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What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 11, 2021: Baseball, softball showdowns at crunch time
No more rain. No more wet fields. No more excuses. For those teams healthy enough to play, there are only a few days left to get section games in before the softball brackets are released Thursday. Here are some of the bigger softball matchups around the WPIAL on Tuesday. •...
WPIAL clinched for May 10, 2021: Softball teams still fighting for playoff berths
The regular season is winding down in WPIAL softball as teams are down to only a few more playing dates left in the regular season. Much like other spring sports, some teams are now in catch-up mode due to covid-related issues while three softball programs — Western Beaver, Sto-Rox and...
Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week for May 10, 2021
The Laurel Highlands baseball team is once again enjoying success on the diamond. Coming into the final week of the regular season, the Mustangs have clinched a Class 4A playoff spot and have won 10 of their 14 games. However, they have a lot of work ahead of them if...
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week for May 10, 2021
Playing in his first varsity high school baseball season, sophomore Spencer Barnett is either tied or in second place behind junior Cole Young for the lead in most of North Allegheny’s offensive categories. A memorable two games last week against rival Pine-Richland clinched the Section 1-6A title outright for the...
Mt. Lebanon softball racks up the runs in win over Baldwin
Mt. Lebanon football coach Bob Palko rolled the dice and went for two points in the fourth as the Blue Devils defeated Baldwin, 25-12. Wait, this was softball game, not football. Mt. Lebanon scored eight runs in the second inning then added 13 more in the fourth to beat Baldwin...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week: May 10, 2021
If a high school softball player can hit five home runs in a career, that is a pretty good accomplishment. If a scholastic player hits five round-trippers in a season, that earns all-star consideration. If you hit five in a week? You get the Trib HSSN Player of the Week....
WPIAL softball playoff clinchings through May 9, 2021
The regular season is winding down in WPIAL softball as teams are down to only three more playing dates in the regular season. Much like other spring sports, some teams are in catch up mode because covid related issues. Two softball programs, Sto-Rox and Washington, have shut down for the...
This week on Trib HSSN: Week of May 10, 2021
The spring sports regular season concludes as we set the stage for the postseason this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We wrap up the regular season in high school baseball and softball, then unveil the brackets Thursday and Friday for the 2021 WPIAL softball and baseball playoffs....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for May 10, 2021
The final week of the WPIAL baseball and softball regular season could use some good weather after a week of washouts pushed some teams to the brink of make-up games. On a busy day of district baseball, there are two games with section-championship ramifications. First-place Plum (9-1) will visit second-place...
WPIAL girls lacrosse standings through Sunday, May 9, 2021
Here are the latest WPIAL girls lacrosse standings through Sunday. 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 AAA 11 of 12 teams have...
WPIAL boys lacrosse standings through Sunday, May 9, 2021
Here are the latest WPIAL boys lacrosse standings, along with the teams that have clinched a playoff berth through Sunday. 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 —...
WPIAL baseball playoff clinchings through May 9, 2021
While some WPIAL baseball teams are done with section play, most still have section games remaining. Between covid-related shutdowns and the wet weather last week, there still are a lot of playoff berths to be determined. The WPIAL is expected to decide early this week the makeup of the 2021...
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week: May 10, 2021
In the most recent WPIAL softball postseason, Laurel outscored Riverview, Carmichaels, Freedom and Frazier in the Class 2A postseason by a combined score of 49-10 in winning a second straight district championship. “We have just three starters and two coaches left from that 2019 team,” Laurel coach Frank Duddy said....
South Fayette baseball coach makes clutch catch
In his days as a baseball player and now as the head coach at South Fayette, Ken Morgan delivered plenty of big hits, clutch plays and some winning lineups. However, nothing compares to the delivery Morgan made April 20. Morgan helped deliver his third child and first daughter into the...
Carlynton girls track having best season in decades
When the 2021 WPIAL track and field regular season ended, there were a lot of familiar schools in first place in their respective sections. Teams that have earned a plaque from the district after earning a spot in the WPIAL team postseason. However, you’ll excuse one local team from not...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for May 6, 2021: Baldwin Invitational is back
It has become one of the top track and field high school events in the state. After the event was cancelled last spring due to covid-19, the 47th annual Baldwin Invitational will take place over two days. The boys will participate Friday and the girls events will be held Saturday...
WPIAL clinched for May 6, 2021: Plenty of spots in softball playoffs still up for grabs
The regular season is winding down in WPIAL softball as teams are down to only five more playing dates left in the regular season. Much like other spring sports, some teams are now in catch-up mode due to covid-related issues while two softball programs, Sto-Rox and Washington, have shut down...
Trib 10: Teams solidifying positions in baseball, softball power rankings
There were no changes from last week’s Trib 10 baseball and softball power rankings. Perhaps part of the reason that all 20 teams are still feeling the power is because they are stepping up their game as the regular season winds down and the playoffs are a week and a...
WPIAL clinched for May 6, 2021: Baseball teams making last pitch for playoff spot
Some WPIAL baseball teams are done while most others still have some section series games remaining. Between covid-related shutdowns and this lovely week of weather, there are still a lot of playoff berths up for grabs. The district is expected to decide early next week the makeup of the 2021...
Upper St. Clair baseball clinches playoff spot with gutsy win over Norwin
Senior Max Mandler pitched the final two innings and delivered a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the eighth inning as Upper St. Clair came back twice to beat Norwin, 6-5, and finally clinch a WPIAL baseball playoff berth. “All you can ask your kids to do is give 100...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 6, 2021: Plenty of playoff possibilities in Section 2-6A
There might be a little scoreboard watching between a pair of Section 2-6A high school baseball games Thursday. Norwin, Hempfield and Mt. Lebanon have all secured playoff spots in the section with three teams still alive for the postseason. Upper St. Clair, Baldwin and Canon-McMillan all control their own destiny...
WPIAL clinched for May 5, 2021: Baseball playoff spots still up for grabs
Some WPIAL baseball teams are done, while most others still have some section series games remaining. Between covid-related shutdowns and this lovely week of weather, there are still a lot of playoff berths up for grabs. The district is expected to decide early next week the makeup of the 2021...
Trib HSSN State Baseball Rankings for May 5, 2021
May Day, May Day! That may have been the call of distress from several teams who in the first week of May, lost their spot in the 2021 Trib HSSN state baseball rankings. Seven teams lost once if not more this past week to get bumped out of the Top...
Mt. Lebanon baseball tops rival Upper St. Clair after wild 7th inning
Mt. Lebanon scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning and then survived a bases-loaded no-outs situation in the bottom of the inning to beat Upper St. Clair, 4-3, Wednesday afternoon. The loss prevents the Panthers from clinching a playoff berth in Section 2-6A, something the Blue Devils...
South Allegheny baseball splits with Steel Valley to earn 1st playoff berth since 2007
South Allegheny has been waiting 14 years to return to the WPIAL baseball playoffs, so they were OK waiting another game. Having lost a potential clinching opportunity in the first game of a doubleheader Tuesday to Steel Valley, the Gladiators bounced back and won a do-or-die second game, 15-8, to...
