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Seneca Valley’s Herrera-Rondon named to USA Today all-star team
Seneca Valley sophomore Alejandro Herrera-Rondon was the only WPIAL wrestlers named to the USA Today’s boys wrestling all-Sstar first team. Herrera-Rondon is a two-time PIAA champion, winning the 113-pound Class AAA title in March. He has won one WPIAL title. The publication, with the help from TheOpenMat.com website picked three...
High school scores, schedules for April 17, 2019
High Schools Baseball Wednesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler 2, Seneca Valley 1 Central Catholic 10, Allderdice 0 Pine-Richland 5, North Allegheny 4 Section 2 Connellsville 7, Plum 6 (9 inn.) Latrobe 5, Hempfield 4 Section 3 Bethel Park 12, Baldwin 4 Upper St. Clair 3, Mt. Lebanon...
H.S. roundup: North Allegheny softball edges Hempfield
Alaina Whipkey hit an RBI double in the bottom of the fifth inning to break a tie, and the No. 1-ranked North Allegheny softball team held on to defeat Hempfield, 4-3, in Section 2-6A on Wednesday. Rachel Martindale gave North Allegheny a 3-0 lead with a three-run homer in the...
Orie shatters Hempfield discus record
Mackenna Orie continued her assault on the Hempfield track and field record book this week. On Saturday, the senior set the school’s record in the shot put with a throw of 46 feet, 7 ½ inches in winning the Lady Spartan/Wildcat Invitational. The DePaul commit broke the record of 46-4...
Versatile Mucci etching her mark for Latrobe track and field
If the rules allowed it, Faith Mucci would participate in more than four events for the Latrobe track and field team. The junior is one of the top sprinters and jumpers in the WPIAL and a two-time PIAA qualifier. She is one of those athletes who can do just about...
Burrell softball gets walk-off homer to end Freeport’s section winning streak
For the second time in as many games, a Clark delivered for Burrell when it mattered the most. Last week, Sara Clark hit a walk-off home run to lift the Bucs to a 13-12 Section 1-3A victory over Deer Lakes. On Wednesday against Freeport, it was Elizabeth Clark’s turn. The...
WPIAL softball championships headed to Peterswood Park for 2019
The WPIAL softball championships are headed to Peterswood Park in Peters Township next month. The WPIAL planned to return to Cal (Pa.), but Lilley Field remains under renovation and unavailable. So the WPIAL board voted Wednesday to pick Peterswood over bids from Pitt, Seton Hill and Upper St. Clair’s Boyce...
WPIAL awards $1,000 scholarships to 20 scholar-athletes
The WPIAL announced the 20 winners of its annual scholar-athlete scholarship contest. Each receives $1,000 and will be honored at a banquet May 13 at the DoubleTree in Green Tree. The 10 girls winners are Blackhawk’s Mady Aulbach, Freeport’s Allison DeJidas, Fox Chapel’s Marisa Hardiman, West Greene’s Madison Lampe, Shady...
Springdale girls soccer coach Jerry Concannon resigns after 12 seasons
Jerry Concannon oversaw a consistently successful girls soccer program at Springdale. After a dozen years, the Dynamos are looking for a new coach. The Allegheny Valley School Board last week accepted the resignation of Concannon, who led Springdale to a WPIAL championship and two PIAA runner-up finishes in his 12...
Peterswood Park chosen to host WPIAL softball championships
Peterswood Park in Peters Township will host the WPIAL softball championships next month. The WPIAL planned originally to use Cal (Pa.), but Lilley Field remains under renovation and unavailable. So, the WPIAL board voted unanimously Wednesday to choose Peterswood over bids from Pitt, Seton Hill and Upper St. Clair’s Boyce...
All in the family: Plum’s Hunter Linhart carries on family discus tradition
In 1959, Bruce Linhart Sr. set a standard in the discus at Penn Hills that has yet to be surpassed: He established a school record of 168 feet, 1 inch. The mark also was the state record for five years. Bruce Jr. set Plum’s discus record in 1982, and younger...
Bill Sinning retiring after 14 years overseeing WPIAL playoff officials
Bill Sinning has overseen WPIAL officials since 2006, but the retired basketball referee will leave that task to someone else next year. Sinning informed the PIAA that he won’t seek an eighth term as the Male Officials Representative for District 7. His current two-year term ends June 30, 2020. “It’s...
No. 2 Bethel Park takes down No. 3 Baldwin in Section 1-6A
A typical clash between two top teams in the section is usually a recipe for a tight game, but that was not the case Tuesday evening. No. 2-ranked Bethel Park opened a six-run lead in the top of the first inning and didn’t look back en route to a 14-4...
