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Westmoreland high school athletes of the week: Tommy Kegerreis and Autumn Shogan
Tommy Kegerreis School: Franklin Regional Sport: Baseball Class: Senior Claim to fame: Kegerreis went 2 for 5 with three RBIs to lead Franklin Regional (19-3) to a 13-4 win over District 10 champion Erie Cathedral Prep in the PIAA Class 5A first round at Neshannock on June 3. Kegerreis went...
Penn-Trafford softball hangs on to earn spot in PIAA Class 5A title game
CRESSON — Penn-Trafford coach Denny Little faced the biggest decision of his coaching career. With two outs in the top of the seventh inning and his team up a run, Donegal’s most feared batter, first baseman Steph Reider, stepped into the batter’s box representing the tying run Tuesday in the...
Hempfield softball loses in PIAA Class 6A semifinals
LORETTO — Bob Kalp forced a smile not long after his Hempfield softball team fell just short of yet another trip to the state finals. Perhaps the longtime Hall of Fame-caliber coach — Hempfield’s field already has been named for him — somehow was at peace Tuesday despite a 4-1...
Serra Catholic avenges WPIAL loss to Seton LaSalle, earns 4th trip to PIAA finalsVideo
The game began with Mark Black’s haymaker on the first pitch and ended with Pat Brennan’s web gem on the last as Serra Catholic defeated Seton LaSalle, 4-3, Tuesday in a PIAA Class 2A semifinal at West Mifflin. The win avenged Serra’s 11-2 loss to Seton in the WPIAL championship...
George Guido: Raptors coach could join company of New Kensington’s Buddy Jeannette
If the Toronto Raptors defeat the Golden State Warriors in the NBA finals, it puts Raptors coach Nick Nurse into an elite group. Nurse would be the ninth coach in NBA history to win a title in his first coaching season. In 1948, New Kensington native Buddy Jeannette won the...
Elizabeth Forward knocks off Mt. Pleasant to play for 4A softball championship
Making history is even better when it’s dramatic. With the score tied in the bottom of the eighth inning, there were two outs and two strikes on the scoreboard. Elizabeth Forward senior Taylor Ludwick was on second base and ready to run on contact when sophomore Brianna Sersevic hit a...
West Greene drops Class A softball semifinal to DuBois Central Catholic
And suddenly, it was over. West Greene’s tremendous four-year run that included four WPIAL Class A softball titles came up short in a try for a fourth straight PIAA title game appearance. A lead-off home run in the third inning by DuBois Central Catholic’s Shay Gulvas put the Cardinals in...
Legislation to split public, private school sports ‘poorly crafted,’ PIAA exec says
Legislation introduced Tuesday to split public and private high school athletics was “poorly crafted” and an “end-around of the (State Athletic) Oversight Committee,” said PIAA executive director Bob Lombardi. Lombardi said he watched state Rep. Aaron Bernstine’s press conference announcing the “Parity in Interscholastic Athletics Act,” legislation created in conjunction...
High school sports proposal would separate public, private playoffs, ax PIAA transfer restrictions
Public and private high schools will compete for separate state championships, and strict transfer rules will vanish under the “Parity in Interscholastic Athletics Act” introduced Tuesday by a Western Pennsylvania state representative. “This impacts hundreds of thousands of students,” said state Rep. Aaron Bernstine (R-Beaver/Butler/Lawrence) while announcing his legislation at...
High school scores, schedule for June 10, 2019
Baseball PIAA Playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Monday’s results Central Bucks South vs. North Allegheny, ppd. Neshaminy vs. Souderton, ppd. Tuesday’s schedule Neshaminy vs. Souderton at Bears Stadium in Boyertown, 2 p.m.; Central Bucks South vs. North Allegheny at Greene Township Park in Scotland, 4 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Monday’s rseults...
Jackson stays hot, wins PGA qualifier
Franklin Regional graduated senior Palmer Jackson continued his hot play on Monday at the PGA Boys Championship qualifier at Willowbrook Country Club, Washington Township. It started on Thursday when he rallied to win the AJGA Memorial Junior at Ohio State University’s Scarlet Course. It continued Saturday when he and Brian...
Western Pa. representative readies legislation to separate private, public school playoffs
The executive director of the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference sat down with outspoken public school advocates in February for a frank conversation about the current PIAA playoff system. Those talks in Harrisburg, facilitated by state Rep. Aaron Bernstine (R-Beaver/Butler/Lawrence), led to the “Parity in Interscholastic Athletics Act” that the Western Pennsylvania...
