High School category, Page 458

May Day! Despite the cold and wet weather that plagued the state this past week, there were a lot of changes to the weekly Trib HSSN baseball state rankings. Only three teams lost their spots in the Top 5 as Methacton, Shaler and Wilmington dropped, replaced by North Penn, Chichester...

High schools WPIAL Baseball Thursday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Pine-Richland at North Allegheny, ppd. Seneca Valley 7, Butler 0 Section 2 Mt. Lebanon 4, Baldwin 1 Canon-McMillan 3, Central Catholic 2 Norwin 5, Hempfield 4 Class 5A Section 1 Fox Chapel 8, Armstrong 2 Plum 7, Franklin Regional 5...

It has been tough to get on the field this week, but Friday actually has the sun returning to our lives. If district diamonds are dried out, there are plenty of rescheduled games around the district as time is running out on the regular season. The much-anticipated clash in Section...

The 2023 WPIAL baseball playoff field is taking shape in each of the six classifications. 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 baseball playoffs is only here on TribHSSN.TribLive.com, starting with the...

The WPIAL softball playoff field is growing with each day of section action. 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, May 11. The top four teams in each section qualify for...

Lexie Hames struck out 19 for the second straight start as Seneca valley defeated Mt. Lebanon, 8-2, in Section 1-6A softball Thursday. Mia Ryan doubled and drove in three runs while Anna Kalkowski and Emilia Pfab each had two RBIs for the Raiders (12-1, 11-1). Deirdre Flaherty hit a solo...

Serra Catholic’s school colors are maroon and gold, but the Eagles baseball team continues to be back in Black. Freshman Max Black, the youngest of the three baseball Black brothers, delivered a winning single with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning as the top-ranked Class 2A team...

Justin Weaver wanted to win for several reasons Thursday. The Norwin senior baseball player had his own, personal list of motivating factors in the back of his mind. • There was a playoff spot up for grabs. • It was senior day. • It was his 18th birthday. • Coach...

Plum baseball coach Carl Vollmer usually uses junior Colin Watson in save situations. But after junior starting pitcher Erik Streussnig struggled with his control and didn’t last two innings against Franklin Regional in a WPIAL Section 1-5A first-place showdown, Vollmer decided to extend Watson out and he responded. Watson blanked...

Freeport baseball coach Ed Carr said he and his team are looking at Monday’s series opener with East Allegheny like an MLB team would treat Game 6 in a playoff series. The Yellowjackets will enter with a shot at a Section 3-3A title, whether it is shared with the Wildcats...

Won at a time. Like four bases form a diamond, those four words form the motto of the Latrobe baseball team, which has thrust itself into a another postseason conversation after winning back-to-back section titles. The playoff seeds and matchups will come out in a week, and Latrobe will try...

With a week to play in the regular season, the Westmoreland County baseball playoff field is just about set. The WPIAL will announce seedings and opening-round pairings next Friday, and games could start the following Monday. All games will be played at neutral sites. The championships will be May 30-31...

Vinny Markulin and three relievers combined on a no-hitter, leading Montour to an 8-0 victory over Central Valley in Section 1-4A baseball Wednesday. Markulin started and went three innings. Michael Ivanoff pitched the fourth, Nick Walker worked 1⅓ innings and Jake Robinson got the final five outs. Walker went 2...

It took a while this season, but the always enjoyable game of “rescheduling our postponed contest” is kicking into full gear this week for district baseball and softball teams. Most of the games scheduled for WPIAL diamonds Monday through Wednesday this week were postponed due to rain, cold and unplayable...

High schools WPIAL Baseball Wednesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Pine-Richland at North Allegheny, ppd. Seneca Valley at Butler, ppd. Class 5A Section 1 Penn-Trafford at Gateway, ppd. Plum at Franklin Regional, ppd. Section 2 Peters Township at Connellsville, ppd. South Fayette at Upper St. Clair, ppd. Class 4A Section...

Sometimes, building the Trib 10 rankings puzzle is like pulling teeth, while other times, the pieces all fall into place. Both were the case this week, even though there weren’t a lot of district games played due to cold temps and rainy weather. For the third week in a row,...

Anna Cibik found herself in an unfamiliar position last week. The Leechburg senior starting pitcher, also one of the leading hitters for the playoff-bound Blue Devils, exacerbated an existing foot injury during her team’s Section 3-1A win over Monessen on April 26 and was held out of the section victory...

Southmoreland has been a playoff regular in recent seasons, and the Scotties won a WPIAL championship in 2018. But, strangely, something has eluded the Scotties softball team for the past two decades: a section title. That changed this season as the team secured at least a tie for the Section...

It’s funny how a regular-season schedule can sometimes balance itself out. Greensburg Central Catholic softball went from winning games that barely lasted four innings to winning some that could have gone to extra innings. It has brought a sense of equilibrium to the third-ranked team in WPIAL Class 2A. A...

Rain and cold temperatures at the start of May prompted the WPIAL to make changes to the schedule of the Class 3A and Class 2A track and field team championships. The postponements could lead to better performances. Originally set for Tuesday, the meets now will be Thursday, and several Alle-Kiski...

Aquinas Academy’s Vinnie Cugini and Steel Valley’s Makhai Valentine earned all-state player of the year honors Wednesday as two of the most prolific scorers in WPIAL boys basketball. Cugini, who averaged 43.7 points and broke the WPIAL record for career points, was chosen as the player of the year in...

Cade Horton tied a school record with nine goals as Hempfield defeated Baldwin, 24-1, in Section 1-3A boys lacrosse Tuesday to clinch the first playoff berth in program history. Jake Phillips added seven goals and Logan Wolfe had three for the Spartans. Peters Township 14, Upper St. Clair 12 –...

Once again, the weather is not playing nice. While nicer days are coming later this week, Wednesday’s forecast is cold and wet again. Thus, barring games played on turf or under a dome, another busy day on the district baseball and softball diamond will need to be rescheduled. However, for...

High schools WPIAL Baseball Tuesday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Butler at Seneca Valley, ppd. North Allegheny at Pine-Richland, ppd. Section 2 Canon-McMillan at Central Catholic, ppd. Mt. Lebanon at Baldwin, ppd. Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional at Plum, ppd. Section 2 Connellsville at Peters Township, ppd. Trinity at...

The Derry boys volleyball program is celebrating its 50th season with a reunion in July. The program, which began in 1974, has been one of the stronger and more consistent teams in the WPIAL. The Trojans have won 19 section titles, been a WPIAL finalists 11 times and won in...