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With roster loaded with underclassmen, Bethel Park girls lacrosse looks to learn, grow
It’s been tough sledding for the Bethel Park girls lacrosse team. “We graduated about 75% of our varsity team last year, so this is a major rebuilding year for us,” coach Becky Luzier said. “The good news is we return some great now-upperclassmen and we have an abundance of freshmen...
Despite roster turnover, Bethel Park boys lacrosse remains in contention
Luke Lewis moved from defensive coordinator into the leadership position of head coach this year in the Bethel Park boys lacrosse program. He said the team’s expectations remain the same. “Bethel Park lacrosse has always been a highly competitive top-tier WPIAL team,” Lewis said, “and despite graduating several starters from...
Bethel Park ready to defend back-to-back PIAA baseball championships
The players on the Bethel Park baseball team have had big shoes to fill this season. The Black Hawks are two-time defending state champions and are coming off back-to-back 20-win campaigns. “Our goals are the same as every year,” coach Pat Zehnder said, “to win section, WPIAL and state championships....
Norwin notebook: Track standouts climb medal stand
The Norwin boys track and field team finished second and the girls were third at the Lady Spartan/Wildcat Invitational at Latrobe. Ashley Laukus won the high jump with a mark of 5 feet, 3 inches, while Nataiah Robertson-Dutrieuille captured the long jump in 16-11.25, and Hannah Shaw won the pole...
North Hills notebook: Indians softball adds pair of key section wins
North Hills continued its strong start to the 2023 season with a pair of dominating victories in Section 1-5A. The Indians beat Fox Chapel, 12-2, on April 11 and shut out Penn Hills, 15-0, on April 12. Against the Foxes, Hanna Murphy hit a two-run homer, Brenna Westwood hit a...
North Hills baseball off to hot start
A year older, a year better. A lot better, in fact. That’s been the case for the North Hills baseball team through the opening weeks of the season. After finishing 6-12 and missing the playoffs in 2022, the Indians have gotten off to a blistering hot start in 2023, racking...
North Allegheny notebook: Lee, Shi win WPIAL Scholar-Athlete Awards
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, including two students from North Allegheny. North Allegheny’s Harron Lee and Christina Shi were recognized. Lee, who carries a 4.61 GPA, is a four-year letter-winner...
North Allegheny sprinter Khiryn Boyd showing off his speed among WPIAL’s best
After not running track for a year, North Allegheny sprinter Khiryn Boyd was curious about the times being run this spring and how his compared with his competitors. He learned two things: One, you can’t always trust your competitors. And, two, he’s still fast. “I asked a kid before a...
Murrysville Star notebook: Matchups with rival Armstrong highlight Franklin Regional softball schedule
Franklin Regional softball players might not come out and admit it, but they had two section games circled on their calendars since the start of the season. Those games were against Armstrong, the WPIAL Class 5A champion and PIAA runner-up who has placed in the Panthers’ section this year. Franklin...
Hampton lacrosse star lighting up scoreboard
When Hampton’s Emi DiLiberto started playing lacrosse in fifth grade, she was petrified of the hard, rubber ball. “I was terrified,” she said. “I wanted nothing to do with it.” Now, she’s scary. DiLiberto, a senior midfielder, overcame her initial fear and has blossomed into one of the top scorers...
Aquinas Academy junior aces WPIAL tennis test
Aquinas Academy junior Jack Gillespie is a three-time Tae Kwon Do world champion and is ranked No. 2 in the nation in his age group for combat weapons. He also wields a pretty mean tennis racquet. Gillespie rolled to the WPIAL Section 3-2A singles title in late March and took...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 22, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Friday’s results Class A Section 2 Union 9, Rochester 2 Nonsection Avella 10, Cornell 5 Avonworth 12, Beaver 8 Bethel Park 3, Indiana 2 Carrick 10, Woodland Hills 0 Chartiers-Houston 7, Carmichaels 3 Chartiers Valley 6, Trinity 3 East Allegheny 6, Ligonier Valley 6 Ellwood City...
High school roundup for April 21, 2023: Records fall to Hempfield’s Liz Tapper, Mt. Lebanon’s Logan St. John Kletter at Butler
Three meet records fell as Hempfield’s Liz Tapper set new marks in the shot put and discus and Mt. Lebanon’s Logan St. John Kletter broke the 1,600-meter run standard at the Butler Invitational on Friday. With a time of 10:25.58, St. John Kletter broke the record set by Moon’s Mia...
Ciara Camacho takes a bite out of Kiski Area in Franklin Regional win
After the softball game ended, Ciara Camacho scooped up her puppy, “Chubbs,” and cradled him as she headed for the family vehicle. The friendly “Frug,” a French Bulldog and Pug mix, fussed a little bit, but his owner secured him tightly. Camacho, Franklin Regional’s sophomore catcher and leadoff hitter, also...
Maddie Kee’s perfect game helps Deer Lakes to 4-inning win vs. Freeport
The Deer Lakes softball team hoped to return to the win column against Freeport in a Section 1-3A game Friday and finish the bounceback from Tuesday’s eight-run setback to Class 5A power Armstrong. The Lancers did just that against a Yellowjackets team hoping to stay competitive despite not having heart-and-soul...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 20, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Thursday’s results Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny 5, Allderdice 0 Pine-Richland 3, Seneca Valley 2 Section 2 Central Catholic 4, Baldwin 3 Canon-McMillan 2, Hempfield 1 Mt. Lebanon 2, Norwin 1 Class 4A Section 3 Chartiers Valley 16, McKeesport 5 Section 4 Kiski Area 10,...
High school roundup for April 20, 2023: Pine-Richland takes 2 of 3 from Seneca Valley
Owen Henne and Peyton Ford each singled and doubled and Jacob McGuire was the winning pitcher as Pine-Richland defeated Seneca Valley, 3-2, on Thursday to win two of three in a Section 1-6A series. McGuire allowed two runs on five hits in 6⅔ innings for the Rams (11-4, 6-3). Sam...
Grant slam: Greensburg Salem first baseman Smith drives in 7 runs in bounce-back win
He wasn’t in a slump by any means, but Greensburg Salem junior first baseman Grant Smith wanted desperately to snap back after a sub-par effort in the first game of a Section 4-3A baseball series against McGuffey. Collectively, so did the Golden Lions, who had an eight-game winning streak stopped...
Good pitching, solid defense lead Kiski Area to sweep of Highlands
Baseball, at times, can be a simple game. If you get good pitching, play solid defense and take advantage of your opponent’s mistakes, you normally win games. That’s what Kiski Area did and Highlands did not Thursday in a Section 4-4A battle. Senior LeBryn Smith tossed a five-inning, two-hit shutout,...
Armed with a deep pitching staff, Hempfield thrives in 3-game series
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that he used to be a pitcher, or that he enjoys the chess-match nature of the new three-game series in WPIAL Class 6A baseball. “The thing that really gets you is how, when you go home after a game, you have...
Westmoreland County baseball notebook: Hempfield’s Tim Buzzard hits career milestone
There was some “Buzz” around Hempfield last week. Spartans’ coach Tim Buzzard recorded a milestone win when the Spartans blanked Baldwin, 10-0, for a three-game sweep. The victory was No. 200 of his career. Buzzard is in his 15th season leading Hempfield. He is 200-114 overall. Tourney time Latrobe likes...
Trib HSSN state softball rankings for April 20, 2023
Two classifications went unchanged; however, the other four had plenty of movement in this week edition of the Trib HSSN state softball rankings. There may have been some shuffling, but the same five teams remain in both 4A and A. That wasn’t the case in 6A and 2A, where two...
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...
