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South Park bats come alive to beat Avonworth, set up de facto section championship game
Coming into a big Section 2-3A series against first-place Avonworth, South Park had been struggling on offense. The Eagles had scored a total of five runs while going 1-2 in their last three games. So falling behind by five runs early against the defending district Class 3A champions seemed like...
Lexie Hames strikes out 17 to lead Seneca Valley over previously unbeaten Hempfield
The world keeps spinning for Seneca Valley softball ace Lexie Hames. Since a pair of losses to Pine-Richland during a five-day span in mid-April, the fire-balling, senior right-hander won her fourth straight decision Monday for the Class 6A second-ranked Raiders. This one was a one-hitter against previously unbeaten and top-ranked...
Plum pulls away from Franklin Regional to stay atop section
Plum did not have a big celebration after its 12-5 baseball victory against Franklin Regional on Monday. Why would the Mustangs? All it did was help them maintain a one-game lead atop Section 1-5A in front of Penn-Trafford (11-5, 7-2) and Latrobe (12-4, 7-2). There are still two weeks to...
Deer Lakes overcomes early deficit to defeat Ligonier Valley
Things started out well for Ligonier Valley in a Section 1-3A softball game Monday at Deer Lakes High School. The Rams tallied three runs in the top of the first as Natalie Bizup and Abby Springer paced the early uprising with an RBI apiece. But the homestanding Lancers rallied from...
Mt. Pleasant beats Yough, builds momentum with playoffs on horizon
Now, Mt. Pleasant can celebrate. Having already clinched the Section 1-3A softball title, the Vikings still had business to tend to in the section finale Monday at Yough. Momentum and positive mojo are important for a team headed to the WPIAL playoffs. A team that didn’t want to take a...
Trib HSSN softball player of the week for April 27, 2025Video
Trib HSSN softball player of the week – Sydney Sekely School – South Park Class – Junior Position – Pitcher #Earned – A year after helping South Park reach the WPIAL Class 3A softball championship game (losing to Mohawk), junior pitcher Sydney Sekely has the Eagles flying high again as...
Top boys volleyball teams record big wins, hold on to spots in boys volleyball rankings
A pair of top-five boys volleyball matchups in Class 3A highlighted the WPIAL section slate last Thursday as North Allegheny topped Butler, 3-0, and Seneca Valley swept Pine-Richland. Those four teams remained at the top in the latest Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association’s WPIAL boys top-10 rankings released Monday morning....
Armstrong County Sports Hall of Fame welcomes 50th class
Sometimes athletes begin their sports climb with humble beginnings. For Leechburg’s Paul Noonan, being part of the high school’s first track team was an experience in itself. The school didn’t have a track, so cinders from the nearby Allegheny Ludlum Steel plant were brought in to give the runners a...
High school sports schedules for April 28, 2025
High schools Baseball Monday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 North Hills at North Allegheny, 7 p.m. Seneca Valley at Butler, 5:30 p.m. Section 2 Norwin at Mt. Lebanon, 4:15 p.m. Woodland Hills at Hempfield, 4:15 p.m. Class 5A Section 1 Armstrong at Latrobe, 7 p.m. Penn-Trafford at Kiski Area, 4...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for April 28, 2025: Section 1-5A teams battle for title
Some WPIAL baseball teams are down to one, while others still have two section series remaining in the regular season. The stretch run to the 2025 campaign is underway as teams battle for section championships, playoff positioning and postseason berths. A year after four teams tied for the Section 1-5A...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of April 28, 2025
We not only slide from April to May this week, we also go head first into the spring sports stretch run with action on the diamonds, the stadiums and the hardcourt this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN will have video and audio coverage of...
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week for April 27, 2025Video
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week – Brock Budacki School – New Brighton Class – Senior Position – Catcher, pitcher #Earned – Entering the final two weeks of the WPIAL baseball regular season, New Brighton has the most wins in Section 2-2A thanks to key contributions from underclassmen such...
WPIAL girls lacrosse standings, playoff clinchings through April 27, 2025
Here are the latest WPIAL girls lacrosse standings for the 2025 regular season, along with the latest playoff qualifiers through Sunday. The top six teams in each section in both Class 3A and 2A will qualify for the district postseason. Only section records are shown. #-Clinched section championship *-Clinched playoff...
