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Penn-Trafford, West Allegheny among No. 1 seeds in WPIAL baseball playoff brackets
Penn-Trafford, West Allegheny, Greensburg Salem, Freeport, Shenango and California received No. 1 seeds Friday when the WPIAL revealed baseball playoff brackets. Play begins Wednesday and Thursday. The championships are May 28-29 at Wild Things Park in Washington. Class 6A Thursday’s games No. 1 Penn-Trafford – bye No. 8 Upper St....
WPIAL baseball bracketology: Don Rebel predicts playoff seeds
The WPIAL will unveil the brackets for the 2019 district baseball playoffs Friday afternoon. Watch the official release at 1 p.m. on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Eighty-one teams have punched their ticket for the Way to Washington. But before the brackets are released, a lot of coaches, players...
Butler’s Ethan Morton latest WPIAL basketball recruit headed out of state
The WPIAL doesn’t produce an abundance of major-college men’s basketball recruits, but it has seen its share of three- and four-star prospects in recent years. The latest to pick a college, Butler junior Ethan Morton, committed Thursday night to Purdue. Rivals ranks the 6-foot-5 guard as a four-star recruit. He...
High school scores, schedules for May 9, 2019
High Schools Baseball Thursday’s results WPIAL Class 5A Section 3 Chartiers Valley 3, Carrick 0 Class 3A Section 1 Valley 5, East Allegheny 0 Class A Section 1 Union 17, Aliquippa 2 (5 inn.) Nonsection Allderdice 14, Brashear 3 (5 inn.) Altoona 5, Latrobe 0 Armstrong 7, Knoch 1 Blackhawk...
High school roundup for May 9, 2019: Franklin Regional shuts out Penn-Trafford
Franklin Regional ensured it will enter the WPIAL baseball playoffs with momentum Thursday. The Class 5A No. 2 Panthers scored twice in the first inning and held on for a 2-0 victory over Class 6A No. 1 Penn-Trafford (16-3) in a nonsection game. It was the 13th straight win for...
Pair of WPIAL teams join Trib HSSN state softball rankings
There was very little rumbling this week in the Trib HSSN state softball rankings as teams close out their regular season and prepare for their respective district playoffs. After knocking Williams Valley out of the top spot in Class A last week, Nativity BVM takes over No. 1 as West...
Penn-Trafford track and field uses county championships as WPIAL tune-up
The Penn-Trafford track and field team isn’t much of an invitational team. Outside of Latrobe’s Wildcat/Spartan Invitational in early April, the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association track and field championships are the only other big invite the Warriors compete in heading into the WPIAL track and field championships. “(The WCCA’s is)...
Butler basketball star Ethan Morton commits to Purdue
Rarely does the WPIAL have a basketball star whose recruitment stretches nearly coast to coast. Butler’s Ethan Morton had options nationwide and chose somewhere in the middle. The 6-foot-5 junior guard committed to Purdue on Thursday night, making his college announcement on Twitter. He had nearly two dozen scholarship offers...
Penn-Trafford, Mt. Pleasant set to begin softball playoffs as favorites
Perhaps as clear-cut as No. 1 seeds come, Penn-Trafford and Mt. Pleasant didn’t give the WPIAL softball steering committee much to think about in Class 5A and 4A. Playoff pairings came out Thursday, and both were slotted comfortably into the top-left corner of the brackets, earmarking them as the teams...
Pine-Richland girls lacrosse shoots for WPIAL 3-peat
The Pine-Richland girls lacrosse team may be entering this year’s WPIAL Class 3A playoffs with a few more losses than in their last two championship-winning seasons, but they still loom large as a threat to win it all. In coach Brittany Adams’ eyes, the losses only have made them stronger...
Breaking down the 2019 WPIAL softball playoffs
Here’s a breakdown of the 2019 WPIAL softball playoffs: Class 6A Favorite: The top seed in a unique eight-team bracket, North Allegheny opened the season with nine straight victories and finished in a three-way tie for the Section 2 title with Norwin and Hempfield. Norwin and NA swept Hempfield, and...
Shaler boys volleyball adopts simple approach for playoffs
Six-foot middle blocker Steve Hoffman fits right in with the Shaler volleyball team. He’s undersized and has a persistent, defensive style of play. The Titans long have established their intent to wear down bigger teams with their tempo. “I don’t know if we are patient,” Hoffman said. “We keep moving...
