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What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 14, 2023: Undefeated Montour faces test
There are seven undefeated teams in WPIAL softball, and all but one are alone in first place in their section. The lone exception is Montour. The Spartans have won all six games they have played this season and are a perfect 4-0 in Section 3-4A. They enter Friday’s game technically...
Trib HSSN State Softball Rankings for April 13, 2023
The winds of change were blowing in Class 4A this past week as three teams from the inaugural Trib HSSN state softball rankings last week dropped out of the Top 5. Only two other teams were bumped in the other five classifications combined. In 4A, Clearfield, Villa Joseph Marie and...
Trib HSSN Baseball State Rankings for April 13, 2023
Much like the weather this past week, it was smooth sailing for most of the teams in the first edition of the Trib HSSN baseball state rankings from last week. Only three teams lost their spot in the Top 5, including Cumberland Valley in 6A, Donegal in 5A and Montoursville...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 13, 2023: Western Beaver softball continues breakout season
In its first two years playing Class 5A softball, Western Beaver, which co-ops with Lincoln Park, had a combined record of 0-19 in section play and 2-22 overall. However, third year has been a charm for the Golden Beavers. Western Beaver has been a great story thus far this season...
Trib 10: New team moves into top spot in softball power rankings
There was some shuffling of the deck this past week, but not a lot of turnover in the latest baseball and softball weekly Trib 10. Three teams total lost their grips on a power-ranking spot, with Mars and South Park baseball and Latrobe softball slipping out of the top 10...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 12, 2023: Class 6A softball powers to meet
The top four teams in WPIAL Class 6A softball square off Wednesday. Defending champion and undefeated Seneca Valley visits a Hempfield team that knows something about gold. The Spartans won the last two Quad-A championships before expansion, then won the first three 6A crowns between 2015-2019. While the Raiders are...
No. 9 hitter sparks 7th inning rally, leads Chartiers Valley past Thomas Jefferson
The last shall be first. Senior Tyler Zallenick, the designated hitter batting in the No. 9 spot in the order, delivered a two-out RBI single in the top of the seventh inning to break a scoreless tie and spark a big inning in a big win for Chartiers Valley over...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 11, 2023: Teams look for daylight in tight section race
Call it the even-steven section. WPIAL baseball section series continue Tuesday with three matchups slated for Tuesday and Wednesday in Section 4-4A. If history means anything, don’t be surprised if all six teams split their home-and-home games these next two days. That is because all six split in their first...
Trib HSSN softball team of the week for April 9, 2023
In Trey Tilghman’s first year as head coach of the Charleroi softball team in 2014, the Cougars captured a section championship. Then over the next five seasons, Charleroi missed the playoffs. But during that time, Tilghman saw a storm brewing in the youth softball leagues in the Charleroi school district....
Trib HSSN softball player of the week for April 9, 2023
Western Beaver junior outfielder Shaylyn Shall knows a little bit about change. Shall attends Lincoln Park, which has a co-op agreement in softball with Western Beaver. It is her third high school in as many years after attending Montour as a freshman and Hopewell as a sophomore. However, the startling...
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week for April 9, 2023
As a sophomore last year, Zane Griffaton batted .317 with two home runs and 17 RBIs for West Mifflin. But when you ask him about the Titans’ WPIAL Class 4A championship run from last season, Griffaton gets defensive. “Playing spectacular defense, I feel, played a really big part in our...
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week for April 9, 2023
The Mars baseball program has proven itself as a perennial contender in WPIAL Class 5A. In the last five seasons, the Fightin’ Planets lost in the 2017 and 2018 district championship game to Latrobe and North Hills, respectively. They lost in the 2019 semifinals, the 2021 quarterfinals and were upset...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 10, 2023: Mt. Lebanon-Central Catholic begin 3-game series
Easter Monday has most WPIAL baseball and softball teams enjoying the day off. However, there is some action to begin the new week. It has been a major struggle for defending WPIAL 6A baseball champion Mt. Lebanon in 2023. More than two weeks into the season, the Blue Devils still...
Trib HSSN broadcasts for week of April 10-15, 2023
No need to hunt for eggs and treats this week as The Network goes full boat spring sports post-Easter holiday on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN continues our coverage of WPIAL softball and baseball with section action. We also have boys and girls district lacrosse. Plus, the...
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...
