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Plum softball not caught up in numbers game
Nearly half of the players in Plum softball’s lineup have batting averages at .400 or above, but none of them know it. At least they haven’t looked. There’s a team-wide pact not to look at individual stats during the season. “We have never even talked about it,” Plum co-captain Chloe...
Pole vaulter Huczko leads Franklin Regional track and field athletes into WPIALs
In her first season of track and field, Franklin Regional junior Jo-Michelle “JoJo” Huczko is a favorite at the WPIAL Class AAA championship meet Thursday at Slippery Rock. Huczko ranked first in the girls pole vault (11 feet, 2 inches) on the WPIAL performance list as of May 5. Huczko...
Franklin Regional baseball expecting deeper playoff run this season
The road to Wild Things Park has been a short one for the Franklin Regional baseball team over the past few years. It’s not like the Panthers know some kind of special short cut. It’s all highway. The problem for the Panthers has been they have been making only half...
Herald spotlight athlete: Fox Chapel’s Robby Shymansky
Robby Shymansky, a senior on the Fox Chapel tennis team, won his second straight WPIAL Class AAA singles title last month. He also finished undefeated in home matches through his four years. He has helped the Foxes to a perfect record this season. He will attend Yale in the fall....
Former volleyball, basketball standout Sullivan earns spot in Fox Chapel HOF
This is the third in a series of profiles of the 2019 Fox Chapel Sports Hall of Fame inductees. The banquet is Saturday, June 8 at the Harmar House. For more information, contact Jim Perry at gymbeck63@aol.com. Tracy Sullivan Slater, a 1992 Fox Chapel graduate, left quite a mark as...
Final WPIAL boys volleyball clinchings through May 9, 2019
The regular season is complete, and the field is set for the 2019 WPIAL boys volleyball postseason. Check out the updated WPIAL boys volleyball standings at the TribLive High School Sports Network. The top four teams in each section qualify for the playoffs, although more than four could clinch a...
Freeport baseball surprised with top seed in WPIAL Class 3A playoffs
A thrilling victory in Wednesday’s season finale gave Freeport more than just a section championship. Turns out it also provided quite a boost for the postseason. The Yellowjackets, fresh off that walk-off win over Deer Lakes that secured the Section 1-3A title, learned Friday they received the No. 1 seed...
Breaking down the 2019 WPIAL baseball playoffs
Class 6A Favorite: Penn-Trafford has never won a WPIAL baseball title, but the Warriors enter this year’s playoffs as the No. 1 seed. Section 2 champion P-T owns early-season wins over North Allegheny (6-5) and Pine-Richland (13-2). Senior Mario Disso leads with a .351 average. Challengers: Pine-Richland won Section 1...
Upper St. Clair, Oakland Catholic seeded No. 1 for WPIAL girls lacrosse playoffs
Oakland Catholic and Upper St. Clair earned the No. 1 seeds in the WPIAL girls lacrosse brackets revealed Friday. USC claimed the top spot in Class 3A followed by Shady Side Academy, Fox Chapel and Bethel Park. In Class 2A, Quaker Valley was seeded second, Hampton was third and Seton...
Penn-Trafford, West Allegheny among No. 1 seeds in WPIAL baseball playoff brackets
Penn-Trafford, West Allegheny, Greensburg Salem, Freeport, Shenango and California received No. 1 seeds Friday when the WPIAL revealed baseball playoff brackets. Play begins Wednesday and Thursday. The championships are May 28-29 at Wild Things Park in Washington. Class 6A Thursday’s games No. 1 Penn-Trafford – bye No. 8 Upper St....
WPIAL baseball bracketology: Don Rebel predicts playoff seeds
The WPIAL will unveil the brackets for the 2019 district baseball playoffs Friday afternoon. Watch the official release at 1 p.m. on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Eighty-one teams have punched their ticket for the Way to Washington. But before the brackets are released, a lot of coaches, players...
Butler’s Ethan Morton latest WPIAL basketball recruit headed out of state
The WPIAL doesn’t produce an abundance of major-college men’s basketball recruits, but it has seen its share of three- and four-star prospects in recent years. The latest to pick a college, Butler junior Ethan Morton, committed Thursday night to Purdue. Rivals ranks the 6-foot-5 guard as a four-star recruit. He...
