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Westmoreland athletes of the week: Hempfield’s Carson Shuglie, Franklin Regional’s Monroe Law
Carson Shuglie School: Hempfield Class: Junior Sport: Baseball Claim to fame: In four games this week, Shuglie went 5 for 11 with four home runs, including two grand slams, six runs scored, a walk and 13 RBIs. His performance helped Hempfield win two three-game series, going 2-1 against Central Catholic...
WPIAL Baseball rankings: Week ending April 16, 2023
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Seneca Valley, 9-0, 1 2. North Allegheny 5-2, 2 3. Pine-Richland, 9-3, 4 4. Hempfield, 7-3, NR 5. Butler, 5-5, 3 Out: Central Catholic (3-5, 5) Class 5A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Shaler, 9-1, 1 2. Bethel Park, 6-3, 5 3. North...
Highlands grad Slosky ran his way into Alle-Kiski Valley Sports Hall of Fame
Tom Slosky’s decorated career as a distance runner and coach earned him a call to the hall. The Highlands and Duquesne graduate is among those scheduled for induction into the Alle-Kiski Sports Hall of Fame on May 20 at the Pittsburgh Shrine Center in Harmar. A few weeks after the...
500-game winner Dana Petruska retires as Mars basketball coach, cites ‘some parent situations’
Mars girls basketball coach Dana Petruska is retiring after 37 years and more than 500 wins, in part because there were too many wannabe coaches in the stands. Petruska said this was a frustrating winter for various reasons, some being nobody’s fault. The team lost a top player to a...
Young Plum softball team battling through challenging early schedule
The Plum softball team found itself in a hole at Shaler in a Section 1-5A game April 12. The Titans led 7-0 after two innings and threatened to blow out the youthful Mustangs. But Plum didn’t fold its tent and mounted a rally, drawing to within four in the sixth...
Plum baseball looks to build momentum after narrow victory over Penn-Trafford
Last year, the Plum baseball team lost seven games. Five of the seven were decided by two runs or less, including a two-run setback to Shaler in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs. The Mustangs also won four of their 12 games by one run. Plum has...
Norwin notebook: After slow start, baseball team finds footing
After a slow start, the Norwin baseball team is regaining its footing. The Knights opened the season with four straight losses but rebounded by winning two out of three games against Baldwin in a three-game Section 2-6A series. Chris Slatt went 3 for 4 with a double and three RBIs,...
After taking lumps last season, Norwin boys lacrosse taking steps forward
Norwin missed out on the WPIAL Class 3A boys lacrosse playoffs last year, but there is optimism around the team that a postseason return could be imminent. A young team is growing into its uniform. “We believe we have a great group with quality leaders, young talent and solid veterans,”...
Deep North Allegheny girls track and field team takes aim at defending WPIAL title
Recent history says the North Allegheny girls have a good chance to repeat as WPIAL team track champions later this spring. Consider, in the past 30 years, no Class 3A girls champion has won the title only once. Teams tend to win it again and again. For instance, the Butler...
North Allegheny notebook: Tigers softball falls to No. 4 Norwin
The second-ranked North Allegheny softball team dropped a 10-7 decision to No. 4 Norwin in a Class 6A section game April 12. Josey Michalski had three hits, including a home run, and five RBIs to lead Norwin to a comeback win. Emma Novotnak doubled and drove in a pair of...
Hampton’s Eric Weeks makes headlines in 3 sports
Hampton senior Eric Weeks’ offseason between basketball and baseball this year lasted about 12 hours. The morning after Hampton’s PIAA basketball playoff loss March 14, he joined his baseball teammates to take a bus to North Carolina for a three-day camp. The hectic schedule is standard procedure for Weeks, a...
Sparked by arrival of basketball star Vinnie Cugini, Aquinas Academy volleyball thriving
When Aquinas Academy senior Vinnie Cugini joined the school’s boys volleyball team for the first time this spring, he had mild expectations. “I really thought it would be something cool and relaxing to do,” said Cugini, the WPIAL’s all-time boys basketball scoring leader. “I thought it could be something I’m...
Part-time player Will Siegel of Fox Chapel makes noise on WPIAL tennis scene
Will Siegel’s entrance to the season for the Fox Chapel tennis team first requires him to dig his racquet out of the closet. Due to Siegel’s commitment to the Foxes basketball team, which qualified for the PIAA Class 5A tournament and had the season extend into March, he usually doesn’t...
