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Mars becomes 1st WPIAL team to win PIAA lacrosse championship
WEST GOSHEN — With a plaque to win and a burden to shed, the Mars boys lacrosse team this weekend accepted a 294-mile journey into history. By Saturday evening, the return ride was a pleasure trip. Behind three goals from Austin Cote, two apiece from Enzo Grieco and Jack Durham,...
George Guido: 1st Willie Thrower QB Camp set for July 16 at Valley
The first Willie Thrower Foundation Invitational Quarterback Camp is set for July 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Valley High Memorial Stadium. Serra Catholic coach Jose Regus and members of the Black Coaches Association are organizing the event that will provide instructors such as star quarterbacks of the...
North Allegheny captures 4th straight PIAA boys volleyball title
STATE COLLEGE — State College was the center of the PIAA volleyball world again Saturday as the top two teams in Pennsylvania squared off for the PIAA Class 3A boys volleyball title at Rec Hall. North Allegheny won its fourth state title in five years by defeating Central Dauphin, 3-1,...
Future looks bright for Burrell softball
A youthful lineup this spring didn’t stop the Burrell softball team from reaching the playoffs for the 17th season in a row, and when the Bucs arrived in the postseason, they made the most of their opportunity. Coach Rick Nealer said the team, which faced lower-than-usual roster numbers this year,...
Penn-Trafford softball uses fluid lineup to great playoff success
Unsatisfied by his team’s offensive output in the first round of the PIAA playoffs, Penn-Trafford softball coach Denny Little decided to tweak his batting order for the quarterfinals. Not that it was anything new for Little, who has snapped the lineup in half, bent it this way and that and...
North Allegheny notebook: Tigers softball falls in PIAA quarterfinals
North Allegheny’s softball season came to an end June 9 when the Tigers dropped a 10-2 decision to District 1 runner-up Pennsbury in the PIAA Class 6A quarterfinals at Messiah University. Pennsbury took a 2-0 lead in the second inning. NA got two runs on the board in the third...
Standout guard Peter Kramer returning to Hampton
The Hampton boys basketball team will get some excitement this upcoming season when coach Joe Lafko collects his 500th career coaching victory. The Talbots this summer received some other exciting news. Peter Kramer, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard who last March helped Shady Side Academy to its first WPIAL boys basketball...
Norwin notebook: Paralympian chosen to promote sport of goalball
A dynamic goal scorer and Paralympian, Calahan Young has made his mark in the sport of goalball. Now the Irwin native and Norwin graduate will be a diplomat for the game he loves. The U.S. Association of Blind Athletes, the national governing body for goalball in the Paralympics, named Young...
Norwin senior honored as Pittsburgh area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce MVP
Norwin senior Sebastian Rosado Guindin knew he was in the running for a unique award but was a little taken aback when his name was called. “Yes, I was surprised when I won,” he said. Rosado Guindin won the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Sports Most Valuable Player...
Hampton ace Apaliski aims to build on breakout season
If Hampton left-hander Ryan Apaliski improves this summer as much as he did last summer, Talbots coach Kellen Wheeler may start running out of superlatives. Apaliski, who recently completed his junior year, used a strong summer of 2021 as a springboard to a first-team All-Section 2-5A performance this past season....
Fox Chapel Sports Hall of Fame inducts Class of 2022
The Fox Chapel Area Schools Sports Hall of Fame has seven new members. The organization’s 25th induction banquet was held recently at the Harmar House where honorees ranged from a three-year starting football lineman at Penn State to a hometown District Justice. Miles Dieffenbach was a four-year starter for Fox...
Schalls share final memorable season with North Allegheny boys volleyball
Caleb Schall comes from a family where his parents and two uncles played college volleyball, his grandfather won state volleyball titles as a high school coach and his dad now leads powerhouse North Allegheny. The sport is clearly a Schall family tradition. “Volleyball is just in our DNA, I guess,”...
Basketball tournament honoring Tre Cunningham’s memory continues to thrive in Jeannette
Steve and Tracy Bone Cunningham again were showered with warm memories of their son as the three-day Tre Cunningham Memorial Basketball Tournament reached its midpoint Friday night at Jeannette High School. The second annual event honors the memory of Tre Cunningham, a three-sport star at Jeannette who was killed in...
