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After trip to PIAA playoffs, future bright for Chartiers Valley softball
In the 2018 and 2019 seasons, the Chartiers Valley softball team finished second to last in its section with a combined record of 7-23. What a difference two years make, or in this case, one season. The Colts softball team went from a struggling horse to a magnificent stallion under...
Trib 10: New teams top baseball, softball rankings
It took the next-to-last power rankings before we had new No. 1 teams in baseball and softball. North Allegheny bumps Franklin Regional from the top spot in baseball, and Beaver is the new No. 1 softball team after more than two months of Bethel Park being on top. Serra Catholic...
Trib HSSN state softball rankings for June 12, 2021
When it comes to the Trib HSSN state softball rankings, the winds of change are going to happen in June. Some classes had little change, and those winds were like a cozy breeze. Others, however, underwent major changes with gale-force winds blowing district champions out of the PIAA postseason. The...
Trib HSSN state baseball rankings: June 12, 2021
We have reached the final four in the 2021 PIAA postseason and the penultimate Trib HSSN state baseball rankings as we prepare for the final week of the season. As expected in the first two round of the state playoffs, there were plenty of changes as teams that missed out...
George Guido: Rare PIAA playoff venue change delays Highlands game by 4 hours
The PIAA pulled off the rare and difficult task of changing a game venue Thursday when the Highlands-Bishop McDevitt softball game was transferred from Mount Aloysius College in Cresson to Central Cambria High School in Ebensburg. The first game of a state quarterfinal doubleheader, Ligonier Valley led Chesnut Ridge, 1-0,...
Mars can’t capitalize on strong start, loses PIAA Class 2A boys lacrosse championship game
Senior Nick Crowley scored the first goal of Saturday’s PIAA Class 2A lacrosse final, and veteran coach Bob Marcoux liked what he was watching. Mars led Allentown Central Catholic 1-0 midway through the opening quarter. “I liked the energy we came out with early on,” Marcoux said. “I thought we...
High school sports scores, schedules for June 12, 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...
After persevering through suspended game, Ligonier Valley softball team focused on PIAA semis
After a delay of 1 hour, 45 minutes, the Ligonier Valley softball team began Thursday’s PIAA Class 2A quarterfinal against District 5 champion Chestnut Ridge at Mt. Aloysius College. Through five innings, the Rams held a 1-0 lead. Then, in the sixth, the rain returned, and the game was delayed...
North Allegheny captures 3rd straight PIAA boys volleyball title
STATE COLLEGE — North Allegheny took the team approach and rolled through Central Dauphin, 3-1, to win a third consecutive PIAA Class 3A boys volleyball championship Saturday at Rec Hall on the Penn State campus. North Allegheny dropped Game 1 but rallied to easily win the final three games by...
Westmoreland notebook: Norwin’s Giansante hits right notes on, off track
For John Giansante, it is all about rhythm. From his pre-event routine in the triple jump, to his preparation for playing the violin at a musical competition, he has a purposeful focus. The senior from Norwin is taking his duality to the college level. He will compete for the Seton...
Fox Chapel softball exceeds expectations with deep playoff run
After losing 2020 to the covid pandemic, the Fox Chapel softball team entered this spring with optimism that it could get to the Class 5A playoffs and make a run. Foxes coach Chris Olbrich was confident his team would be competitive in each game it would play. Both of those...
Banner season peaks with WPIAL title for Bethel Park softball
Bethel Park’s softball team ended its WPIAL season on the highest of high notes. The Black Hawks reeled in the Class 6A title June 3 with a 9-2 win against Canon-McMillan in the championship game at Cal U.’s Lilley Field. Then came the grim, unfathomable low note. Four days later,...
Playing at Wild Things Park gives Bethel Park baseball a taste of pro game
While WPIAL football championship hopefuls often talk about making it to Heinz Field or basketball players dream of playing at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center, the district’s baseball players aspire to play at Wild Things Park in Washington. Playing at the beautifully maintained 3,200-seat, synthetic turf venue was a treat for...
