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Brotherly bond helps create special season for Franklin Regional baseball
The Franklin Regional baseball team found its inspiration when players showed up one day for practice, and a dead frog was in the dugout. Players named the frog after former teammate and 2018 grad Alex Frey, and it ended up on a player’s steering wheel. Eventually, the Panthers gathered around...
High school scores, schedule for June 14, 2019
Baseball PIAA Playoffs Class 6A Championship Friday’s result Souderton 6, Central Bucks South 3 Class 5A Championship Friday’s result Red Land 8, Lampeter-Strasburg 3 Class 4A Championship Friday’s result Selinsgrove 7, Beaver 4 Class 2A Championship Friday’s result Devon Prep 3, Serra Catholic 2 Softball PIAA Playoffs Class 5A Championship...
Devon Prep avoids Serra star Mark Black in 7th, dashes Eagles’ PIAA title hopes
UNIVERSITY PARK — Devon Prep challenged Serra Catholic star Mark Black three times Friday, but with two outs in the seventh and first base open, there was no reason to take that chance again. His 14-homer reputation stretches all the way to Philadelphia. Instead, Devon Prep intentionally walked Black and...
WPIAL divers selected as All-Americans
Penn-Trafford’s Logan Sherwin and Paige Kalik and Beaver Area’s Andrew Cestra have been recognized by the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association as diving All-Americans. The NISCA released its national lists Thursday. Cestra, a senior and a Clarion commit, captured his first WPIAL Class AA title in February with a record...
Penn-Trafford softball claims school’s first state title
UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn-Trafford didn’t need any dramatic comebacks in the PIAA Class 5A softball championship game like it did in Tuesday’s semifinals. The Warriors took an early lead and never gave it up in defeating defending champion Lampeter-Strasburg, 5-3, on Friday at Penn State’s Beard Field. It was the...
‘Nightmarish’ inning costs Beaver in PIAA championship loss to Selinsgrove
UNIVERSITY PARK — This season was mostly a dream come true until the fifth inning Friday, which felt quite the opposite. “Very nightmarish,” said first-year Beaver coach Noah Medich. “I’ll probably have nightmares about that inning.” WPIAL champion Beaver committed three errors and allowed five runs in the fifth inning...
Serra Catholic won’t take Devon Prep lightly despite team’s 11-13 record
Serra Catholic’s state championship opponent brings an 11-13 record into the contest. But you can believe the Eagles (23-3) and their veteran coach Brian Dzurenda aren’t expecting an easy game against Devon Prep in the PIAA Class 2A final. The teams meet at 4:30 p.m., Friday at Penn State. “They...
Bucknell commit Fischer caps golden Hampton career at WPIALs
It has been at least a decade since Hampton had a WPIAL champion runner. That changed this year. Valerie Fischer had been a strong track and field performer for years. She was a two-time state qualifier in the 400-meter dash and ran on Hampton’s state-qualifying relay team last year. Now,...
Former Hampton lacrosse players prepare for next level at Allegheny
After reaching the WPIAL final and state playoffs for the third year in a row, more Hampton girls lacrosse players are headed to play at the next level. Seniors Liz Dolan and Molly Wojcik liked the idea of playing at Allegheny despite receiving offers elsewhere. While each had their own...
West Perry’s walk-off win dashes Elizabeth Forward’s state title hopes
UNIVERSITY PARK — In his 41 years as a softball coach, Elizabeth Forward’s Harry Rutherford had never seen a play quite like this. West Perry star Tiara Johnson was stealing second and EF catcher Brianna Sersevic’s throw was one of her best, reaching shortstop Anna Resnik’s glove before Johnson reached...
High school scores, schedule for June 13, 2019
Baseball PIAA Playoffs Class 6A Championship Friday’s schedule Souderton vs. Central Bucks South at Penn State’s Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, 10:30 a.m. Class 5A Championship Thursday’s result Red Land vs. Lampeter-Strasburg, ppd. Friday’s schedule Red Land vs. Lampeter-Strasburg at Penn State’s Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, 7:30 p.m. Class...
Penn-Trafford softball preps for high-scoring opponent in PIAAs
How did Penn-Trafford prepare for its first trip to the PIAA finals? By playing a competitive 5-on-5 wiffleball game. The Warriors (22-2) are scheduled to battle returning PIAA Class 5A champion Lampeter-Strasburg at 4 p.m. on Friday at Penn State’s Beard Field. That could change because of Thursday’s rain. “I...
