Tag: West Allegheny

First Boys Soccer Title for Montour as Spartans Blank West A in 3-A Finals

November 5, 2017

Backed by a relentless defense and a senior goalkeeper who stepped up in the waning moments of the game, the Montour boys soccer team made its finals debut count with a victory over top-seeded West Allegheny, 1-0, on Saturday night at Highmark Stadium to capture the WPIAL Class 3-A title. The No. 6 seed Spartans, […]

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Montour boys secure 1st WPIAL soccer championship

November 4, 2017

For the first time in school history, Montour brought home a WPIAL boys soccer championship trophy after defeating rival West Allegheny, 1-0, in the Class

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Five things we learned from the first round of the WPIAL playoffs

A helmet-throwing fight marred Clairton's victory over Summit Academy on Friday, an ugly incident that could leave the Bears shorthanded. The fight ignited after a

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McKeesport’s conversion pays off in opening-round victory over West Allegheny

Matt Miller's cheat-sheet says go for two when you're up by five, so McKeesport's coach stuck to the script. andquot;Thank God we did,andquot; he said,

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Big Game Hunting – Week Ten

November 2, 2017

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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Westmoreland County’s don’t-miss matchups for the opening round

November 1, 2017

Class 6A First round 8-Norwin (5-5) at 1-Pine-Richland (10-0) 7:30 p.m. Friday Last week: Norwin defeated Hempfield, 24-14. Pine-Richland rolled past North Allegheny, 48-28. The

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What to watch in Week 9 of high school football: Tiebreaker coin flip could be in play

October 26, 2017

In WPIAL football, the last-resort tiebreaker is a coin flip. If head-to-head results, Gardner Points and the WPIAL's margin-of-victory formulas can't break a tie, chance

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Pittsburgh athletes of the week: West Allegheny’s Fletcher Amos, Pine-Richland’s Lauren Freyvogel

October 25, 2017

Fletcher Amos School: West Allegheny Class: Sophomore Sport: Soccer Claim to fame: Amos scored a hat trick in West Allegheny's 9-0 WPIAL first-round playoff win

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WPIAL Plays of the Week – Week Eight 2017

October 24, 2017

Unbelievably, the 2017 football regular season is already nearing a conclusion, as last Friday marked the penultimate week. As the stretch run continued, the playoff picture throughout the WPIAL became much clearer. Several key plays proved instrumental to the outcomes, including a Cinderella team standing tall defensively to close out a wild shootout, a long […]

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WPIAL boys soccer quarterfinal preview capsules for Westmoreland County teams

Quarterfinals Class 4A No. 3 Franklin Regional (16-2) vs. No. 11 Canon-McMillan (11-6) 8 p.m. Wednesday at Gateway On air: Tribhssn.triblive.com Winner plays: No. 2

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