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Alle-Kiski Valley PIAA softball capsules for June 7, 2021
PIAA softball playoffs Monday’s games Class 5A First round 7-1 North Hills (16-5) vs. 7-4 Fox Chapel (13-8) 6:30 p.m. at North Allegheny Coaches: Libby Gasior, North Hills; Chris Olbrich, Fox Chapel Winner plays: Winner of 6-1 Bellefonte (18-2)/7-3 Chartiers Valley (14-8) on Thursday in the quarterfinals, (site and time,...
Alle-Kiski Valley PIAA baseball capsule for June 7, 2021
PIAA baseball playoffs Monday’s game Class A First round 10-1 Kennedy Catholic (9-10) vs. 7-2 Riverview (11-7) 1 p.m. at Slippery Rock University Coaches: Steve Pinney, Kennedy Catholic; Bill Gras, Riverview Winner plays: Winner of 9-1 Dubois Central Catholic (10-11)/7-3 Eden Christian (17-5) on Thursday in the quarterfinals (Time and...
Westmoreland PIAA baseball capsules for June 7, 2021
PIAA baseball playoffs Monday’s games Class 6A 7-2 Hempfield (15-8) vs. 10-1 McDowell (14-6) 1 p.m. at Mercyhurst University Coaches: Tim Buzzard, Hempfield; Mark Soboleski, McDowell Winner plays: Winner of 3-1 Wilson (22-2)/1-5 Spring-Ford (18-3) game, Thursday at a site and time to be determined in the quarterfinals Players to...
Leechburg softball team ready for 2019 PIAA rematch
For the second time in as many seasons, the Leechburg softball team survived a pressure situation in the WPIAL consolation final to earn a trip the PIAA playoffs. This time, South Side fell victim to a Blue Devils team that roared back from a tough Class 1A semifinal loss. Leechburg’s...
Gateway seniors cap high school career at East-West all-star game
Gateway football seniors Jacques Taylor and Chamor Price teamed up one final time May 30 to cap their high school careers in the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association East-West Football Classic at Landis Field in Harrisburg. While the West team didn’t come out on top — the East scored a...
South Fayette girls lacrosse shakes ‘new team’ label
For five years, the South Fayette girls lacrosse team has been trying to break on through to the other side of consistently playing competitive matches. Mission accomplished. “I feel like this is finally the season that proved us as a competitor as opposed to being the new team,” coach Connie...
All-section selections, playoff win highlight Thomas Jefferson boys volleyball season
Five members of the Thomas Jefferson boys volleyball squad were rewarded for their performance this season by being named all-section. Shawn McSwiggen, a 6-foot-6 junior outside hitter/defensive specialist, and seniors Joaquin Gardner-Gotera, a 6-2 middle hitter, and Brayden Andrisko, a 5-9 libero, were voted to the first team. McSwiggen also...
Baldwin softball hopes to learn from rebuilding year
Baldwin advanced to the WPIAL softball playoffs in 2021 for an 11th consecutive season, although the youthful Highlanders were able to win only four games all year. The team lost to section rival Bethel Park, 9-1, in the first round of the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs to finish 4-10 overall....
Penn-Trafford’s volleyball season ends in PIAA playoffs
The Penn-Trafford boys volleyball team’s appearance in the PIAA Class AAA playoffs ended June 1 after a first-round loss against District 3 runner-up Northeastern. The Warriors dropped a 3-0 decision by scores of 25-20, 25-22 and 25-22. Penn-Trafford reached the PIAA tournament by defeating rival Hempfield in the WPIAL consolation...
Trib HSSN Softball State Rankings for June 5, 2021
There were major changes this week in half of the softball classifications and minimal movement in the other three classes on the brink of the 2021 PIAA softball playoffs. In Class 6A, 5A and 3A, there were 10 teams that fell out of Trib HSSN state softball rankings from last...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 5, 2021
High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs First round Monday’s schedule Class 6A Neshaminy vs. Parkland at Methacton, 4 p.m.; Hazleton vs. North Penn at Mountain Top, 4:30 p.m.; Emmaus vs. Governor Mifflin at DeSales University, 7 p.m.; La Salle College vs. Hatboro-Horsham at Archbishop Wood, 5 p.m.; Wilson vs. Spring-Ford at...
High school roundup for June 5, 2021: NA, Seneca Valley to meet again in PIAA boys volleyball semifinals
There will be a rematch of the WPIAL Class 3A boys volleyball finals in the state semifinals Tuesday. North Allegheny defeated Northeastern in three games and Seneca Valley handled Upper Dublin in four games to set up the fourth meeting between the teams this season. North Allegheny was victorious in...