High school sports scores, schedules for June 10, 2022
High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Monday’s schedule Hazleton (22-1) vs. Liberty (25-2) at Creekview Park, Stroudsburg, 4 p.m.; Warwick (21-2) vs. Cumberland Valley (18-6) at Wenger Field, Fredericksburg, 6:30 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Monday’s schedule Selinsgrove (22-2) vs. Archbishop Wood (20-4) at Walter Stump Stadium, Pine Grove,...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for June 11, 2022: Mars, North Allegheny chasing PIAA titles
Welcome to Championship Saturday in three spring sports state postseasons. The PIAA will host the 2022 boys volleyball championships at Penn State, as well as the boys and girls lacrosse finals at West Chester East High School. The WPIAL has two teams playing for state crowns Saturday. Kings of the...
Moon’s Mia Cochran earns state’s top honor from track and field coaches
Moon senior Mia Cochran turned in quite a performance at the PIAA track and field championships the weekend of May 27-28. She won three distance races — 800, 1,600 and 3,200 meters — in Class 3A, and for that effort she was named the Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association’s...
7 WPIAL teams set for PIAA softball semifinals
After a strong start in the opening round of the PIAA softball postseason, the wins kept coming for WPIAL teams in the quarterfinals. Seven teams from District 7 have reached the state softball final four. Outside of Class A, every classification has a WPIAL softball team into the semifinals, including...
PIAA releases sites, times for baseball semifinals
Five WPIAL teams remain at the midway point of the PIAA baseball postseason. District 7 is guaranteed to have two teams playing for a state championship at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park next week. WPIAL teams are set to meet in Class 4A and 2A state semifinals games. The PIAA...
North Allegheny boys volleyball draws PIAA championship rematch with Central Dauphin
Some things seem to never change. Three-time defending PIAA champion North Allegheny is headed back to Penn State’s Rec Hall for the fifth season in a row, a remarkable run of state final appearances for the boys volleyball team. And waiting for the Tigers this weekend will be the same...
North Allegheny grad Ayden Owens wins NCAA decathlon gold
North Allegheny graduate Ayden Owens won gold for Arkansas in the decathlon at the NCAA Track and Field Championships on Thursday, setting a meet record in the process. Owens finished with 8,457 points, tying the record set by Oregon’s Ashton Eaton in 2010. Eaton went on to become a two-time...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 9, 2022
High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Thursday’s results Hazleton 12, Emmaus 0 Liberty 10, LaSalle College 2 Warwick 5, Upper St. Clair 3 Cumberland Valley 4, West Chester Henderson 0 Semifinals Monday’s schedule Hazleton (22-1) vs. Liberty (25-2); Warwick (21-2) vs. Cumberland Valley (18-6) Class 5A Quarterfinals Thursday’s...
West Mifflin walks into state semifinals with comeback win over Laurel Highlands
If West Mifflin baseball coach Jeff Kuzma had his druthers, he’d rather win a game with a walk-off hit instead of a walk-off walk. But he’s not complaining about how his team defeated Section 3 rival Laurel Highlands, 4-3, in the PIAA Class 4A quarterfinals Thursday at Latrobe. Catcher Corey...
Deer Lakes softball team bows out of state playoffs
Deer Lakes entered Thursday’s PIAA Class 3A quarterfinal matchup with Bald Eagle hoping to punch its ticket to the state semifinals for the first time since 2015. But the Eagles and freshman pitcher Sierra Albright had other ideas. Albright limited Deer Lakes to five hits and struck out nine over...
High school roundup for June 9, 2022: Mason Sike lifts Montour, sets up WPIAL title rematch with West Mifflin
Winning pitcher Mason Sike struck out nine on the mound and went 2 for 4 with four RBIs at the plate to lead Montour to a 12-3 victory over East Pennsboro in the PIAA Class 4A quarterfinals Thursday. (19-6) to a Class 4A quarterfinal win against East Pennsboro (18-5). Jake...
Beaver’s Payton List crosses off Burrell in state quarterfinals with 20-K shutout
Beaver coach Amy Haggart often says standout pitcher Payton List gets better each game. It’s hard to disagree. The senior right-hander struck out a career-high 20 batters and gave up just one hit as the Bobcats (21-0) won their 42nd consecutive game with a 3-0 victory over Burrell. The PIAA...
