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WPIAL Class 4A softball final preview: Mt. Pleasant vs. Elizabeth Forward
No. 1 Mt. Pleasant (17-0) vs. No. 2 Elizabeth Forward (16-3) NOON FRIDAY AT LATROBE Coaches: Chris Brunson, Mt. Pleasant; Harry Rutherford, Elizabeth Forward Players to watch: Mary Smithnosky, So., OF, Mt. Pleasant; Bri Sersevic, So., C, Elizabeth Forward WPIAL titles: Mt. Pleasant 1 (2016 3A); Elizabeth Forward 0 How...
WPIAL Class 6A softball final preview: Hempfield vs. North Allegheny
No. 3 Hempfield (15-6) vs. No. 1 North Allegheny (15-6) 2:15 p.m. Thursday at Peterswood Park Coaches: Bob Kalp, Hempfield; Morgan Vescovi, North Allegheny Players to watch: Emma Hoffner, So., C, Hempfield; Rachel Martindale, Sr., SS, North Allegheny WPIAL titles: Hempfield 6 (2018, ‘17 6A; ‘16, ‘15, ‘09 4A; ‘98...
WPIAL Class 4A baseball final preview: Blackhawk vs. Beaver
WPIAL Class 4A baseball championship No. 4 Blackhawk (16-4) vs. No. 6 Beaver (13-7) 5 p.m. Wednesday at Wild Things Park, Washington Coaches: Bob Amalia, Blackhawk; Noah Medich, Beaver Players to watch: Ray Knallay, CF, Jr., Blackhawk; Vinny Mastrangelo, C, Sr., Beaver WPIAL titles: Blackhawk 3 (2017, ’12, ’04), Beaver...
Unbeaten Mt. Pleasant overcomes loss of Poulich to reach WPIAL final
Mt. Pleasant softball players, coaches and fans held their collective breath when Courtney Poulich dropped to the ground, writhing in pain. It was the Section 1-4A opener at home against Indiana, and Poulich stretched out to pull in a potential putout at first base. The attempted stab was more stabbing:...
Steel Valley captures 2nd WPIAL baseball title with comeback victory over HopewellVideo
Steel Valley has a knack for championship comebacks. The Ironmen dramatically overcame a four-run deficit Tuesday night and defeated Hopewell, 5-4, in eight innings at Wild Things Park in the WPIAL Class 3A baseball championship. The late rally brought back memories from 2014, when Steel Valley scored three times in...
High school scores, schedules for May 28, 2019
High Schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship Wednesday’s schedule Penn-Trafford (18-3) vs. Pine-Richland (17-4) at Wild Things Park, 7:30 p.m. Consolation Tuesday’s result North Allegheny 3, Bethel Park 0 Class 5A Championship Tuesday’s result Shaler 8, Laurel Highlands 1 Consolation Tuesday’s result Franklin Regional 4, Mars 1 Class 4A...
North Allegheny blanks Bethel Park to reach PIAA baseball playoffs
Ryan Partridge allowed one hit over five innings to lead No. 4-seeded North Allegheny to a 3-0 victory over No. 3 Bethel Park in the WPIAL Class 6A consolation baseball game Tuesday night at Washington & Jefferson’s Ross Memorial Park. Dayton commit Anthony Hattrup knocked in two runs, and Duke...
PIAA boys volleyball roundup for May 28, 2019: North Allegheny advances to quarterfinals
The WPIAL champion North Allegheny boys volleyball team opened the PIAA tournament with a convincing victory over District 3’s Hempfield, 3-1, in a Class AAA first-round match Tuesday at Hempfield Area High School. The Tigers won 25-15, 16-25, 25-18 and 25-23. Ben Mendes, Drew Hunker and Alex Zubrow all had...
WPIAL Class A softball final preview: West Greene vs. Union
WPIAL Class A softball championship No. 1 West Greene (18-4) vs. No. 3 Union (12-5) Noon Wednesday at Peterswood Park Coaches: Billy Simms, West Greene; Doug Fisher, Union Players to watch: Jade Renner, Jr., P, West Greene; Halaena Blakley, So., P, Union WPIAL titles: West Greene 3 (2016, ‘17, ‘18);...
WPIAL Class 3A softball finals preview: Avonworth vs. Keystone Oaks
WPIAL Class 3A softball championship No. 1 Avonworth (19-2) vs. No. 6 Keystone Oaks (13-4) 2:15 p.m. Wednesday at Peterswood Park Coaches: Jenna Muncie, Avonworth; Mark Kaminski, Keystone Oaks Players to watch: Sarah Helffrich, Sr., P, Avonworth; Sophia Piatt, Sr., 2B, Keystone Oaks WPIAL titles: Avonworth 0; Keystone Oaks 0...
WPIAL Class 5A softball finals preview: Connellsville vs. West Allegheny
WPIAL Class 5A softball championship No. 4 Connellsville (16-6) vs. No. 10 West Allegheny (11-7) 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Peterswood Park Coaches: John Burd, Connellsville; Mindi McFate, West Allegheny Players to watch: Mia Burd, Sr., P, Connellsville; Britney Wilson, Jr., C, West Allegheny WPIAL titles: Connellsville 1 (1997); West Allegheny...
