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Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week: May 22, 2022
The funny thing about momentum in sports: It doesn’t always carry over from the regular season to the postseason. However, having it heading into the playoffs can’t hurt. The Thomas Jefferson baseball team concluded Section 4-5A play with two losses to Bethel Park. The Jaguars regrouped and picked up three...
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week: May 22, 2022
If championships were determined on paper, rankings and all of the statistic and sabermetrics you could discover would determine which teams win the gold. Plus, we would miss three weeks of postseason action filled with great efforts, raw emotion and terrific teamwork. Plus the occasional stunner. Eyebrows were raised Wednesday...
This week on Trib HSSN for Week of May 22, 2022
It’s a big week of setting up diamond title games while crowning some district spring sports champions this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have exclusive video and audio action of the WPIAL baseball and softball quarterfinals and semifinals games. HSSN also has semifinals coverage and...
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week: May 22, 2022
There are two things you can say about the Mohawk baseball team. First, it is a program on the rise, having improved from an 11-win one-and-done playoff team last season to a 15-win team that has reached the WPIAL Class 3A semifinals this spring. “We had a strong season last...
Q and A with former Chartiers Valley basketball coach Tim McConnell
The district basketball world was stunned earlier this month when one of the most decorated coaches in WPIAL history decided to make a change and leave the school he had been at for nearly three decades. Tim McConnell resigned from his job as Chartiers Valley girls basketball coach to take...
Chartiers Valley boys tennis team scratches out playoff spot
For the second straight spring, the Chartiers Valley boys tennis team finished fourth in rugged Section 4-3A. “We had a pretty good season,” Colts coach Bobby Mack said. “We are in a tough section, and for us to make it in the playoffs is great.” The Colts lost to North...
5 WPIAL teams in Trib HSSN state baseball rankings for May 20, 2022
With two weeks left before the start of the PIAA postseason, the days of losing and hoping to cling to a spot in the Trib HSSN state baseball rankings are done. Get bumped from the district postseason early enough and title hopes, along with a place among the state elite,...
Beaver, Frazier lead WPIAL teams in Trib HSSN state softball rankings for May 20, 2022
If they haven’t already, the districts that make up the PIAA are holding their softball playoffs to determine district crowns and state softball qualifiers. Now, one misstep could cost teams the season. Five teams suffered losses that dropped them from this week’s Trib HSSN state softball rankings with time running...
Peters Township baseball, Beaver softball stay atop Trib 10 power rankings
The 2022 WPIAL baseball and softball playoffs are through the first round and in some classifications, the quarterfinals are in the books as well. Only three teams between the two power rankings were knocked out of the Trib 10, and two of them call Shaler High School home. Other than...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 19, 2022: Upset winners to meet in 5A baseball
While there were very few upsets in the first round of the WPIAL 5A, 3A, 2A and Class A baseball playoffs, there was one quadrant in the 5A tournament that blew up big time. No. 4 Mars and No. 5 Latrobe both saw their seasons end early as they were...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 18, 2022: Class 6A baseball gets going
While there aren’t as many district baseball and softball games schedule for Wednesday as there were on Super Tuesday, Mother Nature may have the final say on how many games are played as the first round concludes. In WPIAL baseball, the lone Class 6A opening-round game takes place at Plum...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 16, 2022: Baseball playoffs heat up with 29 clashes
Tuesday is loaded with spring sports postseason action with something for everyone on the playoff menu. The busiest day of the 2022 WPIAL baseball playoffs will be Tuesday as the district hosts 29 first-round ballgames. Three of those 29 games include Franklin Regional, Hopewell and Shenango opening up defense of...
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week for May 16, 2022
After a 5-1 start to the season, including three games at the Ripken Experience in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., the Waynesburg softball team lost three of its next five games. However, the Raiders finished strong, winning their final five games of the regular season and ending up tied for second place...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week for May 16, 2022
On the brink of any postseason, it’s natural to look for trends that might help identify those teams that could make a long run in the playoffs and those that might be exiting quickly. By virtue of a strong finish to the regular season with seven wins in eight games,...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 16, 2022: Baseball, softball playoffs begin
Welcome to opening day of the 2022 WPIAL baseball, softball and lacrosse playoffs. Of course for the diamond sports, it is weather permitting. Perhaps with an eye on the forecast, the WPIAL did schedule all four games for turf fields, including the lone district baseball preliminary round game. McKeesport faces...
Trib HSSN broadcasts set to begin for baseball, softball, spring sports playoffs
The curtain is about to rise on the final district party of the school year. Let the games of the 2022 spring sports postseason begin this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have exclusive video and audio diamond action from the WPIAL baseball and softball first...
Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week for May 15, 2022
A year after key injuries helped keep the district’s preseason top-ranked team in Class 5A baseball from reaching its potential, most of those key players were returning for what looked like a potentially dominant spring for West Allegheny. However, it didn’t take long for injuries to mount and take a...
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week for May 15, 2022
Following an 8-2 start to the 2022 baseball season, Knoch hit a rut as April turned to May. A four-game losing streak killed the Knights’ chances at a Section 1-4A title and saw them slipping toward the middle of the pack in Class 4A. Winning three of four games last...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 12, 2022: Softball playoff brackets to be unveiled
Welcome to springs sports bracketology season. With five district sports starting their postseasons next week, the various WPIAL steering committees will be busy the next two days, meeting first and then filling out the official brackets after some spirited debate. On Thursday, Trib HSSN will unveil the 2022 WPIAL softball...
Trib 10: New team takes top spot in baseball power rankings
The 2022 district baseball and softball regular seasons are in the books. Now as the postseason begins, it’s time to separate those who are legit and those who just couldn’t muster up the power to go for the gold. There was a lot of shuffling to this edition of the...
WPIAL girls lacrosse playoff clinchings through May 10, 2022
Here are the latest WPIAL girls’ lacrosse standings and the final playoff clinchings for the 2022 regular season. The top six teams in each section qualified for the district postseason. Only section records are shown. #-Clinched section championship *-Clinched playoff berth x-Eliminated from playoff chase Class 3A Set with 12...
WPIAL boys lacrosse playoff clinchings through May 10, 2022
Here are the latest WPIAL boys’ lacrosse standings and the final district playoff clinchings for the 2022 season. The top six teams in each section will qualify for the district postseason. Only section records are shown. # — Clinched section championship * — Clinched playoff berth x — Eliminated from...
WPIAL boys volleyball playoff clinchings through May 10, 2022
The WPIAL boys volleyball regular season is down to its final days. After taking the top five finishers in each section last spring, the WPIAL has gone back to the standard, which is the top four teams qualifying for the district postseason. Once again, Trib HSSN will be your home...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 11, 2022: WPIAL team tennis champs look to repeat
The last of the district boys tennis gold will be handed out Wednesday. The WPIAL crowned champions in boys singles tennis along with boys doubles. Now it’s time for the team tennis titles to be decided. Both defending champions from a year ago have reached the finals and are looking...
Trib HSSN State Softball Rankings for May 10, 2022
At first glance, this edition of the Trib HSSN state softball rankings may look like a carbon copy of last week’s presentation. However, after further review, there are only a couple of tweaks that separate the two as the elite softball teams are putting on their postseason face and tuning...
