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Ellis Elite: Tigers Win 4th Straight WPIAL 1-A Field Hockey Crown
November 2, 2017
The Ellis School Tigers won their fourth straight WPIAL championship on Wednesday night with a thrilling 2-1 victory over the Shady Side Academy Indians. Ellis School became the first team to win four consecutive WPIAL crowns since North Allegheny won seven in a row from 1998-2004.  It is the eighth WPIAL title program history for […]

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Big Game Hunting – Week Ten
With the regular season concluded and the playoffs beginning in less than 48 hours, every game becomes a big game. With that in mind, this week’s installment of Big Game Hunting will try to hone in on a particularly intriguing battle in each of the six classifications. With temperatures finally dropping this week, the quarterfinals […]

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High school roundup: Ellis School, Pine-Richland win WPIAL field hockey titles
Ellis School won its fourth straight WPIAL Class A field hockey championship Wednesday night with a 2-1 victory over Shady Side Academy at North Allegheny's

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Amanda Nord
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Fox Chapel’s Amanda Nord, Springdale’s Matt Taliani
November 1, 2017
Amanda Nord School: Fox Chapel Class: Senior Sport: Tennis Report card: Nord is a four-time WPIAL doubles champion and two-time PIAA champion in Class AAA

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The Springdale boys soccer team celebrate with Matt Taliani (12) after his shoot-out goal defeated Seton LaSalle in their WPIAL semifinal on Oct. 28, 2017, at North Allegheny.
Springdale looks to claim 1st boys soccer title since dominant run in 60s, 70s
Any of Brogan McCutcheon's questions about Springdale's rich soccer history can get answered at a family get-together. All three of McCutcheon's uncles on his mother's

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Hempfield's Jared Gerger
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Hempfield’s Jared Gerger, GCC’s Sara Orndoff
Jared Gerger School: Hempfield Sport: Hockey Class: Junior Claim to fame: Gerger, who has six goals and four assists this season, recorded a goal and

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South Fayette's Sam Snodgrass
Pittsburgh athletes of the week: South Fayette’s Sam Snodgrass, CWNC’s Tori Michalski
Sam Snodgrass School: South Fayette Class: Senior Sport: Cross country Claim to fame: Snodgrass won the WPIAL Class AA cross country championship in 16 minutes,

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Video: WPIAL football playoffs breakdown for Class 3A
Tribune-Review columnist Kevin Gorman and high school sports analyst Chris Harlan break down the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs on this week's TribLIVE High School Football

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Video: WPIAL football playoffs breakdown for Class 2A
Tribune-Review columnist Kevin Gorman and TribLIVE High School Sports Network broadcaster Don Rebel break down the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs on this week's TribLIVE High

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Video: WPIAL football playoffs breakdown for Class A
Tribune-Review columnist Kevin Gorman and high school sports analyst Chris Harlan break down the WPIAL Class A playoffs on this week's TribLIVE High School Football

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Video: WPIAL football playoffs breakdown for Class 6A
Tribune-Review columnist Kevin Gorman and TribLIVE High School Sports Network broadcaster Don Rebel break down the WPIAL Class 6A playoffs on this week's TribLIVE High

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Video: WPIAL football playoffs breakdown for Class 5A
Tribune-Review columnist Kevin Gorman and high school sports analyst Chris Harlan break down the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs on this week's TribLIVE High School Football

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Video: WPIAL football playoffs breakdown for Class 4A
Tribune-Review columnist Kevin Gorman and TribLIVE High School Sports Network broadcaster Don Rebel break down the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs on this week's TribLIVE High

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Freeport's Courtney Grubbs digs a shot against Deer Lakes during a WPIAL Class AA quarterfinal match Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017.
Freeport setter Courtney Grubbs uses ‘sixth sense’ to set up her hitters
Freeport setter Courtney Grubbs is a fan of the animated movie andquot;Finding Dory,andquot; and after watching the beluga whales in the film use echolocation to

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Greensburg Central Catholic's Samantha Felder moves the ball past Shady Side Academy's Emory Anderson during their game Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, in Carbon. GCC won, 2-1.
Rivals GCC, Shady Side Academy to again play for WPIAL girls soccer title
It is the annual third meeting of the season between the Shady Side Academy and Greensburg Central Catholic girls soccer teams. Or as some like

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Yough's Dustin Shoaf competes against Freeport Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, at Freeport.
Yough’s Shoaf takes WPIAL rushing title
Three yards and a cloud of dust still means something. Just ask Yough's Dustin Shoaf. When the dust settled at the end of the WPIAL

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Central Catholic's Khalil Weathers (19) rushes the ball downfield during Central Catholic's game against North Allegheny at North Allegheny on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017.
Harlan on recruiting: Central Catholic’s Weathers collects college offers
College offer No. 26 arrived earlier this week for Khalil Weathers, a Central Catholic senior with plenty of options. This time it was Brown, his

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Norwin's John Piekut
Westmoreland County players to watch for Week 10
John Piekut Norwin, sr., OL/LB Piekut (5-10, 2015) made a one-handed interception and returned it 2 yards for a TD to help Norwin defeat Hempfield,

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Belle Vernon's Blake Zubovic plays against Thomas Jefferson on Oct. 13, 2017, in Rostraver.
Westmoreland County football Q&A with Belle Vernon’s Blake Zubovic
Blake Zubovic is living large in Belle Vernon. The senior lineman who stands 6-foot-6 and tips the scale at 310 pounds, has big hands and

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Montour's Jaxon Schrenker slaps the hands of young cheerleaders as he takes the field for a game against Mars Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, in Robinson.
High school football notebook: Rematches tough to avoid in WPIAL 1st round
Montour and New Castle tied for second in the Northwest Nine, but the WPIAL scheduled them head-to-head for the ultimate tiebreaker. The conference foes meet

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