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WPIAL softball clinchings, playoff scenarios through May 8, 2022
The WPIAL softball playoff field continues to grow as the regular season continues to shrink. Exclusive coverage of the 2022 WPIAL softball playoffs is only on TribHSSN.TribLive.com starting with the brackets being unveiled during the Playoff Pairings Show on Thursday. Here are the teams that will eventually battle for diamond...
High school sports schedule for May 9, 2022
High schools Baseball WPIAL Monday’s schedule Class 5A Section 2 Fox Chapel at Plum, 4 p.m. Hampton at Mars, 3:45 p.m. Penn Hills at Woodland Hills, 4 p.m. Class 4A Section 2 Ambridge at Quaker Valley, 4:15 p.m. Beaver at Central Valley, 4 p.m. Blackhawk at New Castle, 4 p.m....
What to watch for on Trib HSSN for Monday, May 9, 2022: Baseball, softball, tennis on tap
Welcome to the final week of the WPIAL baseball and softball regular season. With weather not an issue, several district baseball teams hope to join the long list of schools that have qualified for the 2022 WPIAL baseball playoffs with a victory Monday. *Kiski Area can clinch a playoff berth...
This week on TribLive High School Sports Network: Week of May 9, 2022
The sun will be shining bright all week on the end of the spring sports regular season and on some postseason bracketology. We have video and audio diamond section action from WPIAL baseball and softball as well as district boys volleyball and boys and girls lacrosse as the regular season...
Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week for May 8, 2022
After the 2020 season was shut down, the Mt. Lebanon baseball team returned last spring with a young team that finished 11-8 and lost to Butler in the district quarterfinals. With several key players returning, the Blue Devils didn’t exactly overwhelm a slew of early nonsection opponents, losing four games...
WPIAL boys lacrosse standings, playoff clinchings through May 8, 2022
Here are the latest WPIAL boys lacrosse standings and the district playoff clinchings for the 2022 season through May 8. The top six teams in each section will qualify for the postseason. Only section records are shown. #-Clinched section championship *-Clinched playoff berth x-Eliminated from playoff chase Class AAA Section...
WPIAL girls lacrosse standings, playoff clinchings through May 8, 2022
Here are the latest WPIAL girls lacrosse standings and playoff clinchings for the 2022 regular season through May 8. 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 AAA Section 1...
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week for May 8, 2022
Penn-Trafford second baseman Dylan Grabowski loves to golf with his father. In fact, Warriors coach Dan Miller and his staff often have to remind him to wait until the season is over before hitting the links. However the junior continues to hit like the baseball is on a tee as...
Coach says Franklin Regional’s Caden Smith ‘will open some eyes’ as Pitt walk-on
Caden Smith didn’t choose football. Football chose him. “Football is the most fun,” the Franklin Regional senior said, comparing the game to his other sports (basketball, baseball). Smith has excelled in all three, earning first-team all-conference/section in each one. He had college interest in those sports, too. But football will...
Quaker Valley’s Adou Thiero commits to play basketball at Kentucky
Quaker Valley senior Adou Thiero committed Sunday to play basketball for Kentucky and coach John Calipari, who also coached Thiero’s father at Memphis in the early 2000s. Thiero chose the Wildcats over offers from Pitt, Maryland and Xavier, having visited all four schools in the past month. He announced his...
Quaker Valley runners collect medals during strong season
Kadin Johnson is the fastest athlete at Quaker Valley this school year. A senior sprinter on the QV boys track and field squad, Johnson was a medalist in three spotlight events at the recent MAC Invitational at Shenango. Johnson won the 400-meter dash in 51.02 seconds and placed second in...
Penn-Trafford notebook: P-T’s Yacamelli, Hershberger named finalists for scholar-athlete award
Cade Yacamelli and Gwendolyn Hershberger were finalists for the 66th annual Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete Excellence Awards, hosted by Judge John J. Driscoll. They were among a group of 13 considered for the annual awards, which were handed out May 3 at Ferrante’s Lakeview in Hempfield. The banquet was sponsored by...
Penn-Trafford baseball preps for playoffs with sweep of 1st-place Latrobe
When the Penn-Trafford baseball team lost 10-2 in a nonsection game to Plum on April 29, Warriors coach Dan Miller told Mustangs coach Carl Vollmer that he was sorry that his team didn’t put forth their best effort. Miller vowed that if they met again, the effort would be different....
