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Trib HSSN softball player of the week for May 1, 2023
Serra Catholic senior Caroline Malandra is a third baseman by trade, but she has had the itch to pitch an inning or two of high school softball before her scholastic career ends. When your star player is leading the district in batting with a .750 average, how can a coach...
Trib HSSN softball team of the week for May 1, 2023
The West Mifflin softball program knows about success. The Titans have won 22 games combined over the last two seasons and reached the WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinals last spring and the district semifinals in 2021. However, you’ll excuse a good portion of the starting lineup for the Titans. This is...
Justin Ferrari’s homer drives Chartiers Valley past West Mifflin
On a less-than-ideal weather day, Chartiers Valley jumped in its Ferrari and cruised to at least a share of the section title. Colts senior Justin Ferrari smacked his first career home run in the top of the eighth, then Chartiers Valley held on in the bottom of the inning to...
West Mifflin softball freezes out Highlands
West Mifflin and Highlands faced off Monday in a key Section 1-4A softball game, but there was an extra opponent each team had to navigate. The elements. Rain, cold temperatures and gusty winds combined to make it feel like March instead of the first day of May, but both teams...
Westmoreland high school notebook: GCC’s Gribble lands Navy offer
Three NCAA Division I college offers and only one year of high school basketball. So goes life for Erica Gribble, the standout freshman at Greensburg Central Catholic who added a third offer over the weekend in the United States Naval Academy. The backcourt standout’s previous offers, which came before she...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Penn-Trafford’s Madison Setzenfand
In some competitions, a third-place finish could be seen as disappointing. When it’s third out of 73 competitors, that’s a different story. That was the case for Penn-Trafford senior Madison Setzenfand, who competed in the discus April 15 at the TSTCA Outdoor Championships at West Mifflin. Her third-place finish was...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Apollo-Ridge’s Jessica Ross
With a strong field of competitors converging on West Mifflin High school, the TSTCA Outdoor Championships on April 15 was one of the highlights of the WPIAL track and field season. It sure was for Apollo-Ridge senior Jessica Ross. “I was super happy with my performance at the TSTCA meet,”...
Freeport Area girls lacrosse continues to find improvement
Freeport Area girls lacrosse mustered two wins this season and is looking for more. Although they have a losing record, their two wins account for a program high for a single season. The Yellowjackets have a young nucleus and continue to be more competitive as the season progresses. The team...
With 2 weeks left, WPIAL boys volleyball teams jockey for positions in section, coaches rankings
Two weeks remain in the WPIAL boys volleyball regular season, and teams in Class 3A and Class 2A are gearing up for the stretch run to the postseason. Shaler and Latrobe remain at the top of their respective classifications in this week’s Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association WPIAL Top-10 polls...
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week for April 30, 2023Video
The week before, North Allegheny senior Andrew Hart was passed up for a start in a Section 1-6A series sweep of Allderdice. Apparently, absence from the hill can make the breaking pitches and the fastball fonder … and harder to hit. The Hart was beating loud and strong for the...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of May 1, 2023
If Mother Nature turns the hose off, we will have key district baseball and softball to kick off a busy month on the diamonds this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN continues our coverage of WPIAL softball and baseball as section action begins to wind...
High school sports schedule for May 1, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Monday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Pine-Richland at North Allegheny, 7 p.m. Seneca Valley at Butler, 5:30 p.m. Section 2 Baldwin at Mt. Lebanon, 4:15 p.m. Central Catholic at Canon-McMillan, 4 p.m. Hempfield at Norwin, 4:15 p.m. Class 5A Section 1 Armstrong at Fox Chapel, 4...
WPIAL boys, girls lacrosse playoff clinchings through April 30, 2023
The WPIAL boys and girls lacrosse regular season is about to enter the final week of section play. The top six teams in each section qualify for the district postseason. Once again, Trib HSSN will be the home for exclusive coverage of the 2023 WPIAL boys and girls lacrosse playoffs....
