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Pine-Richland girls lacrosse carries momentum into playoffs
Pine-Richland girls lacrosse coach Shannen Drennon said her team is firing on all cylinders. She admitted it’s a phrase that’s cliche, but it’s also the truth. The Rams hadn’t lost since March heading into one final regular season test against Mt. Lebanon on May 9. They won the Section 2-3A...
Plum notebook: Mustangs wrestlers make college decisions
Antonino Walker and fellow Plum seniors celebrated their high school wrestling careers and wrestling futures as they finalized decisions to compete at the next level. Walker, who committed to Division I Edinboro, as well as Sam Snyder (Division III Saint Vincent), Carson Yocca (Division II Ashland) and Rylen Campbell (Ashland)...
Sharp defense fuels championship optimism for Hampton softball
Because first-year coach Kate Hedderman runs a batting cage facility in Hampton, she was confident the Talbots would hit the ball this season. She wasn’t so sure about catching it. “That made me nervous,” she said. “We didn’t get a lot of fielding practice because we were stuck inside with...
Fox Chapel distance runner makes big strides in 3,200-meter run
Nicky Clump wasn’t intimidated by sliding his way through the pack at the start of races when he started with distance running. Ever since Clump can remember, he would go out running with his dad, David “Andy” Clump. Andy ran while attending high school in Doddridge County, W.Va., and continued...
Fox Chapel softball adjusts to speed of game to earn playoff berth
Fox Chapel’s young softball team passed the first major test of the season by qualifying for the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs. The Foxes were then fortunate to have several nonsection tests against quality opposition to end the regular season. Fox Chapel (7-9 overall, 4-6 Section 1-5A) won two of three...
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Belle Vernon junior officially a ‘Rising Star’
One of the WPIAL’s most prolific scorers over the past couple of years will be part of Roundball Classic history. For the first time, the annual all-star basketball games will feature multiple underclassman games for juniors and sophomores. Belle Vernon junior Zion Moore was selected to play in the Rising...
WPIAL baseball committee seeds 5A bracket by ‘throwing out the numbers,’ focuses on matchups
The WPIAL for many decades released playoff brackets that had no seed numbers, a tradition that ended several years ago. Now, the top seeds have a No. 1 next to their name, the second seeds have a two and so on. But WPIAL baseball committee chairman Bob Bozzuto said this...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 10, 2024
High schools Baseball Friday’s results Nonsection Penn-Trafford 6, North Allegheny 2 Seneca Valley 2, Fox Chapel 1 Shenango 4, New Castle 2 Indian Creek at Upper St. Clair, ppd. WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals May 20 schedule Mt. Lebanon (16-4) vs. Butler (6-12), TBA; Hempfield (14-6) vs. Seneca Valley (10-8-1),...
High school roundup for May 10, 2024: Neshannock gears up for playoffs with win over North Allegheny
Winning pitcher Addy Frye doubled, homered and drove in three runs and struck out nine in seven innings in the circle as Class 2A No. 1 seed Neshannock geared up for the playoffs with a 5-3 nonsection softball win over Class 6A No. 2 seed North Allegheny on Friday. Gabby...
Breaking down the 2024 WPIAL baseball playoffs
Class 6A Favorite: Mt. Lebanon and coach Patt McCloskey are trying to win their third straight WPIAL title. The Blue Devils return senior ace David Shields, a lefty committed to Miami (Fla.) who threw a no-hitter in last year’s finals. Shields is 4-0 with a 0.43 ERA but is not...
Latrobe gets WPIAL finals rematch with Hopewell in Class 4A 1st round
It shouldn’t be hard for Latrobe baseball coach Matt Basciano to get his team up for its WPIAL Class 4A first-round playoff game. That’s because when the WPIAL released the pairings Friday, Latrobe found out its opponent is Hopewell, the team that defeated the Wildcats, 4-3, in the 2023 district...
Defending champ Shaler, undefeated Mars earn top seeds for WPIAL volleyball playoffs
A pair of regular-season matchups between the top two teams in WPIAL Class 3A boys volleyball solved nothing. Perhaps a third meeting in the WPIAL championship game is in the cards. Shaler and North Allegheny, who met in last year’s final with the Titans winning 3-0 and who split a...
Red-hot Valley learns playoff seed, gets ready for ‘whole new season’
Boasting an 11-game winning streak, the Valley baseball team certainly is rolling at the right time. A team filled with experienced upperclassmen, the Vikings won their first section title since 2018 and now will look to make their mark in the postseason. The Vikings were awarded the No. 5 seed...
