High School category, Page 52

The mark of a good team is how much it improves during the season. Penn-Trafford boys volleyball finished third in Section 2-3A, but after an upset win against section champion Latrobe and a win against Pine-Richland in the WPIAL third-place game, the Warriors found themselves in the PIAA playoffs, scheduled...

Up until this decade, the PIAA lacrosse playoffs had been a vast wasteland for WPIAL boys and girls lacrosse teams. Now while the girls lacrosse teams from District 7 have not yet cracked the code of playing for a state championship, the Mars boys program has given hope to every...

High schools Baseball PIAA tournament First round Monday’s schedule Class 6A McDowell (17-5) at Seneca Valley (17-6), 4 p.m. Pennsbury (17-6) at Cedar Cliff (17-6), 4 p.m. Bethlehem Liberty (20-6) at West Chester Henderson (17-6), 4 p.m. Perkiomen Valley (16-8) vs. Governor Mifflin (22-1) at Cumru ES, 4 p.m. Ephreta...

The 2025 PIAA softball playoffs are set after the unveiling of the brackets Friday. There are 18 WPIAL teams participating in the six tournaments with as many as four district teams in the Class 2A and 5A playoffs and only one representative in Class 6A. There were two PIAA champions...

Let’s all tip our caps to the 12 teams that flexed their muscles and accomplished the golden goal of winning a WPIAL championship. It has become old hat, but kudos to the Neshannock softball team has it captured a fourth consecutive district crown. Halfway to that mark is Mohawk, which...

Bella Stewart and Pyper Ferres played a lot of softball together the past four springs as Burrell teammates. They shared numerous victories and took part in three playoff trips with the Bucs. The seniors will have one more opportunity to take the field together before they head off to college,...

This week, the WPIAL crowned baseball champions in six classifications. But 60 years ago, only one WPIAL titlist reigned supreme. With no classifications at the time, the team from Arnold had to go through a number of bigger schools to earn WPIAL gold. With no fear, the 1965 Lions took...

WPIAL champions North Allegheny in Class 3A and Shaler in 2A lead six district teams into the 2025 PIAA boys volleyball playoffs. Thanks to those two elite programs, District 7 has captured a state championship in all but one of the last six seasons. Shaler won 3A gold last season...

The brackets are set for the 2025 PIAA baseball playoffs. Nineteen WPIAL teams will be participating in the six tournaments with as many as four district teams in the Class A, 3A and 5A playoffs and only one in Class 6A. There were no PIAA champions from District 7 last...

The soggy 2025 WPIAL diamond sports playoffs are in the books with six new baseball champions, four new softball champions, one softball repeat (Mohawk) and one softball four-peat (Neshannock). Now for 19 district baseball teams and 18 WPIAL softball schools, the battle for a state championship begins Monday. Here is...

From beneath her sunglasses, softball coach Tina Madison peered over a sea of Hempfield players and fans who gathered on the infield at Norwin on Thursday for congratulatory hugs and fist bumps. There was a different celebration, it seemed, at every base and in the pitcher’s circle — an around-the-horn...

High schools Lacrosse Boys Thursday’s results PIAA District 8-10 subregional Meadville 16, Allderdice 2 Softball WPIAL playoffs Championships Thursday’s results Class 6A Hempfield 1, Seneca Valley 0 Class 5A Shaler 2, Penn-Trafford 1 Class 4A Hampton 4, Blackhawk 3 Class 3A Mohawk 6, South Park 1 Class 2A Neshannock 7,...

Union softball coach Doug Fisher didn’t appear ready Thursday to slap a dynasty label on his team just yet. Even as the Scotties, led by star right-hander Mia Preuhs’ fifth no-hitter of the season, were celebrating their third WPIAL Class A championship in four years, a 3-0 victory over Carmichaels...

Freshman Addison Aleski singled home junior Jayla Antomachi in the top of the 11th inning to help No. 2 Shaler defeat No. 1 Penn-Trafford, 2-1, in the WPIAL Class 5A softball championship game Thursday at North Allegheny. It was the fourth time Shaler has won a WPIAL title and first...

The final chapter in a four-year softball rivalry headlined by graduating star pitchers is complete. Powerhouses Hempfield and Seneca Valley met for the final time in their current iterations Thursday and added another one-run result to the pile — their sixth in 11 meetings. There were many more hits than...

Neshannock pitcher Addyson Frye led the Lancers to a fourth straight WPIAL title Thursday, tossing a four-hitter with 11 strikeouts in a 7-1 victory over Chartiers-Houston in the Class 2A championship game at Cal (Pa.). Top-seeded Neshannock (22-0) dominated opponents all season, and it was business as usual for the...

Jack Kartsonas has undergone a significant transformation since arriving in Morgantown to pitch for West Virginia’s baseball team. The technology the Mountaineers have available helped him better understand what pitches his body is best capable of throwing. And thanks to a lack of peer pressure, his mustache is thicker and...

So many things about this softball championship game seemed off. Not the matchup itself — that was about as good as it gets. It was the different day, the morning start time, the alternate site, that were peculiar. “We all agreed this doesn’t feel like a WPIAL championship game,” Hempfield...

The year may have changed but the result remained the same in the only rematch of the WPIAL diamond championships this spring. Defending champion Mohawk hammered out 15 hits and defeated top-seeded South Park in the WPIAL Class 3A softball title game Thursday at Lilley Field at PennWest-California, 6-1. “We’ve...

A battle between section foes turned into history at North Allegheny on Thursday, as Hampton and Blackhawk were both reaching for something they had never accomplished before — a WPIAL softball title. Hampton rose to the occasion and overcame an early three-run deficit to claim the school’s first WPIAL championship...

High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 3A Wednesday’s results Championship Riverside 1, Quaker Valley 0 Third place South Park 4, Mohawk 3 Class 2A Wednesday’s results Championship Freedom 1, OLSH 0 Third place Riverview 2, Laurel 0 Class A Wednesday’s results Championship Serra Catholic 9, Carmichaels 0 Third place Eden...

Winning pitcher Cooper Hochendoner hit the go-ahead two-run triple in the bottom of the fourth inning to lead No. 5 South Park to a 4-3 victory over No. 11 Mohawk in the WPIAL Class 3A baseball third-place game Wednesday. Ryan Spitznagel singled and doubled and Andrew Mittleider had two hits...