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Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week for May 10, 2021
Playing in his first varsity high school baseball season, sophomore Spencer Barnett is either tied or in second place behind junior Cole Young for the lead in most of North Allegheny’s offensive categories. A memorable two games last week against rival Pine-Richland clinched the Section 1-6A title outright for the...
Busy Roundball Classic week tips off with team practices
It is Roundball Classic week and Western Pennsylvania’s top all-star senior basketball players will begin gathering at Geneva College. Girls teams will practice at 6 p.m. Tuesday, with the boys’ 6A players to follow at 7:30. On Wednesday, the boys’ Class A, 2A, 3A and District 10 all-stars will practice...
Hempfield defeats Canon-McMillan in possible playoff preview
Hempfield softball coach Bob Kalp spent time over the weekend mapping out the WPIAL 6A playoff pairings. He had his Spartans facing Canon-McMillan in the first round. Kalp got a firsthand look at the Big Macs on Monday during his team’s Senior Day. Hempfield won the nonsection meeting 4-2 behind...
Mt. Lebanon softball racks up the runs in win over Baldwin
Mt. Lebanon football coach Bob Palko rolled the dice and went for two points in the fourth as the Blue Devils defeated Baldwin, 25-12. Wait, this was softball game, not football. Mt. Lebanon scored eight runs in the second inning then added 13 more in the fourth to beat Baldwin...
Fox Chapel upends Plum and keeps section title hopes alive
For four innings Monday, the Fox Chapel baseball team couldn’t find a way to produce a run. They left two runners on base in the first, one on in both the second and third and one on in the fourth while tallying two hits. Meanwhile, senior right-hander Dante DiMatteo threw...
Plum blanks Armstrong in return from covid pause
The Plum softball team hadn’t played a game in two weeks before Monday’s crucial Section 1-5A matchup at Armstrong. The Mustangs defeated Franklin Regional on April 26, but then went on a covid pause. But they didn’t let the layoff affect them as they scored early and rode the pitching...
No. 2-ranked Southmoreland softball sets back-to-back section doubleheaders
With the regular season winding down and no extension in sight, the Southmoreland softball team suddenly is in cram mode. The No. 2-ranked Scotties have played only nine games, including four in section, and have not yet clinched a playoff spot. That means a busy week lies ahead. Southmoreland (8-1,...
WPIAL reveals updated postseason plans for spring sports playoffs
If covid-related cancellations leave section standings unsettled, the WPIAL will have its steering committees determine which teams make the playoffs this spring. That was one of the changes revealed Monday when the WPIAL announced updated postseason plans for baseball, softball, lacrosse and boys volleyball. In a letter to schools, the...
WPIAL boys volleyball teams make push for playoffs; final week begins with coaches rankings
With one final week remaining in the regular season, boys volleyball teams in both WPIAL Class AAA and Class AA are making final cases for section titles and playoff berths. The Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its Week 7 WPIAL rankings Monday morning. In Class AAA, North Allegheny, Seneca...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week: May 10, 2021
If a high school softball player can hit five home runs in a career, that is a pretty good accomplishment. If a scholastic player hits five round-trippers in a season, that earns all-star consideration. If you hit five in a week? You get the Trib HSSN Player of the Week....
WPIAL softball playoff clinchings through May 9, 2021
The regular season is winding down in WPIAL softball as teams are down to only three more playing dates in the regular season. Much like other spring sports, some teams are in catch up mode because covid related issues. Two softball programs, Sto-Rox and Washington, have shut down for the...
This week on Trib HSSN: Week of May 10, 2021
The spring sports regular season concludes as we set the stage for the postseason this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We wrap up the regular season in high school baseball and softball, then unveil the brackets Thursday and Friday for the 2021 WPIAL softball and baseball playoffs....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for May 10, 2021
The final week of the WPIAL baseball and softball regular season could use some good weather after a week of washouts pushed some teams to the brink of make-up games. On a busy day of district baseball, there are two games with section-championship ramifications. First-place Plum (9-1) will visit second-place...
