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In another tight game, Bethel Park gets past Peters Township to split series
When it comes to Bethel Park against Peters Township on the baseball diamond, expect the unexpected. The one thing you can anticipate is a close game. Less than 24 hours after Peters Township came back to win in dramatic fashion, Bethel Park scored an unearned run in the sixth inning...
Fox Chapel comes back from brink of defeat, with some help, to defeat Franklin Regional
Everything was going right for Franklin Regional. Until it wasn’t. And Fox Chapel wasn’t ready to pack it in. Down to two outs with two strikes and trailing by a run, the third-ranked Foxes waited for the Panthers to give them an opening in the top of the seventh. When...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 15, 2024
High schools Baseball Monday’s results Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny 14, Allderdice 4 Pine-Richland 3, Seneca Valley 2 Section 2 Central Catholic 5, Baldwin 2 Hempfield 6, Canon-McMillan 3 Mt. Lebanon 4, Norwin 1 Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional 9, Fox Chapel 6 Armstrong 13, Gateway 4 Plum...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 16, 2024: Sun shines on Class 5A baseball races
We begin the second half of April with another busy day of WPIAL section series baseball with sunshine and temps in the 70s. It is the second of back-to-back games around the district, thus concluding key series up and down Class 5A. In Section 1-5A, Franklin Regional (5-0, 7-3) welcomes...
Trib HSSN softball team of the week for April 15, 2024
Trib HSSN softball team of the week – Elizabeth Forward Warriors Coach: Harry Rutherford (15th season) Record: 3-0 in Section 2-4A, 5-0 overall #Earned: Elizabeth Forward has been a dominant force this season, outscoring their first five opponents 53-6. Following wins on their trip south to Florida and a Section...
Trib HSSN softball player of the week for April 15, 2024Video
Trib HSSN softball player of the week – Lexie Hames School: Seneca Valley Class: Junior Position: Pitcher #Earned: Players in the lineup for either Mt. Lebanon or Hempfield last week had to be content with a whole lot of nothing. Sensational junior Lexie Hames threw two no-hitters as the Raiders...
High school roundup for April 15, 2024: Walk-off 3-run homer lifts Peters Township past Bethel Park
Brody Takacs hit a walk-off three-run home run to lead Peters Township to a 6-5 victory over Bethel Park in Section 2-5A baseball Monday. Peters Township (4-6, 2-3) trailed by three runs entering the bottom of the seventh. Zachary Miner delivered an RBI single before Takacs’ game-winning blast. Michael Bruckner...
Young players deliver for West Mifflin softball in win over Highlands
Youth continues to be served on the West Mifflin softball team as the Titans put themselves in good position for another playoff push with section victory over Highlands on Monday. Sophomore Rylie Dobnak was 3 for 3 at the plate and was the winning pitcher as the Titans rolled past...
Burrell builds momentum with win over Deer Lakes
Mother Nature’s rain overnight from Sunday into Monday necessitated a change in venue for Monday’s Section 1-3A softball clash for first place between rivals Burrell and Deer Lakes. Originally an evening contest at Burrell’s Bon Air Elementary, it was relocated to Deer Lakes’ new artificial turf field for an afternoon...
Beeman helps Hempfield rally to stay perfect, beat Canon-McMillan
Hempfield senior Ethan Minerva said earlier this season that this year’s baseball team was special, and anyone could step up big. That player Monday was senior Gage Beeman, who came off the bench and delivered a winning two-run double to rally unbeaten Hempfield to a 6-3 victory against scrappy Canon-McMillan...
Hempfield softball rebounds in big way vs. Norwin
The bounceback was better than the fallback. Hempfield softball was anxious to take the field again after it was no-hit for the first time in 11 years. Champing at the bit, the No. 2 Lady Spartans saw Riley Miller and Julia Varhola combine for a one-hitter and Maggie Howard produce...