WPIAL boys lacrosse standings, playoff clinchings through April 27, 2025
Here are the latest WPIAL boys lacrosse standings for the 2025 regular season, along with the latest playoff qualifiers through Sunday. The top four teams in each section in Class 3A and the top six teams in each section in Class 2A will qualify for the district postseason. Only section...
WPIAL baseball playoff clinchings through April 27, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL baseball playoff field is growing and currently sits at 37 teams with a week and a half 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 softball playoff clinchings through April 27, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL softball playoff field is taking shape and currently sits at 41 teams with a week and a half left in the regular season. The top four teams in each section qualify for the postseason from Class 5A down. In Class 6A, the top six teams clinch a...
WPIAL boys volleyball playoff clinchings through April 27, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL boys volleyball regular season has two weeks left before the district playoffs, and the postseason field currently sits at nine. The top four teams in sections of seven or more teams and the top three teams in sections of six or less teams qualify for the WPIAL...
Stanford lands commitment from Lucas Shanafelt, 2nd football recruit from Peters Township in 2 years
Western Pennsylvania seems like unusual recruiting territory for a West Coast college, but ACC newcomer Stanford is fond of one South Hills school district. Peters Township junior Lucas Shanafelt committed to Stanford on Saturday, making him the second recruit in two years from his high school to choose the Cardinal....
Sewickley Herald notebook: Quaker Valley’s Mimi Thiero earns all-state recognition
Add another honor for Quaker Valley junior Oumou “Mimi” Thiero, as she was named recently to the 2024-25 Pennsylvania sports writers all-state girls basketball team. Thiero was a first-team selection in Class 3A along with juniors Erica Gribble of Greensburg Central Catholic and Karis Thomas of Shady Side Academy. Other...
Academics, athletics draw Sewickley Academy’s Katherine Varghese to Sarah Lawrence
Sewickley Academy senior Katherine Varghese plans to spend much of the next four years in the state of New York. Varghese signed April 16 with Sarah Lawrence College, where she will continue her academic and athletic careers. She was a four-year starter on the Sewickley girls soccer team and will...
Powerful lineup boosts Sewickley Academy softball to top tier of section standings
The Sewickley Academy softball team, minus one short blip, has been hitting the cover off the ball in 2025. The Panthers racked up an 8-1 record in the first half of the season, averaging a staggering 12.2 runs per game — second best in the WPIAL — and hitting a...
New doubles combination advances to WPIALs for Quaker Valley
Two sets of Quaker Valley tennis tandems competed in the Section 3-2A boys doubles tournament April 15-16 at Sewickley Academy’s Nichols Courts. Sophomore Will Meagher and senior Matthew Henry qualified for the WPIAL doubles tournament set for April 22-23 by finishing as the section runner-up. “From preseason, the plan was...
2-sport Quaker Valley standout honored for work in classroom too
The WPIAL recently recognized the recipients of the 34th annual WPIAL James Collins Scholar-Athlete Award with 20 candidates selected from a group of 158 nominees. The girls recipients were Laurel’s Tori Atkins, Thomas Jefferson’s Alison Chalovich, Greensburg Central Catholic’s Alexandra Hoffman, Knoch’s Giona Lavorini, Montour’s Joelle Ludwick, Quaker Valley’s Joyce...
Quaker Valley joins girls flag football revolution
Quaker Valley is one of 14 schools fielding new teams in the Pittsburgh Flag Football League this year. The Quakers, coached by Giuseppe Rosselli, have been joined in the league by fellow newcomers Allderdice, Brentwood, Burrell, Deer Lakes, Latrobe, Mars, Montour, Nazareth Prep, New Castle, Perry Traditional Academy, Steel Valley,...
Eden Christian baseball locked in tight battle for section supremacy
It’s a three-team tussle for first place in the Section 3-A baseball standings. Eden Christian Academy, Serra Catholic and Bishop Canevin were in a virtual tie atop of the standings as of April 17. “We are performing the way a young team would typically perform, very up and down,” Eden...
