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TribHSSN Baseball Team of the Week for the week of April 29, 2019
The Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week is Avonworth, which won a key Section 4-2A game that put it into a tie for first place with three section games remaining. The week started with a showdown against front-running Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. Leading 3-0 in the seventh...
Public school advocates plan another ‘athletic equity’ summit
Public school advocates are planning another statewide summit this summer to further their campaign to create separate PIAA playoffs. In an email Sunday to supporters, the Pennsylvania Athletics Equity Committee announced that it will hold a summit July 30 at a site to be determined. The group organized the PA...
5 Things to Watch during this week’s track and field competitions
The high school track and field season is about to wrap up. The WPIAL team competition is Monday at Peters Township, and the WPIAL individual championships are May 16 at Slippery Rock. Because the WPIAL eliminated the area qualifiers in Class AAA and Class AA and takes the top 24...
WPIAL players show ‘West runs this state’ in East-West all-star victory
ALTOONA — It might have been a high school football game played in May. Just don’t tell the Pittsburgh-area players it didn’t matter. “We wanted to win. We wanted to represent the WPIAL,” Yough’s Dustin Shoaf said. “We wanted to show the West runs this state.” In the end, Shoaf...
A-K Valley H.S. lookahead: Week of May 6-12
Monday Baseball Kiski Area needs either a win or an Armstrong loss to clinch its first WPIAL playoff berth since 2016, and the Cavaliers (8-8, 5-5) will get their first opportunity as they visit second-place Gateway. The Gators (12-5, 8-2) edged Kiski Area in extra innings earlier this season. In...
High school roundup for May 4, 2019: Montour tops Chartiers Valley
Gannon Kadlecik went 3 for 3 with a double, a home run and three RBIs as Montour defeated Chartiers Valley, 7-3, in a Section 3-5A baseball game Saturday. Ryan Gallagher pitched 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief with three strikeouts for the Spartans (11-7, 7-3). Anthony Collura and Will Kinhington...
Unbeaten teams stay atop Trib HSSN boys volleyball power rankings
There were no changes to the top six in the Trib HSSN weekly WPIAL boys volleyball Power Rankings, despite losses by Latrobe, Shaler and Derry. Hempfield and Seneca Valley flip-flopped at No. 7 and No. 8, while OLSH debuts in the Top 10 after knocking off Ambridge, bumping the Bridgers...
WPIAL boys volleyball playoff clinchings through May 4, 2019
There is one week left in the 2019 WPIAL boys volleyball regular season before the start of the district postseason. Check out the updated WPIAL boys volleyball standings at Trib HSSN. The top four teams in each section qualify for the playoffs, although more than four could clinch a playoff...
High school scores, schedules for May 4, 2019
High Schools Baseball Saturday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler 6, Allderdice 1 Section 3 Bethel Park 7, Mt. Lebanon 6 Class 5A Section 3 Montour 7, Chartiers Valley 3 Class 3A Section 1 Freeport 3, Steel Valley 0 Class 2A Section 2 Shenango 20, Western Beaver 0 Mohawk...
Alle-Kiski Valley high school notebook: Burrell softball keeps rallying
Burrell is developing a penchant for softball comebacks. The No. 2 Bucs’ rally from a three-run deficit for a 5-4 Section 1-3A win Monday gave them three late-inning, multiple-run comebacks this season. All three came over Burrell’s biggest rivals, giving the Bucs a pair of wins over Deer Lakes and...
East-West game gives 16 WPIAL football players 1 last go-round
May isn’t typical football season in Western Pennsylvania, but it is for 68 seniors from across the state who will gather Sunday in Altoona. Rather than spend their spring weekends relaxing in the sun or getting ready for graduation, they have chosen to take part in the PSFCA East-West all-star...
WPIAL baseball rankings for week of May 5, 2019
Here are this week’s Trib HSSN baseball rankings: Baseball Class 6A Team, record, previous 1. Penn-Trafford, 14-2, 1 2. Pine-Richland, 13-3, 2 3. North Allegheny, 12-5, 5 4. Peters Township, 11-5, — 5. Bethel Park, 12-3, 4 Out: Seneca Valley (9-5, 3) Class 5A 1. West Allegheny, 15-2, 1 2....
