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Fox Chapel boys lacrosse peaking as playoffs approach
Brady Matthews didn’t get distraught that his early days in lacrosse were delayed by the covid pandemic. Matthews, who started playing in middle school, missed a season because of the restrictions that put a pause on sports. Instead, the Fox Chapel junior attack/midfeidler went about improving in his own fashion....
As Baldwin Invite’s meet director, Rich Wright strives to honor late coach Ed Helbig
On the night before the Baldwin Invitational, track coach Rich Wright talked with longtime friend Ed Helbig on the drive home from the stadium. The two Baldwin coaches had run the event for years as a terrific tandem. Helbig died in August after a difficult battle with esophageal cancer, but...
Forgot about Scoop? Woodland Hills sprinter reintroduces himself at Baldwin Invitational
Scoop Smith is confident he’s still the fastest man in the WPIAL, even if the speedy Woodland Hills junior hadn’t had a chance to show everybody lately. “If they forgot about me, they forgot about me,” Smith said. “I’ll wake them up at Wips.” Sidelined for a month with a...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 2, 2025
High schools Baseball Friday’s results Class 3A Section 2 Shady Side Academy 9, East Allegheny 0 Class 2A Section 1 Chartiers-Houston 10, Beth-Center 6 Class A Section 1 Greensburg Central Catholic 16, Jeannette 3 City League Obama Academy 21, Perry Traditional Academy 0 Nonsection Belle Vernon 10, Yough 0 Brownsville...
High school roundup for May 2, 2025: Plum walks off New Castle in 11-homer slugfest
Danielle Pici hit a walk-off two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth to lift Plum to a 12-10 win over New Castle in a Section 1-5A softball slugfest Friday. It was the 11th home run of the game. Jaiden Gentile and Riley Stephans hit a double and home run...
Hempfield throwers coming together; Maddie Tulley wins shot put at Baldwin Invitational
For those who thought this would be a down season for the Hempfield throwers, those people forgot to tell throwing coach Dave Murray and his athletes. Hempfield is doing just fine, and some of its throwers are putting up personal records. Junior Maddie Tulley is the latest girl to shine....
Jeannette’s Grace Stein records 2nd straight no-hitter, eclipses 500 career K’s in win vs. Leechburg
Calling it “a really good accomplishment,” Jeannette right-hander Grace Stein tossed her second consecutive no-hitter Friday and sixth of her career while reaching 500 career strikeouts as the third-ranked Jayhawks beat visiting Leechburg, 10-0, in a WPIAL Section 3-A softball game reduced to six innings by a 10-run rule. Jeannette...
Freshman Jorjah Ostrosky sparks Hempfield to victory over Norwin in varsity debut
A freshman got a WPIAL call-up and looked like a grizzled veteran in her varsity debut. Hempfield’s Jorjah Ostrosky was penciled into the starting lineup Friday at Norwin and acted like she had been there before, going a team-best 3 for 3 with two RBIs in a 6-0, weather-shortened victory...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 1, 2025
High schools Baseball Thursday’s results Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny 8, North Hills 0 Seneca Valley 4, Butler 2 Class 5A Section 4 Connellsville at Gateway, ppd. Class 4A Section 2 Elizabeth Forward 8, West Mifflin 7 Class 2A Section 1 Burgettstown 15, Frazier 3 Section 2 Laurel 17,...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Friday, May 2, 2025: 6A softball teams jockey for position
We wrap up the final full week of the diamond regular season with a busy afternoon of WPIAL Class 6A softball. The six teams have been determined for the upcoming WPIAL playoffs in the highest classification: however, two teams are fighting for first and the four others are battling for...
Trib HSSN high school softball team of the week for May 1, 2025Video
Trib HSSN softball team of the week – West Allegheny Indians Coach: Mindi McFate (22nd year) Record: West Allegheny has clinched the Section 3-5A championship with a 9-1 record. The Indians have won seven straight games and 10 of their last 11 for an overall record of 13-4 with two...
Trib HSSN high school baseball team of the week for May 1, 2025Video
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week – Ellwood City Wolverines Coach: Christopher Weisz (fifth season) Record: Ellwood City finished in second place in Section 1-3A with a record of 8-2, one game behind section winner Riverside. The Wolverines are 13-4 overall this season with two more nonsection games remaining....
