High School category, Page 2
Sewickley Herald notebook: Eden Christian on winning streak heading into playoffs
Eden Christian Academy’s baseball team won its eighth and ninth consecutive games with back-to-back section victories over Monessen. The Warriors won by a 10-0 score April 20 as senior pitcher Jackson Bremmer picked up the win. Senior INF/P Brady Hull and sophomore OF/P Levi DeFazio each doubled and knocked in...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 25, 2026
High schools Baseball Saturday’s results Nonsection Laurel Highlands 4, Ligonier Valley 2 Flag football Saturday’s results Section 3 Latrobe 53, Propel Braddock Hills 20 Lacrosse Boys Nonsection Saturday’s results Hoover (OH) 7, South Fayette 4 Softball Saturday’s results Class 4A Section 3 Beaver at Western Beaver, ppd. Nonsection Elizabeth Forward...
Westmoreland high school athletes of the week: Derry’s Haylee Myers and Greensburg Salem’s Luke Rullo
Haylee Myers School: Derry Class: Junior Sport: Softball Claim to fame: Myers was unhittable in a 1-0 shutout of Freeport as she tossed a perfect game with 14 strikeouts. She also drove in the only run of the game. Myers followed the gem with a 13-strikeout performance and added a...
High school roundup for April 25, 2026: Lions girls steal show at South Fayette Invitational
The host Lions took first place in six individual events and one relay to run away with the girls team title at the South Fayette Invitational on Saturday. Angela Zeng was a double winner, taking the 800 and 3,200. Delaney Schumaker also won twice, claiming the 400 and 100 hurdles....
Mt. Lebanon native Eli Heidenreich drafted by hometown Steelers in 7th roundVideo
Eli Heidenreich proudly tells how the U.S. Naval Academy readied him to handle stressful situations, and Saturday was surely unlike any day he’d ever had before. The Mt. Lebanon native and Navy football star heard his name called at the NFL Draft, in his hometown and by his hometown team....
Trib HSSN WPIAL softball rankings for week ending April 25, 2026
Here are the latest weekly WPIAL softball rankings with only three teams dropping out of the top five for the second straight week. Check out the district softball rankings every Saturday throughout the regular season. WPIAL softball weekly rankings Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Hempfield, 14-1, 1 2....
Trib HSSN WPIAL baseball rankings for week ending April 25, 2026
Here are the latest weekly WPIAL baseball rankings with a new No. 1 team in Class 2A and only three changes up and down the six classifications. Check out the latest district baseball rankings every Saturday throughout the regular season. WPIAL baseball weekly rankings Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Burrell’s Sophia Gregg, Kiski Area’s Braden Miller
Sophia Gregg School: Burrell Class: Junior Sport: Softball Claim to fame: Gregg hit a walk-off double to seal a 5-4 win for Burrell (9-6, 6-3) over Deer Lakes in a Section 1-3A matchup April 17. Then on Wednesday, she singled, doubled and drove in four in a 15-10 win over...
Penn Hills grad Jaden Dugger selected by the 49ers in 5th round
The list of Penn Hills alumni who have played in the NFL is a who’s who of elite athletes, including future Hall of Famer Aaron Donald, Bill Fralic, Barry Church and Tom Flynn. Add Jaden Dugger to the list. The 2022 Penn Hills grad was selected in the fifth round...
Upper St. Clair offensive lineman Ryan Robbins commits to Penn State
Just before the Penn State football team took the field for its annual Blue-White spring game practice Saturday, Upper St. Clair junior Ryan Robbins gave first-year coach Matt Campbell some welcomed news. The 6-foot-7, 280-pound, three-star offensive lineman committed to the Nittany Lions. WE ARE!! ????@CoachMC_PSU @RyanClanton @CoachJSB_74 @CoachXQuig @PennStateFball...
Murrysville Star notebook: Former Franklin Regional slugger putting on a show in college
Ken Eriksen saw Toryn Fulton’s multi-talented skill set from the beginning. “She put on a show in the fall,” the South Florida softball coach told Gousfbulls.com. “I think you are going to see a lot of her this year.” He wasn’t damning Fulton with faint praise. Far from it. Fulton,...
Franklin Regional boys tennis returns to top of section
The streak is finally over. The Franklin Regional boys tennis team is back on top of Section 1-3A after finishing second to Gateway the three previous seasons. The Panthers (8-0, 8-2) defeated Gateway, 3-2, and Norwin, 4-1, to clinch the title. “We knew coming into the season we had a...
