Soccer

Penn Hills’ Molly McGuire possesses the ball during a 2019 practice.
Penn Hills girls soccer works hard to build united front
August 29, 2021
Preparing to become ironwomen started early in the Penn Hills girls soccer team’s training camp.

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Deer Lakes’ Ruger Beer (14) and Karns City’s Owen Collwell (30) battle for the ball during the PIAA Class 2A quarterfinal boys soccer game on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020, at Deer Lakes.
A-K Valley boys soccer preview: New coach leading Deer Lakes
August 28, 2021
Aaron Smith felt some nerves heading into training camp, and at the first practice he could sense his Deer Lakes boys soccer players had some, too.

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Southmoreland’s Olivia Cernuto (10) Celebrates her second goal next to Mt. Pleasant’s Alexia Stanek during their game on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, at Vikings Stadium.
Westmoreland County girls soccer preview: Southmoreland has ‘something to prove’
If Josh Pajak was only allowed to give his Southmoreland girls soccer team one message before the start of the season it might be this: Proceed with caution.

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Bethel Park’s Brendan Ridge competes during a 2020 soccer game, at Bethel Park.
Bethel Park boys soccer eyes WPIAL playoff berth
Small steps.

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Hampton’s Gabe Viszlay (16) celebrates a goal with Luke Staggers (20) and Zach Panza during a 2020 WPIAL Class 3A first-round playoff game against Kiski Area.
Hampton boys soccer seniors driven to make most of last chance
Since going undefeated as eighth graders, the seniors on the Hampton boys soccer team have held lofty expectations.

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Southmoreland’s Olivia Cernuto is on the Moe Rosensteel Player of the Year Award watch list.
Westmoreland high school notebook: Locals make soccer award watch list
August 21, 2021
The Moe Rosensteel Player of the Year Award recognizes the best WPIAL girls soccer player “whose play, leadership and passion for the game emulates that of the award’s namesake.”

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Penn Hills soccer coach Ryan Hankey prepares his team for the 2019 season.
Experienced Penn Hills boys soccer roster looking for strong finishing kick
August 15, 2021
Senior defender Tyler Stewart and his teammates have spent all summer helping the Penn Hills boys soccer team develop a strong finishing kick.

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Brentwood graduate Heran Pradhan (7) was lauded as the soccer team’s "most outstanding team member" during the 2020-21 school year.
Soccer a way of life for Brentwood’s Heran Pradhan, a native of Nepal
August 7, 2021
Soccer isn’t just a sport to Brentwood graduate Heran Pradhan.

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Deer Lakes’ Abigail Boulos (left) closes in on Burrell’s Leah Brockett during the first half of a Section 2-2A matchup Sept. 23, 2020, at Deer Lakes’ Lancers Stadium.
Deer Lakes soccer standout ready to kick off college career at St. Francis
August 2, 2021
The countdown has reached zeroes for Deer Lakes graduate Abigail Boulos as she embarks on a Division I soccer tenure at St. Francis (Pa.).

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Mars’ Ellie Coffield battles Plum’s Cameron Collins for a header during the WPIAL Class 3A championship game on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, at North Allegheny.
Pitt soccer player Ellie Coffield, former Mars star, donates grant to Moe Rosensteel Foundation
July 27, 2021
When student-athletes are named the Gatorade athlete of the year in their state for their respective sport, they are awarded $1,000 to donate to their entity of choice.

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Highlands girls soccer coach Paul Matisz watches Mia Ruediger in a footwork drill during a workout July 22, 2021, at Highlands’ Golden Rams Stadium.
Highlands turns to familiar face to lead girls soccer program
July 23, 2021
Paul Matisz was hired last week as coach of the girls soccer program at Highlands. There was no need for an introduction to the Golden Rams players.

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Norwin girls soccer coach Diane Metzger
Norwin alum Metzger expects smooth transition as new coach of girls soccer team
July 18, 2021
When she begins her new job, Diane Metzger said she will not have to focus on fixing something that isn’t broken.

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Penn Hills girls soccer coach Ashley DeVito and her team finished 9-8 in 2020.
Penn Hills girls soccer eager to get to work in offseason
Seventh-year Penn Hills girls soccer coach Ashley DeVito is always up for an opportunity to keep her team engaged in the offseason.

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Maggie Behun and Rachel Loudermilk will be co-head coaches for the Quaker Valley girls soccer team for the 2021 season. From left are Anna Licastro, Loudermilk, Behun, Chase Kriebel, Eleanore Burns and Clare Elste.
Behun, Loudermilk to lead Quaker Valley girls soccer as co-head coaches
Former Quaker Valley girls soccer coach Jamie Birmingham knew he was going to step down at the end of last season, so he approached assistants Maggie Behun and Rachel Loudermilk and asked them if they wanted to step up into the role.

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Baldwin grad Alina Stahl competes for West Virginia women’s soccer during the 2021 season.
Baldwin grad Alina Stahl looks forward to senior season at WVU
Alina Stahl has been an accomplished student-athlete since her freshman year at Baldwin.

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The Pittsburgh Hotspurs 2005 Blue girls soccer team will test its mettle at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Sarasota and Bradenton, Fla. Team members are Kaley Simqu (Plum), McKenzie Pritts (Yough), Sofia Decerb (Latrobe), Emily Mannion (Gateway), Ashley Ornowski (Norwin), Ava Weleski (Plum), Kaitlyn Killinger (Plum), Gabriella Folino (Oakland Catholic), Cami Collins (Plum), Casey Gorman (Mt. Lebanon), Alyssa Aquillio (Norwin), Regan Reilly (Latrobe), EmilyRae Graeca (DuBois), Madisyn Jesih (Gateway) and Ava Lorenzi (Latrobe).
Plum soccer players head to national tournament with Pittsburgh Hotspurs
July 16, 2021
Plum rising junior Cami Collins said the Pittsburgh Hotspurs 05 Blue girls soccer season has been one to remember, and the goal is to bring home the gold from next week’s U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Bradenton and Sarasota, Fla.

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New Deer Lakes varsity boys soccer coach Aaron Smith instructs during a workout July 14, 2021, at Lancers Stadium.
New Deer Lakes soccer coach Aaron Smith steps in to ‘higher-end program’
July 15, 2021
Aaron Smith spent the past 11 years on the sidelines for the Valley girls soccer team.

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Southmoreland’s Olivia Cernuto plays against Mt. Pleasant on Jan. 14.
Westmoreland County Girls Athlete of the Year: Olivia Cernuto, Southmoreland
July 10, 2021
Unless she takes a summer vacation or a few random days off, Olivia Cernuto gets little rest during the sports year.

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Diane Metzger to take over Norwin girls soccer team
July 1, 2021
Diane Metzger is the new girls soccer coach at Norwin.

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Winners of the first Kaitlyn "Moe" Rosensteel Scholarship Foundation $2,000 scholarships Hannah Nelson (left) and Sydney Willig.
Inspirational soccer standouts honored with ‘Moe’ Rosensteel scholarships
May 25, 2021
The Kaitlyn “Moe” Rosensteel Scholarship Foundation planned to award one scholarship to a deserving WPIAL girls soccer player in the name of the late Ringgold and travel soccer standout and West Virginia Wesleyan recruit who was killed in June of 2019 by a lightning strike at Mammoth Park in Mt. Pleasant Township.

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