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Rally against rival keyed Pine-Richland baseball’s section title defense
Pine-Richland baseball successfully defended its section crown by taking two out of three in a series with North Allegheny. How they won that series is a microcosm of what’s made the Rams special the last couple of seasons. They were down six runs early in Game 2 but clawed their...
Chase Merkel, Joseph Veeck guide Quaker Valley boys tennis to solid season
There is a new award on the high school tennis scene. It was created last fall and is called the Western Pennsylvania Boys Tennis Sportsmanship Award. Opposing players, opposing coaches or WPIAL officials offer nominations. The award recognizes high school students who “are consistently friendly and fair and display the...
Quaker Valley girls lacrosse eyes postseason run
Quaker Valley’s girls lacrosse team is playoff bound. The fast and athletic Quakers secured a WPIAL Class 2A playoff berth by winning nine of their first 11 games this season. After starting 1-1, QV racked up seven straight victories and hit double digits seven times. The impressive and nearly season-long...
Foreign exchange student makes his mark on stage, court at Penn-Trafford
When Sohta Miyagawa arrived at Penn-Trafford for his junior year, little was known about his talents. But Miyagawa has surprised many his athletic and artistic abilities. Not only is he excellent in the classroom, the foreign exchange student from Japan was an experienced volleyball player and an entertainer. Miyagawa took...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 13, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals May 22 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)...
Westmoreland H.S. athletes of the week: Norwin’s Hannah Shaw, Greensburg CC’s James Brewer
Hannah Shaw School: Norwin Sport: Track and field Class: Senior Claim to fame: Shaw broke Norwin’s girls pole vault record by clearing 12 feet, 7 inches at the Last Chance Meet at Norwin Knights Stadium. The previous record was set by Kasey Kemp, at 12-6, in 2011. Shaw then cleared...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Leechburg’s Braiden Turiak, Plum’s Rayla Smith
Rayla Smith Class: Junior School: Plum Sport: Lacrosse Report card: Midfielder Rayla Smith scored seven goals and added an assist Monday in an 18-10 victory over North Hills. On Wednesday, she had five goals and four assists in helping the Mustangs to a 15-4 victory over Ellis School. She broke...
New award honors WPIAL tennis players for exceptional sportsmanship
There is a new award on the high school tennis scene. It was created last fall and is called the Western Pennsylvania Boys Tennis Sportsmanship Award. Players, coaches and WPIAL officials can offer nominations. The award recognizes students who “are consistently friendly and fair and display the characteristics of outstanding...
Mark Lamendola, A-K Valley Hall of Famer from Leechburg’s past, admires current Blue Devils
After a more than a three-decade absence, the Leechburg Blue Devils qualified for the WPIAL football playoffs during the 2021 and 2022 seasons. The star of those teams, Braylan Lovelace, accepted a scholarship to Pitt, becoming Leechburg’s first Division I football recruit since his father, David, in 1993. Keeping close...
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Seniors to cap careers at Roundball Classic
Don’t close the book on basketball season just yet. It’s Roundball week. The Roundball Classic all-star basketball games return with nine games across Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Geneva’s Metheny Fieldhouse. Teams will feature top senior players from the WPIAL, City League and District 10. Local players selected were Lilly...
Penn Hills notebook: Fitness team’s Jadyn Wright on winning streak
Jadyn Wright is providing new entries in the Penn Hills fitness team’s history book. Even longtime coach Bob Martini doesn’t recall having another athlete find this much success at meets. Wright recently won the BethPage Invitational on Long Island, N.Y. It was his third victory in as many meets this...
Plum notebook: Mustangs baseball team captures section title
For the second time in three seasons, the Plum baseball team was able to add to its section-title banner in the main gymnasium. The Mustangs earned a share of the Section 1-5A title, finishing 9-3 after a doubleheader split with Fox Chapel on May 8 and 9. Penn-Trafford also finished...
Norwin notebook: New football coach fills out staff
New Norwin football coach Mike Brown has filled out his staff for the upcoming season. Assistants will be Conner Schultheis, Rocco Yauger, Anthony Giansante, Diandre Cooper, Joe Lauricia, Jon Lochiatto, Josh Lugai, Matt Gornall, Ray Reitz, Jackson Pruitt, Justin Hall and Bill Brown, his father. Brown did not announce the...
