November 4, 2023

Bearcats win first WPIAL soccer title

By Mon Valley Independent

By LIAM BELAN

lbelan@yourmvi.com

After losing to Charleroi twice earlier in the season, the Bentworth boys soccer team appeared to be on its way to a third defeat with a 2-0 halftime deficit in Friday night’s WPIAL Class 1A championship. But the Bearcats stormed back with three goals to win the match, 3-2, and senior Ryan Colbert etched his name in school history by scoring the golden goal to give Bentworth its first-ever WPIAL title.

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