PIAA postpones all baseball, softball semifinals involving WPIAL teams
The PIAA postponed many of Monday’s baseball and softball semifinals because of weather to Tuesday, including all involving WPIAL teams. Among the baseball games pushed back were those involving WPIAL teams North Allegheny, Beaver, Seton LaSalle and Serra Catholic. WPIAL softball teams Hempfield, Penn-Trafford, Mt. Pleasant, Elizabeth Forward, Frazier and...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Year
The Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week is West Greene junior Jade Renner, who was the winning pitcher and contributed offensively as well for the two-time defending PIAA Class A champions. On Monday, the Pioneers will battle DuBois Central Catholic in the team’s fourth straight state semifinals appearance. West...
WPIAL girls lacrosse All-Star teams recognize season efforts
The All-WPIAL girls lacrosse teams were selected in a vote of the Class AAA and AA coaches. Eighteen players were tabbed All-WPIAL in Class AAA. Emmie Lau and Abby Todd helped Shady Side Academy capture the WPIAL Class AAA title with a victory over Upper St. Clair. The Indians capped...
Boys lacrosse standouts voted to WPIAL All-Star teams
The All-WPIAL boys lacrosse teams were selected in a vote of the Class AAA and AA coaches. WPIAL Class AAA champion Pine-Richland, runner-up Mt. Lebanon and semifinalist North Allegheny led the way with three selections each. Pine-Richland attacker Dane Dowiak was selected the Class AAA Player of the Year. In...
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week
The Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week is Serra Catholic junior pitcher Alex Glumac, who won twice last week in the first two rounds of the state playoffs. Those wins propelled Serra Catholic into the PIAA semifinals Monday, when they will face section rival Seton LaSalle for the fourth...
Riverside’s Fox disqualified from USGA event
Riverside junior Skyler Fox was disqualified from the USGA Open Sectional at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Md., for taking a bathroom break. Fox, a three-time WPIAL Class AA champion, was bothered by a headache and went to the restroom to take medicine after his first 18-holes of the 36-hole...
Central Catholic defensive end A.J. Beatty commits to North Carolina
Central Catholic’s A.J. Beatty, who announced more Division 1 offers than any WPIAL football recruit in the 2020 class, cut his long list down to one. Beatty announced his commitment to North Carolina on Sunday night, choosing the Tar Heels over offers from West Virginia, Central Florida, Maryland, N.C. State,...
Mt. Pleasant, Elizabeth Forward battle for berth to state title gameVideo
It’s a winner-take-all game when Mt. Pleasant faces Elizabeth Forward on Monday at the PIAA Class 4A semifinals at Seton Hill. Elizabeth Forward defeated Mt. Pleasant, 3-0, in the WPIAL finals. The Warriors (21-4) are riding a 20-game winning streak into the 2 p.m. They haven’t lost since March 28...
No previous PIAA softball playoffs experience necessary for Penn-Trafford
Unlike other Westmoreland County softball teams with recent appearances in the PIAA playoffs — Hempfield, Mt. Pleasant, Valley and Yough have won state championships this decade — Penn-Trafford is new to the scene. The Warriors, with just one previous trip to the state tournament back in 1990, have burst into...
Aliquippa linebacker Zuriah Fisher adds 5th ACC scholarship offerVideo
Aliquippa linebacker Zuriah Fisher added his fifth ACC offer this week. N.C. State is now recruitinig the rising senior, joining Pitt, Boston College, Syracuse and Virginia Tech on his list of ACC options. Fisher (6-3, 230) announced his Wolfpack offer Friday on Twitter. Rivals ranks him as a three-star recruit...
Union lineman Aaron Gunn announces Michigan State offer
Union’s Aaron Gunn, a rising junior who’s recruiting stock is also on the rise, announced an offer from Michigan State. The 6-foot-4, 305-pound lineman now holds three Power 5 conference offers. He earlier received West Virginia and Kentucky offers, and recently made a trip to Morgantown. The small school standout...
Final 4 (plus 1) in penultimate Trib HSSN PIAA baseball rankings
Halfway through the state baseball playoffs, we present the next-to-last edition of the Trib HSSN PIAA baseball rankings. Last week’s rankings featured all district champions. This week, we rank the final four in each class along with one eliminated team that will end the season in the top five. Next...
North Allegheny boys volleyball repeats, wins PIAA championship
STATE COLLEGE — With a title to defend, North Allegheny set the tone early at Penn State’s Pegula Ice Arena during Saturday’s PIAA Class AAA boys volleyball championships. This was certainly true on the defensive side of the court as the Tigers put on a blocking and digging clinic. Because...