Roundball Classic’s Rising Stars game to feature some of area’s top juniors, sophomores
For the first time officially, the annual Roundball Classic all-star basketball event will feature multiple underclassmen games for juniors and sophomores. Rosters were announced for the “main event” game, the Rising Stars feature game, which will be 8 p.m. May 26 at North Allegheny. The Blue team will be coached...
WPIAL releases brackets for 2024 baseball playoffs
Defending champions Mt. Lebanon and Riverside were tabbed as favorites to repeat when the WPIAL on Friday released brackets for the upcoming baseball playoffs. Mt. Lebanon was seeded No. 1 in Class 6A and Riverside was first in 3A. The other No. 1 seeds went to West Allegheny in 5A,...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 9, 2024
High schools Baseball Thursday’s results Nonsection Canon-McMillan 6, Hampton 3 East Allegheny 3, South Allegheny 2 Latrobe 7, Greensburg Salem 1 North Hills 2, Penn Hills 1 Valley 5, Ligonier Valley 3 West Allegheny 5, Beaver 0 Beth-Center at Serra Catholic, ppd. Bethel Park at Montour, ppd. Bishop Canevin at...
High school roundup for May 9, 2024: Ligonier Valley ace tunes up for playoffs with no-hitter, 16 Ks
Looks like Ligonier Valley pitcher Cheyenne Piper is ready for the playoffs. Piper threw a no-hitter with 16 strikeouts and went 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI to lead the Rams to a 7-0 victory over Indiana (13-5) in nonsection softball Thursday. Sydnee Foust had three hits...
Norwin boys capture Section 3-3A volleyball title with narrow win over Penn-Trafford
It took every bit of energy and drive Thursday night for Norwin to hold off Penn-Trafford’s relentless energy and drive in the final regular-season boys volleyball match and escape with a marathon 3-2 victory that clinched the WPIAL Section 3-3A championship. “It’s good to be able to win the section...
WPIAL bracketology: Don Rebel, Chris Harlan forecast 2024 baseball playoff pairings
The 2024 WPIAL baseball playoff field is set with 77 teams, including all six defending champions: Mt. Lebanon, Shaler, Hopewell, Riverside, Seton LaSalle and Bishop Canevin. The postseason begins next week and concludes with six title games May 28-29 at Wild Things Park in Washington. The brackets will be announced...
Class 5A features deep bracket for WPIAL softball playoffs
The Class 5A bracket was a hot topic of the WPIAL softball pairings show Thursday afternoon on TribLive HSSN. The conversation included who could have been placed in which positions near the top and where the others in the deep 16-team bracket fell. Plum, the third-place team from Section 1...
Hempfield softball ‘proud’ to receive No. 1 seed as WPIAL releases brackets
Hempfield has won eight WPIAL softball championships. During five of those title runs, the Spartans opened the playoffs as a No. 1 seed. Now they will try to make it six. Defending champion Hempfield (18-1) was awarded the top seed in Class 6A when the pairings were announced Thursday. A...
Breaking down the 2024 WPIAL softball playoffs
WPIAL softball playoffs breakdown Class 6A Favorite: Defending champion Hempfield is chock full of offensive threats — nine returning starters — as the Spartans chase a ninth WPIAL title. They split with Seneca Valley, but won the second meeting convincingly, 15-2 in five innings. Big-game pitcher Riley Miller is a...
Mars, Mt. Lebanon, Shady Side Academy earn No. 1 seeds in 2024 WPIAL lacrosse playoffs
Defending champion Mars, which swept the WPIAL Class 2A lacrosse titles a year ago, will start this season’s playoffs as the No. 1 seed in the boys and girls tournaments. The Mars boys are seven-time defending WPIAL champions, and the girls have won two titles in the past three years....
Mt. Pleasant baseball roars into playoffs on 9-game winning streak
As a winning streak began to stretch out like salt water taffy from a preseason trip to Myrtle Beach, Mt. Pleasant baseball coach Chris Firmstone became less surprised. Three straight section sweeps and a nonsection win took the streak to seven — but it was not a lucky seven. “We...
WPIAL reveals brackets for 2024 softball playoffs
Four defending champions are favored to repeat in the upcoming WPIAL softball playoffs. Reigning champions Hempfield in Class 6A, Avonworth in 3A, Neshannock in 2A and Union in A were among the six teams that received No. 1 seeds when the WPIAL revealed playoff brackets Thursday. The two other top...
