Soccer
The grand scenarios some young soccer players dream up have become realities for Butler County teams.
“Think about the stories that we would all come up with when we were...
July 17, 2025
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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...
December 11, 2024
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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...
December 10, 2024
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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...
November 12, 2024
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Mars girls soccer defied own expectations to make PIAA semis: ‘I didn’t think we’d make it this far’
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...
November 12, 2024
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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...
November 09, 2024
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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...
November 05, 2024
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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...
November 02, 2024
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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...
October 29, 2024
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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...
October 29, 2024
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