High School category, Page 45

After Penn-Trafford won the PIAA softball championship Friday at Penn State, Warriors coach Denny Little had his players take photos with some younger fans celebrating from the bleachers at Beard Field. He said it would be nice to make it a tradition. The next generation of girls will have a...

Cooper Roscosky doesn’t wait long to hear what Kiski Area wrestling coach Chris Heater has to say about how a practice went. What Heater appreciates is that Roscosky is more interested in the feedback than the manner it is delivered. “On a daily basis, he would want to know what...

Trib HSSN baseball player of the week – Tim Birch School – Indiana Class – Senior Position – Outfielder #Earned – Indiana leaned heavily on its pitching depth on the road to sweeping both district and state gold this season. Senior Greg Minnick was the Trib HSSN Player of the...

It turned out to be a banner state softball postseason for WPIAL teams. Six PIAA champions were crowned, and half of them returned to District 7 with gold. Penn-Trafford in 5A, Neshannock in 2A and Union in Class A are celebrating state championships. The others were spread out among three...

The baseball diamond crown will be shared in 2025 as two districts were able to boast of double state champions. The WPIAL sent five teams to Penn State, but only two came home with gold — Indiana in 4A and Riverside again in 3A. District 1 in suburban Philadelphia also...

In 2024, the Gateway boys bowling team finished fourth overall at the state championships. At the time, the players and coaches didn’t know there was a national championship tournament or that they had qualified for it based on making the state tournament. This year, however, the Gators were keenly aware...

Tom Sorce is happy for the Shaler Area sports community. The Titans softball coach did wish he was worried less about the chores around the house and more about what his colleagues in other sports were. The Shaler softball team joined the boys volleyball and baseball teams in capturing WPIAL...

A total of 14 Sewickley Academy athletes were named all-section in lacrosse in 2025. On the boys side, Section 2-2A all-stars included Jake Donesec, Max Soderstrom, Eli Gargani and Eli Stephan on the second team and Luca Peluso, Briggs Jamison and Jack and Matthew Bruno as honorable mention selections. For...

The Quaker Valley girls lacrosse team won’t be embarking on a rebuilding process following a successful 2025 season. Instead, the Quakers are expected to be retooling their starting lineup — particularly on defense. “I’m very proud of the way this team never gave up this season,” QV coach Laura Peery...

Quaker Valley’s baseball squad finished as the WPIAL Class 3A runner-up and a PIAA quarterfinalist in 2025. It marked the first time in more than a decade that a QV baseball team reached the WPIAL championship game. It also was more than a decade since the Quakers advanced to the...

The Midwestern Athletic Conference track and field championships provide high-energy competition the Quaker Valley athletes look forward to annually. This year’s early season 26-team invite took place April 23 at Shenango, and the WPIAL champion Quakers proved to be dazzling. QV took home 32 medals from the WPIAL tune-up meet...

Cooper D’Antonio wrapped up his scholastic career as one of Sewickley Academy’s top senior award recipients. A two-sport competitor in track and cross country, D’Antonio landed the Stan Partenheimer Sportsmanship Award at the spring sports banquet held May 21 in Rhea Auditorium. “I am very grateful to have received the...

In the sport of rowing, consistency plays a key role. It helps when crews stick together so that everyone is familiar with each other’s cadences and strategy, so that the team can put forth its best effort and emerge victorious in a race. Grant and Christian Brauer, who row for...

Pine-Richland girls lacrosse coach Shannen Wood wishes the team’s season had ended differently. After putting together another outstanding season, making a third WPIAL championship game appearance and a third straight trip to the PIAA state playoffs, the Rams’ season came to an end in a 18-3 loss at the hands...

When the Plum boys and girls bowling teams punched their tickets to the state championships in March, they also secured return trips to the U.S. High School Bowling National Championships on June 7-9, in Fort Wayne, Ind. For seniors Cade Schimmer and Vince Rossetti on the boys side, and the...

Mario Cavallaro was a sophomore in 2022 when he played a key role in Norwin’s PIHL Penguin Cup championship run. He scored the game-winning goal in the finals on an assist from his brother, Anthony. But Super Mario was far from finished. Cavallaro went on to play for the South...

As North Hills assistant outdoor track and field coach, Wade Endress knows the importance of buy-in from top to bottom of the roster. Unlike most coaches, though, he and head coach Mark Timko oversee more than 100 athletes. “I think any coaching staff probably experiences this in some way, but...

After bowing out in the second round of the 2024 WPIAL playoffs, the North Hills softball team could have looked at the 2025 season as an opportunity for redemption. The Indians didn’t look at it that way, though, and that served them pretty well. “You know, the narrative for (the...

Mike Komara’s trip with Team USA to the 2025 World Fly Fishing Championships last month in the Czech Republic featured a medal and some metal. “We had an extra day in Prague, and we went to an Iron Maiden concert,” Komara said. “It was great. It was actually my first...

The Hampton softball players were silent, but coach Katie Hedderman got the message loud and clear. After a 16-3 loss to North Hills dropped the Talbots to 1-3 on the season, Hedderman gathered the team for some self-reflection. “Nobody had anything to say,” the second-year coach said. “As coaches, we...

This season looked a lot like last season for the Hampton boys lacrosse team. The Talbots finished second in the section with a 9-1 record, lost to Mars in the WPIAL Class 2A semifinals, rebounded to make the state playoffs, and then lost a close match at District 3 champion...

Hampton’s Chris Belch accomplished something unmatched in the WPIAL this year. The senior placed in the top two at the district championships in three different sports, winning an individual gold in swimming along with runner-up finishes in cross country and track. “It was a pretty busy year,” Belch said, “but...

This wasn’t the best spring for training for rowing competitions. The Fox Chapel rowing crew was able to make accommodations to put them in the best spot for success. Niko Vavpetic and his teammates — Gavin Nguyen, Keitaro Inada and Ian Wellman — will line up their rowing machines on...

High schools Lacrosse PIAA tournament Championships Saturday’s results At Panzer Stadium, Penn State Boys Class 3A Springfield-Delco 6, Radnor 4 Class 2A Marple Newtown 20, Camp Hill Trinity 7 Girls Class 3A Springfield-Delco 10, Bishop Shanahan 5 Class 2A Villa Maria Academy 12, Strath Haven 8 Volleyball Boys PIAA tournament...