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WPIAL third-place game playoff capsules: Games for Tuesday, May 28, 2024
WPIAL softball playoffs Class 5A Third-place game Penn-Trafford (14-6) vs. Latrobe (11-11) 3 p.m. Tuesday at Gateway Winner: Takes third place in the WPIAL for the PIAA playoffs. The loser is fourth. Players to watch: Bella Rubbe, Penn-Trafford; Macie McHugh, Latrobe Extra bases: Penn-Trafford is looking for a repeat of...
Penn-Trafford out to capture elusive WPIAL baseball title as Bethel Park stands in the way
When Lou Cortazzo inherited the Penn-Trafford baseball team in 2023, he walked into a program that was ready to become dominant. All the Warriors have done is learn how to win big games. In Cortazzo’s first season, the Warriors reached the WPIAL Class 5A semifinals and won their first PIAA...
Seniors on Norwin softball team vow not to back down from Seneca Valley in WPIAL final
Norwin has only three seniors, but they weren’t ready to turn in their softball uniforms before they donned their caps and gowns. The girls graduated Friday, but their allegiance to the Lady Knights program will carry on for at least another week or so. And a diploma could be accompanied...
2024 WPIAL Class 5A baseball championship preview: Penn-Trafford vs. Bethel Park
2024 WPIAL Class 5A baseball championship No. 7 Penn-Trafford (18-3) vs. No. 4 Bethel Park (15-6) 7 p.m. Tuesday at Wild Things Park, Washington On the air: Trib HSSN How they got here: Penn-Trafford defeated Moon, 8-2, in the first round; Fox Chapel, 2-0, in the quarterfinals; and Franklin Regional,...
Results, top scorers, MVPs from the Roundball Classic
Results and top scorers from the 20th Roundball Classic all-star basketball games held over the weekend at North Allegheny: Girls Class 3A/A 105, Class 2A/District 10 70 3A: *Avina Norman (Beaver Falls) 23, Julie Spinelli (St. Joseph) 17, Claire Noble (Ellwood City) 16 2A: *Mya Morgan (Greensburg Central Catholic) 15,...
Talented underclassmen provide promising future for Knoch baseball
While the start of the season did not go the way the Knoch baseball team envisioned, the Knights still had some life near the end of April. Sitting at 2-6 in Section 1-4A, Knoch had a two-game must-win series with Hampton as its playoff hopes hung in the balance. “Our...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Freeport’s Abby DeJidas
Freeport senior shortstop Abby DeJidas was not pleased with her performance in the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs. “I felt I could have had more hits,” DeJidas said. “I had two strikeouts. I was upset about those because it’s rare for me to strike out.” Perhaps DeJidas is her own worst...
Rain Athletics’ Aqua cheer team captures 2nd straight world championship
In 2013, Caleigh Epolito, Jacob Parker and Jordan Thomas needed a name for a competitive cheer gym they were opening in McKeesport. They came up with Rain Athletics and based the name off an inside joke. “We realized anytime something good was happening in life, we always made the joke...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Southmoreland’s Gwen Basinger
Southmoreland’s softball team was one of the WPIAL’s best during the regular season, going 14-2, finishing behind only Ligonier Valley in Section 3-3A. “Eventually, we just focused on having fun, having a good time, laying it all out on the field,” senior designated hitter Gwen Basinger said. “I think that...
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week for May 27, 2024Video
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week: Indiana Little Indians Coaches: Dan Petroff (first season) Records: Indiana finished in second place with a record of 7-3 in Section 4-4A, and is 13-9 overall #Earned: Prior to last week, Indiana survived the dreaded No. 8 vs. No. 9 seed game in...
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week for May 27, 2024Video
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week: David Shields School: Mt. Lebanon Class: Senior Position: Pitcher, center field #Earned: Once again this past week, David Shields earned his keep with his arm and his bat. In Monday’s playoff debut for top-seeded and defending WPIAL Class 6A champion Mt. Lebanon, Shields...
2024 WPIAL Class A baseball championship preview: Bishop Canevin vs. Eden Christian
2024 WPIAL Class A baseball championship No. 4 Bishop Canevin (14-4) vs. No. 2 Eden Christian (16-4) 1 p.m. Tuesday at Wild Things Park, Washington On the air: Trib HSSN How they got here: Bishop Canevin had a first-round bye then defeated No. 5 Western Beaver, 10-0, in the quarterfinals...
