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Trib HSSN baseball state rankings for April 20, 2023
It’s been a tough week for the elite across the state as nine teams ranked in last week’s Trib HSSN baseball state rankings have been bounced this week. The top three classifications had one change each while the bottom three classes had two teams each exit, and two new teams...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 20, 2023: Mt. Lebanon, Norwin to settle things
It has been a rough spring for the defending WPIAL Class 6A baseball champions. Mt. Lebanon lost its first eight games this season, including a 0-4 start in Section 2-6A. The Blue Devils had turned it around a bit of late, winning the last two games of last week’s Central...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 19, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Wednesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny 4, Allderdice 0 Seneca Valley 4, Pine-Richland 0 Section 2 Hempfield 11, Canon-McMillan 1 Central Catholic 8, Baldwin 0 Norwin 10, Mt. Lebanon 2 Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional 7, Fox Chapel 3 Plum 12, Penn Hills...
Trib 10: New teams take top spots in baseball, softball power rankings
The teams ranked in the latest Trib 10 have proven they can win in the warmth of last week and the chill of this week. Three teams slipped out of the Trib 10 with Franklin Regional baseball replaced by fellow 5A power South Fayette. On the softball side, Montour is...
High school roundup for April 19, 2023: South Park’s Austin Lafferty throws 6-inning perfect game
Austin Lafferty threw a six-inning perfect game and with 14 strikeouts, lifting South Park to a 10-0 win over Keystone Oaks (3-6, 3-2) in Section 2-3A baseball Wednesday. Troy Cunningham hit a game-ending grand slam for the Eagles (4-4, 4-2). Bishop Canevin 11, Cornell 0 – Winning pitcher Kole Olszewski...
East Allegheny pounces on Burrell mistakes to take Section 3-3A series opener
Burrell baseball coach Mark Spohn wasn’t in a talkative mood Wednesday after his team’s Section 3-3A game at East Allegheny. That’s because he wasn’t pleased with how his team played against the top team in the section. East Allegheny (6-2, 4-1) took advantage of three errors, two baserunning mistakes and...
Hempfield softball team rights ship, beats North Allegheny
Hempfield is back on track. Though the Spartans are not out to assign blame for a loss to Norwin earlier this week that could strip them of their No. 1 ranking — more credit goes to Norwin’s hitters — they were willing to shake things up a bit to right...
Westmoreland softball notebook: Latrobe’s Kraynick swinging hot bat
Latrobe senior left fielder Hayden Kraynick has found her groove at the plate. She has been on an offensive tear lately for the Wildcats (9-1, 4-1), who have been piling up runs and have the look of a WPIAL contender in Class 5A. Latrobe scored 39 times in its last...
New-look Deer Lakes softball team challenges itself
The Deer Lakes softball team lost four starters to graduation from last year’s team, which finished runner-up to Avonworth in WPIAL Class 3A and made it the PIAA quarterfinals before falling to Bald Eagle Area. The entire outfield is new with two first-year starters and veteran senior Delanie Kaiser moving...
PIAA adds 500 officials, but shortage remains ‘major issue’ for many sports
Statewide efforts to recruit and retain high school game officials are seeing some positive results, said a PIAA administrator who oversees the men and women in stripes. “From Sept. 1 until today, we’re up 500 officials in Pennsylvania,” said PIAA assistant executive director Patrick Gebhart, who spoke Wednesday at the...
WPIAL announces 20 winners of James Collins Scholar-Athlete Award
The WPIAL saw an increased number of applicants for the James Collins Scholar-Athlete Award this year, and Wednesday announced 20 winners from the 162 nominees. The selection committee chose 10 boys and 10 girls. Each receives a $1,000 scholarship. The boys winners were Trinity’s Ty Banco, Waynesburg’s Michael Church, Aquinas...
Senior pitcher comes full circle, leads Norwin into 6A contention
Gradually, it all started to come back for Alyssa McCormick. The movement. The rhythm. The velocity. And don’t forget the most important part: the wins. The Norwin senior stepped back into the pitching circle after spending last year in the outfield. Offseason work had her sharp and ready to deliver...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 18, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Tuesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny 6, Allderdice 1 Seneca Valley at Pine-Richland, ppd. Section 2 Baldwin 2, Central Catholic 1 Canon-McMillan at Hempfield, ppd. Mt. Lebanon at Norwin, ppd. Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional at Fox Chapel, ppd. Armstrong 10, Gateway 5...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 19, 2023: Top 4 teams in 6A softball in action
Wednesday begins the second half of section play in WPIAL Class 6A softball. The top four teams — Norwin (7-1), Seneca Valley (6-1), Hempfield (6-2) and North Allegheny (5-2) — have opened up a gap over the other five teams in the one and only 6A section. The top six...
