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Penn-Trafford senior Jake McGhee turned in quite a performance at the 51st annual Baldwin Invitational. McGhee won prestigious McKinney Mile, and he broke the Penn-Trafford school record in the process. He won the marquee race named in honor of Baldwin’s former coach. McGhee won in 4 minutes, 15.71 seconds. Norwin’s...

Penn-Trafford boys lacrosse coach Charles Hach said he did not know what to expect this season after graduating 16 seniors. “We were rebuilding, and our goal was to make the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs,” Hach said. “We exceeded my expectations by finishing third. Now that we are in the playoffs...

With the WPIAL Class 3A track and field championships approaching, several Franklin Regional athletes went to the Pine-Richland Invitational to stay sharp. Sean Cartwright finished fifth in the 110-meter hurdles in 14.86 seconds to pace the Panthers. The boys 400-meter relay came in eighth (44.39). Caroline Shirley was the top...

Jeff Perlis would like to make a trip to the New Balance Nationals, a long weekend for the Shady Side Academy track team. The Bulldogs coach said the school will have a larger contingent competing this summer than it did last year, when Chelsea Hartman was the only qualifier. Francesca...

Fox Chapel track and field coach Tom Moul enjoys the depth the Foxes have on their relay teams this season. That is part of the reason the Last Chance meets will be so important for the Foxes. Not every athlete who will compete in those events will have the same...

Maintaining momentum heading into the playoffs is tricky in softball. Long layoffs aren’t ideal when preparing for a single-elimination playoff format. The Fox Chapel softball team worked hard to stay sharp. Two weeks ago, the storm that brought down power for many Allegheny County residents caused the Foxes to be...

After four years spent on the same court helping the Plum boys basketball team improve, seniors Max Grice and Will Beckner have both found a home at the next level. Grice will take his talents to Division II Seton Hill, while Beckner will play at Division III Saint Vincent. Grice...

The Norwin softball team is headed to the WPIAL 6A playoffs again. The Knights (8-10) finished 8-8 in section and had one nonsection game left, at Class 5A No. 1 Penn-Trafford on May 8, before the postseason. Norwin picked up late-season wins over Mt. Lebanon and North Hills after snapping...

North Allegheny junior Reagan Riordan is a two-sport athlete with a one-track mind. Whether on the lacrosse field or the volleyball court, Riordan is driven to win. “She is an absolute team player,” NA lacrosse coach Courtney Killian said. “She wants everyone to succeed, and she wants to help everybody....

High schools Baseball Friday’s results Nonsection Beth-Center 16, Sewickley Academy 9 Eden Christian 14, Burgettstown 1 Elizabeth Forward 6, Trinity 3 Fox Chapel 6, Shady Side Academy 1 Frazier 7, Ringgold 2 Greensburg Central Catholic 13, Riverview 7 Indiana 7, Hollidaysburg 3 Mapletown 6, Monessen 2 Moon 12, Central Valley...

Gabby Quinn doubled twice and drove in a run and winning pitcher Addy Frye singled and doubled to lead Neshannock to an 8-5 victory over Elizabeth Forward in a matchup of top seeds in the WPIAL playoffs Friday evening. Miley Anderson doubled and drove in a pair of runs for...

For Penn-Trafford third-year baseball coach Lou Cortazzo, seeding doesn’t mean anything given the talent of teams in Class 5A baseball. Cortazzo’s squad proved that in 2024 when the Warriors were seeded No. 7, worked their way though the playoffs and defeated No. 4 Bethel Park, 4-3, in the title game....

Class 6A Favorite: North Allegheny is the defending champion and owns a record nine WPIAL titles. The Tigers have relied on a trio of college-bound seniors in pitchers Jackson Walsh (Gannon), Nico Varlotta (North Alabama) and Nate Persinger (Cal, Pa.). The three have combined for 111 strikeouts in 84 1/3...

Nine Alle-Kiski Valley baseball teams qualified for the WPIAL playoffs, and at the top of that list, Plum is the No. 2 seed in Class 5A. The Mustangs (18-2), the outright Section 1 champions, found out they will take on No. 15 Mars at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Fox Chapel...

North Allegheny was the only defending champion to draw a No. 1 seed Friday when the WPIAL released brackets for the upcoming baseball playoffs. The Tigers were seeded first in Class 6A. The other top seeds went to Pine-Richland in 5A, Indiana in 4A, Riverside in 3A, Neshannock in 2A...

North Allegheny and Shaler are the top seeds for their respective WPIAL boys volleyball tournaments. The WPIAL released the Class 3A and Class 2A brackets Friday afternoon after the regular season concluded with section finales Thursday evening. There will be a new WPIAL champion in Class 3A with Shaler, the...

The WPIAL Board of Directors will meet Monday afternoon, and the eligibility of two former Knoch students and basketball players is one of the items on the agenda. Jackson Bauman, a rising senior point guard who led the Knights to a runner-up finish in Section 1-4A, a fifth-place finish in...

The 2025 WPIAL baseball playoffs are set with 80 teams, including five of the six champions from a year ago — North Allegheny, Penn-Trafford, Avonworth, Seton LaSalle and Bishop Canevin — hoping to defend their crowns. Seton LaSalle and Bishop Canevin are looking to three-peat this spring. The postseason begins...

High schools Baseball Thursday’s results Class 5A Section 2 Trinity 4, Moon 3 Class 3A Section 3 Ligonier Valley 6, Mt. Pleasant 4 Section 4 Seton LaSalle 8, McGuffey 1 Seton LaSalle 4, McGuffey 3 Washington 12, Keystone Oaks 7 Class 2A Section 1 California 6, Chartiers-Houston 4 Fort Cherry...

Welcome to Bracketology Friday. The WPIAL softball and lacrosse committees released their playoff matchups Thursday; now baseball and boys volleyball take to the bracket release spotlight Friday. In baseball, 80 district teams are set to vie for six championships. While North Allegheny in 6A, Penn-Trafford in 5A and Avonworth in...

The WPIAL boys volleyball regular season is over and the district postseason field is set with 26 teams. The top three teams in each section qualified for the WPIAL playoffs. If ties of two or more teams for a playoff berth could not be broken by head-to-head tiebreaker, then all...

The WPIAL baseball playoff field is set with 80 teams. The top four teams in each section qualified for the playoffs with all tied teams advancing if they split their head-to-head meetings. Coverage of the 2025 WPIAL baseball playoffs can be seen and heard here on TribHSSN.TribLive.com starting with some...

When Keystone Oaks lost its regular season finale to Washington on Thursday afternoon, the Golden Eagles had to think their season was probably over. Their neighbors on McNeilly Road made sure they’d get to fight another day. Connor Rothaar hit a walk-off RBI double in the eighth inning to send...

It is rare, but it does happen. The WPIAL usually steers clear of matching section opponents in the first round of the playoffs. Rematches are better suited for the latter rounds, the league believes. But an exception was made for the Class 4A softball tournament. And nobody was more surprised...

The Plum softball team shouldn’t be one that any opponent is eager to see in the WPIAL Class 5A softball playoffs. When the Mustangs made contact at the plate this season, it took them some time to locate exactly where the ball landed. Plum has cranked out 40 home runs....