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Hampton lacrosse looks well-balanced as season winds down
During another stellar season by the Hampton boys lacrosse team, a familiar setback occurred . But this time, it seemed different. After an 11-9 loss to rival and three-time reigning WPIAL champion Mars, which is undefeated against the Talbots (12-2) the past five seasons, Hampton felt hope the streak would...
WPIAL baseball playoff clinchings through May 1, 2019
In eight days, the WPIAL will unveil the brackets for the 2019 district baseball playoffs. Forty-one teams have punched their ticket for the Way to Washington, but there are still plenty of spots to be had. Watch the official unveiling of the brackets at noon May 10 only on the...
WPIAL softball playoff clinchings through May 1, 2019
In one week, the WPIAL will unveil the brackets for the 2019 district softball playoffs. Sixty-two teams have punched their ticket for the Path to Peterswood, but there are still some spots up for grabs. Watch the official unveiling of the brackets at noon May 9 only on the TribLive...
New team rises to top of Trib HSSN power rankings
There is a new No. 1 team on the baseball side while one of three undefeated district teams remain on top on the softball side of the TribLive High School Sports Network weekly Power Rankings. Pine-Richland and Mt. Pleasant are on top while three new teams join the power rankings...
High school scores, schedules for May 1, 2019
High Schools Baseball Wednesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler 5, Central Catholic 1 North Allegheny 4, Seneca Valley 3 Pine-Richland 9, Allderdice 0 Section 2 Connellsville 8, Latrobe 7 Norwin 5, Hempfield 2 Penn-Trafford 2, Plum 0 Section 3 Baldwin 3, Canon-McMillan 2 Mt. Lebanon 10, Brashear 0...
High school roundup for May 1, 2019: Quaker Valley upsets No. 1 Blackhawk
The Quaker Valley baseball team pulled of a second straight upset Wednesday afternoon, taking down top-ranked Blackhawk, 9-1, in a Section 2-4A game at Chippewa Park. Christian Johnson hit a grand slam, and Isaac Guss hit a two-run double for the fourth-place Quakers (10-4, 5-4), who also defeated New Castle...
Norwin’s Walker to have shoulder surgery
Norwin sophomore Jayden Walker won’t be pitching anytime soon. The 6-foot-3 left-hander will have surgery to repair a torn left labrum after the season in June. Walker was supposed to be one of Norwin’s top pitchers this season. He won’t be able to pitch for six to eight months while...
Central Valley takes down Blackhawk in Section 3-4A contest
In a year filled with growing pains and tough lessons the Blackhawk softball team entered its final home game of the 2019 season looking to end things on a positive note. Early on that seemed to be the case. Solid hitting and a few big plays in the field had...
Keystone Oaks shuts out McGuffey in battle for 1st place in Section 3-3A
After winning a combined 10 games and missing the playoffs the last two years, one would think Keystone Oaks’ baseball team would be giddy after beating McGuffey, 4-0, on Wednesday. It was a battle for first place in Section 3-3A and secured victory No. 11 this spring. The Golden Eagles...
Norwin baseball stuns Hempfield with 2-out rally in 7th
Baseball can be a cruel game. Just ask Hempfield. The Spartans needed one out to secure a key Section 2-6A victory against rival Norwin on Wednesday, but they threw it away in a 5-2 loss. After starting pitcher Shane Stuchell reached the 100-pitch limit with two outs in the top...
No. 5 Greensburg Salem slugs past No. 2 Yough in Section 1-4A
With each towering drive that carried deep — and there were a bunch of them that gave Yough’s outfielders a guided tour of the home field dimensions at Greensburg Salem — the host Golden Lions watched an early deficit gradually shrink in their rear-view mirror. “We were raking,” Greensburg Salem...
Upper St. Clair ends Sewickley Academy’s WPIAL-title streak in boys tennis
The Sewickley Academy boys tennis team’s 15-year WPIAL-title streak came to an end Thursday when it lost to Upper St. Clair in the first round of the Class AAA playoffs. In a battle of the Panthers, USC scored a 3-2 victory to advance to the quarterfinals and a meeting with...
Indiana gets top seed in WPIAL Class AA boys tennis playoffs
A new team will win the WPIAL Class AA tennis championship this season after Sewickley Academy’s move up to Class AAA, and Indiana will slot in as the favorite to take the crown. The Little Indians, the Section 3-AA champion, received the top seed for the WPIAL Class AA playoffs,...