Corey Dotchin steps down as Highlands boys basketball coach
With his first child on the way, Corey Dotchin decided that a daily commute to Natrona Heights wouldn’t work anymore for him and his growing family. So the Highlands boys basketball coach has resigned after 12 years with the program, including the past three as head coach. He announced Monday...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Franklin Regional’s Linzi Shaffer
At Franklin Regional, there’s a young gymnast who’s had a ton of success this year. Her name is Linzi Shaffer, and for a sport that often gets overlooked, gymnastics is anything but easy. She’s a member of the Elegant Elite Gymnastics team in Delmont, an organization she’s been with for...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Apollo-Ridge’s Camdyn Kowalczyk
Apollo-Ridge senior Camdyn Kowalczyk thought she had done some major damage to her knee, possibly tearing her meniscus. Luckily, she received good news. “I got an MRI, and it’s just swelling,” Kowalczyk said. “I have to do physical therapy twice a week for a month before I can start getting...
Coaches rankings: Shaler, North Allegheny, top 2 teams in Class 3A, battle for tournament title
Shaler and North Allegheny remain the top two boys volleyball teams in the latest Western Pa. Volleyball Coaches Association Class 3A poll released Monday morning, and the Titans and Tigers finished last week in the championship match at the prestigious Koller Classic on Saturday at Central York High School. The...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for April 15, 2024: Seneca Valley-Pine-Richland renew rivalry
The year is different, but the results are adding up to the same story in WPIAL Section 1-6A baseball. Last season, Pine-Richland, Seneca Valley and North Allegheny finished as tri-champions in the section with 8-4 records in the section. Now the three tradition-rich baseball programs are at it again, threatening...
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week for April 14, 2024Video
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week: Eden Christian Academy Warriors Coach: Mark Feldman (first season) Records: Eden Christian Academy is 6-0 in Section 3-A, 7-1 overall #Earned: Eden Christian Academy made a loud statement to the rest of Class A with two convincing victories last week over defending WPIAL...
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week for April 14, 2024Video
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week: Tommy Schafale School: North Catholic Class: Senior Positions: Pitcher, outfielder What coach says: “Tommy is a senior lefty who has tremendous ability of throwing strikes and changing speeds,” North Catholic coach Andy Przbylek said. “Very rarely is he behind in counts. To be...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of April 15, 2024
Fingers are crossed that Noah has parked his arc for good and that outdoor spring sports can get back to business on the area diamonds, courts and tracks this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have plenty of WPIAL baseball and softball streams if the weather...
High school sports scores, schedules for April 14, 2024
High schools Baseball Sunday’s result Nonsection West Mifflin 6, Avonworth 3 Monday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny at Allderdice, 3:30 p.m. Pine-Richland at Seneca Valley, 4 p.m. Section 2 Baldwin at Central Catholic, 4 p.m. Canon-McMillan at Hempfield, 4:15 p.m. Mt. Lebanon at Norwin, 4 p.m. Class 5A...
New Mt. Pleasant athletic director saw something special in district
Coaching college football the last decade has taken James “J.J.” Eckels up and down the recruiting trail. Over rivers and through woods just to get that nibble on the line from a potential commit. For some reason, his stops at Mt. Pleasant struck him as different. The school seemed to...
Pine-Richland notebook: Weather postponements force teams to compact schedules
April showers bring May flowers, but they also bring headaches for local spring sports coaches. Inclement weather is expected every year during the WPIAL spring sports season, but what transpired the first week of April was record setting and forced plenty of postponements for Pine-Richland spring sports teams. On April...
Gateway’s Adam Memije looks forward to PIAA tournament
Gateway junior Adam Memije entered the WPIAL Class 3A singles championship match last Wednesday at Glen Creek Tennis Club in South Park Township hoping to finish off a WPIAL-championship triple crown. Last year, he captured a WPIAL doubles title with fellow Gators junior Zidaan Hassan and also helped lead Gateway...
Gateway looks forward to promising 2nd flag football season
The foundation bricks for the Gateway girls flag football team were put in place last spring. Now, the Gators are taking the next steps in their second season. High school girls flag football in the Pittsburgh area, sponsored by the Pittsburgh Steelers, grew from six teams in the first season...
After claiming WPIAL singles title, Severin Harmon, Sewickley Academy tennis turn attention to team success
Severin Harmon has been the top singles player for the Sewickley Academy boys tennis team for three seasons. Now, he reigns as the WPIAL’s No. 1 player in Class 2A. Harmon defeated Aquinas Academy senior Jackson Gillespie, 6-3, 6-3, in the WPIAL singles championship match April 10, at Glen Creek...
