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Behind deep junior class, Chartiers Valley girls lacrosse vies for postseason success
When Melissa Moran was searching for what would come next in her life, after a lacrosse career at Duquesne, she decided to take a chance coaching the Chartiers Valley youth lacrosse program. A few years later, she was appointed head coach of the varsity girls lacrosse team at Chartiers Valley...
Daysaun Spencer, Meghan Schruben display athleticism for Brentwood track and field
Youth is being served this season in the Brentwood track and field program. Brentwood’s Daysaun Spencer and Meghan Schruben were a triple medalists April 13 at the Chartiers-Houston track invitational. Spencer won both the boys long jump and triple jump events with distances of 21 feet, 1.5 inches and 41-4,...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 20, 2024
High schools Baseball Saturday’s results Class 3A Section 1 Mohawk 21, Beaver Falls 6 Class 2A Section 2 Seton LaSalle 13, New Brighton 0 Nonsection Ambridge 10, Eden Christian 6 Avella at Chartiers-Houston, ppd. Connellsville 18, Yough 3 Cumberland Valley 13, North Allegheny 3 Juniata Valley 10, McKeesport 6 Ligonier...
High school roundup for April 20, 2024: North Allegheny softball rallies past Baldwin
Carlyn Vaupel went 4 for 4, including a double and solo home run, as North Allegheny overcame a five-run deficit to defeat Baldwin, 10-8, in Section 1-6A softball Saturday. Anne Melle singled and doubled for the Tigers (5-3, 5-3). Maddy Schumacher went 2 for 4 with a home run and...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Knoch’s Marlee Fraser, Springdale’s John Hughes
Marlee Fraser School: Knoch Class: Sophomore Sport: Softball Report card: Knoch sophomore pitcher Marlee Fraser tossed a two-hitter with 10 strikeouts and also had the winning double as the Knights beat Freeport, 1-0, in a nonsection game Wednesday. On Friday, she struck out 10 and scattered 11 hits in a...
Westmoreland high school athletes of the week: Southmoreland’s Amarah McCutcheon and Penn-Trafford’s Matt Sarnowski
Amarah McCutcheon School: Southmoreland Class: Senior Sport: Softball Claim to fame: McCutcheon is one of the premier power hitters in the WPIAL, and she proved it with a career-high three home runs in a 15-0 win over South Allegheny. In that game, the Scotties launched seven homers, including four in...
WPIAL softball rankings, week ending April 21, 2024
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Seneca Valley, 11-0, 1 2. Hempfield, 8-1, 2 3. Pine-Richland, 6-5, 4 4. North Allegheny, 5-3, 3 5. Norwin, 6-6, NR Out: Canon-McMillan (3-4, 5) Class 5A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Shaler, 9-0, 1 2. West Allegheny, 13-1, 2 3. Armstrong, 9-1,...
WPIAL baseball rankings: Week ending April 21, 2024
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny, 9-1, 1 2. Hempfield, 12-1, 2 3. Mt. Lebanon, 10-3, 3 4. Pine-Richland, 12-2, 5 5. Seneca Valley, 6-4-1, 4 Out: none Class 5A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Shaler, 10-2, 1 2. West Allegheny, 6-2, 2 3. Penn-Trafford, 9-1, 4...
Earpieces let high school catchers receive in-game coaching
In a stressful moment behind the plate, when the other team was trying to rally, Franklin Regional catcher Ryan Catello started hearing voices in his helmet. Well, at least one. The calming voice said, “Hey, it’s got to be strikes on this guy,” while reminding him the bottom of the...
Bethel Park’s Artemis Conaboy picks up where she left off last season
Artemis Conaboy’s favorite track and field event is the 400-meter dash. “I love the length of the race and the how anyone can win and catch up at different points of the race,” said the athletic Bethel Park senior. Well, Conaboy picked up where she left off last season at...
Bethel Park’s Ryan Petras, Eddie Cebula make early season impact
Bethel Park athletes Ryan Petras and Eddie Cebula recently were cited as players of the week on back-to-back days in their respective sports. Petras, on April 7, was named Trib HSSN baseball player of the week. A day later, Cebula was lauded as a Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association player...
