High school roundup: Fort Cherry volleyball clinches state playoff berth
Second-seeded Fort Cherry powered its way into the WPIAL Class 2A girls volleyball semifinals by defeating visiting Riverview in three sets Wednesday night.
The Rangers won by game scores of 26-24, 25-11, 25-20.
Fort Cherry (17-1), which clinched a state playoff berth, will play third-seeded Frazier in the semifinals Tuesday at a site and time to be determined. Frazier (17-3) defeated Beth-Center in four games (24-26, 25-23, 25-13, 26-24) in the quarterfinals. The Commodores are in the WPIAL semifinals for the fifth consecutive season.
Penn-Trafford 3, South Fayette 1
South Fayette won the opening game but undefeated and fourth-seeded Penn-Trafford battled and beat the Lions 3-1 in a Class 5A first-round match Wednesday.
South Fayette (9-8) won the opener 25-20, but Penn-Trafford (17-0) ripped off consecutive game wins of 25-20, 25-16 and 25-22.
Boys soccer
Trinity 1, Chartiers Valley 0
All it took was one flick of Evan Slagle’s foot to send Trinity to the WPIAL semifinals.
Slage scored the game’s only goal with 34:58 remaining as fourth-seeded Trinity defeated 12th seed Chartiers Valley 1-0 in the Class 4A quarterfinals Wednesday night at Hiller Field.
Cooper Cincinnati assisted on the Slagle goal.
The Hillers (12-1-5), who have been relying on their defense all year, protected the one-goal lead and registered their eighth shutout of the season. Joel Young was the goalkeeper.
Trinity will play top-seeded Plum (18-0-1) in the semifinals on Monday.
Field hockey
Peters Twp. 4, Fox Chapel 1
Peters Township advanced to the WPIAL Class 2A field hockey championship match with a 4-1 victory over host Fox Chapel on Wednesday.
No game details were made available at press time.
PT will play either Shady Side Academy or Penn-Trafford next week in the finals.