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Neshannock softball caps undefeated season with state championship
UNIVERSITY PARK — At the beginning of the spring season, Neshannock softball was barely on anybody’s radar in the state. The Lancers were not in any state or district rankings and had not even made the state tournament in eight years. Three months later, they’re undefeated state champions. Neshannock defeated...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 16, 2022
High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs Championships At Medlar Field, Penn State Class 6A Thursday’s result Warwick 6, Liberty 4 Class 5A Friday’s schedule Selinsgrove (23-2) vs. Bethel Park (20-3), 4:30 p.m. Class 4A Thursday’s result Montour 10, Holy Ghost Prep 9 Class 3A Friday’s schedule Lancaster Catholic (23-2) vs. Central...
Armstrong shut down by undefeated Pittston in Class 5A softball final
UNIVERSITY PARK – Armstrong’s potent offense met its match Thursday in the PIAA Class 5A softball championship game at Penn State’s Beard Field. Sophomore Gianna Adams spun a two-hit shutout, striking out 10 and walking three in leading Pittston to a 4-0 victory to cap a perfect 25-0 season. It...
No extra time needed: Latrobe soccer standout Bulava commits to Maryland
The final pieces of her college decision came together rather quickly. Maybe quicker than a penalty kick. A Maryland coach talked to Ella Bulava on Wednesday afternoon and, by early evening, she was a Maryland commit. Small talk. Offer. Acceptance. Good morning. Good afternoon. Good night. Bulava, a rising junior...
Avonworth softball makes adjustment, rallies to win school’s 1st state title
UNIVERSITY PARK – Avonworth found itself in a two-run hole heading to the bottom of the fourth inning Thursday in the PIAA Class 3A Championship game at Penn State’s Beard Field. But a small adjustment by the Avonworth batters at the plate helped the Antelopes rally for a 7-2 victory...
7th-inning rally lifts Montour baseball to 1st state championship
UNIVERSITY PARK — This was a scene Montour senior Ryan Gallagher and his teammates had thought about for years, one where they’re together at Penn State celebrating a state baseball championship on the infield grass. But no one could’ve imagined how they got there. With Gallagher on the mound, Montour...
Walk-off single in 9th dashes Neshannock’s state baseball title hopes
UNIVERSITY PARK — The grind of three-straight extra-innings games finally got to the Neshannock baseball team. After combining for eight scoreless innings in the PIAA Class 2A championship at Medlar Field, Everett’s Jadin Zinn hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth to defeat Neshannock, 1-0. Neshannock had...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 15, 2022
High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs Championships At Medlar Field, Penn State Class 6A Thursday’s schedule Liberty (26-2) vs. Warwick (22-2), 4:30 p.m. Class 5A Friday’s schedule Selinsgrove (23-2) vs. Bethel Park (20-3), 4:30 p.m. Class 4A Thursday’s schedule Holy Ghost Prep (18-5) vs. Montour (20-6), 1:30 p.m. Class 3A Friday’s...
2022 PIAA Class 2A softball championship preview: Neshannock vs. Conwell-Egan
PIAA Class 2A softball championship Conwell-Egan (13-9) vs. Neshannock (25-0) 11 a.m. Friday at Beard Field, Penn State Road to the finals Conwell-Egan – The Eagles are the first team from the Philadelphia Catholic League to play for a state softball championship. The league joined the PIAA in 2008. Conwell-Egan...
2022 PIAA Class 6A softball championship preview: Seneca Valley vs. Spring-Ford
PIAA Class 6A softball championship Spring-Ford (23-2) vs. Seneca Valley (16-6) 4 p.m. Friday at Beard Field, Penn State Road to the finals Spring-Ford – After losing to eventual champ North Penn in the semifinals and Haverford in the third-place game in the District 1 tournament, Spring-Ford came alive in...
2022 PIAA Class 5A baseball championship preview: Bethel Park vs. Selinsgrove
PIAA Class 5A baseball championship Bethel Park (20-3) vs. Selinsgrove (23-2) 4:30 p.m. Friday at Medlar Field, Lubrano Park at Penn State Path to Penn State Bethel Park – The No. 3 team out of the WPIAL defeated District 6 champion Central Mountain in the first round, 4-3, shut out...
Apollo-Ridge brings back familiar face to coach girls soccer
Sarah Bonelli Christopher graduated from Apollo-Ridge in 2013 and went on the play four years as a midfielder at Lock Haven. She just missed the opportunity to play for her high school alma mater, as the Vikings girls soccer program was formed a couple of years later. “I was sad...