Franklin Regional grad Tommy Kegerreis named All-American
Westmoreland County Community College freshman Tommy Kegerreis was named an ABCA/Rawlings All-American. Kegerreis earned third-team honors for NJCAA Division III teams. He helped WCCA win the Region XX title and advance to the Mid-Atlantic regional. Kegerreis, a Franklin Regional grad, batted .453 with seven home runs, 11 doubles, 29 RBIs...
Plum spring athletes earn postseason honors
Rayla Smith was an offensive force for the Plum girls lacrosse team this spring. The freshman attacker didn’t shy away from going to the goal, and she finished the season with more than 40 goals for a Mustangs squad that had designs on the WPIAL playoffs from the start of...
Norwin Star notebook: Triple jumper puts a bow on high school career
For John Giansante, it is all about rhythm. From his pre-event routine in the triple jump, to his preparation for playing the violin at a musical competition, he has a purposeful focus. The senior from Norwin is taking his duality to the college level. He will compete for the Seton...
Medically cleared to return to court, Norwin’s Ty Bilinsky headed to UPJ
Ty Bilinsky went from thinking it might be time to throw his basketball shoes over the telephone wires to merging back into the fast lane to a possible college career. The Norwin senior, who encountered several health issues over the winter and missed most of his final high school season,...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 11, 2021
High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Monday’s schedule 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 Semifinals Monday’s schedule Bethel Park vs. Central Mountain at PNG Field, Altoona, 3 p.m.; Red Land...
Nearly 6 hours of down time ‘worth the wait’ for Highlands softball players
Cloudy skies and rain greeted the Highlands softball team Friday afternoon as they gathered for practice in preparation for Monday’s PIAA Class 4A semifinal against Beaver. The Golden Rams, who are focused in on the WPIAL title game rematch, saw enough rain Thursday to last a lifetime in a state-tournament...
Mt. Pleasant sees room to improve after closing out Avonworth for 5th straight postseason shutoutVideo
Mt. Pleasant slept on a 3-0 lead but didn’t think that would be the final score against Avonworth in a PIAA Class 3A softball quarterfinal that took two days to complete. But it was, and the Vikings are moving on with an eye toward waking up their bats. “Survive and...
Mt. Pleasant’s Dayton Pitzer commits to wrestle at Pitt
One of the state’s top wrestlers plans to stay close to home for his college career. Mt. Pleasant junior Dayton Pitzer, a two-time WPIAL and PIAA champion, announced on Instagram Friday he was committing to Pitt. Pitzer joins a 2022 Pitt recruiting class that includes Hempfield junior Briar Priest, a...
PIAA reveals sites, times for state baseball semifinals
The WPIAL is guaranteed to have at least two teams in the state baseball finals and could have as many as five. The PIAA Class 4A and 2A brackets each will have an all-WPIAL semifinal matchup Monday at Neshannock. New Castle and Montour will play at 4 p.m. in the...
Semifinal sites, times announced for PIAA softball playoffs
The PIAA softball semifinals will feature a pair of WPIAL championship rematches Monday at Mars. In Class 4A, Beaver plays Highlands at 2 p.m., and the 5A semifinal between Armstrong and North Hills follows at 4 p.m. The all-WPIAL matchups guarantee that at least two WPIAL teams will reach the...
High school roundup for June 10, 2021: Abby Allen hits walk-off 2-run shot to lift Canon Mac
Abby Allen hit a walk-off two-run home run on a 3-2 pitch in the bottom of the 10th inning to lift Canon-McMillan to a 5-3 victory over Neshaminy in the PIAA Class 6A softball quarterfinals Thursday. Sami Merkle scored when Taylor Eckles reached on an error earlier in the inning....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 10, 2021
High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Thursday’s results La Salle College 21, Emmaus 8 North Penn 9, Neshaminy 0 North Allegheny 8, Central 1 Spring-Ford 10, Hempfield 1 Semifinals Monday’s schedule North Penn vs. La Salle College; Spring-Ford vs. North Allegheny Class 5A First round Quarterfinals Thursday’s results...