Fox Chapel girls lacrosse looking to make pieces fit
The Fox Chapel girls lacrosse team is searching for better ways to support each other. When it comes to trying to earn a spot in the WPIAL playoffs, the Foxes have been focused on making sure things run smoothly from top to bottom. Fox Chapel wanted to rebound quickly from...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 14, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Friday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Butler 5, North Allegheny 2 Nonsection Belle Vernon 4, Elizabeth Forward 3 Bentworth 6, Jefferson-Morgan 3 California 12, Frazier 11 Carmichaels 6, Charleroi 2 Eden Christian 12, Northgate 2 Fort Cherry 2, Cornell 0 Greensburg Salem 14, Connellsville 7 Indiana...
West Mifflin celebrates win over McKeesport, another shutout for Addison Hilligsberg
Friday was West Mifflin softball coach Erik Hilligsberg’s birthday. “We’ve played two or three times (on his birthday) and they’ve responded and we’ve won,” Hilligsberg said. “Maybe every game should be on my birthday.” The birthday boy got his wish as his Titans played a complete game in shutting out...
Kiski Area wins relay with personal-best time at Lady Spartan/Wildcat Invitational
The Kiski Area boys 3,200-meter relay team came into Friday’s Lady Spartan/Wildcat Invitational looking to improve. They did just that. In the first race of the meet, the team of Paul Roberts, Justin Gross, Justin Tucker and Samuel Plazio breezed to a victory with a personal-best time of 8 minutes,...
Hempfield’s Peyton Murray, Franklin Regional’s Monroe Law shine at invitational
Hempfield junior Peyton Murray and Franklin Regional freshman Monroe Law had strong performances Friday at the Lady Spartan/Wildcat Invitational at Memorial Stadium. Both were double winners. Murray won the shot put and discus. Murray heaved the shot put 53 feet, 8 inches and tossed the discus 164-0. He has the...
Frazier softball offense erupts in 6th inning for win over Jeannette
It hardly seems fair that the Frazier softball team, a state championship contender for years in Class 2A, was reassigned this season to the Class A level. The Commodores have demolished their past six opponents by an average of 14 runs after opening the season with a loss to Class...
Waldier earns Yough softball team walk-off win over Mt. Pleasant
Yough had plans to bring in sophomore Adoria Waldier as a relief pitcher as its Section 3-3A softball game against Mt. Pleasant stretched into the later innings. Neither team was giving an inch. Groundouts and popouts became routine as Yough freshman Sydney Bergman and senior Sophia Smithnosky of Mt. Pleasant...
Deer Lakes softball bounces back with win over Valley
The Deer Lakes softball team got back in the win column Friday, two days after suffering its first loss of the season. The Lancers, who fell to Section 1-3A leader Avonworth on Wednesday, returned to the field at section rival Valley and collected 10 hits en route to a 5-0...
South Park promotes longtime assistant to football coach
South Park’s new football coach is already very familiar with the program. Longtime assistant Brian Abbey, who won a state championship with the Eagles as a player, was promoted to head coach, the school announced Friday. A 2001 graduate, Abbey returned to his alma mater as an assistant in 2004...
Moon finds replacement for retiring athletic director Ron Ledbetter
Moon has hired a new athletic director to replace Ron Ledbetter, who is retiring this summer after a 33-year career as an educator. The school on Thursday announced the hire of current Beaver athletic director Alan Alcalde. Alcalde, who spent four years at Beaver, starts June 1. “Moon has a...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 13, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Thursday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Pine-Richland 10, Allderdice 0 Section 2 Hempfield 10, Baldwin 0 Canon-McMillan 8, Norwin 1 Mt. Lebanon 3, Central Catholic 2 Class A Section 2 Springdale 13, Summit Academy 5 Nonsection Altoona 19, Latrobe 15 Armstrong 10, Leechburg 0 Greensburg Central...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 14, 2023: Undefeated Montour faces test
There are seven undefeated teams in WPIAL softball, and all but one are alone in first place in their section. The lone exception is Montour. The Spartans have won all six games they have played this season and are a perfect 4-0 in Section 3-4A. They enter Friday’s game technically...
