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High school roundup for April 25, 2019: North Hills edges No. 3 Seneca Valley
North Hills scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to earn a 12-11 win over No. 3 Seneca Valley in a Section 2-6A softball game Thursday afternoon. Senior Leslie Rozanski smacked a walk-off double to seal the win. Melanie Taylor hit a three-run home run for North...
Area athletes compete on first day of Penn Relays
Oakland Catholic senior Jayla Ellis earned a seventh-place medal in the high school girls long jump Thursday at the annual Penn Relays Carnival at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. She recorded a best leap of 18 feet, 4.25 inches. The winning jump covered 19-6. Ellis’ Eagles teammate, fellow senior Hannah Shupansky,...
Sweet victory for Mt. Pleasant baseball, Secosky
Fresh off an extra-inning win, Mike Secosky took a bite out of a chocolate chip cookie loaded with extra M&Ms. Eager to grant an interview request, he shoved the half-eaten treat neatly into the back pocket of his game pants. It peeked out like a batting glove. “I’ll eat it...
Blackhawk baseball coach Bob Amalia wins 300th game
Blackhawk got coach Bob Amalia his 300th career victory in style. Chris Deluca fired a no-hitter, and John Malagise hit a two-run homer as the No. 1 Cougars rolled to a 10-0, five-inning victory over Section 2-4A opponent Ambridge that gave their 20-year coach a new milestone. Congratulations to Coach...
WPIAL team track and field semifinals set
The WPIAL team track and field semifinal matchups are set, and the four defending champions — the North Allegheny and Riverside boys and the Butler and Shenango girls — now know what they will have to do to get back to the finals. The other participants now are aware of...
School discus record in hand, Kiski Area’s Jean Starr aims for bigger goals
The Kiski Area girls high school discus record had a target, figuratively speaking, on its back coming into this season. Senior Jean Starr wanted to put more than two decades of attempts by Cavaliers throwers to rest and establish herself as the record holder. At the Knoch Relays earlier this...
Latrobe boys lacrosse setting itself up for strong present, future
In any sport, successful teams or programs normally have a certain type of makeup that allows them to succeed. Sometimes it’s culture, a certain mentality or approach that allows a program to have sustained success. Then, there are teams that have the perfect mix of players and approach for a...
Track teams capture section championships in Class AAA, AA
The 2019 WPIAL track and field team playoffs are set, with the semifinals set for Tuesday and the finals May 6 at Peters Township High School, here are the section winners and runners-up that qualified for the district postseason. The section champion is listed first with the runner-up second. Boys...
Bethel Park baseball, Mt. Pleasant softball move to top of Trib 10 power rankings
Only two teams left and two debuted in the TribLive High School Sports Network weekly Power Rankings for baseball, and there are no changes to the teams in the softball Top 10 this week. However, this week’s rankings have new No. 1 teams in both baseball and softball. These rankings...
Chartiers-Houston softball takes down McGuffey
It had been six days since Chartiers-Houston last played a softball game. But, it didn’t take the Bucs long to shake off any rust that had settled into their game as they defeated section foe McGuffey, 10-0, in five innings. Senior Ella Brookman pitched a three-hit shutout and also singled,...
High school scores, schedules for April 24, 2019
High Schools Baseball Wednesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 2 Hempfield 5, Plum 0 Penn-Trafford 3, Connellsville 0 Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional 11, Armstrong 8 Gateway 6, Penn Hills 5 Section 3 Laurel Highlands 16, Carrick 1 (5 inn.) Class 4A Section 1 Greensburg Salem 6, Highlands 2...
High school roundup for April 24, 2019: No. 2 North Allegheny edges No. 3 Norwin
No. 2-ranked North Allegheny scored five runs in the first inning en route to a 7-4 victory over No. 3 Norwin in a Section 2-6A softball game Wednesday evening. Lauren Haywood knocked in three runs, and Regan Brodine had two RBIs for the Tigers (11-3, 9-2). Alexandra Brentzel had two...
Deer Lakes runner Josh Yourish commits to George Mason
Wednesday was Patriots Day for Deer Lakes senior Josh Yourish, as the Lancers’ standout distance runner announced a commitment to the George Mason track and field program. Excited to announce that I will continue my academic and athletic career at George Mason University DL—>>GM#Committed #masonnation @GeorgeMasonTFXC pic.twitter.com/jI8vHg9K0b— Josh Yourish (@JYourish3)...
