Soccer
High school roundup for Oct. 25, 2018: Norwin boys hold off Peters Township
October 25, 2018
Norwin broke the curse. The Knights boys soccer team ended a seven-game losing streak in the opening round of the WPIAL playoffs with a 2-1 victory over visiting Peters Township on Thursday night in the WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinals. The second-seeded Knights (16-2-1) technically were out of the first round,
Duku’s overtime winner sends Springdale boys into WPIAL semifinals
Springdale junior Ephrain Duku picked a good time to score his first overtime goal. With 6 minutes, 44 seconds left in the second overtime, Duku blasted a shot past Sewickley Academy goalkeeper Nick Wilson to give the Dynamos a 1-0 victory in a WPIAL Class A quarterfinals Thursday at Mars
Deer Lakes shuts out Waynesburg to reach WPIAL semifinals for 1st time
Deer Lakes did little celebrating even after a dominant performance in Thursday's WPIAL boys soccer quarterfinals. Right now, the Lancers are all business, and their business is unfinished. Ryan Rodgers scored a pair of goals and Ronan Renter and A.J. Dorman added one apiece as No. 2 Deer Lakes beat
Top-seeded Franklin Regional edges Hampton to advance to WPIAL semifinals
Franklin Regional has spent the boys soccer season reducing opponents to donuts. A tightfisted defense produced an unbeaten regular season, an accompanying section title and the top seed in the playoffs. Now, you can add the team's first trip to the WPIAL semifinals. No. 1 Franklin Regional allowed a rare
No. 2 Greensburg Central Catholic boys blank Brentwood in WPIAL quarterfinals
Last year, the Greensburg Central Catholic boys soccer season came to a shocking and abrupt end after a loss to Winchester Thurston in the WPIAL quarterfinals. After another 14-win regular season, the Centurions wanted to make sure their season didn't end in the quarterfinals again. No. 2 Greensburg Central Catholic
Westmoreland girls soccer playoff preview capsules for Saturday’s semifinals
girls soccer Class 4A Semifinals No. 2 Norwin (15-2) vs. No. 3 Peters Township (15-3) 5 p.m. Saturday at Elizabeth Forward Winner plays: Winner of No. 1 Seneca Valley (14-2)/No. 4 Upper St. Clair (13-3) Coaches: Lauren Karcher, Norwin; Pat Verab, Peters Township Players to watch: Lacey Bernick, So., MF,
Six WPIAL soccer players up for All-American games
Six of the WPIAL's best soccer players are up for a national all-star game -- make that the national all-star game. The senior players are among the finalists on a season-long watchlist for the fall High School All-American games, set for Dec. 1 in Orlando, Fla. Organizers said final selections
High school girls soccer roundup for Oct. 24, 2018: Upper St. Clair edges Pine-Richland in OT
October 24, 2018
Landy Mertz scored two goals, including the game-winner in overtime to lift No. 4-seeded Upper St. Clair to a 4-3 victory over No. 5 Pine-Richland (15-4) in the WPIAL Class 4A girls soccer quarterfinals Wednesday at Upper St. Clair. Nikki Gibbons added two goals, and Mertz also had an assist
Deer Lakes girls soccer returns to semifinals for first time in decade
Ten years had elapsed since the Deer Lakes girls soccer team advanced to the WPIAL semifinals. That decade-long drought ended Wednesday night as the Lancers, the third seed in the Class AA tournament, topped Quaker Valley, 2-1, in a quarterfinal matchup at Lancers Stadium. andquot;It was a hard-fought game,andquot; Deer
No. 2 Norwin girls edge North Allegheny to advance to WPIAL semifinals
