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Freeport boys focused on improving their ‘lacrosse IQ’
Freeport has the brawn to contend with some of the top teams in WPIAL boys lacrosse. But Dave Riley would prefer to see the brain. Fresh off back-to-back postseason appearances, the first two in the short history of their program, the Yellowjackets began the season with three victories in their...
A-K Valley notebook: Pitchers finding early-season success
There’s been a call to arms in the Alle-Kiski Valley. Whether it’s from a mound or a circle, local pitchers are dealing. Highlands senior Noah Gillette became the second A-K Valley baseball pitcher in a four-day span to throw a no-hitter Monday, blanking Deer Lakes, 2-0, in a nonsection game....
Westmoreland baseball, softball teams strive to maintain perfect records
Undefeated Island has been a crowded place. While the population dwindled some this week, those remaining don’t want to leave. Four teams from Westmoreland County baseball and softball take unblemished records into Friday, and they will press on with the hopes of maintaining perfection as the season nears its midway...
West Allegheny baseball, North Allegheny softball lead Trib 10 power rankings
Big changes took place in the TribLive High School Sports Network weekly Power Rankings in both baseball and softball. This week’s rankings have four new baseball and two new softball teams, along with changes at the top in both pools. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. Here are the rankings...
High school scores, schedules for April 10, 2019
High Schools Baseball Wednesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny 9, Butler 3 Pine-Richland 10, Central Catholic 0 Seneca Valley 12, Allderdice 1 (6 inn.) Section 2 Connellsville 7, Norwin 6 Latrobe 4, Plum 0 Penn-Trafford 1, Hempfield 0 Section 3 Baldwin 7, Canon-McMillan 5 Bethel Park 8,...
High school baseball roundup for April 10, 2019: No. 2 Mars tops No. 5 South Fayette
Teddy Ruffner homered and had two RBIs, and Tyler Kowalski and Alex Heavner also knocked in a pair of runs as No. 2-ranked Mars defeated No. 5 South Fayette, 7-3, in a Section 2-5A baseball game Wednesday afternoon. John Wetherholt had two doubles for the Planets (6-3, 1-1). Richie Dell...
High school softball roundup for April 10, 2019: Ringgold upsets No. 3 Thomas Jefferson
Kylie Gosliak hit a walk-off fielder’s choice in the eighth inning to help Ringgold upset No. 3 Thomas Jefferson, 7-6, in a Section 2-4A softball game Wednesday afternoon. Jillian Scherer had two RBIs, and Ashlee Selembo hit a two-run home run for the Rams (2-4, 2-3). Abby Chalovich hit a...
Mt. Pleasant edges Yough in battle of softball titans
Shades of that PIAA championship victory two years ago kept creeping into Carolyn Alincic’s mind Wednesday as the Mt. Pleasant right-hander navigated her way through another tight game. This was playoff softball at midseason, the top two WPIAL teams in the Trib HSSN Class 4A rankings battling to the wire....
Upper St. Clair rolls past Peters Township in Section 1-6A matchup
Coming into Wednesday’s game, Upper St. Clair and Peters Township tied for fourth place in Section 1-6A with 3-2 records. But on the Boyce-Mayview Park field on this particular afternoon, the Panthers and Indians were worlds apart. Trailing 1-0, Upper St. Clair scored five runs in the third inning and...
Maund pitches No. 2 Penn-Trafford to Section 2-6A shutout over rival Hempfield
Maclean Maund said his go-to pitches weren’t working for him. The fastball wasn’t popping and his curve missed its spots. Not that it showed. The Penn-Trafford senior pitcher soundly negotiated his deficiencies, as minor and well-hidden as they were to the audience at Seton Hill, and tossed a gem. Maund...
No. 3 Leechburg rallies past No. 4 Springdale in Section 3-A slugfest
The numbers Leechburg and Springdale put up through the first two weeks of the softball season created some extra anticipation for their first meeting of the season, and they created some more eye-popping statistics Wednesday. In a wild game featuring multiple rallies by both teams, visiting Class A No. 3...
Big 6th innings lifts Deer Lakes baseball past No. 4 Burrell
In a game that featured a number of strange plays and extra-base hits, a key was a single that traveled five feet. Deer Lakes used the short single as a catalyst for a six-run sixth-inning to defeat Burrell, 10-6, in an early-season, Class 3A, Section 1 baseball showdown. No. 4...
