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“And down the stretch they come.” No, we’re not talking about the horses racing for the winners circle at a racetrack in Kentucky. We’re talking about the top four baseball teams in Section 1-5A baseball. Coming into the final day of section play, three teams are tied for first in...

In the two years prior to Dave Quinn taking over as softball head coach at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, the Chargers won a combined 10 games. In his first year in 2017, OLSH finished 11-5 and hasn’t missed the playoffs since as a new tradition was born. This...

Seneca Valley sophomore Lexie Hames doesn’t have a driver’s license yet. She will seek her permit later this month. While she may not be driving on the road yet, the standout softball pitcher is very driven on the diamond. Hames is following up a fabulous freshman debut in which she...

One of the top wrestlers in the WPIAL will be headed south to continue his wrestling career. Frazier junior Rune Lawrence announced on social media Monday his commitment to wrestle at West Virginia. Lawrence is a three-time PIAA and WPIAL Class 2A champion. His career record is 112-7. He was...

The WPIAL softball playoff field is nearly set with two days left in 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 Show on Thursday. The top four teams in each section qualify...

The 2023 WPIAL baseball playoff field now has 72 teams in the six classifications that have clinched with three days left in the regular season. The top four teams in each section qualify for the playoffs, which will have at least 76 schools participating. Exclusive coverage of the 2023 WPIAL...

Winning pitcher Caleb Custer fanned eight in 6⅓ innings of work as Hampton defeated Knoch, 9-4, on Monday to clinch a playoff spot in Section 4-4A baseball. Anthony Bucci and Eric Weeks collected two hits apiece for the Talbots (7-8, 5-4). Brady Wozniak went 2 for 3 with a triple...

The Highlands softball team had its back against the wall in a must-win situation as it hosted Indiana in its Section 1-4A finale Monday afternoon. The Golden Rams controlled their own destiny for a WPIAL playoff spot, but they had to win. The Indians led by five runs in the...

Greensburg Salem baseball coach Anthony Manley said he didn’t say much to his team heading into the bottom of the seventh inning. That’s because the Golden Lions knew if they wanted a shot at winning the WPIAL Section 3-3A title, they had to find a way to manufacture a comeback....

When half of a team’s starting lineup is underclassmen and its top two pitchers are sophomores, the future is bright. However, for the Fox Chapel baseball team, the future is now. The Foxes defeated visiting Plum, 5-2, on Monday afternoon to force a three-way tie for first place between Fox...

Penn-Trafford continues to play through the pain. The Warriors baseball team Monday lost another key player to an injury — its fourth this season — but went on to its third consecutive victory and seventh in the past eight games, beating Franklin Regional, 7-5, at Murrysville’s Haymaker Park, and delaying...

Whatever the outcome for the Derry girls track and field team at the WPIAL Class 2A championship Tuesday, it will be a historical moment for the program. But as coach Mark Curcio sees it, Derry wants the gold trophy. The 11-year coach thinks it is attainable. Derry reached the WPIAL...

Recent matchups between the Norwin and Hempfield softball teams turned into home run derbys. The latest one, though, was a pitchers’ duel. And it had a postseason vibe between two playoff-bound teams. Sophomore Riley Miller went the distance for Hempfield, striking out nine with no walks, and the No. 2...

Norwin’s track and field team enjoyed another year of success, finishing undefeated in section competition. The success the Knights have had this year is no fluke. Over the five years prior to this one, the Knights went 47-3 in section, a record that combines both the boys and girls. Senior...

Kiski Area senior Braden Mika is a 6-foot-4, 270-pound lineman on the football team and thrower on the track team. That makes him one of the bigger, stronger gardeners you’ll ever see. One of Mika’s hobbies is horticulture. “The covid-19 pandemic is what got me into gardening,” Mika said. “We...

The final week of the WPIAL boys volleyball regular season is here as teams fight for the few remaining openings to both the Class 3A and Class 2A playoffs. With that, the Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its final top-10 polls and players of the week for the 2023...

The 2023 WPIAL baseball playoff field is taking shape in each of the six classifications with less than one week left in the regular season. The top four teams in each section qualify for the playoffs, which will have at least 76 schools participating. Exclusive coverage of the 2023 WPIAL...

A Trib HSSN baseball player of the week can come in many shapes and sizes. Sometimes it’s a young man having a strong season by adding to his super stats. Other times it’s a monumental performance that stands out. This week, we tip our cap to a young man who...

The WPIAL softball playoff field is growing with each day of section action. Exclusive coverage of the 2023 WPIAL softball playoffs is only on TribHSSN.TribLive.com starting with the brackets being unveiled during the Playoff Pairings Show on Thursday. The top four teams in each section qualify for the postseason, except...

The WPIAL boys volleyball regular season is winding down with one week left in the regular season. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district postseason. Once again, Trib HSSN will be the home for exclusive coverage of the 2023 WPIAL boys volleyball playoffs. Here is the...

The WPIAL boys and girls lacrosse regular season is nearly complete. The top six teams in each section qualify for the district postseason. If there is a tie for the final playoff spot, head-to-head results will be used to break the tie. If three or more teams are tied and...

As we enter the final week of the regular season in WPIAL baseball, most playoff spots have been filled. However, there are still berths to be had in the final few days. While only one playoff berth is still to be determined in Section 1-5A, the top four teams are...

It wasn’t supposed to be this way for the defending champions. The regular season was three and a half weeks old, and last year’s WPIAL Class 6A baseball winners were without a win. It wasn’t like Mt. Lebanon had graduated everybody from its golden season last spring, in fact, it...

High schools WPIAL Baseball Sunday’s result Class 5A Section 2 Upper St. Clair at South Fayette, ppd. Monday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Pine-Richland at North Allegheny, 7 p.m. Section 2 Canon-McMillan at Central Catholic, 3:45 p.m. Hempfield at Norwin, 4:15 p.m. Mt. Lebanon at Baldwin, 4 p.m. Class 5A...

Like sands through an hour glass, so go the final days of the regular season of the WPIAL spring sports season with playoff pairings shows straight ahead this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN continues our coverage of WPIAL softball and baseball as the regular...