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With arm surgeries behind him, Fox Chapel’s Gruden again playing at high level
A year ago at this time, every one of Jacob Gruden’s throws ended the same way: with the ball going straight down to the ground. He wondered if the same was happening to his once-promising baseball career. A major shoulder injury caused Gruden to go through two surgeries, months of...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Kiski Area’s Ryan Rametta, Apollo-Ridge’s Kylee Wynn
Ryan Rametta School: Kiski Area Class: Junior Sport: Baseball Report card: Rametta delivered a pitching gem last week: a 61-pitch, two-hit shutout to help lead Kiski Area (3-4, 0-2) past nonsection opponent Indiana, 8-0. The right-hander leads the Cavaliers pitching staff with a 2.80 ERA. In the fall, Rametta is...
Jeannette approves turf at McKee Stadium
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...
High school roundup for April 8, 2019: No. 5 Pine-Richland tops No. 3 Seneca Valley
Josh Johnson went 3 for 3, including a two-run double in the sixth, as No. 5 Pine-Richland went on the road to defeat No. 3 Seneca Valley, 3-1, in a Section 1-6A baseball game Monday afternoon. Winning pitcher Tommy Beam got the win, allowing one run on six hits while...
High school scores, schedules for April 8, 2019
High Schools Baseball Monday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler 5, Allderdice 1 North Allegheny 7, Central Catholic 5 Pine-Richland 3, Seneca Valley 1 Section 2 Hempfield 4, Plum 2 Norwin 6, Latrobe 1 Penn-Trafford 8, Connellsville 1 Section 3 Mt. Lebanon 10, Baldwin 4 Peters Township 2, Bethel...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week: Freedom’s Madison Slowinski
Madison Slowinski School: Freedom Class: Senior From 2011-15, the Freedom softball team did not win a section game. The Bulldogs were 0-62 in section during that five-year span and 5-74 overall. Bill Boggs was the head coach for the last two years of that forgetful run and has helped orchestrate...
Tagg lifts Baldwin softball past Mt. Lebanon
Addie Tagg had a day. The Baldwin senior not only pitched a complete game, she also hit two home runs and drove in half of her team’s runs in a 10-3 victory over Section 1-6A foe Mt. Lebanon on Monday afternoon. It’s been the ongoing theme of Baldwin’s early success...
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week: Baldwin
The Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week has undergone a lot of changes from a year ago, but one thing that remains constant is the winning. This week’s honoree is the Baldwin Highlanders. Along with Sto-Rox, Baldwin is the most decorated softball team in WPIAL history with 10 district...
Yuhas, Schmidt lift West Mifflin past Ringgold
West Mifflin sophomores Lauren Yuhas and Allysa Schmidt combined to go 7 for 7 with five runs scored and six RBIs as the Titans cruised to an 18-3 home win Monday over Ringgold. The game only lasted four innings and ended when West Mifflin invoked the 15-run mercy rule. The...
Mistakes prove difference as Norwin baseball tops Latrobe
As a scoreless game meandered into the third inning, Norwin figured it might need a fortunate bounce, a break to go its way, if it was going to get a handle on its Section 2-6A baseball opener. Visiting Latrobe obliged. A topsy-turvy third for the Wildcats aided Norwin’s 6-1 victory...
Looking ahead important for softball teams needing to replace standout pitchers
Even before Leechburg’s Morgan Pierce, a four-year starter in the circle, graduated, plans were in place to find her successor. Enter sophomore Emma Ritchie, who has taken the pitching reins for the Blue Devils as they seek a 33rd straight playoff appearance. Ritchie, who pitched mostly in junior varsity games...
Deer Lakes softball gets 10-run victory over Valley
Auveonna Perkins connected on a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth to put the Vikings ahead of Deer Lakes in Monday’s Section 1-3A softball matchup at Valley. But the visiting Lancers responded in a big way when they returned to the plate. Deer Lakes scored eight runs in...
Volleyball coaches association releases WPIAL boys rankings for Week 3
The Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its Week 3 boys rankings Monday, and North Allegheny and Derry remain at the top in Class AAA and AA, respectively. Each set of rankings is compiled through a vote of the WPIAL’s 39 head coaches. Also in Class AAA, Bethel Park, Shaler...
