Sports
Shady Side Academy field hockey caps season with improbable run to PIAA semifinals
November 21, 2020
The Shady Side Academy field hockey team has made its fair share of PIAA playoff appearances since winning its first WPIAL title in 1993.
Fox Chapel’s Nate Lazzara caps high school career with all-state, all-WPIAL recognition
Throughout the 2020 high school soccer season, the Fox Chapel boys soccer team had a player to rely on when a goal was desperately needed.
Pro baseball dreams carry Penn Hills catcher to Maine
Penn Hills senior catcher Josh Zambito has dreams of playing baseball professionally. Zambito took a step towards that goal by deciding where he was going to play collegiate baseball.
Penn Hills’ A’Lysa Sledge signs on with UMass Lowell
A’Lysa Sledge has known for months where she wanted to play basketball at the collegiate level.
Plum volleyball team savors remarkable turnaround season
Plum entered this season with the expressed goal of reaching the WPIAL Class 3A girls volleyball playoffs.
Norwin Star high school notebook: Athletes in wide array of sports sign letters of intent
At the start of the NCAA signing period, Norwin had an abundance of college signees who will further their athletic careers in various sports and at various college levels.
Murrysville Star high school notebook: Franklin Regional baseball standouts pick colleges
National Letter of Intent Day often brings out the best in high school sports programs.
Pine-Richland’s stout run defense faces star tailback in PIAA 5A semifinals
Here’s what makes Pine-Richland’s semifinal opponent dangerous:
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 20, 2020
November 20, 2020
Field hockey
Another mercy rule win punches Central Valley’s ticket to Hershey
ALTOONA – It takes a special kind of dedication and discipline to have a successful season during a pandemic, and at least some on the Central Valley football team think that’s given the Warriors the little extra edge they needed as they attempted to make it back to the PIAA Class 3A championship.
Jeannette uses huge second half to roll Reynolds, wrap up trip to state finals
TRANSFER — Reynolds played Jeannette tough in the first half of Friday’s PIAA Class A semifinal.
Wilmington stops Beaver Falls in battle of unbeatens
Quarterback/safety Caelan Bender made some big plays Friday night for the Wilmington Greyhounds.
Pitt extends offer to Belle Vernon freshman Quinton Martin
Major Division I college football schools are expected to take interest in Belle Vernon freshman Quinton Martin over the next few years.
Defending champion Thomas Jefferson routs Oil City, returns to PIAA 4A final
Thomas Jefferson had the football 10 times Friday night and scored nine touchdowns, an almost-perfect performance that has the Jaguars headed back to Hershey.
Second-half rally lifts unbeaten Mars boys soccer to program’s first state title
All season long, the Mars boys soccer team was led by its defense.
Mars girls soccer caps undefeated season with second straight state title
For the third time in program history, the Mars girls soccer team is leaving Hersheypark Stadium with PIAA gold in hand and big grins on their faces.
Franklin Regional volleyball on cusp of first state title
It’s been a season of firsts for the Franklin Regional girls volleyball team.
Faith Christian stops state title bid for Greensburg Central Catholic boys
HERSHEY — Seth Skowronek took a vicious soccer-ball-to-the-face hit early in the game, and blood began to run from his nose. He was woozy and shaken.
PIAA soccer championships preview: Saturday’s games
Boys
Deer Lakes seniors hope to leave final mark on program with victory in PIAA title game
For the past month, the Deer Lakes boys soccer team has been playing some of its best soccer.
