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High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 14, 2026
High schools Baseball Saturday’s results Serra Catholic tournament Jeannette 8, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 5 Serra Catholic 5, Rochester 0 Consolation Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 15, Rochester 4 Championship Serra Catholic 5, Jeannette 0 Nonsection Atlantic Shores Christian 2, Bishop Canevin 0 Bellefonte 14, Derry 1...
High school roundup for March 14, 2026: Blackhawk, Oakland Catholic earn spots in WPIAL finals rematch
Blackhawk and North Catholic squared off in the PIAA Class 4A girls basketball quarterfinals Saturday, fighting for the chance to avenge a loss in the WPIAL playoffs. The Cougars lost to WPIAL champion Oakland Catholic in the finals. North Catholic lost to the Eagles a round before. Blackhawk earned the...
Franklin Regional girls swimmers finish 2nd in team standings at PIAAs, just short of title
LEWISBURG — Franklin Regional and Shady Side Academy went down to the wire Saturday evening to decide the PIAA Class 2A girls team championship at Bucknell University. The Lady Bulldogs led by four points after freshman Ella Kiger’s sixth-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke. The 400 freestyle relay decided it....
Jeannette coach furious after foul call leads to decisive points in state quarterfinals vs. Mercyhurst Prep
SHARON — Adrian Batts had no problem congratulating Mercyhurst Prep after an intense game Saturday at Sharon High School. Jeannette’s longtime coach, however, was not happy with how the Jayhawks’ season ended in a 59-58 loss in the PIAA Class 2A boys basketball quarterfinals. “You can’t come to District 10...
South Fayette pulls away from pesky Baldwin to reach PIAA Class 5A semifinals
It seems unthinkable that a team with the pedigree of South Fayette girls basketball would come into a game such as Saturday’s PIAA semifinal against Baldwin and not execute on its game plan. But that’s what coach Bryan Bennett saw after his team took a slim, five-point lead at halftime....
In ‘physical, intense’ battle, Upper St. Clair gets past Central Catholic into state semifinals
Back in December, Central Catholic handed Upper St. Clair its only blemish of the season. In the rubber game of the season series between the two Section 2-6A co-champs three months later, the Panthers made sure the Vikings would not deliver a fatal blow to their near-perfect season. Three-time WPIAL...
Hempfield girls win back-to-back state bowling championships
Hempfield has won back-to-back Pennsylvania high school bowling girls team championships. The Spartans were the top team in qualifying and swept Shikellamy in the finals to win the the program’s fourth state title Saturday in Lancaster. Milton won the boys championship. Hempfield was tops in qualifying (4,082), followed by Shikellamy...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Fox Chapel’s Delaney O’Toole, Deer Lakes’ Evan Moore
Delaney O’Toole School: Fox Chapel Class: Freshman Sport: Swimming Claim to fame: O’Toole had a successful PIAA championship meet, grabbing second place in the 50 free and third in the 200 free relay Wednesday. On Thursday, she swam a time of 54.15 seconds to win gold in the 100 backstroke....
No surprise as Greensburg CC, Shady Side girls basketball teams cross paths again, this time in state semis
After the WPIAL championship, there seemed to be less “if” and more “when” as to Greensburg Central Catholic and Shady Side Academy meeting again in the girls basketball postseason. GCC (22-7) did its best to keep the Bulldogs (26-2), who spoiled their WPIAL three-peat, on the backburner through three rounds...
Westmoreland H.S. athletes of the week: GCC’s Avery Jones and Hempfield’s Mats Martz
Avery Jones School: Greensburg Central Catholic Class: Junior Sport: Basketball Claim to fame: Jones has rounded into form as a third scoring threat for GCC, which advanced to the PIAA 3A semifinals. She had a team-high 18 points in a 50-36 win over Northwestern in the second round and had...
Hampton’s Gabriella Elk successfully defends PIAA Class 2A diving title
LEWISBURG — Gabriella Elk left quite a lasting impact on diving at the PIAA-championship level. The Hampton senior defended her girls Class 2A state title Saturday afternoon with an 11-dive total of 452.75 points at Bucknell. The Delaware commit led throughout and captured her fourth PIAA medal. She was eighth...
Several WPIAL swimmers to contend for state titles on Day 2 of PIAA Class 2A meet
LEWISBURG — The final day of PIAA Class 2A swimming Saturday will have several WPIAL competitors in the evening’s championship finals. Indiana junior Joshua Reed returned to the pool this morning in the preliminaries of the 100-yard freestyle and placed third with a time of 46.99. Northgate senior Sam Cavanaugh,...
