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Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week for week ending April 18, 2021
Coming into last week, the Hempfield team had split its first four Section 2-6A games and was 2-4 overall. The start was the opposite of the 4-2 start the Spartans enjoyed in 2019, a season in which they finished 11-10 and lost in the opening round of the WPIAL Class...
WPIAL girls lacrosse standings through April 18, 2021
Here are the WPIAL girls lacrosse standings through April 18. 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 playoff chase Class AAA Section 1 Bethel Park, 4-0 Upper St. Clair, 4-0 Canon-McMillan,...
WPIAL boys lacrosse standings through April 18, 2021
Here are the WPIAL boys lacrosse standings through April 18. 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 playoff chase Class AAA Section 1 Mt. Lebanon, 3-0 Upper St. Clair, 2-0 Bethel...
This week on Trib HSSN: Week of April 19, 2021
The puck stops here on our postseason hockey coverage with three days of district and state championship action on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have the PIHL Penguins Cup championship games in Class AAA, AA, A and Class B on Monday and Tuesday, then all three Pa. Cup...
Trib HSSN softball team of the week: April 19, 2021
Not since spring 2017 has the Central Valley softball team enjoyed a winning season. So far, so good in 2021 thanks to a big 3-0 week. A lot of new players have led the Warriors to a 4-1 start in Section 3-4A and a 5-3 record overall. “We lost six...
South Fayette hockey team takes pride in progress made
The South Fayette hockey team finished at .500 for the season with a record of 8-8-2 and missed the PIHL Class AA playoff by only four points. All in all, that’s pretty good for a team that didn’t win its first contest until the sixth game of the season. “This...
Winning never gets old for Chartiers Valley girls basketball
It was a season like no other for the Chartiers Valley girls basketball team between shutdowns and record win streaks. However, the one thing that was very similar to recent seasons was that the Colts galloped to another WPIAL championship. “I said it before, but to win a WPIAL championship...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 17, 2021: Section hopefuls meet on softball diamond
Two of the top teams in Section 3-3A collide in a Saturday softball special. While Southmoreland sits in first place with a 3-0 section record, the two teams hot on its trail meet when Mt. Pleasant hosts Waynesburg. The Vikings are 2-0 in the section and trail the Scotties (3-0)...
Hitting is contagious for OLSH softball in win over Chartiers-Houston
Back in the spring of 2019, top-seeded Chartiers-Houston faced Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in the first round of the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs and won easily to advance to the district quarterfinals. On Friday, the script was flipped. The Chargers remained undefeated with a 14-5 victory over the...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for April 16, 2021: Surging Pine-Richland softball faces test
Back in 2019, the most recent WPIAL softball season, Norwin finished as tri-champions in Section 2-6A along with Hempfield and North Allegheny. The Knights were 10-4 in the section and 12-7 overall. In that same section, Pine-Richland finished in sixth place, missing the playoffs with a 4-10 section record, 4-11...
Trib 10: Top teams keep spots as baseball, softball power rankings shuffle
As section play kicked into full gear and Mother Nature cooperated, there was plenty of action on the baseball and softball district diamonds since the inaugural HSSN power rankings were released last week. There was some shuffling of the deck in baseball, but only one team fell out of the...
What to watch for in high school sports for April 15, 2021: Top 2 teams meet on court
The top two teams in WPIAL Class AAA boys volleyball are set to square off for the first of two meetings in the regular season Thursday. Top-ranked and defending champion North Allegheny hits the road to battle No. 2 Seneca Valley. First place in Section 2-AAA is up for grabs...
Trib HSSN State Baseball Rankings for April 14, 2021
Only minor changes were made in the second week of the 2021 Trib HSSN state baseball rankings. One team from each class lost its footing and dropped out of the top 5, thus opening the door for six new teams to join the state diamond elite. Out are Souderton, Bethel...
