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Penn-Trafford baseball avenges tight loss to Fox Chapel by walking it off in rematch
One walk-off win deserves another. Wearing the frustration of a tight loss from two days earlier, Penn-Trafford’s Eric Biroscak led a last-inning rally in a rematch with No.5-ranked Fox Chapel. The senior right fielder delivered a clutch, two-run single in the seventh Wednesday to lift the Warriors to a rousing...
Westmoreland softball notes: Hempfield receives championship rings
Last season had a nice ring to it for Hempfield. The softball team won its eighth WPIAL championship — its sixth title in eight years — and finished as the PIAA runner-up. Before this season began, the team was awarded its championship rings during a small presentation at Spartan Stadium....
Freeport pitcher Sydney Selker healthy, aims to make final season memorable
Sydney Selker wasn’t accustomed to sitting out a softball game, no matter at what level. But that is where the Akron commit found herself for the last eight games of Freeport’s 2023 season. A concussion suffered against Knoch in a defensive collision with a teammate in the 10th game last...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 26, 2024
High schools Baseball Tuesday’s results Class 5A Section 1 Armstrong at Plum, ppd. Fox Chapel at Penn-Trafford, ppd. Franklin Regional at Penn Hills, ppd. Class 3A Section 1 Beaver Falls at Shenango, ppd. Ellwood City at Riverside, ppd. Mohawk at Quaker Valley, ppd. Section 3 Burrell at Valley, ppd. Derry...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 27, 2024: After rainout, Fox Chapel goes for section sweep
Its back to work for WPIAL baseball and softball teams Wednesday after a washout Tuesday thanks to all-day precipitation. Fox Chapel (1-0, 2-1) needed extra innings to win its Section 1-5A baseball game Monday at home. Now 48 hours later, the Foxes look to bring out the brooms when they...
High school roundup for March 26, 2024: Penn-Trafford sweeps Bethel Park
Brad Heinbaugh had 10 kills and Keith Otto added eight kills and four aces to lead Penn-Trafford to a sweep of Bethel Park in nonsection boys volleyball Tuesday night. Game scores were 25-16, 26-24, 25-20. Owen Gisi had five kills and Nathaniel Rugh dished out 35 assists for the Warriors....
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school girls basketball rankings for March 26, 2024
This year marked the 51st time the PIAA has awarded state championships to the best girls basketball teams in Pennsylvania. The first championship was won by Allentown Central Catholic from District 11 in 1973. There were no champions crowned in 2020 due to the covid-19 outbreak. While three districts hogged...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school boys basketball rankings for March 26, 2024
Three of the 12 districts that make up the PIAA earned gold in the 2024 boys basketball playoffs with the WPIAL standing alone atop the highest step of the medal stand. For the first time in 20 years and only the fourth time in the 124-year history of the boys...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 26, 2024: WPIAL volleyball champs open section schedule
With a rainy forecast for Tuesday, we look indoors to WPIAL boys volleyball section openers. Defending district winner North Catholic is hoping to become the third school in the last decade to repeat as Class 2A champions. The Trojans open up their Section 1-2A schedule Tuesday with a visit to...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 25, 2024
High schools Baseball Monday’s results Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional 15, Penn Hills 1 Fox Chapel 4, Penn-Trafford 3 Plum 15, Armstrong 4 Class 3A Section 1 Mohawk 12, Quaker Valley 2 Riverside 17, Ellwood City 2 Shenango 22, Beaver Falls 0 Section 3 Derry 9, Freeport 6 Valley...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week for March 25, 2024
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week: Brandin Cummings School: Lincoln Park Class: Senior Height: 6-foot-4 Position: Guard #Earned: The senior guard known as Beebah had a monster finish to a tremendous season and a magnificent scholastic career last week. In the PIAA Class 4A semifinals, Cummings scored 29...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Week for March 25, 2024
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week: Alena Fusetti School: Blackhawk Class: Senior Height: 5-foot-10 Position: Guard #Earned: Fusetti was tired of playing the role of bridesmaid with two straight WPIAL and a 2023 PIAA runner-up silver medal and wanted desperately to be the golden bride before her scholastic...
