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Mt. Lebanon squeezes past Upper St. Clair for 1st WPIAL title since 2006
Mt. Lebanon waited 16 years for this celebration, so another hour and a half didn’t matter. The Blue Devils’ Tyler Smith lined a sixth-inning triple into the right-field corner at Wild Things Park and scored the winning run on Derrick Shields’ sacrifice fly for a 2-1 victory over Upper St....
High school roundup for May 31, 2022: Hopewell tops Avonworth to make states
Stephen Slate hit a tie-breaking two-out RBI single in the bottom of the sixth to lead top-seeded Hopewell to a 3-2 victory over Avonworth in the WPIAL Class 3A baseball third-place game Tuesday. Lucas Arington doubled twice and drove in two runs and winning pitcher Landon Fox threw 1⅓ scoreless...
Peters Township’s CeCe Scott wins Rosensteel scholarship
All-state midfielder CeCe Scott of Peters Township won the second Kaitlyn “Moe” Rosensteel Scholarship. The winner was revealed Tuesday evening. Scott, a senior Duquesne commit, helped guide the Indians to the WPIAL Class 4A semifinals. The scholarship is in the name of Rosensteel, the Ringgold standout and West Virginia Wesleyan...
West Mifflin gets past Montour in 12 innings in Class 4A WPIAL title marathon
West Mifflin did some unconventional things during the WPIAL Class 4A baseball championship game Tuesday at Wild Things Park in Washington. West Mifflin, at times, had four outfielders and three infielders. It over-shifted and played Montour to pull the ball. It had batters switching to the other batter’s box after...
Southmoreland hangs on to beat South Allegheny, earns state playoff berth
They say it is hard to beat a team three times in a season. The way Southmoreland saw it, it was even harder to lose to one that many times. The Scotties built an early lead and then fended off several comeback attempts by section foe South Allegheny on Tuesday...
Katie Armstrong leads Burrell into PIAA softball playoffs for 1st time in 11 years
For the first time in 11 years, the Burrell softball team will be a part of the PIAA playoffs. The Bucs scored three times in the first inning of Tuesday’s WPIAL Class 4A third-place game against Montour at Mars. The lead held up behind the pitching of junior Katie Armstrong...
Deer Lakes softball players hope to add another title to program’s legacy
Anna Bokulich remembers Deer Lakes’ 2015 WPIAL softball championship well. The Deer Lakes junior, along with a number of other young, up-and-coming players in the Deer Lakes area youth program, including seniors Shayne Cerra, Keeghan Cook and Lydia Guthrie, were on hand to see the Lancers rout Mohawk, 13-5, to...
Rapp twins overcome spinal fusion surgeries to help Penn-Trafford softball to WPIAL final
Maddy Rapp thought she might cause a scene when she walked through the metal detectors at Heinz Field in November when she watched her hometown Penn-Trafford Warriors play for a WPIAL football championship. Her fraternal twin sister, McKenzie, saw a similar outcome passing through the security arch. They were surprised...
2022 WPIAL Class A softball championship preview: West Greene vs. Union
WPIAL Class A softball championship 1-West Greene (14-3) vs. 2-Union (19-3) 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Cal (Pa.) On the air: Trib HSSN (video) Road to the finals West Greene – After winning the Section 2 title, top-seeded West Greene earned a first-round bye, then defeated No. 9 Mapletown, 7-0, in...
2022 WPIAL Class A baseball championship preview: Eden Christian vs. Union
WPIAL Class A baseball championship 1-Eden Christian (17-0) vs. 2-Union (11-4) 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Wild Things Park, Washington On the air: Trib HSSN (video) Road to the finals Eden Christian – The Section 3 champions earned a first-round bye and then shut out No. 8 Greensburg Central Catholic, 6-0,...
2022 WPIAL Class 3A baseball championship preview: Mohawk vs. South Park
WPIAL Class 3A baseball championship 4-Mohawk (16-4) vs. 2-South Park (17-5) 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Wild Things Park, Washington On the air: Trib HSSN (Video) Road to the finals Mohawk — The Warriors have been solid all season long but finished second behind Hopewell in Section 1 because they had...
2022 WPIAL Class 3A softball championship preview: Avonworth vs. Deer Lakes
WPIAL Class 3A softball championship 1-Avonworth (16-4) vs. 3-Deer Lakes (13-3) Noon Wednesday at Lilley Field, Cal (Pa.) On the air: Trib HSSN (Video) Road to the finals Avonworth — When the Antelopes lost their final three games of the regular season, it might have looked like the undefeated Section...
