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Hempfield’s Emma Hoffner hopes to add to bucket of memories
There is a bucket spilling over with softballs in the corner of Emma Hoffner’s room. Each ball is labeled with accomplishments from the Hempfield sophomore’s high school and travel career: home runs, big hits, important wins. Warm and fuzzy memories. A can of keepsakes. Included is the ball she drove...
WPIAL softball bracketology: Don Rebel predicts playoff seeds
Fans are just hours from knowing what the true brackets will look like for the 2019 WPIAL softball playoffs. Seventy-five teams have secured a district postseason berth, and some are about to begin a three-week journey, which this year culminates with six championship games at Peterswood Park in Peters Township....
Final WPIAL baseball playoff clinchings through May 8, 2019
On Friday, the WPIAL will unveil the brackets for the 2019 district baseball playoffs. The postseason field is complete as 81 teams have punched their ticket for the Way to Washington. Watch the official unveiling of the brackets at noon Friday on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN...
New No. 1 team steps into Trib HSSN baseball power rankings
The final week of power rankings in the regular season has another new No. 1 team for baseball while the top team in softball remains unchanged in this week’s Trib HSSN Power Rankings. West Allegheny baseball and Mt. Pleasant softball are on top heading into the district postseason, while two...
High school roundup for May 8, 2019: Blackhawk claims Section 2 title
Jarrett Wright was 3 for 3 with a double and RBI as Blackhawk captured the Section 2-4A championship with a 3-2 win over Beaver. The Bobcats (10-7, 9-3) loaded the bases in the top of the seventh but only managed one run, as Blackhawk earned the win. Marco Borello struck...
High school scores, schedules for May 8, 2019
High Schools Baseball Wednesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Seneca Valley 3, Central Catholic 2 Section 2 Norwin 15, Latrobe 6 Section 3 Bethel Park 5, Baldwin 1 Peters Township 4, Canon-McMillan 2 Upper St. Clair 3, Mt. Lebanon 2 Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional 4, Gateway 2...
Seneca Valley tops Central Catholic to clinch playoff berth
Eric Semega has coached a lot of baseball in his nearly two decades at Seneca Valley, but he has never experienced what he went through this week. “I do not think we’ve ever played three section games back-to-back-to-back where they all meant something, and to see how we played in...
Ligonier Valley rolls to another conference track title
The Ligonier Valley boys track team continued its dominance in the Heritage Conference on Tuesday, winning the conference track championship for the fourth consecutive season. The Rams outscored Homer Center, 145-131. Senior sprinter Elliot Rost led the way by winning the 100- and 200-meter dashes. He also was on the...
Putt’s one-hitter leads Greensburg Salem baseball to share of Section 1-4A titleVideo
Greensburg Salem junior pitcher Aaren Putt doesn’t overpower opposing hitters. With a solid defense behind him, he doesn’t have to. Putt allowed a leadoff hit to Mt. Pleasant’s Asker O’Connor and then retired the next 19 batters to lead Greensburg Salem to a 5-0 victory in a Section 1-4A game...
Kiski Area baseball uses dramatic win over Armstrong to qualify for playoffs
Ryne Wallace arrived to Kiski Area’s do-or-die section finale 15 minutes before first pitch because of advanced placement tests, but the senior got there in plenty of time to place the Cavaliers in the playoffs. Wallace’s bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth inning scored Ethan Guercio, giving Kiski...
Franklin Regional baseball completes perfect section season
For the first time this season, the scoreboard was up and running at Haymaker Park, adding some ambience to Franklin Regional’s final home game. Senior outfielder Tommy Kegerreis enjoyed seeing the old display panel working again so much he took direct aim at it in the fifth inning. Kegerreis clubbed...
Greensburg Central Catholic boys lacrosse continues to build, improve
Just two years ago, the Greensburg Central Catholic boys lacrosse team had a roster of just 11 players. Since then, the Centurions have built their program from the bottom up. This season, they fielded a roster of 25 players and have started to implement a culture that is translating into...