Wandrisco, Primus, Housner, Maggi inducted into SW Pennsylvania Wrestling Hall of Fame
Mike Wandrisco was a highly respected and well-liked official. He also was an outstanding wrestler who attended Bishop Canevin. Wandrisco wrestled and golfed at Washington & Jefferson, and he thrived as a wrestling official. But his 32-year illustrious career in wrestling came to an end in 2018 when he passed...
Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week: Laurel Highlands
Laurel Highlands, the Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week for the first week of April, continued its perfect season with three more wins, including a pair of section victories. The Mustangs have made the playoffs in four of the five years since coach Scott DeBerry took over in 2014....
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week: Hopewell’s Jake McGovern
Jake McGovern School: Hopewell Class: Junior Forty years ago, Hopewell captured its first of their WPIAL baseball championship by winning the 1979 Class AAA crown. They added district titles again in 2000 and ’10. Could the Vikings be in store for another golden season this spring? Jake McGovern has played...
Hempfield boys volleyball ready to win now
With no senior starters, Hempfield’s boys volleyball team feels pretty good about its future. The Spartans are pretty pleased with the present, too. Hempfield is off to a 3-0 start in a rugged WPIAL Section 3-3A. The Spartans opened with wins over Armstrong (3-1), Penn-Trafford (3-2) and Penn Hills (3-0)....
Ginther resigns as Penn-Trafford wrestling coach
Penn-Trafford wrestling coach Rich Ginther informed his team at the end-of-season banquet Sunday that he is not returning as coach next year. Ginther submitted his resignation to the school last week. He has been coaching for more than 20 years, the past 12 at Penn-Trafford. He previously coached at Norwin...
High school schedules for April 8, 2019
High Schools Baseball Monday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Allderdice at Butler, 7:30 p.m.; North Allegheny vs. Central Catholic, LaRoche College, 4 p.m.; Pine-Richland at Seneca Valley, 4 p.m. Section 2 Connellsville at Penn-Trafford, 4 p.m.; Hempfield at Plum, 4 p.m.; Latrobe at Norwin, 4:15 p.m. Section 3 Baldwin...
TribLive HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Year: Moon’s Donovan Johnson
Donovan Johnson’s storybook season had a major plot twist near the end. Moon held a double-digit second-half lead in the WPIAL championship and seemed destined to wear gold medals around their necks at Petersen Events Center. But that changed when Mars rallied back that night, dashed the Tigers’ dreams and...
TribLive HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Year: Peters Township’s Makenna Marisa
Makenna Marisa was dominant all season long, but the Peters Township senior seemingly saved her best for under the bright Giant Center lights in Hershey. With the undefeated Indians one win away from making history, the 5-foot-11 guard scored 29 points in the PIAA finals and her team celebrated its...
Alle-Kiski Valley lookahead for Week of April 8., 2019
Monday Baseball — After back-to-back WPIAL playoff appearances, Valley is off to a slow start this season. But the Vikings (0-5, 0-1) have time to make up for it in Section 1-3A play, starting with a game at Freeport (4-3, 1-1), which is looking to bounce back from a section...
Alle-Kiski Valley notebook: Freeport’s Borghol out indefinitely
Already without key pieces because of graduation, Freeport’s softball team is dealing with the loss of one of its most productive returners. Sophomore outfielder Maya Borghol is out indefinitely after an injury ordeal caused her to undergo spinal fusion surgery in late August. Borghol felt pain at an Ohio Outlaws...
FC’s Shymansky, Valley’s Odrey prep for section tennis tourneys
Robby Shymansky has a PIAA silver and bronze medal at his home, souvenirs from past appearances at the state Class AAA singles tournament. He’d like to add a gold to that collection. The pursuit of that begins Monday as Shymansky, the defending WPIAL Class AAA singles champion, opens the Section...
High school sports broadcasts on tap this week on Trib HSSN
The mercury is rising as spring sports section play kicks into full gear this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has WPIAL boys and girls lacrosse action, along with district boys volleyball. The Network also has a busy slate of WPIAL baseball and softball section coverage...
