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High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 16, 2023
High schools Baseball PIAA championships Class 6A Championship Saturday’s schedule Father Judge (17-1) vs. Mt. Lebanon (16-10) at Penn State, 4:30 p.m. Class 4A Championship Saturday’s schedule Bellefonte (19-5) vs. Dallas (17-7) at Penn State, 1:30 p.m. Class 2A Championship Saturday’s schedule Bald Eagle Area (21-4) vs. Mount Union (24-2)...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on June 17, 2023: Mars lacrosse, Shaler volleyball go for gold
The final day of the 2022-2023 high school sports season got a little busier after wet weather led to the postponement of five state baseball and softball games Friday. Check out our front page for previews of the two PIAA championship games involving WPIAL teams: Shaler softball in 5A and...
Highlands’ Reigard, Fox Chapel’s Katz, Kiski Area honored with Positive Athlete awards
Each year, Positive Athlete Western Pennsylvania seeks out those high school student-athletes who are making a difference in the arena of their chosen sport and also in the classroom and in their community. The Alle-Kiski Valley is home to many of those whose goal it is to make where they...
Historic year for Union girls ends with loss to Tri-Valley in PIAA softball championship game
UNIVERSITY PARK – A historic softball season — and a historic year for Union girls athletics in general — came to an end Friday afternoon as the Scotties lost the PIAA Class A softball championship game to Tri Valley, 6-3, at Penn State’s Beard Field. The Scotties (20-4) were appearing...
After title game loss, Hempfield vows to ‘come out on fire next year’
UNIVERSITY PARK — As Hempfield players made their way through the outfield and back to their waiting charter bus early Thursday evening, they took one last panorama of Beard Field at Nittany Lion Softball Park. As they left Penn State, they could have chanted, “We Are!” As in, “We Are!”...
Due to rainy weather, PIAA postpones Mt. Lebanon baseball, Shaler softball title games
Due to rainy weather in the forecast, the PIAA has postponed until tomorrow five of the six baseball and softball championship games scheduled for Friday. The one game that will go on as scheduled Friday will see Class A WPIAL champion Union (20-3) take on Tri Valley (23-2) at 11...
Mars hires Cornell assistant from Oakmont as new girls basketball coach
Mars has reached into the college ranks for its next girls basketball coach. Zack Stitt, who was an assistant coach with Cornell’s women’s team last season, was named new head coach of the Fightin’ Planets’ girls basketball team, the school announced Thursday. Stitt replaces longtime Mars coach Dana Petruska, who...
High school, scores, summaries and schedules for June 15, 2023
High schools Baseball PIAA championships Class 6A Championship Friday’s schedule Father Judge (17-1) vs. Mt. Lebanon (16-10) at Penn State, 4:30 p.m. Class 5A Championship Thursday’s schedule Shaler 9, Strath Haven 8 Class 4A Championship Friday’s schedule Bellefonte (19-5) vs. Dallas (17-7) at Penn State, 1:30 p.m. Class 3A Championship...
WPIAL slayer Bellefonte among teams chasing PIAA titles Friday
Five more state champions will be crowned on the diamonds of Penn State University on Saturday. Check out our front page for previews of the two PIAA championship games involving WPIAL teams: Shaler softball in 5A and Mt. Lebanon baseball in 6A. There are three others state title games set...
Shaler erases 5-run deficit, celebrates PIAA title with walk-off win
UNIVERSITY PARK — Starting pitcher Derek Leas lasted only nine batters before his coach pulled him from the mound, but this state championship will be remembered for its improbable comebacks. In fact, this one was so unpredictable that Leas was the game’s starter, closer and winning pitcher. And that wasn’t...
PIAA Class A softball championship preview: Union vs. Tri Valley
This is the sixth season the PIAA has hosted six state championship softball games. The WPIAL is sending four teams to the state softball championships at Penn State, including Union in Class A. The PIAA Class A final has not been kind to WPIAL teams. Since Class A was formed...
Hempfield sophomore pitcher Riley Miller stands tall in PIAA finals defeat
UNIVERSITY PARK — She’s cool. She’s calm. She’s collected. Hempfield sophomore pitcher Riley Miller has been in a lot of tough situations, going against a lot of outstanding pitchers during her two-year career, and has stood tall. Even though Hempfield lost to North Penn, 1-0, in the PIAA Class 6A...