Penn Hills rugby club working on building program
Eventually, Matthew Rosemeyer hopes the Penn Hills Big Red rugby club will be able to play a full schedule. However, the team is still working on building its program from the ground up. Issues with low numbers have limited the Big Red to playing a schedule mostly comprised of rugby...
After slow start, Pine-Richland boys lacrosse gaining ground
The Pine-Richland boys lacrosse team installed new offensive and defensive philosophies this season and did so against an ambitious early season schedule. It was all done by design, but it came with some early heartache as the Rams dropped eight of their first nine games. However, once they got into...
Breakthrough season nets share of section title for Pine-Richland baseball
Prior to a high-stakes game against North Allegheny on May 4, Pine-Richland baseball coach Kurt Wolfe told his team there would be a playoff-type feel. For starters, a share of the section championship was on the line. Add in a raucous crowd for fan appreciation day at Pine-Richland and the...
WPIAL trio earns all-state honors in Class 6A boys basketball
The PIAA’s largest boys basketball classification is often dominated by Eastern Pennsylvania teams, but three WPIAL players made the all-state team for Class 6A. Butler senior Devin Carney, a 25-point scorer headed to Duquesne, earned first-team honors in a statewide vote of sportswriters. Carney is a four-year starter who finished...
WPIAL boys volleyball playoff clinchings through May 8, 2022
The WPIAL boys volleyball regular season is down to the final week of the regular season. 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...
High school scores, summaries and schedule for May 7, 2022
High schools Baseball Saturday’s schedule Class 5A Section 4 Peters Township 3, Trinity 1 Nonsection Erie McDowell at Gateway, ppd. Upper St. Clair at South Fayette, ppd. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart at Greensburg Central Catholic, ppd. Indiana at Homer-Center, ppd. Lacrosse Saturday’s results Boys Nonsection Peters Township 15,...
WPIAL Hall of Fame inductee Burke blazed trail for women’s sports in Western Pennsylvania
The WPIAL has been around for more than 100 years, but the organization was exclusively for boys until Ruth Ann Burke and some like-minded colleagues insisted that must change. It was the late 1960s, and interscholastic girls sports still were an afterthought in high schools, with limited opportunities arranged by...
George Guido: Baseball, softball playoff races going down to the wire
Two WPIAL playoff slots remain open for local teams as the regular season goes into its final three days. Kiski Area is still alive for one of the Class 5A baseball positions. The Cavaliers (2-7) need to defeat Franklin Regional (3-7) in a game that was postponed at least twice...
TribHSSN baseball rankings for May 8, 2022
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny, 12-5, 1 2. Mt. Lebanon, 11-7, 3 3. Norwin, 9-7, 4 4. Pine-Richland, 9-8, 5 5. Butler, 9-5, 2 Out: none Class 5A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Peters Township, 14-1, 1 2. Bethel Park, 12-2, 3 3. West Allegheny, 12-4,...
Ford City grad Lizzie Suwala-Sheaffer ‘honored’ to take spot in A-K Valley HOF
Lizzie Suwala-Sheaffer could hit a shot from anywhere on the basketball court. With a layup, a mid-range jumper or a 3-pointer, the Ford City and Clarion University graduate often frustrated opposing defenses while energizing her teammates, coaches and fans of the teams she represented. Suwala-Sheaffer probably is best known for...
Westmoreland High School Athletes of the Week: Hempfield’s Liz Tapper, Yough’s James Shoman
Liz Tapper School: Hempfield Sport: Track and field Year: Junior Claim to fame: Tapper puts on a show when she throws the discus — and often other events, too. She holds the No. 1 distance in the event in the state (164 feet, 4 inches), a mark that also ranks...
Trib HSSN WPIAL softball rankings: Week ending May 8, 2022
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Mt. Lebanon, 11-3, 2 2. Hempfield, 10-2, 1 3. Pine-Richland, 11-2, 3 4. Bethel Park, 7-6, 5 5. North Allegheny, 10-5, 4 Out: none Class 5A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Penn-Trafford, 13-1, 1 2. Armstrong, 15-2, 4 3. Trinity, 15-2, 3 4....