Hempfield’s Orie continues to raise the bar in advance of Lady Spartan Invitational
Hempfield thrower Mackenna Orie has continued to climb the record board in the shot put and discus. The senior now ranks second in school history in both events after an outstanding performance Tuesday against Indiana. She hopes to continue the upward cycle at the 28th annual Lady Spartan/17th annual Wildcat...
Deer Lakes’ Cutright faces challengers in defense of 300 hurdles title
Last year, Kiera Cutright was the hunter. Now, the Deer Lakes senior is the hunted. After placing sixth in the 300-meter hurdles at the WPIAL Class AA track and field championships as a sophomore, Cutright ascended to the top last year as champion. She hopes defend her title this spring,...
Allderdice selects former Central Catholic assistant Devin Crummie as boys basketball coach
Devin Crummie, a longtime assistant boys basketball coach at Central Catholic, is headed to Allderdice. Crummie, who coached at Central with his father Chuck for 17 years, will take over the successful City League program pending school board approval. He replaces Buddy Valinsky, who resigned in March after winning his...
Penn-Trafford football announces latest hall of fame class
Penn-Trafford announced its 2019 Warrior Football Hall of Fame class. The committee scours over decades of program history, dating back to players from Trafford and Penn Joint, which later became Penn-Trafford, to come up with a well-balanced class. This year’s honorees include: • Tim Cortazzo (Penn-Trafford Class of 2007) •...
High school scores, schedules for April 9, 2019
High Schools Baseball Tuesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 3 Baldwin 7, Upper St. Clair 6 Peters Township 24, Brashear 2 (4 inn.) Class 5A Section 3 West Allegheny 14, Carrick 0 (5 inn.) Class 4A Section 2 New Castle 15, Obama Academy 4 (5 inn.) Section 3 Elizabeth Forward...
High school roundup: Upper St. Clair edges Baldwin in Section 3-6A
Grant Walnoha and Joe Pulit each went 3 for 4 to help Upper St. Clair earn a 7-6 victory over Baldwin in a Section 3-6A baseball game Tuesday afternoon. Aaron Stephan tossed a complete-game six-hitter with five strikeouts to earn the win for the Panthers (6-3, 2-1). Nick Dolan doubled,...
‘Instant offense’ sparks Franklin Regional baseball to 6-1 start
There’s a new after-school work program for Franklin Regional high school students. Once the final bell rings and classes let out, 15 students head to the ball field and start swinging bats at the aluminum factory. It’s a dirty job, but it does have rewards. “This is probably one of...
Jeannette shows toughness in nonsection win over Southmoreland
Baseball coaches will tell you it never hurts to have a little dog in their team. In Tuesday’s case, an actual dog — not the euphemism for toughness — made an appearance in the fourth inning, delaying play between Jeannette and visiting Southmoreland for a few minutes. The toughness part...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Jeannette’s McKee Stadium getting upgrades
Jeannette’s longtime vision of having artificial turf at McKee Stadium is no longer a pipe dream. Consider it as good as done. The school board voted Monday by a unanimous, 8-0 vote to approve the installation of turf, and a new track, at the decades-long home of the Jayhawks. McKee...
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Jeannette’s Zander Malik, Latrobe’s Jordan Tallman
Zander Malik School: Jeannette Sport: Baseball Class: Senior Claim to fame: Malik, who has a .333 batting average with a team-high eight RBIs this season, doubled and drove in four runs to lead Jeannette (4-1, 1-0) to a 8-4 win over Leechburg in nonsection action April 3. Malik drove in...
Sister vs. sister: ‘Sibling rivalry’ as North Catholic softball hosts Ellwood City
Adrienne and Angie Nardone will share a softball field Wednesday afternoon when Ellwood City visits North Catholic. Sisters playing softball is fairly common in the WPIAL. What makes this sister tandem unique is that they’ll be playing and pitching for opposite teams. Adrienne is a senior for North Catholic. Angie...
We Serve First Foundation sponsoring 12 WPIAL players’ attendance at national volleyball camp
The We Serve First Foundation sponsored three WPIAL players’ attendance at last summer’s Give It Back Foundation national girls volleyball camp in Anaheim, Calif. With the camp coming to Western Pennsylvania this summer, that number will quadruple. We Serve First is providing 12 WPIAL girls volleyball players with the $300...
George Guido: Landmark decision for A-K Valley schools made 100 years ago
This marks the 100th anniversary of what might be considered the biggest off-field move in local scholastic sports history. On April 10, 1919, eight area schools abandoned the old Allegheny-Kiski Valley League and joined the WPIAL. Tarentum, New Kensington, Parnassus, Kittanning, Ford City, Vandergrift, Apollo and Oakmont became WPIAL members...