Sites set for Chartiers Valley, Neighborhood Academy, Obama Academy in PIAA boys basketball semifinals
Three local teams remain heading into the final four in the 2026 PIAA boys basketball Class 5A, 4A and A playoffs. Two from the WPIAL and one amazing run from a City League team. One thing all three have in common is they are in search of double gold this...
Neshannock, Shady Side Academy, GCC set for Monday’s PIAA girls basketball semifinals
The PIAA girls basketball semifinals are set for Monday for teams in Class 6A, 3A and 2A. Three District 7 teams will look to get a ticket punched for a date at the Giant Center in Hershey later in the week. While there will be no Class 6A rep from...
Franklin Regional baseball eager for fresh start of new season
Franklin Regional lost its final six games of last baseball season, including an 11-1 setback atgainst Bethel Park in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs, but that negative juju is not getting in the way of a new season. Spring, after all, signifies renewal. The Panthers are...
Shady Side Academy girls fighting their way through PIAA bracket
The Shady Side Academy girls basketball team hasn’t seen anyone bow in front of them during the PIAA Class 3A playoffs. The Bulldogs, who reached the championship game for the first time in school history last year, have had to scrap their way back to the quarterfinals. Shady Side Academy...
North Allegheny wrestler Bradyn McConneha caps ‘amazing’ run to state finals
“Big B” got an “A” this postseason. North Allegheny senior heavyweight Bradyn McConneha won sectional and regional titles and reached the PIAA Class 3A wrestling championship match — the first Tiger to advance that far in nearly a decade — to cap a stellar season. The 6-foot, 260-pound McConneha, called...
With new arms, returning talent, Fox Chapel softball excited for new season
The Fox Chapel softball team broke through as the No. 12 seed during the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs last season, upsetting Franklin Regional in the first round. The Foxes have added more pitching depth to help them try to take another step forward. Fox Chapel returns junior Jillian Haigh, who...
Fox Chapel Herald notebook: Fox Chapel grad breaking college track records
Fox Chapel graduate Rowan Gwin has etched his name in the record books for the indoor track team at Appalachian State University. The sophomore runner ran the 8,000-meter run in 8 minutes, 5.08 seconds to break a 15-year-old school record during an event at Boston University. He broke the mark...
Fox Chapel girls ready to kick off school’s inaugural flag football season
Brandon Rios will look out at the inaugural Fox Chapel girls flag football team and see a bunch of athletes from a variety of backgrounds. Not many of them will be seasoned football players. That’s OK. Rios, who was hired to coach the first team in school history, wants them...
North Allegheny softball enters season with something to prove
North Allegheny softball hit over .300 as a team last season while facing a steady diet of dominant all-state pitchers. Second-year coach Bill Aguglia believes the Tigers can do a whole lot better this season. “Hitting is going to be the key,” he said. “I didn’t feel we hit really...
North Allegheny baseball driven to succeed after disappointing end to last season
The North Allegheny baseball team learned hard work is the best way to remove the bad taste from its mouth. Coming off a disappointing year that ended with an abrupt one-and-done WPIAL playoff exit, the Tigers spent this offseason with a renewed focus. “That loss definitely affected all of us,”...
Former Hempfield ace ‘building a complete team’ at Franklin Regional
Maddie Uschock made visits to the pitching circle during games last season as an assistant softball coach at Franklin Regional. The former WPIAL and PIAA championship-winning ace at Hempfield, who played at Shippensburg, brought calmness to ailing pitchers. She helped them reset. As she begins her first season as head...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 13, 2026
High schools Baseball Friday’s results Nonsection Avella 4, Washington 0 Baldwin 13, West Allegheny 8 Beaver 16, Freedom 7 Elizabeth Forward 5, Celebration (FL) 1 Ellwood City 5, Chartiers-Houston 1 Franklin Regional 10, Fox Chapel 4 Gateway 11, Highlands 2 Greenbrier Christian Academy 11, Bishop Canevin 1 Moon 11, Archbishop...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 14, 2026: WPIAL 6A teams battle for spot in state finals
As soon as the PIAA quarterfinals began, 24 hours later, they will be in the books. The Road to Hershey sees the end of the third round coming up Saturday afternoon as teams from boys Class 6A, 3A and 2A and girls Class 5A, 4A and A take center stage....
