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In the regular season finale, and senior night at Newman Stadium, the North Allegheny boys’ soccer team clinched a playoff berth with a 1-1 tie against the Butler Golden Tornado. By virtue of Monday’s tie, Butler also qualifies for the postseason and finishes in third place in Section 1-AAAA with an 8-4-2 mark. North Allegheny… More »
Down the final stretch of the regular season, the Canon-McMillan boys soccer team did all that they could to vie for a section title. The Big Macs won their final five section games, including a 2-0 win against usual powerhouse Peters Township on Thursday night. At 13-2 overall and 10-2 in Section 2-4A, Canon-Mac is… More »
Pine-Richland scored two goals in the first half and survived a furious rally by North Allegheny in the second half for a 2-1 section win over the Tigers at Newman Stadium on Thursday night. Despite the loss, the Tigers still have a chance to lock up a playoff berth in the season finale on Monday… More »
Jake Chapla scored 12 points in Slippery Rock’s 30-27 upset win at No. 14 IUP in the Crimson Hawks Homecoming Game. He booted three field goals for the first time in his career with makes from 33 yards, 41 yards and 46 yards. His lone miss came from 49 yards. Chapla was a perfect 3-for-3 on… More »
With the regular season coming to an end, another playoff spot was solidified in Class 4A for girls soccer. On Wednesday night, Mt. Lebanon claimed that spot with a 2-1 win in overtime at Canon-McMillan. The Blue Devils have come on strong as of late, going 6-0-1 in their last seven games, including five shutouts…. More »
Heading into Tuesday night’s Section 3-4A game at Connellsville, the Norwin boys soccer team had already wrapped up the section title, but that didn’t mean they were going to ease up. The Knights scored at least four goals for the fifth straight game, beating the Falcons, 6-1. Connellsville came into the game right behind the… More »
Christian Giannetti helped Grove City College compile a 0.48 goals-against average last week, including a shutout of Buffalo State (6-3-2) last Tuesday. Friday against Washington & Jefferson College, he also scored Grove City’s first goal, helping Grove City to a 2-1 win. The North Allegheny graduate was named Presidents’ Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of… More »
Nick Morrow was 3-for-3 on field goal tries (44, 30, 33) in Saturday’s 36-33 come-from-behind Homecoming win for Grove City College over Westminster College. He was also successful on all three of his extra point attempts. The 33-yarder gave Grove City a 29-27 lead in the third quarter. His five field goals this season are tops… More »
Heading into the 2018 season, Penn Hills marked Week 6 on its calendars. This week would be the quickest the school could reach milestone victory No. 500. The Indians wasted no time achieving that feat with its seventh win of the season, a 34-3 win at Hampton on Friday night for its 500th win. The… More »
A win on Thursday night would have all but solidified the Upper St. Clair boys soccer team at least a share of the section title. Canon-McMillan made sure to make things interesting down the home stretch, defeating the Panthers 4-1 at home. The loss gave the Big Macs a season split with the Panthers, who… More »