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Trib HSSN State Softball Rankings for April 6, 2023
Two weeks into the 2023 season, let’s look back at the end of the 2022 softball season. Two of the six PIAA champions from last spring finished with perfect records. District 2 champion Pittston Area completed a 25-0 season with a victory over Armstrong in the Class 5A championship game....
Trib HSSN State Baseball Rankings for April 6, 2023
Before we debut the first Trib HSSN baseball state ranking for the 2023 campaign, we give you a little history lesson of the 2022 PIAA champions. Bethel Park was the only repeat state champion from 2021. The Black Hawks shut out Selinsgrove in Class 5A to win the program’s third...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 6, 2023: Volleyball teams clash with 1st place on line
There might be storms brewing in the area Thursday, but they won’t wash away a busy schedule of WPIAL boys volleyball. There are five Class 3A section matches, including an early season battle for first place in Section 1 as Canon-McMillan hosts Peters Township. The Big Macs and Indians are...
Trib 10: Montour, Seneca Valley top 1st edition of spring power rankings
Nearly two weeks into the 2023 WPIAL baseball and softball seasons, it’s time to see who is feeling the power on the diamonds early this spring. Several familiar schools that ended the 2022 season ranked in the Trib 10 are back for more. Bethel Park was the Trib 10 top...
South Fayette’s Maddie Webber named 2023 TribLive HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Year
2023 Girls Basketball Player of the Year Maddie Webber South Fayette 5-11, senior, G In some places, fire is welcome warmth and light. In other areas, it could be disastrous if not controlled. In the belly of an athlete, fire is what separates the good players from the great ones....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 5, 2023: WPIAL softball finalists to meet again
Last year, they met three times on the softball diamond, twice in the regular season and one more time in the WPIAL 6A championship game. On Wednesday, these northern rivals meet for the first time this season as Seneca Valley hosts North Allegheny. In Section 1-6A action last spring, both...
Bethel Park sweeps Upper St. Clair on walk-off wild pitch
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. After having a baserunner thrown out at the plate trying to score from third base on a wild pitch in the first inning, Bethel Park scored the game winner in the bottom of the seventh inning on a bases-loaded wild pitch...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 4, 2023: South Hills rivals to square off in 6A baseball
What a great day for a ballgame, let’s play two — or at least the second game of the home-and-home section series in WPIAL baseball. Last spring, Upper St. Clair stunned Class 6A baseball fans by upsetting North Allegheny in the quarterfinals, then beating Butler in the semifinals to reach...
Trib HSSN High School Softball Team of the Week for April 3, 2023Video
Twenty-five years ago, the Carmichaels softball team enjoyed one of the best seasons in district history when it won both the 1998 WPIAL and PIAA Class A championships. “That was one of the best softball teams in the history of the WPIAL,” then-assistant and current head coach Dave Briggs said....
Trib HSSN High School Softball Player of the Week for April 3, 2023Video
Two years ago, Olivia Zimmerman, then a freshman, helped the Indiana softball team reach the WPIAL playoffs. The Little Indians edged Latrobe in the Class 5A first round, 7-6, before losing to Armstrong in the quarterfinals. Playing travel softball in June of 2021, Zimmerman tore her ACL while pitching. She...
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week for April 2, 2023
Brian Junker knows what a championship baseball team looks like after leading Shaler to WPIAL Class 5A gold in 2019. It’s early in the season, but this Titans team looks special as the calendar turns from March to April. “I love this team. I love these kids,” Junker said. “Everyone’s...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for April 3, 2023: Baseball champs to open section play
While many teams in the lower classifications began section play last week, most WPIAL baseball teams will start their section schedule Monday. The three defending district champions are slated to begin section action. In Class 6A, 2022 champion Mt. Lebanon might be thrilled to start in Section 2-6A after going...
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week for April 2, 2023
Some young district pitchers don’t mind pitching in the early season chill known as March baseball. They feel it gives them an edge over the hitters. Don’t count Chartiers-Houston senior Ryan Opfer among them. “I prefer it hot actually,” Opfer said. “I prefer 90 degrees over 50 degrees to be...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of April 3, 2023
Before we turn the house and or yard over looking for Easter eggs, we have a couple more days of spring scholastic sports to take us to the holiday this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN continues our coverage of WPIAL softball and baseball with...
Trib HSSN Head of the Class: Best of WPIAL girls basketball 2022-23
There were a lot of players and coaches who put in plenty of time on the basketball court this season to be the best they could be. While we salute all of those who participated in a memorable 2023 girls high school basketball campaign, we have a special seat in...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 1, 2023: A few softball teams set to hit diamond
Foul weather in Western Pa. is a bonus for those softball teams that planned some business trips down south. Burrell (1-2) will complete its Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach with a game against Moore Catholic out of New York. West Allegheny (2-0) has two games set for Saturday at the...
Trib HSSN Head of the Class: Best of WPIAL boys basketball 2022-23
There were a lot of players and coaches who put in plenty of time on the basketball court this season to be the best that they could be. While we salute all of those who participated in a memorable 2022-23 boys high school basketball campaign, we have a special seat...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 31, 2023: Burrell softball staying busy
The final day of March may bring limited action around the district diamonds due to a wet forecast. Perhaps the greatest chance at playing ball Friday might be Burrell softball team. The Bucs are spending a few days enjoying the Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach, S.C. before section play begins...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 30, 2023: Softball section schedules ramp up
There are 21 WPIAL softball section games slated for Thursday as teams continue or begin their section schedule in Sections 2 and 3 in Class 4A, Sections 1 and 3 in Class 2A and Sections 1, 2 and 3 in Class A. Two games match teams that are looking to...
Trib 10: State champs take top spots in season’s final power rankings
The WPIAL sent seven teams to Hershey to play for a PIAA basketball championship, and three came home with gold. Lincoln Park won the boys Class 4A state title while Class A produced two PIAA champions with Imani Christian boys and Union girls. Thus, there was no change at the...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 29, 2023: 6A softball schools look for spark
There are only nine teams in WPIAL 6A softball this season and after nearly one week of the 2023 campaign, nearly half of them are still looking for their first victory of the season. Perhaps some home cooking will be the perfect remedy. Three of the four winless teams are...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball State Rankings for March 28, 2023
There are 12 districts in the PIAA, and three of them shared the pot of gold when it came to boys basketball championships in 2023. District 3 (Harrisburg area), District 12 (Philadelphia City and Catholic Leagues) and District 7 (WPIAL in Southwestern Pa.) all captured a pair of boys roundball...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week for March 28, 2023
Imani Christian boys basketball coach Omar Foster thought his team’s journey this season got off to a rocky start. Well, if the Saints’ beginning was shaky, their finish was smooth sailing with plenty of gold in their two playoff tournament treasures. For the first time in school history, Imani Christian...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 28, 2023: Section hopefuls to collide on volleyball court
Section play continues in one WPIAL Class 3A boys volleyball section and begins in a pair of 2A sections Tuesday. In Section 2-3A, defending champion North Allegheny tries to avoid an 0-2 start in the section when it visits rival North Hills, which is attempting to go to 2-0 in...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball State Rankings for March 27, 2023
For the third straight year, District 12 has proven to be the epicenter of PIAA girls basketball. Three of the six state championships crowned in Hershey last week were from District 12, which consists largely of schools from the Philadelphia Public League and the Philadelphia Catholic League. Archbishop Carroll in...
