High School category, Page 278

Brevin Urso put himself in position for a strong finish to his senior season during the fall. With how the Presidents’ Athletic Conference men’s golf championship is set up, one round is played in the fall while the other two are played in April. Urso, a Fox Chapel Area graduate...

Gregory Meyer built up a nice wave of momentum heading into the Big South Championships. The Fox Chapel graduate closed the regular season with a strong performance at the Stitch Intercollegiate at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course in Raleigh. Meyer led High Point by finishing in a tie for 21st...

High schools Baseball Friday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Pine-Richland 6, Allderdice 1 Class 4A Section 2 Belle Vernon 5, Ringgold 2 Section 3 Chartiers Valley 10, Woodland Hills 0 Class 3A Section 1 Ellwood City 5, Quaker Valley 0 Section 2 South Allegheny 12, South Park 7 Section 4...

Winning pitcher Colin Watson struck out 10 as Plum defeated North Allegheny 4-1 in a nonsection baseball game Friday, handing the Tigers their first loss of the season. Jack Anderson doubled and drove in a run and Erik Streussing went 2 for 3 with an RBI for the Mustangs (7-4)....

In meets from Boston to Los Angeles, record-setting runner Drew Griffith has wowed crowds from coast to coast over the past three months. On Friday, a crowd wowed him. The Butler senior marveled at the enthusiasm he felt from fans, coaches and fellow athletes as he nearly broke the 4-minute...

When the Penn-Trafford softball team defeated Armstrong a month ago in Kittanning, the weather was cold. It was a different story when Armstrong played in Harrison City on Friday. The River Hawks’ bats were smoking. Armstrong (9-1, 5-1) pounded out 14 hits and gained a split in the season series...

For a team that struck out 19 times against Brentwood earlier this week, Greensburg Central Catholic looked pretty confident at the plate when it finally got to play rival Jeannette after multiple postponements. “We didn’t strike out once today,” Centurions coach John Boyle said. Instead, every hitter in the lineup...

In her third plate appearance of the game, Leah Clark was still trying to fight off nerves. It was a one-run game in the bottom of the sixth inning, and she had been retired in her first two trips to the plate. Then, the freshman calmed down by reminding herself...

If opposing teams didn’t already know about Mackenzie Magness through her accomplishments during the indoor track and field season, the Freeport freshman pole vaulter opened more eyes at the Tri-State Track Coaches Association outdoor championships last Saturday at West Mifflin High School. Magness cleared the bar set at 11 feet,...

High schools Baseball Thursday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny 8, Allderdice 4 Pine-Richland 3, Seneca Valley 2 Section 2 Central Catholic 5, Baldwin 4 Hempfield 3, Canon-McMillan 2 Mt. Lebanon 6, Norwin 0 Class 4A Section 1 Knoch 14, Highlands 4 Section 2 Ringgold 5, Belle Vernon 4...

The first of possibly three, maybe even four meetings between two of the top boys volleyball teams in the WPIAL takes place Friday. Defending Class 3A champion Shaler hosts North Allegheny in a battle of unbeaten schools. Both teams are 5-0 and tied for the top spot in Section 2-3A....

Carson Pettyjohn hit a walk-off bases-clearing double to lead Central Catholic to a 5-4 victory over Baldwin in Section 2-6A baseball Thursday. Yaniel Heredia added a double for the Vikings (7-6, 4-5). Matt Musial singled, tripled and had an RBI for Baldwin (2-9, 1-5). Bentworth 4, Frazier 3 – Lucas...

When Penn-Trafford senior Matt Sarnowski won the discus Saturday at the Lady Spartan/Wildcat Invitational with a personal record of 179 feet, 3 inches, he defeated Hempfield senior Peyton Murray, the reigning PIAA and WPIAL Class 3A champion. Sarnowski got to hold the best throw in the state for two days...

More than a dozen pro scouts crammed together above the brick backstop at Norwin and raised their radar guns in tandem each time Mt. Lebanon’s David Shields kicked up his leg to throw a pitch. They aimed through the chain-link fence and zapped each glove-popping delivery. A top-50 MLB draft...

Looking back through the results so far this year, Freeport baseball coach Ed Carr felt his team had a chance to win nearly every game it has played. A mistake or a bounce have led to some getting away, but considering the Yellowjackets haven’t had the services of either of...

The team concept in sports is often overstated and cliche, trendy at times and even hyperbolic. But the Latrobe baseball program thrives on it. You might say the Wildcats have cornered the market on taking one for the team. In fact, the word “Team” is stitched into or printed on...

Jeannette took its lumps the last three seasons, which meant the Jayhawks were due to dish out some payback. Perhaps patience has played the biggest part in this team’s turnaround. After winning just four games last season (4-13), three the previous year (3-10) and two the year before that (2-13),...

High schools Baseball Wednesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Pine-Richland 13, Allderdice 2 Class 4A Section 1 Ambridge 5, Blackhawk 0 Section 2 Albert Gallatin 5, Uniontown 3 Latrobe 16, Laurel Highlands 2 Section 3 Thomas Jefferson 12, McKeesport 2 Class 3A Section 1 Riverside 16, Beaver Falls 0 Section...

The big closet located downstairs of the WPIAL Class 6A baseball mansion contains four brooms and one large rubber band. Four 6A teams hit the diamonds Thursday looking to sweep this week’s three-game section series with only one series going to a rubber game. How will Hempfield (7-1, 11-1) respond...

WPIAL baseball lost another undefeated team earlier this week when Hempfield lost to Canon-McMillan, ending its 11-game win streak. That leaves seven district baseball teams that have not lost this spring with North Allegheny, Thomas Jefferson, Riverside, Waynesburg, Serra Catholic, Carmichaels and Union still undefeated. There is also a magnificent...

Riley Miller threw a five-inning no-hitter, striking out four and walking one, to lead Hempfield to a 13-0 victory over North Allegheny (3-2, 3-2) in Section 1-6A softball Wednesday. Emily Griffith went 2 for 3 with a home run and four RBIs while Audrey Semow and Lauren Howard each doubled...

Just days after taking a recruiting trip to the West Coast, Peters Township’s Mickey Vaccarello decided to spend his college years in California. The junior linebacker committed to Stanford on Wednesday, choosing the Cardinal over a list of college offers heavy in high-academic schools. Vaccarello had nearly 20 offers in...

Kelly Morrisey has been looking to contribute more to the Serra Catholic softball batting order, but the sophomore said she fell into a lull of late. A bump-up from the No. 6 spot to No. 3 in the lineup has done wonders for her confidence and has her barreling the...

Saying it’s time to “figure out the next chapter,” WPIAL Hall of Famer Joe Lafko has stepped down as Hampton boys basketball coach. Lafko, who led Hampton for the past 28 seasons, told his players and first-year athletic director Mike Gavlik on Wednesday afternoon that he wouldn’t be returning. “I’m...

Dave Pucka put his stamp on Plum athletics more than 25 years ago as a standout running back for the Mustangs, and he also was a member of the boys basketball team. He was Plum’s all-time rushing yards and touchdowns leader from his senior year in 1997 to 2022, when...