Shaler girls lacrosse hopes to build on 2019 season
The Shaler Area girls lacrosse team started to turn a corner by the end of the season. While it won’t be enough to send the Titans to the WPIAL Class AAA postseason, it provided a strong foundation for the team to build on heading into next season. Shaler finished 6-10...
North Hills softball riding hot streak
North Hills might be the hottest team in WPIAL Class 6A softball. The Indians had the classification’s longest winning streak at eight games. Among their victories, the Indians have defeated playoff teams North Allegheny, Norwin, Seneca Valley and Class 5A Shaler. Despite its impressive play, however, North Hills (12-6, 8-6)...
Chemistry helps North Allegheny girls lacrosse clinch WPIAL playoff berth
The North Allegheny girls lacrosse team found the right recipe to capture four of its final five games and earn a spot in the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs. Senior midfielder Paige Jones attributed the surge to chemistry. Italian food helped bring the Tigers together before the season started. “We had...
Hampton girls track endures, earns another WPIAL playoff berth
The Hampton girls track team might not have hit the ground running, but the Talbots picked up steam quickly. After losing its first meet, Hampton ran the table the rest of the regular season and into the WPIAL semifinals for the third straight year. “We were talking the other day...
Hampton boys track features mix of old, new
There was a good dynamic of young and old that represented Hampton boys track this year. A handful of runners and hurdlers will represent themselves individually at the WPIAL championships at Slippery Rock on May 16. “I think there’s been an interesting dynamic of older guys and younger guys that...
Volleyball changes from annoyance to passion for Bishop Canevin’s Matt Menosky
When Steve Menosky coached his daughters, Michelina Campanella and Julia Menosky, in volleyball, he often would have young son Matt tag along. More accurately, Matt Menosky would be dragged to the court kicking and screaming. That annoyance eventually became a passion. Menosky, a senior at Bishop Canevin, has grown into...
Chartiers Valley boys return to WPIAL lacrosse playoffs
The Charters Valley boys lacrosse season is ready to hit the reset button. After finishing the regular season with a 7-6 record, the Colts are returning to the WPIAL playoffs after a one-season hiatus. “It is huge for us to get back into the playoffs after not being there last...
Penn Hills thrower Allen set for 3rd WPIAL championship meet
When Penn Hills senior Lillia Allen was asked how to describe her high school athletic career, Allen had only two words — rocky and crazy. After missing all of her junior year with a shoulder surgery, Allen will make her third appearance at WPIALs. Allen will look to qualify for...
Gustave, LeDonne represent Penn Hills at East-West all-star game
This year, Penn Hills brought its first PIAA football title since 1995 back to the community. The accolades for the team are still coming through, with the latest being two members of the state champion team being part of the 18th annual PSFCA Big 33 East/West game May 5 at...
Quartet of A-K Valley softball teams awarded 1st-round bye in playoffs
The release of the WPIAL softball playoff brackets Thursday brought some welcome news to Burrell. The Bucs, fresh off their first outright section title since 2011, received the reward of the No. 3 seed in the Class 3A field. The first-round bye that came with it held a logistical importance....
North Allegheny, Penn-Trafford earn No. 1 seeds in WPIAL softball playoffs
North Allegheny, Penn-Trafford, Mt. Pleasant, Avonworth, Chartiers-Houston and West Greene received No. 1 seeds Thursday when the WPIAL revealed softball playoff brackets. The playoffs start Tuesday for Class 5A, 3A and A. The other three classifications begin play Wednesday. The championships are May 29-30 at Peterswood Park in Peters Township....
North Allegheny, Mars receive top seeds in WPIAL boys lacrosse playoffs
North Allegheny and Mars received the top seeds Thursday when the WPIAL revealed brackets for the boys lacrosse playoffs. The playoffs begin Monday for Class 3A and Tuesday for Class 2A. The championships are May 24 at Robert Morris. Defending champion Mars earned the top seed in Class 2A followed...
Final WPIAL girls lacrosse standings through May 8, 2019
Here are the final WPIAL girls lacrosse standings for the 2019 season. The playoff field is set in both Class AAA and AA. The brackets will be released Thursday by the WPIAL, and Trib HSSN will run down the matches on the Lacrosse Playoff Pairings Show at 6 p.m. Friday....
