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Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school baseball rankings for June 8, 2024
The district champions that were all ranked in last week’s edition of the Trib HSSN state baseball rankings suffered from championship hangovers as many lost in the first two rounds of the PIAA playoffs. There are 15 new teams in this week’s state Top 5 that are still in the...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on June 8, 2024: 7 lacrosse teams set for state quarterfinals
Welcome to quarterfinals Saturday in the PIAA lacrosse and volleyball playoffs. Since the 2021 PIAA lacrosse postseason, WPIAL teams have averaged three first-round victories a year in both the boys and girls state playoffs. The girls District 7 teams kept that trend going with three opening-round wins Tuesday in the...
Trib 10: After rough state playoffs, new teams take baseball, softball top spots
It has been a rough first two rounds of the state playoffs for WPIAL baseball and softball teams. The district has only three baseball and six softball teams left midway through the path to Penn State. WPIAL 3A champion Avonworth takes over the top spot in the baseball power rankings,...
With surprise starter stifling Avella, Eden Christian rolls into PIAA Class A semifinals
When Eden Christian Academy coach Mark Feldman named his starting pitcher for the PIAA Class A baseball quarterfinals, he threw a curve at Avella. Then Warriors sophomore Brady Hull spent most of the afternoon baffling Eagles hitter with his nasty curve. Hull struck out 11 Avella batters, seven caught looking...
PIAA sets sites, times for lacrosse, volleyball quarterfinals
The first round of the PIAA boys volleyball and boys and girls lacrosse playoffs Tuesday delivered some surprises involving WPIAL teams. In boys volleyball, perennial state power North Allegheny, winners of four straight state championships between 2018-2022, lost in the opening round for a second straight year. The Tigers fell...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on June 6, 2024: Survivors of rough 1st round back in action in PIAA quarterfinals
Welcome to quarterfinals Thursday in the PIAA diamond playoffs. WPIAL teams are hoping to rebound after Black Monday. District 7 baseball and softball teams were falling left and right, including four recently crowned WPIAL baseball champions and one softball winner. Combined, the WPIAL baseball teams in the first round were...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on June 4, 2024: Shaler, North Allegheny boys volleyball ready for PIAA openers
While the diamond state playoffs kicked off Monday, the PIAA boys volleyball and lacrosse postseasons begin in earnest on Tuesday. The North Allegheny boys volleyball program won four straight PIAA Class 3A championships between 2018-2022 with no season in 2020 due to covid-19 outbreak. However, for the second straight spring,...
Another WPIAL champ falls as Moniteau trips up Seton LaSalle
On Wednesday, Seton LaSalle played a complete game in all facets and blanked Serra Catholic to win a second straight WPIAL Class 2A baseball championship. A day earlier, Moniteau lost a heartbreaker in the District 9 2A title game, falling to Redbank Valley in nine innings. Less than a week...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for June 3, 2024: State playoffs commence for spring sports
The district diamond playoffs are in the books as the curtain rises on the PIAA baseball and softball playoffs Monday. While the other five classifications sent either three or four WPIAL teams into the state baseball and softball playoffs, the biggest classification has the smallest amount of qualifiers. The Class...
Trib HSSN softball player of the week for June 2, 2024Video
Trib HSSN softball player of the week: Gabby Perod School: Neshannock Class: Senior Position: Catcher #Earned: While all eyes were on the various pitching matchups at the WPIAL softball championships at Lilley Field at Cal (Pa.), it was a senior catcher who stood out as she added to her golden...
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week for June 2, 2024Video
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week: Avonworth Coaches: Jeff Bywalski (second season) Records: Avonworth finished in second place in Section 2-3A with a record of 8-2, one game behind section winner South Allegheny. The Antelopes are 16-8 overall. #Earned: Avonworth was the No. 7 seed entering the WPIAL baseball...
Trib HSSN softball team of the week for June 2, 2024Video
Trib HSSN softball team of the week: Mohawk Warriors Coach: Hank Pezzuolo (sixth year) Record: Mohawk won the Section 2-3A crown with a 9-1 record. The Warriors are 18-5 heading into the PIAA playoffs and a first-round home game against District 10 runner-up Hickory. #Earned: In a school year in...
