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Ligonier Valley softball energized after ‘long cold wait’ for this year’s playoffs
With laser-like focus and precision, the Ligonier Valley softball team did exactly what they set out to do in the Heritage Conference this season — beat everybody. A conference title was all part of the plan. Sure, there was some celebration. But for a team driven by the pain of...
Former North Catholic linebacker Nikhai Hill-Green includes Pitt among Top 5 schools
Former North Catholic linebacker Nikhai Hill-Green, who ranked among the WPIAL’s top college recruits before transferring out of state, announced a Top 5 list Friday that included Pitt and four Big Ten schools. Along with the Panthers, Hill-Green narrowed his list to Wisconsin, Michigan, Purdue and Indiana. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound...
High school scores, schedules for May 17, 2019
High Schools Baseball WPIAL Playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Tuesday’s schedule Penn-Trafford (16-3) vs. Upper St. Clair (13-6) at West Mifflin, 4 p.m.; North Allegheny (15-5) vs. Shaler (7-13) at Fox Chapel, 4 p.m.; Pine-Richland (15-4) vs. Norwin (14-6) at Boyce Mayview Park in Upper St. Clair, 6:30 p.m.; Bethel Park...
Playoffs heat up for teams in Trib 10 baseball, softball power rankings
Postseason power rankings saw very little change in baseball but a big sweep of Class 6A teams kicked to the curb in this week’s Trib HSSN Power Rankings. With the first round of the WPIAL playoffs in the books, both West Allegheny baseball and Mt. Pleasant softball remain on top...
Little movement atop Trib HSSN state softball rankings
The start of the district playoffs was a slow one as many of the top teams enjoyed first-round byes this week, leading to only a handful of changes in the Trib HSSN state softball rankings. The only top team to fall from No. 1 was North Penn in Class 6A....
New No. 1 team in Class 3A in Trib HSSN state baseball rankings
Most of the teams in the weekly Trib HSSN PIAA baseball rankings survived the conclusion of the regular season and start of the district postseason this past week. The only change at the top of any of the six classifications happened in Class 3A where Montoursville lost twice and tumbled...
Injury doesn’t slow down Derry’s Justin Huss in WPIAL gold medal runVideo
Justin Huss will be one of Derry’s top running backs in the fall. He would have been this past season if it wasn’t for a broken left leg that required surgery to implant a plate and screws. Huss missed the first four games and returned in Week 4 against North...
Gateway trio qualifies for state track championships
Shelly Jones said she was happy with her performance at Thursday’s WPIAL Class AA championship finals at Slippery Rock. The Gateway senior, who had been dealing with an ankle sprain leading up the to meet, earned her best-ever WPIAL finish with a throw of 39 feet, 1 inch in the...
Gateway softball falls short in Class 5A opening round
Gateway won four of its final five regular-season games to clinch a WPIAL softball playoff berth for the second year in a row. The Gators, seeded No. 12, were hoping to carry that momentum into their first-round Class 5A playoff game May 16 against No. 5 Trinity. The contest was...
Versatile Mackenzie Zang helps lift TJ softball into playoffs
Her name might be last on the alphabet chart, but her hitting style ranks first on her team. Junior utility player Mackenzie Zang led the Thomas Jefferson softball team in hitting during the regular season with a .463 batting average. She finished with a team-high 25 hits in 54 at-bats,...
Franklin Regional’s Huczko tries ‘something new,’ wins WPIAL pole vault title
Winning the WPIAL Class AAA pole vault title was the furthest thing on Jo-Michelle Huczko’s mind when she decided to compete on the track and field team this spring at Franklin Regional. “I was looking for something fun to do, so I decided to give track a shot,” Huczko said....
2-sport standout Linhart racked up accolades at Fox Chapel
This is the fourth in a series of profiles of the 2019 Fox Chapel Sports Hall of Fame inductees. The banquet will be June 8 at Harmar House. For more information, contact Jim Perry at gymbeck63@aol.com. Molly (Linhart) Campbell graduated from Fox Chapel in 2006 and excelled in soccer and...
South Hills notebook: Thomas Jefferson baseball excels under 1st-year coach
Notebook items from around the South Hills: • Thomas Jefferson’s baseball team won four consecutive games down the home stretch to finish in a tie for first place with Ringgold in Section 3-4A. Under the guidance of first-year coach Tim Vickers, the Jaguars ended the regular season with an 11-3...
