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WPIAL girls lacrosse standings through May 7, 2019
Here are the latest WPIAL girls lacrosse standings for the 2019 season through May 7. The playoff field is set in Class AA and has one opening left in Class AAA. The winner of Wednesday’s Penn-Trafford vs. Norwin match will clinch the final playoff spot. The top six teams in...
High school roundup for May 7, 2019: South Fayette locks up playoff berth
Richie Dell hit a three-run home run, and Ryan McGuire knocked in two runs to help South Fayette earn a WPIAL playoff berth with an 8-4 victory over North Hills (3-14, 2-8) in a Section 2-5A baseball game Tuesday afternoon. Ryan Kokoski struck out seven batters in four innings to...
Highlands’ Johnny Crise adds Robert Morris football offer to basketball offer
Johnny Crise doubled up on his Robert Morris scholarship opportunities. The Colonials’ football program offered the Highlands junior on Tuesday evening, a year after the school’s basketball program gave him his first offer. Blessed and thankful to have received an offer from Robert Morris University #NoTomorrow pic.twitter.com/S3KUCJvjGf— Johnny Crise (@Crise_20)...
WPIAL team tennis championship matchups set
The WPIAL team tennis championship matchups feature Fox Chapel against Shady Side Academy for the Class AAA title and Quaker Valley taking on Indiana for the Class AA crown. Both matches are Wednesday at the Oxford Athletic Club in Wexford. The Class AA match begins at 11:30 a.m., and the...
Franklin Regional’s Williams commits to Yale baseball
Franklin Regional’s standout shortstop and top entrepreneur is heading to the Ivy League. Senior Jake Williams will further his playing career at Yale, the Panthers’ baseball team announced Tuesday via Twitter. Williams, who helped create the nonprofit business, mySportResume.com, an online athletic and academic portfolio for aspiring college student-athletes, used...
3rd WPIAL baseball team forfeits after violating pitch-count rule
Two weeks after defeating section-leading Hopewell, Beaver Falls gave the victory back. Beaver Falls became the third WPIAL baseball team to forfeit a victory this season after violating pitch-count rules, the teams announced Tuesday. The PIAA upped the single-game limit to 105 pitches this season but only for the playoffs...
Butler basketball star Ethan Morton will make his college decision this week
Butler basketball star Ethan Morton holds nearly two dozen scholarship offers, having added one after another since Cleveland State gave him his first three summers ago. Now, it’s time to choose. The 6-foot-5 junior will announce his college choice Thursday night from a long list that includes regional schools Pitt,...
GCC softball gets momentum-building win over playoff-bound JeannetteVideo
Greensburg Central Catholic was hoping to take momentum into the WPIAL Class A softball playoffs. To peak at the right time, as the expression goes. A run-ruled victory over rival Jeannette should help do the trick. The Centurions, back in the postseason after a year absence, erupted for six runs...
Alle-Kiski notebook: Playoff fates await Kiski Area, Knoch baseball
It might not be the most ideal situation, but it’s certainly the most dramatic. Kiski Area’s baseball playoff fate will come down to Wednesday as the Cavaliers (8-9, 5-6) host Armstrong in a winner-take-all game for the final Section 1-5A playoff berth. The situation arose after Armstrong (8-8, 4-7) rallied...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Burrell’s Jack Henderson and Knoch’s Amanda Fischer
Jack Henderson School: Burrell Class: Junior Sport: Baseball Report card: Previously a full-time reliever, Henderson started for the first time last week and earned a win for Class 3A No. 4 Burrell (9-4, 6-4). The right-hander gave up three hits and struck out four over 6 2/3 innings in the...
Jeannette seniors looking for one last run in baseball playoffs
Next week is what Jeannette’s baseball team has been thinking about since last May — the start of the WPIAL playoffs. After a semifinal loss to Vincentian Academy dashed the Jayhawks’ hopes for a repeat Class A title, they wanted to get back to the postseason and compete for another...
From ‘Baby Shark’ to great white, Heilman develops into reliable ace, leader for Freeport
Jarrett Heilman first heard “Baby Shark” in ninth-grade social studies, when teacher Daniel Stell played the children’s song and its accompanying dance over the projector in the classroom. And when he threw a complete game later that afternoon in a junior varsity game against Knoch, a phenomenon was born. “I...
