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‘Championship atmosphere’ made WPIAL finals memorable for Bethel Park baseball
WPIAL Class 5A runner-up. It’s not what they were striving to achieve. It is, nonetheless, a worthy feat that capped a sensational season for the Bethel Park baseball team. The top two squads in 5A met June 1 in the league championship game at Wild Things Park in Washington. Top-seeded...
Trib HSSN Baseball State Rankings for June 4, 2021
A historic shuffling of the deck in the Trib HSSN state baseball rankings as the district playoffs conclude and the state playoffs begin. Never before have the HSSN state rankings done an all-out line change with five new teams in one class turning over. In Class 4A, the five ranked...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 4, 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.; District 12 champion vs. Hatboro-Horsham at Archbishop Wood, 5 p.m.; Wilson vs. Spring-Ford at...
Franklin Regional baseball team sets new goals as PIAA playoffs begin Monday
This isn’t the Franklin Regional baseball team’s first foray into the PIAA playoffs. The 2019 team, which some of the current players were part of, reached the quarterfinals before losing to Lampeter-Strasburg. The Panthers are 3-4 all-time in the PIAA playoffs, 3-1 in the opening round. The 2019 team defeated...
Serra Catholic naming court after longtime girls basketball coach Bill Cleary
Serra Catholic is naming its basketball court after longtime girls coach Bill Cleary, the school announced Friday. “William J. Cleary Court” will be dedicated officially in December, said an announcement from associate principal Robert Childs. Cleary is retiring this summer after more than four decades working at the school as...
Central Catholic defensive tackle Donovan Hinish commits to Notre Dame
Notre Dame bought billboard space around Pittsburgh this spring, touting the many Western Pennsylvania football players who’ve joined the Fighting Irish in recent years. Make room for one more. Central Catholic’s Donovan Hinish announced his commitment to Notre Dame on Friday, choosing the same school that recruited his brother, Kurt,...
Fox Chapel softball ready to continue historic playoff run in PIAA tournament
The Fox Chapel softball team is in the midst of the best playoff run in program history, and as the Foxes enter the first round of the PIAA Class 5A tournament, they are hoping it doesn’t stop soon. The Foxes (13-8) will have a tough challenge Monday at North Allegheny...
Sites, times announced for PIAA 1st-round softball playoff games
The six WPIAL softball champions will start their state tournament runs at Norwin, Peterswood Park or North Allegheny next week. The PIAA scheduled doubleheaders at all three venues. All first-round games are Monday. PIAA softball playoffs Class 6A 1-1 Spring-Ford vs. 11-2 Whitehall at Boyertown, 11 a.m. 2-1 Hazleton vs....
Derry wrestling coach Mike Weinell resigns
Derry is looking for a new wrestling coach after Mike Weinell resigned Thursday. Weinell coached at Derry for 19 years, the last 11 as the head coach. During that span he coached eight state champions, two as an assistant, as well as 10 PIAA finalists, and his team made the...
New Pine-Richland football coach predicts ‘smooth transition’ after meeting players
There were some sleepless nights this week for Steve Campos as Pine-Richland was about to make him the school’s new football coach. But after meeting with the players for the first time Thursday afternoon, Campos predicted he’d sleep soundly later that night. “I told my wife when I came home,...
Penn-Trafford’s Cade Yacamelli pulls in offer from Wisconsin
Another week, another Division I football offer for Penn-Trafford’s Cade Yacamelli. Actually, the rising senior running back and defensive back added two more scholarship offers this week, but one stands out among all of the others. Wisconsin of the Big Ten offered him after he attended a Badgers’ prospect camp....
High school scores, summaries and schedule for June 3, 2021
High schools Lacrosse PIAA playoffs Boys Class 3A Quarterfinals Saturday’s schedule Wissahickon vs. Kennett at Marple Newtown, 1 p.m.; St. Joseph’s Prep vs. Garnet Valley at Avon Grove, 11 a.m.; Wilson vs. Radnor at Avon Grove, 1 p.m.; Conestoga vs. North Allegheny at Manheim Township, 2 p.m. Class 2A Quarterfinals...
Trib 10: WPIAL champs take top spots in baseball, softball power rankings
Twelve newly minted district champions have been crowned, and they are not only hoisting gold, they are also taking up the top six spots in the weekly Trib 10 power rankings. With great power comes the great responsibility of leading WPIAL teams into the state playoffs starting next week. Congrats...
