WPIAL Class 3A baseball championship preview: South Park vs. Ellwood City
WPIAL Class 3A baseball final No. 5 South Park (15-5) vs. No. 3 Ellwood City (18-3) 1 p.m. Wednesday, EQT Park, Washington On the air: Audio: Trib HSSN; Video: NFHS Network WPIAL titles: South Park 2 (2022, 2013); Ellwood City 5 (2012, 2003, 2001, 1968, 1962) South Park (15-5) Coach:...
Riverview baseball routs South Side in WPIAL 3rd-place game, returns to states
The Riverview baseball team likes Washington & Jefferson’s Ross Memorial Park. Last year, the Raiders defeated Laurel at Ross in the WPIAL Class 2A third-place consolation to clinch a berth in the PIAA playoffs. Riverview returned there Tuesday with a similar goal, and the Raiders quickly established themselves against their...
WPIAL Class 2A baseball championship preview: Fort Cherry vs. Neshannock
WPIAL Class 2A baseball final No. 1 Fort Cherry vs. No. 2 Neshannock 4 p.m. Tuesday, EQT Park, Washington On the air: Audio: Trib HSSN; Video: NFHS Network WPIAL titles: Fort Cherry 1 (1986), Neshannock 6 (2015, 2012, 2011, 2004, 2002, 1991) Fort Cherry (18-1) Coach: Bob Sawhill Semifinal lineup...
Riverview baseball team ready for do-or-die South Side showdown
In the hours after last Wednesday’s loss to Fort Cherry in a WPIAL Class 2A semifinal at Gateway, disappointment turned to hope for the Riverview baseball team. A goal shift had the Raiders focused on a new task. It is a task with which they are familiar. For the second...
Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame to celebrate 10-member Class of 2026
The Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame will enshrine 10 athletics greats June 13 at its 51st anniversary banquet at The Club at Shadow Lakes in Hopewell. At the banquet, the Hall will honor Beaver County coaches, college athletes and an outstanding male and female student athlete from each of...
Penn Hills beginning search for new football coach
The Penn Hills School District is beginning the search for a new football coach in the wake of Charles Morris’ resignation. In a letter from Dr. Bernard Taylor Jr., principal at Penn Hills High School, sent Thursday, the district stressed that it is doing its best to provide the players...
South Park avenges regular-season losses, downs top-seeded Avonworth in Class 3A semifinals
Avonworth swept the two-game season series from South Park this year, but the Eagles came up big in the biggest matchup of the year between the WPIAL powers Thursday. The fifth-seeded Eagles rallied from an early deficit behind all three phases, including the pitching of ace Cooper Hochendoner, to earn...
WPIAL realignment sends Deer Lakes boys basketball away from rivals to unfamiliar section
The Deer Lakes boys basketball players and coaches have had a couple of days to digest their fate for the next two years in the latest WPIAL section realignment released earlier this week. The Lancers, who made it to the WPIAL semifinals and earned another trip to the state playoffs...
Fort Cherry baseball tops Riverview, reaches WPIAL final for 1st time in 40 years
For the first time in 40 years, a Fort Cherry baseball team will play for a WPIAL title. The Rangers, the top seed in Class 2A, collected only three hits in their 4-1 semifinal victory over No. 4 Riverview on Wednesday at Gateway. But opportunistic baserunning, solid defense and the...
Plum track team looks to carry momentum from memorable WPIAL meet into states
The Plum boys track and field team enjoyed one of the more successful days in program history at the WPIAL Class 3A championships last week. Mustangs athletes earned eight PIAA qualifications, led by four gold and two silver medalists. Now, they will lead the Alle-Kiski Valley contingent — which includes...
A-K Valley campus clips: Freeport grad has stellar senior season for Pitt-Greensburg
Autumn Powell enjoyed a standout spring at the plate and in the pitching circle for a Pitt-Greensburg softball team that made it to the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference semifinals before losing to top-seeded Penn State Behrend. The Freeport graduate and senior with the Bobcats was selected to the conference’s first...
Junior Nick Hilty boldly going where no Leechburg athlete has gone before
Nick Hilty made history at last week’s WPIAL Class 2A track and field championships at Slippery Rock University. With his fifth-place finish in the boys discus, the junior multi-sport standout became the first Leechburg athlete ever to qualify for the PIAA championships. Hilty, who will throw at 12:30 p.m. Friday...
South Park baseball shuts down Freeport, earns spot in WPIAL Class 3A semifinals
The South Park baseball team saw its run to a WPIAL title last year come to a sudden halt at Plum High School with a 2-1, nine-inning loss to eventual WPIAL champ Riverside in a Class 3A semifinal classic. There was no such heartbreak when the Eagles returned to Plum...
