High School category, Page 475
Penn Hills notebook: Daemar Kelly earns all-state honors
Penn Hills guard Daemar Kelly was determined to finish his senior season with a WPIAL Class 5A championship in boys basketball. Kelly, who led Penn Hills in scoring, was able to help deliver that. As a result of the Indians’ success and Kelly’s achievement, the Indians were able to finish...
College coaches sing praises of Penn Hills junior lineman Kelsey Hundley
Being on stage doesn’t change much for Kelsey Hundley. The Penn Hills junior feels about as comfortable there as he does in football pads. After getting wrapped up in sports, Hundley had stepped away from the performing arts for a few years. He was convinced to get back into them...
Gateway’s Kefimba Cisse rounds into form ahead of WPIAL championships
Kefimba Cisse is in the home stretch of preparation for the WPIAL Class 3A track and field championships May 17 at Slippery Rock. The Gateway junior distance standout is ramping up his training as he hopes to cut times in his events. As a practicing Muslim, Cisse had his season...
Gateway snaps skid but falls short of playoff berth
The Gateway baseball team hoped for positive results as it closed out the Section 1-5A slate with series against Penn-Trafford and Penn Hills. The Gators came into the week seeking to build off a 15-0 victory over Woodland Hills on April 28 which snapped a slide that reached nine games...
Junior midfielder finds perfect fit on Sewickley Academy girls lacrosse team
Libby Eannarino has made quite the impact in her first year at Sewickley Academy. Eannarino, a three-sport athlete, netted her 100th career goal in girls lacrosse April 13 against Peters Township. “I’m so proud to be scoring my 100th goal while wearing a Sewickley jersey and representing the academy,” Eannarino...
High school scores, summaries and schedules in WPIAL sports
High schools WPIAL Baseball Saturday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Pine-Richland 12, North Allegheny 10 Seneca Valley 6, Butler 1 Class 5A Section 2 Bethel Park 11, Trinity 1 Peters Township 14, Connellsville 3 Class 4A Section 1 Hopewell 4, Ambridge 2 Section 2 Ringgold 5, Albert Gallatin 0 Laurel...
High school roundup for May 6, 2023: Pine-Richland rallies past North Allegheny to take section top spot
Anthony Mengine hit an RBI single and Tanner Cunningham followed with an RBI double in the top of the 11th inning as Pine-Richland clinched the Section 1-6A baseball title with a wild 12-10 win over North Allegheny on Saturday. Owen Henne, Peyton Ford, Jake Waddell and Joey Perry also doubled...
Deer Lakes’ McKinney goes into A-K hall as multifaceted athlete
West Deer native Kerry McKinney Mills lives near Toronto with her Canadian-born husband, Bryan, and their three children. While the Maple Leafs are playing in the NHL’s Stanley Cup playoffs, the real hockey allegiance in the McKinney Mills household is to Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins. “Hockey is incredibly...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Valley’s Niko Heakins, Plum’s Taylor Lorish
Taylor Lorish Class: Senior School: Plum Sport: Softball Report card: Lorish hit a grand slam and had five RBIs to help Plum earn a 9-2 win over Fox Chapel in a Section 1-5A game Thursday. Lorish is batting over .450 this season for the Mustangs, who are in third place...
Burrell softball strolls to section rout of Freeport
The last couple senior days hadn’t gone as planned for the Burrell softball team, so it wanted to change that trend Saturday. The Bucs did so by exercising patience at the plate. Burrell drew 17 walks and earned a 16-1 win in three innings over a short-handed Freeport team in...
WPIAL Baseball rankings: Week ending May 7, 2023
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Pine-Richland, 14-5, 2 2. North Allegheny, 11-5, 1 3. Seneca Valley, 14-4, 4 4. Butler, 9-7, 3 5. Canon-McMillan, 12-5, 5 Out: none Class 5A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Shaler, 14-4, 1 2. Bethel Park, 12-4, 2 3. South Fayette, 13-3, 3...
WPIAL softball rankings: Week ending May 7, 2023
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Seneca Valley, 13-1, 1 2. Hempfield, 14-2, 3 3. Norwin, 13-4, 2 4. North Allegheny, 12-4, 4 5. Mt. Lebanon, 6-9, 5 Out: none Class 5A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Shaler, 16-0, 1 2. Armstrong, 14-1, 2 3. Trinity, 14-1, 3 4....