Sewickley Academy breaks tie with 4 seconds left to top Mt. Lebanon, advance to PIAA girls lacrosse semis
Sewickley Academy led for only 4 seconds Saturday, but it was the last four. Elsa Gordon scored off a pass from Emma DiSantis for what proved to be winning goal to give the Panthers their only lead of the game in an 18-17 comeback victory over Mt. Lebanon in the...
WPIAL champ Mt. Pleasant hopes to carry momentum into PIAA playoffs
Mt. Pleasant won its second WPIAL softball title with a relentless, rapid-fire offensive attack. Frozen ropes and gap shots. Doubles off the wall. The Vikings touched all the bases. “We practiced hitting off tees to get ready for (Ellwood City pitcher Julia Nardone),” Vikings senior third baseman Haylie Brunson said....
Highlands softball team hopes to continue brilliant season in PIAA playoffsVideo
This been a season of firsts for the Highlands softball team. The Golden Rams capped the regular season with their first section championship since 2005 and secured their first playoff victory since that same season. Highlands played in its first WPIAL semifinal May 26 and competed in its inaugural WPIAL...
George Guido: A-K Valley teams set to open PIAA baseball, softball playoffs
There are four A-K Valley teams ready to enter the PIAA softball/baseball playoffs Monday at three sites. It also marks the complete resumption of scholastic activities following the first phases of the pandemic in March 2020 when the plug was pulled on the PIAA basketball playoffs after two rounds. Here’s...
Westmoreland H.S. notebook: Local baseball, softball players earn honors
Westmoreland County was well represented on the Big 5/6 Conference all-section baseball and softball teams. The Big 5/6 recognizes team and individual accomplishments in the WPIAL’s two largest classifications. In baseball, WPIAL Class 5A champion Franklin Regional dominated the Section 1 team with five first-team selections: seniors Louie Kegerreis (SS),...
Penn Hills lineman caps high school career with East-West All-Star appearance
Claude Vangelus wasn’t a refined offensive lineman when he started with the Penn Hills High School football program. Relying primarily on his size, Vangelus entered high school with learning to do. All of his progression over four years led to Vangelus being selected to participate in the recent Pennsylvania Scholastic...
Redeemer Lutheran track team shows program’s growth at national meet
The National Christian School Athletic Association track and field meet May 22 at Geneva College provided good perspective for Redeemer Lutheran junior runner Christian Loewe. Competing against schools from multiple states, athletes from the Rams’ young track program got an idea of what kind of progress they’ve made. Loewe, who...
Pine-Richland girls lacrosse standouts play in national tournament
A quartet of Pine-Richland girls lacrosse players spent Memorial Day weekend playing alongside some of the best high school players in the country and came home with an enjoyable and worthwhile experience. Caroline Gentile, Mary Dziubek, Zoe Katres and Erica Hudock played for Team Pittsburgh at the USA Lacrosse Women’s...
Norwin notebook: Knights baseball, softball teams reflect on seasons
Postseason runs that were expected to last a lot longer ended rather abruptly in the WPIAL semifinals for the Norwin baseball and softball teams. The baseball Knights were roughed up by rival Hempfield, 12-2, while the softball team fell to Canon-McMillan, 7-4. Both were No. 2 seeds. Neither team qualified...
Hampton’s Galuska keeps his cool at states, medals in 400
Hampton senior Gage Galuska was a little slower — and a lot colder — at the PIAA Class AAA track and field championships. But the WPIAL 400-meter champion left Shippensburg University with a warm feeling. He brought home a state medal and a season full of memories. The Edinboro football...
Hampton girls lacrosse star racks up eye-popping stats in abbreviated career
Hampton girls lacrosse coach Kelsey Viets felt disbelief as she tabulated star midfielder Megan Cook’s career statistics. “You look at the stats on paper and you think, ‘There’s no way this kid did this in three years,’” Viets said. “It’s truly incredible.” Despite losing her junior season to the covid...
Future remains bright for Shady Side boys lacrosse after WPIAL championship loss
Shady Side Academy coach Cam Thompson and the Bulldogs boys lacrosse team set their expectations high every year. WPIAL championship or bust. Whether the team had just lost a season due to the coronavirus pandemic didn’t matter, Thompson and his team had their eyes set on WPIAL gold and they...
Bethel Park girls lacrosse sees effort pay off with 1st section title in 9 years
What goes around comes around. “The last time I won a section championship, one of my assistant coaches, Taylor Connors, was a senior on that team,” said Becky Luzier, Bethel Park’s girls lacrosse coach. “It was special to get to have this experience with her this year as a peer.”...
