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Seniors Charlton, Sheaffer lift Apollo-Ridge past Riverview in Section 2-2A
Apollo-Ridge seniors Mollie Charlton and Sidney Sheaffer were celebrated before Monday’s Section 2-2A softball game against Riverview. They then were able to help their teammates celebrate a victory. Sheaffer hit a home run and drove in three runs, and Charlton limited the Riverview offense to one hit in a 10-0...
Highlands, St. Joseph baseball teams end long WPIAL playoff droughts
Highlands and St. Joseph share the same stretch of road in Harrison Township, and until Monday they also had long WPIAL baseball playoff droughts in common. But the neighboring schools got the monkey off their backs on the same afternoon, as St. Joseph beat Section 3-A rival Leechburg, 10-0, in...
Springdale softball gears down for 1st postseason since 2000
Playoffs wasn’t a term that had been used in connection with Springdale softball for some time. The last time the Dynamos reached the WPIAL postseason was 2000. That year, Springdale defeated Brentwood in eight innings in the first round before falling to Chartiers-Houston, 1-0, in the quarterfinals. But this year’s...
Junior slugger, pitcher named Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week
Maddy Hershberger School: Albert Gallatin Class: Junior The Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week is Albert Gallatin junior Maddy Hershberger, who was 4 for 9 with a double, triple and four RBIs in three section games last week. Albert Gallatin coach Larry Flowers said a move in the Colonials...
Perennial power named Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week
The Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week is Chartiers-Houston, a perennial power that took over first place in Section 2-2A with a pair of wins last week. The Buccaneers are 9-1 in the section heading into the final week of the regular season, a game up in the loss...
Playoff-bound boys volleyball teams maintain positions in rankings
The WPIAL boys volleyball playoff fields will be finalized this week as Thursday marks the final date of section play in both Class AAA and AA. The WPIAL playoff committee will meet next Monday, May 13, to set up the brackets, and the first round is expected to begin as...
North Catholic basketball teammates add offers just before recruiting shutdown
A week-long recruiting shutdown starts Monday for NCAA women’s basketball coaches, but North Catholic teammates Tess Myers and Kylee Lewandowski each pulled in an offer just before the deadline. Myers announced an offer Saturday from Temple, and Lewandowski added Fairfield on Friday. They rank among the WPIAL’s top juniors. A...
Texas A&M targets linemen from WPIAL, City LeagueVideo
With NFL first-round picks Myles Garrett, Mike Evans and Von Miller all recent Aggies, Texas A&M football coaches can make a strong nationwide pitch to recruits. This week, Jimbo Fisher’s staff dipped into Western Pennsylvania to offer a pair of defensive linemen. Westinghouse junior Dayon Hayes and Central Catholic sophomore...
High school scores, schedules for May 5, 2019
High Schools Baseball Monday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Allderdice vs. Central Catholic, LaRoche College, 4 p.m. Pine-Richland at North Allegheny, 7 p.m. Seneca Valley vs. Butler, Kelly Auto Park, 7 p.m. Section 2 Connellsville at Plum, 4:15 p.m. Latrobe at Hempfield, 4:15 p.m. Norwin at Penn-Trafford, 4 p.m....
WPIAL girls lacrosse standings through May 5, 2019
Here are the latest WPIAL girls lacrosse standings for the 2019 season through May 5. Trib HSSN will update the standings this week upon the end of the regular season. The top six teams in each section will qualify for the district postseason. Only section records are shown. #-Clinched section...
Trib HSSN boys, girls lacrosse power rankings for week of May 5, 2019
There were a couple of flip-flops on the girls’ side and one big change at the top of the boys’ in this week’s Trib HSSN power rankings for lacrosse. Upper St. Clair’s girls are once again atop the rankings, but North Allegheny’s boys were bumped to No. 2. Some of...
WPIAL boys lacrosse standings through May 5, 2019
Here are the latest WPIAL boys lacrosse standings for the 2019 season through May 5. Trib HSSN will update the standings one more time upon the completion of the regular season. The top six teams in each section will qualify for the district postseason. Only section records are shown. #-Clinched...
