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Chartiers Valley’s comeback Colts in thick of tough section baseball race
The early part of the 2022 Chartiers Valley baseball schedule has played out like a day at a great amusement park. An occasional bump in the road, but one thrill ride after another that leaves you on top of the world and wanting more as you leave the park. The...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 23, 2022: Top 2 teams in Class 4A softball to meet
A long and soggy week of WPIAL softball will conclude on a bright note with the sun shining on one of the top Class 4A game to this point in the season. No. 1 Beaver visits No. 2 Montour at high noon Saturday with first place in Section 3-4A up...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 22, 2022: Slugging softball teams to square off
Following a wet week and assuming the fields are playable, it will be a busy Friday on the diamonds in both WPIAL softball and baseball. One of the top games in the district is a battle for first place in Section 4-5A softball as Trinity visits West Allegheny. Both teams...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for April 21, 2022: Softball showdowns set in Class 6A, 4A
A couple of showdowns in Class 6A and 4A highlight a busy Thursday around the softball diamonds. In Section 2-6A, Hempfield is back in a familiar place, in first place with a perfect 5-0 record, including 3-0 in section play. The Spartans however have only played once in the last...
Bethel Park baseball, Beaver softball remain atop Trib 10 power rankings
Cold or warm, wet or dry, there has been a lot of change this spring on a day-to-day basis. However, don’t count the weekly power rankings guilty of big swing changes. Few changes were made since last week in the Trib 10 rankings. Both baseball and softball saw one flip-flop...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 20, 2022: 4-way baseball battle for section top spot
Last year, WPIAL Section 3-5A baseball produced three champions as Shaler, South Fayette and West Allegheny finished tied for first place with 8-2 records. Could the terrific three become the fabulous four this season? Heading into the start of another sectional series that has been pushed back two days by...
Trib HSSN state softball rankings for April 19, 2022
While there was a seven-team shuffle in and out of the state baseball rankings, the girls tread lightly this past week on the damp softball diamonds, leading to few changes in the weekly Trib HSSN state softball rankings from last week. There were only four changes total, with two of...
Trib HSSN state baseball rankings for April 19, 2022
Things around state baseball diamonds have been pleasant for a few days, then into a deep chill the rest of the week, or vice-versa. That not only describes the weekly weather pattern thus far in April, it also covers the results from games played last week by teams in the...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 19, 2022: Section contenders collide in boys volleyball
Tuesday will probably be another good day in Western Pa. to use your inside voice. So get ready to make a lot of noise when eastern rivals collide with first place up for grabs in Class 3A boys volleyball. Nearing the midway point of section play, Norwin is a perfect...
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week for April 18, 2022
The 2022 Trib HSSN Softball Teams of the Week have been Ram tough. Last week it was Ligonier Valley, this week, Pine-Richland takes the honor. Early on, Pine-Richland had to be on its A game with a daunting schedule that has included five of six games against ranked teams. “When...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week for April 18, 2022
Yough entered last week with a 1-1 record in Section 2-4A. Three section victories later and the Cougars are in a familiar place, 4-1 and with a half-game lead over Elizabeth Forward for first place. “Our team goals are to win the section, go deep into the playoffs and return...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for April 18, 2022: No. 1 Bethel Park to face No. 3 Peters Township in baseball
Monday will be a quiet day around the district with most schools enjoying one more day of their Easter break. However, one of the few WPIAL baseball games on the slate is a big one in Class 5A. Top-ranked Bethel Park will battle No. 3 Peters Township in the first...
Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week for April 17, 2022
The early part of the 2022 Chartiers Valley baseball schedule has played out like spending the day at a great amusement park. An occasional bump in the road, but one thrill ride after another that leaves you on top of the world and wanting more as you leave the park....
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week for April 17, 2022
There were a lot of exciting WPIAL baseball games last week, but when it comes to wild, down-to-the-wire diamond action, it would hard to beat the home-and-home series between Indiana and Highlands. The Section 1-4A battles produced a big extra-inning comeback road win for Indiana on Monday, then saw the...
This week on Trib HSSN for April 18-23, 2022
You don’t have to search high or low for your tasty treats of high school sports broadcasts this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have plenty of post-holiday treats, including video and audio action in WPIAL baseball and softball, district boys volleyball and boys and girls lacrosse....
WPIAL boys lacrosse standings through April 17, 2022
Here are the latest WPIAL boys lacrosse standings for the 2022 season through April 17. The top six teams in each section will qualify for the district postseason. Class 3A Section 1 Mt. Lebanon, 3-0 Peters Township, 3-0 Penn-Trafford, 2-1 Hempfield, 1-1 Upper St. Clair, 1-1 Bethel Park, 1-2 Canon-McMillan,...
WPIAL girls lacrosse standings through April 17, 2022
Here are the latest WPIAL girls lacrosse standings for the 2022 regular season through April 17. The top six teams in each section qualify for the district postseason. Class 3A Section 1 Bethel Park, 6-0 Mt. Lebanon, 4-0 Canon-McMillan, 4-1 Upper St. Clair, 4-1 Norwin, 2-2 Latrobe, 1-3 Peters Township,...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for April 14, 2022: Key section volleyball matches on tap
Thursday marks another busy night of WPIAL boys volleyball as section play inches closer to the midway point of the regular season. First place or a share of the section lead is at stake in three matches: Perennial power Bethel Park (3-1) heads south on Route 19 to visit Canon-McMillan...
Softball teams maintain spots in latest Trib 10 power rankings; Beaver, Laurel baseball enter
You can call it staying power, or you can acknowledge that Mother Nature has not permitted enough WPIAL baseball or softball games to be played over the past week. Whatever the case, the inaugural power rankings in district softball were so good, they remain unchanged into the second edition of...
Washington’s Ron Faust, one of WPIAL’s most successful basketball coaches, retires
After stints of 28 and eight years as head coach of the Washington boys basketball program, Ron Faust, one of the most successful coaches in WPIAL history, has stepped down again. Only this time, it’s for good. “This is definitely a retirement more than a resignation,” Faust said. “As this...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 12, 2022: Repeat softball champs square off
Seven years ago, the Neshannock softball team was in search of a trifecta of district softball crowns after winning WPIAL Class A championships in 2013 and 2014. This spring, Laurel is taking it a step further by trying to win a fourth straight district softball championship after winning Class 2A...
Trib HSSN State Softball Rankings for April 12, 2022
Most of the 30 teams in the inaugural Trib HSSN state softball rankings from last week found their journey to this week’s top five to be smooth sailing. Only two teams dealt with the sour taste of defeat, and only one of them survived the bitterness. North Hills, the 2021...
Trib HSSN State Baseball Rankings for April 12, 2022
While the weather has been up and down, the weekly Trib HSSN state baseball rankings have been steady from the inaugural edition last week to this week’s version of the diamond fab five. Only four teams lost their grip on a state-ranking position, with two of those coming in Class...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 12, 2022: Teams of the decade meet on diamond
The sectional series in WPIAL baseball continue Tuesday with a “battle of the decade” set in Section 1-6A. From 2010 through 2019, only six schools won WPIAL baseball championships in the highest classification — AAAA until 2017, then 6A for the final three years. North Allegheny, Central Catholic, Norwin and...
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week for April 11, 2022
Ligonier Valley made quite the splash in WPIAL softball last season. In the Rams’ first softball season since moving over from District 6, they reached the WPIAL semifinals and then made it to Penn State before losing to Line Mountain in the PIAA 2A state finals. There was no concern...
