High School category, Page 1247
A-K Valley high school athletes of the week: Logan Parker and Kelli Galbraith
Logan Parker School: Plum Class: Sophomore Sport: Track and field Report card: Parker (5-foot-9, 220 pounds) will make his first appearance in the PIAA Class AAA championships this weekend after finishing third in the WPIAL in shot put with a throw of 51 feet, 4 3/4 inches. Parker finished sixth...
PIAA board to consider reducing number of weight classes for wrestling
Could the PIAA be reducing the number of weight classes in wrestling? The PIAA Board of Directors will consider the proposal at their meeting Wednesday in Chambersburg. On the agenda is reducing the number of weight classes from 14 to 12 on the high school level and from 18 to...
Leechburg softball hopes to overcome semifinal hurdle against Union
Leechburg scored runs seemingly at will as it tore through the regular season and won a third consecutive Section 3-A championship, but the Blue Devils saw quickly the difference the playoffs can bring. Although the final numbers still looked strong — five extra-base hits in an 8-1 WPIAL quarterfinal victory...
George Guido: The 1989 baseball, softball playoffs were wettest on record
Last year was the wettest in the Pittsburgh region’s history. But for anyone who was involved in scholastic sports in these parts during the spring of 1989, you would have a hard time convincing them that year wasn’t a record-setter. It was punctuated by rain, rain and more rain. The...
A-K Valley notebook: Freeport’s Heilman nears perfect game
Jarrett Heilman strung together plenty of dominant pitching performances during the regular season, but the junior reached another level in his first postseason start. Heilman came within four outs of a perfect game in No. 1 Freeport’s 1-0 victory over Waynesburg in a Class 3A quarterfinal game Monday at Latrobe....
Freeport baseball set to face Steel Valley in semifinals
BASEBALL Class 3A 1-Freeport (14-5) vs. 4-Steel Valley (11-8) 1:30 p.m. at Fox Chapel Winner plays: Winner of 2-Hopewell (14-5) and 3-Keystone Oaks (14-4) on May 28 or 29 at Wild Things Park Coaches: Ed Carr, Freeport; Pat Loughran, Steel Valley Players to watch: Matt Mitchell, Jr., 1B, Freeport; Andre...
Alle-Kiski Valley softball preview capsules for games of Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Wednesday’s games Softball Class 4A 3-Knoch (17-1) vs. 2-Elizabeth Forward (15-3) 3 p.m. at Gateway Winner plays: Winner of 1-Mt. Pleasant (16-0) and 4-Thomas Jefferson (15-3) on May 29 or 30 at Peterswood Park Coaches: Gary Coe, Knoch; Harry Rutherford, Elizabeth Forward Players to watch: Amanda Fischer, Jr., P, Knoch;...
WPIAL releases baseball semifinal sites
Greensburg Salem and New Castle still need to decide their WPIAL baseball quarterfinal, but the victor already knows its destination. The WPIAL on Tuesday released the sites and times for Wednesday’s baseball semifinal games in all classifications. That includes a Class 4A semifinal matchup between the winner of No. 1...
Serra Catholic tops Avonworth, reaches WPIAL semifinals for 5th straight season
Serra Catholic used a combination of small ball and long ball to beat Avonworth, 7-2, in a WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinal baseball game Monday at Upper St. Clair. The win lifted the Eagles into the WPIAL semifinals for a fifth straight season. Sophomore Jayden Mertz hit a one-out triple for...
High school scores, schedules for May 20, 2019
High Schools Baseball WPIAL Playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Tuesday’s schedule Penn-Trafford (16-3) vs. Upper St. Clair (13-6) at West Mifflin, 4 p.m.; North Allegheny (15-5) vs. Shaler (7-13) at Fox Chapel, 4 p.m.; Pine-Richland (15-4) vs. Norwin (14-6) at Boyce Mayview Park in Upper St. Clair, 6:30 p.m.; Bethel Park...
WPIAL baseball playoffs roundup for May 20, 2019: Blackhawk edges Mt. Pleasant in 8th
Ray Knallay’s infield single, his fourth hit of the game, scored Hunter Woodward from third base with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning to propel No. 4 Blackhawk to a thrilling, 7-6 victory against Mt. Pleasant in a WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinal baseball game Monday at Fox...
WPIAL softball playoffs roundup for May 20, 2019: South Park wins on walk-off
Julie Shinavski’s walk-off single scored Chelsea Carozza in the bottom of the seventh inning as No. 3 South Park defeated No. 5 Beaver, 5-4, in a WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinal softball game Monday evening at Montour. Shinavski was 2 for 3 with two RBIs and also earned the win in...
