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Deer Lakes baseball ‘learning how to win’ in turnaround
The same result kept happening to Deer Lakes during the early stages of baseball season. A one-run loss to Reading’s Berks Catholic in a season-opening tournament in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Another against Knoch, in walkoff fashion, in the Lancers’ first game back in Pennsylvania. Still another in their next game,...
North Allegheny stays on top of Trib HSSN boys volleyball power rankings
The TribLive High School Sports Network presents the weekly WPIAL boys volleyball Power Rankings. The Network ranks the Top 10 district teams every week in the regular season and into the postseason. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. This week we expand from five to 10. Here are the latest...
Upper St. Clair girls, North Allegheny boys stand atop Trib HSSN lacrosse power rankings
The TribLive High School Sports Network presents the weekly Power Rankings for boys and girls lacrosse. Trib HSSN runs down the Top 10 district teams from each sport every weekend. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. Here are the rankings for the week ending April 18, with overall records and...
High school schedules for April 22, 2019
High Schools Baseball Monday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Section 3 Upper St. Clair vs. Canon-McMillan, Wild Things Park, 4 p.m. Class 5A Section 2 Mars at Shaler, 4 p.m. Section 3 Trinity at Laurel Highlands, 4 p.m. Class 3A Section 2 Ellwood City at Shady Side Academy, 4:15 p.m. Section...
Woodland Hills TE Josh Rawlings names Pitt among his ‘Elite 8’
Woodland Hills junior Josh Rawlings, a football recruit with more than two dozen offers, announced Sunday a Top 8 list of favorites that included Pitt. Also among his favorites were East Carolina, Indiana, Iowa State, Minnesota, Syracuse, Vanderbilt and Virginia. However, Rawlings added: “This list is not final. Recruitment still...
Butler’s Ethan Morton draws recognition from USA Today, MaxPreps
Butler basketball star Ethan Morton was named to USA Today’s All-Pennsylvania team — one of two honors the junior received this week. Morton also was recognized by MaxPreps as one of the nation’s top juniors. Joining Morton on the All-Pennsylvania team were Abington’s Eric Dixon, Roman Catholic’s Hakim Hart, Kennedy...
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week: Quaker Valley’s Christian Johnson
Christian Johnston School: Quaker Valley Class: Senior In a five-year period from 2013-17, Quaker Valley baseball was a legitimate contender. While the Quakers did not strike gold in their run, they did reach the WPIAL finals in 2013 and ’15. The program hit a wall last spring, missing the playoffs...
Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week: Union
The Trib HSSN Team of the Week, Union, earned two section wins last week to increase its winning streak and hold on first place. After losing two of its first three games, Union has rolled to seven straight wins, including 6-0 in Section 1-A. “The first part of the season,...
A-K Valley H.S. lookahead: Week of April 22-27
Monday Softball It has been nearly two weeks since Riverview played, but the Raiders will give it another try as they visit Serra Catholic in Section 2-2A. The Raiders (4-2, 3-2) trail the second-place Eagles (6-2, 6-1) by two games. Serra won the first matchup 15-9. Baseball St. Joseph began...
High school sports broadcasts planned this week on Trib HSSN
With a belly full of treats left behind by our furry, hopping friend, we leave Easter behind and focus on the second half of section play in spring high school sports this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has plenty of WPIAL baseball and softball...
Organizers cancel Tri-County Coaches All-Star football game
The Foothills Football Classic isn’t the only local football all-star being postponed this season. The Tri-County Coaches Association game has been canceled because of a lack of interest. McGuffey football coach and athletic director Ed Dalton said the game is being suspended for one year. The coaches were having a...
High school scores for April 20, 2019
High Schools Baseball Saturday’s results WPIAL Nonsection Homer-Center 6, Indiana 0 Norwin 4, Baldwin 3 New Castle at Shenango, ppd. Connellsville at Albert Gallatin, ppd. Softball Saturday’s result WPIAL Nonsection Indiana 11, Homer-Center 1 (6 inn.) To report scores, call 1-888-PIT-TRIB. Visit TribHSSN.triblive.com/scores for results, stats, standings and box scores...
Highlands’ Crise is WPIAL’s latest multi-sport star to face big decision
Johnny Crise already carried a pair of Division I scholarship offers in basketball, coaches noting the Highlands standout’s athleticism and potential while playing on the AAU circuit. This spring, interest perked up in Crise’s “other” sport: The 6-foot-7 junior, who shined at wide receiver for the Golden Rams, began taking...
