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Czerwien, Wolf honored by Brentwood boosters
Brentwood seniors Nick Czerwien and Abby Wolf won’t soon forget the 63rd annual Brentwood High Athletic Boosters all-sports banquet. Czerwien and Wolf landed top honors at the event held May 28 at Brentwood High School. Czerwien received the Mark Reider Award, which is presented to the top male senior athlete...
The Herald’s spotlight athlete: Shady Side Academy’s Melissa Riggins
For the second straight year, Shady Side Academy sophomore Melissa Riggins had a flair for gold at the WPIAL Class AA track and field championships as she successfully defended her 800- and 1,600-meter championships. She set meet records in both events. A week later, she won the PIAA championships in...
Quaker Valley boys tennis caps special season in state tournament
The Quaker Valley boys tennis team had a stellar season, although it did not end the way it hoped. The Quakers saw their tandems of juniors Zach Albert and John Watters and senior Potter Oliver and freshman Will Sirianni lose in the preliminaries of the PIAA Class AA doubles tournament...
Pine-Richland boys lacrosse soaks up WPIAL title experience
The Pine-Richland boys lacrosse team left little doubt as to which WPIAL Class AAA team was the best this year after toppling Mt. Lebanon, 12-5, to win the program’s first title last Friday at Robert Morris. The score was a solid indicator of the team’s eminence, but it still took...
Norwin athletes cap season at PIAA track and field championships
The Norwin girls track and field team was shut out of medals at the PIAA Class AAA championships May 24 and 25 at Shippensburg’s Seth Grove Stadium. Though the Knights failed to bring home any hardware, their performances were strong. Senior Emily Brozeski reached the semifinals in the 100-meter hurdles....
Norwin softball team reflects on special season
The Norwin softball team belted out its last rendition of the school alma mater as the team bus climbed the steep hill to reach campus following the Knights’ WPIAL Class 6A quarterfinal loss to North Allegheny. Sure, it might not have been the best sounding one of the season. For...
Franklin Regional’s Todero, Huczko shine at PIAA championships
Franklin Regional sophomore Rayna Todero returned home from the PIAA Class AAA girls track and field championships with a medal around her neck. Todero leaped 37 feet, 8 inches to place eighth in the triple jump May 24-25 at Shippensburg. She was the top jumper among the WPIAL competitors. Her...
Franklin Regional softball vows to be back in contention next season
Last Tuesday was a wild day. Torrential downpours, lightning and even tornado warnings all made the day much more unpredictable. Another thing that seemed a little off was the Franklin Regional softball team’s bus ride from the Murrysville campus to Seton Hill — the site of the WPIAL Class 5A...
District champions highlighted in Trib HSSN baseball, softball power rankings
A golden week has produced changes throughout the Trib HSSN baseball and softball power rankings, including a new No. 1 in softball following the 2019 WPIAL championships. Pine-Richland leads the parade of six new champions in baseball. The Rams are followed by Shaler, Seton LaSalle, Beaver, Steel Valley and California....
Springdale’s Zolnierczyk ready to begin next chapter at Robert Morris
Mike Zolnierczyk graduates Friday from Springdale High School. One chapter will close while another continues to build for the Dynamos soccer and basketball standout who will continue his soccer pursuits at Division I Robert Morris. “I’m extremely blessed to be in the situation I am in, being able to play...
Shady Side’s Melissa Riggins among 9 WPIAL girls named PTFCA all-state
Shady Side Academy runner Melissa Riggins, who set a meet record at the PIAA Class AA track and field championships last week, earned first-team all-state honors from the Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association. Riggins was the only WPIAL girls athlete to receive first-team honors. She was named first-team in...
North Allegheny’s Zach Kinne leads WPIAL boys on PTFCA all-state team
North Allegheny’s Zach Kinne, the WPIAL and PIAA Class AAA champion in the 3,200 meters, was named a first-team all-state selection by the Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association. The senior was the only WPIAL boys athlete to make the first team. Shady Side Academy’s Melissa Riggins earned first-team honors...
West Allegheny tops Connellsville for 3rd straight WPIAL softball title
Coaches who have won multiple championships have compared them to having kids. They are all different, and they are all awesome. “I think that’s absolutely one of the best ways I’ve ever heard that put,” West Allegheny coach Mindi McFate said. She should know. McFate has three children and now...
