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No. 2 Leechburg rebounds from 1st loss, defeats No. 3 Springdale
The Leechburg softball team had a quick turnaround after suffering its first loss of the season, a nonsection setback to Apollo-Ridge on Monday. The Blue Devils came back Tuesday and took advantage of the opportunity to get back on track with a 12-2 victory over Springdale in a Section 3-A...
No. 2 Yough holds off No. 4 Knoch in Section 1-4A showdownVideo
Yough scored three runs in the fifth inning and added a run in the sixth before holding off a rally to defeat Knoch, 4-1, in a Section 1-4A baseball game Tuesday afternoon at Kelly Automotive Park in Butler. The fourth-ranked Knights loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom...
A-K Valley baseball teams enter home stretch on playoff bubble
Aaron Albert used some recent indoor practice time to put Kiski Area’s baseball reality in writing. The Cavaliers’ first-year coach grabbed a marker and jotted down the Section 1-5A standings on a whiteboard, showing his players in black (or color) and white what lay in front of them in the...
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Latrobe’s Zakharee Williams, Greensburg Salem’s Malia Anderson
Malia Anderson School: Greensburg Salem Sport: Track and field Year: Senior Claim to fame: Anderson, a Georgetown commit, won the 800 meters (2:18.52) and ran anchor for the 1,600 relay (4:13.71) and 3,200 relay (9.53.24) at the Westmoreland County Coaches Association championship meet April 27 at Latrobe. “It was a...
Shady Side Academy, Quaker Valley teams win WPIAL doubles titles
The WPIAL Class AA doubles final Tuesday turned into something of a Quaker Valley intrasquad scrimmage, pitting the Quakers’ tournament entrants against each other. Zach Albert and John Watters won the team bragging rights, beating Potter Oliver and Will Sirianni in straight sets (6-3, 6-2) at Oxford Athletic Club to...
George Guido: Umpiring runs in Hoffman family
If you attend a high school softball game in the Alle-Kiski Valley, chances are a Hoffman is umpiring. There are three generations of Hoffmans umpiring after Connor, 18, got his PIAA arm patch this season. It all started in 1961 when Joe began what’s become a family tradition. “I started...
Fox Chapel draws top seed in WPIAL tennis playoffs
Fox Chapel will go for a WPIAL tennis four-peat from the top line of the Class AAA tennis bracket. The three-time defending WPIAL Class AAA champion Foxes drew the top seed in the playoffs and will host Latrobe in the first round at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. Shady Side Academy, which...
A-K Valley high school athletes of the week: CJ Thimons and Marleen Meyer
CJ Thimons School: Highlands Class: Junior Sport: Track Report card: Thimons has emerged as one of the favorites to stand atop the podium at this month’s WPIAL Class AAA track championships at Baldwin. He took first (2 minutes, 01.53 seconds) in the 800-meter run at Saturday’s Mars Invitational. Thimons has...
High school scores, schedules for April 29, 2019
High Schools Baseball Monday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Allderdice 6, Seneca Valley 1 North Allegheny 12, Butler 0 Pine-Richland 9, Central Catholic 1 Section 2 Hempfield 7, Penn-Trafford 6 Norwin 11, Connellsville 4 Plum 5, Latrobe 0 Section 3 Mt. Lebanon 5, Baldwin 0 Peters Township 5, Bethel...
High school roundup for April 29, 2019: Neshannock edges No. 1 Shenango
Preston Turk registered the game-winning two-out, two-run double in the fifth inning, and Matt DuBois closed out the contest on the hill to give Neshannock an 8-7 win over Class 2A No. 1 Shenango in a Section 2-2A baseball game Monday. DuBois got the win in relief, throwing 2 2/3...
Belle Vernon’s Martin wins four events at annual Mid Mon Classic
Belle Vernon’s Hunter Martin captured four individual titles, and the Leopards won the boys team title Monday at the Scott Frederick Mid Mon Classic at Charleroi High School. Martin placed first in the 110-meter hurdles (15.12 seconds), the 300 hurdles (42.46), the long jump (20 feet, 7.5 inches) and the...
Peters Township edges No. 4 Bethel Park in 10 innings
There is no clause in the Section 3-6A baseball rule book that calls for overtime pay for players performing after the regulation seven innings. Although you can’t help but wonder if that’s not the case when Peters Township and Bethel Park hook up on the high school diamond. For the...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week for week of April 29, 2019
Sydney Calderaro School: Vincentian Academy Class: Junior The Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week is Vincentian Academy junior Sydney Calderaro, who was 5 for 9 with four extra-base hits in three section wins last week. Calderaro began the week with a bang … actually, a couple of bangs as...