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week for June 2, 2024Video
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week: David Posey School: North Allegheny Class: Senior Position: Pitcher, first base #Earned: For a second straight year, a David was crowned king at the WPIAL Class 6A championship game with a no-hitter at his coronation. One year after David Shields of Mt. Lebanon...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of June 3, 2024
All the gold has been handed out in the WPIAL spring sports postseason. Now the attention turns to the final two weeks of the school year with the start of the state playoffs this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Courtesy of the North Allegheny Sports Network and...
Trib 10: Baseball, softball power rankings look different after WPIAL title games
The curtain has come down on the 2024 WPIAL diamond playoffs as six baseball and six softball teams are wearing the golden crown. Those six teams are saluted by sitting in the first six seats of the post-district playoff power rankings. Riverside sat atop the baseball rankings for the entire...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania High School Softball Rankings for June 1, 2024
The deck has been shuffled among the top softball teams across the state as we prepare for the PIAA playoffs with a champions-only edition of the Trib HSSN state softball rankings. Twelve teams came up empty of their district championship hopes and have been bounced from this week’s Top 5....
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania High School Baseball Rankings for June 1, 2024
There are a plethora of changes to the weekly Trib HSSN state baseball rankings with the district playoffs in the books and the state postseason starting Monday. Eleven teams dropped out from a week ago as losses in the district semifinals and championship game cost them a spot in the...
PIAA 1st-round opponents set for WPIAL baseball qualifiers
The 2024 WPIAL baseball playoffs are in the books with six champions crowned Tuesday and Wednesday at Wild Things Park in Washington. Two teams, Seton LaSalle in Class 2A and Bishop Canevin in Class A, repeated as district title winners. North Allegheny in 6A won for a record ninth time...
Behind Tyler Maddix, Bishop Canevin tops Eden Christian to repeat as WPIAL Class A champs
The beginning of the WPIAL Class A baseball championship game was a little rough for Bishop Canevin senior Tyler Maddix, but the middle and finish proved to be golden. Following a slow start, Maddix got the job done on the mound and at the plate as the Crusaders repeated as...
Top 20 in 20 years: Memorable WPIAL baseball finals have been staged at Wild Things Park
Whether it was called Falconi Field, Consol Energy Park or now Wild Things Park, the home for the Washington Wild Things independent baseball team for more than two decades has now hosted 20 years of WPIAL baseball championship games. There have been some incredible moments packed in those many title...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for May 28, 2024: PIAA tournament bids up for grabs
In sports, the term consolation is described as a round or contest for tournament entrants who have been eliminated before the finals, often to determine third and fourth place.There are 20 WPIAL baseball and softball teams that will get a second chance coming up Tuesday and Wednesday with the district...
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week for May 27, 2024Video
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week: Indiana Little Indians Coaches: Dan Petroff (first season) Records: Indiana finished in second place with a record of 7-3 in Section 4-4A, and is 13-9 overall #Earned: Prior to last week, Indiana survived the dreaded No. 8 vs. No. 9 seed game in...
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week for May 27, 2024Video
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week: David Shields School: Mt. Lebanon Class: Senior Position: Pitcher, center field #Earned: Once again this past week, David Shields earned his keep with his arm and his bat. In Monday’s playoff debut for top-seeded and defending WPIAL Class 6A champion Mt. Lebanon, Shields...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of May 27, 2024
For the final time this school year, the district playoffs conclude on the diamond with baseball and softball championship and consolation action this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has plenty of gold and state playoff berths to be had between Tuesday and Thursday with the...
Trib HSSN softball player of the week for May 26, 2024Video
Trib HSSN softball player of the week: Emma Paul School: Armstrong Class: Senior Position: Shortstop #Earned: One of the top players in the district came through again in the clutch for Class 5A top-seeded Armstrong. In first round and quarterfinal victories the previous week, Paul had a double, home run...
