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Hempfield girls volleyball falls short of PIAA tournament berth
November 4, 2017
The Hempfield girls volleyball team's hopes of returning to the PIAA tournament fell short Saturday. The Spartans lost 3-0 to 2016 champion Seneca Valley in

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Knoch tops Montour for 1st WPIAL girls volleyball championship
Dianne Geist has been coaching the Knoch girls volleyball program for 31 years, and after a long road she and her Knights reached the pinnacle

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Montour's Seth Schleicher controls the ball in front of West Allegheny's Logan Keast during the boys WPIAL Class 3A championship game Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, at Highmark Stadium.
Montour boys secure 1st WPIAL soccer championship
For the first time in school history, Montour brought home a WPIAL boys soccer championship trophy after defeating rival West Allegheny, 1-0, in the Class

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Winchester Thurston senior Tristan Forsythe won the Class A title at the PIAA cross country championships Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, in Hershey.
Greensburg Salem boys place pair in top 20 at PIAA cross country championships
HERSHEY — You don't always have to win to be satisfied with your race result. Greensburg Salem juniors Mark Brown and Cameron Binda didn't win

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Allderdice downs Brashear to win 1st City football title in 50 years
Finally — the drought is over for Allderdice. The Dragons won their first Pittsburgh City League football title since 1967 and only the second overall

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Penn-Trafford's Kiley Dugan (38) celebrates after scoring the winning goal in overtime on the girls WPIAL Class AA championship game against Norwin Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, at Highmark Stadium.
Penn-Trafford clips Norwin on OT goal for WPIAL Class AAA girls soccer title
Mackenzie Aunkst brought the game to a halt before bringng the crowd to its feet. The Penn-Trafford senior midfielder came set with the ball at

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Clairton huddle up before the kickoff between Jeannette and Clairton on Friday Oct. 27, 2017 at Clairton.
Five things we learned from the first round of the WPIAL playoffs
A helmet-throwing fight marred Clairton's victory over Summit Academy on Friday, an ugly incident that could leave the Bears shorthanded. The fight ignited after a

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Penn-Trafford field hockey blanked by Selinsgrove in PIAA play-in game
Selinsgrove's fast start led them to a 5-0 victory over Penn-Trafford Saturday at Latrobe in a play-in game to go to the PIAA Class AA

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North Allegheny’s Huang, Fox Chapel tandem win PIAA tennis titles
North Allegheny junior Ashley Huang captured her first PIAA singles tennis title Saturday, defeating George Washington's Eliza Askarova, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, in the Class AAA

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Beaver Head Coach Charlene Horwatt hugs Beaver's Macy McElhaney (18) after winning the WPIAL 2A volleyball championship on Saturday Nov. 04, 2017 at Baldwin.
Beaver defeats Freeport in 5 sets to capture 1st WPIAL volleyball title
Macy McElhaney rose up at the net, blocked a kill attempt and the ball fell to the other side of the court and with it

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Penn-Trafford's Lauren Stovar (7) controls the ball against Hempfield in the first half on Wednesday Oct. 04, 2017 at Hempfield.
Westmoreland notebook: Belle Vernon’s Hoffman commits to Youngstown State
Belle Vernon's Josh Hoffman had interest from several Division I baseball programs but none surpassed the level of interest he had in Youngstown State. Hoffman,

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WPIAL/City League Week Ten Saturday Football Scores
For the first time in a decade, there was a Saturday afternoon postseason game on opening weekend of the WPIAL football playoffs. As a tri-champion in the Class 1-A Eastern Conference, Imani Christian earned the right to host a playoff game in Round One, and while they did not play at the cozy confines of […]

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Quaker Valley's Landon Grant battles Shady Side Academy's Thomas Spiker for the ball during the boys WPIAL Class AA championship game Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, at Highmark Stadium.
No. 15 Shady Side Academy edges Quaker Valley in OT to win WPIAL Class AA boys soccer crown
Seeding doesn't matter to Shady Side Academy — WPIAL championships do. The 15th-seeded Indians achieved their goal Saturday with a thrilling 3-2 double-overtime win against

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Bishop Canevin players celebrate their win against Oour Lady of Sacred Heart during the WPIAL 1A volleyball championship on Saturday Nov. 04, 2017 at Baldwin.
Bishop Canevin claims WPIAL Class A volleyball title
Last year, the players on the Bishop Canevin girls volleyball team stood in a line, some with tears in their eyes, watching Greensburg Central Catholic

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Freedom's Lyndsee Monac controls the ball in front of Waynesburg's Jillian Kijowski during the second half of the girls WPIAL Class AA championship game Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, at Highmark Stadium.
Waynesburg girls knock off top-seeded Freedom to earn WPIAL Class AA title
Leave it to a Raider to dethrone the defending WPIAL Class AA champions and bring to a halt an impressive 39-game WPIAL winning streak. Waynesburg

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CWNC Blanks Springdale in Boys 1-A Finals for First WPIAL Soccer Title
As the temperature dropped outside, the Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic boys soccer program heated up. The Trojans defeated Springdale 2-0 to win the WPIAL 1-A boys soccer Championship. Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic came into the contest with an overall record of 19-1 and section record of 14-0. The previous two meetings between the Trojans and […]

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Moon Nips Mars to Repeat as WPIAL Girls 3-A Soccer Champs
As a full moon gleamed upon Highmark Stadium, the Moon Tigers won their second straight Girls Soccer WPIAL Championship. Moon defeated Mars 3-2 and handed the Planets just their second loss of the season. Moon came into the contest on a 38 game winning streak and had only let up 5 goals all season. The […]

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WPIAL Football Playoffs Quarterfinals/First Round Recaps
The curtain rose on the 2017 WPIAL Football Playoffs on Friday and one a night where they usually isn’t much drama, there were plenty of tight games that eventually turned one-sided and down to the wire contests in Quarterfinals and First Round contests alike. Blowouts or thrillers, the tradition continues with recaps from all 32 […]

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Chartiers Valley's Mark Golebiewski returns for the 2017 season.
Chartiers Valley’s Mark Golebiewski runs to honor late father, qualifies for first PIAA cross country meet
Since mid-September, Chartiers Valley runner Mark Golebiewski has performed a ritual before every race. On his right hand, he writes what place he wants to

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South Fayette volleyball caps season in quarterfinals
There was only one thing South Fayette girls volleyball coach Scott Sundgren wanted from this season — more of it. After watching his young roster

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