High school roundup for April 16, 2019: No. 1 Blackhawk tops New Castle on walk-off
Justin Nixon hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift top-ranked Blackhawk to a 4-3 win over visiting New Castle in a Section 2-4A baseball game Tuesday afternoon. Nixon was 3 for 4 with two RBIs. Ray Knally was 2 for 4 with two RBIs...
High school scores, schedules for April 16, 2019
High Schools Baseball Tuesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny 10, Allderdice 2 Seneca Valley 4, Central Catholic 1 Section 2 Connellsville 2, Hempfield 1 Penn-Trafford 8, Latrobe 1 Plum 1, Norwin 0 Section 3 Baldwin 14, Brashear 3 Bethel Park 11, Canon-McMillan 6 Mt. Lebanon 10, Peters...
Upper St. Clair softball rallies past rival Mt. Lebanon
Defense wins championships. On Tuesday in a battle of Section 1-6A rivals, defense was the deciding factor as Upper St. Clair secured its hold on third place with a 10-6 victory over a desperate Mt. Lebanon team. The Panthers rallied twice, erasing an early three-run deficit and down by a...
No. 1 Penn-Trafford rallies past Franklin Regional to stay unbeaten
Franklin Regional pitcher Angalee Beall held No. 1 Penn-Trafford hitless for the first four innings of Tuesday’s Section 1-5A first-place showdown. But things changed quickly in the final three innings, especially with one out in the fifth. Penn-Trafford strung together six consecutive hits, scored four runs, and rolled to a...
Mt. Pleasant softball scratches out victory over Class 6A No. 5 Norwin
Mt. Pleasant softball coach Chris Brunson said he can feel a breakout offensive performance coming from his team. He can sense the bats warming up. Until they do, he will take another scraped-together victory while the Vikings continue to display their other notable talents: pitching and defense. Mary Smithnosky and...
Patience pays off for Deer Lakes baseball against Valley
Deer Lakes scored eight runs in the top of the sixth inning of Tuesday’s Section 1-3A baseball game at Valley and turned a close game into a rout. The Lancers had 10 hits overall, took advantage of nine walks and rode the arm of senior Greg Geis to a 12-2...
A-K Valley baseball teams earn key wins to rebound from slow starts
A seemingly comfortable six-run lead shrank to one for Valley in a handful of minutes during a Section 1-3A baseball game last week at East Allegheny. The host Wildcats had a chance to win the game in the bottom of the seventh inning, as the pressure mounted on Valley. Sophomore...
Fox Chapel’s Shymansky, Indiana’s Palko win WPIAL singles titles
Zachary Palko made history. Robby Shymansky repeated it. Palko, a junior at Indiana, and Shymansky, a senior at Fox Chapel, claimed the WPIAL boys tennis singles tournament championships Tuesday afternoon at Mt. Lebanon High School. Palko became the first WPIAL champion in Indiana’s boys tennis history by dispatching Yash Maheshwari...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Deer Lakes’ Josh Probst, Leechburg’s Aubry Skeel
Josh Probst School: Deer Lakes Class: Senior Sport: Baseball Report card: Probst was key for No. 2 Deer Lakes (4-3, 4-0) last week. A team captain, Probst paced the Lancers’ offense with a bases-clearing double in a 10-6 win over Section 1-3A rival Burrell. Probst also drove in the tying...
Pitt coaches pursue another Baldwin lineman, extend offer to sophomore
From Dave Wannstedt to Jason Pinkston, Baldwin and Pitt have had a number of links through the years. Sophomore lineman Dorien Ford gave a nod to that shared history Tuesday when he announced he’d received a scholarship offer from Pitt. Along with his tweet was a picture of Pinkston from...
Senior pitcher Jarett Bach, Yough baseball in surprising position
Halfway through the high school baseball season, Yough has emerged as a surprise leader in Section 1-4A. And while the Cougars (7-3, 5-1) were expected to challenge for a WPIAL playoff berth, especially behind the left arm of senior Pitt recruit Jarett Bach, they are off to a great start...
George Guido: Freeport grad Clyde Conti remains active in coaching after 46 seasons
Clyde Conti, a stellar athlete in football and track at Freeport in the late 1960s, recently completed his 46th season of coaching football when he stepped down from his role as an assistant coach/academic advisor for Slippery Rock. But he’s not ready to hang up his whistle yet. Conti is...