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week for week of April 29, 2019
The Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week is Ambridge, a team that leapfrogged the two teams it beat last week in Section 3-4A. The Bridgers won 11-2 Tuesday at New Castle, before cruising past Central Valley, 15-0, a day later. “Our kids knew that we needed to have big...
No. 1 Mt. Pleasant hangs on, beats No. 2 YoughVideo
A large ice wrap resting heavily on her right shoulder in the dugout after the game was a stark contrast to the heat lamp of pressure that radiated down on Carolyn Alincic. Mt. Pleasant softball’s only senior took the pitching circle on senior day to face a menacing opponent with...
Defending champions Dua, Gramley advance to WPIAL doubles final
Nathan Dua and Colin Gramley can double up in WPIAL doubles. Shady Side Academy’s doubles tandem, the defending champions, advanced to the finals of the WPIAL Class AAA doubles tournament, which will take place Tuesday at Oxford Athletic Club North in Wexford. Dua and Gramley will square off against Peters...
Jane Garver channels inner ‘Eugene’ in leading Ligonier Valley softball to 12-0 record
Longtime Ligonier Valley softball coach Mark Zimmerman doesn’t randomly had out nicknames to his players — there’s a lot of though that goes into it. It was the winter of 2017, and Zimmerman was holding his first workout of the season. He asked up-and-coming freshman Jane Garver if she wanted...
No. 2 Burrell rallies again, defeats Deer Lakes for 8th straight victory
Charlie Confer put it succinctly: Even when Burrell is down, the Bucs are up. Put enough comebacks together, as Burrell is doing this softball season, and a team develops a comfort when the game is on the line. Burrell provided another example Monday, as Confer’s go-ahead, two-run double in the...
Coaches association releases latest WPIAL boys volleyball rankings
Less than two weeks remain in the WPIAL boys volleyball regular season, and some teams are jockeying for playoff positioning, while others continue to battle to stay alive in the playoff chase. The Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association, with votes from all 39 head coaches, released its latest Class AAA...
Central Catholic’s Elliot Donald adds West Virginia, Syracuse offers
Elliot Donald’s uncle ranks among Pitt’s all-time greats, but that didn’t stop West Virginia from recruiting him. The Central Catholic sophomore announced offers this week from West Virginia and Syracuse, raising his scholarship total to 14. The 6-foot-2, 230-pound defensive tackle ranks among the WPIAL’s top recruits in the 2021...
Nebraska football makes recruiting push into Western Pennsylvania
Nebraska’s football roster lists 75 players from the Cornhusker State and a number of others from the midwest, but coach Scott Frost’s staff is making a push in Pennsylvania. Four WPIAL standouts announced offers this week from Nebraska: Aliquippa junior Zuriah Fisher, Baldwin sophomore Dorien Ford, Gateway sophomore Derrick Davis...
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week for week of April 28, 2019
John Malagise School: Blackhawk Class: Senior The Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week is Blackhawk senior John Malagise, who was a combined 4 for 4 with three walks in seven plate appearances in wins over Central Valley and Ambridge last week. “He works extremely hard at hitting and is...
High school schedules for April 29, 2019
High Schools Baseball Monday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Allderdice at Seneca Valley, 4 p.m. North Allegheny at Butler, 7 p.m. Pine-Richland vs. Central Catholic, LaRoche College, 4 p.m. Section 2 Connellsville at Norwin, 4:15 p.m. Latrobe at Plum, 4 p.m. Penn-Trafford at Hempfield, 4 p.m. Section 3 Mt....
Trib HSSN lacrosse power rankings for week of April 28, 2019
There were very few changes in this week’s Trib HSSN weekly Power Rankings for boys and girls lacrosse. Nothing changed at No. 1 as the Upper St. Clair girls and North Allegheny boys remained atop the rankings. Some of the changes included: Boys: Fox Chapel taking a big jump up...
Trib HSSN boys volleyball power rankings include a few changes
There were no changes to the top three in the Trib HSSN weekly WPIAL boys volleyball Power Rankings. Shaler leapfroged Derry into the top four while Norwin bumped Butler from the rankings at No. 10. Seton LaSalle moved up two spots after a spotless week and losses suffered by Seneca...
