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High school scores, schedules for June 4, 2019
High Schools Baseball PIAA Playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Thursday’s schedule Neshaminy vs. Downingtown East at Villanova Ballpark in Plymouth Township, 4 p.m.; Plymouth Whitemarsh vs. Souderton at Methacton, 3 p.m.; Central Bucks South vs. Wilson at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, 3 p.m.; Pine-Richland vs. North Allegheny at Slippery Rock University,...
Ambridge falls to Meadville in PIAA Class AA volleyball semifinals
Ambridge’s hopes of reaching the PIAA boys volleyball championships for the sixth time fell just short Tuesday night. The Bridgers dropped a 3-1 decision to District 10 champion Meadville, 25-20, 18-25, 25-21, 25-21, in the Class AA semifinals at Slippery Rock High School. WPIAL champion Ambridge finished the season 17-4....
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Penn-Trafford’s Mario Disso, Hempfield’s Laura Fox
Mario Disso School: Penn-Trafford Sport: Baseball Class: Senior Claim to fame: Disso, a Pitt-Johnstown recruit, drove in a run in the third inning during the WPIAL Class 6A championship May 30, but Penn-Trafford (18-5) lost 7-2 to Pine-Richland. The Warriors’ season ended after 6-5 loss to Wilson in the first...
Moon’s Mancini relishes opportunity with USA Rugby All-American Sevens
Moon junior Sofia Mancini underwent a positive transformation during her first tour with the USA Rugby Girls High School All-American Sevens U18 team. Mancini, 17, was one of 12 players from the East Coast who assembled for NextGen Sevens competition May 16-19 in Ontario, Canada. West Coast U18s gathered earlier....
George Guido: Remembering A-K Valley war hero, football legend
Thursday marks the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion on the shores of Normandy, France, that ultimately turned the tide of World War II. A number of athletes and celebrities were among the invading Allied troops, including future baseball great Yogi Berra, actor Henry Fonda and late KDKA-TV news anchor...
Softball sites, times: 11 WPIAL teams reach PIAA quarterfinals
WPIAL softball champions Laurel, West Greene and Elizabeth Forward will take part in a PIAA playoff tripleheader Thursday at Slippery Rock University. In all, 11 WPIAL teams reached the quarterfinals. Laurel and West Greene play teams from District 9 while Elizabeth Forward faces District 10 champion Grove City. In Class...
Trip to PIAA playoffs a major boost for Freeport baseball program
In the hours after Freeport baseball’s 3-2 PIAA Class 3A first-round loss to Franklin on Monday at Slippery Rock University, one in which the Knights rallied with two runs in the bottom of the seventh, the Yellowjackets players and coaches received dozens of calls, texts, emails and Twitter messages of...
Baseball sites, times: North Allegheny, Pine-Richland rematch in quarterfinals
Section rivals Pine-Richland and North Allegheny will rematch Thursday in a PIAA Class 6A baseball quarterfinal at LaRoche College. They split their two regular-season games. Pine-Richland won the first 5-4 and North Allegheny won the second 2-0. The game was originally scheduled for Slippery Rock University but was moved because...
Baseball sites, times: North Allegheny, Pine-Richland rematch at Slippery Rock
Class 6A rivals Pine-Richland and North Allegheny will rematch Thursday night at Slippery Rock University in a PIAA quarterfinal matchup. In all, 11 WPIAL teams reached the quarters. All quarterfinal games are Thursday. Class 6A bracket 7-1 Pine-Richland (19-4) vs. 7-3 North Allegheny (18-6) at Slippery Rock University, 6:30 p.m....
4 days after winning WPIAL baseball title, Shaler’s emotional postseason run ends
When Shaler’s championship season ended abruptly Monday, baseball coach Brian Junker gathered his players in right field and simply told them “thank you.” Four days after celebrating the team’s first WPIAL title in two decades, the Titans’ emotional run stopped with a 5-1 loss to Lampeter-Strasburg in the Class 5A...
High school scores, schedules for June 3, 2019
High Schools Baseball PIAA Playoffs Class 6A First round Monday’s results Central Bucks South 4, Emmaus 3 (8 inn.) Downingtown East 11, Hazleton 5 Neshaminy 3, Hempfield (District 3) 0 North Allegheny 10, McDowell 2 Pine-Richland 2, Manheim Township 0 Plymouth Whitemarsh 6, Liberty 4 Souderton 7, La Salle College...