WPIAL boys volleyball playoff clinchings through April 30, 2023
The WPIAL boys volleyball regular season is winding down with two weeks left in the regular season. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district postseason. Once again, Trib HSSN will be the home for exclusive coverage of the 2023 WPIAL boys volleyball playoffs. Here is the...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for May 1, 2023: Chartiers Valley, West Mifflin to play for title
May Day! May Day! The start of May feels more like the end of March, with plenty of rain and temperatures in the 40s. It is scheduled to be the final week of section series games in WPIAL baseball, but the forecast has rain almost every day. There are plenty...
WPIAL softball playoff clinchings through April 30, 2023
The WPIAL softball playoff field is growing with each day of section action. Exclusive coverage of the 2023 WPIAL softball playoffs is only on TribHSSN.TribLive.com starting with the brackets being unveiled during the Playoff Pairings Show. The top four teams in each section qualify for the postseason. In Class 6A,...
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week for April 30, 2023Video
Five years ago, the South Side baseball team made it to the WPIAL semifinals, and after qualifying for the PIAA playoffs, won three games to reach the state championship game. In the 2018 Class 2A state title game, the Rams lost to Lancaster Catholic, 5-1. That was the last postseason...
WPIAL baseball playoff clinchings through April 30, 2023
The 2023 WPIAL baseball playoff field is starting to take shape in each of the six classifications. The top four teams in each section qualify for the playoffs, which will have at least 76 schools participating. Exclusive coverage of the 2023 WPIAL baseball playoffs is only on TribHSSN.TribLive.com starting with...
New St. Joseph coaches excited to take over basketball programs
Geoff Dutelle and Logan Acri are ushering in new chapters for the St. Joseph basketball programs, and both got a chance last week to meet and talk with each other about what the future holds on and off the court. “We both met with our respective teams at about the...
Central Catholic linebacker Cole Sullivan narrows college options to ‘Top 5’
Central Catholic already has one junior linebacker committed to a Power 5 school but soon will have another. Cole Sullivan, a 6-foot-3, 200-pound outside linebacker, narrowed his college options when he announced a Top 5 list Saturday with Duke, Michigan, Notre Dame, Stanford and Wisconsin as finalists. He’d received more...
Victory over Derry helps bolster Gateway boys volleyball team’s resume
The Gateway boys volleyball team toppled Armstrong and Deer Lakes to open Section 2-2A play, but consecutive section setbacks to Latrobe and Mars left the Gators at .500 in section and seeking a return to the win column. The Gators got that in the form of a 3-1 win over...
WPIAL scholar-athlete award shines spotlight on Nora Johns’ remarkable Quarter Valley career
Nora Johns’ high school resume is exemplary. Many have acknowledged that fact, and the WPIAL agrees. A senior three-sport star at Quaker Valley, Johns recently was named as a recipient of the WPIAL’s James Collins Scholar-Athlete Award and the $1,000 scholarship that goes with it. The selection committee chose 10...
Title contenders face off as PIHL girls division’s 2nd season begins
Opening-week action in the PIHL’s second season sponsoring a girls division took place April 18-20. The defending champion East team split decisions, starting off with a 4-1 loss to Northeast and rebounding with a 3-2 win against West two days later. Moon’s Lillian Relyea, a sophomore forward, peppered in the...
Penn-Trafford boys track team earns trip to WPIAL semifinals
The Penn-Trafford track and field program is trending up under fifth-year coach Eric Reger, who has been with the program for 12 seasons. The boys’ team defeated Hempfield for the first time in 50 seasons and qualified for the WPIAL team semifinals for the first time since 2015 and third...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Warriors get needed sweep in baseball
With two weeks remaining in the regular season, the Penn-Trafford baseball team couldn’t afford a split in the two-game series against last-place Penn Hills if the Warriors hoped to qualify for the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs. The Warriors had split three previous two-game series in Section 1 and with series...
