Tag: Penn Hills

Penn Hills uses complete game to defeat North Hills

October 26, 2018

Penn Hills showed in its regular-season finale why it has dominated Class 5A teams all season. The running game was unpredictable with a wide range of play calls, the passing attack was clutch in third down situations and the defense put on a clinic against a one-dimensional North Hills ground

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Penn Hills girls soccer team celebrates growth, improvement in 2nd half

After qualifying for the playoffs the past two seasons, Penn Hills girls soccer took a step back when you analyze the team through wins and losses. However, coach Ashley DeVito was pleased with how her team competed the second time around when facing off against Section 3-4A foes. DeVito was

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Penn Hills girls volleyball displays improvement throughout season

The theme for the Penn Hills girls volleyball team was andquot;Trust the Team.andquot; That theme was tested on and off the court this season. The Indians finished 7-10 overall with a 2-10 record in Section 3-4A. Penn Hills captured wins over Gateway, Woodland Hills, Carrick, Allderdice and Trinity Christian, while

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Week 9 matchups could shake up Trib HSSN high school football power rankings

October 22, 2018

Every Tuesday during the 2018 WPIAL football season, the TribLive High School Sports Network releases weekly Power Rankings. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. There was a minor change this week after two weeks of zero movement, as the bottom two teams flip-flopped power positions. No. 9 West Allegheny lost

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Penn Hills boys soccer battles adversity throughout challenging season

October 18, 2018

Sports can be used as a vehicle to teach many life lessons to teenage athletes. As Penn Hills boys soccer coach Ryan Hankey was looking to change the culture with his team, the Indians were faced with adversity multiple times. During the offseason, Hankey established an offseason program he believed

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No changes for Trib 10 football power rankings after week of wins

October 15, 2018

Every Tuesday during the 2018 WPIAL football season, the TribLive High School Sports Network will releases weekly Power Rankings. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. After six weeks of changes, this is the second straight week that all 10 teams flexed their andquot;powerandquot; and took care of business to keep

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WPIAL officials to issue findings report on Penn Hills’ complaints over Connellsville’s armed security guard

The Penn Hills and Connellsville administrations will receive a report Tuesday from the WPIAL, which looked into complaints that Connellsville's use of armed security was andquot;culturally insensitive.andquot; The WPIAL board discussed the issue Monday during an executive session at its monthly meeting in Green Tree. The board's findings will be

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All 30 teams win in Trib’s PIAA football rankings

October 14, 2018

Perfection is thy name. For the first time this season, there are zero changes to the state rankings because all 30 teams were winners in Week 7. One of the top games this past weekend was a collision of District 12 powers as Class 6A top-ranked St. Joseph's Prep knocked

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Penn Hills players, coaches credit past teams after milestone victory

October 11, 2018

When the schedule came out this year, members of the Penn Hills football team circled the seventh game of the season at Hampton. If the Indians handled their business the prior six weeks, they would have an opportunity to win the program's 500th game. That is exactly what happened. Penn

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Penn Hills runners deal with injuries, illness

For a team with limited runners, the one thing Penn Hills cross country couldn't afford was injuries or illnesses. That's exactly what happened to the Indians as their top runners on the boys and girls teams fell victim to a bug. The boys team recently lost sophomore Jonah Silverman to

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