Scott Dibble resigns as Canevin basketball coach, heads to NBA Finals, U.S. Open
Scott Dibble resigned as Bishop Canevin’s girls basketball coach but that didn’t leave his calendar wide open. On Thursday, Dibble flew to Oakland, Calif., for Game 6 of the NBA Finals and will travel down the West Coast to watch the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. “That’s my weekend for...
Shaler Area coaches weigh in on public-private school playoff debate
Who the opponents are on the Shaler Area girls basketball team’s schedule is of no great concern to coach Cornelious Nesbit. Whatever Nesbit needs to do to keep his team prepared is of utmost importance. When it comes to what he thinks of the “Parity in Interscholastic Athletics Act,” Nesbit...
Frazier softball’s state championship game moved to Friday as PIAA revamps schedule
UNIVERSITY PARK — The PIAA rearranged its softball and baseball championships schedule Thursday and postponed two games to Friday after rain soaked Penn State’s campus. The Class 2A softball final between Frazier and Brandywine Heights was rescheduled for 6:30 p.m., Friday. The game originally was set for 4 p.m., Thursday....
Section title. WPIAL title. Goal-oriented Elizabeth Forward now wants state title
Prior to the start of this season, Elizabeth Forward softball coach Harry Rutherford approached athletic director Tim Guffey with three goals for his team: Win a section title, a WPIAL championship and state gold. The veteran coach has crossed two of those goals off his list. And he and his...
‘Last lap’ focuses Frazier for PIAA Class 2A softball championship
Before every practice this season, the Frazier softball team takes a lap around Commodore Park. As they circle the field, they touch the banners on the outfield fence. On Wednesday morning as they prepared for the Class 2A state championship game, the Commodores made their run for the last time...
Positive Athlete Pittsburgh to present more than $16,000 in scholarships
The Sen. John Heinz History Center and Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum will host the eighth annual Positive High School Athlete Awards on Monday at 7 p.m. Student-athletes representing 31 boys and girls sports from high schools throughout Western Pennsylvania, along with two coaches and North Allegheny High School will be...
High school scores, schedule for June 12, 2019
Baseball PIAA Playoffs Class 6A Championship Friday’s schedule Souderton vs. Central Bucks South at Penn State’s Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, 10:30 a.m. Class 5A Championship Thursday’s schedule Red Land vs. Lampeter-Strasburg at Penn State’s Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, 7 p.m. Class 4A Championship Friday’s schedule Selinsgrove vs. Beaver...
Penn-Trafford seniors lead team to 1st PIAA championship game
Penn-Trafford’s historic softball season will continue Friday when the Warriors battle Lampeter-Strasburg for the PIAA Class 5A championship. This is Penn-Trafford’s (22-2) first trip to the state finals. The Warriors reached the WPIAL playoffs the previous two seasons, but each year they were knocked out in the first round. And...
WPIAL baseball and softball teams gearing up for shots at PIAA gold
The PIAA baseball and softball championship matchups are set, and five WPIAL teams – Beaver and Serra Catholic for baseball and Penn-Trafford, Elizabeth Forward and Frazier for softball – will attempt to bring home state titles. The WPIAL has a team in the 4A baseball final for the second year...
WPIAL basketball star Isiah Warfield transferring from Sewickley Academy
WPIAL basketball standout Isiah Warfield, a 25-point scorer last season at Sewickley Academy, has transferred home to Central Valley for his senior year. The move was not basketball related, said Sewickley Academy coach Win Palmer. “Win was great to us. Sewickley was great to us,” said Isiah’s father Mike Warfield....
Frazier softball advances to PIAA finals in walkoff fashion
A victory an entire career in the making had Frazier coach Don Hartman emotional after watching his daughter Logan cross home plate to give the Commodores their first trip to the PIAA championship game. “I’ve waited 27 years for this,” Don Hartman said, holding back tears after Frazier’s 5-4 walkoff...
One poor inning sinks state title hopes for North Allegheny baseball
GREENE TOWNSHIP — North Allegheny’s strong season vaporized in one nightmarish inningin the PIAA Class 6A baseball semifinals at Greene Township Park. Central Bucks South tallied nine runs in the bottom of the sixth to grab an 11-6 victory and a berth in the state finals Friday at Penn State’s...
Beaver’s bats stay hot in PIAA semifinal win over East Pennsboro
CRESSON — The Beaver baseball team’s hit parade has one more stop: State College. The Bobcats brought out the bats once again Tuesday, pounding out 10 hits and scoring in each of the first four innings to punch their ticket into the PIAA Class 4A championship game with a 7-5...
