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WPIAL softball playoffs Class 3A First round 2-Ligonier Valley (13-5) vs. 15-Keystone Oaks (8-9) 4 p.m. Tuesday at Gateway Winner plays: Winner of 10-Ellwood City/7-Burrell on Thursday in quarterfinals (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Cheyenne Piper, Ligonier Valley; Kylie Stahl, Keystone Oaks Extra bases: Ligonier Valley has yet to...

WPIAL softball playoffs Class 3A First round 14-Deer Lakes (9-10) vs. 3-South Park (16-1) 3 p.m. Tuesday at Fox Chapel Winner plays: 6-Central Valley (11-2)/11-Mt. Pleasant (11-8) on Thursday in quarterfinals (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Maddie Kee, Deer Lakes; Sydney Sekely, South Park Extra bases: South Park capped...

Last year, Derry’s boys volleyball team went 3-7 in Section 2-2A. This season, the Trojans found themselves in the thick of a playoff race, having won five games before the final stretch. Senior Cam McNichol, who has transitioned between outside hitter and setter over his two years with the Trojans,...

They say good things come in small packages. Mt. Pleasant’s Olivia Kovach and Hempfield’s Ava Hickman are emblematic of that long-standing and well-known adage. Both girls are talented athletes who train at Ultimate Gymnastics in Delmont, where they are coached by Renee Ruggeri, a former competitor and lifetime gymnastics enthusiast....

Going into the WPIAL Class 2A team championships on May 1 at Shenango, Deer Lakes’ boys track and field team was hoping to put on a good showing and maybe come away with a split. “We didn’t go into the meet thinking we could defeat section champions Hopewell and Shenango,”...

As the regular season wound down, the Springdale baseball team was in the midst of fighting for a playoff spot in Section 2-A. Senior shortstop Owen Scheuring said the team was focused on what it needed to accomplish to get in. “We want to take care of our own business...

Randy Walters was born and raised in Canada, a product of Grimsby, Ontario. After high school, the current Leechburg head coach quarterbacked the Hamilton Hurricanes to the 1980 Canadian Junior Football League championship game. He then helped the University of Guelph win the 1984 national championship. He then transitioned to...

The Riverview and Greensburg Central Catholic baseball teams met May 6 and 7 with second place in Section 3-2A on the line. The games turned out to be the competitive battles most everyone expected. But the Raiders didn’t get the results they were looking for. Riverview dropped both games in...

High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals May 20 schedule Mt. Lebanon (16-4) vs. Butler (6-12), TBA; Hempfield (14-6) vs. Seneca Valley (10-8-1), TBA; Pine-Richland (16-4) vs. Central Catholic (10-10), TBA; North Allegheny (14-5) vs. Norwin (11-9), TBA Class 5A First round Wednesday’s schedule West Allegheny (15-3) bye; Shaler...

Warm and sunny is a perfect way to start the 2024 WPIAL playoffs, with softball and lacrosse first-round contests getting the ball rolling Monday. A year ago, the Shaler softball team was the No. 2 seed in the WPIAL Class 5A bracket. The Titans defeated Bethel Park and Franklin Regional...

Let the games begin! The 2024 WPIAL spring sports postseason is upon us with playoff action on the diamonds, the courts and the stadiums around the district starting this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have plenty of postseason action with first-round and quarterfinals contests this...

WPIAL softball playoffs Class 5A First round 8-Connellsville (12-7) vs. 9-Plum (11-6) 4 p.m. Monday at Gateway Winner plays: Winner of 1-Armstrong (14-3)/16-Western Beaver (6-6) on Wednesday in quarterfinals (site, time TBA) Players to watch: Dani Pici, Plum; Iris Burd, Connellsville Extra bases: Plum finished third in Section 1 behind...

WPIAL playoffs Class 5A First round 4-Penn-Trafford (12-5) vs. 13-Bethel Park (10-9) 5 p.m. Monday at West Mifflin Winner plays: Winner of 5-Shaler (14-3)/12-Franklin Regional (10-8) on Wednesday in quarterfinals (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Cam Ponko, Penn-Trafford; Becky Gillenberger, Bethel Park Extra bases: Penn-Trafford defeated Bethel Park early...

Samir Crosby has his third Division I scholarship offer for football. The Greensburg Central Catholic sophomore playmaker added Buffalo to his list, which also includes UNLV and Miami of Ohio. Crosby (5-foot-10, 175 pounds) played a variety of positions last season for GCC, including receiver, running back, quarterback and defensive...

Coming down the stretch to the WPIAL Class 3A track and field championships at Slippery Rock, there were several qualifying locks among the Gateway boys and girls teams. There also were a few on the bubble hoping to make the championship meet as the WPIAL takes the top 24 in...

Sewickley Academy and Quaker Valley are located just a few miles apart. It’s a breeding ground for high school boys tennis. Sewickley and QV advanced to the WPIAL Class 2A championship match off their winning performances in the postseason. One team was expected to be there; the other, not so...

Kendall Sykes is a talented, multiple-sport athlete at Sewickley Academy. The 5-foot-7 Sykes is a senior attacker on the Sewickley girls lacrosse team and one of the leading players in the WPIAL Class 3A ranks. She averages five goals per game. A fourth-year varsity player and Chapman (Calif.) University commit,...

Both Quaker Valley track and field teams ended their regular season as undefeated section champions. Both topped that impressive feat May 7 by winning WPIAL Class 2A team titles at Confluence Financial Partners Stadium on the campus of Peters Township Middle School. “The entire coaching staff and I are very...

Emily Reiner racked up her 400th career save for the Quaker Valley girls lacrosse team May 6 against Knoch. The Quakers defeated Knoch at home by a score of 15-4 thanks in large part to Reiner, a 6-foot-1 junior and intimidating presence in front of the net. “Emily is an...

The third week in May is an important time for the Quaker Valley football team. QV will hold its annual “spring ball” program from May 20-23 with daily practices at Chuck Knox Stadium running from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Helmet distribution will take place May 19 at the field house....

The Penn-Trafford softball team was seeded fourth for the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs when the brackets were released May 9. The Warriors (12-5) drew No. 13 Bethel Park for a first round game that was scheduled for Monday. The winner advanced to play the winner of No. 5 Shaler and...

One of the goals for the Penn-Trafford girls lacrosse team this season was to win a section title. The Warriors came up just one goal and one win short of achieving that. Now the Warriors’ focus is on the WPIAL playoffs, winning a game and advancing to the PIAA tournament,...