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Hampton baseball determined to return to playoffs

Missing the WPIAL playoffs last season for the first time in eight years left a frustrated feeling with Hampton baseball. The players took it out on the offseason. The Talbots devoted themselves to conditioning and weightlifting and played in a fall league for the first time in coach Kellen Wheeler’s...
College offers piling up for Fox Chapel kicker

Harran Zureikat wants to give precise answers to questions about kicks. Anyone talking about the Fox Chapel junior kicker should be prepared for his thoughts to turn to game-like scenarios immediately. For example, ask him what the longest field goal he can make is, and he needs more details. “In...
Behind formidable pitching staff, Fox Chapel baseball expects big season

The Fox Chapel baseball team has the starting pitching to once again be in the mix for a section title. The Foxes hope the bats will follow. Fox Chapel’s rotation will be led by a one-two punch including West Virginia commit Blake Krushinski and Jeremy Haigh. “I think we have...
With season over, Norwin girls bid farewell to sensational senior class

A section championship. A runner-up finish in the WPIAL. Another trip to the state playoffs. The Norwin girls basketball team’s season finally came to an end with a 49-38 loss at Altoona in the PIAA 6A first round. The Knights finished 15-8 a year after winning their third WPIAL title...
New coach has high hopes for youthful North Allegheny softball team

North Allegheny first-year softball coach Bill Aguglia worked magic at his previous job by guiding Upper St. Clair to the WPIAL playoffs for the first time in two decades. His new gig offers some challenges right off the bat, but he feels good about it. “I think we’re going to...
Reloaded rotation makes North Allegheny baseball a WPIAL contender again

The North Allegheny baseball team is armed and dangerous. Despite losing a trio of Division I pitchers, the defending WPIAL Class 6A champion Tigers will again be trotting out a deep and talented staff. “I love our depth on the pitching end,” coach Andrew Heck said. “It’s amazing on paper,...
Chartiers Valley exploits Johnstown’s ‘rough’ shooting night, charges into PIAA semifinals

Chartiers Valley likes to counterpunch whenever an opponent’s shot misses, and Johnstown gave the Colts plenty of chances Friday night. The District 6 champion struggled from 3-point range and missed 24 of its first 25 attempts from beyond the arc, empty possessions that propelled Chartiers Valley to a 58-38 victory...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 14, 2025

High schools Baseball Friday’s results Nonsection Allderdice 8, Deer Lakes 0 Avella 2, Washington 1 Chartiers Valley 8, Seton LaSalle 6 Eden Christian 12, South Side 5 Geibel Catholic at Springdale, ppd. Indiana 6, Hempfield 1 Mt. Lebanon 3, Shaler 2 Penn-Trafford 9, Norwin 3 Peters Township 6, Ringgold 2...
North Allegheny relay grabs gold to lead WPIAL contingent at PIAA swim meet

Grant Regule and Zachary Totin were members of last year’s North Allegheny 200-yard freestyle relay that took fourth at the PIAA Class 3A swimming championships at Bucknell University. They returned Friday evening, this time teaming with senior Gus Miller and Mason Shantz for a shot at state gold medals. From...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 15, 2025: Class 2A boys bracket still packed with WPIAL teams

The Road to Hershey concludes the quarterfinal pit stops Saturday with boys Class 6A, 3A and 2A along with girls Class 5A, 4A and A taking center stage. This 2025 PIAA boys Class 2A postseason certainly has a 2017 vibe to it. Eight years ago, the WPIAL had four teams...
2025 WPIAL Class A softball preseason breakdown

Union’s two-year run as the WPIAL’s top Class A softball team was stopped by Chartiers-Houston last spring, but the Scotties return a decorated lineup in their chase to regain the title. The Scotties have won five straight section championships and have two WPIAL titles and three runner-up finishes, plus a...
2025 WPIAL Class A baseball preseason breakdown

There has always been a good balance in Class A baseball. Over the last dozen years, there have been nine different WPIAL champions. A team has never won three district Class A titles in a row, something Bishop Canevin will be trying to do this season. There are seven current...
High school roundup for March 14, 2025: Neshannock’s Addy Frye opens season with 17K no-hitter

Addy Frye opened the season with a no-hitter, strking out 17 and walking one, as Neshannock blanked hard-hitting Chartiers Valley, 4-0, in a nonsection softball matchup Friday. Jaidon Nogay went 3 for 4 and Miley Anderson hit two singles and drove in two runs for the Lancers (1-0). Taylor Walsh...
Latrobe’s Lauren Bell takes 8th in 100 fly at PIAA swimming championships

LEWISBURG — Latrobe senior Lauren Bell hoped for big things with one more crack at the 100-yard butterfly at the PIAA Class 3A state championships at Bucknell University. She was the only Westmoreland individual or relay to make it back for one of the championship-final heats Friday inside Kinney Natatorium....
High school basketball roundup for March 14, 2025: Upper St. Clair storms into state semifinals

WPIAL champion Upper St. Clair held Haverford to single-digit point totals in three quarters and rolled to a 51-35 victory in the PIAA Class 6A girls basketball quarterfinals Friday night. Meredith Huzjak put up 17 points and Rylee Kalocay produced 14 for the Panthers (22-6). Natalie Wright and Megan Kelly...
OLSH holds off Central Cambria to set up all-WPIAL Class 3A semifinal vs. Shady Side Academy

For Don Eckerle, winning never gets old. And he’s done a lot of it over the years — 417 times now, to be exact. But if it were always easy, perhaps the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart girls basketball coach would just get bored and call it quits. When...

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