2024 WPIAL Class 3A baseball championship preview: Riverside vs. Avonworth
2024 WPIAL Class 3A baseball championship No. 1 Riverside (16-1) vs. No. 7 Avonworth (15-8) 4 p.m. Tuesday at Wild Things Park, Washington On the air: Trib HSSN How they got here: Riverside defeated No. 16 Keystone Oaks, 4-1; No. 9 South Park, 11-1; and No. 4 South Allegheny, 2-0....
Pennsylvania beats Maryland in 2024 Big 33 Football Classic
Imhotep Charter’s Tyseer Denmark caught three touchdown passes, helping Pennsylvania defeat Maryland, 31-7, in the Big 33 Football Classic on Sunday night at Cumberland Valley’s Chapman Field. It was Pennsylvania’s fifth straight win over Maryland in a game filled with graduating senior all-star football players. Manheim Township quarterback Hayden Johnson...
High school sports scores, schedules for May 26, 2024
High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship Wednesday’s schedule Mt. Lebanon (18-4) vs. North Allegheny (16-5) at Wild Things Park, 7 p.m. Class 5A Championship Tuesday’s schedule Penn-Trafford (18-3) vs. Bethel Park (15-6-1) at Wild Things Park, 7 p.m. Third place Wednesday’s schedule Franklin Regional (14-8) vs. West Allegheny...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of May 27, 2024
For the final time this school year, the district playoffs conclude on the diamond with baseball and softball championship and consolation action this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has plenty of gold and state playoff berths to be had between Tuesday and Thursday with the...
Trib HSSN softball player of the week for May 26, 2024Video
Trib HSSN softball player of the week: Emma Paul School: Armstrong Class: Senior Position: Shortstop #Earned: One of the top players in the district came through again in the clutch for Class 5A top-seeded Armstrong. In first round and quarterfinal victories the previous week, Paul had a double, home run...
Trib HSSN softball team of the week for May 26, 2024Video
Trib HSSN softball team of the week: Thomas Jefferson Jaguars Coach: Heidi Karcher (12th year) Record: 6-4 in Class 5A Section 4, 11-7 overall #Earned: Thomas Jefferson finished the regular season as the third-place team in Section 2-5A and with an overall record just above .500 at 8-7. Thomas Jefferson...
Penn-Trafford track and field teams cap successful season at PIAA championships
In Eric Reger’s 14 years as track coach at Penn-Trafford, the program has made steady progress. This season, Reger took nine athletes (a record for him) to the PIAA track and field championships last Friday and Saturday at Shippensburg’s Seth Grove Stadium. There were five individuals and one relay team....
Perseverant Penn Hills sends contingent of runners to state meet
Paris Bey, Tymere Alston, Tindah Mofor and Achan Green came together as a strong 1,600-meter relay team during the South Fayette Invitational in late April. When they put up a time of 4 minutes, 28 seconds during their first race together, Indians coach Lee Zelkowitz was excited to see what...
Penn Hills notebook: Fitness competitor wins back-to-back national titles
Jadyn Wright continues to build on the legacy he has created on the Penn Hills fitness team. When Wright went to the Marine Corps Youth Physical Fitness National Championship in Little Rock, Ark., he once again brought home top honors. Wright finished slightly short of a perfect score while capturing...
Pine-Richland grads on both sides of Pitt-Penn State rivalry at ultimate frisbee nationals
Eliot and Reid Duncan are brothers who play on the Pitt ultimate frisbee team, where they are joined by former Pine-Richland teammate Aiden Landis. Landis, however, has a younger brother, Ethan, who plays for Penn State along with longtime friend Luke Gochis. What they all have in common is that...
Gateway boys volleyball players earn all-star honors after WPIAL playoff exit
The third time didn’t end up being the charm for the Gateway boys volleyball team against No. 1 Mars in the WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinals May 16. “There’s no way around it; Mars has an exceptional, disciplined program that is littered with legitimate athletes,” Gateway coach Phil Randolph said. “Not...
Gartleys lead another golden effort for Quaker Valley at WPIAL track meet
Mia Gartley is only a sophomore at Quaker Valley. Yet in her two years on the QV girls track and field team, she has won two WPIAL individual titles in the Class 2A girls high jump. Gartley claimed first place May 15 at Slippery Rock University by clearing a height...
Mike Iuzzolino takes over Sewickley Academy boys basketball program
Altoona native Mike Iuzzolino’s has had a distinguished basketball career. Iuzzolino’s proficiency on the basketball court has taken him all over the globe. Most recently, he worked for eight years on the Robert Morris men’s basketball staff, including the last three as associate head coach. Iuzzolino, 56, is settling in...
