISBURG — A smaller than usual crowd of a few hundred people rallied for gun rights on the steps of Pennsylvania’s Capitol on Tuesday, an annual event that also was attended by a few dozen state lawmakers.
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 28, 2020
September 28, 2020
Field hockey
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week for Week 3
Twelve years ago, these Eagles were an endangered species.
High school roundup for Sept. 28, 2020: Brashear boys soccer stuns Bethel Park
Paul Chambers, Kalala Iraqi and Exauce Mugomoka scored to lead Brashear (1-2, 1-2) to a 3-2 victory over Bethel Park (2-3-1, 2-3-1) in Section 2-4A boys soccer Monday. It was Brashear’s first section win in three years.
Plum boys soccer takes down top-ranked Franklin Regional
Plum senior forward D.D. Flowers thinks his team has as good a chance as anyone to compete for a WPIAL title in Class 3A.
OLSH basketball standout Dante Spadafora picks West Liberty State
Dante Spadafora helped Our Lady of the Sacred Heart to consecutive WPIAL Class 2A titles, but he still has some business to finish.
Deer Lakes boys soccer gets back on track with much-needed section win over Burrell
The Deer Lakes boys soccer team was looking to rebound from its first loss of the season, and its Section 2-2A contest against Burrell on Monday was exactly what the Lancers were looking for.
