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TribHSSN Baseball Team of the Week for the week of May 6, 2019
The Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week is North Allegheny, a squad that is on a roll heading into the playoffs after winning all three of its games last week. The week began with a showdown against section champion Pine-Richland in the Section 1-6A finale. The Tigers blanked the...
TribLive High School Sports Network broadcasts for the week of May 13, 2019
The regular season is history, now the spring high school sports postseason begins this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN begins its exclusive coverage of the WPIAL baseball and softball playoffs with 21 first-round and quarterfinals softball games and 30 WPIAL preliminary- and first-round baseball contests...
Section champion Latrobe volleyball ready for playoffs
Latrobe’s boys volleyball team emerged from a competitive field to capture a section championship. The Wildcats hope the Section 3-AAA title isn’t the only one they collect. With a senior-laden roster, Latrobe looks to play well into the postseason as the WPIAL tournament opens this week. “We have pretty high...
Trib HSSN volleyball power rankings: For games ending May 12, 2019
A couple of flip-flops are the only changes in the Trib HSSN weekly WPIAL boys volleyball power rankings as the regular season concludes. For the second straight week, Hempfield and Seneca Valley traded spots, with the Spartans falling to No. 8 and the Raiders moving to No. 7. The other...
Trib HSSN lacrosse power rankings: For games ending the week of May 11, 2019
As the regular season concludes, the same 10 teams — with some slight alterations — remain in this week’s Trib HSSN weekly Power Rankings for boys and girls lacrosse. There is a new top team on the boys side and a couple of teams making double jumps on the girls...
5 things to watch at the WPIAL Class AA girls track and field championships
The WPIAL track and field championships are Thursday at Slippery Rock, the first time at the venue after spending the previous 20 years at Baldwin. There are numerous returning Class AA girls champions who are looking for a return trip to the PIAA championships May 24-25 at Shippensburg. Here are...
Softball playoff preview capsules: Games of Tuesday, May 14
Softball Class 3A First round 7-Freeport (10-3) vs. 10-Ellwood City (11-6) 4 p.m. Tuesday at North Allegheny Winner plays: 2-South Allegheny (16-2) on May 20, site/time TBD Coaches: Sam Ross, Freeport; Gary Rozanski, Ellwood City Players to watch: Tori Radvan, Jr., P, Freeport; Ariana Garroway, Sr., C, Ellwood City Extra...
A-K Valley HS lookahead: Week of May 13-18
Monday Boys lacrosse Fox Chapel opens the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs with a game at Upper St. Clair. The Foxes advanced to the quarterfinals last season. Girls lacrosse Back in the postseason, the Plum girls open the WPIAL Class AA playoffs with a game at Mars at 7:30 p.m. Boys...
Knoch considering replacing grass with turf at stadium
Mother Nature rained plenty on Knoch’s parade last fall. More significantly, on its football and soccer games, too. As one of a small number of schools in the WPIAL’s highest classifications with a grass field, the extra moisture caused problems the district is looking into addressing. The South Butler School...
St. Joseph hires Plum’s Hart Coleman as new boys basketball coach
Hart Coleman first became familiar with St. Joseph’s boys basketball program when he brought his Plum team to the Spartans’ summer league in 2018. He liked what he saw enough that when the coaching position opened up, he went after it. St. Joseph hired Coleman last week as its boys...
High school scores, schedules for May 11, 2019
High Schools Baseball WPIAL Playoffs Class 6A First round Thursday’s schedule Upper St. Clair (12-6) vs. Hempfield (11-9) at West Mifflin, 4 p.m.; Peters Township (13-6) vs. Butler (6-13) at Boyce Mayview Park in Upper St. Clair, 7 p.m.; Norwin (13-6) vs. Mt. Lebanon (10-10) at West Mifflin, 2 p.m.;...
Alle-Kiski Valley notebook: Sharrow, Cutright to race in WPIAL hurdle prelims
At least one race at this week’s WPIAL track and field championships could come down to a pair of competitors from the Alle-Kiski Valley. Burrell senior Kaylen Sharrow goes into Thursday’s meet at Slippery Rock as the top seed in the girls Class AA 300-meter hurdles, with Deer Lakes senior...
A-K Valley teams snap long playoff droughts, but will inexperience matter?