First-round PIAA matchups set for many WPIAL softball teams
The 2021 WPIAL softball playoffs are history with four new champions crowned and two others continuing their title runs. With the WPIAL playoffs done, the final order of the district teams is set for the upcoming PIAA postseason. The state softball playoffs begin Monday with sites and times to be...
Laurel tops Shenango to win 3rd straight WPIAL softball crown
Laurel coach Frank Duddy had a feeling designated player Abbie Miles would have a big game Thursday in the WPIAL Class 2A softball finals against Shenango. And Miles responded with a home run to tie the game in the fourth inning then doubled home what proved to be the winning...
Woodland Hills athletic director Ron Coursey leaving WPIAL for Chambersburg job
Woodland Hills athletic director Ron Coursey has always wanted to chat with the PIAA leadership about its transfer rule. He’ll soon be working almost in their backyard, once he becomes athletic director at Chambersburg, so maybe he’ll knock on their door. “I would love to have that conversation, if they’ll...
Ligonier Valley softball hits reset button, sets sights on PIAA run
Mark Zimmerman said the chip Ligonier Valley softball had resting firmly on its collective shoulder is all but gone. “That’s been knocked off a little bit,” the veteran coach said. “That can be a good thing, too. This is the start of a new run. Now it’s all about the...
Sandra Soltes’ 2 home runs lead Bethel Park to 1st WPIAL softball title
The Bethel Park softball team remained undefeated in grand style. Junior catcher Sandra Soltes smacked two home runs, including a first-inning grand slam that put the Black Hawks up for good in a 9-2 win over Canon-McMillan in the WPIAL Class 6A championship game Thursday afternoon at Cal U’s Lilley...
WPIAL baseball teams set for PIAA playoffs
The 2021 WPIAL baseball playoffs are now in the books with six new champions crowned and the order of district teams set for the PIAA postseason. The state baseball playoffs begin Monday with sites and times to be determined. Here are the matchups that are set for the first round...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 2, 2021
High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 5A Consolation Wednesday’s result Peters Township 2, West Allegheny 1 Class 4A Championship Wednesday’s result New Castle 5, Montour 0 Class 3A Championship Wednesday’s result Hopewell 6, South Park 5 Consolation Wednesday’s result McGuffey 2, Avonworth 1 Class 2A Championship Wednesday’s result Shenango 2,...
High school roundup for June 2, 2021: McGuffey baseball earns state tournament bid
Winning pitcher Jake Orr went 6⅔ innings, giving up one run and striking out 10, and hit an RBI double in the fifth inning to lead No. 4 McGuffey to a 2-1 victory over No. 2 Avonworth in the Class 3A baseball consolation game Wednesday afternoon. The Highlanders (14-5) claimed...
New Castle’s Rocco Bernadina mows down Montour in WPIAL Class 4A championshipVideo
New Castle owns the most boys basketball titles in WPIAL history, and the football team ranks third on the league’s all-time championships list. But the Red Hurricanes never had won a baseball title, until now. Senior Rocco Bernadina pitched a one-hitter with 13 strikeouts Wednesday night and led seventh-seeded New...
Beaver Area shakes off Highlands rally, walks off with WPIAL softball crown
The first three WPIAL softball championship games played at Cal (Pa.) on Wednesday ended by way of the mercy rule, with the winning teams scoring 17, 15 and 12 runs. The nightcap between Highlands and Beaver Area for the Class 4A title was much closer. In a pitchers’ duel between...
North Hills overwhelms Armstrong, wins school’s 1st WPIAL softball title in 21 years
North Hills softball coach Libby Gasior said pitcher Sophia Roncone doesn’t necessarily like much attention focused on her. But holding a team that has scored at least nine runs in 13 of its games to just a pair of first-inning runs is sure to bring attention to her effort. Roncone...
Hopewell survives roller-coaster Class 3A final, beats South Park for 4th WPIAL title
Two years ago, the Hopewell Vikings coughed up a three-run lead in the bottom of the seventh inning against Steel Valley in the WPIAL Class 3A championship game. They weren’t about to do it again on Wednesday. No. 3 South Park (15-5) tied the game in the top of the...