Jarrett Heilman leads Freeport baseball past Burrell in important section game
Jarrett Heilman didn’t require much offensive support, but his Freeport teammates gave him plenty — and made sure to do it early. No. 4 Freeport staked Heilman to a three-run lead, and the Yellowjackets ace responded with his latest gem, pitching them to a 6-3 victory over No. 5 Burrell...
Leechburg thrower Bret Kardos has lofty goals for shot put
Bret Kardos is on a mission. The Leechburg senior hopes to become the first track and field athlete in the five-year history of the Blue Devils program to qualify for the PIAA championships. Kardos, No. 1 this week in the Class AA boys shot put on the WPIAL performance list...
A-K Valley H.S. notebook: Burrell’s 20-run inning ‘unreal’
Mark Spohn didn’t know how to explain the third inning of Burrell’s nonsection game last week against Highlands. Neither did Golden Rams counterpart Jeff Campbell. How best to describe the 20 runs Burrell scored in the frame, erasing a 6-1 deficit in what became a 24-12 victory? “It turned into...
West Mifflin’s Nahki Johnson announces Pitt, West Virginia offers hours apart
West Mifflin sophomore Nahki Johnson could watch the recruiting version of the Backyard Brawl. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound defensive end/outside linebacker announced scholarship offers about two hours apart Wednesday from Pitt and West Virginia, the latest Division 1 schools to joins his growing list. He now lists five FBS offers. Johnson...
Central Catholic hires college assistant as boys basketball coach
Central Catholic dipped into the college ranks Wednesday and hired Brian Urso as boys basketball coach. Urso is director of basketball administration at Robert Morris, a position he will maintain in a limited role. Previously, the Fox Chapel graduate was an assistant at Chatham in 2015, when the school first...
Greensburg Salem athletes to use familiarity to their advantage at WCCA championships
When the Greensburg Salem track and field team steps off the bus Saturday morning at Latrobe’s Memorial Stadium to compete in the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association track and field championships, the Golden Lions will be entering familiar territory. The 97th edition of the meet will mark Greensburg Salem’s third trip...
100 or 105? Confusion over pitch-count rule forces WPIAL baseball team to forfeit
When the PIAA increased the baseball pitch count from 100 to 105 last summer, that change affected only the playoffs. That discrepancy between regular-season and postseason rules has caused confusion and already cost one WPIAL team a win. Laurel notified Neshannock on Wednesday that it would forfeit their game from...
Track and field teams set for annual AIC section championships
After several weeks of head-to-head matchups in dual meets, the track and field teams from Section 7-AA gather Wednesday at Freeport High School to crown champions and award medals at the fifth annual Allegheny Interscholastic Conference individual championships. Individual athletes and relay teams from the host Yellowjackets, Burrell, Apollo-Ridge, North...
High school scores, schedules for April 23, 2019
High Schools Baseball Tuesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 2 Latrobe at Penn-Trafford, ppd. Section 3 Peters Township 10, Baldwin 0 (5 inn.) Bethel Park 17, Brashear 1 (4 inn.) Class 5A Section 1 Gateway 18, Woodland Hills 3 (4 inn.) Kiski Area 6, Fox Chapel 3 Franklin Regional at...
High school roundup for April 23, 2019: No. 1 Blackhawk rallies past Central Valley
Class 4A No. 1 Blackhawk scored twice in the top of the seventh to come back and earn a 3-2 win over Central Valley (4-5, 3-4) in a Section 2 game Tuesday afternoon. Jarrett Wright singled three times and had an RBI, and John Malagise singled, doubled and had a...
Thomas Jefferson topples Belle Vernon in Section 2-4A
For the first four innings of Tuesday’s Section 2-4A contest, the defending WPIAL Class 4A champions and defending Class 5A runner-up played even softball. It wasn’t until the fifth inning when Thomas Jefferson pulled away a bit, while continuing to pitch and defend well, en route to a 5-1 victory...
Quartet of ‘pleasant surprises’ helps Penn-Trafford baseball climb to No. 2 ranking in Class 6A
Even the best baseball teams don’t completely know what they have until the section schedule gets rolling. Some returnees pan out, others fade out. Chemistry takes reps to be uncovered and even more reps to be intensified. Penn-Trafford baseball coach Dan Miller has a group of players he calls his...