WPIAL girls lacrosse standings through Sunday, May 9, 2021
Here are the latest WPIAL girls lacrosse standings through Sunday. The top six teams in each section qualified for the district postseason. Only section records are shown. # — Clinched section championship * — Clinched playoff berth x — Eliminated from playoff chase Class AAA 11 of 12 teams have...
WPIAL boys lacrosse standings through Sunday, May 9, 2021
Here are the latest WPIAL boys lacrosse standings, along with the teams that have clinched a playoff berth through Sunday. The top six teams in each section will qualify for the district postseason. Only section records are shown. # — Clinched section championship * — Clinched playoff berth x —...
WPIAL baseball playoff clinchings through May 9, 2021
While some WPIAL baseball teams are done with section play, most still have section games remaining. Between covid-related shutdowns and the wet weather last week, there still are a lot of playoff berths to be determined. The WPIAL is expected to decide early this week the makeup of the 2021...
High school sports schedules for May 10, 2021
High schools Baseball Monday’s schedule WPIAL Class 5A Section 1 Gateway at McKeesport, 4 p.m. Section 2 Mars at Hampton, 3:45 p.m. Plum at Fox Chapel, 4 p.m. Woodland Hills at Penn Hills, 5 p.m. Section 3 Moon at West Allegheny, 7 p.m. Section 4 Connellsville at Thomas Jefferson, 4:30...
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week: May 10, 2021
In the most recent WPIAL softball postseason, Laurel outscored Riverview, Carmichaels, Freedom and Frazier in the Class 2A postseason by a combined score of 49-10 in winning a second straight district championship. “We have just three starters and two coaches left from that 2019 team,” Laurel coach Frank Duddy said....
Apollo-Ridge senior Weightman excels doing double duty
Casey Weightman is no stranger to success at the WPIAL-championship level. As a freshman at Belle Vernon, she earned WPIAL softball gold. Two years ago, as a sophomore, she again represented the Leopards and captured WPIAL track and field silver in the javelin. While she was a one-sport standout in...
Sophomore Adin Zorn helps lead Sewickley Academy to baseball playoffs for 1st time since ’16
Before the coronavirus pandemic canceled Sewickley Academy’s baseball season last year, Panthers coach Anthony Garofalo saw then-freshman Adin Zorn hitting in the cage and knew he would play a big part in the team’s future. “Obviously, we didn’t get to play, but just seeing him in the cages and stuff,...
Tamo-Noche, fellow seniors continue development for Penn Hills boys volleyball
Alain Tamo-Noche picked up volleyball as a sophomore looking to build skills for basketball season. The 6-foot-1 Penn Hills senior outside hitter is now considering playing in college. Learning the sport has been a fun process for Tamo-Noche, who learned from veteran players when he started and is now part...
Penn Hills’ Big Red Rugby building foundation for future
Every match the Big Red Rugby club team plays is a learning experience. After opening against a few clubs that were newer programs like Penn Hills’ squad, the Big Red took one on the chin against West Allegheny. At an event hosted by Moon, the Big Red Rugby club fell...
Pine-Richland girls lacrosse leans on consistent defense, balanced attack
Members of the Pine-Richland girls lacrosse team knew they had built something special during a seven-game winning streak in April and they wanted to prove it in their much anticipated showdown with Fox Chapel on May 4. The Rams got everything they bargained for in an 8-7 victory that reaffirmed...
Pine-Richland boys lacrosse team battle-tested for postseason
Coming into this season Pine-Richland boys lacrosse coach Kevin Welty budgeted for adversity. He expected there to be postponements, some injuries and for it to take time to build chemistry on the field after the canceled 2020 season. In some form or fashion each one has happened, but Welty said...
Gateway hurdlers to be well represented at WPIAL meet
Jayson Jenkins is known in athletic circles at Gateway as a talented place kicker who will head to Robert Morris in August and join the Colonials football team. But this spring, the Gators senior is making strides one leap at a time as one of the WPIAL’s top hurdlers. He...
