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Alle-Kiski Valley notebook: Crazy early-season comebacks plentiful
John Kinnamon gathered the Apollo-Ridge softball team for a pep talk after the fourth inning of its Section 2-2A game Tuesday at Shady Side Academy. At the time, the Vikings’ cause looked hopeless: a 9-1 deficit caused by early miscues, and only three innings remaining to make up eight runs....
Freeport softball rallies to defeat rival Burrell
Freeport coach Sam Ross was hoping Emily Schmidt would come through with a big hit, just as she did last year in a section game against Deer Lakes. Schmidt obliged, hitting a two-run double to deep right center with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning. The big...
High school roundup for April 3, 2019: McGovern leads No. 1 Hopewell past No. 5 Beaver Falls
Winning pitcher Jake McGovern drove in four runs with a home run and two doubles as Class 3A No. 1 Hopewell edged No. 5 Beaver Falls, 9-7, in a Section 2 contest. Tyler Beck tripled for Hopewell (3-2, 1-0), which led 7-0 after four innings. Dayln Brickner had three hits...
Moon baseball, Seneca Valley softball lead Trib 10 power rankings
For the first time in the 2019 WPIAL baseball and softball season, the TribLive High School Sports Network presents the weekly Power Rankings. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. Here are the rankings for the week of April 1 with overall records included. BASEBALL TRIB 10 1. Moon Tigers (4-0)...
High school scores, schedules for April 3, 2019
High Schools Baseball Wednesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 3 Bethel Park 15, Brashear 0 (4 inn.) Canon-McMillan 12, Upper St. Clair 0 Peters Township 7, Baldwin 0 Class 5A Section 1 Fox Chapel 9, Kiski Area 1 Franklin Regional 11, Armstrong 1 (6 inn.) Gateway 21, Woodland Hills 6...
Hempfield thrower Orie wants record, gold medalsVideo
One of the state’s oldest records in track and field could be challenged this spring. Greensburg Central Catholic grad and U.S. Olympian Colleen Rosensteel’s discus throw of 168 feet, 11 inches, set in 1984, is in the crosshairs of Hempfield senior Mackenna Orie. Rosensteel also owns the WPIAL (167-7) and...
No. 2 Freeport edges No. 3 Burrell baseball in early showdown
Freeport coach Ed Carr tried to downplay the significance of Wednesday’s Section 1-3A opener against Burrell to his baseball team, but the message didn’t exactly sink in. Not with both teams eyeing a section championship, and not with the emotions that ran high in both dugouts for much of the...
Kiski Area runner Shreffler has singular focus: PIAAs
Kierra Shreffler is on a mission to get to the PIAA Class AAA track and field championships. The Kiski Area senior hoped to break through last year in the 1,600-meter run, her main event, but she fell just short of her goal at the WPIAL championships. Now, she has a...
Ousted at West Mifflin, football coach Ray Braszo returns to roots in Steel Valley
Ray Braszo wore West Mifflin blue and gold for nearly three decades, but the veteran football coach also has deep roots in Steel Valley. It was there in Munhall, Homestead and West Homestead that Braszo got his start years ago as an assistant to George Novak and later coached the...
High school scores schedules for April 2, 2019
High Schools Baseball Tuesday’s results WPIAL Class 3A Section 3 Charleroi 9, Washington 3 McGuffey 4, Keystone Oaks 2 Nonsection Allderdice 16, Penn Hills 13 (9 inn.) Baldwin 8, Mars 7 Brentwood 15, South Allegheny 0 Central Catholic 8, Chartiers Valley 4 Cornell 10, Carrick 5 Eden Christian 7, St....
High school roundup for April 2, 2019: Arnold fans 18 as Vincentian blanks Serra Catholic
Elizabeth Arnold was on target from the pitching circle Tuesday afternoon. The senior hurler struck out 18 batters and allowed just three hits to lead Vincentian Academy to a 3-0 win over No. 4 Serra Catholic (2-1, 2-1) in a Section 2-2A game. She also was 2 for 2 at...
Hitters aim to catch up to pitchers for No. 2-ranked Hempfield
It’s six games into the 2019 baseball season and Hempfield coach Tim Buzzard said he has learned a lot about his team. The early-season report card has both good and bad marks. The Spartans (4-2) are ranked No. 2 in the latest Trib HSSN Class 6A poll after starting the...
