Soccer

Riverview goalkeeper Alyssa Cappa works out during practice Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, at Creekside Park in Oakmont.

Deep junior class ready to help Riverview girls soccer return to WPIAL playoffs

August 27, 2018

The Riverview girls soccer team traveled a bumpy road last year in terms of wins and losses. The youthful Raiders squad finished 4-8 in Section

Belle Vernon's Marcelo Apodiakone (8), goes for the ball, during soccer practice at James Weir Stadium, in Belle Vernon, on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018.

Boys soccer players to watch across the WPIAL

Boys soccer season will officially begin with kickoff tournaments Friday and Saturday. Section play gets underway on Sept. 4. And just nine short weeks later,

Norwin sophomore Katelyn Kauffman commits to Pitt for soccer

Katelyn Kauffman said she has been a Pitt fan since she was younger -- as in, 10 years old, which really wasn't that long ago.

Norwin boys soccer aims for success in WPIAL postseason

Norwin boys soccer players huddled around a few picnic tables inside a pavilion at the Turner Valley Soccer Complex last week during a late-evening practice.

Still nationally ranked, Norwin girls soccer out to defend PIAA title

Norwin still is considered one of the top 50 girls soccer teams in the nation so, naturally, the Knights have to be one of the

WPIAL boys soccer preseason rankings

Here's a look at the Tribune-Review and TribLive High School Sports Network's preseason WPIAL boys soccer rankings. North Allegheny (Class AAAA), Montour (AAA), Shady Side

Plum boys soccer team hopes to take next step

August 26, 2018

Momentum. It's something that, when a program gets it, the team wants nothing more than to sustain it. That's the situation with Plum boys soccer.

Plum girls soccer trying to find style that will help it succeed

Usually during high school times, style is associated with clothing or music. But with Plum girls soccer, fifth-year coach Caitlin Schuchert is spending the preseason

Mt. Pleasant’s Mackenzie Leeder (bottom) works on passing and dribbling drills during girls’ soccer practice at Mt. Pleasant Area High School on Friday, Aug. 24, 2018.

Rugged Class AA section awaits Mt. Pleasant girls soccer

When WPIAL realignment was announced before this season, it made Mt. Pleasant girls soccer a happy team. Landing in Section 3-AA, the Vikings knew they

Mt. Pleasant boys soccer reloads in hopes of another strong run

Two section titles in two years. That's the goal for Mt. Pleasant's boys soccer team. With eight starters back from a squad that went 12-0

Knoch girls soccer ready to claw through tough schedule

Knoch girls soccer clawed its way into fourth place in Section 1-AAA last season, earning a playoff spot for the first time since 2014, and

Knoch Adam Walker, heads a ball during a recent varsity team practice. Wednesday August 22, 2018.

Knoch boys soccer undergoing major overhaul

August 25, 2018

After falling short on previous occasions, Knoch boys soccer last season broke Mars' four-year stranglehold on Section 1-AAA. Winning a section crown for the first

Monessen’s Cameron Frolo charges between Waynesburg defenders on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018 during a boys’ soccer scrimmage at Monessen Senior High School.

Steady Monessen boys soccer looks to maintain success

Sam Perry took the Monessen boys soccer coaching job 14 years ago and, looking back, even he is a little surprised by the program's steady

Westmoreland high school notebook: Southmoreland ready to start a winning streak

Shrouded in a haze of exhilaration, Southmoreland football players remembered what it felt like to win again on Friday night in Alverton. A small town

Experienced group returns to lead Pine-Richland girls soccer

Despite spending last season breaking in a host of new players, including multiple freshmen starters, the Pine-Richland girls soccer team hoisted a third consecutive Section