High school scores, schedules for May 9, 2019
High Schools Baseball Thursday’s results WPIAL Class 5A Section 3 Chartiers Valley 3, Carrick 0 Class 3A Section 1 Valley 5, East Allegheny 0 Class A Section 1 Union 17, Aliquippa 2 (5 inn.) Nonsection Allderdice 14, Brashear 3 (5 inn.) Altoona 5, Latrobe 0 Armstrong 7, Knoch 1 Blackhawk...
High school roundup for May 9, 2019: Franklin Regional shuts out Penn-Trafford
Franklin Regional ensured it will enter the WPIAL baseball playoffs with momentum Thursday. The Class 5A No. 2 Panthers scored twice in the first inning and held on for a 2-0 victory over Class 6A No. 1 Penn-Trafford (16-3) in a nonsection game. It was the 13th straight win for...
Pair of WPIAL teams join Trib HSSN state softball rankings
There was very little rumbling this week in the Trib HSSN state softball rankings as teams close out their regular season and prepare for their respective district playoffs. After knocking Williams Valley out of the top spot in Class A last week, Nativity BVM takes over No. 1 as West...
Penn-Trafford track and field uses county championships as WPIAL tune-up
The Penn-Trafford track and field team isn’t much of an invitational team. Outside of Latrobe’s Wildcat/Spartan Invitational in early April, the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association track and field championships are the only other big invite the Warriors compete in heading into the WPIAL track and field championships. “(The WCCA’s is)...
Butler basketball star Ethan Morton commits to Purdue
Rarely does the WPIAL have a basketball star whose recruitment stretches nearly coast to coast. Butler’s Ethan Morton had options nationwide and chose somewhere in the middle. The 6-foot-5 junior guard committed to Purdue on Thursday night, making his college announcement on Twitter. He had nearly two dozen scholarship offers...
Penn-Trafford, Mt. Pleasant set to begin softball playoffs as favorites
Perhaps as clear-cut as No. 1 seeds come, Penn-Trafford and Mt. Pleasant didn’t give the WPIAL softball steering committee much to think about in Class 5A and 4A. Playoff pairings came out Thursday, and both were slotted comfortably into the top-left corner of the brackets, earmarking them as the teams...
Pine-Richland girls lacrosse shoots for WPIAL 3-peat
The Pine-Richland girls lacrosse team may be entering this year’s WPIAL Class 3A playoffs with a few more losses than in their last two championship-winning seasons, but they still loom large as a threat to win it all. In coach Brittany Adams’ eyes, the losses only have made them stronger...
Breaking down the 2019 WPIAL softball playoffs
Here’s a breakdown of the 2019 WPIAL softball playoffs: Class 6A Favorite: The top seed in a unique eight-team bracket, North Allegheny opened the season with nine straight victories and finished in a three-way tie for the Section 2 title with Norwin and Hempfield. Norwin and NA swept Hempfield, and...
Shaler boys volleyball adopts simple approach for playoffs
Six-foot middle blocker Steve Hoffman fits right in with the Shaler volleyball team. He’s undersized and has a persistent, defensive style of play. The Titans long have established their intent to wear down bigger teams with their tempo. “I don’t know if we are patient,” Hoffman said. “We keep moving...
Shaler girls lacrosse hopes to build on 2019 season
The Shaler Area girls lacrosse team started to turn a corner by the end of the season. While it won’t be enough to send the Titans to the WPIAL Class AAA postseason, it provided a strong foundation for the team to build on heading into next season. Shaler finished 6-10...
North Hills softball riding hot streak
North Hills might be the hottest team in WPIAL Class 6A softball. The Indians had the classification’s longest winning streak at eight games. Among their victories, the Indians have defeated playoff teams North Allegheny, Norwin, Seneca Valley and Class 5A Shaler. Despite its impressive play, however, North Hills (12-6, 8-6)...
Chemistry helps North Allegheny girls lacrosse clinch WPIAL playoff berth
The North Allegheny girls lacrosse team found the right recipe to capture four of its final five games and earn a spot in the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs. Senior midfielder Paige Jones attributed the surge to chemistry. Italian food helped bring the Tigers together before the season started. “We had...
Hampton girls track endures, earns another WPIAL playoff berth
The Hampton girls track team might not have hit the ground running, but the Talbots picked up steam quickly. After losing its first meet, Hampton ran the table the rest of the regular season and into the WPIAL semifinals for the third straight year. “We were talking the other day...
