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Christian Lucarelli arrived at Riverside baseball practice with a clear, plastic sphere that was partially filled with water. The peculiar fitness tool, which has handles on the sides, is designed to strengthen core muscles. Lucarelli uses it while simulating the twist he does on the pitcher’s mound. “You’re supposed to...

The WPIAL softball playoff field is filling up as the regular season winds down. Coverage of the 2024 WPIAL softball playoffs here on TribHSSN 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 postseason....

Coming into the final two days of April, three teams had a shot at the WPIAL baseball Section 3-5A championship. Following Monday’s action, one team has clinched a share of the title while another has a chance to share the section crown. North Hills used two big innings to defeat...

The 2024 WPIAL baseball playoff field is starting to take shape with just over 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...

Three was the magic number for the Burrell softball team in its Section 1-3A clash with rival Deer Lakes Monday evening at Bon Air Elementary. The top three in the batting order, that is. Those three — shortstop Pyper Ferres, catcher Bella Stewart and third baseman Braelyn Jones — went...

Emilia Bednar wasn’t sure what to expect when she stepped to the plate in the top of the eighth inning Monday in a battle of unbeaten softball teams at Jeannette. Maybe a walk. Maybe a hit. Whatever the case, the junior catcher from Frazier was ready to do anything to...

At the midpoint of the boys volleyball season, Hempfield still was trying to hold serve. It seemed the harder the Spartans tried, the more inconsistent they became. It’s been perhaps the one aspect delaying Hempfield’s progress the most. “You don’t want to ask,” Hempfield coach John Howell said, responding to...

It’s been a rough go the last three seasons for Jeannette’s baseball team. In those years, the Jayhawks compiled just nine total wins, recording the highest total, four, last year. With plenty of time left in the season to add on, the Jayhawks won six of their first nine games...

For the first time in their lives, the players on the 2024 Freeport lacrosse team have a coach who has played the game. Devin Wolford took over after a year as offensive coordinator for La Roche’s lacrosse team. He played high school lacrosse for Hampton and won a WPIAL championship...

The Fox Chapel baseball team has all the trust in the world in senior catcher Mitch Epstein. “When we lost our catcher, he stepped in and has been starting ever since,” said Foxes coach Jim Hastings. “Mitch’s teammates pick up and feed off his confidence, and that’s big.” Epstein performed...

Only three section play dates are left in the 2024 WPIAL boys volleyball regular season, and teams in Class 3A and Class 2A are making final pushes for section titles, playoff positioning and postseason berths. The top teams are making their marks as there was little movement overall in the...

The WPIAL has canceled eligibility hearings for Aliquippa sophomore Joseph “J.J.” Work and freshman Khalil Ellerbee, saying Central Valley no longer contests their transfers. The two students were among seven football players who transferred to Aliquippa from various schools in recent weeks. The hearings for Work and Ellerbee were scheduled...

Things came full circle for six of 12 inductees at Sunday’s 49th Armstrong County Sports Hall of Fame banquet. The six — Ford City’s Kristin Myers Moran and Mark Szymanski, Freeport’s Ron DeJidas, Leechburg’s Nick Matviko, Apollo-Ridge’s Lauren Reilly and Shannock Valley’s Todd Heigley — were recognized as honorees during...

Trib HSSN baseball team of the week: Valley Vikings Coach: Jim Basilone (eighth season) Records: Valley is 5-3 in Section 3-3A, 10-4 overall #Earned: It was a perfect week for Valley, which swept its second section series of the season with two wins over Eat Allegheny, 4-2 on Monday and...

Trib HSSN flips the calendar from April to May as the spring sports regular season is starting to wind down on the diamonds, courts and stadiums this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have plenty of WPIAL baseball and softball streams, along with district boys lacrosse and...

And then there were two. Two days left in April and there are either two section games remaining or two section series left for WPIAL baseball teams. An A+ goes out to the district schedule makers as eight series begin Monday between the top two teams in a section. Three...

The 2024 WPIAL baseball playoff field is now starting to take shape with just over 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...

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

The WPIAL boys volleyball regular season is winding down with two weeks left in the regular season. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district postseason. Here is the latest list of teams that have qualified for the playoffs through Sunday: Class 3A: 5 of at least...

High schools Baseball Monday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Butler at Seneca Valley, 4 p.m. North Allegheny at Pine-Richland, 4 p.m. Section 2 Canon-McMillan at Central Catholic, 4 p.m. Mt. Lebanon at Baldwin, 4 p.m. Norwin at Hempfield, 4:15 p.m. Class 5A Section 1 Fox Chapel at Armstrong, 3:45 p.m....

Winners of the annual Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete Excellence Award, sponsored by Judge Michael Stewart, will be announced at a banquet Tuesday, at Ferrante’s Lakeview. Athletic directors or representatives from the 18 county high schools selected 12 finalists for the award and one male and one female winner. Here are the...

When Gateway junior Adam Memije advanced to the WPIAL Class 3A singles championship match April 10 and qualified for the PIAA tournament, and fellow Gators junior Zidaan Hassan lost in the semifinals, Hassan knew immediately that to win a second straight WPIAL doubles title, he would have to do it...

One win in 12 games to start a season might cause one to speculate about how the team is developing over the course of time from the start to its current standing. But first-year coach Luke Padezan said his Gateway baseball team, which sported that 1-11 record after a tough...

Sewickley Academy has added rowing to its roster of sports available to student-athletes. The team will be conducted through a partnership with the Pittsburgh Rowing Club, led by coach Florin Curuea, a Romanian Olympic rower, starting next school year. “With a focus on promoting physical fitness, camaraderie and skill development,...