Norwin teams embracing road warrior mentality during Knights Stadium construction
Lacrosse midfielder Karlie Johnson, the girls’ all-time leading goal scorer at Norwin, has taken a liking to Yough’s Cougar Mountain Stadium. The venue has become Norwin’s new home field while construction continues at Norwin Knights Stadium. The stadium is undergoing a $25.4 million renovation. It is scheduled to reopen in...
Fox Chapel Herald notebook: Shady Side sophomore turns in record-breaking run
Francesca Pietragallo is off to a strong start for her sophomore year. The Shady Side Academy track standout snapped a 10-year-old school record in the 200-meter dash during a dual meet last week. Pietragallo finished with a time of 26.59 seconds, which was just ahead of Alex Nacey of Eden...
Resurgent Fox Chapel softball gears up for playoffs
Fox Chapel softball coach Larry Troutman was only interested in finding a way to make the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs. That’s what he told himself, anyway, when the Foxes went through a four-game stretch of the Section 1-5A schedule where they lost three times in four games. But that stretch...
Norwin notebook: Former Knights volleyball standout honored at Saint Vincent
Saint Vincent men’s volleyball snagged three major postseason awards in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. One went to sophomore libero Jackson Genicola, a Norwin graduate who was named defensive player of the year. Genicola, who moved from setter to libero this season, averaged 3.44 digs per set, the top average in...
Fox Chapel sophomore finding success in doubles play
Frank Siegel is interested in whatever challenge the Fox Chapel tennis program may have for him. The sophomore first started playing doubles with junior Grant Fenton during the section tournament. Siegel and Fenton found the right chemistry to help Siegel defend his section crown and reach the WPIAL Class 3A...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 24, 2026
High schools Baseball Friday’s results Nonsection Albert Gallatin 12, Waynesburg 2 Aquinas Academy at Apollo-Ridge, ppd. Armstrong 9, North Catholic 6 Avonworth 4, DuBois 1 Beaver 5, Mohawk 0 Belle Vernon 9, Mt. Pleasant 2 Brashear at Aliquippa, ppd. Carlynton 15, Bentworth 14 Ellwood City 7, Shenango 6 Fort Cherry...
High school roundup for April 24, 2026: North Hills softball beats Plum on walk-off homer
Audrianna Baumgardner hit a walk-off two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth to lift North Hills to a 7-6 comeback victory over Plum in Section 1-5A softball Friday. Lily Adamski hit two doubles and drove in a run and Natalie Anzaldi went 3 for 4 with a double and...
A little camaraderie and a whole lot of talent carries Mt. Pleasant softball team
The WPIAL softball playoffs don’t start for another two weeks, yet Mt. Pleasant already has clinched its second straight section title and is fine-tuning for the postseason. A 13-game winning streak allows for those kind of benefits. The bat-barreling Vikings (13-1, 10-0) have not lost since opening day — to...
Hall-of-fame coach, athletic director Rovesti dies at 74
When he retired as Gateway’s athletic director in 2019, Randy Rovesti said, “I don’t want to let people think I’m afraid of dying. … I want to golf, I want to see my grand kids, I want to relax.” Rovesti did all those things and more in his twilight years,...
A-K Valley high school notebook: Fox Chapel’s Leland among several 100-goal scorers in lacrosse
Fox Chapel girls lacrosse senior Caroline Leland scored seven goals to lead the Foxes to a 13-12 victory over Peters Township on April 16. She added three in Thursday’s 9-6 win against rival Shady Side Academy, lifting the Foxes to 5-2 overall and 4-1 in Section 2-3A. The 10 goals...
Ex-NFLer Scott McKillop ready for Alle-Kiski Valley hall induction
After nearly a decade, former Pitt football star Scott McKillop has come to grips with living in enemy territory. “Now, it’s the place I call home,” said McKillop, who resides in Hurricane, W.Va. “My wife was raised in West Virginia, and all three of our kids were born here. It’s...
North Allegheny, Blackhawk earn top seeds for 2026 WPIAL boys tennis tournament
Now that the WPIAL boys singles and doubles championships are in the books, the brackets for the district team championships are set for next week. First round and quarterfinal matches are next week with the semifinals and championships scheduled for the following week. There is one Class 3A preliminary round...
Field set for 2026 WPIAL team track and field semifinals
The groupings are set for the 2026 WPIAL boys and girls team track and field semifinals, set for 3 p.m. Tuesday. Each of the four semifinal sites will produce one team that will advance to the district team championships May 5. The reigning district champions are Norwin in Class 3A...