A-K Valley WPIAL baseball playoff capsule for Wednesday, May 20, 2026
WPIAL Baseball Playoffs Class 2A Semifinals 4-Riverview (14-6) vs. 1-Fort Cherry (17-1) 4 p.m. Wednesday at Gateway Winner plays: Winner of 2-Neshannock (17-3)/3-South Side (15-3) in championship game May 26 of 27, EQT Park, Washington (time TBD) Players to watch: Owen Orbich, Riverview; Tyler Wolfe, Fort Cherry Extra bases: Riverview...
A-K Valley WPIAL softball playoff capsules for May 19, 2026
Class 5A Quarterfinals 10-Plum (14-5) vs. 2-Thomas Jefferson (16-3) 5 p.m. Tuesday at Gateway Winner plays: Winner of 3-Penn-Trafford (18-3)/11-North Hills (10-7) on Thursday in semifinals (site and time TBD) Players to watch: Sydney Pici, Plum; Aubrey Shaffer, Thomas Jefferson Extra bases: Plum defeated No. 7 Trinity, 12-2, in six...
Kiski Area legend Scott McKillop, A-K Valley Hall of Fame Class of ’26 celebrate area’s rich sporting history
CHESWICK — Scott McKillop did it all for Kiski Area during his time wearing multiple Cavaliers uniforms. He was a standout linebacker on the football team and set a tackles record. McKillop was a two-time individual WPIAL wrestling champion and placed second in the open 400 meters at the WPIAL...
Freeport grad Sydney Selker making mark for Akron softball in run to NCAA Tournament
When Sydney Selker committed to the Akron softball team in summer 2023, she looked to her future with the Zips with the hopes of being part of many big games in a program on the rise. On Friday evening, the Freeport graduate took the field with Akron for its first...
Freeport’s Mackenzie Magness rises to occasion at WPIAL track championships
Mackenzie Magness took home four loaves of Jenny Lee Swirl cinnamon bread from Thursday’s WPIAL Class 2A track and field championships at Slippery Rock University. The McKees Rocks-based bakery sponsored the meet and gave a loaf to each medalist, and Magness again found herself on the medals podium multiple times....
Owen Proskin leads Plum boys track and field team in huge day at WPIAL championships
Owen Proskin flashed a smile while holding a loaf of cinnamon bread and glancing down at the gold medal around his neck as he stepped off the 110-meter hurdles medals podium Thursday at the WPIAL Class 3A track and field championships at Slippery Rock University. Fourth last year in the...
Alle-Kiski Valley athletes ready for rescheduled WPIAL track championship
Jaden McCray ruled the javelin runway at the Pine-Richland Invitational on May 1, winning the event with a top distance of 174 feet, 10 inches. The Apollo-Ridge senior finished 10 feet clear of the field, and his personal-best that day set him up for a defense of his WPIAL Class...
A-K Valley WPIAL softball preview capsules for May 14, 2026
WPIAL softball playoffs Class 3A First round 6-Burrell (10-8) vs. 11-Charleroi (5-12) 3 p.m. Thursday at Norwin Winner plays: 3-Mt. Pleasant (13-4) on Monday in quarterfinals (site and time TBD) Players to watch: Shelby Novak, Burrell; Lyla Brunner, Charleroi Extra bases: A win for Burrell on Thursday would give it...
Plum softball snaps playoff losing streak, beats TrinityVideo
The Plum softball team’s offense was potent during the regular season with power throughout the lineup. The Mustangs continued that Tuesday in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs at Gateway. Plum hit five home runs and had seven total extra-base hits as part of an 11-hit attack...
Adverse weather forecast prompts WPIAL to move track and field championships
WPIAL officials on Tuesday morning decided to move the Class 3A and Class 2A track and field championships from Wednesday to Thursday, consulting with the National Weather Service. Rain is expected for the majority of the day and evening Wednesday and prompted the move. The championships will remain at Slippery...
A-K Valley high school softball playoff preview capsules for May 12, 2026
WPIAL softball playoffs Class 5A First round 8-Armstrong (11-8) vs. 9-Fox Chapel (14-5) 3 p.m. Tuesday at Plum Winner plays: Winner of 1-Shaler (17-1)/17-Moon (10-10) on Thursday in quarterfinals (site and time TBD) Players to Watch: Jillian Haigh, Fox Chapel; Lily Gutherie, Armstrong Extra bases: Fox Chapel split its Section...
Laurel Highlands softball makes triumphant return to playoffs, no-hits Freeport
The Laurel Highlands softball team played a WPIAL playoff game Monday afternoon for the first time since 2013. The playoff-victory drought had gone back even further. That streak — the Mustangs hadn’t won in the postseason since 1999 — came to a resounding end at Norwin. Laurel Highlands, the No....