Elizabeth Forward knocks off Mt. Pleasant for 1st WPIAL softball title
Elizabeth Forward softball coach Harry Rutherford didn’t tell his team Mt. Pleasant was ranked No. 13 in the nation by MaxPreps. “They didn’t need to know that,” the coach said. “I don’t know if they knew that. They had already beaten two undefeated teams (earlier in the season), and I...
Baseball sites, times: PIAA schedules tripleheaders at Latrobe, Butler
Pullman Park in Butler and Latrobe high school will host tripleheaders Monday in the first round of the state baseball playoffs. The PIAA revealed sites and times for first-round games. The Latrobe tripleheader will include WPIAL champions Pine-Richland, Shaler and California. Beaver, Steel Valley and Seton LaSalle will start their...
Laurel takes down Frazier to defend WPIAL Class 2A softball title
After battling injuries much of the last two years, Laurel’s Kayla Ruperto is making the most of her senior season. The Spartans righthander held Frazier hitless for five innings and struck out nine as Laurel rolled to a 9-3 victory to win its second straight WPIAL Class 2A softball title...
High school scores, schedules for May 30, 2019
High Schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship Thursday’s result Pine-Richland 7, Penn-Trafford 2 Lacrosse Boys PIAA playoffs Class 3A First round Thursday’s results Emmaus vs. St. Joseph’s Prep, ppd. Pine-Richland vs. McDowell, ppd. Friday’s schedule Emmaus vs. St. Joseph’s Prep at Northampton, 5:15 p.m.; Pine-Richland vs. McDowell at Mars,...
North Hills’ Manning, Babicz honored for dedication to 3 sports
North Hills seniors Brandon Manning and Natalie Babicz are two members of a dying breed, and on May 22, they were honored for it at the Northern Athletic Director’s Association Tri-Athlete Banquet at the Chadwick. The annual luncheon honors high school seniors in the area who have participated in three...
North Allegheny volleyball recognizes need for focus in PIAAs
Winning a district championship doesn’t guarantee safe harbor through the PIAA Class AAA boys volleyball playoffs. When North Allegheny coach Dan Schall saw the first-round matchup, he knew the defending state champion Tigers wouldn’t be able to coast. North Allegheny shook off a slow second set to earn a 3-1...
Fischer leads Hampton track team’s strong finish
If you would have told Derek Brinkley at the beginning of track season he would take four kids to states, he might have thought you were talking about one relay team. Instead, Hampton sent four individuals to PIAAs after an excellent showing at the WPIAL championship meet. Seniors Valerie Fischer...
Despite early exit, seniors led Hampton baseball this season
When Hampton baseball players look back on this season, they will remember it as one of the most consistent and successful in recent memory. The Talbots (12-6, 8-2) endured one the tougher sections in the WPIAL: Section 2-5A. It featured three of the four WPIAL finalists from last season, including...
Shaler Area volleyball makes history with win in state playoffs
Billy Dadowski didn’t want the Shaler Area boys volleyball team’s first trip to the PIAA Class AAA boys volleyball playoffs to be a footnote in program history. Just by making the trip to Cochranton last Tuesday to play McDowell, this group became the first volleyball team — boys or girls...
Shaler baseball team comes up big in WPIAL title game
Six straight Shaler Area players came to the batter’s box and were sent back to the dugout in an orderly fashion by Laurel Highlands pitcher Andio Vecchiolla. Senior left fielder Colin Harger broke the string with a single up the middle during the fourth inning of the WPIAL Class 5A...
Pine-Richland defeats Penn-Trafford to claim 6th WPIAL baseball title
With Wild Things Park stuck under a layer of rain clouds, Penn-Trafford and Pine-Richland waited an extra day to play their WPIAL baseball championship. For Pine-Richland, the celebration was worth the wait, while first-time finalist Penn-Trafford must wait some more. The Rams won their sixth WPIAL baseball title and second...
PIAA makes more wrestling changes
When the PIAA Board of Control voted last week to petition the National Federation of State High School Associations to reduce the weight classes in wrestling from 14 to 12, they passed another item. The PIAA allow teams to weigh in two wrestlers at the same weight class at tournaments...
