High School category, Page 454

Three was a not-so-lucky number for teams ranked in last week’s Trib HSSN state softball rankings. Three teams dropped out of the rankings and three top-ranked teams dropped out of the No. 1 spot. Dropping out of the Top 5 on the eve of the district playoffs were Governor Mifflin...

The top seat turned out to be the hot seat as all but one of the top-ranked teams slipped in this week’s Trib HSSN baseball state rankings. Only three teams lost their spots in the Top 5: North Allegheny in 6A, Southern Lehigh in 5A and Panther Valley in 3A,...

Pine-Richland and Mars received the top seeds when the WPIAL announced brackets for the girls lacrosse playoffs Thursday. The two tournaments start with first-round games Monday and Tuesday, and finish May 24 or 25 with championships at Robert Morris. Pine-Richland (15-3), which won the Section 2 title, drew the top...

High schools WPIAL Baseball Wednesday’s results Class 3A Section 1 Shenango 2, Mohawk 0 Ellwood City 7, Beaver Falls 2 Ellwood City 11, Beaver Falls 2 Section 3 Burrell 17, Deer Lakes 5 East Allegheny 11, Freeport 1 Section 4 Mt. Pleasant 8, Waynesburg 1 Waynesburg 5, Mt. Pleasant 4...

The 2023 WPIAL baseball playoff field now has 79 teams in the six classifications that have clinched with one final Class 3A spot possible on the final day of the regular season Thursday. The top four teams in each section qualify for the playoffs. Exclusive coverage of the 2023 WPIAL...

The WPIAL softball playoff field is set with 75 teams having clinched postseason berths. Exclusive coverage of the 2023 WPIAL softball playoffs is only here on TribHSSN.TribLive.com, starting with the brackets being unveiled during the Playoff Pairings Show at 7 p.m. Thursday. The top four teams in each section qualified...

Evan Holewinski went 2 for 2 with an RBI triple during a two-run first inning, leading Bethel Park to a 3-2 nonsection victory over Chartiers Valley on Wednesday. Jack Edner started and threw four scoreless innings and Michael Bruckner doubled for the Black Hawks (14-4). Justin Ferrari singled and scored...

Gateway’s first WPIAL team tennis championship in 35 years sparked a merry post-match celebration Wednesday on the lower courts at Washington & Jefferson’s Janet L. Swanson Tennis Center. Players, coaches and fans mingled amid a chaotic chatter. “I’m so excited,” Gateway coach Emily Levine shouted. “Hey, ‘Let’s Go, Gators,’ right?...

Second place in Section 1-3A was on the line Wednesday as the Deer Lakes and Burrell softball teams met at Bon Air Elementary in Lower Burrell. It was the second matchup between the teams in three days. The Bucs won a low-scoring two-run affair Monday. The rematch was not as...

Playing her last game on her home field, Madie Kessler wanted to leave a lasting impression. So the senior catcher did what she has done so many times before on Norwin’s turf: She hit bombs. Kessler enjoyed the first home run so much, she hit another one, both on deep...

It is rare for a section game, especially one with such potential significance on a tournament bracket, to be played on the same day as the WPIAL playoff pairings meeting. But that will be the case Thursday when No. 2-ranked Hempfield (15-2, 12-2) visits No. 1 Seneca Valley (15-1, 14-1)...

High schools WPIAL Baseball Tuesday’s results Class 5A Section 1 Plum 7, Fox Chapel 6 Penn-Trafford 10, Franklin Regional 9 Gateway 10, Penn Hills 7 Class 4A Section 1 Blackhawk 11, Beaver 3 Section 4 Hampton 10, Knoch 4 Class 3A Section 1 Shenango 14, Ellwood City 1 Riverside 10,...

The 2023 WPIAL baseball playoff field is nearly set. The only section still undetermined is Section 4-3A. We know Yough is the section champion and Greensburg Salem will finish second. The fight for third place and fourth place is up in the air. Waynesburg is 5-4, Mt. Pleasant is 5-5...

The WPIAL softball playoff field is nearly set with 74 teams having clinched and two more teams still alive into the final day of the regular season. Exclusive coverage of the 2023 WPIAL softball playoffs is only here on TribHSSN.TribLive.com, starting with the brackets being unveiled during the Playoff Pairings...

The 2023 WPIAL baseball playoff field now has 75 teams in the six classifications that have clinched with two days left in the regular season. Only two or three teams in Section 4-3A are still up in the air before the postseason field is set. The top four teams in...

Brooke Bumer threw a five-inning, one-hit shutout with five strikeouts and Kiersten Williams homered as Canon-McMillan clinched a playoff berth in Section 1-6A with a 10-0 victory over Butler on Tuesday. Olivia Ford and Sami Merkle doubled for the Big Macs (6-11, 5-10). Gracie Negley singled for Butler (2-14, 2-13)....

North Allegheny track coach John Neff said he had trouble deciding which three girls should run the 3,200 meters Tuesday, mainly because the Tigers had too many good options. Minutes before the race, he had to pick. “The nice thing is, I’m choosing between ‘Great Runner A’ and ‘Great Runner...

When the Greensburg Central Catholic boys track team was riding home from the 2022 WPIAL Class 2A track and field championship, coach Mike Brewer’s athletes told him that, next year, they were coming back for a ring. The team kept its word. Greensburg Central Catholic claimed the Class 2A title...

An offensive onslaught helped lead Serra Catholic to its first section title in eight years Tuesday afternoon. The Eagles pounded 13 hits, including four during a four-run second inning and five more in a seven-run fourth, en route to a 13-0 rout of Greensburg Central Catholic in a five-inning Section...

There weren’t many hits by either baseball team Tuesday, but there were enough errors made by one to provide plenty of baserunners for the other. Freeport was happy to oblige. The Yellowjackets took advantage of some sloppy defense by East Allegheny in the opener of a two-game, home-and-home series to...

Experience matters. After losing a gut-wrenching baseball game Monday, senior-laden Yough made the necessary plays and took advantage of plays younger Greensburg Salem did not make. The host Cougars secured the outright Section 4-3A championship Tuesday with a 10-5 win over the Golden Lions. “On the bus (Monday), we were...

After going 3 for 3 with four RBIs, first baseman Chuck Fontana III had one more hit lined up Tuesday. As his teammates gathered in left field to celebrate a nerve-racking victory, the Penn-Trafford junior ducked into the dugout and swiped the water cooler. He carried it quietly to the...

When inclement weather hits Western Pennsylvania during spring sports season, baseball, softball and tennis teams often go into hiding under an umbrella of postponements. But not lacrosse teams. Come rain or shine, warm or cold, they are playing, often at night under the lights. For Penn-Trafford girls lacrosse and junior...

For even the most competitive marathoners, some runs are far more challenging than others. Oftentimes it’s not the races. It’s the training. North Hills graduate Margo Malone can speak to that. A cross-country runner at Syracuse University from 2012-16, Malone remembers the early wake-up calls and brutal cold of the...

High schools WPIAL Baseball Monday’s results Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny 10, Pine-Richland 3 Section 2 Canon-McMillan 10, Central Catholic 2 Hempfield 11, Norwin 0 Mt. Lebanon 12, Baldwin 0 Class 5A Section 1 Gateway 6, Penn Hills 4 Penn-Trafford 7, Franklin Regional 1 Fox Chapel 5, Plum 2...