High school roundup for March 25, 2024: Fox Chapel wins section opener in walk-off fashion
Joe Geller doubled and scored on a Mitchell Epstein sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth inning as Fox Chapel got past Penn-Trafford, 4-3, in Section 1-5A baseball Monday. Jeremy Haigh hit a pair of doubles for the Foxes (2-1, 1-0). Ian Temple homered and doubled for the Warriors...
Plum softball team bounces back from opening loss to blank Derry
The Plum softball team’s season debut against Ligonier Valley on Friday was, in the eyes of the coaches and players, not their best outing. But the Mustangs shook off the loss and rebounded in all three phases Monday at home against Derry. The Plum offense collected eight hits, and the...
Belle Vernon girls basketball coach steps down
Belle Vernon will be in the market for a new girls basketball coach in the coming weeks as the Belle Vernon Area School Board formally accepted the resignation of Kaitlyn Slagus at Monday’s voting meeting. Over her four seasons coaching her alma mater, Slagus finished with an overall record of...
Hempfield softball starts fast with season-opening shutout of North Allegheny
Like a bear just out of hibernation, the Hempfield softball team took a big yawn, stretched out its limbs and delivered a shutout in its season opener. After having their first two nonsection games postponed, the defending WPIAL champions had to begin the year with a Class 6A section game...
After busy tournament weekend, Shaler, Mars remain atop coaches’ volleyball polls
Shaler captured the Meadville Tournament championship Saturday, and the victory strengthened the Titans’ hold on the No. 1 spot in the latest Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association Class 3A poll released Monday morning. North Allegheny battled state power Central York in the semifinals finals of Saturday’s North Allegheny Tournament. Despite...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Valley’s Jacob Staraniec
Valley baseball senior pitcher Jacob Staraniec is a team captain and one of the leaders on the Vikings pitching staff. He cites his guidance with his younger brother as an example of how he has come to mentor the young players on the team. “Having a little brother, I’m trying...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Greensburg Salem’s Grant Smith
Last year, Greensburg Salem’s baseball team went 13-6, 7-3 in the section, and qualified for the WPIAL playoffs. Grant Smith, the starting first baseman for the Golden Lions, has the utmost confidence in the team building off last season’s performance. “We’re going to be able to have that confidence going...
Experienced Latrobe boys volleyball team again among Class 2A contenders
Latrobe opened another boys volleyball season last week still aware of the dismal ending of a year ago that saw the team enter the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs as a top seed but come away disappointed following a pair of season-ending losses to eventual WPIAL champion North Catholic and Mars....
High school sports scores, schedules for March 24, 2023
High schools Baseball Monday’s schedule Class 5A Section 1 Penn Hills at Franklin Regional, 4 p.m. Penn-Trafford at Fox Chapel, 4 p.m. Plum at Armstrong, 3:45 p.m. Class 3A Section 1 Quaker Valley at Mohawk, 4 p.m. Riverside at Ellwood City, 4 p.m. Shenango at Beaver Falls, 4 p.m. Section...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for March 25, 2024: Section play begins in WPIAL baseball
Welcome to opening day of section play in 10 sections across four classifications in WPIAL baseball. Section 1 in Class 5A; Sections 1, 3 and 4 in Class 3A; and all three sections in 2A and A begin play with temperatures sneaking into the 60’s. Once again this season, the...
Final 2024 PIAA girls basketball results
The streak of WPIAL teams winning at least one PIAA girls basketball championship has hit six years in a row. In fact, in this century, District 7 girls basketball teams have only failed twice to win a state championship. It last happened in 2017 when three WPIAL teams reached Hershey,...
Final 2024 PIAA boys basketball results
For only the first time in 20 years and only the fourth time in the 124-year history of the PIAA boys basketball championships, three teams from the WPIAL have been crowned state champions. Lincoln Park in Class 4A and Imani Christian is Class A repeated as state champions while Aliquippa...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for March 24, 2024Video
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week: Blackhawk Cougars Coach: Greg Huston (first season at Blackhawk, 18th overall) Record: 10-0 in Section 2-4A, 27-3 overall #Earned: After back-to-back district runner-up finishes and state silver a year ago, Blackhawk’s girls basketball players began the week determined to finally wear gold...
