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WPIAL releases schedule for softball quarterfinals
The WPIAL on Friday revealed the sites for its softball quarterfinals, which will take place Monday. Classes A, 2A, 3A, 4A and 5A will play their quarterfinal games, with semifinal games set for Wednesday. Class 6A, which had eight postseason qualifiers, played its quarterfinal games this week and has its...
Central Catholic’s A.J. Beatty narrows lengthy offers list to 7 favorites
Central Catholic junior A.J. Beatty, who leads WPIAL football recruits with more than 40 combined FBS and FCS offers, narrowed his lengthy list Friday. The 6-foot-5, 255-pound defensive end announced a Top Seven that included West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Central Florida, Purdue, North Carolina State and Maryland. Rivals...
Watch the best of the WPIAL track and field championships
The TribLive High School Sports Network’s Jess Levo captured all of the action of the 2019 WPIAL Track and Field Championships on Thursday from Slippery Rock University....
WPIAL releases baseball quarterfinal schedule
The WPIAL on Friday released the sites and times for its baseball quarterfinal games, which will take place Monday and Tuesday. Classes A, 2A, 3A and 4A will play quarterfinal games Monday, with 5A and 6A going Tuesday. All semifinal games will take place Wednesday. The full schedule is below:...
Freshmen bolster lineup for Shaler softball team
Misfortune late in the season made the road through the postseason a little more difficult for the Shaler Area softball team. A stray pitch hit all-section shortstop Tori Martrano, giving her a concussion that forced the junior to miss the Titans’ WPIAL Class 5A playoff opener last Thursday. Results from...
Return to track pays off for Carlynton sprinter DeQuay Canton
Just before the start of the 2018-19 indoor track and field season, Carlynton coach Nate Milsom was approached by DeQuay Canton, and the junior caught the coach off-guard with a question: When are workouts starting? Milsom was pleasantly surprised by the inquiry. Canton had been a standout in track as...
Penn Hills softball, baseball players earn postseason honors
Even though the Penn Hills baseball and softball programs didn’t have the type of seasons they were hoping for, five players from the two programs received all-section honors for their play this year. The Indians were headlined by junior center fielder and pitcher Yasmine Logan, who received Western PA Big...
Stellar pitching helps North Allegheny finish regular season on high note
Finishing the regular season on a heater doesn’t lend itself to happy endings. North Allegheny baseball squeaked into the playoffs a year ago, but used the momentum from playing tight games down the stretch to qualify for the PIAA Class 6A playoffs. The Tigers ended this year with eight straight...
North Hills honors future college athletes
On May 10, North Hills High School sent off 16 of its student-athletes with its third annual College-Bound Student Athlete Recognition Reception, celebrating their significant accomplishment in securing a roster spot on a collegiate athletic team. Athletic director Amy Scheuneman implemented the burgeoning tradition at North Hills three years ago...
Rech’s commitment signals growth for Hampton lacrosse
The Hampton girls lacrosse team has done a lot of winning over recent years. With that, naturally, comes players choosing to continue their careers after graduation This year, four players, including Hampton’s first Division I player, Sarah Rech, committed to play after high school. It’s a testament to how far...
Future looks bright for Hampton boys tennis
The Hampton boys tennis team ended its season on a high note and figures to have a bright future. In tough seasons such as this one, that’s important. “I think we did good with the team,” senior captain Alex Butch said. “We had some new guys (in their) first year...
Baldwin’s Brendan O’Malley earns bragging rights by winning 3 WPIAL gold medals
Brendan O’Malley’s twin brother Bailey won WPIAL gold last season and defended his shot put title again Thursday. So now that his brother owned two gold medals, Brendan knew exactly what he had to do. “I had to win three,” said the senior, who won the boys 200, 400 and...
Ligonier Valley baseball looks to steal win against perennial power Mount Union
Success can be measured a number of different ways in baseball. Of course, there’s wins and losses. Batting average, RBIs and runs scored are others. The Ligonier Valley baseball team measures success 90 feet at a time. “We’ve forced some bases this year,” first-year Ligonier Valley coach Brett Marabito said....
High school scores, schedules for May 16, 2019
High Schools Baseball WPIAL Playoffs Class 6A First round Thursday’s results Butler 5, Peters Township 3 Norwin 10, Mt. Lebanon 2 Seneca Valley 2, Connellsville 0 Upper St. Clair 6, Hempfield 3 Byes: Penn-Trafford (16-3), Pine-Richland (15-4), Bethel Park (14-3), North Allegheny (15-5) Class 5A First round Thursday’s results Laurel...
