High School category, Page 608

Two undefeated teams. Two more strong section champions. A defending WPIAL champion with only three losses. How do you rank them? That WPIAL softball committee faced that dilemma Thursday while trying to seed a Class 2A playoff bracket that proved the most challenging to complete. “The first five, you could...

The defending champion Mars boys and Shady Side Academy girls were among the four teams that earned top seeds in the WPIAL lacrosse playoff brackets revealed Thursday. The other No. 1s went to the Blackhawk girls and Mt. Lebanon boys. The playoffs start with first-round games Monday and Tuesday. Higher-seeded...

Zach David and Max Kallock appeared to be the ideal one-two pitching punch for Greensburg Central Catholic. They were posturing to pair up and help the Centurions navigate section series and make a WPIAL run in Class A. But then injuries threw them a curveball. Actually, they both suffered the...

High schools Baseball WPIAL Wednesday’s results Class 2A Section 2 South Side 18, Aliquippa 3 Nonsection Avella 12, Monessen 8 Baldwin 9, Pine-Richland 4 Bentworth 5, West Greene 2 Bethel Park 11, Chartiers Valley 5 Blackhawk 8, Ellwood City 2 Butler 11, Moon 10 California 9, Brownsville 7 Central Catholic...

Payton List threw a one-hitter with 17 strikeouts and doubled twice to lead Beaver to a 6-1 nonsection softball win over Laurel in a matchup of defending WPIAL champions Wednesday. Hanna Crowe hit an RBI triple for the Bobcats (15-0). Autumn Boyd struck out 11 in a losing effort for...

Fox Chapel freshman Mason Friday said he and sophomore Travis Malone have great chemistry as a doubles team. “We get loud,” Friday said. “When we are loud, we play our best.” Friday, Malone and their Fox Chapel teammates made plenty of noise at the WPIAL team tennis championships Wednesday at...

The Butler boys arrived at the WPIAL team championships with a mission: eliminate any suspense about who might be the winner. “That was our goal,” sprinter Guinness Brown said. “Get it done early.” Much like Brown running 100 meters, it was over quickly. The Butler boys claimed 10 of the...

A drought ended for two teams at the WPIAL Class 2A track and field championships Wednesday at Peters Township. The Shenango boys won their first title, and the Quaker Valley girls won their first since 2007. Shenango clinched by winning the 1,600-meter relay to edge Riverside, 80-70. The Wildcats also...

Eric Kowalczyk saw promise in his young Apollo-Ridge softball team when the season started in late March. Despite just one senior, several freshman getting their first taste of the varsity game and other returnees continuing to grow, the first-year Vikings coach has seen growth in his team through a playoff-qualifying...

Welcome to springs sports bracketology season. With five district sports starting their postseasons next week, the various WPIAL steering committees will be busy the next two days, meeting first and then filling out the official brackets after some spirited debate. On Thursday, Trib HSSN will unveil the 2022 WPIAL softball...

The 2022 district baseball and softball regular seasons are in the books. Now as the postseason begins, it’s time to separate those who are legit and those who just couldn’t muster up the power to go for the gold. There was a lot of shuffling to this edition of the...

Here are the latest WPIAL girls’ lacrosse standings and the final playoff clinchings for the 2022 regular season. The top six teams in each section qualified for the district postseason. Only section records are shown. #-Clinched section championship *-Clinched playoff berth x-Eliminated from playoff chase Class 3A Set with 12...

Here are the latest WPIAL boys’ lacrosse standings and the final district playoff clinchings for the 2022 season. The top six teams in each section will qualify for the district postseason. Only section records are shown. # — Clinched section championship * — Clinched playoff berth x — Eliminated from...

The WPIAL boys volleyball regular season is down to its final days. After taking the top five finishers in each section last spring, the WPIAL has gone back to the standard, which is the top four teams qualifying for the district postseason. Once again, Trib HSSN will be your home...

The WPIAL is scheduled to release playoff brackets at 4 p.m. Thursday virtually via the TribLive High School Sports Network. The rundown of local teams in the postseason looks like this: Hempfield (12-2) and Norwin (4-8) in Class 6A; Franklin Regional (13-5), Kiski Area (12-5), Penn-Trafford (13-2) and Latrobe (7-4)...

When Katie Hutter was small, she picked up a softball bat for the first time and immediately squared up like a left-handed hitter. “I was told right away that wasn’t the way to bat,” Hutter said. “But I don’t know, maybe it was meant to be.” Before she became the...

Tim McConnell had walked into Chartiers Valley’s gym countless times, but the longtime basketball coach felt somewhat sentimental when he entered Tuesday morning. He knew it would be his last visit as Colts coach. “When I went to meet with my team and I walked through the doors and I...

High schools Baseball WPIAL Tuesday’s results Class 5A Section 2 Mars 6, Hampton 2 Fox Chapel 5, Plum 4 Penn Hills 9, Woodland Hills 2 Class 4A Section 2 Beaver 3, Central Valley 2 Blackhawk 15, New Castle 0 Quaker Valley 7, Ambridge 6 Section 3 Elizabeth Forward 4, Belle...

For the third straight season, Elizabeth Forward reigns at the top of Section 2-4A. It took a week to conclude it, but the Warriors picked up a 5-0 shutout win over visiting Yough to clinch the section title behind great pitching from Shelby Telegedy and clutch hitting from one of...

The last of the district boys tennis gold will be handed out Wednesday. The WPIAL crowned champions in boys singles tennis along with boys doubles. Now it’s time for the team tennis titles to be decided. Both defending champions from a year ago have reached the finals and are looking...

At first glance, this edition of the Trib HSSN state softball rankings may look like a carbon copy of last week’s presentation. However, after further review, there are only a couple of tweaks that separate the two as the elite softball teams are putting on their postseason face and tuning...

Josh Reed threw four no-hit innings and Jarrod Malagiese homered to lead Blackhawk to a 15-0 victory over New Castle in Section 2-4A baseball Tuesday, eliminating the Red Hurricanes from playoff contention. Louis Sebastian doubled twice and drove in three runs and Ryan Jones doubled and knocked in two runs...

The WPIAL softball playoff field is nearly set with 80 teams locked and loaded for the postseason. The playoff party may have two more latecomers Wednesday as a pair of Class 5A teams are still alive for a district postseason softball berth. Exclusive coverage of the 2022 WPIAL softball playoffs...

The 2022 WPIAL baseball playoff field is now set with 83 teams ready to battle for six district championships. Exclusive coverage of the 2022 WPIAL baseball playoffs is only here on TribHSSN.TribLive.com starting with the unveiling of the brackets in the Playoff Pairings Show at 2 p.m. Friday. Here are...

The Plum boys volleyball team hoped to play spoiler and prevent visiting Gateway from finishing its Section 2-2A slate undefeated as the teams met in the section finale Tuesday at Plum. But the Gators, No. 6 in this week’s Western PA Volleyball Coaches Association Class 2A top 10, had other...