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There are seven individuals from Westmoreland County headed to the WPIAL track and field championships on Wednesday at Slippery Rock University seeded No. 1 in their events. In fact, two of the top seeds — Hempfield senior Elizabeth Tapper and Hempfield junior Peyton Murray — are the top shot put...

WPIAL baseball playoffs Class 4A First round 5-Latrobe (14-6) vs. 12-Kiski Area (9-9) 4 p.m. Wednesday at Norwin Winner plays: Winner of 4-Chartiers Valley (13-6)/13-Central Valley (6-11) Thursday (time, site TBD) in quarterfinals Players to watch: Anthony Massari, Latrobe; Dom DiNinno, Kiski Area Extra bases: This all-Westmoreland County matchup in...

WPIAL baseball playoffs Class 5A First round 8-Fox Chapel (12-8) vs. 9-Mars (9-9) 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Plum Winner plays: Winner of 4-Plum (13-7) and 13-Trinity (6-9) in quarterfinals (time, date, site TBD) Players to watch: Jeremy Haigh, Fox Chapel; Jacob Maple, Mars Extra bases: The Foxes finished third in...

For the first time, players other than seniors will play in the Roundball Classic. Nine all-star games are set for later this week at Geneva College’s Metheny Fieldhouse, but they will involve the top senior players from the WPIAL, City League and District 10. Organizers added three boys underclassmen games...

WPIAL softball playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals 3-Norwin (14-5) vs. 6-Canon-McMillan (7-11) 5 p.m. Wednesday at Gateway Winner plays: 2-Hempfield (16-3) May 24 (time, site TBD) in semifinals Players to watch: Bailey Snowberger, Norwin; Morgan Doyle, Canon-McMillan Extra bases: Norwin is hoping for a third matchup with rival Hempfield in what...

WPIAL softball playoffs Class 4A quarterfinals 6-Knoch (11-8) vs. 3-Chartiers Valley (17-2) 5 p.m. Wednesday at North Allegheny Winner plays: Winner of 2-Montour (13-3)/7-Indiana (16-4) in semifinals (date, site, time TBD) Players to watch: Lizzie Danik, Knoch; Madison Crump, Chartiers Valley Extra bases: Knoch is in the WPIAL quarterfinals for...

High schools WPIAL Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals May 22 schedule Pine-Richland (14-6) vs. Hempfield (11-9); Seneca Valley (16-4) vs. Mt. Lebanon (10-10); North Allegheny (14-6) vs. Norwin (8-11); Canon-McMillan (15-5) vs. Butler (12-8) Class 5A First round Wednesday’s schedule Shaler (16-4) bye; Fox Chapel (12-8) vs. Mars (9-9)...

As the opening round of the 2023 WPIAL softball playoffs concludes Tuesday with games in Class A, 2A and 3A, something strange is happening. Avonworth (17-1) is playing a first-round game. The Antelopes have enjoyed first-round byes in each of the last four seasons, two as a top seed and...

Freshman Liv Bonacci had three hits, including a two-run homer, and sophomore Maddie Cavenaugh had two hits and a home run as No. 12 South Fayette upset No. 5 North Hills, 6-5, in a WPIAL Class 5A first-round softball playoff game Monday. The Lions (11-9) start five freshmen, three sophomores...

It took three innings before the Latrobe batters could solve Western Beaver sophomore pitcher Emma Bogacki. But once they did, they turned a close game into a rout. No. 6 Latrobe (15-3) ended No. 11 Western Beaver’s magical season with a 12-1 mercy-rule, six-inning game in the opening round of...

The Thomas Jefferson softball team possesses a gold chain with a dollar sign in sparkles designated for those who hit home runs. Jaguars junior center fielder Zoe Krizan had that chain around her neck Monday afternoon at Gateway because she was money in the bottom of the seventh for the...

When Cassie Vidic is grooving her pitches, you might hear a grunt or two come from the Hampton sophomore right-hander. “I don’t know. I guess maybe it helps me throw harder and pitch better,” she said of the low-volume sound that signifies a little extra oomph and mph. Vidic was...

