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High schools Baseball Thursday’s results Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny 12, Butler 0 Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional 4, McKeesport 1 Class 4A Section 3 Ringgold 6, Greensburg Salem 1 Class 2A Section 1 Bentworth 10, Frazier 6 Carmichaels 12, Washington 0 Section 4 Brentwood 11, Carlynton 4...

Cole Young singled, homered and drove in three runs and Andrew Hart threw four scoreless innings to lead North Allegheny to a 12-0 win over Butler in Section 1-6A baseball Thursday. Erik Sundgren went 2 for 2 with a homer and three RBIs and Aaron Posey singled and doubled for...

A day after moving into the state softball rankings, Hempfield was out to show it belonged there again. The Spartans looked the part in an efficient, 1 hour, 20-minute victory against visiting North Allegheny. The top-ranked team in WPIAL Class 6A and fourth-ranked team in the state got a lift...

Maddie Kee was key for the Deer Lakes softball team in its Section 1-3A clash at rival Valley on Thursday afternoon. Under sunny skies, Kee led the way at the plate, going 3 for 4 with a double and three RBIs. She also scattered four hits in the pitching circle...

Four years ago, the Thomas Jefferson and Penn-Trafford softball teams met in a WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinal playoff game. On Friday, the stakes might not be as high, but a section championship could be on the line. Both the Jaguars and Warriors are 7-1 in Section 1-5A, a game up...

The WPIAL softball playoff field is a bit of a mixed bag. Some sections are caught up and postseason berths are nearly complete while others are lagging behind with a lot of section ball to be played over the next 10 days. Exclusive coverage of the 2022 WPIAL softball playoffs...

In a game with no clock, time is running out on WPIAL baseball teams outside the playoff bubble. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district postseason and most teams have one section series left on the regular season schedule. Some have two. Exclusive coverage of the...

For the first time this spring, there has been a changing of the guard at the top of the baseball mountain. After losing twice to Peters Township last week, Bethel Park is no longer No. 1 in the Trib 10 rankings. Taking over as the top-ranked baseball team is Montour,...

Though the baseball season hasn’t quite gone as planned, Deer Lakes remains in the thick of the WPIAL Class 3A baseball playoff race as the climax to the regular season approaches. After some disappointingly close losses, the Lancers thought they had a strong momentum shift with a thrilling, come-from-behind victory...

Twenty-one WPIAL girls basketball players earned all-state honors Thursday, and Neshannock’s Luann Grybowski was named Class 2A Coach of the Year after leading the Lancers to a state championship this winter. Nine WPIAL players earned first-team honors, including Neshannock teammates Neleh Nogay and Mairan Haggerty, who guided the Lancers to...

When Jake Smith isn’t throwing strikes, he’s rolling them. When he isn’t scoring runs, he’s going on them through the woods. It isn’t all that rare that he plays four sports at Greensburg Salem. What is unique is the sports he chose. “They’re split up nicely,” Smith said. “Fall, winter...

Westmoreland County games have not lacked late-inning drama lately. Take last Wednesday. If you didn’t walk it off, you probably didn’t win. There were four one-run games that day. • Brady Lane doubled, then scored on an error, as Penn-Trafford clipped Kiski Area, 3-2, in eight innings. • Hempfield dropped...

High schools Baseball Wednesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny at Butler, ppd. Class 5A Section 1 Penn-Trafford 3, Kiski Area 2 Section 4 Peters Township 10, Albert Gallatin 0 Class 4A Section 3 Greensburg Salem 4, Laurel Highlands 2 Class 3A Section 1 Hopewell 9, New Brighton 6...

Katie Hutter hit for the cycle and drove in five runs to lead Mt. Pleasant to a 16-3 victory over McGuffey in Section 3-3A softball Wednesday. Abby Swank went 3 for 3 with three RBIs for Mt. Pleasant (4-7, 3-4). Roxanne Painter doubled in a run for McGuffey (2-4, 2-4)....

Teams in the WPIAL doubles tennis championships Wednesday faced two obstacles – tough opponents and terrible weather. The teams that handled the windy, cold conditions the best took home the titles. The Shady Side Academy duo of David Mnuskin and Sam Bitzer defeated Franklin Regional’s Dhruv Kulkarni and Prerit Yadav,...

The Kiski Area softball team missed the WPIAL playoffs in 2019 and ‘21 after a run to the quarterfinals in ‘18. But the Cavaliers have assured themselves a return to the postseason this spring. They solidified their positioning in the Section 1-5A standings and clinched Wednesday at home against rival...

Things can change quickly in Section 1-6A baseball in the WPIAL. Last week at this time, Butler was in first place in a crowded section. However, losses to Pine-Richland in the second game of last week’s sectional series and to North Allegheny on Tuesday have dropped the Golden Tornado into...

Some nice weather later last week and early this week allowed for high school softball teams around the commonwealth a chance to play catch-up with their schedules. In the process, however, some of the elite teams across Pa. may have wished for more wet weather. Nearly half of the 6A...

April may have started with some expected tomfoolery on a day set aside to fool folks; however, the winds of change are blowing cold and dank as far as the state baseball rankings are concerned as the month comes to an end. One-third of the 30 teams in the Trib...

Ligonier Valley has only been in the WPIAL since 2020, but the softball program’s stay has been, in some ways, perfect. How many programs can say they have thrown six perfect games in two years? How many have six perfect games in their history? Senior Maddie Griffin tossed the fifth...

There is a lot going on behind the intense eyes and stoic game face of Mia Smith. Often, quietly, a perfect storm is brewing. A 50-50 mix of mental toughness and physical ability fuses inside the chalk-lined circle from where she pitches. When she rears back and prepares to send...

Colin Marinpetro went 3 for 4 with a double and three RBIs to lead West Allegheny to a 7-5 victory over Shaler on Tuesday, earning a split in the two-game series between top teams in Section 3-5A baseball. West Allegheny (10-2, 7-1) jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the...

Here comes Norwin. After losing four of five and getting swept by Canon-McMillan, the Knights are back in the playoff conversation in Section 2-6A — and back to .500 — after a sweep of their own. Seniors Jake Kendro and Ty Stecko homered, and senior Sebastian Rosado-Guindin pitched 62⁄3 innings...

Apollo-Ridge took advantage of four Jeannette errors and got a grand slam from junior Brandon Butler and solid pitching from Brady Schrock in a 10-0 victory Tuesday in a Section 2-2A battle. The Vikings, who have clinched a berth in the WPIAL playoffs, improved to 6-3 overall and 5-2 in...

Duquesne added two more bricks to its roster reconstruction Tuesday when Butler High School’s Devin Carney and point guard Tevin Brewer, a transfer from FIU, signed letters of intent and joined the Dukes’ eight-man recruiting class. Carney averaged 26 points at Butler, shot 55% from the field and 90% from...