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Penn-Trafford notebook: Matt Sarnowski caps high school career with state bronze
Senior Matt Sarnowski was hoping to end his high school track and field career with a PIAA gold medal. But Sarnowski had to settle for his second consecutive bronze for finishing third in the discus at the state meet in Shippensburg. The WPIAL Class 3A champion lost his back-and-forth battle...
Riverview relay falls just short of medal at PIAA championships
Members of the Riverview track and field teams competed in five events at the PIAA Class 2A championships in Shippensburg, and the boys 3,200-meter relay came the closest to making it onto the medals podium. Junior Holden Deasy, sophomore Braden Longstreth and juniors Christopher Barnes and Micah Ivy came in...
Norwin notebook: Lacrosse players earn all-section honors
A number of Westmoreland County players were selected for the WPIAL all-section girls lacrosse teams. Norwin’s Karlie Johnson and Ray Mamas made the Class 3A Section 1 first team, and Ava Wilson and Ava Kessler of Norwin and Heather Harshman of Hempfield were second teamers. Sydney Valenta and Gia Fernandez...
2-time state champ Dale Hall leaves Hampton as one of track program’s all-time greats
When two-time state champion Dale Hall was a freshman, he got kicked out of Hampton track practice one day. He wanted to run hills with the Talbots, but there was one problem: He wasn’t even a Hampton student. “That might not have been my brightest move,” said Hall, an Aquinas...
Fox Chapel’s Rowan Gwin part of WPIAL distance running dominance at state meet
Rowan Gwin learned from experience when planning his race strategy in the 1,600-meter run during the PIAA Class 3A Track and Field Championships at Shippensburg University. Butler senior Drew Griffith is one of the greatest distance runners to ever come out of Western Pennsylvania. Gwin didn’t want to burn himself...
Fox Chapel team savors trip to national rowing finals
A rowing machine was always located in Fox Chapel sophomore Niko Vavpetic’s basement. But he didn’t know much about his dad’s time competing while he was attended Harvard. When Vavpetic showed an interest, his dad worked with him to help keep him on track for success in competition. So far,...
Olympic hopeful Jordan Geist of Knoch headlines WPIAL Hall of Fame class
Jordan Geist, who smashed records as a high school thrower for Knoch’s track team, caught a mid-week flight home from Europe so he could be inducted Friday night into the WPIAL Hall of Fame. He was overseas competing in Germany and the Czech Republic and hopes to fly back across...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 31, 2024
High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs First round Monday’s schedule Class 6A Ephrata (17-7) at Downingtown East (17-6), 4 p.m.; Plymouth Whitemarsh (17-7) at LaSalle College (21-3), 4 p.m.; Central Bucks East (17-7) at Hazleton (19-4), 4 p.m.; Liberty (20-5) vs. Neshaminy (20-3) at DeSales University, 7 p.m.; North Penn (13-6)...
Mohawk’s bats come alive in WPIAL Class 3A championship victory over South Park
Going into the WPIAL Class 3A championship game at Lilley Field at Cal (Pa.), Mohawk knew it needed to be ready to face the most dominating pitcher in 3A. The Warriors were well-prepared, having been in the cage since immediately after their semifinal win against Avonworth. With the postponement of...
Bernadowski pitches Franklin Regional into PIAA tournament
When the PIAA Class 5A baseball playoffs begin Monday, there is a good chance senior Max Bernadowski will be on the hill. Why not? Bernadowski (7-1) pitched the Panthers into the tournament by tossing seven strong innings in a 3-2 victory against West Allegheny in the WPIAL third-place game. The...
Battery mates Cheyenne Piper, Sydnee Foust to lead Ligonier Valley into PIAA 3A playoffs
Softball pitchers get all of the credit when they throw no-hitters, while their catchers humbly remove their masks and pads and wander off into obscurity. But Ligonier Valley senior ace Cheyenne Piper said she couldn’t be her dominant self without junior Sydnee Foust behind the plate. Even though they bicker....
WPIAL softball teams learn sites, times for 1st round PIAA playoff games
WPIAL Class 6A champion Seneca Valley will hit the road and Class 5A champ Armstrong will face a familiar foe when the PIAA softball playoffs begin Monday. The PIAA announced sites and times Friday afternoon. Seneca Valley, the only WPIAL team in the 6A field, will open at District 10...
Seneca Valley fights off Norwin upset bid to win 4th WPIAL softball championship
CALIFORNIA — Caught in the throes of a surprising three-run deficit against the underdog of these playoffs, Seneca Valley sprang to life late and reprised its role as the top dog in WPIAL 6A softball. Senior right fielder Kylie Staudt capped a 4-for-4 day with a walk-off single in the...