Henderson, Burrell blank No. 1 Deer Lakes in Section 1-3A
Jack Henderson wanted to finish the game. The pitch-count rules, however, didn’t permit him to do so. But the Bucs junior fashioned a gem against Deer Lakes on Wednesday before he exited the game with two outs in the bottom of the seventh. Henderson limited a potent Lancers lineup to...
Radvan, Freeport shut down Deer Lakes for Section 1-3A victory
Tori Radvan wanted another shot at Deer Lakes, given what happened the last time she threw a pitch against the Lancers. And Freeport’s ace took full advantage of her second chance. Radvan pitched a two-hit shutout, striking out eight and hit a solo homer to lead Freeport over Section 1-3A...
Norwin girls track and field aiming to end WPIAL title drought
It has been 11 years since the Norwin girls track and field team won a WPIAL title. It was the end of four years of dominance by the Knights, who won the Class AAA title from 2005-08. The 2019 Knights want to end that drought Monday at Peters Township against...
Fox Chapel boys tennis sets sights on 4th straight WPIAL title
Fox Chapel’s senior class proved over the last three years it belonged in a different class than their Class AAA competitors. And with three WPIAL championships in hand, the Foxes can finish up a clean sweep. The top-seeded Foxes (12-0) began the WPIAL Class AAA tournament Wednesday against Latrobe with...
Runners Yourish, Shemanski set sights on WPIAL track medals
Deer Lakes senior Josh Yourish and Freeport junior Sidney Shemanski are two of the top middle distance runners in the state. Success from both previous seasons and this spring have put targets on their backs as ones to beat with the WPIAL championships two weeks from today. Both, however, are...
Pitch-count confusion forces another WPIAL baseball team to forfeit
The PIAA’s new pitch-count rule forced another WPIAL baseball team to forfeit. Chartiers Valley notified the WPIAL that its April 17 victory over Trinity must be forfeited because its player threw more pitches than allowed, CV athletic director Angie Potthoff said. The loss leaves the Colts (3-10, 3-5) in fifth...
Central Catholic’s A.J. Beatty adds 40th offer, sets date to announce favorites
A.J. Beatty’s scholarship total has climbed for weeks, but the Central Catholic junior will start narrowing his options soon. The 6-foot-5, 255-pound defensive end revealed this week that he’ll announce a list of “top schools” on June 1. In the meantime, Beatty continues to add Division I schools. He collected...
Matchups set for WPIAL team track and field finals
Sixteen track and field teams remain alive for WPIAL titles after Tuesday’s semifinal meets determined the finalists for the championships Monday at Peters Township. All four meets will begin at 4 p.m. The four defending champions — the North Allegheny and Riverside boys and the Butler and Shenango girls —...
High school scores, schedules for April 30, 2019
High Schools Baseball Tuesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Allderdice at Butler (n) Seneca Valley at Pine-Richland, ppd. Class 5A Section 1 Woodland Hills 4, Armstrong 0 Fox Chapel at Franklin Regional, ppd. Section 2 South Fayette 6, Mars 5 (8 inn.) Shaler at Moon, ppd. Section 3 Chartiers...
High school roundup for April 30, 2019: Chartiers Valley blanks Trinity
Jason Orzechowski threw a five-hitter with five strikeouts to guide Chartiers Valley to a 3-0 win over Trinity (8-8, 4-5) in a Section 3-5A baseball game on a rainy Tuesday afternoon. Griffin Beattie, Jason Orzechowski and Frank Peluso all had extra-base hits for Chartiers Valley (3-10, 3-5), which is in...
Obama Academy player wins City League singles title
Sachin Thiagarajan kept Obama Academy’s City League tennis dominance going. Thiagarajan, a junior, claimed his first City League singles championship Tuesday with a straight-sets victory over Brashear’s Michael Varlotta at the Mellon Bubble. The finals performance capped a dominant run for Thiagarajan, the tournament’s top seed. He won his first...
Southmoreland’s Moore, Franklin Regional’s Jackson named Excellence Award winners
There’s a good chance the 2019 Westmoreland County Scholar Athlete Award winners will see the world — one by serving her country, the other by playing a sport at which he excels. Southmoreland’s Maggie Moore and Franklin Regional’s Palmer Jackson were named this year’s winners of the Excellence Award at...
