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Trib HSSN State Softball Rankings for June 14, 2022
Twelve softball teams from across the state have punched their tickets for the final destination of the season: Penn State. The PIAA will crown six new champions Thursday and Friday after the two defending champions still alive in the semifinals, North Penn in Class 6A and Beaver in 4A, were...
Trib HSSN Baseball State Rankings for June 14, 2022
The path is complete and the stage is set for the 2022 PIAA baseball championships at Penn State on Thursday and Friday. Only two teams won in the state quarterfinals and semifinals to hold on to their No. 1 spot from last week in the Trib HSSN state baseball rankings....
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week: Week ending June 12, 2022
On April 27, the Seneca Valley softball team lost a third straight game, dropping its record to 5-6. Since then, the high-flying Raiders have been unstoppable. Seneca Valley has won 10 straight games, including a WPIAL championship and a pair of PIAA postseason victories. So what changed? “This is my...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week: Week ending June 12, 2022
The Laurel softball machine is used to playing in June. You have to go back to 2017 to find the last time a Spartans season ended before the PIAA postseason. However, in the last three seasons, Laurel entered the state playoffs as WPIAL champion. That run ended a few weeks...
Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week: Week ending June 12, 2022
Every team in every sport sets goals at the start of the season. Some of the top programs run dry on ink from checking them off as the season winds down. For other, well, there’s wait until next year. The Burgettstown baseball program has done a lot of waiting, now...
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week: Week ending June 12, 2022
The calendar has turned to June. It’s time for the Black Hawks to stretch their wings and fly high across the state, gathering baseball victories in their travels. A year after losing a heartbreaker in the WPIAL title game, only to regroup and go on to win a PIAA championship,...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on June 13, 2022: Breaking down the road to the state finals for 12 baseball, softball teams
Get ready for Semifinals Monday in the PIAA softball and baseball postseasons. The WPIAL has seven softball and five baseball teams one win from playing for a state championship later this week at Penn State. So how do those numbers compare to District 7 teams reaching the final four since...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for June 11, 2022: Mars, North Allegheny chasing PIAA titles
Welcome to Championship Saturday in three spring sports state postseasons. The PIAA will host the 2022 boys volleyball championships at Penn State, as well as the boys and girls lacrosse finals at West Chester East High School. The WPIAL has two teams playing for state crowns Saturday. Kings of the...
7 WPIAL teams set for PIAA softball semifinals
After a strong start in the opening round of the PIAA softball postseason, the wins kept coming for WPIAL teams in the quarterfinals. Seven teams from District 7 have reached the state softball final four. Outside of Class A, every classification has a WPIAL softball team into the semifinals, including...
PIAA releases sites, times for baseball semifinals
Five WPIAL teams remain at the midway point of the PIAA baseball postseason. District 7 is guaranteed to have two teams playing for a state championship at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park next week. WPIAL teams are set to meet in Class 4A and 2A state semifinals games. The PIAA...
Trib HSSN State Softball Rankings for June 8, 2022
The goal of ending the school year with a PIAA softball championship is still alive for 48 schools across the state, including the 30 listed below. However, a dozen teams from last week’s Trib HSSN state softball ranking hit the point of no return with season-ending losses in the opening...
Trib HSSN Baseball State Rankings for June 8, 2022
It only took one round of the 2022 PIAA baseball playoffs to shuffle the Top 5 deck. There were a few changes in the highest and mid-classifications, with a massive switch in the two lowest classes in the weekly Trib HSSN state baseball rankings. During the regular season and even...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on June 9, 2022: 21 baseball, softball teams alive in state title hunt
Welcome to Quarterfinals Thursday in the PIAA baseball and softball playoffs. WPIAL teams hit the midway point of the state diamond postseason with 12 softball and nine baseball teams still playing on the Path to Penn State. In the opening round Monday, district softball teams were a combined 12-7 with...
12 WPIAL softball teams advance to PIAA quarterfinals
While opening day of the PIAA baseball playoffs was a mixed bag for district teams, the WPIAL softball qualifiers got a chance to strut their stuff in the first round. The WPIAL was a strong 12-7 in opening round games Monday, with all six new district champions winning and moving...
Sites announced for PIAA baseball quarterfinals
It was a rough start to the PIAA baseball postseason for several WPIAL champions. However, thanks to success from some of the other district teams, it turned out to be more of a split decision. Now, nine teams are moving on to the second round on the Path to Penn...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on June 7, 2022: Mars carries banner for WPIAL lacrosse
Welcome to Semifinals Tuesday in both the PIAA boys volleyball and lacrosse state playoffs. Much is quiet on the western front, though, as only two WPIAL teams remain to fight in the final four. There are no district teams left in the PIAA girls lacrosse playoffs. In fact, only five...
What to watch for in the WPIAL: Monday, June 6, 2022
And down the stretch they come. Nineteen baseball and 19 softball teams from the WPIAL will be among the squads ready to travel on the Path to Penn State as the PIAA playoffs begin Monday. A dozen of the 38 WPIAL teams are flashing freshly minted gold as they prepare...
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week: Week ending June 5, 2022
The third time was the charm for the Union softball team. The Scotties had reached the WPIAL Class A championship game in 2019 and 2021, only to lose to West Greene, 17-2 and 11-0. That made the passing of the golden torch on Wednesday that much sweeter after the Scotties...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week: Week ending June 5, 2022
The Armstrong softball team entered the WPIAL 5A championship game calm, cool and collected. They left Lilly Field euphoric, ecstatic and floating on a golden cloud nine. A year after losing in the finals to North Hills at Cal (Pa.), the River Hawks were sky high after an epic 6-5...
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week: Week ending June 5, 2022
Last spring, South Park knocked on the WPIAL Class 3A title door and settled for silver. This season, the Eagles returned to Wild Things Park and kicked down the door. A year after losing a heartbreaker to Hopewell, South Park beat Mohawk, 11-1, to capture the program’s second district baseball...
Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week: Week ending June 5, 2022
Enough was enough. Following a breakout 2021 season in which the West Mifflin baseball team won 12 games and a section crown, nobody seemed to remember the Titans coming into the 2022 campaign. “No one in the media gave us a chance,” West Mifflin coach Jeff Kuzma said. “We were...
This week on Trib High School Sports Network: Week of June 6, 2022
The long and winding road is coming to an end as 38 district baseball and softball teams prepare for the final athletic event on the school year this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have video and audio coverage for some of those schools Monday with the...
19 WPIAL teams prepare for PIAA softball playoffs
The 2022 PIAA softball playoffs start Monday with 19 WPIAL teams searching for state gold, including recently crowned district winners Seneca Valley, Armstrong, Beaver, Avonworth, Neshannock and Union on the hunt for more treasures. The state playoffs are made up of four rounds with the championships to be played at...
WPIAL baseball teams set to begin PIAA playoffs
With Mt. Lebanon, West Allegheny, West Mifflin, South Park, Serra Catholic and Union celebrating WPIAL baseball titles earned last week, those schools and 13 other district baseball teams open the 2022 PIAA baseball postseason Monday. The state playoffs are made up of four rounds, with the championships to be played...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on June 4, 2022: Mars boys lacrosse looks to keep rolling
Up until last spring, the PIAA lacrosse playoffs were a dry wasteland for WPIAL programs. Very few boys or girls lacrosse teams from District 7 survived the first round, let alone were considered a serious contender for a run at the state title. The sport, still growing on this side...