2022 PIAA Class 2A baseball championship preview: Neshannock vs. Everett
PIAA Class 2A baseball championship Neshannock (20-7) vs. Everett (20-2) 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Medlar Field, Lubrano Park at Penn State On the air: Trib HSSN (audio) Path to Penn State Neshannock – The WPIAL runners-up defeated District 10 champion West Middlesex in the first round, 4-3, edged section foe...
2022 PIAA Class 4A baseball championship preview: Montour vs. Holy Ghost Prep
PIAA Class 4A baseball championship Montour (20-6) vs. Holy Ghost Prep (18-5) 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Medlar Field, Lubrano Park at Penn State Path to Penn State Montour – The WPIAL runners-up defeated District 6 champion Bellefonte in the first round, 13-9, rolled past District 3 champion East Pennsboro, 12-3,...
2022 PIAA Class 3A softball championship preview: Avonworth vs. Lewisburg
PIAA Class 3A softball championship Lewisburg (19-3) vs. Avonworth (20-5) 12:30 p.m. Thursday at Beard Field, Penn State Path to Penn State Lewisburg – This is Lewisburg’s best softball season in decades. After winning the District 4 championship for the first time since 1996, the Green Dragons rolled to three...
2022 PIAA Class 5A softball championship preview: Armstrong vs. Pittston Area
PIAA Class 5A softball championship Pittston Area (24-0) vs. Armstrong (23-4) 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Beard Field, Penn State Path to Penn State Pittston Area – The District 2 champion Patriots have been a juggernaut all season, going 24-0 and outscoring opponents 239-28. They rolled through the state playoffs, beating...
Trib HSSN State Softball Rankings for June 14, 2022
Twelve softball teams from across the state have punched their tickets for the final destination of the season: Penn State. The PIAA will crown six new champions Thursday and Friday after the two defending champions still alive in the semifinals, North Penn in Class 6A and Beaver in 4A, were...
Trib HSSN Baseball State Rankings for June 14, 2022
The path is complete and the stage is set for the 2022 PIAA baseball championships at Penn State on Thursday and Friday. Only two teams won in the state quarterfinals and semifinals to hold on to their No. 1 spot from last week in the Trib HSSN state baseball rankings....
Norwin grad excited to don orange, green as new Yough athletic director
In his stops along a North Carolina-to-Pennsylvania path through high school sports, Bill Flow has worn a number of hats. He coached boys and girls basketball, football, golf and baseball. His new hat will have a “Y” on it for Yough, where he is set to oversee all sports as...
WPIAL athletes across all sports honored for positive impact on community
Kiski Area athletic director John Peterman knows his school’s student-athletes are energetic competitors on the field and make a difference off the field, both in the classroom and the community. He wasn’t surprised when 21 athletes were nominated in several sports for this year’s Western Pennsylvania Positive Athlete Awards. The...
Freeport boys basketball building chemistry in St. Joseph Summer League
Freeport made the WPIAL Class 4A boys basketball playoffs this past season as the No. 11 seed and upset Uniontown to secure the program’s first playoff victory in 12 years. “It felt really good with that upset against Uniontown,” rising senior Dean Furer said. “That brought a lot of belief...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 13, 2022
High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Monday’s results Liberty 4, Hazleton 2 Warwick 9, Cumberland Valley 0 Championship Thursday’s schedule Liberty (26-2) vs. Warwick (22-2) at Penn State, 4:30 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Monday’s results Selinsgrove 2, Archbishop Wood 1 Bethel Park 8, Donegal 5 Championship Friday’s schedule...
WPIAL notebook: Class 4A boys basketball crowded with champions after realignment
Lincoln Park and North Catholic have met in the WPIAL boys basketball finals four times in the past six seasons, but they won’t wait that long to face one another again. The WPIAL board on Monday approved a new section alignment for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons that has them...
Montour gets past West Mifflin to avenge WPIAL championship game loss
Montour and West Mifflin didn’t need 12 innings this time to decide a baseball playoff game between the two schools. Montour scored two runs in the top of the first inning Monday, and that was enough for senior Dylan Mathiesen as the Spartans defeated the Titans, 2-1, in a PIAA...
Armstrong wins rematch with Penn-Trafford to return to state championship game
Just think, these teams will be in the same section next year. After their WPIAL championship thriller, Armstrong and Penn-Trafford met again in the PIAA Class 5A softball semifinals Monday. The state final-four game didn’t quite live up to the late-inning drama of the last meeting — there was no...