PIAA Class 5A softball championship preview: Shaler vs. Northern York
This is the sixth season the PIAA has hosted six state championship softball games. The WPIAL is sending four teams to the state softball championships at Penn State, including Shaler in Class 5A. This is the fifth straight year that one of the 5A softball participants is from the WPIAL....
PIAA Class 6A baseball championship preview: Mt. Lebanon vs. Father Judge
This is the sixth season the PIAA has hosted six state championship baseball games. The WPIAL is sending three teams to the state baseball championships at Penn State, including Mt. Lebanon in Class 6A. The WPIAL is 1-1 in 6A state baseball title games. Canon-McMillan beat Bensalem, 10-3, to win...
Freeport teammates Madyson Kirsch, Rowan Wible make big impact in PIHL girls league
Madyson Kirsch familiarized herself with the new PIHL girls league last June when she and her father, Jim, attended the inaugural championship game at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry Township. It helped spark her desire to be part of the league’s return this spring. “From there, I knew I...
Hempfield can’t crack North Penn ace in 1-0 PIAA championship game loss
UNIVERSITY PARK — Walled off by a gifted pitcher and unable to manufacture offense with runners on base, Hempfield lost a state softball championship for the first time. Happy Valley wasn’t very for the Spartans, who finally met their match in the PIAA tournament. “We didn’t get that big hit...
Late, 2-out rally by Blue Mountain denies Montour its 1st PIAA softball title
UNIVERSITY PARK — Montour could taste its first PIAA softball title. The Spartans were four outs away from celebrating, but Blue Mountain had other ideas. The District 11 champions scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, all with two outs, and rallied to defeat the WPIAL runner-up...
Aliquippa outside linebacker Cameron Lindsey stays home, commits to PittVideo
As Cameron Lindsey thanked family, friends, teammates and coaches — all those who had helped him get to the special moment — the soon-to-be Aliquippa senior linebacker, overcome with emotion, paused to collect himself. For Lindsey, a 6-foot-1, 205-pound star outside linebacker, decision day had arrived. In front of a...
Riverside makes history as undefeated PIAA baseball champion
UNIVERSITY PARK — In his 55 years as baseball coach at Riverside, Dan Oliastro has seen quite a bit, but he’d never seen this. Nobody else in the WPIAL had either. Riverside finished off an undefeated season with a state championship win over Camp Hill, 4-0, Thursday in the PIAA...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 14, 2023
High schools Baseball PIAA championships Class 6A Championship Friday’s schedule Father Judge (17-1) vs. Mt. Lebanon (16-10) at Penn State, 4:30 p.m. Class 5A Championship Thursday’s schedule Strath Haven (22-4) vs. Shaler (22-4) at Penn State, 4:30 p.m. Class 4A Championship Friday’s schedule Bellefonte (19-5) vs. Dallas (17-7) at Penn...
What to watch for in PIAA sports on June 15, 2023: ‘Western’ teams meet for 2A softball, A baseball titles
Twelve state champions will be crowned on the diamonds of Penn State University over the next two days. Check out our front page for previews of the four PIAA championship games Thursday involving WPIAL teams: Hempfield softball in 6A, Montour softball in 4A, Shaler baseball in 5A and Riverside baseball...
PIAA Class 4A softball championship preview: Montour vs. Blue Mountain
This is the sixth season the PIAA has hosted six state championship softball games. The WPIAL is sending four teams to the state softball championships at Penn State, including Montour in Class 4A. Since expansion to six classifications, the WPIAL has had only two teams win PIAA 4A gold: Mt....
PIAA Class 3A baseball championship preview: Riverside vs. Camp Hill
This is the sixth season the PIAA has hosted six state championship baseball games. The WPIAL is sending three teams to the state baseball championships at Penn State, including Riverside in Class 3A. The Panthers are the first WPIAL team to be playing for the PIAA 3A crown since South...
PIAA Class 5A baseball championship preview: Shaler vs. Strath Haven
This is the sixth season the PIAA has hosted six state championship baseball games. The WPIAL is sending three teams to the state baseball championships at Penn State, including Shaler in Class 5A. The WPIAL has won three 5A state baseball title games in five years of 5A baseball. Latrobe...
Hempfield to face state’s most dominant ace: North Penn lefty Julia Shearer
A forbidding challenge awaits Hempfield with unbeaten North Penn (27-0), the District 1 champion that features senior ace pitcher Julia Shearer and her ridiculous numbers: 27-0 record, 0.23 ERA, 346 strikeouts and 13 walks in 159 innings. Hempfield (21-3) likely will have to scrape together offense against the left-hander, who...
