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High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 13, 2023
High schools Baseball PIAA championships Class 6A Semifinals Tuesday’s results Father Judge 4, North Penn 1 Mt. Lebanon 7, Cedar Cliff 2 Championship Friday’s schedule Father Judge (17-1) vs. Mt. Lebanon (16-10) at Penn State, 4:30 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Tuesday’s results Strath Haven 2, Greencastle-Antrim 0 Shaler 9, Monsignor...
High school roundup for June 13, 2023: Shaler baseball, volleyball, Mars boys lacrosse heading to state finals
With a trip to the state championship game on the line, the Hershey High School ballpark couldn’t contain the Shaler Titans. Shaler hit four home runs, including three in the second inning, to roll past Bonner Prendergast, 9-3, in the Class 5A semifinals Tuesday. The Titans (13-3) will face Strath...
Mt. Lebanon celebrates Senior Week with win over Cedar Cliff, trip to state finals
Many of Tanner Donati’s classmates traveled to Ocean City, Md., to celebrate their recent high school graduation with a week of sand and sun. He traded that vacation for a trip to Penn State. “It’s been a little tough seeing your friends at the beach,” Donati said. “But if you...
Unflappable Hempfield looks to add to softball program’s championship legacy
Tina Madison looked pensive and anxious as her team hit softballs into nets in a light drizzle Monday at St. Francis (Pa.) University. The Hempfield coach was concerned the downcast weather conditions might affect her team in a PIAA Class 6A semifinal against Cumberland Valley. Truth be told, she wasn’t...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 12, 2023
High schools Baseball PIAA championships Class 6A Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Father Judge (16-1) vs. North Penn (21-5) at Neumann University, 2 p.m.; Cedar Cliff (20-6) vs. Mt. Lebanon (15-10) at Mt. Aloysius, 2 p.m. Championship Friday’s schedule Semifinal winners at Penn State, 4:30 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Strath...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on June 13, 2023: Shaler, Mt. Lebanon try again to earn state final berths
Mother Nature did a great job cooperating through the district baseball and softball postseason and the first two rounds of the state playoffs. That changed on a wet Monday as several statewide baseball and softball games were postponed. They now join PIAA boys volleyball and boys and girls lacrosse semifinals...
Hopewell baseball’s magical playoff run ends in state semifinals
HOMER CITY – Hopewell’s magical baseball season came to an end Monday in the PIAA Class 4A playoffs, one game shy of a trip to State College for the championship game. District 6 champion Bellefonte rallied with a five-run fifth inning to spoil Hopewell’s run, 6-5, at First Commonwealth Bank...
Montour softball makes things happen in PIAA semifinal win over Elizabeth Forward
The Montour softball team doesn’t need much of an opening to make things happen. Elizabeth Forward learned that the hard way as it dropped a 4-1 result to a Spartans team that scored one earned run in the PIAA semifinal matchup Monday at Gateway. “Three unearned runs, you take those...
Union softball team rallies again to make PIAA finals
The Union softball team is working very hard at earning the nickname the Cardiac Kids. For the fourth game in a row, the Scotties fell behind, then rallied not once but twice in the PIAA Class A semifinals to beat District 6 champion Claysburg-Kimmel, 10-8, in a wild battle of...
Hempfield softball surges past Cumberland Valley, advances to Class 6A state final
LORETTO — Hempfield asked for the pregame music to be turned off while it took infield practice Monday after a half-hour rain delay. The Spartans then proceeded to make a lot of noise on the basepaths. Hempfield jumped on District 3 champion Cumberland Valley early and kept the offense coming...
Riverside stays unbeaten, reaches PIAA baseball finals
Riverside baseball coach Dan Oliastro said his group has been a “big-inning team” all year, and he was hoping they could do it one more time. It turned out his Panthers had some more crooked numbers in them, and, combined with outstanding relief pitching from sophomore ace Christian Lucarelli, it...
Shaler softball uses big 8th inning to best Armstrong, punch ticket to state finals
In last Thursday’s PIAA Class 5A quarterfinal victory over WPIAL champion Trinity, Shaler scored all five of its runs on three home runs. The Titans again used the long ball Monday to produce six of their eight runs against Armstrong in a state semifinal contest at Gateway. Shaler scored six...