Penn-Trafford takes down Franklin Regional, reaches state playoffs for 1st time since ’90
Refreshed and refocused, Penn-Trafford quickly closed the door on a sour loss in the WPIAL softball semifinals and rebounded for a historically significant victory in the Class 5A third-place game. Emma Little and Brooke Cleland each had two hits as the Warriors set the scene early and downed Franklin Regional,...
WPIAL Class 2A baseball final preview: Seton LaSalle vs. Serra Catholic
WPIAL Class 2A baseball championship No. 4 Seton LaSalle (18-2) vs. No. 2 Serra Catholic (20-2) 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Wild Things Park Coaches: Mike Wagner, Seton LaSalle; Brian Dzurenda, Serra Catholic Players to watch: Drew Lafferty, Fr., P, Seton LaSalle; Mark Black, Jr., C, Serra Catholic WPIAL titles: Seton...
Big inning carries South Park past Ellwood City in WPIAL consolation game
A five-run outburst in the bottom of the sixth inning lifted No. 4-seeded South Park to a 5-1 victory over No. 10 Ellwood City in the WPIAL Class 3A consolation softball game Tuesday at Peters Township. Julie Shinavski tossed a two-hitter with eight strikeouts for the Eagles (15-5). Taylor Glowa...
Franklin Regional ends long drought, advances to state playoffs
Franklin Regional ended a long streak Tuesday evening. The Panthers qualified for the PIAA playoffs for the first time since they won the WPIAL Class AAA title in 2001. No. 2-seeded Franklin Regional bounced back from a tough semifinal loss to Laurel Highlands with a 4-1 victory against Mars in...
Top-seeded California defeats Union for 6th WPIAL baseball title
The second time around was bittersweet for California baseball coach Lou Pasquale, who first experienced a WPIAL championship as a Trojans assistant in 2017 before leading the team to a title Tuesday as its head coach. Top-seeded California held off No. 3 Union, 9-6, in the Class A championship game...
Ritchie hits, pitches Leechburg past Jefferson-Morgan in WPIAL Class A consolation game
The old adage about a pitcher helping herself rang true Tuesday for Leechburg’s Emma Ritchie. The sophomore drove in the tying and winning runs on groundouts to third base as the Blue Devils edged Jefferson-Morgan, 3-2, to win the WPIAL Class A softball consolation game. Leechburg (17-2) advances to the...
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Derry’s Justin Huss, Franklin Regional’s Rayna Todero
Justin Huss School: Derry Sport: Track and field Year: Junior Claim to fame: Huss set a school record after finishing fifth in the 400-meter run in 49.53 seconds at the PIAA Class AA championships at Shippensburg on Saturday. “I was happy to place fifth. I was seeded sixth going into...
Mt. Pleasant’s Haylie Brunson opens recruitment
Another one of the WPIAL’s top sophomore softball players has opened her recruitment. Mt. Pleasant’s versatile Haylie Brunson decommitted from Louisiana-Lafayette, a school she pledged to as a freshman. She will see what interest begins to materialize this summer during the travel ball season and go from there. “For the...
Knoch takes down Thomas Jefferson to reach PIAA Class 4A softball playoffs
There was plenty of weather swirling around Seton Hill’s softball field Tuesday afternoon. Spotty showers showed up for a few minutes, and a random lightning strike suspended play for 30 minutes. What proved to be more disrupting were the straight-line winds created from the pitcher’s circle by Knoch’s Amanda Fischer...
New Castle, Bernadina top Yough in WPIAL Class 4A consolation game
There weren’t many scoring chances in Tuesday’s WPIAL Classs 4A third-place consolation baseball game. That’s because the starting pitchers from both squads were dominant. New Castle’s run through the postseason continued thanks to sophomore pitcher Rocco Bernadina. The 6-foot-4 right-hander outdueled Yough senior lefty and Pitt recruit Jarett Bach, 1-0,...
Freeport turns the page, sets sights on PIAA tournament berth
The Freeport baseball team turned to a magic elixir to help it move on from last Wednesday’s loss to section rival Steel Valley in the WPIAL Class 3A semifinals. Chicken wings. “We ate for about an hour Thursday and kind of forgot about that game and loosened back up a...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Freeport’s Zach Allen, Deer Lakes’ Kiera Cutright
Zach Allen School: Freeport Class: Junior Sport: Baseball Report card: Allen has provided big-time offense for Freeport (14-6) this season, but it was his work on the basepaths that has made a difference this postseason. Allen scored the game’s only run on a Joe Hotalski squeeze bunt in the fourth...
Shaler rolls past Laurel Highlands to win 5th WPIAL baseball championship
Prince sang about partying like it was 1999. The Shaler baseball team is going to take his advice. The Titans beat Laurel Highlands, 8-1, on Tuesday afternoon in the WPIAL Class 5A championship game at Wild Things Park. It’s Shaler’s fifth title and first in 20 years. “I didn’t really...
High school scores, schedules for May 27, 2019
High Schools Baseball WPIAL Playoffs Class 6A Championship Wednesday’s schedule Penn-Trafford (18-3) vs. Pine-Richland (17-4) at Wild Things Park, 7:30 p.m. Consolation Tuesday’s schedule North Allegheny (16-6) vs. Bethel Park (15-4) at Washington & Jefferson College, 7 p.m. Class 5A Championship Tuesday’s schedule Shaler (14-7) vs. Laurel Highlands (14-6) at...
