Hayleigh Wolski, a seventh grader at Mars Middle School, participated over the weekend in the 2025 U.S. Youth Soccer Interregional Olympic Development Program Tournament ...
Simone Sharpless grew up with a soccer ball at her foot, almost as soon as she could walk.
She trailed her older sisters to soccer practices and games, tagged along o...
As a sophomore in 2022, Tyler Prex played sparingly for Seneca Valley’s boys soccer team.
“There were three senior midfielders in front of me, and I came off the bench w...
It’s still months away, but Piper Coffield already has a pretty good idea what it will feel like walking onto the pitch for the first time as part of the inaugural Pittsb...
ALTOONA — Hemmed in by steep hills, Lower Dauphin molded one of its own.
Beside craggy Appalachian terrain at Altoona High School’s Mansion Park Stadium, the Falcons’ Adr...
WEXFORD — This is what they call playing with house money.
Mars girls soccer (19-3) heads to Altoona’s Mansion Park Stadium on Tuesday night for a PIAA Class 3A semifinal...
WEXFORD — Mars wasn’t going to wait around. Not this time.
The Planets’ Meredith Ashbaugh nodded in Maeve O’Leary’s corner kick before two-and-a-half minutes had passed i...
WEXFORD — The ball didn’t want to go in.
Not for the first 56 minutes, anyway.
It took a wide-open lane and Elizabeth Sokos’ maneuvering and straightaway shot around Karn...
North Catholic scored first, but Cathedral Prep retaliated in the second half and went on to beat the Trojanettes 2-1 in the PIAA Class 2A girls soccer quarterfinals Satu...
KARNS CITY — When you have a young team, leave it to a freshman.
Sporting only two seniors on its roster, Karns City advanced in the PIAA Class 1A girls soccer tournament...
ALTOONA — In its quest for a WPIAL championship last week, the Seneca Valley girls soccer team was held scoreless over 110 minutes of play by Peters Township.
The Raiders...
The PIAA on Sunday announced the first-round matchups and sites and times for the state soccer and volleyball championships. And the WPIAL and District 9 football sites f...
PITTSBURGH — The WPIAL Class 4A Girls Soccer Championship game was a rematch of a meeting in late August between Seneca Valley and Peters Township.
The Indians won that d...
BROOKVILLE — Katelyn VanDyke was feeling uneasy, but she wasn’t alone.
A number of Karns City girls soccer players had chances to put a shot past Brockway goalie Josie Or...
WEST VIEW — Same opponent, same round, same result, same way.
A season after losing to South Fayette in a WPIAL Class 3A girls soccer semifinal via penalty kicks, Mars wa...
FOX CHAPEL — Madeline Marcotte found her scoring touch — and Seneca Valley found its way back to the WPIAL finals.
The junior midfielder scored three goals Monday night a...
DORMONT — Missed opportunities marked Mars’ offensive effort for the first 71 minutes of Monday’s WPIAL Class 3A boys soccer semifinal against Franklin Regional.
The Plan...
PETERS TWP — Seneca Valley gave Peters Township a good scare.
Just ask Bob Dyer.
“Want me to show you my heart rate?” The Indians’ boys soccer coach asked after his team ...
JACKSON TWP — Karly Majeski let her instincts and natural ability take over — and it opened the door for Seneca Valley’s girls soccer team to reach the WPIAL Class 4A sem...
KARNS CITY — Sporting only two seniors, Karns City has a young girls soccer team. The program’s streak of success has lived on for quite a while.
The Gremlins have reache...
BUFFALO TWP — Belle Vernon had an upset on its mind, but it took just 52 seconds of Tuesday’s WPIAL Class 2A girls soccer first-round playoff for the Leopards to feel dis...
JACKSON TWP — Leading 1-0 at halftime, Seneca Valley’s boys soccer team was looking for a boost.
The Raiders got one — courtesy of the opposition.
Less than three minutes...
UPPER ST. CLAIR — A tilted field in Upper St. Clair’s favor, especially in the first half, proved too much for Butler’s girls soccer team Monday night.
The No. 7 Panthers...
A number of question marks stared down the Slippery Rock boys soccer team as it prepared for the 2024 season. One thing the Rockets knew was they were two-time defending ...
ADAMS TWP — An early Penn-Trafford goal broke the ice, but at the conclusion of Saturday’s WPIAL Class 3A first-round boys soccer playoff game against Mars, it was the Wa...
Injuries can derail a team’s season in any sport. Seneca Valley girls soccer treated them as hurdles to clear, and the Raiders have done so in impressive fashion.
Junior ...
BUFFALO TWP — Camryn Woods showed no fear.
In turn, Freeport’s then-freshman performed statistically better than any other girls soccer player in Butler County last seaso...
RJ Carson is used to seeing his father on the sideline, just not the opposing one.
When Mercer’s boys soccer team visits Karns City for a 5 p.m. game Wednesday, RJ, head ...
ADAMS TWP — Indiana has proved to be a very tough out in the WPIAL boys soccer circuit this season — unbeatable, in fact, except when it has faced Mars.
The Planets score...
BUTLER TWP — It isn’t always pretty, but Seneca Valley’s girls soccer team continues to find a way.
Karly Majeski provided the difference in the 71st minute of the WPIAL ...