High school roundup for June 12, 2023: Everett ends Neshannock’s 48-game winning streak
When a pair of undefeated teams in WPIAL champion Neshannock and District 5 champion Everett met in the PIAA Class 2A softball semifinals Monday, something had to give. What gave was Neshannock’s WPIAL record 48-game winning streak. Cloe Price hit a three-run triple to break a fifth-inning tie, leading Everett...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Greensburg Central Catholic’s Liz Dlugos
A section title, a fifth-place finish at WPIALs and a 15th-place finish at states. That’s the strong resume put together this year by Liz Dlugos, who competes in the shot put at Greensburg Central Catholic. “I’m very proud of all my accomplishments this past season,” Dlugos said. “I know I...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Highlands’ Cassidy Davis
Many athletes participate in a variety of sports in high school, but Cassidy Davis has a three-sport schedule a little different from most. The Highlands senior is a standout in volleyball, track and field and gymnastics. “The best advice I can give to someone that is a tri-sport athlete is...
Leechburg baseball team says goodbye to talented senior class
The Leechburg baseball team gathered in early January for workouts, which coach Heath Shimer said had a lot to do with the team having its best season since 2009. The Blue Devils (13-5, 10-2) finished the regular season with an eight-game winning streak to lead them to a second-place finish...
PIAA postpones Mt. Lebanon, Shaler baseball state semifinals to Tuesday
WPIAL champions Mt. Lebanon and Shaler were among the baseball teams who had their PIAA semifinals postponed due to rainy weather Monday. Mt. Lebanon made the two-hour trip to Mt. Aloysius College in Cresson, but because the first game of a scheduled doubleheader was delayed by rain and because the...
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week for June 11, 2023
The Shaler softball team has been spending most of this spring savoring perfection. The Titans’ only loss didn’t come until the WPIAL semifinals against Trinity. Did six-year coach Tom Source see this kind of success coming? “We do a fall program, and we knew we had some good kids coming...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week for June 11, 2023
Following a second straight WPIAL Class A softball championship win the previous week, Union did not start the PIAA playoffs as planned. Two walks, a triple, a passed ball and a wild pitch helped Berlin-Brothersvalley jump out to a quick 3-0 lead after a half-inning. “I feel like in the...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 11, 2023
High schools Baseball PIAA championships Semifinals Monday’s schedule Class 6A Father Judge (16-1) vs. North Penn (21-5) at Neumann University, 3 p.m.; Cedar Cliff (20-6) vs. Mt. Lebanon (15-10) at Mt. Aloysius, 4:30 p.m. Class 5A Strath Haven (21-4) vs. Greencastle-Antrim (19-5) at Wenger Field, 6:30 p.m.; Monsignor Bonner (12-3)...
PIAA softball playoff capsule: Class 6A semifinal, Monday, June 12, 2023
PIAA softball playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Hempfield (20-3) vs. Cumberland Valley (19-5) 4 p.m. Monday at St. Francis (Pa.) University, Loretto District seeds: Hempfield 7-1; Cumberland Valley 3-1 Winner plays: Winner of 1-1 North Penn (26-0)/3-3 Chambersburg (13-1) in championship 4 p.m. June 15 at Beard Field, Nittany Lion Softball...
Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week for June 11, 2023
The new poster boys of ‘Just make it to the playoffs and anything can happen’ are the 2023 Mt. Lebanon and Hopewell baseball teams. The Blue Devils overcame an 0-8 start to win a second straight WPIAL 6A crown and are still alive heading into the PIAA semifinals. The Vikings...
Trib HSSN broadcasts for the week of June 12, 2023
The curtain is about to drop on the 2022-2023 high school sports year, but before it does, our coverage of the state baseball and softball playoffs continue this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Before the spring sports season concludes, Trib HSSN continues our coverage of the PIAA...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on June 12, 2023: Battles of unbeatens for Neshannock softball headlines state semifinals
Halfway through the 2023 PIAA diamond playoffs, only two champions from last spring are alive heading into Semifinals Monday: DuBois Central Catholic baseball and Neshannock softball. Neshannock (22-0) will be involved in the marquee matchup Monday, a battle of undefeated teams, when the WPIAL champion Lancers square off with District...
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week for June 11, 2023
Shaler senior Miguel Hugas was hesitant when he learned he was moving to the United States to go to high school at Shaler. However, he has no regrets now. Nor do his Titans teammates. “At the beginning, I didn’t want to come here. I wanted to play in Venezuela,” Hugas...
