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What to watch for in WPIAL sports for May 15, 2023: WPIAL softball playoffs begin
The curtain goes up Monday on the WPIAL softball playoffs with first-round action in Class 5A and 4A. All 16 teams that qualified for the 5A playoffs this spring are in action Monday. Fourteen of them are back in the postseason after making the WPIAL playoffs. The newcomers are enjoying...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of May 15, 2023
Let the games begin! Exclusive coverage of the 2023 WPIAL spring sports postseason begins with action from the diamonds, courts and lacrosse fields this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN will have three weeks of exclusive broadcasts, starting with WPIAL first round baseball games and first...
Freeport grad takes over boys basketball program
For more than two decades, Rich Macura served as an assistant coach in a number of scholastic boys basketball programs. He learned from a who’s who of mentors in the sport and passed on his knowledge to hundreds of athletes ready to make a name for themselves on the hard...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Multi-sport athletes contribute to GCC boys’ track and field title
It should not come as a surprise that Greensburg Central Catholic is a WPIAL Class 2A boys track and field champion for the first time. The roster is chock full of talented athletes who play multiple sports, so putting all of that talent into one lineup should produce points. Take...
A-K Valley WPIAL softball playoff capsules: Games for Monday, May 15, 2023
WPIAL softball playoffs Class 5A 8-Thomas Jefferson (13-5) vs. 9-Plum (10-6) 3 p.m. Monday at Gateway Winner plays: Winner of 1-Armstrong (16-1)/16-Upper St. Clair (8-8) Wednesday (time/site TBD) in quarterfinals Players to Watch: Taylor Lorish, Plum; Olivia Stock, Thomas Jefferson Extra bases: Plum is in the WPIAL playoffs for the...
Westmoreland softball playoff capsules: Games for Monday, May 15, 2023
WPIAL softball playoffs Class 5A First round 7-Franklin Regional (11-6) vs. 10-Moon (6-8) 4 p.m. Monday at Peterswood Park, Peters Township Winner plays: Winner of 2-Shaler (16-0)/15-Bethel Park (6-10) Wednesday (time, site TBD) in quarterfinals Players to watch: Toryn Fulton, Franklin Regional; Ava Karpa, Moon Extra bases: Franklin Regional tied...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Baseball team clinches section title
Midway through the baseball season, Penn-Trafford team was sitting at 3-3 in Section 1-5A and in danger of missing the WPIAL playoffs. But thanks to two-game sweeps of Penn Hills, Gateway and Franklin Regional, part of a six-game section winning streak, the Warriors tied for the section crown with Plum....
Penn Hills rugby team takes big step forward
Following several years of building the program from the ground up following the start of the pandemic, Big Red rugby coach Matt Rosemeyer got to see the fruits of his labor in 2023. The rugby team, which is a club sport, was able to get 23 players out for the...
Pine-Richland notebook: Rams top podium on home track
With its spot on the calendar fairly close to the WPIAL individual track and field championships, the Pine-Richland Invitational serves as a good tune-up for the biggest events of the season. This year, the host Rams had a pretty good day, and several athletes showed that they’ll be challenging for...
Rally against rival keyed Pine-Richland baseball’s section title defense
Pine-Richland baseball successfully defended its section crown by taking two out of three in a series with North Allegheny. How they won that series is a microcosm of what’s made the Rams special the last couple of seasons. They were down six runs early in Game 2 but clawed their...
Chase Merkel, Joseph Veeck guide Quaker Valley boys tennis to solid season
There is a new award on the high school tennis scene. It was created last fall and is called the Western Pennsylvania Boys Tennis Sportsmanship Award. Opposing players, opposing coaches or WPIAL officials offer nominations. The award recognizes high school students who “are consistently friendly and fair and display the...
Quaker Valley girls lacrosse eyes postseason run
Quaker Valley’s girls lacrosse team is playoff bound. The fast and athletic Quakers secured a WPIAL Class 2A playoff berth by winning nine of their first 11 games this season. After starting 1-1, QV racked up seven straight victories and hit double digits seven times. The impressive and nearly season-long...