Latrobe’s Emma Blair, Southmoreland’s Olivia Cernuto rebounding from ACL tears
They were supposed to be two of the top girls basketball players in the WPIAL last season — locks for top-10 all-star picks and clear-cut player of the year candidates in Westmoreland County. But ACL injuries forced Latrobe’s Emma Blair and Southmoreland’s Olivia Cernuto to the sidelines and cost them...
Westmoreland H.S. athletes of the week: P-T’s Dylan Grabowski and Franklin Regional’s Gwen Shilling
Dylan Grabowski School: Penn-Trafford Sport: Baseball Year: Senior Claim to fame: He played a key role in a Section 1-5A doubleheader sweep against Gateway on Thursday. Grabowski pitched six innings and allowed one run in a 10-2 victory in Game 1. He allowed four hits and struck out nine, and...
Westmoreland H.S. notebook: Steve Pons takes over as Jeannette boys soccer coach
Jeannette’s boys soccer team is under new leadership. Steve Pons was named coach of the Jayhawks. He replaces Art Cicero, who was not retained after four seasons. An Imperial resident, Pons inherits a talented team that includes All-WPIAL player Jordan Taylor as well as standouts Austin Emery and Jorel Taylor....
Moon’s Jacob Puhalla defends McKinney Mile title in Baldwin Invite’s marquee race
Once Jacob Puhalla wins a track title, the Moon runner likes to win it again. The senior emerged Friday from a crowded field in the McKinney Mile to win the marquee event at the Baldwin Invitational for a second year in a row. The race included five runners already committed...
Hampton track teams set for ‘fun part of the season’
Hampton’s girls track and field team qualified for the WPIAL playoffs out of Section 4-3A. “I think the track athletes this year have been working really hard to continuously improve upon their times, distances and marks,” coach Heather Dietz said. “This group has a mix of veteran track athletes and...
Hampton baseball hopes up-and-down season ends with playoff success
Hampton hoped to wrap up a WPIAL playoff berth in the final days of high school baseball regular season. The Talbots were stymied by inclement weather May 1-2, postponing a two-game series with Knoch to maintain a two-game edge over the Knights in Section 4-4A. “We just need to win...
Franklin Regional girls lacrosse progressing ahead of WPIAL playoffs
Regan McComb has seen steady progress since she took over the Franklin Regional girls lacrosse program in 2021. The team reached the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs in 2022, losing to Quaker Valley in the first round, and has already qualified for the 2023 playoffs. McComb said because the players know...
High-octane offense carries Pine-Richland girls lacrosse to section title
With an 18-0 win over Freeport on May 1, the Pine-Richland girls lacrosse team secured its first section title since 2018. It was part of an excellent run of form for the Rams, who won eight of nine games entering a matchup at Bethel Park on May 5. It was...
Pine-Richland boys lacrosse building toward playoff run
The Pine-Richland boys lacrosse team’s season has paralleled last year as far as results go. They lost six of their first nine games, while going up against some difficult opponents inside and outside the WPIAL, but used those games as a springboard. Starting on April 18, the Rams won six...
Plum gymnast Natalia Burris competes at Eastern Nationals
Natalia Burris was in select company over the weekend. The Plum sophomore and a USA Gymnastics Level 9 competitor joined six others on a regional team that was to compete at the Eastern Nationals on Sunday in Kissimmee, Fla. The seven selected for the Region 7 squad at the Level...
After strong regular season, Plum girls lacrosse carries journey into WPIAL playoffs
The WPIAL girls lacrosse committee is scheduled to meet Thursday to hash out the WPIAL playoff pairings and also release the brackets for both Class 3A and Class 2A. Plum hopes to earn a first-round bye in the Class 2A field of at least 12 teams — six from each...
Norwin notebook: Knights shine at WCCA championships
Norwin sent a message to the rest of the WPIAL at the 100th Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association track and field championships April 27, at Latrobe. That message? The Knights are for real — and they are WPIAL title contenders. The boys and girls teams won titles at the county meet,...
North Allegheny notebook: Tigers avenge loss to Butler in Section 2 match
North Allegheny’s boys volleyball team earned a key Section 2-3A victory on May 3, taking down Butler, 3-1. Game scores were 25-17, 20-25, 26-24 and 25-20. Jax Wilhite had 19 kills, Varun Kaveti had 14 kills and Will Robertson added 10 kills to lead the Tigers’ attack. Nicolas Carioto had...