Chartiers-Houston captures 9th WPIAL softball championship
The Chartiers-Houston softball team saw its goal of a WPIAL Class A championship dashed last year with a loss to eventual champion Union in the semifinals. There was no stopping the Bucs against the Scotties this time around. Chartiers-Houston, behind 11 hits from its potent offense and the pitching of...
PIAA announces 1st round sites, times for 2024 baseball playoffs
Plum and Seneca Valley will host doubleheaders Monday in the first round of the PIAA baseball playoffs. The PIAA released sites and times on Friday. In all, 19 WPIAL teams qualified for the state playoffs. WPIAL champions Penn-Trafford in Class 5A and Bishop Canevin in A have games Monday at...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 30, 2024
High schools Softball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship Friday’s schedule Norwin (10-10) vs. Seneca Valley (20-1) at Lilley Field, 1 p.m. Class 5A Championship Thursday’s result Armstrong 9, Thomas Jefferson 3 Class 4A Championship Thursday’s result Elizabeth Forward 10, Hampton 2 Class 3A Championship Friday’s schedule Mohawk (17-5) vs. South...
Top-seeded Elizabeth Forward flexes muscles in WPIAL Class 4A final win over Hampton
There’s been plenty of heartbreak over the last three years, but this time, Shelby Telegdy and the Elizabeth Forward softball team were not going to be denied. The top-seeded Warriors showed why they’ve been the favorite in WPIAL Class 4A softball all season. Their strong hitting, pitching and defense were...
Norwin uses additional day to prepare for WPIAL Class 6A softball title game
As some dust kicked up from a light breeze, Norwin softball coach Brian Mesich sent a pop fly to shallow center field. He nearly fell backward, but it wasn’t from any dirt specks that sneaked behind his sunglasses. He was trying to put some serious English on the batted ball....
Home runs by Madison Baker, Abigail Bauer lift Armstrong to 2nd WPIAL softball title in 3 seasons
Madison Baker had allowed three runs and her team trailed by one in the bottom of the sixth inning Thursday. With one swing, the Armstrong pitcher changed momentum and helped secure a 9-3 victory for the River Hawks. Baker hit a two-run rocket over the left-field fence at Cal (Pa.)’s...
Neshannock shuts out Bentworth to claim 3rd straight WPIAL Class 2A softball title
It’s a threepeat. Top-seeded and unbeaten Neshannock extended its run of consecutive WPIAL softball championships Thursday to three, and the Lancers again did it with stellar pitching and defense. Addy Frye tossed a three-hitter with 12 strikeouts, Gabby Perod drove in a pair of runs, and Neshannock blanked No. 2...
Riverview baseball team reflects on WPIAL playoff run
Riverview baseball coach Bill Gras said the mood was somber — as would be expected — after his team’s 1-0 loss to No. 2 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in the WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinals May 20 at Seneca Valley. The Raiders and Chargers played scoreless baseball into the...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 29, 2024
High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship Wednesday’s result North Allegheny 1, Mt. Lebanon 0 Class 5A Third place Wednesday’s result Franklin Regional 3, West Allegheny 2 Class 4A Championship Wednesday’s result North Catholic 7, Indiana 5 Class 2A Championship Wednesday’s result Seton LaSalle 5, Serra Catholic 0 Class...
PIAA 1st-round opponents set for WPIAL baseball qualifiers
The 2024 WPIAL baseball playoffs are in the books with six champions crowned Tuesday and Wednesday at Wild Things Park in Washington. Two teams, Seton LaSalle in Class 2A and Bishop Canevin in Class A, repeated as district title winners. North Allegheny in 6A won for a record ninth time...
North Allegheny’s David Posey turns tables, no-hits Mt. Lebanon for WPIAL Class 6A baseball title
David Posey wasn’t the starting pitcher drawing no-hit talk before the WPIAL finals, yet the North Allegheny senior walked off the mound at Wild Things Park with a zero on the scoreboard. All eyes were on Mt. Lebanon ace David Shields, who had no-hit North Allegheny here a year ago,...
Franklin Regional beats West Allegheny on clutch Luke Williams hit in Class 5A 3rd-place game
Sometimes missed opportunities can come back and haunt a team. But Franklin Regional didn’t allow early game troubles to keep it from pulling out a late-game win. Luke Williams hit a two-run double with one out in the top of the seventh inning, and Franklin Regional rallied to defeat West...
