High School category, Page 1206
Norwin girls cruise to another county track title
The Norwin tracksters — particularly the girls team — shifted into cruise control April 27 at the annual Westmoreland County Coaches Association championships. The Norwin girls dominated at Latrobe Memorial Stadium, more than doubling their closest competitors in team points and repeating as county champions. The Knights racked up 130...
Franklin Regional’s Todero leaps into spotlight at WCCA meet
Franklin Regional’s Rayna Todero leaped into the spotlight at the annual Westmoreland County Coaches Association outdoor championships. The Panthers sophomore took first place in the girls triple jump at the invitational held April 27 at Latrobe Memorial Stadium, hitting a mark of 37 feet, 3 inches. Todero has proven that...
Fox Chapel’s Hardiman earns scholarship from WPIAL
The road is winding down on the outstanding high school athletic career of Fox Chapel senior Marissa Hardiman. She is going out in style, recently being named one of 10 female recipients of a $1,000 WPIAL scholarship. “I was very surprised,” she said. “Our athletic director (Mike O’Brien) told me...
Cory Patrick, former standout for Fox Chapel hockey, lands spot in school’s HOF
This is the second in a series of profiles on the 2019 Fox Chapel Sports Hall of Fame inductees. The banquet is June 8 at Harmar House. For more info contact Jim Perry at gymbeck63@aol.com. Cory (C.J.) Patrick, a 1995 Fox Chapel graduate, was a dominant figure on the ice...
Thomas Jefferson’s Maheshwari looks forward to PIAA singles tournament
Yash Maheshwari, a talented junior athlete at Thomas Jefferson, repeated as a section champion and WPIAL finalist in boys tennis this season. “Yash is one of the top players in WPIAL Class AA and has qualified for state singles for the second time,” said Chuck Correll, TJ’s veteran coach. “Yash...
Brentwood track teams turn focus toward big-meet success
The Brentwood girls track and field team wrapped up its section season with a 6-2 record. “We are in the midst of a really solid season,” said coach Mike Cramer prior to the WPIAL playoffs. Seniors Natalie Murrio, Rebecca Dirling and Quintasia Streeter and junior Mandy Race have led the...
Sewickley Academy baseball focuses on final playoff push
Earlier this week, the Sewickley Academy baseball team was in prime position to return to the Class 2A WPIAL playoffs after missing out last season. They trailed Northgate by a game in the Section 4 standings and had four section games remaining, two of which were against teams that they...
Dom Lagnese sets Quaker Valley discus record
Quaker Valley senior Dom Lagnese set a school record in the discus and, in the process, established himself as a favorite at the WPIAL Class AA track and field championship meet May 16. Lagnese recorded a throw of 160 feet, 3 inches April 11 against New Brighton. He bettered the...
Quaker Valley tennis to be well-represented at PIAA doubles tournament
Quaker Valley juniors and longtime tennis partners Zach Albert and John Watters look forward to their first appearance in the PIAA Class AA boys doubles tournament May 24-25 in Hershey. Albert and Watters downed teammates Potter Oliver and Will Sirianni in two sets for the WPIAL title April 30. Oliver,...
Recent surge provides momentum for Penn-Trafford boys volleyball
The Penn-Trafford boys volleyball team might be peaking at the right time. After a season of ups and downs, the Warriors had a breakthrough week with Section 3-3A wins over Armstrong, 3-1, and Hempfield, 3-0. “I think we have improved a lot from the beginning of the season,” senior setter...
Plum tennis team overcomes small numbers
Plum’s boys tennis team finished 2-8 this spring. However, the Mustangs were just happy they could compete this season. Graduation hit the program hard with seven seniors departing from last year’s squad. Only one player — junior Justin North — returned for this campaign so the program ran the risk...
Plum girls lacrosse again earns WPIAL playoff berth
The Plum girls lacrosse team has qualified for the WPIAL Class AA playoffs for the second year in a row. Now, the Mustangs hope to make history with their first postseason win. Coach Kayla Platt said her team impressed her with the way it battled through the regular season to...
Kiski Area’s Palla twins commit to play soccer at Morehead State
Kiski Area’s Palla twins will stick together at the Division I soccer level. Juniors Christa and Sidney Palla committed Thursday to play women’s soccer for Morehead State. The midfielders both earned all-section honors as juniors, even though Sidney Palla missed much of the season with a torn ACL suffered before...
