High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 6, 2026
High schools Baseball Monday’s results Nonsection Cameron (WV) 13, West Greene 6 Brentwood 13, Carrick 3 Tuesday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Butler at North Allegheny, 7 p.m. Central Catholic at North Hills, 4 p.m. Section 2 Canon-McMillan at Norwin, 4 p.m. Hempfield at Mt. Lebanon, 4:15 p.m. Class 5A...
High school roundup for April 6, 2026: Clutch homer sends Gateway softball to 1st section win in 7 years
Malia Clemens hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the top of the seventh and winning pitcher Brianna Banner struck out 16 to lead Gateway to a 6-3 win over McKeesport in Section 2-5A softball Monday, earning its first section win since 2019. Savannah Boden doubled twice and Ryley Beavin had...
Knoch rebounds for victory against Greensburg Salem
Mother Nature tried to deliver a 1-2 punch of cold and rain Monday as the Knoch and Greensburg Salem softball teams battled in a Section 1-4A game at Laura Doerr Memorial Park in Cabot. Showers early in the contest tested both teams. But skies soon cleared, and Knoch continued to...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 7, 2026: Class 6A foes to meet with 1st place up for grabs
Following a quiet Monday, this week’s WPIAL baseball section series begin on a chilly Tuesday. Two teams in Section 2-6A are coming off three-game sweeps last week. One team was dominant while the other squeezed three straight victories from a longtime rival. Now Canon-McMillan and Norwin are set to begin...
Mt. Pleasant softball nearly squanders all of big lead before holding off Yough
Mt. Pleasant was resolute, not shaken, when Yough chopped a nine-run lead to three with a sixth-inning rally. The Lady Vikings didn’t tremble, either, when they made five errors. A potential run-ruled finish might have turned into a game, but the visitors didn’t relent. Mt. Pleasant answered the late comeback...
Recharged No. 1 singles player, Valley tennis teammates energized for postseason
Tyler Quinn played a lot of tennis last spring. At No. 2 singles, he helped Valley win the Section 1-2A title, earn a WPIAL runner-up finish and secure a spot in the state playoffs. He also teamed with graduate Landon Harclerode to finish second at the WPIAL doubles tournament and...
Baldwin, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart make big moves in WPIAL boys volleyball rankings
The first full week of April has a WPIAL boys volleyball schedule loaded with key matchups in the race for the postseason. The Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association set the table Monday morning with the release of the latest top 10 rankings and its Players of the Week for both...
Pairings set for 2026 WPIAL boys singles tennis tournament
The 2026 WPIAL boys singles tennis championships have been rescheduled for Wednesday and Thursday this week. First round, quarterfinal and semifinal matches take place Wednesday with the consolation and championship finals slated for 1 p.m. Thursday. Below are the opening round pairings. Class 3A First round at 1 p.m. Wednesday...
High school sports schedules for April 6, 2026
High schools Baseball Monday’s schedule Nonsection Cameron (W.Va.) at West Greene, 5 p.m. Carrick at Brentwood, 4 p.m. Softball Monday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Pine-Richland at Hempfield, 4 p.m. Class 5A Section 1 Mars at Shaler, 4 p.m. New Castle at Plum, 4 p.m. North Hills at Penn Hills,...
Pine-Richland’s Aaron ‘Oobi’ Strader commits to Kent State
Aaron “Oobi” Strader quarterbacked the highest-scoring offense in WPIAL Class 5A last fall. His dual-threat abilities helped Pine-Richland reach the WPIAL championship game. They also caught the attention of college coaches. The junior signal-caller announced on Sunday that he made a verbal commitment to Kent State. He chose the Golden...
Girls flag football ‘taking off’ in 1st year as PIAA-sanctioned sport
Latrobe is often recognized as the birthplace of professional football. Mackenzie Livingston would love for it to be known as the motherland of girls high school flag football, too. The new WPIAL sport has caught on fast at Latrobe, whose team has the look of a title contender with a...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 6, 2026: West Mifflin, Elizabeth Forward to meet in softball
All is quiet on the day after Easter in district baseball as the section series for this week will run Tuesday and Wednesday. However, it is busy as usual in district softball, including an early season showdown in Class 4A. First place in Section 2-4A will be settled under the...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of April 6, 2026
Spring sports is hippity-hopping on its way in full force following the Easter holiday in the first full week in April on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has WPIAL action from the baseball and softball diamonds, the boys lacrosse and girls flag football fields, as well as...
