Sports
High school roundup for Sept. 15, 2020: Mars girls soccer holds off West Allegheny
September 15, 2020
Gracie Dunaway scored the decisive goal early in the second half to lead No. 1 Mars to a 1-0 Section 4-3A victory over No. 5 West Allegheny in a girls soccer battle of ranked teams Tuesday.
Hempfield track standout Bella Gera commits to Wake Forest
There are days that Hempfield throwing coach Dave Murray gives his athletes off to rest.
GCC sophomore Amari Mack picks up D-1 football offer after big opener
A bedazzling season opener from Amari Mack suddenly has the Greensburg Central Catholic sophomore on the Division I FCS radar.
Nurse questions medical care at immigration jail in Georgia
OCILLA, Ga. — An immigration detention center in Georgia performed questionable hysterectomies, refused to test detainees for covid-19 and shredded medical records, according to a nurse quoted in a complaint filed Monday.
WPIAL girls soccer preview: Can anyone rocket past state champ Mars in Class 3A?
Class 4A
WPIAL boys soccer preview: Long list of contenders eye up Canon Mac in Class 4A
Class 4A
WPIAL athletic directors deal with ‘whirlwind’ while preparing for fall sports
A pandemic wasn’t exactly on the radar for Drew Karpen when he was hired as the Highlands athletic director last year.
Trib HSSN Team of the Week for Week 1
September 14, 2020
In four years from 2016-19, Chartiers Valley football played in Class 5A and struggled, winning only four conference games and amassing an overall record of 10-30.
High school roundup for Sept. 14, 2020: Upper St. Clair tops Baldwin in opener
Jack Myers scored a pair of goals as Upper St. Clair opened up Section 2-AAAA boys soccer play with a 4-3 victory over Baldwin on Monday night. Nick Tanner had a goal and an assist and Max Fultineer also scored for the Panthers.
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 14, 2020
Field hockey
WPIAL boys and girls preseason soccer rankings
Boys
Deep, talented Franklin Regional golf team poised to take big step forward
For years, Franklin Regional has watched other teams celebrate section, WPIAL and PIAA titles in boys golf.
Bethel Park, Plum, North Allegheny earn WPISL Week 2 sweeps
Bethel Park, Plum and North Allegheny each recorded doubleheader sweeps during Week 2 of the 2020 Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball season.
Former Greensburg Bishop Edward Malesic installed in Cleveland’s Catholic Diocese
CLEVELAND — Cleveland’s nearly 700,000 Roman Catholics on Monday were welcoming a new bishop from Pennsylvania during an installation Mass at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist.
Mt. Pleasant softball player Katie Hutter headed to Akron
Katie Hutter spent the weekend in Ohio playing in a travel softball tournament. She’ll soon be spending a lot more time in the neighboring state.
NFL reminds teams to follow sideline rules on face coverings
The NFL on Monday reminded team personnel on the sidelines about the covid-19 requirements for wearing face coverings, saying such carelessness or disregard could put the season “at risk.”
Trump, Biden facing off on wildfires, climate change
WILMINGTON, Del. — President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden are focusing the presidential campaign on the wildfire-scorched West Coast, with Trump meeting fire officials in California on Monday while Biden declares the fires underscore an urgent need to address climate change.
Astronomers see possible hints of life in Venus’ clouds
Astronomers have found a potential sign of life high in the atmosphere of neighboring Venus: hints there may be bizarre microbes living in the sulfuric acid-laden clouds of the hothouse planet.
‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero charged with terrorism in Rwanda court
KIGALI, Rwanda — A Rwandan court on Monday charged Paul Rusesabagina, whose story inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda,” with terrorism, complicity in murder, and forming an armed rebel group.
