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Winning 300 hurdles at WCCA meet a breeze for Burrell’s Sharrow
As Burrell’s Kaylen Sharrow stood at the starting line, the hurdlers in the other lanes weren’t what concerned her most. “The first thing that came to my head was, ‘Oh my god, the wind!’ ” said Sharrow, who starred down 20-mph gusts Saturday at the Westmoreland County Coaches Association championship...
Former Greensburg Salem athletic director Lynn Jobe to receive Ferrante Memorial Award
Former Greensburg Salem athletic director Lynn Jobe is enjoying retirement while figuring out her next adventure. After spending 35 years as a teacher, coach and athletic director, Jobe called it quits after the 2017-18 school year. She spent her final eight years as the Golden Lions’ athletic director. Her next...
High school scores, schedules for April 26, 2019
High Schools Baseball Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Central Catholic at North Allegheny, ppd. Section 2 Latrobe at Penn-Trafford, ppd. Class 3A Section 1 Burrell at South Allegheny, ppd. Steel Valley at Freeport, ppd. Section 2 Freedom at Beaver Falls, ppd. Class A Section 2 Avella at Monessen,...
Lots of changes at No. 1 in Trib HSSN’s state baseball rankings
It was a rough week to be No. 1 in the state as four of the six top-ranked teams in the weekly Trib HSSN state baseball rankings got bounced from their perch. Garnet Valley in Class 6A, Archbishop Carroll in 5A, Lower Moreland in 4A and Montoursville in 3A all...
Undefeated Leechburg on verge of clinching playoff berth for 33rd straight season
Debbie Young heard the murmuring around Leechburg begin recently: The Blue Devils are back at it. Tax day just passed, and another April certainty appears ready to hit within the next week: another Leechburg softball playoff appearance. The No. 2 Blue Devils (10-0, 8-0) still are awaiting their clinching victory,...
Gateway searches for consistency during WPIAL playoff push
It’s been a case of feast or near-famine for the Gateway softball team. In their six wins, the Gators scored an average of 14 runs per outing. In the five losses, Gateway averaged 2.4 runs per game. “We have been working every day on hitting,” said Scott Lewis, the Gators’...
Deep senior class leads Gateway boys lacrosse to 5-4 start
When the Gateway boys lacrosse team celebrated senior night before Thursday’s Section 1-AA game against Knoch at Antimarino Stadium, it was one of the longer ceremonies of that nature for any team in any sport this year. Nineteen seniors were honored, and it was an emotional time for a group...
Thomas Jefferson softball recovers from mini-skid to win 3 straight
Thomas Jefferson’s softball team experienced a blip on their midseason radar, losing two games in section play. But the Jaguars recovered and logged a 9-2 overall record into the second half of their Section 2-4A schedule. A WPIAL finalist and PIAA semifinalist last season, Thomas Jefferson opened the year with...
Thomas Jefferson baseball heads into second half of section play on roll
Thomas Jefferson ended the first half of its section schedule as one of the hottest baseball teams in the WPIAL. The Jaguars won six of seven games in early April, including a 1-0 Section 3-4A victory April 18 at home against rival Belle Vernon. Junior hurler Dylan Mallozzi was masterful...
Sewickley Academy boys lacrosse fights through growing pains
With a young, small roster, Sewickley Academy boys lacrosse coach Trevor Adams has made this season all about executing fundamentals. The team has proven it can be successful after a two-win season a year ago in a higher classification, but there have been growing pains. “If we miss clears, it’s...
Quaker Valley baseball hopes to build on recent hot streak
Quaker Valley’s baseball team has endured a season similar to Western Pennsylvania weather. One minute, it’s sunny and cheerful. The next, it’s raining and dreary. If the Quakers can maintain consistency after their best week of baseball in years — the team outscored three opponents 39-6 last week — it...
Pine-Richland softball working through struggles at plate
If there has been an overarching trait for the Pine-Richland softball team’s season, it has been suffering tough losses. The Rams are 2-8 — overall and in section — with five of the eight losses coming by four runs or fewer. In many of those losses, coach Gary Shepard said...
