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High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 2, 2023
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...
Derry boys volleyball to celebrate program’s 50th anniversary with reunion
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...
WPIAL team track, boys tennis events postponed Tuesday because of rain
Tuesday’s cold, wet weather led the WPIAL to postpone tennis and team track and field events until later in the week. The first round of the boys and girls team track championships was delayed to Thursday. The meets will remain at the same locations. Most first-round matches in the Class...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 2, 2023: 1st place on the line in boys volleyball
While there are plenty of WPIAL baseball and softball games Tuesday that would be great to discuss, unless schools have a dome or a good snow plow, those games will likely be bumped back until later in the week when we are scheduled to have … get this, May-like weather....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 1, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Monday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Pine-Richland at North Allegheny, ppd. Seneca Valley at Butler, ppd. Section 2 Baldwin at Mt. Lebanon, ppd. Central Catholic at Canon-McMillan, ppd. Hempfield at Norwin, ppd. Class 5A Section 1 Armstrong at Fox Chapel, ppd. Penn-Trafford at Gateway, ppd. Plum...
High school roundup for May 1, 2023: Avonworth baseball blanks Steel Valley
Mason Horwat singled, doubled and drove in a run, Mason Metz had two hits and two RBIs, and three pitchers combined on a four-hit shutout to lead Avonworth (12-4, 8-1) to a 5-0 victory over Steel Valley (2-9, 2-5) in Section 2-3A baseball Monday. Horwat struck out 11 in five...
Trib HSSN softball player of the week for May 1, 2023
Serra Catholic senior Caroline Malandra is a third baseman by trade, but she has had the itch to pitch an inning or two of high school softball before her scholastic career ends. When your star player is leading the district in batting with a .750 average, how can a coach...
Trib HSSN softball team of the week for May 1, 2023
The West Mifflin softball program knows about success. The Titans have won 22 games combined over the last two seasons and reached the WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinals last spring and the district semifinals in 2021. However, you’ll excuse a good portion of the starting lineup for the Titans. This is...
Justin Ferrari’s homer drives Chartiers Valley past West Mifflin
On a less-than-ideal weather day, Chartiers Valley jumped in its Ferrari and cruised to at least a share of the section title. Colts senior Justin Ferrari smacked his first career home run in the top of the eighth, then Chartiers Valley held on in the bottom of the inning to...
West Mifflin softball freezes out Highlands
West Mifflin and Highlands faced off Monday in a key Section 1-4A softball game, but there was an extra opponent each team had to navigate. The elements. Rain, cold temperatures and gusty winds combined to make it feel like March instead of the first day of May, but both teams...
Westmoreland high school notebook: GCC’s Gribble lands Navy offer
Three NCAA Division I college offers and only one year of high school basketball. So goes life for Erica Gribble, the standout freshman at Greensburg Central Catholic who added a third offer over the weekend in the United States Naval Academy. The backcourt standout’s previous offers, which came before she...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Penn-Trafford’s Madison Setzenfand
In some competitions, a third-place finish could be seen as disappointing. When it’s third out of 73 competitors, that’s a different story. That was the case for Penn-Trafford senior Madison Setzenfand, who competed in the discus April 15 at the TSTCA Outdoor Championships at West Mifflin. Her third-place finish was...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Apollo-Ridge’s Jessica Ross
With a strong field of competitors converging on West Mifflin High school, the TSTCA Outdoor Championships on April 15 was one of the highlights of the WPIAL track and field season. It sure was for Apollo-Ridge senior Jessica Ross. “I was super happy with my performance at the TSTCA meet,”...
Freeport Area girls lacrosse continues to find improvement
Freeport Area girls lacrosse mustered two wins this season and is looking for more. Although they have a losing record, their two wins account for a program high for a single season. The Yellowjackets have a young nucleus and continue to be more competitive as the season progresses. The team...
With 2 weeks left, WPIAL boys volleyball teams jockey for positions in section, coaches rankings
Two weeks remain in the WPIAL boys volleyball regular season, and teams in Class 3A and Class 2A are gearing up for the stretch run to the postseason. Shaler and Latrobe remain at the top of their respective classifications in this week’s Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association WPIAL Top-10 polls...
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week for April 30, 2023Video
The week before, North Allegheny senior Andrew Hart was passed up for a start in a Section 1-6A series sweep of Allderdice. Apparently, absence from the hill can make the breaking pitches and the fastball fonder … and harder to hit. The Hart was beating loud and strong for the...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of May 1, 2023
If Mother Nature turns the hose off, we will have key district baseball and softball to kick off a busy month on the diamonds this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN continues our coverage of WPIAL softball and baseball as section action begins to wind...
High school sports schedule for May 1, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Monday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Pine-Richland at North Allegheny, 7 p.m. Seneca Valley at Butler, 5:30 p.m. Section 2 Baldwin at Mt. Lebanon, 4:15 p.m. Central Catholic at Canon-McMillan, 4 p.m. Hempfield at Norwin, 4:15 p.m. Class 5A Section 1 Armstrong at Fox Chapel, 4...
WPIAL boys, girls lacrosse playoff clinchings through April 30, 2023
The WPIAL boys and girls lacrosse regular season is about to enter the final week of section play. The top six teams in each section qualify for the district postseason. Once again, Trib HSSN will be the home for exclusive coverage of the 2023 WPIAL boys and girls lacrosse playoffs....
WPIAL boys volleyball playoff clinchings through April 30, 2023
The WPIAL boys volleyball regular season is winding down with two weeks left in the regular season. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district postseason. Once again, Trib HSSN will be the home for exclusive coverage of the 2023 WPIAL boys volleyball playoffs. Here is the...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for May 1, 2023: Chartiers Valley, West Mifflin to play for title
May Day! May Day! The start of May feels more like the end of March, with plenty of rain and temperatures in the 40s. It is scheduled to be the final week of section series games in WPIAL baseball, but the forecast has rain almost every day. There are plenty...
WPIAL softball playoff clinchings through April 30, 2023
The WPIAL softball playoff field is growing with each day of section action. Exclusive coverage of the 2023 WPIAL softball playoffs is only on TribHSSN.TribLive.com starting with the brackets being unveiled during the Playoff Pairings Show. The top four teams in each section qualify for the postseason. In Class 6A,...
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week for April 30, 2023Video
Five years ago, the South Side baseball team made it to the WPIAL semifinals, and after qualifying for the PIAA playoffs, won three games to reach the state championship game. In the 2018 Class 2A state title game, the Rams lost to Lancaster Catholic, 5-1. That was the last postseason...
WPIAL baseball playoff clinchings through April 30, 2023
The 2023 WPIAL baseball playoff field is starting to take 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 on TribHSSN.TribLive.com starting with...
New St. Joseph coaches excited to take over basketball programs
Geoff Dutelle and Logan Acri are ushering in new chapters for the St. Joseph basketball programs, and both got a chance last week to meet and talk with each other about what the future holds on and off the court. “We both met with our respective teams at about the...