High school roundup for April 18, 2023: North Hills blanks Moon
Tristan Weimann doubled and drove in two runs and C.J. Leuch and Scott Ranallo combined on a five-hit shutout to lead North Hills to a 5-0 victory over Moon in Section 3-5A baseball Tuesday. Leuch allowed three hits and struck out eight in 4⅔ innings, and Ranallo fanned six for...
Hempfield’s Tapper, Norwin’s Bilinsky win Scholar Athlete Excellence Awards
During Judge Michael J. Stewart II’s first year as sponsor of the Westmoreland County Scholar Athlete banquet, 2023 winners of the Excellence Award were picked from an outstanding group of finalists. This year’s group consisted of PIAA and WPIAL individual champions and individuals who were on championship teams. They also...
Serra Catholic rallies late to finish sweep of Ligonier Valley baseball
The bat and the right arm of sophomore Tyler Skaggs helped Serra Catholic secure a Section 3-2A sweep of Ligonier Valley on Tuesday afternoon. Skaggs knocked in the go-ahead run with a fifth-inning double and tossed 4 2/3 innings of no-hit baseball in the Eagles’ 7-4 win over the Rams...
A-K Valley greats Thrower, Meisner among next class for Western Chapter of Pa. Sports Hall of Fame
Alle-Kiski Valley athletic greats Greg Meisner and the late Willie Thrower are among a group of 10 who will be enshrined in the Robert “Tick” Cloherty Western Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday at the Pittsburgh Sheraton Station Square. “This is very exciting,” said Thrower’s son,...
Wrestling notebook: Hempfield’s Lucas Kapusta picks Lock Haven; Gabe Willochell transfers
When Hempfield senior Lucas Kapusta visited Lock Haven last summer, he made a connection with assistant coach Nate Carr. But when Carr left to take a coaching job at Davidson, Kapusta took Lock Haven off his list. “I loved the coaches and school, but when Nate left, it played with...
PIHL girls hockey season begins 2nd season
The PIHL’s second season sponsoring a girls division begins Tuesday night. Here are five things to know: East ready to defend title The PIHL’s inaugural girls hockey season culminated with East defeating Central, 2-1, in the championship game on an overtime goal by Penn-Trafford’s Kylie McKenzie, at UPMC Lemieux Sports...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 17, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Monday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Allderdice at North Allegheny, ppd. Pine-Richland 4, Seneca Valley 2 Section 2 Central Catholic at Baldwin, ppd. Hempfield 7, Canon-McMillan 6 Mt. Lebanon 10, Norwin 0 Class 5A Section 1 Armstrong 8, Gateway 5 Fox Chapel 4, Franklin Regional...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 18, 2023: Serra Catholic coach looks to add to win total
The winningest baseball coach in WPIAL history is Dan Oliastro with 679 victories. The 79-year old, now in his 54th season at Riverside, has the Panthers at 8-0 this season and in first place in Section 1-3A. The next man on the active WPIAL baseball coach’s victory list picked up...
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week for April 17, 2023
While pitching in high school softball might not be a dominant as it once was before the rubber was moved back, it’s still an integral part of success on the diamond. Which brings us to Trinity senior pitcher Taylor Dunn, who along with her Hillers teammates is having a standout...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week for April 17, 2023
Not all home runs can be measured the same way, and we’re not talking about distance here. While all long balls are thoroughly enjoyed by the batter and their teammates, their weight on the outcome of a game may differ. Clubbing one in a blowout victory is nice but lacks...
High school roundup for April 17, 2023: Pine-Richland knocks Seneca Valley from ranks of unbeaten
Tanner Cunningham singled twice and drove in a run to lead Pine-Richland to a 4-2 victory over Seneca Valley in Section 1-6A baseball Monday, handing the Raiders their first loss of the season. Anthony Mengine added a single and an RBI for the Rams (10-3, 5-2). Creed Erdos had two...
