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Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week for June 21, 2021
Bethel Park used the one-two punch of senior lefty Eric Chalus and sophomore righty Evan Holewinski all season in route to a Section 4-5A title, a runner-up trophy in the WPIAL playoffs and the Black Hawks’ first state baseball championship in 33 years. However, with six of BP’s eight postseason...
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week for June 20, 2021
Three weeks ago, Beaver was named the Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week. So in our final edition of team of the week for 2021, I guess you could say Beaver is the district softball team of the year. They, along with Mt. Pleasant, were the only team to...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week: June 20, 2021
In 2017, when Mt. Pleasant defeated Tunkhannock, 5-3, to win the PIAA Class 4A softball championship, Courtney Poulich and her current Vikings senior teammates were in eighth grade and watching their future team win the school’s first state softball title. Now, after beating Mid Valley to win the PIAA Class...
Season full of highlights for Chartiers Valley girls lacrosse
The Chartiers Valley girls lacrosse season began with the team having to reschedule a scrimmage because of a lack of players. The Colts season ended with a heartbreaking one-goal loss to top-seed Blackhawk in the WPIAL Class AA quarterfinals. In between, there were many high points for a growing program....
Carlynton baseball team looks forward to future
It’s better to walk before you run. For the youthful Carlynton baseball team, it was more like crawl then walk this spring. “Our season had an abundance of growing pains, but, overall, we showed a ton of improvements,” Carlynton first-year coach Steve Bressler said. “With losing seven seniors last season...
PIAA Class A softball championship preview: West Greene vs. Tri-Valley
History is being made in Happy Valley this week as the WPIAL sends 10 baseball and softball teams to Penn State University to compete in the PIAA championships. This is the fourth year the PIAA has had six championships in baseball and softball. In 2017, the WPIAL sent seven teams....
PIAA Class 2A baseball championship preview: Shenango vs. Schuylkill Haven
History is being made in Happy Valley this week as the WPIAL sends 10 baseball and softball teams to Penn State University to compete in the PIAA championships. This is the fourth year the PIAA has had six championships in baseball and softball. In 2017, the WPIAL sent seven teams....
PIAA Class 4A baseball championship preview: New Castle vs. Wyoming Area
History is being made in Happy Valley this week as the WPIAL sends 10 baseball and softball teams to Penn State University to compete in the PIAA championships. This is the fourth year the PIAA has had six championships in baseball and softball. In 2017, the WPIAL sent seven teams....
PIAA Class 6A baseball championship preview: North Allegheny vs. La Salle College
History is being made in Happy Valley this week as the WPIAL sends 10 baseball and softball teams to Penn State University to compete in the PIAA championships. This is the fourth year the PIAA has had six championships in baseball and softball. In 2017, the WPIAL sent seven teams....
PIAA Class 5A softball championship preview: Armstrong vs. Lampeter-Strasburg
History is being made in Happy Valley this week as the WPIAL sends 10 baseball and softball teams to Penn State University to compete in the PIAA championships. This is the fourth year the PIAA has had six championships in baseball and softball. In 2017, the WPIAL sent seven teams....
North Hills girls soccer coach dies
The North Hills athletic community took a hit with the announcement of the sudden death of soccer coach Rick Kabbert. The 52-year old Kabbert coached the Indians high school girls team last fall after two years with the North Hills Middle School boys program. “Rick was dedicated, committed and passionate...
PIAA Class 4A softball championship preview: Beaver vs. Tunkhannock
History is being made in Happy Valley this week as the WPIAL sends a record 10 baseball and softball teams to Penn State to compete in the PIAA championships. This is the fourth year the PIAA has crowned six championships in both baseball and softball. In 2017, the WPIAL sent...
PIAA Class 5A baseball championship preview: Bethel Park vs. Red Land
History is being made in Happy Valley this week as the WPIAL sends a record 10 baseball and softball teams to Penn State to compete in the PIAA championships. This is the fourth year the PIAA has crowned six championships in both baseball and softball. In 2017, the WPIAL sent...
PIAA Class A baseball championship preview: Eden Christian vs. Halifax
History is being made in Happy Valley this week as the WPIAL sends a record 10 baseball and softball teams to Penn State to compete in the PIAA championships. This is the fourth year the PIAA has crowned six championships in both baseball and softball. In 2017, the WPIAL sent...
Shenango shuts out Serra Catholic, advances to 1st PIAA championship gameVideo
Shenango senior Shane Cato led his team with his arm and his bat. Now the Wildcats’ Path to Penn State is complete. Cato pitched six-plus scoreless innings and also doubled in a pair of runs as Shenango earned its first trip to the PIAA Class 2A baseball title game with...
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week: June 14, 2021
In most games, Bethel Park’s Eric Chalus is one of two, maybe three seniors in the starting lineup. While 2022 looks bright, Chalus has made sure the future is now for the Black Hawks. Thanks to his outstanding pitching and strong stick in the batter’s box, the Kent State recruit...
Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week: June 14, 2021
For the second season in a row, the Serra Catholic baseball team had its hopes of a WPIAL championship crushed in a one-sided loss to Seton LaSalle. However, like in 2019, the Eagles are flying high in the state playoffs, a journey that actually began in the WPIAL Class 2A...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week: June 14, 2021
What a year for the Beaver softball team. The Bobcats have already won a WPIAL championship and are now two wins away from adding state gold to their diamond treasures. At the top of the list of reasons the Bobcats are district champions and are still playing in mid-June is...
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week: June 14, 2021
If it is an unwritten rule that teams that finish in third place in their section, four games behind the section champion, aren’t still playing in mid-June, then the exception to that rule is the 2021 Canon-McMillan softball team. The Big Macs entered the district playoffs with a 7-9 overall...
PIAA baseball, softball semifinals part of what to watch in WPIAL sports Monday, June 14, 2021
Monday is the final stop on the Path to Penn State. The PIAA baseball and softball semifinals are scheduled for Monday with six of the games to be seen or heard on Trib HSSN. The WPIAL has seven baseball teams and eight softball teams playing in the final four. District...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of June 14, 2021
There is a golden light at the end of the tunnel as the high school baseball and softball season concludes this week, putting an end to the 2020-21 high school sports season on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have coverage of the semifinals and possibly the state championship...
South Fayette boys lacrosse reaches new heights
In a season like no other due to the covid-19 protocols, the South Fayette boys lacrosse team enjoyed a season like no other. “This season was very special,” South Fayette coach Shawn Leydig said. “We knew we had a lot of leadership and talent returning from our upperclassmen. The team...
After trip to PIAA playoffs, future bright for Chartiers Valley softball
In the 2018 and 2019 seasons, the Chartiers Valley softball team finished second to last in its section with a combined record of 7-23. What a difference two years make, or in this case, one season. The Colts softball team went from a struggling horse to a magnificent stallion under...
Trib 10: New teams top baseball, softball rankings
It took the next-to-last power rankings before we had new No. 1 teams in baseball and softball. North Allegheny bumps Franklin Regional from the top spot in baseball, and Beaver is the new No. 1 softball team after more than two months of Bethel Park being on top. Serra Catholic...
Trib HSSN state softball rankings for June 12, 2021
When it comes to the Trib HSSN state softball rankings, the winds of change are going to happen in June. Some classes had little change, and those winds were like a cozy breeze. Others, however, underwent major changes with gale-force winds blowing district champions out of the PIAA postseason. The...
