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What to watch for in WPIAL sports on June 7, 2022: Mars carries banner for WPIAL lacrosse
Welcome to Semifinals Tuesday in both the PIAA boys volleyball and lacrosse state playoffs. Much is quiet on the western front, though, as only two WPIAL teams remain to fight in the final four. There are no district teams left in the PIAA girls lacrosse playoffs. In fact, only five...
High school roundup for June 6, 2022: Griffaton leads WPIAL champion West Mifflin to 1st-round win
Winning pitcher Zane Griffaton’s three-run homer backed his five effective innings on the mound as WPIAL Class 4A champion West Mifflin opened the PIAA playoffs with a 6-1 victory over District 5-8-9 subregional champion Somerset (15-8) before a West Mifflin school-record crowd of 909 Monday. Griffaton (3-1), who yielded five...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 6, 2022
High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs Class 6A First round Monday’s results Emmaus 1, Owen J. Roberts 0 Hazleton 1, Coatesville 0 Liberty 1, Manheim Township 0 LaSalle College 9, Pennsbury 6 Warwick 8, Hatboro Horsham 7 Upper St. Clair 2, Altoona 0 West Chester Henderson 12, Olney Charter 2 Cumberland...
WPIAL champion West Allegheny avoids 1st-round trap, blanks Thomas Jefferson
West Allegheny knew that the environment would be different going from the WPIAL championship game to a PIAA first-round matchup with Thomas Jefferson in the middle of the afternoon on a Monday, yet the result remained the same as the Indians defeated the Jaguars, 7-0. “This is always a trap...
Burrell rides early offense, Armstrong’s arm into PIAA softball quarterfinals
ERIE — It was déjà vu for the Burrell softball team Monday afternoon in its PIAA Class 4A first-round game against District 10 champion Villa Maria Academy at Penn State Behrend. The Bucs scored three times in the first inning of last Tuesday’s consolation-game victory over Montour that clinched a...
Penn-Trafford shakes off early homer to beat Twin Valley in PIAA Class 5A 1st round
The Penn-Trafford softball team got off to a bad start in its first-round state playoff game Monday when Twin Valley leadoff hitter Alivia Lichtner homered in the bottom of the first. For the Warriors, things only got better from there. Mack Keenan had three hits, and Hannah Allen drove in...
Don’t blame ‘WPIAL hangover’ for this PIAA 1st-round loss, says Mt. Lebanon coach
The Mt. Lebanon baseball team was on the practice field for a rare early-morning, split-squad scrimmage Saturday, just a few days after winning the WPIAL title. The Blue Devils had six days to get ready for their state playoff opener and tried to use them to their fullest. “We had...
Southmoreland softball team eliminated from PIAA playoffs by Bald Eagle Area
MILESBURG — Southmoreland was hoping its two hour-plus bus ride into the heart of District 6 wouldn’t be its only road trip in the PIAA playoffs. With the PIAA softball championships at Penn State, the Scotties were planning a few rides on Route 22 and Interstate 99 to State College...
Deer Lakes softball team rallies in 6th for PIAA win
CORRY — After hitting eight pop-up outs over the first five innings, Deer Lakes resorted to a series of line drives. The Lancers exploded for five runs in the top of sixth and posted a 5-1 victory over Corry in a PIAA Class 3A opening-round game at Lou Hanna Memorial...
GCC softball team comes up 1 hit short in PIAA 1st round
DUBOIS — Greensburg Central Catholic’s defense was sharp behind junior pitcher Emma Henry all afternoon in the PIAA Class A softball playoff opener. But there was one ball they couldn’t catch, and it doomed the Centurions’ season. DuBois Central Catholic senior Emma Suplizio blasted a two-out, three-run homer in the...
A-K Valley senior spotlight: Kiski Area’s Campbell Curry
Campbell Curry competed in three sports in high school, balancing numerous activities such as soccer, golf, track and field, and his academics. The Kiski Area athlete graduated May 26 after earning 11 varsity letters. Curry made an impact in track and field, soccer and golf and was happy with his...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Ligonier Valley’s Grant Dowden
Being a utility player in one sport is difficult enough, but how about in two sports? It’s almost unheard of. That’s exactly what Grant Dowden did this year for the Ligonier Valley football and baseball teams. Dowden played shortstop, outfield, pitcher, wide receiver, defensive back and punter in the two...
