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Sewickley Academy boys lacrosse fights through growing pains
With a young, small roster, Sewickley Academy boys lacrosse coach Trevor Adams has made this season all about executing fundamentals. The team has proven it can be successful after a two-win season a year ago in a higher classification, but there have been growing pains. “If we miss clears, it’s...
Quaker Valley baseball hopes to build on recent hot streak
Quaker Valley’s baseball team has endured a season similar to Western Pennsylvania weather. One minute, it’s sunny and cheerful. The next, it’s raining and dreary. If the Quakers can maintain consistency after their best week of baseball in years — the team outscored three opponents 39-6 last week — it...
Pine-Richland softball working through struggles at plate
If there has been an overarching trait for the Pine-Richland softball team’s season, it has been suffering tough losses. The Rams are 2-8 — overall and in section — with five of the eight losses coming by four runs or fewer. In many of those losses, coach Gary Shepard said...
The Herald Spotlight Athlete: Fox Chapel’s Kate Carnevale
Kate Carnevale, a senior on the Fox Chapel track and field team, ran away from a strong field of competitors April 19 at the Butler Invitational. She was named MVP after taking first in the 100 meters, second in the 200, fourth in the 400 and teaming with Sarena Seeger,...
Fox Chapel hall of fame inductee Ostrosky was multitalented standout
This is the first in a series of profiles on the 2019 Fox Chapel Sports Hall of Fame inductees. The banquet is June 8 at The Harmar House. For more information, contact Jim Perry at gymbeck63@aol.com. Doug Ostrosky graduated from Fox Chapel in 1994. He excelled in football and basketball...
Plum softball hopes to keep rolling down the stretch
The Plum softball team outlasted Mars in a nine-inning, Section 2-5A game April 17. The victory clinched a spot in the WPIAL playoffs. But coach Phil Dilonardo said the team hopes to keep rolling in the stretch run of the regular season. “We have some important games coming up, and...
No margin for error as Plum baseball seeks 13th straight playoff berth
It has been an up-and-down season for the Plum baseball team. First, there were back-to-back one-run losses to local rivals Fox Chapel and Kiski Area early in the season. A one-run win over one of the top teams in Class 5A, Franklin Regional. Another one-run loss to nonsection foe Shaler....
Columbus’ scoring helps Norwin girls lacrosse to impressive start
Maura Columbus is a steady goal-scorer for the Norwin girls lacrosse team. Through nine games, the senior midfielder had accounted for a team-high 23 goals, which included a seven-goal outburst April 18 in a 14-13 win in overtime against Indiana. Columbus scored five goals against Baldwin and Hempfield and four...
Norwin’s Walker ahead of schedule, key to Knights’ chances
Norwin baseball standout Jayden Walker readily admits he was nervous stepping up to the plate last season as a freshman starter, but the 6-foot-3, 220-pound slugger sure didn’t look it. Nowadays, the Knights’ clean-up hitter steps into the box, taps his cleats with his bat and stares at the pitcher,...
Franklin Regional girls lacrosse finding its stride as players gain experience
Franklin Regional junior midfielders Noelle Boyd and Christina Hodowanec believe they need to have fun to be successful. Win by 8? Lose by 12? Play into overtime? Smile. Learn. And move on. Their twist on the mentality that athletes have to win to have fun is leading to more of...
All systems rolling for Franklin Regional baseball
Franklin Regional baseball coach Bobby Sadler laughed and then paused for a few seconds when deciding if pitching or hitting was going better for his team. “That’s tough, because both are really going well for us,” he said. “Everything seems to be going right for us.” With five players hitting...
A-K Valley high school notebook: Athletes win multiple titles at section track and field meet
The WPIAL individual track and field championships are looming next month at Slippery Rock, and some of the Alle-Kiski Valley’s top athletes are ramping up for the competition. Freeport hosted a Section 7-AA championship meet for the fifth consecutive year Wednesday, with seven teams competing. Nine athletes claimed a pair...
