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High school scores, summaries and schedule for April 24, 2021
High schools Baseball Saturday’s results Nonsection Baldwin 7, Uniontown 2 Derry 11, Homer-Center 1 Penn-Trafford 9, Beaver 3 Portage 18, South Allegheny 10 Seton LaSalle 7, Brashear 0 South Allegheny 15, Penn Cambria 8 Hockey PIHL State championships Saturday’s results At UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex, Cranberry Class AAA Malvern Prep...
High school roundup for April 24, 2021: TJ’s Paige Truax homers in 7th to beat Baldwin
Paige Truax hit a solo home run in the top of the seventh inning to lift Thomas Jefferson to a 4-3 victory over Baldwin (1-5) in nonsection softball Saturday. Alyssa McCormick picked up the complete-game win for the Jaguars (4-3), giving up five hits and three unearned runs while striking...
Norwin relay teams have big dreams
Teamwork is the best word to describe what it takes to become a successful relay team in track. Teamwork was key when the 2017 Norwin boys 1,600-meter relay team won the PIAA Class AAA title and when the Hempfield girls won consecutive 400-meter titles in ’13 and ’14. Achieving what...
Baldwin beats Haverford, wins Class AA state championship
It was only fitting the two Class AA hockey heavyweights clashed in the state championship game Saturday at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry. In one corner was Baldwin, the Penguins Cup and PIHL titlists representing the western part of the state. In the other corner was Haverford, the...
George Guido: Apollo-Ridge baseball halts Serra Catholic’s long streak
The Apollo-Ridge baseball team ended Serra Catholic’s 34-game home winning streak Monday with a 5-4 victory over the Eagles at Boston Field. Junior Brady Schrock’s two-run homer lifted the Vikings to a 5-4 victory over previously undefeated Serra. It proved to be the first home loss for the Eagles since...
Westmoreland H.S. notebook: Norwin’s Kyle Martin to coach at Junior Pan American Championships
When Kyle Martin is not coaching wrestlers on the Norwin varsity team, he is training others to become Olympians. Martin recently was selected by USA Wrestling, the governing body of wrestling for the World and Olympic Championships in the United States, to coach the United States team at the Junior...
WPIAL Softball Rankings: April 24, 2021
Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Bethel Park, 8-0, 1 2. Norwin, 7-2, 2 3. Mt. Lebanon, 7-3, 4 4. Pine-Richland, 6-4, 5 5. North Allegheny, 6-6, 3 Out: none Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Penn-Trafford, 7-3, 1 2. Chartiers Valley, 7-3, 2 3. West Allegheny, 9-2,...
WPIAL Baseball Rankings: April 24, 2021
Class 6A Rk, Team, W-L, Last 1. Norwin, 9-1, 1 2. North Allegheny, 10-2, 2 3. Seneca Valley, 9-2, 3 4. Butler, 9-3, NR 5. Hempfield, 7-5, 4 Out: Upper St. Clair (6-5, 5) Class 5A Rk, Team, W-L, Last 1. Franklin Regional, 9-0, 1 2. West Allegheny, 8-2, 2...
Indiana falls to West Chester East in Class A state hockey final
For two periods Indiana kept West Chester East’s powerful offense at bay and had the lead with 17 minutes to play. But two goals less than 30 seconds apart early in the third opened the door for the Vikings to earn another state hockey championship. West Chester East scored four...
Junior Jacob Patterson leading the way for Fox Chapel baseball
Every baseball coach wants a player such as Fox Chapel junior Jacob Patterson. The smooth-swinging right-hander approaches the game with the type of intensity and desire that has allowed him to succeed this season as the Foxes won four of their first six Section 2-5A games. A lot of the...
Pine-Richland’s Rottinghaus sprinting to success in 400, relays
The Pine-Richland track and field coaches had a premonition that senior Ella Rottinghaus was going to set a new school record in the 400-meter run prior to the Rams’ April 14 meet with Seneca Valley, but she didn’t share the same belief. After all it was her debut in the...
Young Pine-Richland gymnast Lavezoli quickly developing into standout
A few years ago Chase Lavezoli taught himself how to do a front flip by using a trampoline. The curiosity that came from that experience sparked a fast track to becoming one of the top young male gymnasts in the region. Lavezoli, an eighth grader at Pine-Richland, won the all-around...
