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PIHL girls division’s 3rd season highlighted by more teams, close games
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...
As a hammer thrower or metalsmith, Fox Chapel grad shines at Cal (Pa.)
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...
Girls soccer team’s WPIAL title run highlights year in Fox Chapel sports
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...
50 years ago, Burrell captured ‘unbelievable’ WPIAL baseball championship
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 school scores, summaries and schedules for June 7, 2024
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...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on June 8, 2024: 7 lacrosse teams set for state quarterfinals
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...
Trib 10: After rough state playoffs, new teams take baseball, softball top spots
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,...
Monsignor Bonner knocks Bethel Park out of PIAA baseball playoffs
The total of WPIAL baseball teams left in the PIAA playoffs fell to three Friday afternoon when Monsignor Bonner knocked Bethel Park out of the Class 5A bracket for the second consecutive season with a 6-4 win in Mechanicsburg. Bethel Park (16-8-1) jumped out to a 2-0 lead on a...
Penn-Trafford comes up short; future still bright
All of the Penn-Trafford baseball team’s goals were met this season except for one: advancing further in the PIAA playoffs and, maybe, playing for a PIAA title. But Penn-Trafford’s season ended in the state quarterfinals — the same place it ended in 2023 — with a heart-breaking 3-2 loss to...
Neil Walker WPIAL Baseball Showcase gives athletes chance to shine
Norwin rising junior Jakob Howard toed the rubber Friday morning at No Offseason Sports in Russelton and fired 10 to 12 pitches in front of more than 40 local and regional college coaches. A right ankle injury suffered a month ago during the high school season had healed, and, he...
3 prominent WPIAL wrestling schools looking for new coaches
Three prominent wrestling schools are looking for new coaches. Burrell, Canon-McMillan and Frazier have coaching vacancies after their coaches recently resigned. Josh Shields at Burrell, Brian Krenzelak at Canon-McMillan and Buck Watkins at Frazier have stepped down for personal reasons. Shields coached the Bucs program for the past 10 years....
Former WPIAL, Wild Things player James Meeker gets MLB call-up from Brewers
Former WPIAL baseball player James Meeker, a North Allegheny graduate who got his professional start with the Washington Wild Things, was called up to the major leagues Friday for the first time. The Milwaukee Brewers promoted the right-handed pitcher from Triple-A Nashville, where he was 1-0 this season with a...
PIAA announces semifinal sites, times for 2024 state softball playoffs
Neshannock and Laurel won’t travel far for the next round of the PIAA softball playoffs and neither will Chartiers-Houston or Carmichaels. Those four teams will square off in two all-WPIAL matchups in the state semifinals Monday. Neshannock and Laurel meet at Mohawk while Chartiers-Houston and Carmichaels play at Peterswood Park...
PIAA releases semifinal sites, times for 2024 state baseball playoffs
WPIAL baseball teams Avonworth, Eden Christian and Indiana learned the site and time of their state semifinal games when the PIAA released the schedule Friday. The semifinals are Monday. Avonworth’s bus is headed to Homer City, Eden Christian travels to Slippery Rock and Indiana will ride to Bellefonte. The semifinal...
Seneca Valley’s Lexie Hames named Gatorade Pa. Softball Player of the Year
Seneca Valley pitcher Lexie Hames was named Gatorade Pennsylvania Softball Player of the Year on Friday, making her the first WPIAL athlete to win the award in six years. The junior is a two-way standout for the Raiders, who won the WPIAL Class 6A title for the second time in...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 6, 2024
High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Thursday’s results Downingtown East vs. LaSalle College, ppd. Hazleton vs. Neshaminy, ppd. Hempfield Landisville 3, Erie McDowell 0 Downingtown West 7, Wilson West Lawn 0 Friday’s schedule Downingtown East (18-6) vs. LaSalle College (22-3) at Neumann University, 2 p.m.; Hazleton (20-4) vs....
High school roundup for June 6, 2024: Thomas Jefferson softball rallies for PIAA quarterfinal win
Adalina Bracco hit a tie-breaking two-run double in the sixth inning to lead WPIAL runner-up Thomas Jefferson to a 3-1 victory over District 1 runner-up West Chester East in the PIAA Class 5A softball quarterfinals Thursday in Chambersburg. Hannah Alonso went 3 for 3 with an RBI, Morgan Alisesky was...
After controversial call in 7th inning, Penn-Trafford’s PIAA playoff run ends with loss to Hollidaysburg
JOHNSTOWN — This wasn’t the way the Penn-Trafford baseball team wanted to end its season, especially on a questionable call in the top of the seventh inning. That call left both teams wondering if a ball down the left-field line was fair or foul in a 3-2 win for Hollidaysburg...
Laurel gets its revenge, and another shot at Neshannock, with win over Bentworth
Bentworth and Laurel met for the second time in two weeks Thursday in a PIAA Class 2A quarterfinal at Gateway. The first matchup went the way of the Bearcats in a low-scoring, one-run classic in the WPIAL semifinals. Monday’s rematch featured a few more runs — and a different result....
With surprise starter stifling Avella, Eden Christian rolls into PIAA Class A semifinals
When Eden Christian Academy coach Mark Feldman named his starting pitcher for the PIAA Class A baseball quarterfinals, he threw a curve at Avella. Then Warriors sophomore Brady Hull spent most of the afternoon baffling Eagles hitter with his nasty curve. Hull struck out 11 Avella batters, seven caught looking...
Shelby Telegdy’s big day boosts Elizabeth Forward past Chartiers Valley into state semifinals
It is always a special occasion when a player drives in six runs. It is even more special when the occasion is the PIAA quarterfinals and the player also has a spectacular outing in the pitching circle. It truly was Shelby Telegdy’s day. At the plate, she went 4 for...
Unlikely hero pitches unsinkable Avonworth to another extra-innings win
Carson Franc kept working on his pitches and believing his time on the mound could come, despite having thrown very few innings all season. The Avonworth sophomore turned out to be right, he was ready and his Antelopes are headed to the state semifinals after grinding out another extra-innings win....
WPIAL rules Aliquippa rising junior ineligible following transfer from North Hills
Aliquippa’s Jamar Allen, an all-conference football player who transferred from North Hills, was ruled ineligible Thursday by the WPIAL. The WPIAL held an eligibility hearing for the rising junior and found “the transfer had some athletic intent to it,” WPIAL executive director Scott Seltzer said. The ruling left Allen ineligible...
Plum, 29 student-athletes, 2 coaches honored with Positive Athlete Western Pa. Awards
Plum athletic director Drew Karpen was not surprised with the number of student-athlete nominations for the Positive Athlete Western Pennsylvania Awards. A total of 30 from parents, coaches, community members and school administrators were given to Positive Athlete, and that number, in addition to the positive quality of the stories...
PIAA sets sites, times for lacrosse, volleyball quarterfinals
The first round of the PIAA boys volleyball and boys and girls lacrosse playoffs Tuesday delivered some surprises involving WPIAL teams. In boys volleyball, perennial state power North Allegheny, winners of four straight state championships between 2018-2022, lost in the opening round for a second straight year. The Tigers fell...