The pressure of shooting a one-and-one is likely to vanish from high school basketball. The national organization that writes the rulebook used by the PIAA has changed the way fouls are counted and the number of bonus shots a player receives. Most notably, the National Federation of State High School...

WPIAL softball playoffs Class 3A First round 8-Central Valley (9-8) vs. 9-Deer Lakes (10-5) 5 p.m. Tuesday at Montour Winner plays: Winner of 1-Avonworth (17-1)/16-Seton-LaSalle (5-9) Thursday (site/time TBD) in quarterfinals Players to watch: Maddie Kee, Deer Lakes; Macy Littler, Central Valley Extra bases: Deer Lakes owns the Alle-Kiski Valley’s...

WPIAL softball playoffs Class 3A 4-Burrell (11-5) vs. 13-Mt. Pleasant (11-8) 3 p.m. Tuesday at Plum Winner plays: Winner of 5-Mohawk (11-4)/12-South Park (11-5) Thursday (time, site TBD) in quarterfinals Players to watch: Katie Armstrong, Burrell; Sophia Smithnosky, Mt. Pleasant Extra bases: The only all-Westmoreland matchup in any bracket matches...

WPIAL baseball playoffs Class 3A 18-Derry Area (7-10) vs. 15-Mt. Pleasant (9-9) 7 p.m. Tuesday at Latrobe Winner plays: 2-Avonworth (15-5), 4 p.m., Thursday, at Plum in first round Players to watch: Nate Papuga, Derry Area; Lane Golkosky, Mt. Pleasant Extra bases: This is the only all-Westmoreland matchup in any...

WPIAL baseball playoffs Class 3A Preliminary round 16-Valley (10-10) vs. 17-Burrell (7-9) 6 p.m. Tuesday at Highlands Winner plays: 1-Riverside (17-0) Thursday in quarterfinals at Seneca Valley, 6:30 p.m. Players to watch: Wesley Schrock, Valley; Isaac Lasinski, Burrell Extra bases: The Section 3-3A rivals finished in a three-way tie for...

Last year, Penn-Trafford’s softball team went 20-4 and was the runner-up to Armstrong in the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs. Four starters from that team graduated, leaving question marks as to whether the Warriors could repeat that success. This year, while the record hasn’t been quite the same, Penn-Trafford has still...

Freeport boys lacrosse lost 12 graduates, including nine starters, from last year’s team. This season, the Yellowjackets added nine freshmen, seven of whom entered the starting lineup at times. First-year coach Matt Hanak said he knew there would be growing pains with the young lineup but saw much improvement throughout...

The Deer Lakes softball team has a clear goal this season. After finishing as WPIAL runners-up to Avonworth last year, the Lancers want to finish what they started. “We want to get back to the WPIALs,” said senior center fielder Delanie Kaiser, a key part of the Lancers lineup. “We...

The curtain goes up Monday on the WPIAL softball playoffs with first-round action in Class 5A and 4A. All 16 teams that qualified for the 5A playoffs this spring are in action Monday. Fourteen of them are back in the postseason after making the WPIAL playoffs. The newcomers are enjoying...

Let the games begin! Exclusive coverage of the 2023 WPIAL spring sports postseason begins with action from the diamonds, courts and lacrosse fields this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN will have three weeks of exclusive broadcasts, starting with WPIAL first round baseball games and first...

For more than two decades, Rich Macura served as an assistant coach in a number of scholastic boys basketball programs. He learned from a who’s who of mentors in the sport and passed on his knowledge to hundreds of athletes ready to make a name for themselves on the hard...

It should not come as a surprise that Greensburg Central Catholic is a WPIAL Class 2A boys track and field champion for the first time. The roster is chock full of talented athletes who play multiple sports, so putting all of that talent into one lineup should produce points. Take...

WPIAL softball playoffs Class 5A 8-Thomas Jefferson (13-5) vs. 9-Plum (10-6) 3 p.m. Monday at Gateway Winner plays: Winner of 1-Armstrong (16-1)/16-Upper St. Clair (8-8) Wednesday (time/site TBD) in quarterfinals Players to Watch: Taylor Lorish, Plum; Olivia Stock, Thomas Jefferson Extra bases: Plum is in the WPIAL playoffs for the...