Sports

Letter: Law enforcement should monitor horse riders
November 25, 2022
I love horses. I don’t always love the people who ride horses, especially when they are out in large numbers, wearing their scarlet-red “Riding to Hounds” costumes on the roads of Sewickley Heights/Hills and Bell Acres.

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Aliquippa’s DJ Walker scores on a 92-yard reception against Central Valley on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, at Freedom Area High School.
2022 WPIAL 4A football championship breakdown: Aliquippa vs. Central Valley
WPIAL Class 4A football championship

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Belle Vernon’s Quinton Martin scores against East Allegheny on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022 in the WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinals.
2022 WPIAL 3A football championship breakdown: Belle Vernon vs. Avonworth
November 24, 2022
WPIAL Class 3A football championship

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Central Valley coach Mark Lyons celebrates with his team while receiving the WPIAL championship trophy after defeating North Catholic in Class 3A final on Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021, at Heinz Field.
How to watch Friday’s 2022 WPIAL Class football championships on Trib HSSN
Championship Friday has arrived at Acrisure Stadium, and the TribLIVE High School Sports Network has you covered.

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Steel Valley quarterback Cruce Brookins celebrates with lineman Greg Smith after defeating Sto-Rox on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, in McKees Rocks.
2022 WPIAL 2A football championship breakdown: Steel Valley vs. Beaver Falls
WPIAL Class 2A football championship

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Union quarterback Braylon Thomas throws a pass during practice on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022.
2022 WPIAL A football championship breakdown: Bishop Canevin vs. Union
WPIAL Class A football championship

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Belle Vernon’s Adam LaCarte picks off a pass intended for Freeports’ Jacksen Reiser during 3A WPIAL semifinal action Friday, Nov. 18, 2022 at Gateway High School.
Belle Vernon secondary prepares to deal with tall Avonworth receivers in WPIAL title game
WPIAL Class 3A football championship

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Mt. Pleasant’s Brayden Caletri handles the ball as Belle Vernon’s Quinton Martin defends last season.
Mt. Pleasant boys need to overcome big loss of top scorer
If the Mt. Pleasant boys basketball team wants to improve on its dismal 2021-22 season, it must do so without leading scorer Dante Giallonardo.

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Monessen’s Avanti Stitch shoots over Riverview’s Callie Harden in a WPIAL Class A playoff game last season.
Small roster doesn’t shrink expectations for Monessen girls
Monessen girls basketball coach Janine Vertacnik has kept a close eye on how hard she is working with everyone. The Greyhounds don’t have a roster with a lot of room for a lot of flexibility.

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Monessen’s Lorenzo Gardner shoots over Jeannette’s KeSean Crosby in a WPIAL Class 2A playoff game last season.
Returning starters, influx of talent make Monessen boys contenders in Class A
Becoming a better basketball player wasn’t going to be accomplished by doing the same old things. Jaisen Blackman, a senior at Monessen, decided he was going to find an outlet to help improve.

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Riverview’s Lucas Heakins dives into the end zone to score on a 36-yard run at Three Rivers Stadium on Nov. 22, 1997 as the Raiders won the WPIAL Class A title, 19-14, over Fort Cherry.
Through the Years: Riverview celebrates 25th anniversary of WPIAL title
Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look at the players, coaches and events that shaped our scholastic legacy.

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Leechburg girls basketball coach Andre Carter has more flexibility in practice this season with 13 players on the roster.
Thanks to boost in numbers, enthusiasm high for Leechburg girls
There’s a pleasant surprise involving Leechburg girls basketball this season.

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Leechburg’s Tyler Foley scores between River Valley’s Braden Staats (left) and Luke Woodring last season.
With uncommon chemistry, veteran Leechburg boys lineup ready to tackle Class 2A
The names are familiar, and so are the goals.

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Mt. Pleasant’s Tiffany Zelmore shoots over Freeport’s Natalie Volek during a 2021 WPIAL Class 4A playoff game.
After regrouping, Mt. Pleasant girls ready to make inroads in Class 3A
Scott Giacobbi is beginning his 18th season as girls basketball coach at Mt. Pleasant.

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Justin Walther is Plum’s new boys basketball coach.
New coach aims to make game fun again for Plum boys basketball
Justin Walther, a familiar face around WPIAL circles, is the new coach of the Plum boys basketball team.

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Plum’s Megan Marston is pressured by Hampton’s Claire Rodgers last season.
Expectations rising for Plum girls basketball
Expectations have been raised for the second year of the Rich Mull coaching tenure at Plum.

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Central Valley’s Bret FitzSimmons eludes Aliquippa defenders during their game on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, at Freedom Area High School.
Thanksgiving Day practice now annual tradition for WPIAL 4A finalists Central Valley, Aliquippa
How many folks are coming to Thanksgiving dinner? Central Valley’s Bret FitzSimmons expected to eat turkey with around 70 friends.

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Beaver Falls’ Jaren Brickner (11) looks to pass the ball against Wilmington during a 2010 PIAA Class 2A semifinal.
Beaver Falls, Steel Valley to meet in clash of WPIAL Class 2A powerhouses
November 23, 2022
Last season, Beaver Falls had a WPIAL championship experience to forget.

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Bishop Canevin’s Xavier Nelson eludes OLSH’s Damare Brough to score during their game on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, at Dormont Memorial Stadium.
Union aims to prevent Bishop Canevin from defending WPIAL Class A title
A season ago, the Bishop Canevin Crusaders completed a turnaround from 1-9 in 2019 to WPIAL champions in Class A under then second-year coach Richard Johnson.

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North Allegheny’s Andrew Gavlik drags Central Catholic’s Argento Greene into the endzone for a touchdown during the WPIAL Class 6A championship game Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022, at Norwin High School.
North Allegheny, Pine-Richland, Westinghouse set for PIAA quarterfinal matchups
North Allegheny and Pine-Richland celebrated WPIAL championships Saturday and will now continue their seasons in the PIAA playoffs.

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