Sep 18, 2019 2 min read

Girls soccer

• McGuffey used a balanced attack with five different players scoring a goal as the Highlanders downed Charleroi, 5-1, in a Section 2-A match.

Jordan Sekora, Brynn Klerr, Cameron Moore, Lola Yendell and Sensi Yendell scored for McGuffey (4-1, 5-3).

Charleroi falls to 1-4 in section and 1-6 overall.

• Trinity couldn’t hang onto an early lead as it fell to Section 3-AAA foe Thomas Jefferson, 5-1.

Courtney Lowe gave Trinity (3-2-1, 3-2-1) a 1-0 lead in the first half.

The Jaguars then scored five unanswered goals, including two before halftime, en route to the victory. 

Thomas Jefferson improves to 3-2 in the section and 4-3-1 overall.

Boys soccer

Exploding for five second-half goals, Belle Vernon cruised to a 6-0 victory over Albert Gallatin in a Section 3-AAA match.

Daniel Sassak, the leading goal scorer for the Leopards, gave Belle Vernon (6-0, 9-0) a 1-0 lead at the half. Niko Apodiakos, Hunter Meade, Dylan Rathway and two goals from Eliseo Rodriguez helped Belle Vernon pull away in the second half.

Albert Gallatin falls to 2-3 in the section and 5-3 overall.

HBO to program Penn state

HBO Sports is going behind the scenes with the football programs at Arizona State, Florida, Penn State and Washington State for four episodes of its “24/7” documentary series.

HBO announced Wednesday it will run an hour-long episode for each team, starting Oct. 2 with Florida preparing for its Sept. 28 game against Towson. The Penn State episode will debut Oct. 9 and chronicle the Nittany Lions’ preparations for Purdue on Oct. 5.

The Arizona State episode will debut Oct. 16 and follow the Sun Devils as they prepare for Washington State on Oct. 12. The Washington State episode will debut Oct. 23, following coach Mike Leach’s team up to its game against Colorado.

The series will be narrated by Liev Schreiber, who is also the voice of HBO’s popular NFL training camp series, “Hard Knocks.”