Plum track and field athletes shine at Lady Spartan/Wildcat Invitational
After competing in a trio of Section 5-AAA meets in the early part of the season, Plum boys and girls track and field team members stepped out and tested their mettle at their first invitational of the spring April 16. Plum first-year coach Stephanie Lednak said the Lady Spartan and...
Plum girls lacrosse off to strong start, aims to win 1st playoff game in program historyVideo
The Plum varsity girls lacrosse team hopes to make history this year with its first WPIAL playoff victory in its fifth year as a full member of the WPIAL. The Mustangs are well on their way to giving themselves that opportunity. Plum stood at 7-3 overall and 5-1 in Section...
After early-season adversity, Norwin boys volleyball getting up to speed
Norwin boys volleyball seems to take two steps back every time it takes one forward. It’s like everyone is rotating counterclockwise. Since this season of adversity began March 26, the Knights had played in only one mini-tournament, one nonsection match and one section match three weeks into the campaign. Other...
Norwin notebook: Track and field athletes shine at Lady Spartan/Wildcat Invitational
Norwin track and field athletes made their presence felt at the recent 29th annual Lady Spartan/18th Annual Wildcat Invitational at Latrobe’s Memorial Stadium. The boys team finished third overall and the Knights had numerous individual winners. Winning for the girls were Jordyn Turcovski (100-meter dash), Bernadette Zukina (400), Aleksandra Brozeski...
North Journal notebook: North Allegheny doubles team claims section title
After winning a section singles title earlier this month, North Allegheny’s Chase Davidson doubled his medal haul April 21 when he teamed up with Shomik Telang to win a Section 2-AAA doubles crown. The duo defeated Anthony Lounder and Rohan Maheshwari of Moon, 6-2, 6-2, at North Allegheny. Davidson had...
Despite cancellation of annual event, Franklin Regional basketball boosters make donation to Clelian Heights
Franklin Regional’s annual basketball game with Clelian Heights School for Exceptional Childen was canceled in January because of the pandemic, but the goodwill of the annual event is right on schedule. The schools have a partnership that brings students together for a much-anticipated day of fun and friendships. The event...
Division I-bound catcher Bella Henzler is big hit for Hampton
The first time Hampton coach Ron Fedell saw star catcher Bella Henzler playing softball he wondered if the diminutive seventh-grader had a future behind the plate. “I thought, ‘I don’t know about catcher, but maybe we can move her somewhere else,’ ” Fedell said. “I’m thinking she’s so small. But...
High school roundup for April 23, 2021: Beaver’s List throws no-hitter in battle of unbeatens
Payton List threw a seven-inning no-hitter with 17 strikeouts to lead Beaver to a 13-0 victory over OLSH in a nonsection battle of undefeated WPIAL softball teams Friday afternoon. Hanna Crowe had three hits and drove in four and Bailey Nicol went 2 for 2 with two RBIs for the...
What to watch for in high school sports on April 24, 2021: It’s West vs. East in state hockey finals
It has been 10 long years since the three Penguins Cup champions swept the state titles. In 2011, Upper St. Clair in AAA, Bishop Canevin in AA and Mars in A won the Pennsylvania Cup state hockey championships, marking the fifth time in 11 years that the Penguins Cup winners...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 23, 2021
High schools Baseball Friday’s results Class 5A Section 1 Kiski Area 7, McKeesport 6 Section 2 Fox Chapel 12, Woodland Hills 0 Class 4A Section 2 Montour 6, New Castle 4 Class 2A Section 3 Apollo-Ridge at Sto-Rox, ppd. Class A Section 1 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 14,...
Hempfield softball responds in big way after falling behind early, downs Norwin
With its first three hitters, Norwin began the day double, home run, home run in its Section 2-6A softball clash Friday at Hempfield. The Knights had a three-run lead before some fans beyond the outfield fence got settled into their lawn chairs and covered themselves with blankets. It looked like...
In Class 6A showdown, Norwin stings North Allegheny on Ryan Scavnicky walk-off single
North Allegheny baseball coach Andy Heck told his team after Friday’s nonsection game at Norwin that he wouldn’t be surprised if the top two teams in Class 6A will meet again later this season. In this meeting, No. 1 Norwin got a two-out single from senior second baseman Ryan Scavnicky...
Deer Lakes softball streaks past Derry to cap off big weekVideo
Some early two-out lightning put the Deer Lakes softball team on the right track to an 8-2 Section 1-3A victory over Derry on Friday. All four of the Lancers’ runs in the first inning came with two outs, as did their second-inning run, as they took a 5-0 lead. “We...