Ellen Toy’s volleyball legacy lives on with A-K Valley Sports Hall of Fame induction
From Kiski Area to Pitt and back to the Alle-Kiski Valley, Ellen Mangus Toy picked the brain of multiple mentors on the volleyball court. After her playing days, Toy passed along that extensive knowledge to her high school players during a longtime coaching career at Plum, Leechburg and Kiski Area....
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Jeannette soccer star picks college
Jeannette soccer star Jordan Taylor will take his goal-scoring prowess to the NCAA Division II level. The senior forward committed to play at Wheeling (W.Va.), which competes in the Mountain East Conference. Taylor, a shifty scoring machine since he first took the pitch four years ago, finished his prep career...
Pine-Richland baseball makes right adjustments to get off to strong start
Peyton Ford said Pine-Richland baseball coach Kurt Wolfe has a consistent message. “Coach Wolfe always says to expect to adjust,” Ford said. That advice can be about an approach at the plate but also be a more encompassing philosophy. For the Rams, rainouts have brought plenty of adjustments to the...
After hitting 100 mark, Pine-Richland lacrosse standout looks to next goal
Madeline Mill had a lot of family members in the stands April 9 hoping to see her score the 100th goal of her Pine-Richland girls lacrosse career. And she ended up getting help from the family member to hit the century mark. Mill was set up by her younger sister...
Plum baseball battling toward playoff berth in Section 1-5A
Carl Vollmer was quick to extol the virtues of baseball games in Section 1-5A, one that is filled with close, natural rivalries. The veteran Plum coach said that with matchups against Franklin Regional, Penn-Trafford, Penn Hills, Fox Chapel, Gateway and Armstrong, there will be the highs of big wins and...
Norwin notebook: Track team swarms medal stand
Norwin had a number of athletes competing at the Tri-State Coaches Association Championships at West Mifflin. Most of them made it to the medal stand. Luke Denny won the 400-meter run in 50.53 seconds, and Nick Puskar was the pole vault champion (19-1), while the Knights’ 1,600 relay of Nicholas...
Norwin lacrosse standout earns spot on Hungarian national team
It is a chance to play the game he loves on a national stage and, at the same time, pay his respects to genealogy. Norwin senior Griffin Bartos has himself a win-win situation. Bartos was selected to the Hungarian national team that will play in the World Box Lacrosse Championships...
North Hills sophomore thrives on both ends of battery
If Abby Sutton is anything, she’s unselfish. The North Hills sophomore has spent the first two years of her high school softball career doing anything and everything her team has needed, including changing positions. Twice. “Abby’s always a team-first kid,” said Indians coach Libby Gasior. “She’s always competitive. She wants...
As North Hills lacrosse star’s confidence grows, so does her goal total
The last year has been one of budding confidence for Abby Krogmann. The North Hills senior lacrosse standout went over the 200 career goal mark on April 4 in a 9-4 win over Butler, the culmination of a growing belief in her abilities on the field. “Every year I try...
North Allegheny notebook: Logan Kushner named WPIAL scholar-athlete award winner
North Allegheny senior football player Logan Kushner was honored last week as one of 20 recipients of the 33rd annual WPIAL James Collins Scholar-Athlete Award. Selected from among 146 nominees, Kushner helped the Tigers to back-to-back WPIAL Class 6A championships. He was an all-state honoree who also was a three-time...
With 2 teams in emerging league, North Allegheny coach encouraged with growth of flag football
Girls flag football was popular in southeastern states when Michelle Ruiz was teaching there earlier in her career, which motivated her to later make it an annual tradition for middle school kids at North Allegheny. But to her delight, the sport might soon become sanctioned statewide for Pennsylvania high schools,...
Senior center fielder shows pop for first-place Hampton softball team
Hampton’s Jessica Lange made a name for herself doing the little things for the Talbots softball team. The fleet-footed senior center fielder earned all-Section 3-4A honors last season thanks to excellent defense and being skilled at bunting and putting the ball in play. “I used to be a really big...
Hampton basketball readies for rare coaching search
For only the second time in the past 46 years, Hampton is searching for a new boys basketball coach. Athletic director Mike Gavlik said the district “is not going to rush into something,” as it looks to replace longtime coach Joe Lafko, who resigned April 17 after winning 489 games...
Fox Chapel grad reaching goals on Saint Vincent golf team
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...
