Sports

Yough’s Raidon Kuroda looks for yardage as Elizabeth Forward’s Jace Brown closes in for the tackle Friday.
Elizabeth Forward uses big plays to pull away from Yough
October 11, 2024
Elizabeth Forward has spent the past two weeks trying to put the Interstate Conference on notice after feeling overlooked early in the season, and Friday night was no different as the Warriors dominated Yough, 45-7, to move to 3-0 in the conference.

Read More...

Plum’s Darian Nelson runs against Fox Chapel on Friday.
Plum controls Fox Chapel for senior night victory
After a back-and-forth first half, it looked like it was shaping up to be a close game Friday night at Mustangs Stadium.

Read More...

Clairton’s Zaemaer Correll (right) strolls into the end zone past Leechburg’s Rocco Vigna on Friday.
Clairton too much for Leechburg in Eastern Conference 1st-place showdown
When Tim Andrasy scored a rushing touchdown for Leechburg with 11 minutes, 11 seconds left in the fourth quarter of Friday’s Eastern Conference first-place clash with Clairton at Leechburg’s Veterans Stadium, it snapped the Bears’ 30-quarter streak of not allowing a point.

Read More...

Burrell’s Trey Coury (22) is wrapped up by the Highlands defense in the first half Friday.
Highlands bottles up Burrell star Trey Coury, rolls to victory
At halftime of Friday’s Class 3A Allegheny 7 Conference showdown between Burrell and Highlands, the Golden Rams marching band played Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love.”

Read More...

Captains for Kiski Area and Armstrong meet before their game Friday, Oct. 11, 2024.
Kiski Area keeps playoff hopes alive, beats Armstrong
With three weeks remaining in the regular season, and Kiski Area and Armstrong positioned at the bottom of the 5A Big East Conference standings, Friday’s contest presented as a must-win for the Cavaliers or the River Hawks have any postseason aspirations.

Read More...

Deer Lakes players warm up before facing Imani Christian on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024.
Deer Lakes’ ball control tactics not enough to slow down Imani Christian
Deer Lakes did what it could to stall Imani Christian sophomore running back Gabriel Jenkins. But when the Lancers’ early success at playing keep-away didn’t result in points, the Saints quickly put the hammer down in an Allegheny 7 Conference showdown Friday night at Graham Field.

Read More...

Greensburg Salem will wear helmet decals to honor assistant coach Rich Bowen, who died Oct. 8, 2024.
Greensburg Salem to wear helmet decals to honor late assistant coach Rich Bowen
Greensburg Salem football players will wear special helmet decals on their helmets Friday night at Derry to honor assistant coach Rich Bowen, who died earlier this week after a battle with rectal cancer.

Read More...

Slow-pitch softball league playoffs loom as regular season concludes
The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League regular season concludes Sunday with four doubleheaders.

Read More...

Upper St. Clair’s Julian Dahlem follows Van Hellman into the South Fayette defense during the third quarter on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, at South Fayette.
5 things to watch in Week 7: Undefeated conference foes battle in 7 key WPIAL matchups
Call them the “Super 7” of Week 7.

Read More...

High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 10, 2024
High schools

Read More...

Bethel Park’s Ja Vaughn Moore works out during practice on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Bethel Park..
High-scoring Bethel Park offense brings balance into Allegheny Six clash with Upper St. Clair
The WPIAL’s highest-scoring offense has gone all season without arguably its best player, but that’ll change Friday.

Read More...

High school football roundup for Oct. 10, 2024: Seton LaSalle’s Khalil Taylor scores 5 TDs in 1 quarter
It’s hard to imagine a football player making more of an impact in one quarter than Seton LaSalle sophomore Khalil Taylor did Thursday night.

Read More...

Avonworth’s Rowan Carmichael celebrates after scoring against Beaver on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, at Beaver.
High school roundup for Oct. 10, 2024: Avonworth clinches 2nd straight section title
Rowan Carmichael had two goals and an assist to lead Avonworth to a 4-1 victory over Beaver on Thursday night, clinching the Section 2-2A title for the second straight season.

Read More...

North Allegheny’s Zachary Nash gets a shot off past North Hills’ Owen Mollenauer on Sept. 26.
WPIAL clinched: Boys soccer playoff qualifiers and clinching scenarios as of Oct. 10, 2024
October 10, 2024
Section play in the 2024 WPIAL boys soccer regular season is down to the final three days. As of now, 60 teams have qualified for the district postseason with three possible spots still up for grabs.

Read More...

Plum’s Marco Tommasino defends on Norwin’s Ryan Schoemer on Thursday at Norwin High School.
Plum outlasts Norwin to capture boys soccer section title
Plum seemed to have a lot going against it in the Section 1-4A boys soccer finale.

Read More...

PIAA approves wrestling regional shakeup affecting western Pa.
The PIAA board of control voted Wednesday to approve the wrestling steering committee’s proposal to make a major change in the individual regional tournaments.

Read More...

The Peters Twp. girls golf team poses with the WPIAL championship trophy after repeating as the Class 3A champions on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, at Cedarbrook in Rostraver.
Peters Township girls golf team wins 2nd WPIAL title in row
One streak continued, two ended and a program-first title was won at the WPIAL team golf championships Thursday at Cedarbrook Golf Course.

Read More...

Peters Township quarterback Nolan DiLucia carries against McKeesport’s Anthony Boyd on Aug. 30.
Trib HSSN don’t miss high school football matchups for 2024 Week 7
Welcome to Week 7 of the high school football regular season and the start of the “Stretch Run” of the 2024 WPIAL campaign.

Read More...

Ringgold calls off football game vs. Thomas Jefferson, investigates ‘alleged incidents of misconduct’
Ringgold has called off Friday’s football game while investigating unspecified allegations “that involve members of the football team.”

Read More...

Valley’s Kevin Thrower eludes a pair of Greensburg Salem tacklers on Oct. 11, 1974 as the Vikings won a key Foothills Conference game, 34-6. Kevin, nephew of New Kensington’s legendary Willie Thrower, was first team all-state that season for both the AP and the UPI.
Through the Years: 50 years ago, Johnny Martin starred for Valley
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.

Read More...

1 28 29 30 31 32 2,108