PIAA softball playoffs roundup: West Allegheny cruises past Exeter in 1st round
Alyssa Goldstrom was 2 for 4 with a home run as WPIAL champion West Allegheny defeated Exeter, 15-6, a PIAA Class 5A first-round game Monday afternoon at Seton Hill. Britney Wilson and Megan Pollinger were 3 for 5 with two RBIs, Diana Hannan had two hits and two RBIs, and...
Franklin Regional baseball advances with win over Cathedral Prep
It often has been said good things come to those who wait, and Franklin Regional baseball proved that in a couple of ways Monday. The Panthers had to wait 18 years to get back to the state playoffs, and in their return, patience at the plate was key to making...
PIAA baseball playoffs roundup: North Allegheny takes down McDowell
Cole Young smacked two home runs and a double, and Anthony Hattrup knocked in three runs to lead North Allegheny to a 10-2 victory over District 10 champion McDowell in the opening round of the PIAA Class 6A baseball playoffs Monday at Ainsworth Field in Erie. Hattrup allowed four hits...
Elizabeth Forward avenges loss to Punxsutawney in PIAA first round
Last season, Punxsutawney shut out Elizabeth Forward in the first round of the state playoffs on its way to winning the PIAA Class 4A softball championship. On Monday, the Warriors chucked the defending state champs out of the state postseason with an 8-2 victory at Peters Township High School. The...
Hot-hitting Hempfield softball begins state title defense with mercy-rule win
Hempfield’s softball lineup, and the team’s offense in general, has been a steady progression from the start of the season through the state playoffs. It may just be 23-year veteran coach Bob Kalp’s greatest work in progress, and it’s rounding into form at just the right time. With each win,...
Wilson edges Penn-Trafford in PIAA baseball playoffs
District 3 champion Wilson scored twice in the bottom of the fourth inning and held off Penn-Trafford’s rally in the fifth en route to a 6-5 win in the first round of the PIAA Class 6A baseball playoffs Monday afternoon in Fredericksburg. Wilson opened a 4-0 lead in the third...
Knoch softball bows out of PIAAs with loss to Grove City
The Knoch softball team made its first trip into the PIAA softball playoffs Monday. The weather was near perfect, and the Knights’ confidence was at an all-time high as they looked to rebound from their semifinal loss and make a deep run in the state playoffs. Also near perfect was...
Franklin rallies past Freeport on walk-off single in PIAA 1st round
The Freeport baseball team was no stranger to close games, especially in this year’s postseason. All three of the Yellowjackets’ games in the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs were decided by two runs or less, and both victories came in the form of one-run shutouts. But on Monday, in the opening...
DuBois Central Catholic ousts Leechburg from PIAA playoffs
DuBois Central Catholic came into Monday’s PIAA Class A softball opener with a reputation of an offensive juggernaut. The Cardinals proved it Monday afternoon with a 14-4 victory over Leechburg at Heindl Field in a game terminated during the sixth inning when DuBois Central built its lead to 10 runs....
Penn-Trafford slugs past Central Mountain, earns 1st PIAA victory since ’90
UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn-Trafford didn’t just collect 15 hits in its PIAA Class 5A first-round softball game at Penn State’s Beard Field; the Warriors sent shockwaves through Happy Valley. Nine of the Warriors’ hits went for extra bases as they outscored District 6 champion Central Mountain, 13-6, to pick up...
Mt. Pleasant bounces back, defeats Bellefonte in PIAA opening round
UNIVERSITY PARK — Mt. Pleasant had two days to forget about losing the WPIAL Class 5A softball championship game. That feeling of defeat lasted until noon Monday. Then, the Vikings got back to work. Mt. Pleasant began the PIAA playoffs at the same site where it hopes the season ends...
Plenty of shakeup in Trib HSSN state softball rankings
It was not a good week to be a favorite in the district finals. In fact, only one team ranked No. 1 in the Trib HSSN state softball rankings from a week ago is still on top this week. Undefeated District 11 champion Pine Grove is the only top-ranked team...
High school scores, schedules for June 2, 2019
High Schools Baseball PIAA Playoffs Class 6A First round Monday’s schedule Neshaminy vs. Hempfield (District 3) at Widener University, 4 p.m.; Hazleton Area vs. Downingtown East at Pittston Field in Hughestown, 4:30 p.m.; Liberty vs. Plymouth Whitemarsh at DeSales University, 4:30 p.m.; La Salle College vs. Souderton at Archbishop Wood,...
District champion stand atop Trib HSSN state baseball rankings
With the district playoff complete, here are the weekly Trib HSSN state baseball rankings prior to the first pitch of the 2019 state playoffs. The top five this week consists of all district champions. These are teams that have won one championship this spring and are now looking for more...
