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WPIAL postpones Thursday softball championship games to Friday
The WPIAL took a look at the weather forecast and decided to postpone its three softball finals from Thursday to Friday. The games will be played at the same site, Lilley Field at Cal (Pa.), and the times remain unchanged. Beaver and Elizabeth Forward will play at noon in the...
West Allegheny outlasts Peters Township to win school’s 5th WPIAL championship
Not much has come easy this season for West Allegheny, a team that battled through injuries and plenty of inconvenience to reach Wild Things Park. So, a four-hour championship fit them well. As Wednesday night threatened to become Thursday morning, West Allegheny’s Anthony Raineri bounced an eighth-inning single past second...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 1, 2022
High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 5A Championship Wednesday’s result West Allegheny 5, Peters Township 4 Class 4A Third place Wednesday’s result Laurel Highlands 4, Knoch 3 Class 3A Championship Wednesday’s result South Park 11, Mohawk 1 Class A Championship Wednesday’s result Union 4, Eden Christian 1 Third place Wednesday’s...
High school roundup for June 1, 2022: Laurel Highlands, Rochester earn state playoffs bids
Winning pitcher Joe Chambers struck out 12 in a complete game and had an RBI single during a four-run fourth inning to lead No. 4 Laurel Highlands to a 4-3 victory over No. 6 Knoch in the WPIAL Class 4A baseball third-place game Wednesday. Ty Sankovich had two hits and...
Union dethrones 5-time WPIAL softball champion West Greene
West Greene’s bid for an unprecedented sixth consecutive WPIAL Class A softball title was thwarted by Union on Wednesday at Lilley Field at Cal (Pa.). A single in the sixth inning by sophomore catcher Bella Cameron and some clutch pitching from freshman Mia Pruehs dethroned the reigning champions, 3-2. Cameron’s...
Expect offensive outburst when Armstrong, Penn-Trafford clash for WPIAL 5A title
Offense could be on full blast when Penn-Trafford and Armstrong meet Friday ( game was postponed Thursday due to weather) in the WPIAL Class 5A softball championship. So could the volume coming from at least one of the dugouts. “If you think you’re going to see a shutout, you’re crazy,”...
Drew Lafferty sparks South Park past Mohawk to 2nd WPIAL title
The South Park baseball team has been on a mission since losing in the 2021 WPIAL Class 3A championship game. They completed part of the mission by winning the school’s second WPIAL baseball title Wednesday, defeating Mohawk, 11-1, in the Class 3A title game at Wild Things Park in Washington....
Seneca Valley blasts past North Allegheny to win 1st WPIAL softball title since ’99
Seneca Valley started partying like it was 1999 — and 1992, for that matter. The fourth-seeded Raiders upended No. 7 North Allegheny, 9-5, to win their first WPIAL softball championship since ‘99, and third overall, on Wednesday at Lilley Field at Cal (Pa.). Freshman Lexie Hames and senior first baseman...
WPIAL Class 5A softball championship capsule: Penn-Trafford vs. Armstrong
2-Penn-Trafford (18-2) vs. 1-Armstrong (19-4) 4:30 p.m. FRIDAY, Lilley Field, Cal (Pa.) Coaches: Denny Little, Penn-Trafford; Doug Flanders, Armstrong Players to watch: Mia Smith, Penn-Trafford; Jenna Clontz, Armstrong On the air: Broadcast | Trib HSSN (triblive.com) Extra bases: Penn-Trafford is making its first appearance in the WPIAL finals. The Warriors...
Union defends WPIAL Class A baseball title with win over Eden Christian
Some names have changed, but the result was the same for the Union baseball team Wednesday afternoon at Wild Things Park. The No. 2-seeded Scotties successfully defended their WPIAL title by beating undefeated and top-seeded Eden Christian, 4-1, in the Class A championship game. Union overcame three double plays on...
2022 WPIAL Class 2A softball championship preview: Neshannock vs. Frazier
WPIAL Class 2A softball championship 1-Neshannock (21-0) vs. 2-Frazier (17-0) 2:15 p.m. Friday at Lilley Field, Cal (Pa.) On the air: Trib HSSN (Video) Road to the finals Neshannock — The Lancers have been one of the most dominant teams in the WPIAL this season. Heading into the finals, they’re...
2022 WPIAL Class 4A softball championship preview: Beaver vs. Elizabeth Forward
WPIAL Class 4A softball championship 1-Beaver (18-0) vs. 2-Elizabeth Forward (16-2) Noon Friday at Cal (Pa.) On the air: Trib HSSN (video) Road to the finals Beaver – Section 3 champion Beaver earned a first-round bye, then defeated No. 8 Freeport, 10-0, in the quarterfinals and beat No. 5 Montour,...