Pitt recruit Lacey Bernick scored two goals and Norwin overcame a second-half surge from North Allegheny to post a tight and spirited 2-1 victory in the WPIAL Class 4A girls soccer quarterfinals Wednesday night at Norwin Knights Stadium. Second-seeded Norwin (15-2), fresh off a first-round bye, advances to the semifinals
Oakland Catholic girls soccer blanks Kiski Area to reach semifinals for 1st time
Kiski Area hoped to take a further step in the girls soccer playoffs this season, but an Oakland Catholic team making its own school history kept the Cavaliers from climbing the ladder. Hannah Henn scored a hat trick, leading No. 2 Oakland Catholic to a 3-0 victory over No. 7
Nemeth’s hat trick guides No. 2 Greensburg Central Catholic girls past OLSH in quarterfinals
Coming off the heels of a dominating win over Riverside in the first round of the WPIAL Class A playoffs, the Greensburg Central Catholic girls soccer team continued its quest to win the district title for the second year in a row. The No. 2-seeded Centurions followed up their strong
Westmoreland boys soccer playoff preview capsules for Thursday’s quarterfinals
Boys soccer Class 4A Quarterfinals No. 2 Norwin (15-2-1) vs. No. 7 Peters Township (11-7) 8 p.m. Thursday at Norwin Winner plays: Winner of No. 3 Upper St. Clair (11-3-2)/No. 6 Butler (11-4-2) Coaches: Scott Schuchert, Norwin; Robert Dyer, Peters Township Players to watch: Carter Breen, Sr., F, Norwin; Christian
A-K Valley boys soccer playoff preview capsules for Thursday’s quarterfinals
October 23, 2018
Boys soccer Class AAA Quarterfinals No. 10 Kiski Area (12-6-1) vs. No. 2 West Allegheny (17-1) 8 p.m. Thursday at Mars Winner plays: Winner of No. 3 Mars/No. 6 South Fayette Coaches: Sean Arnold, Kiski Area; Kevin Amos, West Allegheny Players to watch: Nick Smith, Kiski Area; Nate Dragisich, West
Alle-Kiski playoff capsules: WPIAL girls soccer quarterfinals
Girls soccer Class AAA Quarterfinals No. 7 Kiski Area (14-4) vs. No. 2 Oakland Catholic (15-1) 6 p.m. Wednesday at Norwin Winner plays: Winner of No. 6 West Allegheny/No. 14 South Fayette Coaches: Melisa O'Toole, Kiski Area; Jim Earle, Oakland Catholic Players to watch: Reagan Frederick, Kiski Area; Hannah Henn,
Westmoreland girls soccer playoff preview capsules for Wednesday’s quarterfinals
GIRLS SOCCER Class 4A Quarterfinals No. 2 Norwin (14-2) vs. No. 7 North Allegheny (11-5-1) 8 p.m. Wednesday at Norwin Winner plays: Winner of No. 3 Peters Township (14-3)/No. 11 Butler (11-5-2) Coaches: Lauren Karcher, Norwin; Chuck Kelley, North Allegheny Players to watch: Dani Iannuzzo, Jr., MF, Norwin; Emma Bundy,
Kiski Area perseveres, beats Belle Vernon in shootout to advance
Before Monday night's matchup with No. 10 Kiski Area, Belle Vernon boys soccer coach Rob Miele said he thought his team was facing an evenly matched opponent in the Cavaliers. It showed after two scoreless halves and a pair of 15-minute overtime periods that saw the two teams fail to
No. 2 Deer Lakes blanks Beth-Center for WPIAL Class 2A 1st-round victory
October 22, 2018
Hosting the first WPIAL playoff game in history Monday night, Deer Lakes wanted to give the home fans something to remember. The Lancers tallied three goals in the first half and limited Beth-Center to one shot on goal for the night in a 5-0, Class 2A opening-round victory. Deer Lakes
High school roundup for Oct. 22, 2018: Franklin Regional boys shut out Obama Academy
After a few early scoring chances failed to pay off, top-seeded Franklin Regional finally revved up its offense and cruised to a 4-0 victory over visiting Obama Academy on Monday night in a WPIAL Class 3A first-round boys soccer playoff game in Murrysville. The Panthers (15-0-1), who have allowed just