Foreign exchange student makes his mark on stage, court at Penn-Trafford
When Sohta Miyagawa arrived at Penn-Trafford for his junior year, little was known about his talents. But Miyagawa has surprised many his athletic and artistic abilities. Not only is he excellent in the classroom, the foreign exchange student from Japan was an experienced volleyball player and an entertainer. Miyagawa took...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 13, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals May 22 schedule Pine-Richland (14-6) vs. Hempfield (11-9); Seneca Valley (16-4) vs. Mt. Lebanon (10-10); North Allegheny (14-6) vs. Norwin (8-11); Canon-McMillan (15-5) vs. Butler (12-8) Class 5A First round Wednesday’s schedule Shaler (16-4) bye; Fox Chapel (12-8) vs. Mars (9-9)...
Westmoreland H.S. athletes of the week: Norwin’s Hannah Shaw, Greensburg CC’s James Brewer
Hannah Shaw School: Norwin Sport: Track and field Class: Senior Claim to fame: Shaw broke Norwin’s girls pole vault record by clearing 12 feet, 7 inches at the Last Chance Meet at Norwin Knights Stadium. The previous record was set by Kasey Kemp, at 12-6, in 2011. Shaw then cleared...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Leechburg’s Braiden Turiak, Plum’s Rayla Smith
Rayla Smith Class: Junior School: Plum Sport: Lacrosse Report card: Midfielder Rayla Smith scored seven goals and added an assist Monday in an 18-10 victory over North Hills. On Wednesday, she had five goals and four assists in helping the Mustangs to a 15-4 victory over Ellis School. She broke...
New award honors WPIAL tennis players for exceptional sportsmanship
There is a new award on the high school tennis scene. It was created last fall and is called the Western Pennsylvania Boys Tennis Sportsmanship Award. Players, coaches and WPIAL officials can offer nominations. The award recognizes students who “are consistently friendly and fair and display the characteristics of outstanding...
Mark Lamendola, A-K Valley Hall of Famer from Leechburg’s past, admires current Blue Devils
After a more than a three-decade absence, the Leechburg Blue Devils qualified for the WPIAL football playoffs during the 2021 and 2022 seasons. The star of those teams, Braylan Lovelace, accepted a scholarship to Pitt, becoming Leechburg’s first Division I football recruit since his father, David, in 1993. Keeping close...
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Seniors to cap careers at Roundball Classic
Don’t close the book on basketball season just yet. It’s Roundball week. The Roundball Classic all-star basketball games return with nine games across Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Geneva’s Metheny Fieldhouse. Teams will feature top senior players from the WPIAL, City League and District 10. Local players selected were Lilly...
Penn Hills notebook: Fitness team’s Jadyn Wright on winning streak
Jadyn Wright is providing new entries in the Penn Hills fitness team’s history book. Even longtime coach Bob Martini doesn’t recall having another athlete find this much success at meets. Wright recently won the BethPage Invitational on Long Island, N.Y. It was his third victory in as many meets this...
Plum notebook: Mustangs baseball team captures section title
For the second time in three seasons, the Plum baseball team was able to add to its section-title banner in the main gymnasium. The Mustangs earned a share of the Section 1-5A title, finishing 9-3 after a doubleheader split with Fox Chapel on May 8 and 9. Penn-Trafford also finished...
Norwin notebook: New football coach fills out staff
New Norwin football coach Mike Brown has filled out his staff for the upcoming season. Assistants will be Conner Schultheis, Rocco Yauger, Anthony Giansante, Diandre Cooper, Joe Lauricia, Jon Lochiatto, Josh Lugai, Matt Gornall, Ray Reitz, Jackson Pruitt, Justin Hall and Bill Brown, his father. Brown did not announce the...
North Allegheny notebook: Tigers tennis team finishes 2nd in WPIAL
The top-seeded North Allegheny boys tennis team advanced to the WPIAL Class 3A championship match last week, but fell just short in its bid for a district title. The Tigers fell to Gateway, 3-2, at Washington & Jefferson’s Swanson Tennis Center on May 10. It was the first loss of...
Franklin Regional notebook: Spring teams book trips to playoffs
Several Franklin Regional teams earned the right to compete for championships in the WPIAL spring sports postseason. Teams in softball, boys track and field, girls track and field, girls lacrosse and boys tennis all qualified for the playoffs. The eighth-seeded tennis team cruised to a 4-1 win in the Class...
Strong start helps propel Franklin Regional boys lacrosse into WPIAL playoffs
Franklin Regional boys lacrosse coach Luke Stephens is familiar with the Panthers program. The 2013 Franklin Regional grad played for the Panthers and was an assistant coach for five seasons before becoming the head coach this season. And while the season hasn’t gone as well as hoped, the Panthers are...