2022 WPIAL Class 5A softball championship preview: Armstrong vs. Penn-Trafford
WPIAL Class 5A softball championship 1-Armstrong (19-4) vs. 2-Penn-Trafford (18-2) 5:30 p.m. Friday at Cal (Pa.) On the air: Trib HSSN (video) Road to the finals Armstrong – The River Hawks rolled to the Section 1 title at 12-0 and earned the No. 1 seed in the WPIAL playoffs. They...
One big inning boosts Avonworth, trips up Deer Lakes ace Maddie Kee in 3A title game
Deer Lakes sophomore pitcher Maddie Kee did all she could to hold off the explosive Avonworth lineup in the WPIAL Class 3A softball championship game Wednesday at Lilley Field at Cal (Pa.). The Antelopes (17-5) had the bases loaded and none out in the first, but Kee limited the damage...
Avonworth tops Deer Lakes to claim WPIAL Class 3A softball crown
Avonworth softball is back on top of the WPIAL Class 3A mountain. The top-seeded Antelopes were strong at the plate, on defense and in the pitching circle, with sophomore standout Alivia Lantzy leading the way, in an 8-1 victory over Deer Lakes in the championship game Wednesday afternoon at Lilley...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 31, 2022
High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship Tuesday’s result Mt. Lebanon 2, Upper St. Clair 1 Class 5A Championship Wednesday’s schedule Peters Township (21-1) vs. West Allegheny (18-4) at Wild Things Park, 7:30 p.m. Third place Tuesday’s result Bethel Park 6, Thomas Jefferson 0 Class 4A Championship Tuesday’s result...
Mt. Lebanon squeezes past Upper St. Clair for 1st WPIAL title since 2006
Mt. Lebanon waited 16 years for this celebration, so another hour and a half didn’t matter. The Blue Devils’ Tyler Smith lined a sixth-inning triple into the right-field corner at Wild Things Park and scored the winning run on Derrick Shields’ sacrifice fly for a 2-1 victory over Upper St....
High school roundup for May 31, 2022: Hopewell tops Avonworth to make states
Stephen Slate hit a tie-breaking two-out RBI single in the bottom of the sixth to lead top-seeded Hopewell to a 3-2 victory over Avonworth in the WPIAL Class 3A baseball third-place game Tuesday. Lucas Arington doubled twice and drove in two runs and winning pitcher Landon Fox threw 1⅓ scoreless...
Peters Township’s CeCe Scott wins Rosensteel scholarship
All-state midfielder CeCe Scott of Peters Township won the second Kaitlyn “Moe” Rosensteel Scholarship. The winner was revealed Tuesday evening. Scott, a senior Duquesne commit, helped guide the Indians to the WPIAL Class 4A semifinals. The scholarship is in the name of Rosensteel, the Ringgold standout and West Virginia Wesleyan...
West Mifflin gets past Montour in 12 innings in Class 4A WPIAL title marathon
West Mifflin did some unconventional things during the WPIAL Class 4A baseball championship game Tuesday at Wild Things Park in Washington. West Mifflin, at times, had four outfielders and three infielders. It over-shifted and played Montour to pull the ball. It had batters switching to the other batter’s box after...
Southmoreland hangs on to beat South Allegheny, earns state playoff berth
They say it is hard to beat a team three times in a season. The way Southmoreland saw it, it was even harder to lose to one that many times. The Scotties built an early lead and then fended off several comeback attempts by section foe South Allegheny on Tuesday...
Katie Armstrong leads Burrell into PIAA softball playoffs for 1st time in 11 years
For the first time in 11 years, the Burrell softball team will be a part of the PIAA playoffs. The Bucs scored three times in the first inning of Tuesday’s WPIAL Class 4A third-place game against Montour at Mars. The lead held up behind the pitching of junior Katie Armstrong...
Deer Lakes softball players hope to add another title to program’s legacy
Anna Bokulich remembers Deer Lakes’ 2015 WPIAL softball championship well. The Deer Lakes junior, along with a number of other young, up-and-coming players in the Deer Lakes area youth program, including seniors Shayne Cerra, Keeghan Cook and Lydia Guthrie, were on hand to see the Lancers rout Mohawk, 13-5, to...
Rapp twins overcome spinal fusion surgeries to help Penn-Trafford softball to WPIAL final
Maddy Rapp thought she might cause a scene when she walked through the metal detectors at Heinz Field in November when she watched her hometown Penn-Trafford Warriors play for a WPIAL football championship. Her fraternal twin sister, McKenzie, saw a similar outcome passing through the security arch. They were surprised...
2022 WPIAL Class A softball championship preview: West Greene vs. Union
WPIAL Class A softball championship 1-West Greene (14-3) vs. 2-Union (19-3) 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Cal (Pa.) On the air: Trib HSSN (video) Road to the finals West Greene – After winning the Section 2 title, top-seeded West Greene earned a first-round bye, then defeated No. 9 Mapletown, 7-0, in...