Belle Vernon track athlete Hunter Martin makes his markVideo
Belle Vernon senior Hunter Martin didn’t know after the Baldwin Invitational on Friday if he was going to try to improve his marks at one of the Last Chance meets Tuesday. That decision would be made by Monday. Martin competes in the 110- and 300-meter hurdles, the long jump and...
Greensburg Salem switches site of Monday’s baseball game
Greensburg Salem announced on Sunday the site of Monday’s baseball game against Knoch was switched to Seton Hill at 5 p.m. After the game, Greensburg Salem will honor the seniors. The Golden Lions (12-2, 8-2) are a half-game behind Yough (11-5, 9-2) for the Section 1-4A lead. Greensburg Salem will...
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week: Casey Marshalwitz, Hampton
Casey Marshalwitz School: Hampton Class: Senior The Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week is Hampton senior Casey Marshalwitz, who was a combined 6 for 11 with five runs, two RBIs, a double and a walk in wins over Shaler and Moon and a loss to defending champion North Hills....
TribLive High School Sports Network broadcasts for the week of May 6, 2019
The regular season of the spring high school sports season concludes, and the bracketology begins this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. TribHSSN wraps up the regular season with plenty of key WPIAL baseball and softball section coverage with several live and archived video streams. For the first...
TribHSSN Baseball Team of the Week for the week of April 29, 2019
The Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week is Avonworth, which won a key Section 4-2A game that put it into a tie for first place with three section games remaining. The week started with a showdown against front-running Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. Leading 3-0 in the seventh...
Public school advocates plan another ‘athletic equity’ summit
Public school advocates are planning another statewide summit this summer to further their campaign to create separate PIAA playoffs. In an email Sunday to supporters, the Pennsylvania Athletics Equity Committee announced that it will hold a summit July 30 at a site to be determined. The group organized the PA...
5 Things to Watch during this week’s track and field competitions
The high school track and field season is about to wrap up. The WPIAL team competition is Monday at Peters Township, and the WPIAL individual championships are May 16 at Slippery Rock. Because the WPIAL eliminated the area qualifiers in Class AAA and Class AA and takes the top 24...
WPIAL players show ‘West runs this state’ in East-West all-star victory
ALTOONA — It might have been a high school football game played in May. Just don’t tell the Pittsburgh-area players it didn’t matter. “We wanted to win. We wanted to represent the WPIAL,” Yough’s Dustin Shoaf said. “We wanted to show the West runs this state.” In the end, Shoaf...
A-K Valley H.S. lookahead: Week of May 6-12
Monday Baseball Kiski Area needs either a win or an Armstrong loss to clinch its first WPIAL playoff berth since 2016, and the Cavaliers (8-8, 5-5) will get their first opportunity as they visit second-place Gateway. The Gators (12-5, 8-2) edged Kiski Area in extra innings earlier this season. In...
High school roundup for May 4, 2019: Montour tops Chartiers Valley
Gannon Kadlecik went 3 for 3 with a double, a home run and three RBIs as Montour defeated Chartiers Valley, 7-3, in a Section 3-5A baseball game Saturday. Ryan Gallagher pitched 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief with three strikeouts for the Spartans (11-7, 7-3). Anthony Collura and Will Kinhington...
Unbeaten teams stay atop Trib HSSN boys volleyball power rankings
There were no changes to the top six in the Trib HSSN weekly WPIAL boys volleyball Power Rankings, despite losses by Latrobe, Shaler and Derry. Hempfield and Seneca Valley flip-flopped at No. 7 and No. 8, while OLSH debuts in the Top 10 after knocking off Ambridge, bumping the Bridgers...
WPIAL boys volleyball playoff clinchings through May 4, 2019
There is one week left in the 2019 WPIAL boys volleyball regular season before the start of the district postseason. Check out the updated WPIAL boys volleyball standings at Trib HSSN. The top four teams in each section qualify for the playoffs, although more than four could clinch a playoff...
High school scores, schedules for May 4, 2019
High Schools Baseball Saturday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler 6, Allderdice 1 Section 3 Bethel Park 7, Mt. Lebanon 6 Class 5A Section 3 Montour 7, Chartiers Valley 3 Class 3A Section 1 Freeport 3, Steel Valley 0 Class 2A Section 2 Shenango 20, Western Beaver 0 Mohawk...
