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Anthony Miller’s 12 Ks lead New Castle to 1st appearance in state baseball finals
Maybe the big-game atmosphere had Anthony Miller feeling ready, seeing hundreds of New Castle fans filter into Neshannock’s baseball field. Maybe it was the fact his Red Hurricanes were one win away from the state finals. Whatever it was, Miller felt fantastic. “He said, ‘Coach, listen, I have it today....
List dominates as Beaver bests Highlands in PIAA Class 4A semifinal
Runs and hits were at a premium when Highlands and Beaver met for the WPIAL Class 4A softball championship June 2. It was shaping up the same way through five innings of Monday’s rematch in the PIAA semifinals at Mars. Bobcats junior pitcher Payton List and her counterpart, Golden Rams...
Mt. Pleasant softball blanks Punxsutawney, advances to PIAA Class 3A title game
LORETTO — This must be what they mean at Mt. Pleasant when they say, “Row, Vikes.” The Mt. Pleasant softball team left no doubt that it belongs in the state championship, flexing its offensive muscles like it did in the WPIAL finals on the way to a dominating, 13-0 win...
High school sports schedules for Monday, June 14, 2021
High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs Semifinals Monday’s schedule Class 6A North Allegheny vs. Spring-Ford at PeoplesBank Park, York, 4 p.m.; North Penn vs. La Salle College at Bears Stadium, Boyerstown, 4 p.m. Class 5A Bethel Park vs. Central Mountain at PNG Field, Altoona, 3 p.m.; Red Land vs. Manheim Central...
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week: June 14, 2021
In most games, Bethel Park’s Eric Chalus is one of two, maybe three seniors in the starting lineup. While 2022 looks bright, Chalus has made sure the future is now for the Black Hawks. Thanks to his outstanding pitching and strong stick in the batter’s box, the Kent State recruit...
Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week: June 14, 2021
For the second season in a row, the Serra Catholic baseball team had its hopes of a WPIAL championship crushed in a one-sided loss to Seton LaSalle. However, like in 2019, the Eagles are flying high in the state playoffs, a journey that actually began in the WPIAL Class 2A...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week: June 14, 2021
What a year for the Beaver softball team. The Bobcats have already won a WPIAL championship and are now two wins away from adding state gold to their diamond treasures. At the top of the list of reasons the Bobcats are district champions and are still playing in mid-June is...
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week: June 14, 2021
If it is an unwritten rule that teams that finish in third place in their section, four games behind the section champion, aren’t still playing in mid-June, then the exception to that rule is the 2021 Canon-McMillan softball team. The Big Macs entered the district playoffs with a 7-9 overall...
PIAA baseball, softball semifinals part of what to watch in WPIAL sports Monday, June 14, 2021
Monday is the final stop on the Path to Penn State. The PIAA baseball and softball semifinals are scheduled for Monday with six of the games to be seen or heard on Trib HSSN. The WPIAL has seven baseball teams and eight softball teams playing in the final four. District...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of June 14, 2021
There is a golden light at the end of the tunnel as the high school baseball and softball season concludes this week, putting an end to the 2020-21 high school sports season on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have coverage of the semifinals and possibly the state championship...
Hard-hitting Highlands gets rematch with WPIAL champ Beaver in PIAA Class 4A semifinals
Jess Cekada was mobbed by her Highlands teammates as the junior shortstop crossed home plate after hitting a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning of Thursday’s PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal game against Bishop McDevitt under the lights at Central Cambria High School. An inning earlier, senior second...
Mt. Pleasant seeks to regain focus in time for PIAA semifinal against Punxsutawney
The best softball teams usually are the most self-critical at this time of year. The way aluminum-pinging Mt. Pleasant has been playing, a slightly off-kilter day can raise some concerns and make coaches and players reevaluate some things. That is what occurred Friday when Mt. Pleasant (19-3) won its PIAA...
Mt. Pleasant’s Puskar delays National Guard for semifinal game
It’s all about the red, white and blue for Lexi Puskar. For one more game, Lexi Puskar will wave the Mt. Pleasant flag and its colors. After that, it’s all about the Stars and Stripes. Puskar, a senior softball player at Mt. Pleasant, delayed her departure to the Army National...