The Herald Spotlight Athlete: Fox Chapel’s Kate Carnevale
Kate Carnevale, a senior on the Fox Chapel track and field team, ran away from a strong field of competitors April 19 at the Butler Invitational. She was named MVP after taking first in the 100 meters, second in the 200, fourth in the 400 and teaming with Sarena Seeger,...
Fox Chapel hall of fame inductee Ostrosky was multitalented standout
This is the first in a series of profiles on the 2019 Fox Chapel Sports Hall of Fame inductees. The banquet is June 8 at The Harmar House. For more information, contact Jim Perry at gymbeck63@aol.com. Doug Ostrosky graduated from Fox Chapel in 1994. He excelled in football and basketball...
Plum softball hopes to keep rolling down the stretch
The Plum softball team outlasted Mars in a nine-inning, Section 2-5A game April 17. The victory clinched a spot in the WPIAL playoffs. But coach Phil Dilonardo said the team hopes to keep rolling in the stretch run of the regular season. “We have some important games coming up, and...
No margin for error as Plum baseball seeks 13th straight playoff berth
It has been an up-and-down season for the Plum baseball team. First, there were back-to-back one-run losses to local rivals Fox Chapel and Kiski Area early in the season. A one-run win over one of the top teams in Class 5A, Franklin Regional. Another one-run loss to nonsection foe Shaler....
Columbus’ scoring helps Norwin girls lacrosse to impressive start
Maura Columbus is a steady goal-scorer for the Norwin girls lacrosse team. Through nine games, the senior midfielder had accounted for a team-high 23 goals, which included a seven-goal outburst April 18 in a 14-13 win in overtime against Indiana. Columbus scored five goals against Baldwin and Hempfield and four...
Norwin’s Walker ahead of schedule, key to Knights’ chances
Norwin baseball standout Jayden Walker readily admits he was nervous stepping up to the plate last season as a freshman starter, but the 6-foot-3, 220-pound slugger sure didn’t look it. Nowadays, the Knights’ clean-up hitter steps into the box, taps his cleats with his bat and stares at the pitcher,...
Franklin Regional girls lacrosse finding its stride as players gain experience
Franklin Regional junior midfielders Noelle Boyd and Christina Hodowanec believe they need to have fun to be successful. Win by 8? Lose by 12? Play into overtime? Smile. Learn. And move on. Their twist on the mentality that athletes have to win to have fun is leading to more of...
All systems rolling for Franklin Regional baseball
Franklin Regional baseball coach Bobby Sadler laughed and then paused for a few seconds when deciding if pitching or hitting was going better for his team. “That’s tough, because both are really going well for us,” he said. “Everything seems to be going right for us.” With five players hitting...
A-K Valley high school notebook: Athletes win multiple titles at section track and field meet
The WPIAL individual track and field championships are looming next month at Slippery Rock, and some of the Alle-Kiski Valley’s top athletes are ramping up for the competition. Freeport hosted a Section 7-AA championship meet for the fifth consecutive year Wednesday, with seven teams competing. Nine athletes claimed a pair...
One WPIAL softball team debuts, another exits Trib HSSN softball state rankings
There was only one change at the top in this week’s Trib HSSN state softball rankings. District 6 power Philipsburg-Osceola dropped to No. 3 in Class 3A after the Mounties suffered their first loss of the season. Undefeated Pine Grove from District 11 takes over the top spot in 3A....
PBC Roundball welcomes several elite players for pair of games Saturday
The public address announcer gave Moses Malone a Roundball Classic introduction of Biblical proportions. “Thou shall not enter the lane, thou shall not block my shot, and the place roared,” said John Giammarco, once a ball boy for the original Roundball Classic and now owner of the Pittsburgh Basketball Club....
WPIAL boys tennis teams capture section championships
With section play complete, the field is set for the 2019 WPIAL boys team tennis playoffs, starting in early May. There will be a 16-team playoff field in both the Class AAA and AA team tournaments. Here are the section winners, followed in order by the second, third and fourth...
WPIAL boys volleyball playoff clinchings through April 26, 2019
There are two weeks left in the 2019 WPIAL boys volleyball regular season before the start of the district postseason. Check out the updated WPIAL boys volleyball standings on the Trib HSSN website. The top four teams in each section qualify for the playoffs, although more than four could clinch...