Griener leads Brentwood to 5th straight WPIAL playoff berth
Brandon Griener could be considered the “big man on campus” if he played a different position on the Brentwood baseball team. Instead, Griener, a senior pitcher/catcher, is known more as the “big man behind the plate” for the Spartans. The three-year starter led Brentwood to a fifth consecutive WPIAL playoff...
Sopata a consistent force for Baldwin baseball
Andy Sopata proved to be Mr. Consistent for the Baldwin baseball program. After hitting .393 last season, the senior center fielder posted a .396 batting average this spring. Sopata led the Highlanders in batting average, at-bats (53), runs (17), hits (21), doubles (six), stolen bases (13), on-base percentage (.459) and...
Sewickley Academy girls lacrosse proud of accomplishments
Sewickley Academy’s last moments on the field this season were filled with celebration, just not the way they had envisioned it. The girls lacrosse team’s dreams were dashed Thursday, one season after losing in the WPIAL Class AAA championship game. The lost to Shady Side Academy, 12-5, in the quarterfinals....
Quaker Valley baseball takes next step, excited about future
The Quaker Valley baseball season came to a close Wednesday with a swing of the bat as Brenden Gray’s two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning led South Park to victory in a WPIAL Class 4A first-round matchup. Gray’s home run gave South Park a 2-1 lead. The...
Penn-Trafford’s Colligan takes 6th at WPIAL championships
Penn-Trafford’s Chris Colligan came up short in his bid for a trip to Shippensburg for the PIAA track and field championships Friday and Saturday. The Warriors senior finished sixth with a mark of 6 feet, 3 inches in the high jump at the WPIAL Class AAA championships last Thursday at...
Pine-Richland’s Bryant garners WPIAL gold in 300 hurdles
The Rams were on the charge at the 2019 WPIAL Class AAA track and field championships last Thursday at Slippery Rock, toppling a school record and earning a handful of bids to the PIAA meet. For the most part, it was the Pine-Richland girls who led the charge in the...
After winning WPIAL discus title, Plum’s Linhart looks forward to PIAA meet
Hunter Linhart will return to the place he recorded a career-best in the discus. The Plum senior had a top toss of 147 feet, 7 inches at last year’s PIAA Class AAA championship meet at Shippensburg. He placed 10th. Now, Linhart, the newly minted WPIAL discus champion — he bested...
Plum baseball team misses playoffs for 1st time in 13 seasons
It was a matter of when, not if, and everyone knew it had to end some day. Nobody wanted it to happen on their watch. But for the first time in 13 seasons, the Plum baseball team did not show up in a WPIAL postseason bracket. “It was a disappointing...
Norwin’s Kolesar qualifies for PIAA championships in 3 events
Norwin senior Jessica Kolesar will be busy Friday at the PIAA Class AAA track and field championships at Shippensburg. That’s because the Cornell commit will be competing in three events after earning four medals at the WPIAL meet last Thursday at Slippery Rock. Kolesar finished second in the 200-meter dash,...
PIAA boys tennis roundup for May 17, 2019: Fox Chapel, Indiana advance to semifinals
Robby Shymansky and Jared Nord earned singles wins in straight sets, and Milo Baron pulled out a three-set thriller to help WPIAL champion Fox Chapel defeat District 1’s Conestoga, 4-1, in the PIAA Class AAA boys tennis quarterfinals Friday in Hershey. Jay Kashyap and Brandon Wei also won in two...
A-K Valley notebook: Highlands, St. Joseph, Springdale have lofty postseason goals
As pleased as Highlands and St. Joseph baseball felt to end years-long WPIAL baseball playoff droughts, and as excited as it made Springdale to make the softball postseason for the first time in nearly two decades, all three teams had loftier goals than that. And all three teams proved themselves...
Distance runner CJ Singleton continues to make history at St. Joseph
CJ Singleton made history in the fall as he became the first St. Joseph athlete to compete at the WPIAL and PIAA cross country championships. The freshman distance runner capped his first cross country campaign with a 20th-place finish in the Class A boys race at Hershey. Singleton added another...
