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Norwin softball hangs on for nervous win over Canon-McMillan, reaches semifinals
Bailey Snowberger said softball is a game of failure. Her Norwin teammate, Alyssa McCormick, mentioned how the sport hinges on teammates picking each other up. “One day you can go 0 for 4, the next you might go 4 for 4,” said Snowberger, a junior shortstop. “You never know what’s...
Fox Chapel baseball breaks through with playoff win over Mars
The Fox Chapel baseball team has been close in recent years, and after six seasons a breakthrough in the WPIAL postseason happened Wednesday night. And they needed all facets to do so, fittingly enough against a Mars team that has been a thorn in the Foxes’ sides in recent years....
Riverview’s Amberson Bauer, Kiski Area’s Eliza Miller lead WPIAL parade of A-K Valley gold medalists
Riverview senior Amberson Bauer finished fourth in the Class 2A boys WPIAL cross country championships in November. On the podium, he looked up at Eden Christian’s Seth Aiken, who won the title. But on Wednesday at the WPIAL track and field championships at Slippery Rock, it was Aiken up at...
Hempfield’s Liz Tapper collects 2 more titles, 4 others from Westmoreland County win WPIAL gold
When you’re ranked No. 1 in the state, anything less than your best could be considered unacceptable. Hempfield senior Elizabeth Tapper walked away from the WPIAL Class 3A track and field championships Wednesday at Slippery Rock happy that she repeated her titles in the discus and shot put but disappointed...
PIAA will sponsor high school girls wrestling after unanimous approval
Advocates for high school girls wrestling in Pennsylvania had their collective arms raised Wednesday. The PIAA board of directors voted unanimously to sponsor girls wrestling as a sport, starting next winter. Members of SanctionPA have been working toward official sponsorship for the past three years, and after reaching the benchmark...
Westmoreland WPIAL softball playoff capsules: Games for Thursday, May 18, 2023
WPIAL softball playoffs Class 3A Quarterfinals 7-Yough (10-4) vs. 2-Southmoreland (15-2) 3 p.m. Thursday at Norwin Winner plays: Winner of 11-Ligonier Valley (9-7)/3-Waynesburg (15-3) in semifinals (date, time, site TBD) Players to watch: Mikaela Etling, Southmoreland; Adoria Waldier, Yough Extra bases: Yough rallied to get past Ellwood City in the...
Westmoreland WPIAL baseball playoff capsules: Games for Thursday, May 18, 2023
WPIAL baseball playoffs Class 3A First round 18-Derry (8-10) vs. 2-Avonworth (15-5) 4 p.m. Thursday at Plum Winner plays: Winner of 7-South Park (14-5)/10-Shenango (8-8) in quarterfinals (time, date, site TBD) Players to watch: Antonion Hauser, Derry; Mason Metz, Avonworth Extra bases: Metz, a catcher, led the Antelopes with a...
A-K Valley WPIAL softball playoff capsules: Games for Thursday, May 18, 2023
WPIAL softball playoffs Class 3A Quarterfinals 4-Burrell (12-5) vs. 5-Mohawk (12-4) 5 p.m. Thursday at Montour Winner plays: Winner of 1-Avonworth (18-1)/8-Central Valley (10-8) in semifinals (site/date/time TBD) Players to watch: Pyper Ferres, Burrell; Lydia Cole, Mohawk Extra bases: The Bucs took down perennial power Mt. Pleasant, 4-1, in the...
A-K Valley WPIAL baseball playoff capsules: Games for Thursday, May 18, 2023
WPIAL baseball playoffs Class 3A First round 1-Riverside (17-0) vs. 16-Valley (11-10) 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Seneca Valley Winner plays: Winner of 8-Freeport (14-5)/9-South Allegheny (12-7) in quarterfinals (time, date, site TBD) Players to watch: Ashton Schlosser, Riverside; Jacob Staraniec, Valley Extra bases: Behind 55th-year coach Dan Oliastro — the...