2022 WPIAL Class 5A baseball championship preview: Peters Township vs. West Allegheny
WPIAL Class 5A baseball championship 1-Peters Township (21-1) vs. 3-West Allegheny (18-4) 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Wild Things Park, Washington On the air: Trib HSSN (video) Road to the finals Peters Township – Section 4 champion Peters Township shut out No. 16 Connellsville, 7-0, in the first round, defeated No....
2022 WPIAL Class 6A softball championship preview: Seneca Valley vs. North Allegheny
WPIAL Class 6A softball championship 4-Seneca Valley (12-6) vs. 7-North Allegheny (13-9) 2:15 p.m. Wednesday at Lilley Field, Cal (Pa.) On the air: Trib HSSN (Video) Road to the finals Seneca Valley — Sitting with a 6-6 overall record at the end of April, the Raiders hit the gas pedal...
Unbeaten Serra Catholic captures 4th WPIAL baseball title
After near-misses the past four seasons, the Serra Catholic baseball team hoisted a WPIAL championship trophy Tuesday afternoon. The top-seeded Eagles used a strong pitching performance from junior ace Zach Karp and timely hitting throughout their potent lineup to defeat No. 7 Neshannock, 8-2, in the Class 2A final at...
Return to playoffs boosts Southmoreland baseball program
It had been 14 years since the Southmoreland baseball team earned a spot in the WPIAL playoffs. Though the Scotties’ long-awaited return this season was short-lived, they were hoping the desire to remain relevant would live on. “That’s 100% what we’re hoping,” senior catcher Brok Potoka said. With 12 of...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Latrobe’s Carolina Walters
The lacrosse team’s top goal scorer and a tennis champion. Carolina Walters sure was impressive in her time at Latrobe, leaving quite a mark on both programs. Walters, a midfielder, led a Wildcats lacrosse team to the postseason for the ninth time in the past 10 years. She feels head...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Plum’s Logan Brooks
Logan Brooks Plum football / track and field Plum senior Logan Brooks spent his four years of high school playing football. Nonetheless, Brooks made the decision to add another sport to his resume. In his junior season, Brooks joined the track and field team and competed in numerous events, including...
Pennsylvania handles Maryland in Big 33 victory
HARRISBURG — For those immersed in Navy’s football program and its remarkably successful spread-option attack, the saying is A’s make plays. Well, Eli Heidenreich may be a month away from his introduction to life at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., but for at least one more day the...
PIAA votes to keep individual qualifiers in wrestling status quo
After months of debate, the PIAA Board of Directors decided to keep the number of qualifiers per region the same as the previous two-year cycle. The PIAA originally planned to take an individual qualifier away from the WPIAL in Class 3A because seven teams from the district dropped to Class...
Westmoreland WPIAL softball playoff capsule preview for May 31, 2022
Today’s game Third-place consolation Class 3A Southmoreland (13-4) vs. South Allegheny (13-4) 3 p.m. at Norwin Players to watch: Amarah McCutcheon, Southmoreland; Breena Komarnisky, South Allegheny On the air: Broadcast | Trib HSSN (triblive.com) Extra bases: It’s simple: The winner advances to the state tournament, and the loser turns in...
Westmoreland notebook: Big 5/6 Conference announces baseball, softball all-stars
Westmoreland County athletes once again made their mark in the WPIAL’s two largest classifications this spring. The Big 5/6 Conference, which covers Class 6A and 5A athletics, had its all-section banquet Wednesday and announced its top players in baseball and softball. Section 2-6A baseball’s first team included senior infielder Joe...
Fresh faces have Burrell softball team 1 win from PIAA playoffs
Bella Stewart said it all was a bit nerve-wracking at first when she jumped in head first as the Burrell softball team began the season. “We knew that there were spots that needed to be filled,” said Stewart, the team’s starting catcher from Day 1 and one of six freshmen,...
2022 WPIAL Class 2A baseball championship preview: Serra Catholic vs. Neshannock
WPIAL Class 2A baseball championship 1-Serra Catholic (22-0) vs. 7-Neshannock (17-6) 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Wild Things Park, Washington On the air: Trib HSSN (video) Road to the finals Serra Catholic — Through their first 21 games of the season, the top-seeded Eagles were undefeated and had outscored their opponents...
2022 WPIAL Class 4A baseball championship preview: Montour vs. West Mifflin
WPIAL Class 4A baseball championship 1-Montour (17-5) vs. 2-West Mifflin (17-3) 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Wild Things Park, Washington On the air: Trib HSSN (video) Road to the finals Montour – The Section 2 champion Spartans received a first-round bye, defeated No. 9 Quaker Valley, 11-2, in the quarterfinals and...