George Guido: Unfamiliar teams in baseball, softball playoffs
When the WPIAL baseball and softball pairings are released later this week, some unfamiliar schools will be bracketed. St. Joseph baseball and Springdale softball will be in the postseason for the first time this millennium, and the players from those teams are cascading toward age 40. It has been so...
Yough softball hosting Frazier in ‘Strikeout Cancer’ event
Last year, the Yough softball team raised $6,000 for a pair of classmates who were stricken with cancer. The students since have recovered and are doing better. Yough’s “Strikeout Cancer” event also is going strong. The annual fundraiser game will be played again Wednesday as the Cougars host nonsection opponent...
Pole vaulters help Hempfield clinch WPIAL track championship
If members of the Hempfield boys track and field team needed any extra motivation to win WPIAL Class AAA team championship, maybe it came in their seeding by the WPIAL committee. Hempfield coach Ron Colland’s team was seeded fourth behind North Allegheny, Seneca Valley and Mt. Lebanon. But Colland knew...
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Belle Vernon’s Hunter Martin, Mt. Pleasant’s Carolyn Alincic
Hunter Martin School: Belle Vernon Sport: Track and field Year: Senior Claim to fame: Martin, a Seton Hill commit, captured four individual titles, and the Leopards won the boys team title at the Scott Frederick Mid Mon Classic on April 29 at Charleroi. Martin placed first in the 110-meter hurdles...
WPIAL baseball playoff clinchings through May 6, 2019
On Friday, the WPIAL will unveil the brackets for the 2019 district baseball playoffs. Sixty-six teams have punched their ticket for the Way to Washington, but there are still plenty of spots to be had as 24 district teams still have hope. Watch the official unveiling of the brackets at...
High school roundup for May 6, 2019: No. 3 North Allegheny shuts out No. 2 Pine-Richland
Jarod Orwell homered to help No. 3 North Allegheny defeat No. 2 Pine-Richland, 2-0, in a Section 1-6A baseball game Monday night. Ryan Partridge threw a two-hitter with 11 strikeouts to earn the win for the Tigers (13-5, 7-2), which has won six straight games. Tommy Beam took the loss...
WPIAL softball playoff clinchings through May 6, 2019
In a couple of days, the WPIAL will unveil the brackets for the 2019 district softball playoffs. Seventy-three teams have punched their ticket for the Path to Peterswood, but there are still four possible spots up for grabs. Four classification’s fields are now set, while Fort Cherry is still alive...
Hempfield captures boys WPIAL track championship in final event
It was a classic finish in the WPIAL Class AAA team championship Monday at Peters Township. Heading into the final event, the pole vault, Hempfield was leading North Allegheny and Seneca Valley by a point. The winner of the pole vault would take home the team title. That’s when Hempfield...
High school scores, schedules for May 6, 2019
High Schools Baseball Monday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Central Catholic 7, Allderdice 3 North Allegheny 2, Pine-Richland 0 Seneca Valley 7, Butler 4 Section 2 Hempfield 10, Latrobe 5 Penn-Trafford 5, Norwin 4 Plum 5, Connellsville 3 Section 3 Baldwin 9, Brashear 0 Bethel Park 8, Canon-McMillan 0...
Defense leads Upper St. Clair past Mt. Lebanon in Section 1-6A
If defense wins championship, the Class 6A softball playoff field should take note that the new kids on the block are ready to battle for gold. Upper St. Clair was near perfect defensively, with web gems and big throws highlighting a 3-0 win Monday over rival Mt. Lebanon. The win...
Franklin Regional tops shorthanded Latrobe in Section 1-5A finale
Franklin Regional breathed a sigh of relief as Latrobe’s “next-player-up” mindset came up just short. Down to its fourth string pitcher in sophomore Emily Schmucker, Latrobe nearly overcame a pair of multi-run deficits in an attempt to snap out of a funk that has hit the Wildcats in the back...
No. 1 Greensburg Salem baseball edges closer to 1st section title since 2012
Put another ball on the banner. That has been the goal, Greensburg Salem baseball coach Bill Wizniewski said, since the first day of the regular season. It remains his team’s goal until the last. With an offensively-charged, 10-5 victory over Knoch on Monday at Seton Hill, the Golden Lions —...
Ligonier Valley sprinters hope to make their mark at Heritage Conference meet
It has been another banner season for the Ligonier Valley track and field team, especially for a couple of senior sprinters. Elliott Rost and Zach Beitel recently opened some eyes at a couple of big meets. Rost won the 100-meter dash at the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association meet April 27...