Fun times for Ligonier Valley baseball under 1st-year coach Marabito
The old pie in the face is a time-honored tradition in baseball, however hokey and overplayed it might be. Players of all levels often get splattered with the sweets during postgame interviews. At Ligonier Valley, an assistant coach got his just desserts at a recent practice because he finished last...
WPIAL baseball rankings for week of April 21, 2019
Baseball rankings Class 6A 1. Pine-Richland, 10-3, 1 2. Penn-Trafford, 11-1, 4 3. Seneca Valley, 8-3, 2 4. Bethel Park, 8-2, — 5. North Allegheny, 7-5, 5 Out: Norwin (6-4, 3) Class 5A 1. West Allegheny, 9-1, 1 2. Franklin Regional, 9-1, 2 3. Hampton, 7-4, — 4. Shaler, 8-3,...
WPIAL softball rankings for week of April 21, 2019
Here are this week’s WPIAL softball rankings: Softball Class 6A Team, record, previous 1. Bethel Park, 9-0, 2 2. North Allegheny, 10-2, 1 3. Norwin, 8-3, 5 4. Baldwin, 8-2, 3 5. Seneca Valley, 9-3, 4 Out: None Class 5A 1. Penn-Trafford, 10-0, 1 2. Hampton, 9-0, 3 3. Latrobe,...
Bethel Park, Serra Catholic, California join Trib HSSN state baseball rankings
There were big changes to the weekly Trib HSSN PIAA baseball rankings with 10 teams falling out of the Top 5 from a week ago. The biggest change came in Class 3A where four teams had rough weeks and were bumped out of our pre-holiday rankings. The WPIAL had one...
Foothills Football Classic postponed for 2019
Logistical issues left the Foothills Football Classic committee with no choice. So, they punted. Organizers have decided to shelve this year’s Westmoreland County all-star game, which was going to be played in June. The committee plans to bring back the game in 2020. Rosters and coaches had not been selected,...
Hot bats power Pine-Richland baseball team on winning streak
After battling to a hard-fought 5-4 win over North Allegheny, the Pine-Richland baseball team is unbeaten in its last seven games. Prior to the win the over rival Tigers, the Rams had outscored their opponents 41-4 in the previous five games. While the team has been playing solid ball, coach...
Gateway throwers Jones, Corrie set sights on WPIAL, PIAA success
Shelly Jones and Sarah Corrie both earned throwing medals at last year’s WPIAL Class AAA track and field championships. The Gateway seniors picked up respective seventh-place finishes — Jones in the shot put and Corrie in the javelin. Now, the veteran duo has their sights set on improving at WPIALs...
Norwin volleyball enters 2nd half of season ranked 7th
There are many ways for a coach to measure success. For Norwin volleyball coach Nick Fallone, it comes down to how much has his team grown. So far this season, the Knights have been on a bit of a growth spurt. The second-year coach said his team has improved in...
Norwin softball hopes to continue momentum into second half of season
Norwin’s softball team opened the season with a tough 1-0 section loss at Seneca Valley. The Knights shook it off by winning six of their next seven, including a rousing 6-1 victory April 11 against four-time defending WPIAL champion Hempfield, which also has won three state titles in a row....
Gateway baseball making run at Section 3-5A title
Gateway baseball coach Mark Wardzinski said at the start of the season his relatively young team had the pieces in place to make a run at the Section 3-5A championship and qualify for the WPIAL playoffs for the fourth year in a row. So far, the Gators, with just three...
Victory at Tri-State meet helps Thomas Jefferson’s Wagner build toward WPIALs
Fresh off her banner basketball season at Thomas Jefferson, junior Molly Wagner exploded out of the gate to start the outdoor track and field season. Wagner, one of the top sprinters in the WPIAL, took first place in the girls 200-meter dash at the Tri-State Track Coaches Association outdoor championships...
South Hills notebook: Thomas Jefferson’s Territ named player of the week
Notebook items from around the South Hills: • The Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its latest rankings Monday based on a vote of all 39 WPIAL coaches. Thomas Jefferson senior outside hitter Alex Territ recently was named as Class AA Player of the Week. The TJ netters are ranked...