Big shakeup in Class 6A for this week’s Trib HSSN state baseball rankings
There were big changes in the highest classification after a rough week for ranked teams in the weekly Trib HSSN PIAA baseball rankings. The five teams were a combined 10-5 last week with each team suffering a loss. Two teams fell down the ladder while the other three were voted...
WPIAL baseball playoff clinchings through May 3, 2019
In less than a week, the WPIAL will unveil the brackets for the 2019 district baseball playoffs. Fifth-four teams have punched their ticket for the Way to Washington, but there are still plenty of spots to be had. Watch the official unveiling of the brackets at noon May 10 only...
Blackhawk baseball topples New Castle for 13th straight time
It doesn’t seem to matter where the game is played, Blackhawk baseball continues to dominate New Castle. In a game originally scheduled for Flaherty Field in New Castle but switched to the turf at Neshannock High School, the Cougars won their 13th in a row against the Red Hurricanes. Ray...
WPIAL softball playoff clinchings through May 3, 2019
In less than a week, the WPIAL will unveil the brackets for the 2019 district softball playoffs. Sixty-nine teams have punched their ticket for the Path to Peterswood, but there are still a couple spots up for grabs. Three classification’s fields are now set, while 11 teams are still alive...
High school scores, schedules for May 3, 2019
High Schools Baseball Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Central Catholic at Seneca Valley, ppd. North Allegheny at Allderdice, ppd. Section 2 Hempfield 5, Connellsville 2 Norwin 5, Plum 0 Section 3 Canon-McMillan 3, Brashear 2 Upper St. Clair 5, Peters Township 1 (11 inn.) Mt. Lebanon at Bethel...
High school roundup for May 3, 2019: No. 2 Baldwin tops No. 1 Bethel Park
An early run was all it took for Baldwin to take down No. 1 Bethel Park in a Section 1-6A softball game Friday afternoon. Selena Juquay walked to open the game, stole second and scored on a single by Addie Tagg as No. 2 Baldwin (11-3, 10-3) earned a 1-0...
South Park’s Huwalt shines in throwing events at Baldwin Invitational
South Park senior Maura Huwalt was determined to shine Friday at the 46th annual Baldwin Invitational. The Auburn commit, who dominates the WPIAL Class AA throwing events, won two titles and placed second in another against outstanding competition from one of the top Class AAA throwers, Hempfield senior Mackenna Orie....
Norwin’s Spatolisano changes strategy to win McKinney Mile at Baldwin Invitational
Sometimes athletes change their strategy on the fly. That’s what Norwin’s Dominic Spatolisano did during the McKinney Mile Friday at the 46th annual Baldwin Invitational. Halfway through the race, Spatolisano realized he had a shot at winning, so he changed his pace. “It was an accomplishment to win it,” Spatolisano...
No. 4 Norwin sweeps rival Hempfield in Section 2-6A
Continue to prove. Those are the words Norwin softball coach Brian Mesich has been relaying to his players since the preseason. His message is coming in loud and clear. The proof is in the results. The fourth-ranked Knights used the long ball, sure-handed defense and steady pitching to pull off...
Craska leads Mars to playoff berth after win over Shaler
When it mattered the most Friday afternoon, Mars junior starting pitcher Joey Craska came through, shutting down Shaler en route to a playoff-clinching 3-0 victory in Section 2-5A. Craska, a Virginia Tech recruit, gave up only two hits and struck out nine in recording his fifth win against only one...
Pitching, defense help Norwin avenge Section 2-6A loss to Plum
Norwin wanted a fast start against Plum given what happened in their first Section 2-6A meeting this season: six innings of scoreless ball, followed by a Plum walk-off in the seventh. The Knights got just what they desired and maybe even a bit more than they bargained for. Nick Fleming’s...
Gateway’s Adusepoku among WPIAL’s top sprinters
The annual Butler Invitational is known for having a deep and talented field of athletes, which is why it’s one of the most anticipated track and field events of the season. Gateway emerging track standout Nana Adusepoku made the trip to last year’s Butler invite expecting to run just the...
Gateway softball looks forward to WPIAL playoffs
It was quite the interesting final week of the Section 2-5A schedule for the Gateway softball team. The Gators, battling for one of the final WPIAL playoff spots from the section, did their part with convincing wins over Penn Hills and Oakland Catholic. They also watched how things progressed with...