Trib HSSN softball player of the week for April 5, 2026Video
Trib HSSN softball player of the week – Addyson Nigut School – Elizabeth Forward Class – Senior Position – Shortstop, third base #Earned – After losing key players to graduation and playing without injured senior Julia Resnik for the start of the season, the Elizabeth Forward softball team needed someone...
Trib HSSN diamond team of the week for April 5, 2026Video
Trib HSSN diamond team of the week – Eden Christian Academy Warriors baseball Coach – Mark Feldman (third season) Records – 3-3 overall, 2-0 in Section 3-A #Earned – There is a lot to be proud of when it comes to silver. Silver to a sports team means you were...
Senior-led Deer Lakes volleyball team chases section title
It’s been years in the making, but the Deer Lakes boys volleyball team believes it finally possesses the proper makeup to challenge for a section title and possibly more. The process began about four years ago, when a group of eighth graders dedicated themselves to the sport. They endured a...
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Latrobe’s Jack Sacriponte picks Youngstown State
Like a bogey-free scorecard, Youngstown State checked all the right boxes for Jack Sacriponte. The Latrobe senior committed to play NCAA Division I golf for the Penguins. “Good distance from home, very good golf program and schedule, has what I am looking for academically, and I was looking for somewhere...
Sewickley Herald notebook: Mike Iuzzolino earns coach of the year nod
Sewickley Academy’s Mike Iuzzolino was lauded as the WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball coach of the year by Trib HSSN. In 2025, it was close but no golden cigar for Sewickley after the Panthers were knocked off in the district semifinals by Jeannette and lost in the state championship game...
Gateway sports notebook: Gators flag football starts 2-3; Logan Memije wins section singles title
High school girls flag football entered a new era this spring under the direction of the WPIAL and PIAA. Gateway is under that umbrella, and a youthful Gators squad is making its way through the early season with five games under its belt. The Gators opened the season March 18...
Early season success sparks Sewickley Academy softball
Charlotte Andrews made a monumental first impression on the Sewickley Academy softball season. In Sewickley’s first game of the year March 30 against Bishop Canevin, the right-handed sophomore pitcher tossed a five-inning no-hitter — striking out 14 — in her team’s 10-0 victory in Section 1-A. “For Charlotte put up...
Sewickley Academy boys tennis welcomes start of new era
The Sewickley Academy boys tennis team was led by Severin Harmon the past four years. Harmon, now at Dartmouth, was one of the team’s top singles players throughout his outstanding tennis career. He also competed at the No. 1 position on the boys golf team. To coach Whitney Snyder’s delight,...
‘TNT goes BOOM’: Veteran Sewickley Academy boys lacrosse team on a mission for success
Sam Futrovsky has a unique approach to a season as coach of the Sewickley Academy boys lacrosse team. “We have a mantra and read a book together throughout the course of the season,” he said. “This year, the mantra is ‘TNT goes BOOM.’ This one has two parts, where for...
Quaker Valley girls lacrosse opens season with strong foundation
The Quaker Valley girls lacrosse team qualified for both WPIAL and PIAA playoffs in Class 2A last season. QV won eight of its last nine regular-season games and took a five-game winning streak into the district playoffs where it defeated Indiana, 12-3, Seton LaSalle, 16-3, and Blackhawk, 13-9, before losing...
New faces bring new depth to Penn Hills track program
Lee Zelkowitz isn’t wild about having a steady stream of people filing into Penn Hills track and field practice two weeks after the season started. But he doesn’t want anyone to leave either. Following a few years with lower numbers, Zelkowitz is happy to see 60 athletes out between the...
‘Growth and resilience’: Penn Hills softball continues to build throughout program
Addy Helsel doesn’t shirk any of the responsibilities that come along with being the captain of the Penn Hills softball team. Despite being a sophomore, Helsel has more experience than many of the girls in the high school program. She started playing softball at age 5, while many of the...