5 things to watch at WPIAL track and field championships
The WPIAL might be known best for its football hall of famers, but don’t overlook the league’s track and field pedigree. Consider, in the past week, Knoch graduate Jordan Geist won his fourth Pac-12 shot put title at Arizona, and North Allegheny grad Ayden Owens-Delerme at Arkansas won an SEC...
Known for high-flying dunks, Penn Hills’ Daemar Kelly now leaping over high jump bars
Anyone who saw Daemar Kelly finish an alley-oop this winter knows the Penn Hills senior can almost fly. In a gym, on a wood floor, with a basketball in his hands, few around the WPIAL jump higher than him. Yet lately he’s raised the bar — literally. Kelly joined the...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 16, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Monday’s 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) at...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 17, 2023: 1st-round baseball games ready to go
Whether your spring sports love is baseball, softball, lacrosse or track and field, there is a little bit of everything going on Wednesday around the WPIAL. The first round of the 2023 WPIAL baseball playoffs kicks off in Class 5A and 4A. In 5A last year, West Allegheny and Peters...
High school roundup for May 16, 2023: Avonworth makes statement with bats in Class 3A opener
Top-seeded Avonworth played long ball in the first round of the WPIAL Class 3A softball playoffs, hitting three homers in a 15-4 win over No. 16 Seton Lasalle in five innings Tuesday. Leah Kuban went 3 for 4 with a homer and three RBIs, Rylee Gray doubled, homered and drove...
Ligonier Valley softball rallies to upset Hopewell
For five-plus innings, it was an old-fashioned pitchers’ duel that seemed to set the game back to a time when the circle was 40 feet away from home plate instead of 43. A time when hits were sparse and foul tips were an accomplishment. But when offense finally showed up...
Derry’s bats come alive in Class 3A win over Mt. Pleasant
First-year Derry coach Doug Kelly avoided getting drenched with water after his first WPIAL playoff win. He said his players made it too obvious what they were trying to do. His players showed Mt. Pleasant they could obviously hit. Derry (8-10) pounded out 19 hits off four Mt. Pleasant pitchers...
Valley wins playoff section showdown vs. Burrell baseball
Section rivals Valley and Burrell got together again Tuesday night for another baseball encounter, but the stakes were much higher this time in a preliminary-round WPIAL Class 3A playoff game at Highlands. While Valley came up short against its neighbors from Burrell in both regular-season Section 3 games, the Vikings...
Burrell softball team handles Mt. Pleasant in first round
With the tight confines of Plum’s softball field, home run hitters often can have a blast sending bombs over the short fence. But the dimensions can mess with a pitcher. One false move, one flinch and the ball is gone. “I love playing here because of the turf,” Burrell senior...
4 A-K Valley athletes take top seeds into WPIAL track meet
Fifty-four. That is the number of top eight seeds earned by Alle-Kiski Valley athletes for Wednesday’s Class 3A and Class 2A track and field championships at Slippery Rock University. Four. That is the number of A-K Valley No. 1 seeds who are the most hunted as the day of competition...
Breakthrough season continues for Jeannette with win over Carlynton
The first taste of the playoffs for all the members of the Jeannette softball team turned out to be a walk in the park. The Jayhawks took advantage of walks and defensive miscues to cruise part Carlynton, 16-1, in a Class A first-round game Tuesday at Peterswood Park in Peters...
Southmoreland shakes off slow start, beats McGuffey in Class 3A 1st round
Southmoreland got off to a rocky start in its WPIAL Class 3A first-round playoff game against McGuffey on Tuesday, but the Scotties made a few plays at key moments and came away with a 3-1 victory. First, the Scotties had some directional problems, and their bus arrived later than expected...
7 Westmoreland County athletes seeded No. 1 at WPIAL Track and Field Championship
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...
Westmoreland WPIAL baseball playoff capsule: Game for Wednesday, May 17, 2023
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...
A-K Valley WPIAL baseball playoff capsules: Games for Wednesday, May 17, 2023
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...
Rising Stars Challenge adds underclassmen to Roundball Classic stage
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...