North Allegheny notebook: Tigers tennis team finishes 2nd in WPIAL
The top-seeded North Allegheny boys tennis team advanced to the WPIAL Class 3A championship match last week, but fell just short in its bid for a district title. The Tigers fell to Gateway, 3-2, at Washington & Jefferson’s Swanson Tennis Center on May 10. It was the first loss of...
Franklin Regional notebook: Spring teams book trips to playoffs
Several Franklin Regional teams earned the right to compete for championships in the WPIAL spring sports postseason. Teams in softball, boys track and field, girls track and field, girls lacrosse and boys tennis all qualified for the playoffs. The eighth-seeded tennis team cruised to a 4-1 win in the Class...
Strong start helps propel Franklin Regional boys lacrosse into WPIAL playoffs
Franklin Regional boys lacrosse coach Luke Stephens is familiar with the Panthers program. The 2013 Franklin Regional grad played for the Panthers and was an assistant coach for five seasons before becoming the head coach this season. And while the season hasn’t gone as well as hoped, the Panthers are...
Hampton boys tennis team sees net gains
The Hampton boys tennis team finished 8-8 this year, but it sure felt like a winning season. The Talbots went 4-1 in Section 3-2A, reached the WPIAL quarterfinals for the first time in five years, brought home a section doubles crown for only the second time in two decades and...
Hall of Famer’s running career took her from Fox Chapel to Franklin Field
Rachel Humphrey’s affection for distance running started thanks to her dad’s interest in the sport. The 2008 Fox Chapel graduate used her abilities in the sport to take her sporting career to the University of Pennsylvania. “My dad ran track and cross country in college,” Humphrey said. “I looked up...
Former Fox Chapel, Pitt distance runner Eric Burnett honored to join Foxes’ Sports Hall of Fame
Eric Burnett wasn’t an athlete who was highly coveted by the Pitt track program. Once Burnett found his way to Pitt, he attempted to walk on to the program twice before earning a spot on the cross country team as a senior. What kept Burnett, who was chosen as a...
Former OLSH basketball star Jake DiMichele commits to Duquesne
Former Our Lady of the Sacred Heart basketball star Jake DiMichele, who graduated a year ago as one of WPIAL’s all-time leading scorers, committed Friday to Duquesne. He announced his decision on Twitter. OLSH was a record-setting program when the 6-foot-3 guard was on the court. DiMichele averaged 31.9 points...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 12, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Friday’s results Nonsection Kiski Area 11, Burrell 3 New Castle 5, Ambridge 3 Norwin 6, Penn-Trafford 1 Quaker Valley 3, Shady Side Academy 2 Southmoreland 6, Frazier 1 WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals May 22 schedule Pine-Richland (14-6) vs. Hempfield (11-9); Seneca Valley (16-4) vs. Mt....
High school roundup for May 12, 2023: Neshannock softball heads into playoffs undefeated
Aaralyn Nogay doubled, homered and drove in five runs as Neshannock tuned up for the playoffs with a 6-2 nonsection softball victory over Cathedral Prep on Friday. Gabby Quinn and Ali Giordano each had three hits for the Lancers (17-0), the top seed in the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs. Madison...
Central Catholic linebacker Cole Sullivan commits to Michigan
Central Catholic linebacker Cole Sullivan committed Friday to Michigan, choosing the Wolverines over finalists Duke, Notre Dame, Stanford and Wisconsin. He announced his decision on Twitter. The 6-foot-3, 200-pound junior from North Huntingdon received more than two dozen Division I offers. Rivals.com rated him as a three-star prospect and 17th...
Latrobe looks to recapture playoff magic as Westmoreland County baseball teams learn their seeds
When the Latrobe baseball team won the WPIAL and PIAA Class 5A championship in 2017, the Wildcats did it with strong pitching and timely hitting. That team had a certain never-say-die attitude, rallying numerous times late in games. When the 2023 playoffs begin next week, will this Wildcats nine have...
Leechburg rewarded for strong season, gets Class A’s No. 3 seed in WPIAL baseball playoffs
In the regular season Leechburg was the lone Class A team to push two-time defending champion Union to the limit. The Blue Devils lost both games, 4-2 and 17-16, and finished second in Section 2-A, but they were rewarded for their performance against the Scotties, receiving the third seed and...