One WPIAL softball team debuts, another exits Trib HSSN softball state rankings
There was only one change at the top in this week’s Trib HSSN state softball rankings. District 6 power Philipsburg-Osceola dropped to No. 3 in Class 3A after the Mounties suffered their first loss of the season. Undefeated Pine Grove from District 11 takes over the top spot in 3A....
PBC Roundball welcomes several elite players for pair of games Saturday
The public address announcer gave Moses Malone a Roundball Classic introduction of Biblical proportions. “Thou shall not enter the lane, thou shall not block my shot, and the place roared,” said John Giammarco, once a ball boy for the original Roundball Classic and now owner of the Pittsburgh Basketball Club....
WPIAL boys tennis teams capture section championships
With section play complete, the field is set for the 2019 WPIAL boys team tennis playoffs, starting in early May. There will be a 16-team playoff field in both the Class AAA and AA team tournaments. Here are the section winners, followed in order by the second, third and fourth...
WPIAL boys volleyball playoff clinchings through April 26, 2019
There are two weeks left in the 2019 WPIAL boys volleyball regular season before the start of the district postseason. Check out the updated WPIAL boys volleyball standings on the Trib HSSN website. The top four teams in each section qualify for the playoffs, although more than four could clinch...
Pa. Sportswriters name Peters Township’s Makenna Marisa Girls Basketball Player of the Year
Makenna Marisa and Bert Kendall helped Peters Township make history during a perfect girls basketball season, and Friday they received the ultimate capper. Marisa, the Penn State-bound star who led Peters Township to the first PIAA championship in school history, was named the state Class 6A Girls Basketball Player of...
Belle Vernon softball to play game at football stadium
Belle Vernon does not have a turf softball field, but that won’t stop the Leopards from playing a home game on an artificial surface Saturday. And a pretty cool one at that. The 10 a.m. game will be played at the school’s football stadium — James Weir Stadium — with...
Chartiers Valley baseball in hunt for WPIAL playoff berth
Coach Curt Cairns knew the Chartiers Valley baseball team was in for an uphill battle this season. The team entered the year with a lack of experience. With only four seniors, the coaching staff turned to inexperienced juniors and underclassmen for production. Despite a 3-9 record, Chartiers Valley is winning...
After ACL injury, Penn Hills’ Whittington prepares to play at college level
At a young age, Penn Hills senior Diamond-Jay Whittington was introduced to the game of basketball by her father. Now, after a bout of adversity, Whittington gets to continue to play the game at the collegiate level. After a strong sophomore season, Whittington tore the ACL in her right knee...
Penn Hills athletes prepare for postseason competitions
Last year, the Penn Hills track and field program was well represented by the boys team in the postseason meets. This year, it’s the girls turn as they look to bring a big contingent to states. After dealing with injuries last season, senior Lillia Allen is getting back into form...
Defending champion North Hills baseball finds positives in challenging season
It appears a successful WPIAL Class 5A title defense isn’t in the cards for the North Hills baseball team this season. It’s been a tough go of it from the onset for the Indians (2-10, 1-4) this year, and while they may find themselves toward the bottom of the Section...
North Allegheny cuts down on strikeouts, starts piling up wins
Diagnosing what has North Allegheny’s bats heating up isn’t something coach Andrew Heck has a clear answer for. Early in the season, the Tigers struggled at times by piling up strikeouts. But North Allegheny has improved steadily and broke things open over the past five games. The Tigers scored 10...
Hansen hopes to spread love of volleyball to Hampton youth
For anyone with kids in elementary or middle school who are looking to play a sport — and possibly fall in love with it — new Hampton coach Mike Hansen thinks volleyball could be their calling. Hired in January from Pine-Richland, where he helped oversee successful junior varsity and middle...
High school scores, schedules for April 25, 2019
High Schools Baseball Thursday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Central Catholic at North Allegheny, ppd. Butler at Allderdice, ppd. Seneca Valley at Pine-Richland, ppd. Section 2 Norwin at Latrobe, ppd. Section 3 Canon-McMillan 1, Mt. Lebanon 0 Upper St. Clair 7, Baldwin 3 Brashear at Peters Township, ppd. Class...