What to watch for in high school sports for April 14, 2021: PIHL semifinalists hit the ice
The PIHL Penguins Cup semifinals continue Wednesday with the final four Class A teams hitting the ice at the RMU Island Sports Complex on Neville Island. It is the only set of semifinals in this year’s Penguins Cup chase that features four division champions. In the first game, Southeast Division...
Trib HSSN State Softball Rankings for April 13, 2021
There were big changes in two classifications from the first edition to the second week of the 2021 Trib HSSN state softball rankings. Three teams were bumped out of the state elite in both Class 6A and Class 3A. While there were minimal changes in the other four classifications, only...
West Allegheny handles South Fayette in early season 5A baseball showdown
Top-ranked West Allegheny used clutch hits on offense and a strong performance on the mound to hand South Fayette its first loss of the season. Behind Auburn recruit Gavin Miller, the Indians held off the Lions, 7-3, Tuesday afternoon in the first of back-to-back games between the No. 1 and...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 13, 2021: Class 5A baseball powers to square off
The race for the top spot in Section 3-5A is looking like a three-team dandy of a chase. The top three teams are a combined 13-2 overall. Shaler, the 2019 Class 5A champion, was last week’s HSSN Baseball Team of the Week. The Titans are 2-0, 4-1 overall. The other...
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week for April 12, 2021: Keystone Oaks’ Jake Slazinski
Welcome to the Year of the Jake. Last week, Jake Walker was the Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week. This week, after a couple of big games in the section openers for Keystone Oaks, Jake Slazinski takes the honors. “Jake’s strength is his versatility,” Keystone Oaks coach Nick Kamberis...
Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week for April 12, 2021: Shaler
When looking at a new high school season, there is a tendency to peek at the previous year’s champions and see what they have coming back for the new campaign. But what happens when there was no last season? Fair or not, many of the 2019 champions were labeled teams...
Canon-McMillan baseball gets past Upper St. Clair in a wild one
Canon-McMillan pulled out a wild victory over Upper St. Clair on Monday afternoon, thanks in part to a wild pitch. A bases-loaded wild pitch scored the tying and go-ahead run in the bottom of the sixth inning, giving the Big Macs a 6-4 win over the visiting Panthers. Trailing 4-3...
Trib HSSN What to Watch for: Monday, April 12, 2021
Over the past 10 seasons, there have been two dominant WPIAL baseball teams in the sport’s highest classification that have played in eight district title games, winning six Class AAAA or 6A championships. Pine-Richland and Seneca Valley. The Rams won in 2010, 2017 and 2019. The Raiders won three championships...
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week for week ending April 11, 2021
In the 25 years between 1976 and 2000, the North Hills softball program won five WPIAL championships. The Indians still are searching for a sixth crown. A lot has happened to the program since just missing the Class 6A playoffs in 2019. North Hills now is playing in Class 5A...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week for week ending April 11, 2021
In 2019, sophomore Kailey Larcinese of Elizabeth Forward was a dominant pitcher. She finished with a 19-5 record, a 1.02 ERA of 1.02 and an 0.85 WHIP. She struck out 202 in 151 innings. Opposing hitters had a feeble .169 batting average against her. Nearly half of her wins (nine)...
WPIAL girls lacrosse standings through April 11, 2021
Here are the latest WPIAL girls lacrosse standings for the 2021 season through Sunday, Apr. 11. The top six teams in each section qualify for the district postseason. Only section records are shown. #-Clinched section championship *-Clinched playoff berth x-Eliminated from playoffs Class AAA Section 1 Mt. Lebanon, 2-0 Upper...
WPIAL boys lacrosse standings through April 11, 2021
Here are the latest WPIAL boys lacrosse standings for the 2021 season through Sunday, Apr. 11. The top six teams in each section qualify for the district postseason. Only section records are shown. #-Clinched section championship *-Clinched playoff berth x-Eliminated from playoffs Class AAA Section 1 Bethel Park, 2-0 Canon-McMillan,...
