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What to watch for in WPIAL sports for May 5, 2021: First place up for grabs in softball
While another wet forecast might leave you down, a great day of WPIAL softball with key games everywhere should lift your spirits. There are battles for first place or a share of the top spot in eight softball sections Wednesday. In Section 2-6A, Norwin hosts Hempfield as the Knights hold...
Trib HSSN State Softball Rankings for May 4, 2021
The wild winds of change to the HSSN state softball rankings through April have settled into the calm seas of May, at least for this week. There was only one change to the top 30 teams across Pennsylvania from last week as one WPIAL team took the place of another...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 4, 2021: Hempfield, Penn-Trafford to meet on court
With another wet forecast, we take cover indoors and check out some of the big matches in boys volleyball on Tuesday. There is only one game in the loss column separating Hempfield and Penn-Trafford, the top two teams in Section 3-AAA. The Warriors host the Spartans on Tuesday hoping to...
Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week for May 3, 2021
Even though there was a change in coaches between 2019 and 2021, the trajectory of the Bethel Park baseball program hasn’t changed direction. After a perfect 3-0 week, the Black Hawks are one win away from the Section 4-5A title and are near the top of the list of contenders...
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week for May 3, 2021
The district’s lone undefeated baseball team heading into May and the stretch run of the regular season picked up two more dominant section wins last week sparked by a senior who is trying to close out his scholastic career with a golden bang. In a pair of Section 1-5A showdowns...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for May 3, 2021
We get the ball rolling on May baseball and softball in what is expected to be a somewhat soggy or muddy diamond. The forecast is not promising Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. However, if the forecast is not as bad as expected and games can be played, there...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week: May 3, 2021
First, there was Haleigh Zimmerman hitting eight home runs for Indiana softball before graduating in 2019. That same year, sophomore Sara Zimmerman hit .514 in helping the Little Indians win 12 games and reach the district quarterfinals. Now a senior, Sara Zimmerman is hitting .455 with two home runs with...
WPIAL softball playoff clinchings through May 2, 2021
The regular season is winding down in WPIAL softball as teams are down to a week and a half of section games remaining. Much like high school baseball, some teams are now in catch-up mode because of covid-related issues while at least one program, Sto-Rox softball, has shut down for...
WPIAL baseball playoff clinchings through May 2, 2021
Most WPIAL baseball teams are down to one more week of section games. However, in these unique times, some teams are in catch-up mode because of covid-related shutdowns. The district is expected to decide early next week the makeup of the 2021 WPIAL baseball playoffs. Whether it is top four...
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week: May 3, 2021
Two years ago, Avonworth crushed Keystone Oaks in the WPIAL Class 3A title game to earn a softball championship for the first time in school history. After a slow start this spring, the Antelopes have found their stride and again are dreaming about gold. “Since we won the WPIAL in...
WPIAL boys lacrosse standings through Sunday, May 2, 2021
Here are the latest WPIAL boys lacrosse standings for the 2021 season, along with the teams that have clinched a playoff berth, through May 2. 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...
WPIAL girls lacrosse standings through Sunday, May 2, 2021
Here are the latest WPIAL girls lacrosse standings for the 2021 season through May 2. 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 Section 1 *-Bethel Park, 8-0 *-Upper...
This week on Trib HSSN: Week of May 3, 2021
The spring sports regular season continues to wind down as we open May with plenty of spring high school sports this week Trib High School Sports Network. We welcome May with plenty of key WPIAL section baseball, softball, boys volleyball and boys and girls lacrosse with video and audio coverage...
Bishop Canevin hockey season packed with memorable moments
Twice this season, the Bishop Canevin hockey team enjoyed three-game winning streaks. The Crusaders won their first three games of the season and won their final two regular season games along with a quarterfinal playoff victory for another three-game win streak. However, a fourth consecutive win and a trip to...
New WPIAL baseball schedule format is popular but not without its downside
Perhaps driven by covid-19 protocols, the WPIAL baseball steering committee is trying something new this spring. You could call it a weekly section series. Instead of playing each section opponent once in the first half of the regular season, then again in the second half, district teams are now playing...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 1, 2021: WPIAL final rivals collide again
It was one of the longest WPIAL baseball championship games in history. The 2017 Class A title game was tied between rivals Jeannette and Greensburg Central Catholic, 3-3, after seven innings. The game remained tied after eight, nine, 10 and 11 innings before the Jayhawks scored four runs in the...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 30, 2021: TJ, West Mifflin renew rivalry
Two old rivals will meet in a rare nonsection baseball game to conclude the month of April on Friday afternoon. In 2019, Thomas Jefferson wrapped up the regular season with a home win over rival West Mifflin. The Jaguars then lost in the first round of the WPIAL Class 4A...
Trib 10: Power rankings get a shake-up as crunch time approaches
Three district baseball and softball teams lost their power grip and went slip sliding away from the latest Trib 10 rankings. Seneca Valley and Serra Catholic baseball lost their spot with a couple of losses while it only took one loss by Ligonier Valley to fall out of the softball...
WPIAL releases playoff field for team track and field championships
Will four team track and field district title streaks continue in May, or will the lost 2020 season lead to new champions being crowned next month? Hempfield boys in Class AAA and South Park girls in Class AA are looking to win a second straight championship. The Riverside boys in...
WPIAL releases boys tennis playoff brackets
The year 2019 was a historic postseason in WPIAL boys team tennis. Fox Chapel won a fourth straight district championship in Class AAA, tying Upper St. Clair (twice) for the second most consecutive WPIAL Class AAA team tennis crowns, trailing only Mt. Lebanon. The Blue Devils won five straight titles...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for April 29, 2021: Peters Township volleyball faces test
Two years ago, Bethel Park won the boys volleyball Section 1-AAA title and advanced all the way to the WPIAL finals before falling to North Allegheny, 3-0. Also two years ago, Peters Township tied for fourth place in the same section with Upper St. Clair but lost the tiebreaker and...
Trib HSSN state baseball rankings for April 28, 2021
There were more changes to the 2021 Trib HSSN state baseball rankings this week, just not as many as last week. Four of the six classifications saw two teams drop out and two new entries to the state top 5. Class 6A and 2A kept a clean slate with no...
WPIAL clinched for April 28, 2021: Softball elites punch tickets to playoffs
The regular season is winding down in WPIAL softball as teams are down to a week and a half of section games remaining. Much like high school baseball, some teams are now in catch-up mode due to covid-related issues while at least one program, Sto-Rox softball, has shut down for...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 28, 2021: Class 5A softball supremacy at stake
Could it be a passing-of-the-torch type of moment when three-time defending Class 5A district softball champion West Allegheny hosts Chartiers Valley? The Colts-Indians matchup is one of several big softball games on the Wednesday schedule around the WPIAL. West Allegheny is 6-1 in Section 4-5A, 9-2 overall, has won six...
Trib HSSN State Softball Rankings for April 27, 2021
Following a week of many changes, the HSSN state rankings have settled into a nice groove in the final week of April. Last week was likes a Chutes and Ladder game with teams sliding out of the rankings and others climbing up into the state Top 5. This past week,...