High school roundup for May 1, 2025: North Allegheny wins series with rival North Hills on 1-hitter
Jackson Walsh threw a one-hitter with eight strikeouts as North Allegheny took two of three in a Section 1-6A baseball series Thursday with an 8-0 victory over rival North Hills. Mason Smith had a double, triple and three RBIs and Nicolas Varlotta drove in two runs for the Tigers (12-6,...
High school track notebook: ’Tis the season for large invitationals
This is the time of the year to which athletes competing in track and field look forward. It is a weekend when the athletes start measuring themselves against some of the best in the state and WPIAL. There are three big invitationals Friday — at Baldwin, Pine-Richland and Altoona. The...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Thompson adds AD to his duties at Greensburg Central Catholic
John “JT” Thompson has been the football coach at Greensburg Central Catholic for two seasons. He will have additional duties as he prepares for a third. Thompson will take over as athletic director following the retirement of Dan Mahoney. A Rome, N.Y., native who has been a football coach for...
WPIAL’s best track and field performances through May 1, 2025
Here are the top performers in the WPIAL as of May 1: 3A Boys 100: Preston Miller, Latrobe, 10.74; 200: Gavin Skarbek, Seneca Valley, 22.11; 400: Gavin Skarbek, Seneca Valley, 49.12; 800: Kayden Lightner, North Hills, 1:51.29; 1,600: Jack Bertram, North Allegheny, 4:11.76; 3,200: Jack Bertram, North Allegheny, 8:47.76; 110...
Mt. Pleasant swim coach Sandy Felice steps down after remarkable career
Mt. Pleasant is looking for a new swimming coach. That’s because longtime coach Sandy Felice, who led the Vikings boys and girls to Class 2A state titles, has decided to go out on top and hang up her whistle after 40 years. Felice, 68, began coaching in 1979 as a...
Lincoln Park freshman basketball player Damar Johnson recovering after drive-by shooting
Lincoln Park boys basketball coach Mike Bariski said he couldn’t imagine anyone wanting to hurt Damar Johnson, a freshman standout who was shot in the arm Wednesday night in Farrell. “I can’t even understand who wouldn’t like him,” Bariski said. “A kid with braces. Always smiling. Fifteen years old. Come...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 1, 2025: North Allegheny, North Hills to settle series
May Day, May Day! That might be the distress signal sent out by WPIAL baseball and softball teams trying to finish section games on a day with a rainy forecast. In district baseball, the finales of a pair of three-game series in Section 1-6A are set for Thursday. Section champion...
WPIAL clinched: Softball playoff qualifiers through April 30, 2025
The WPIAL softball playoff field is taking shape and currently sits at 65 teams with a week left in the regular season. The top four teams in each section qualify for the postseason from Class 5A down. In 6A, the top six teams clinch a WPIAL playoff berth. If there...
WPIAL clinched: Baseball playoff qualifiers through April 30, 2025
The WPIAL baseball playoff field is growing and currently sits at 60 teams with a week left in the regular season. The top four teams in each section qualify for the playoffs with all tied teams advancing if they split their head-to-head meetings. Coverage of the WPIAL baseball playoffs can...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 30, 2025
High schools Baseball Wednesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Seneca Valley 5, Butler 0 North Allegheny 9, North Hills 3 Section 2 Hempfield 12, Woodland Hills 0 Mt. Lebanon 2, Norwin 1 Class 5A Section 2 Moon 6, Upper St. Clair 1 Section 3 Mars 8, West Allegheny 4 Section...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school softball rankings for April 30, 2025
While thoughts and prayers go out to those in the state still recovering from a damaging storm Tuesday, there was a great calm in the state softball rankings as we head into May. A grand total of one team fell out of the weekly Trib HSSN state softball rankings from...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school baseball rankings for April 30, 2025
Only two classifications saw changes last week in the Trib HSSN state baseball rankings as we bid farewell to April. Class 6A saw one change as McDowell bumped Parkland. There was a major shakeup in Class 3A as North East, Philipsburg Osceola and South Park exited, opening the door for...
High school roundup for April 30, 2025: As playoffs near, Seneca Valley’s Lexie Hames gears up with 18K no-hitter
Lexie Hames threw a no-hitter and struck out 18 to lift Seneca Valley to a 5-0 victory over Canon-McMillan in Class 6A softball Wednesday afternoon. In her last outing, Hames threw a one-hitter with 18 strikeouts in a 2-1 win over Hempfield on Monday. Liv Herrem hit a three-run homer,...
