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And then there were two. The final two broadcasts to wrap up the school year take place on the PIAA softball diamonds this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We thank all of our loyal supporters and high school sports fans in Southwestern Pennsylvania and beyond for...

The PIAA boys volleyball and boys and girls lacrosse playoffs have reached the final four, which is how many WPIAL teams remain in the three tournaments. After being the lone survivors of the first round, the two WPIAL champions in boys volleyball — Shaler in 3A and Mars in 2A...

The Burrell baseball team rose from the No. 14 seed for the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs to a top-four finish while earning a PIAA tournament berth for the first time since 2010. The Bucs saw their postseason run end last Monday with a tough 7-3 first-round loss to District 10...

The 2023-24 school year featured a number of standout moments for the Gateway School District athletic programs. With section titles, WPIAL medals and trips to states, individuals and teams produced top results and raised the level of pride for those who support the Gators in black and gold. Here is...

Sewickley Academy announced the hiring of Mike Scerbo as the school’s new director of athletics March 4. He is currently assisted by Heather Border and Kelly Carioto. Scerbo was formerly an associate athletic director for sport and facilities operations at Duquesne University. He spent 11 years coaching women’s lacrosse and...

Ellie Cain recently wrapped up a distinguished four-year career in the Quaker Valley track and field program. A senior team leader in 2024, Cain amassed 14 WPIAL and six PIAA medals with the Quakers and was an important member of the three district championship squads at QV since 2022. “I...

Luke Hoolahan saw the academic and athletic part of being a student at Penn Hills High School go hand in hand. Hoolahan played soccer, swam and was a member of the boys volleyball team. Thanks to his all-around effort, Hoolahan was named school’s male athlete of the year. Hoolahan, who...

Four wins in Section 2-3A might not seem like a lot to those that do not follow WPIAL boys volleyball closely, but for Pine-Richland, it signaled a gigantic leap in the right direction. Coming off a year in which the Rams went winless, they narrowly missed the playoffs, finishing fifth...

The PIAA softball playoffs have reached the final four with two rounds in the books that caused many changes to the weekly Trib HSSN state softball rankings. There are 13 softball teams that were not ranked in the state Top 5 last week that have earned their spot in the...

The district champions that were all ranked in last week’s edition of the Trib HSSN state baseball rankings suffered from championship hangovers as many lost in the first two rounds of the PIAA playoffs. There are 15 new teams in this week’s state Top 5 that are still in the...

High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Monday’s schedule LaSalle College (23-3) vs. Hazleton (21-4) at DeSales University, 4 p.m.; Hempfield Landisville (20-5) vs. Downingtown West (20-5) at Muhlenberg, 7 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Monday’s schedule Selinsgrove (21-2) vs. Governor Mifflin (20-4) at Hershey, 4 p.m.; Monsignor Bonner (19-8)...

Owen Makar completed a hat trick in the first quarter and finished with four goals to lead South Fayette boys lacrosse to a 10-9 victory over District 3 champion Trinity (21-1) on Saturday, giving the Lions their first trip to the PIAA Class 2A semifinals. Bryce Watkins and Drew Welhorsky...

The Westmoreland County Coaches Association announced its latest scholarship winners. The 2024 Nicholas Pecoraro Memorial will go to Mikaela Shine of Derry, Noah Mulac of Norwin is the recipient of the Robert Van Atta Memorial Scholarship and Breann Poole of Southmoreland will take home the Dr. Larry Sellitto Memorial Scholarship....

The worst day for any high school baseball coach is cut day, says North Allegheny’s Andrew Heck. That’s when the roster gets whittled down before the season opener. But in his mind, there is also a close second. That’s whenever the season ends short of the state finals. For North...

When Palmer Jackson tapped in for par on the ninth hole at Omni La Costa North Course in Carlsbad, Calif., at the end of May, he brought an end to a shining college golf career at Notre Dame. Now, the talk about turning professional can officially begin. The grad student...

Hampton’s softball team lost its final two games of the season, but it didn’t dampen team’s accomplishments under first-year coach Kate Hedderman. The Talbots finished as WPIAL Class 4A runners-up after falling to Elizabeth Forward in the championship game and then had their season come to a close after a...

Expansion and parity were the name of the game for the PIHL Girls Division in the league’s third year of existence. The popularity of girls hockey in the area had grown so much that two new teams were added — the South and Northwest squads — bringing the total number...

Jessica Jing McCann illustrates what it means to be a preeminent student-athlete. She recently earned all-region honors as a record-setting throwing specialist for the Cal (Pa.) women’s track and field program. A Fox Chapel graduate, McCann is Cal’s first female thrower to earn all-region accolades since the inception of the...

The Fox Chapel girls soccer team never stopped pushing each other. The Foxes were blessed with a freshman class that featured many players who could immediately battle for spots. Despite finishing in third place in a competitive Section 1-4A race, Fox Chapel caught fire in the postseason to bring a...

Five decades haven’t dimmed Tim Cavitt’s memory of taking the field as Burrell’s starting pitcher in the 1974 WPIAL baseball championship game at Three Rivers Stadium. “I remember walking to the mound at Three Rivers to warm up,” Cavitt said. “It seemed like the mound was so big compared to...

High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Friday’s result LaSalle College 1, Downingtown East 0 Hazleton 2, Neshaminy 0 Semifinals Monday’s schedule LaSalle College (23-3) vs. Hazleton (21-4) at DeSales University, 4 p.m.; Hempfield Landisville (20-5) vs. Downingtown West (20-5) at Muhlenberg, 7 p.m. Class 5A Quarterfinals Friday’s results...

Welcome to quarterfinals Saturday in the PIAA lacrosse and volleyball playoffs. Since the 2021 PIAA lacrosse postseason, WPIAL teams have averaged three first-round victories a year in both the boys and girls state playoffs. The girls District 7 teams kept that trend going with three opening-round wins Tuesday in the...

It has been a rough first two rounds of the state playoffs for WPIAL baseball and softball teams. The district has only three baseball and six softball teams left midway through the path to Penn State. WPIAL 3A champion Avonworth takes over the top spot in the baseball power rankings,...