What to watch for in the WPIAL: Monday, June 6, 2022
And down the stretch they come. Nineteen baseball and 19 softball teams from the WPIAL will be among the squads ready to travel on the Path to Penn State as the PIAA playoffs begin Monday. A dozen of the 38 WPIAL teams are flashing freshly minted gold as they prepare...
High school sports schedule for June 6, 2022
High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs First round Monday’s schedule Class 6A Owen J. Roberts vs. Emmaus at Boyertown, 4 p.m.; Hazleton vs. Coatesville at Mountain Top, 4:30 p.m.; Liberty vs. Manheim Township at DeSales, 7 p.m.; LaSalle College vs. Pennsbury at Lincoln, 4 p.m.; Hatboro Horsham at Warwick, 1 p.m.;...
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week: Week ending June 5, 2022
The third time was the charm for the Union softball team. The Scotties had reached the WPIAL Class A championship game in 2019 and 2021, only to lose to West Greene, 17-2 and 11-0. That made the passing of the golden torch on Wednesday that much sweeter after the Scotties...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week: Week ending June 5, 2022
The Armstrong softball team entered the WPIAL 5A championship game calm, cool and collected. They left Lilly Field euphoric, ecstatic and floating on a golden cloud nine. A year after losing in the finals to North Hills at Cal (Pa.), the River Hawks were sky high after an epic 6-5...
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week: Week ending June 5, 2022
Last spring, South Park knocked on the WPIAL Class 3A title door and settled for silver. This season, the Eagles returned to Wild Things Park and kicked down the door. A year after losing a heartbreaker to Hopewell, South Park beat Mohawk, 11-1, to capture the program’s second district baseball...
Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week: Week ending June 5, 2022
Enough was enough. Following a breakout 2021 season in which the West Mifflin baseball team won 12 games and a section crown, nobody seemed to remember the Titans coming into the 2022 campaign. “No one in the media gave us a chance,” West Mifflin coach Jeff Kuzma said. “We were...
This week on Trib High School Sports Network: Week of June 6, 2022
The long and winding road is coming to an end as 38 district baseball and softball teams prepare for the final athletic event on the school year this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have video and audio coverage for some of those schools Monday with the...
Deer Lakes softball faces tough road in PIAA tournament
District champions, when they enter the PIAA playoffs, always are afforded the opportunity to play their first game in their home district. Sometimes, the benefit extends to a home game in the opening round. Deer Lakes, the WPIAL runner-up, must deal with that scenario when it travels to District 10...
A-K Valley PIAA softball playoff capsules: Games for Monday, June 6, 2022
Class 4A First round 7-3 Burrell (13-2) vs. 10-1 Villa Maria Academy (17-3) 3 p.m. Monday at Penn State-Behrend Winner plays: Winner of 7-1 Beaver Area (19-0) vs. 3-3 Fleetwood (16-6) Thursday in quarterfinals (site and time TBD) Players to Watch: Katie Armstrong, Burrell; Jenna Wagner, Villa Maria Academy Extra...
Westmoreland PIAA softball playoff capsules: Games for Monday, June 6, 2022
Class 5A First round Penn-Trafford (18-3) vs. Twin Valley (17-8) 4 p.m. Monday at Twin Valley Winner plays: Winner of Southern Lehigh (15-4)/Shippensburg (19-5) on Thursday in quarterfinals (time, site TBD) Extra bases: Penn-Trafford is the WPIAL runner-up after falling to Armstrong, 6-5, in the championship game. The Warriors rallied...
Dual-powered approach working for Southmoreland softball team
Using two pitchers wasn’t always in the cards for Southmoreland softball, especially come playoff time. But when sophomore Maddie Brown began to experience tightness in her back, coach Todd Bunner turned to senior Maddy Cyphert. Both girls saw time in the WPIAL Class 3A semifinal loss to Avonworth (3-0), then...
19 WPIAL teams prepare for PIAA softball playoffs
The 2022 PIAA softball playoffs start Monday with 19 WPIAL teams searching for state gold, including recently crowned district winners Seneca Valley, Armstrong, Beaver, Avonworth, Neshannock and Union on the hunt for more treasures. The state playoffs are made up of four rounds with the championships to be played at...
WPIAL baseball teams set to begin PIAA playoffs
With Mt. Lebanon, West Allegheny, West Mifflin, South Park, Serra Catholic and Union celebrating WPIAL baseball titles earned last week, those schools and 13 other district baseball teams open the 2022 PIAA baseball postseason Monday. The state playoffs are made up of four rounds, with the championships to be played...