Kurt Krebs asked his St. Joseph baseball players for a show of hands recently, seeking those who were alive in 2001, and got a positve response from three. The Spartans baseball coach was attempting to illustrate the length of the school’s WPIAL playoff drought, but he actually was off by...
High school scores, schedules for May 10, 2019
High Schools Baseball Friday’s results WPIAL Nonsection Obama Academy 5, OLSH 2 Rochester 4, South Side Beaver 3 Brownsville at Beth-Center, ppd. Baldwin at Woodland Hills, ppd. Brashear at Carrick, ppd. Deer Lakes at Hampton, ppd. Geibel at Rockwood, ppd. Seneca Valley at Shaler, ppd. Sto-Rox at Obama Academy, ppd....
New No. 1 teams highlight Trib HSSN state baseball rankings
The new teams and the exiting squads were limited in the weekly Trib HSSN PIAA baseball rankings, but there was plenty of action on top. Half of the six classifications have a new No. 1, including West Allegheny in 5A, East Pennsboro in 4A and West Middlesex in Class A....
Greensburg Salem, Yough tabbed with top 2 seeds in Class 4A baseball playoffs
When the Greensburg Salem baseball team convened for its first practice, coach Bill Wisniewski told his players to forget about how the 2018 season ended. He told them to focus on this season, and that’s what the Golden Lions did. Greensburg Salem (14-2, 10-2) shared the Section 1-4A title with...
Gateway boys lacrosse to host 1st WPIAL playoff game in program history
The Gateway boys lacrosse team achieved another first in its seventh season as a full member of the WPIAL. The Gators, who finished third in Section 1, were awarded the No. 7 seed for the Class AA playoff tournament and host a postseason game for the first time. They were...
Challenging section slate prepares No. 4 Gateway for postseason
The Gateway baseball team went 9-3 in Section 1-5A to secure the program’s fourth consecutive trip to the WPIAL playoffs. Gators coach Mark Wardzinski said he was proud of his players for staying the course through a plethora of close and competitive games. “The guys finished the (regular) season with...
Baldwin softball keeps streak of section titles alive
Their drive for five came to fruition on the final day of the regular season. For the fifth consecutive year, Baldwin’s softball team has won or shared a section championship. This year, it took a tense 1-0 win at Bethel Park for the Highlanders to climb into a tie for...
Gateway track expects strong WPIAL meet
Gateway should be well-represented at the WPIAL Class AAA track and field championships May 16 at Slippery Rock. For the girls, senior Mary Kromka qualified in both hurdles events, and seniors Shelly Jones and Sarah Corrie advanced in the shot put. Jones was hoping to qualify in the discus, and...
Brendan O’Malley earns 4 medals in final Baldwin Invitational
Brendan O’Malley’s focus at the 46th annual Baldwin Invitational on May 3 centered around achieving a memorable performance. Mission accomplished. Not only was it unforgettable for the Baldwin senior, it was spectacular. O’Malley earned four medals, taking first in the 400-meter dash (49.61 seconds) and long jump (23 feet, 6...
Quaker Valley runner Annie Wicker among WPIAL favorites in distance events
Quaker Valley junior Annie Wicker is among favorites in the girls 3,200-meter run at the WPIAL Class AA track and field championship meet Thursday at Slippery Rock. But wanting to save herself for the 1,600, she decided to compete in the 800 instead. Wicker ranked second in the 3,200 (11...
Quaker Valley girls lacrosse aims for extended playoff run
Quaker Valley’s girls lacrosse team has been right on schedule with its goals this season. The team went undefeated in Class AA competition to win its section and picked up wins against Class AAA playoff teams like Canon-McMillan, Bethel Park and Sewickley Academy. “The main thing I’ve learned about this...
Pine-Richland boys lacrosse team buckles up for playoff run
The Pine-Richland boys lacrosse team was on a roll, toppling three straight opponents by a total score of 53-2 as it headed into its season finale against rival North Allegheny. Then, in that final regular-season game, North Allegheny stopped the Rams (15-2) dead in their tracks, winning 11-6. Still, Pine-Richland...
Plum’s Parker ready to compete for WPIAL shot put title
Logan Parker knows Slippery Rock well. The Plum sophomore and team leader in the shot put, threw at a camp there last summer. He returned to the campus April 20 for the Rock Relays and threw a career-best 51 feet, 5½ inches. “At the beginning of the meet, I felt...