WPIAL softball rankings for week of May 5, 2019
Here are this week’s Trib HSSN softball rankings: Softball Class 6A Team, record, previous 1. Baldwin, 11-3, 2 2. Bethel Park, 11-3, 1 3. Canon-McMillan, 10-4, — 4. North Allegheny, 12-5, 3 5. Norwin, 11-5, 4 Out: Seneca Valley (12-5, 5) Class 5A 1. Penn-Trafford, 15-0, 1 2. Trinity, 12-2,...
WPIAL team takes over top spot in Trib HSSN softball state rankings
A big result in District 11 led to the only change at the top of a classification in this week’s Trib HSSN state softball rankings. Nativity BVM defeated former No. 1 Williams Valley, 9-3, to surge from No. 5 to No. 2. That result opened the door for West Greene...
Mt. Lebanon blanks Allderdice in Section 1-6A
Mt. Lebanon celebrated five seniors on Wednesday and continued bringing joy to them and the fans, scoring eight runs in the bottom of the first en route to a 13-0 victory over Section 1-6A foe Allderdice. Mt. Lebanon’s first inning came in response to a top of the inning threat...
High school scores, schedules for May 2, 2019
High Schools Baseball Thursday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Pine-Richland 10, Butler 2 Section 2 Penn-Trafford 6, Latrobe 1 Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional 8, Fox Chapel 1 Kiski Area 10, Penn Hills 0 (5 inn.) Section 2 Hampton 10, Moon 5 Section 3 West Allegheny 5, Trinity...
WPIAL softball playoff clinchings through May 2, 2019
In less than a week, the WPIAL will unveil the brackets to the 2019 district softball playoffs. Sixty-eight teams have punched their ticket for the Path to Peterswood, but there are still some spots up for grabs. Two classification’s fields are set, while 13 teams are still alive in the...
WPIAL baseball playoff clinchings through May 2, 2019
In one week, the WPIAL will unveil the brackets to the 2019 district baseball playoffs. Forty-six 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 on the...
14 returning champions set to compete at Baldwin Invitational
Rain is in the forecast for Friday. That means its time for the Baldwin Invitational. The prestigious track and field event will be held for the 46th time, and it seems the weather is always an issue. But that won’t stop 69 high schools and thousands of athletes from Western...
High school roundup for May 2, 2019: New Brighton upsets No. 2 Hopewell
Jeramie Hill doubled in three runs, and Jake Francona was 3 for 4 with an RBI as New Brighton upset No. 2-ranked Hopewell, 7-5, in a Section 2-3A baseball game Thursday afternoon. It was the seventh straight victory for New Brighton (11-4, 8-2), which is in second place in Section...
Top-ranked, unbeaten Penn-Trafford starts slow, beats Franklin Regional
Surprised and, at times, bewildered, Penn-Trafford softball players needed time to get used to a pitcher they had never seen. The feeling was somewhat mutual for the pitcher. She had never pitched in a varsity game. The unbeaten and top-ranked Warriors were expecting to face regular Franklin Regional starter Angalee...
Jackson, Harper lead No. 2 Franklin Regional past Fox Chapel in Section 1-5A
When Franklin Regional played Fox Chapel back on April 5, the Panthers rallied for an extra-inning victory. There would be no late-inning rally needed in the rematch Thursday. The first-place Panthers, ranked No. 2 by Trib HSSN, jumped on Fox Chapel early and often and rolled to an 8-1 Section...
Riverview edges Apollo-Ridge to clinch WPIAL playoff berth
Round one goes to the Raiders. The Riverview and Apollo-Ridge softball teams met Thursday at Riverside Park in Oakmont for the first of two Section 2-2A matchups between the teams in the span of four days. With the rematch looming Monday, the Raiders scored a run in the bottom of...
Motivated by last season’s playoff defeat, Fox Chapel girls lacrosse chasing WPIAL title
A regular-season victory can’t fully erase the sting of a playoff loss, but Fox Chapel’s girls lacrosse team still felt plenty of satisfaction after a two-goal win over Sewickley Academy last week. The result kept the Foxes unbeaten in Section 2-AAA with the regular season winding down, and it came...