Waywood’s gem lifts Yough over Frazier in charity event
Kierra Waywood took the name of her team’s fundraiser to heart. The Yough senior pitcher tossed a complete game, struck out 16 batters, allowed just two hits and scored the decisive run as the Cougars (12-5) topped Frazier, 3-0, in nonsection action Wednesday. The dominant performance highlighted a charitable event...
Freeport baseball rallies to top Deer Lakes for section title
The first time the Deer Lakes and Freeport baseball teams played this season, the Lancers earned a low-scoring, one-run victory. Wednesday’s rematch at Freeport Community Park, with the Section 1-3A title on the line, was expected to be that same type of game, and it turned out that way as...
Riverview track athletes shift focus from team to individual goals
It was a successful dual-meet season for the Riverview track and field teams. The Raiders boys and girls captured section championships with undefeated records. It was the boys team’s second section crown in a row, and the girls won a section title for the first time. Both teams fell short...
Bishop Canevin hires football coach T.J. Wiley
Former Northgate, Deer Lakes and Penn-Trafford football coach T.J. Wiley is headed to Bishop Canevin. Canevin announced Wiley’s hire Wednesday on Twitter. He replaces Chris Lucas, who left Canevin for West Allegheny after one season as the Crusaders’ head coach. “Of the 14 candidates interviewed and many more considered, Coach...
Fox Chapel, Indiana capture WPIAL boys tennis team titles
Fox Chapel and Indiana joined elite clubs at Wednesday’s WPIAL boys tennis team championships at Oxford Athletic Club in Wexford. The Foxes held off Shady Side Academy, 3-2, to capture the WPIAL Class AAA title. Fox Chapel is the third Class AAA team to win four consecutive titles since competition...
With just 8 teams in playoff field, Class 6A softball tournament to feature familiar matchups
The WPIAL Class 6A softball bracket will be noticeably more compact when the pairings are released Thursday. With the WPIAL going from three sections to two this season, the league took just eight teams to the postseason in its largest classification. There were 13 qualifiers last season and 12 made...
WPIAL boys volleyball playoff clinchings through May 7, 2019
There are two days left in the 2019 WPIAL boys volleyball regular season before the start of the district playoffs. Check out the updated standings at the Trib HSSN website. The Class AA postseason field of 13 is set while 10 Class AAA teams are in and three are hopeful...
WPIAL boys lacrosse standings through May 7, 2019
Here are the final WPIAL boys lacrosse standings for the 2019 season through May 7. The top six teams in each section qualify for the district postseason. Only section records are shown. #-Clinched section championship *-Clinched playoff berth x-Eliminated from playoff chase Class AAA — Set with 12 playoff teams...
Chartiers-Houston routs Bentworth to claim Section 3-2A title
Chartiers-Houston set out to accomplish several small goals this season. The first goal on that list was crossed off Tuesday as the Bucs defeated Bentworth, 12-2, in five innings to clinch the Section 3-2A title outright for the first time since 2015. “We’ve been working really hard in the offseason,”...
WPIAL baseball playoff clinchings through May 7, 2019
On Friday, the WPIAL will unveil the brackets for the 2019 district baseball playoffs. Seventy-one teams have punched their ticket for the Way to Washington, but there are still a few spots to be had as 16 district teams still have hope heading into the final day of section play....
High school scores, schedules for May 7, 2019
High Schools Baseball Tuesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny 11, Allderdice 0 (5 inn.) Class 5A Section 2 Shaler 9, Moon 4 South Fayette 9, North Hills 4 Section 3 Albert Gallatin 6, Carrick 5 Trinity 6, Carrick 0 Class 4A Section 3 Ringgold 6, Elizabeth Forward...
Shaler uses small ball to eliminate Moon from playoff contentionVideo
Small ball is alive and well at Shaler. In an era where the bunt has become a lost art and is frowned upon by baseball sabermetrics, Shaler bunted five times, including four times in a span of five batters in a four-run fifth inning during a 9-4 win over Moon....
WPIAL softball playoff clinchings through May 7, 2019
On Thursday, the WPIAL will unveil the brackets for the 2019 district softball playoffs. Seventy-three teams have punched their ticket for the Path to Peterswood with only one more spot, possibly two, up for grabs in Class A. Five classification’s fields are now set with the only question mark being...