Springdale softball rolls past St. Joseph, improves to 3-0
The Springdale softball team scored a pair of runs in the second inning of Tuesday’s Section 3-A opener with St. Joseph at Kotecki Memorial Park in Lower Burrell. Those runs were enough for Dynamos freshman standout Alexis Hrivnak, who gave up one unearned run, scattered three hits and walked one...
Apollo-Ridge girls basketball coach Callipare won’t return
Apollo-Ridge’s next mission is finding a new girls basketball coach. The Vikings are searching for a replacement for Jim Callipare, who won’t return after six seasons and five WPIAL playoff appearances. Athletic director Ray Bartha said he planned to recommend to the school board to rehire Callipare for the 2019-20...
George Guido: State Rep. Conklin proposes to amend legislation regarding public, private school playoffs
The hot-button issue of Pennsylvania high school sports — holding separate playoffs for public and private schools — is about to get hotter. An amendment to state law introduced by Rep. Scott Conklin (D-Centre County) that would open a path to separate public and private state playoffs in Pennsylvania high...
Aces on the hill: A-K Valley baseball teams lean on deep, experienced pitching staffs
Kiski Area faced a five-run hole as the fourth inning of its nonsection baseball game against Plum began last week, but the Cavaliers didn’t worry. After all, they had their ace — or one of them, at least — in the hole. Or, more accurately, on the hill. Senior Nick...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Springdale’s Alexis Hrivnak, Freeport’s Jarrett Heilman
Jarrett Heilman School: Freeport Class: Junior Sport: Baseball Report card: Heilman is picking up where he left off last season. The 6-foot-2 righty delivered a gem for Class 3A No. 2 Freeport (3-1) by striking out 13 and giving up five hits in the Yellowjackets’ 5-0 win over nonsection rival...
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Greensburg Salem’s Reid Admundson, Ligonier Valley’s Jane Garver
Reid Admundson School: Greensburg Salem Sport: Baseball Class: Senior Claim to fame: Admundson hit a two-run double and had four RBIs to lead Greensburg Salem (2-0) to a 13-2 win over North Hills in nonsection action March 25. Admundson collected two hits and three RBIs in a 15-9 win over...
High school sports scores, schedules for April 1, 2019
High Schools Baseball Monday’s results WPIAL Nonsection Bentworth 18, Geibel 0 California 6, Beth-Center 4 Carmichaels 11, West Greene 1 (5 inn.) Freedom 4, Western Beaver 0 Fox Chapel 5, Deer Lakes 4 Frazier 13, Mapletown 1 Gateway 8, Butler 4 Highlands 11, Apollo-Ridge 5 Latrobe 5, Peters Township 3...
High school roundup for April 1, 2019: Shaler edges Class 6A No. 1 Seneca Valley
Hunter Boyan tossed a four-hitter with five strikeouts to help Class 5A No. 5 Shaler score a 2-1 win over Class 6A No. 1 Seneca Valley in a nonsection baseball game Monday afternoon. The Titans (3-2) smacked 10 hits, including a 3-for-4 effort from Boyan, who also had an RBI....
3-time WPIAL champion Norwin wrestler Phipps has foot surgery
Norwin three-time WPIAL champion wrestler Kurtis Phipps, who suffered a foot injury at last month’s PIAA Class AAA championship, underwent surgery March 22, his father, Andy Phipps, said. Phipps suffered a Lisfranc injury at the state tournament. The recovery time is five months, according to his dad. There are two...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week: West Mifflin’s Isabella Farmer
Isabella Farmer School: West Mifflin Class: Senior Last year, West Mifflin softball broke a three-year postseason drought by finishing fourth in Section 2-4A and posting an 11-9 overall record. While the Titans’ playoff stay didn’t last long after losing to Indiana, 11-9, in the first round, they hope that was...
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week: South Allegheny
The Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week started strong this season with six wins at the Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and has continued winning after returning home to Glassport — the South Allegheny Gladiators. The magic number for the South Allegheny softball team is 11. For three...
North Allegheny, Derry lead WPIAL boys volleyball rankings
The Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its Week 2 boys rankings Monday, and North Allegheny remains at the top in Class AAA. In Class AA, there is a new No. 1 as Derry moves up from No. 3. Each set of rankings is compiled through a vote of the...
Kiski Area wrestler Morlacci captures title at National High School Coaches Association tournament
Enzo Morlacci experienced wrestling at the national level during his youth days, and he spent plenty of time on the mat against high-level high school competition during his freshman season at Kiski Area. He merged those elements together for a gold-medal performance in his debut at the high school national...
