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High schools Baseball Wednesday’s results Class 6A Section 2 Hempfield 14, Norwin 3 Class 5A Section 1 Fox Chapel 7, Armstrong 4 Section 2 Connellsville 4, Peters Township 2 Class 4A Section 2 Belle Vernon 6, Latrobe 5 Class 3A Section 3 Valley 9, Derry 6 Section 4 Mt. Pleasant...

One game will decide a section championship while another will determine a playoff spot. WPIAL Class 6A baseball concludes Thursday with two postseason-style matchups. The Section 1 crown will be determined when North Allegheny visits Pine-Richland. The two district powers were tied for first place coming into this week’s section...

Adam LaCarte hit a walk-off RBI single and also recorded the final two outs of the top of the seventh to earn the win on the mound as Belle Vernon beat Latrobe, 6-5, to clinch the Section 2-4A baseball title Wednesday. Connor Bergman had two hits and an RBI for...

The first power rankings in May have a different look for district baseball teams while the song remains the same in the softball Trib 10. Several top teams losing one or two games this past week caused a shuffling of the deck in the baseball rankings with Montour and Shaler...

The WPIAL softball playoff field is filling up as the regular season winds down. Coverage of the 2024 WPIAL softball playoffs here on Trib HSSN starts with the brackets being unveiled during the Playoff Pairings Show on Thursday, May 9. The top four teams in each section qualify for the...

The Norwin boys and girls track and field teams are headed back to the WPIAL Class 3A team championship Tuesday at West Mifflin. The boys defeated Kiski Area (131-19), Connellsville (107-38) and Baldwin (119.5-30.50) in the semifinals Wednesday. Connellsville finished second by defeating Kiski Area (93-57) and Baldwin (76-74). The...

Here are the top running times, throwing distance and jumping distances in Pennsylvania this season. Also included are the top three WPIAL and City League athletes and their rankings in the state. WPIAL/City League best Boys (Times and distances are what have been reported to PennTrackXC MileSplit by May 1.)...

When the National Federation of State High School Associations announced rule changes in wrestling last week, official Tom Manns was thrilled. “It’s going to make things a lot simpler to call,” Manns said. “I’m all for it.” Beginning next season, wrestlers will be considered in bounds with only one point...

Hempfield went from the wrong end of a no-hitter to the right end of a no-doubter. Nobody saw this coming. In quite the turn of events, the second-ranked Lady Spartans had their way with No. 1 Seneca Valley in their Class 6A softball section rematch Wednesday, spraying base hits all...

Shelby Novak said she wasn’t sure if she wanted to continue pitching. She had battled in the circle since she was 7 and was there in junior high and travel softball. “I wanted to quit pitching and just be an outfielder because I was thinking down the road for college,...

Hempfield softball has a number of talented hitters. In fact, 1 though 9 in the batting order can connect at any time. There are days when coach Tina Madison has an embarrassment of riches on her lineup card. But the Spartans also have pitching depth. Junior Riley Miller is tremendous,...

As he watched the WPIAL softball regular season wind into its final two weeks, Jim Armstrong saw a change in his team. The Franklin Regional coach noticed a more positive vibe in the dugout. Players were showing more emotion during big innings, more enthusiasm for fellow hitters and even more...

High schools Baseball Tuesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny 5, Pine-Richland 3 Seneca Valley 4, Butler 2 Section 2 Mt. Lebanon 9, Baldwin 1 Central Catholic 12, Canon-McMillan 2 Hempfield at Norwin, ppd. Class 5A Section 1 Armstrong at Fox Chapel, ppd. Penn-Trafford 10, Gateway 1 Plum 12,...

It was the game that would not end. Belle Vernon scored a run in the top of the seventh inning Monday night to tie its Section 2-4A baseball showdown game with Latrobe, 3-3. The teams then played four more tense scoreless innings before senior Adam LaCarte scored the go-ahead run...

The changes kept coming from last week in the three highest classifications, while the waters calmed a bit in the lower three classes in the latest Trib HSSN state softball rankings. Four teams dropped out of the state rankings in 6A, 5A and 4A combined, while 3A, 2A and A...

With the change from April to May on the calendars, the changes keep coming in the latest edition of the Trib HSSN state baseball rankings. A total of eight teams dropped out of the top five classifications with only Class A producing the same five teams as a week ago....

The 2024 WPIAL baseball playoff field is taking shape with under a week remaining in the regular season The top four teams in each section qualify for the playoffs with all tied teams advancing IF they split their head-to-head meetings. Coverage of the 2024 WPIAL baseball playoffs can be seen...

Hunter Wilson went 3 for 3 with an RBI and winning pitcher Jake Rynd struck out seven in 6⅔ innings as Neshannock defeated Riverside, 5-2, in Section 1-3A baseball Tuesday, ending the defending WPIAL and PIAA champs’ winning streak at 36 games. Lucca Mezzanotte had two hits and two RBIs...

Kiski Area’s Eliza Miller and Hempfield Area’s Peyton Murray have set numerous records during their high school careers. Now they can add being the best student-athletes in Westmoreland County. Two of the top athletes in track and field won the Excellence Award on Tuesday at the 68th annual Westmoreland County...

It’s not something that North Catholic coach Andy Przybylek shouts often, but it might’ve been the socks he was wearing that sparked some inspiration. As his power-hitting catcher, Blake Primrose, stood in the batter’s box with a 3-0 count and the bases loaded, Przybylek yelled down the first-base line: “It...

High schools Baseball Monday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Seneca Valley 2, Butler 0 Pine-Richland 10, North Allegheny 8 Section 2 Central Catholic 9, Canon-McMillan 5 Mt. Lebanon 15, Baldwin 1 Norwin 10, Hempfield 8 Class 5A Section 1 Fox Chapel 15, Armstrong 0 Plum 7, Franklin Regional 4 Penn-Trafford...

Welcome to the final day of April and the final day of section play for all the six-team sections in the WPIAL. If the weather cooperates, there are some great races coming down to the last game in the seven WPIAL baseball sections that conclude section play Tuesday. • In...

Trib HSSN softball player of the week – Mackenzie Reese School: Hampton Class: Senior Position: Catcher, third base, first base #Earned: The senior swung a big stick in four section wins that moved Hampton closer to a section championship after finishing in third place a year ago. In a Monday...

Peyton Ford went 2 for 2 with three RBIs and Pine-Richland survived a late-inning rally to defeat North Allegheny, 10-8, and move into first place in Section 1-6A baseball Monday. Sam Heckert doubled and Keegan Diehl got the win for the Rams (15-3, 9-1). Owen Schall doubled and drove in...