WPIAL softball playoffs roundup for May 16, 2019: Ellwood City tops Freeport in 9 innings
Ellwood City scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning and held on in the bottom half to beat Freeport, 14-11, in a wild WPIAL Class 3A first-round softball game Thursday at North Allegheny High School. The No. 7 Yellowjackets (10-4) stormed back from an 8-1 deficit by...
WPIAL baseball playoffs roundup for May 16, 2019: Shaler beats Trinity on walk-off
Hunter Boyan’s walk-off single in the ninth inning lifted No. 5 Shaler to a 3-2 victory over No. 12 Trinity (10-11) in a WPIAL Class 5A first-round baseball game Thursday evening at North Allegheny. Boyan also threw a nine-inning complete game, scattering six hits and striking out five batters. Colin...
South Park’s Maura Huwalt leads multiple winners at WPIAL championships with 3 gold medals
As a six-time WPIAL champion, South Park’s Maura Huwalt now ranks among the most accomplished throwers in WPIAL history. But the senior doesn’t consider herself your prototypical thrower. “A lot of people that I’ve met, they always want to be the best thrower, the best thrower, the best thrower —...
Major medal haul for Hempfield at WPIAL track and field championships
There were several reasons why the Hempfield boys track team won its seventh WPIAL Class AAA team championship on May 6. Their names were Jared Bannon, Jacob Boord, Nathan Roby, Gavin Mayo, Daniel Norris, Ryan Crooks, Luke Sternick, Connor Prola, Trevor Verkleeren, Caden Spehar and Ryan Barnhart. The Spartans standouts...
Norwin takes advantage of miscues, beats Mt. Lebanon in Class 6A playoff game
The hits column from the Norwin versus Mt. Lebanon game didn’t tell the whole story. The Blue Devils had three more hits than the Knights (10-7), but it didn’t matter as Norwin left West Mifflin with an impressive 10-2 victory in the first round of the WPIAL Class 6A baseball...
Deer Lakes’ Yourish sets gold standard at WPIAL track meet
Deer Lakes senior Josh Yourish already had won a trio of silver medals at WPIAL meets. One of those silvers came in the 1,600-meter run during Thursday’s WPIAL Class AA championships at Slippery Rock. But gold was what Yourish craved, and gold is what he got in the 800. Seeded...
Pratt, Carmichaels blank Jeannette in Class 2A opening round
Down by one and its season on the line, Jeannette had a runner at third with nobody out in the top of the seventh inning. Knowing they were locked in a pure pitcher’s duel where defense was exceptional and offense was hard to come by, the Jayhawks had to react...
Mars baseball shuts out Fox Chapel in 1st round
Fox Chapel coach Jim Hastings summed up how things went for his team Thursday with five words. “Baseball is a frustrating game,” he said. The Foxes had runners in the first six innings and loaded the bases once but couldn’t push a run across in a 5-0 loss to Mars...
Southmoreland softball downs Deer Lakes in WPIAL playoff opener
Southmoreland’s WPIAL Class 3A title defense started on a strong note. The Scotties shook off an inconsistent regular season Thursday as they defeated Deer Lakes, 10-2, at Shaler’s Hilltop Field to open the WPIAL softball tournament. “It felt pretty good to get this win,” Southmoreland pitcher Jess Matheny said. “We...
Aliquippa’s M.J. Devonshire wins 3 golds, replaces Quips great in record book
Breaking a WPIAL record made M.J. Devonshire smile, but what he liked most was that he’d supplanted a fellow Quips great. “Another Aliquippa guy does it again,” said Devonshire, who won the 100 meters in 10.67 seconds at the WPIAL Class AA track and field championship Thursday at Slippery Rock...
Vecchiolla, Laurel Highlands shut down Kiski Area in opening round
Andino Vecchiolla dealt with butterflies early in Laurel Highlands’ WPIAL playoff opener against Kiski Area. Then he just started dealing. Vecchiolla pitched a five-hitter, shutting down Kiski Area’s usually proficient offense, to lead No. 6 Laurel Highlands to a 3-1 victory over the 11th-seeded Cavaliers in a Class 5A first-round...
