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Challenging opening-round foes await A-K Valley football teams in WPIAL playoffs
October 29, 2022
Call it the Avenue to Acrisure.
Pine-Richland makes it 4 in a row in WPIAL Class 3A field hockey championship game
The Pine-Richland field hockey team finished off its four-peat in style.
Penn-Trafford tops Latrobe to claim 7th straight WPIAL field hockey title
It never gets old.
Mt. Pleasant girls blank Freeport, advance to WPIAL Class 2A semifinals
Marissa Garn wears No. 99.
Westmoreland high school athletes of the week for the week ending Oct. 30, 2022
Robin Reilly
Charleroi gets its revenge, knocking out top-seeded Greensburg Central Catholic in WPIAL quarterfinals
For the eighth-seeded Charleroi boys soccer team, revenge was a dish best served in the playoffs.
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Plum’s Kaitlyn Killinger, Riverview’s Amberson Bauer
Kaitlyn Killinger
George Guido: A-K Valley teams add to historical milestones in WPIAL football playoffs
Playoff time is here, and six Alle-Kiski Valley teams will be part of the WPIAL’s 109th quest for football champions.
Ellis School captures WPIAL Class A field hockey championship
So much excitement surged through Ellis School junior Rita Gianakis as she raced to meet her teammates moments after the Tigers secured their third WPIAL Class A field hockey championship on Saturday at Washington & Jefferson College.
Westmoreland County high school football notebook: Short-handed GCC happy with win
All things considered, Greensburg Central Catholic coach Marko Thomas was thrilled with his team’s result Friday night — a 48-21 win over Leechburg that clinched the Eastern Conference title.
WPIAL announces 2022 football playoff pairings
Defending WPIAL champions Aliquippa and Bishop Canevin were among the six teams that earned No. 1 seeds for the upcoming football playoffs when brackets were revealed online Saturday on TribLive HSSN.
Norwin notebook: Late season surge leads to strong seed for boys soccer team
The Norwin boys soccer team played some of its best soccer late in the season and it led to a quality seeding in the WPIAL playoffs.
North Allegheny notebook: Tigers clinch conference title
North Allegheny’s football team claimed its fourth conference title in the past five years this season and now turns its attention to the WPIAL playoffs.
Girls wrestling moves closer to goal of being sanctioned by PIAA
Someday, the state’s best female wrestlers will be crowned PIAA champions at Giant Center in matches held alongside the boys, if advocates for the sport get their wish.
Franklin Regional notebook: Soccer teams split playoff openers
Soccer season continued for one Franklin Regional soccer team, while another saw its season end abruptly.
Hampton wide receiver Benny Haselrig catching eye of colleges
The struggle was real last season for Hampton all-conference wide receiver Benny Haselrig.
Hampton boys soccer team’s WPIAL reign ends suddenly
Hampton boys soccer coach Matt McAwley is practical enough to know this season wasn’t going to end anything like last season.
Shady Side Academy soccer teams work their way to playoff victories
Shady Side Academy’s 19th consecutive WPIAL boys soccer appearance got off on the right track as the Bulldogs eliminated Keystone Oaks, 6-1.
Guyasuta youth football organization prioritizes fun, learning the game this season
Victories were at a premium this season for the Guyasuta youth football organization, but fun and learning the game proved to be a positive experience.
WPIAL bracketology: Don Rebel, Chris Harlan forecast 2022 football playoff pairings
The WPIAL football playoff brackets will be revealed at 2 p.m. Saturday on TribLive HSSN. In the meantime, here’s a look at what those brackets might look like, according to HSSN’s Don Rebel and Chris Harlan.