A-K Valley PIAA playoff preview capsules for June 14, 2021
Class 4A Semifinals Highlands (18-5-1) vs. Beaver (19-0) 2 p.m. Monday at Mars Coaches: Jen Koprivinikar, Highlands; Amy Haggart, Beaver Winner plays: Winner of 11-1 Bethlehem Catholic (16-8)/2-1 Tunkhannock (22-2) Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in the finals at Beard Field, Penn State University. Players to watch: Jess Cekada, Jr., SS,...
Westmoreland PIAA playoff preview capsules for June 14, 2021
PIAA softball playoffs Class 2A Semifinals Ligonier Valley (21-2) vs. Union City (20-1) 2:30 p.m. Monday at Slippery Rock University Coaches: Mark Zimmerman, Ligonier Valley; Jerry VanZandt, Union City Players to watch: Ruby Wallace, So., Ligonier Valley; Cyaira Zielinski, Sr., Union City Winner plays: Winner of Line Mountain/Williams Valley (21-4)...
Where is Eden Christian? Baseball team puts school on map with PIAA playoff run
In his 15 years as a teacher, administrator and now baseball coach at the school, Steve Good is often asked: Where is Eden Christian? “The best way I explain it is, you always hear on traffic reports about the 279 and 79 split,” he said. “We are right in the...
Thomas Jefferson baseball achieved goal of daily improvement
Thomas Jefferson’s baseball team advanced to the WPIAL playoffs in 2021. The Jaguars finished with a 5-10 record after losing to eventual WPIAL champion Franklin Regional, 14-3, in the first round of the Class 5A playoffs. “We preach that we need to get at least a little better each day....
Quality wins provided plenty of highlights for Baldwin baseball
All in all, Baldwin first-year coach Steve Bucci termed his team’s 2021 season as successful. The Highlanders won three of their final four games to end up 2-8 in Section 2-6A and 8-12 overall. “I think this season was a success,” Bucci said. “I realize outside of the program they...
Penn Hills senior gets in on ground floor of Division II college volleyball program
Alain Tamo-Noche saw a unique opportunity available by committing to play men’s volleyball at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio. The 6-foot-1 Penn Hills senior outside hitter will be on the ground floor of a brand new program. The Marauders will be part of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s first...
Penn Hills basketball standout heads to CCBC with drive to improve game
Eddie Daniels wanted to be in a place where everyone would have the same mindset as him. When the Penn Hills senior basketball standout didn’t field an offer he liked to play college at the next level, he sought an environment that would keep him competitive. Daniels decided to bet...
Pine-Richland softball program builds on playoff victory
With a 6-1 win over Mt. Lebanon in the quarterfinals, the Pine-Richland softball team scored a historic achievement. For the first time in nearly two decades the Rams could say they were a winner in the postseason. It was the cherry on top in a season that featured some memorable...
Sewickley Academy girls lacrosse caps storybook season in PIAA semifinals
The Sewickley Academy girls lacrosse team had its storybook-type season come to an end June 8 in the semifinals of the PIAA Class 3A tournament, but this year was nothing short of spectacular for the Panthers. They produced a record of 17-3, took third place in the WPIAL after losing...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Bushy Run Legion off to strong start
Bushy Run’s American Legion baseball team stayed unbeaten in District 31 after winning four games last week. The wins improved their record to 6-0 overall. Bushy Run defeated Kiski Valley, 5-2; Mt. Pleasant, 14-0; Young Township, 11-1; and Latrobe, 4-3. They were scheduled to play five games the past week...
Junior tournaments allow Penn-Trafford’s Nicholas Turowski to work on short game
Nicholas Turowski hopes to have his driver’s licenses in a year. But the 15-year-old Penn-Trafford freshman is already a good driver — of the golf ball and not a vehicle, yet. If Turowski wants to become one of the top young golfers in the WPIAL and beyond, he knows it...
South Fayette boys lacrosse reaches new heights
In a season like no other due to the covid-19 protocols, the South Fayette boys lacrosse team enjoyed a season like no other. “This season was very special,” South Fayette coach Shawn Leydig said. “We knew we had a lot of leadership and talent returning from our upperclassmen. The team...