Greensburg Salem, New Castle to continue quarterfinal game Tuesday
Greensburg Salem baseball coach Bill Wisniewski knew being seeded No. 1 in the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs wouldn’t be easy. He just looked back to last season when his Golden Lions knocked off top-seeded Blackhawk to reach the semifinals. If Greensburg Salem wants to reach the semifinals this season, it...
Bach sharp as Yough takes down South Park in Class 4A quarterfinals
Jarett Bach’s first-round start didn’t meet his high standards, but Monday’s was surely one of his best. The Yough left-hander struck out 10, walked only one and kept South Park off balance to win 3-1 in a WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinal at West Mifflin. With an MLB scout watching from...
Breegle’s clutch single lifts Ligonier Valley past Central in District 5/6 playoffs
It took 10 innings for Ligonier Valley to pass its first test in the District 5/6 softball playoffs after it was looking like the Rams didn’t have a prayer. Junior Myrna Breegle said a divine intervention Monday likely enabled No. 4 seed Ligonier Valley to come away with an improbable...
Leechburg softball tops Jeannette for 3rd time, moves to semifinals
Leechburg expected a tougher game from Jeannette in the WPIAL playoffs than what the Blue Devils saw from their section rival during the regular season. The push came, but so did some mistakes, and Leechburg gladly took advantage. A costly two-out error spurred Leechburg’s four-run second inning, and the No....
Beaver shuts out No. 14 Highlands in Class 4A quarterfinals
Monday’s WPIAL playoff game won’t go down as one of the best games Highlands played this season, but the 2019 season will go down in the record books as the best season of the new millennium. Beaver broke open a tight game with a five-run fourth inning, and Bobcats starting...
Big inning propels Knoch softball past upset-minded Greensburg Salem
Greensburg Salem had its sights set on a second consecutive upset in the WPIAL Class 4A softball playoffs. The No. 11 Golden Lions trailed third-seeded Knoch by two runs going into the bottom of the sixth inning. But the Knights sent 11 batters to the plate before any were retired...
Keystone Oaks slugs past No. 3 Burrell in WPIAL quarterfinals
The Burrell softball team won its final 12 games of the regular season, captured the Section 1-3A championship and earned the No. 3 seed for the WPIAL playoffs. However, none of that mattered to Keystone Oaks on Monday in a WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinal matchup at Hampton Community Park. The...
Buddy Valinsky named boys basketball coach at Norwin
Buddy Valinsky said he would have remained at Allderdice had the school joined the WPIAL in boys basketball. Because that wasn’t going to happen, though, he decided to leave the program he built into a perennial power to make inroads to the WPIAL, only in a different way. Valinsky, who...
WPIAL track and field champions earn top seeds for PIAA meet
Several WPIAL track and field champions are top seeds for the two-day PIAA championship meet Friday and Saturday at Shippensburg. The PIAA released the performance lists to its website, and Shady Side Academy’s Melissa Riggins owns the top seed for the girls Class AA 800-meter and 1,600 runs. Joining Riggins...
High school scores, schedules for May 19, 2019
High Schools Baseball WPIAL Playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Tuesday’s schedule Penn-Trafford (16-3) vs. Upper St. Clair (13-6) at West Mifflin, 4 p.m.; North Allegheny (15-5) vs. Shaler (7-13) at Fox Chapel, 4 p.m.; Pine-Richland (15-4) vs. Norwin (14-6) at Boyce Mayview Park in Upper St. Clair, 6:30 p.m.; Bethel Park...
TribHSSN Softball Player of the Week for games of May 13-18, 2019
Payton List School: Beaver Class: Freshman The Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week is Beaver freshman Payton List, whose debut was so good, she rose up to the top of the player of the week list. List helped the Bobcats win in the first round of the WPIAL Class...
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week for games of May 13-18
The Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week is Our Lady of the Sacred Heart senior Jeff Zick, who threw a three-hit shutout in the Chargers’ WPIAL Class 2A first-round victory over Riverside. No. 5 OLSH next faces No. 4 Seton LaSalle on Monday in the quarterfinals. “Seton LaSalle is...
TribHSSN Softball Team of the Week for games of May 13-18, 2019
The Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week is West Allegheny, which won district gold last season and is off and running this postseason after a first-round win. The 7-5 win over Shaler on Thursday lifted the No. 10-seed Indians into the quarterfinals, where they will face the No. 2-seed...
