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After thrilling wins, narrow losses, Deer Lakes baseball remains in playoff hunt
Though the baseball season hasn’t quite gone as planned, Deer Lakes remains in the thick of the WPIAL Class 3A baseball playoff race as the climax to the regular season approaches. After some disappointingly close losses, the Lancers thought they had a strong momentum shift with a thrilling, come-from-behind victory...
21 WPIAL girls basketball players earn all-state honors, Neshannock’s Luann Grybowski named top coach
Twenty-one WPIAL girls basketball players earned all-state honors Thursday, and Neshannock’s Luann Grybowski was named Class 2A Coach of the Year after leading the Lancers to a state championship this winter. Nine WPIAL players earned first-team honors, including Neshannock teammates Neleh Nogay and Mairan Haggerty, who guided the Lancers to...
It’s a wide world of sports for busy Greensburg Salem senior Jake Smith
When Jake Smith isn’t throwing strikes, he’s rolling them. When he isn’t scoring runs, he’s going on them through the woods. It isn’t all that rare that he plays four sports at Greensburg Salem. What is unique is the sports he chose. “They’re split up nicely,” Smith said. “Fall, winter...
Westmoreland County baseball notebook: Teams playing 1-run thrillers
Westmoreland County games have not lacked late-inning drama lately. Take last Wednesday. If you didn’t walk it off, you probably didn’t win. There were four one-run games that day. • Brady Lane doubled, then scored on an error, as Penn-Trafford clipped Kiski Area, 3-2, in eight innings. • Hempfield dropped...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 27, 2022
High schools Baseball Wednesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny at Butler, ppd. Class 5A Section 1 Penn-Trafford 3, Kiski Area 2 Section 4 Peters Township 10, Albert Gallatin 0 Class 4A Section 3 Greensburg Salem 4, Laurel Highlands 2 Class 3A Section 1 Hopewell 9, New Brighton 6...
High school roundup for April 27, 2022: Mt. Pleasant, North Hills sluggers hit for cycle
Katie Hutter hit for the cycle and drove in five runs to lead Mt. Pleasant to a 16-3 victory over McGuffey in Section 3-3A softball Wednesday. Abby Swank went 3 for 3 with three RBIs for Mt. Pleasant (4-7, 3-4). Roxanne Painter doubled in a run for McGuffey (2-4, 2-4)....
Shady Side Academy, North Catholic teams win WPIAL doubles titles
Teams in the WPIAL doubles tennis championships Wednesday faced two obstacles – tough opponents and terrible weather. The teams that handled the windy, cold conditions the best took home the titles. The Shady Side Academy duo of David Mnuskin and Sam Bitzer defeated Franklin Regional’s Dhruv Kulkarni and Prerit Yadav,...
Kiski Area defeats Plum, clinches WPIAL playoff berth
The Kiski Area softball team missed the WPIAL playoffs in 2019 and ‘21 after a run to the quarterfinals in ‘18. But the Cavaliers have assured themselves a return to the postseason this spring. They solidified their positioning in the Section 1-5A standings and clinched Wednesday at home against rival...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 28, 2022: Butler baseball looks to climb section ladder
Things can change quickly in Section 1-6A baseball in the WPIAL. Last week at this time, Butler was in first place in a crowded section. However, losses to Pine-Richland in the second game of last week’s sectional series and to North Allegheny on Tuesday have dropped the Golden Tornado into...
Trib HSSN state softball rankings for April 27, 2022
Some nice weather later last week and early this week allowed for high school softball teams around the commonwealth a chance to play catch-up with their schedules. In the process, however, some of the elite teams across Pa. may have wished for more wet weather. Nearly half of the 6A...
Trib HSSN state baseball rankings for April 27, 2022
April may have started with some expected tomfoolery on a day set aside to fool folks; however, the winds of change are blowing cold and dank as far as the state baseball rankings are concerned as the month comes to an end. One-third of the 30 teams in the Trib...
Westmoreland County softball notebook: Ligonier Valley specializes in perfection
Ligonier Valley has only been in the WPIAL since 2020, but the softball program’s stay has been, in some ways, perfect. How many programs can say they have thrown six perfect games in two years? How many have six perfect games in their history? Senior Maddie Griffin tossed the fifth...
Mental toughness, blazing fastball make Penn-Trafford pitcher Mia Smith hard to hit
There is a lot going on behind the intense eyes and stoic game face of Mia Smith. Often, quietly, a perfect storm is brewing. A 50-50 mix of mental toughness and physical ability fuses inside the chalk-lined circle from where she pitches. When she rears back and prepares to send...
High school roundup for April 26, 2022: West Allegheny earns split with Shaler
Colin Marinpetro went 3 for 4 with a double and three RBIs to lead West Allegheny to a 7-5 victory over Shaler on Tuesday, earning a split in the two-game series between top teams in Section 3-5A baseball. West Allegheny (10-2, 7-1) jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the...
Norwin beats Upper St. Clair, makes up ground in section
Here comes Norwin. After losing four of five and getting swept by Canon-McMillan, the Knights are back in the playoff conversation in Section 2-6A — and back to .500 — after a sweep of their own. Seniors Jake Kendro and Ty Stecko homered, and senior Sebastian Rosado-Guindin pitched 62⁄3 innings...
Strong pitching, Butler’s grand slam lift Apollo-Ridge over Jeannette in Section 2-2A baseball
Apollo-Ridge took advantage of four Jeannette errors and got a grand slam from junior Brandon Butler and solid pitching from Brady Schrock in a 10-0 victory Tuesday in a Section 2-2A battle. The Vikings, who have clinched a berth in the WPIAL playoffs, improved to 6-3 overall and 5-2 in...
Butler’s Devin Carney, FIU transfer point guard Tevin Brewer choose Duquesne
Duquesne added two more bricks to its roster reconstruction Tuesday when Butler High School’s Devin Carney and point guard Tevin Brewer, a transfer from FIU, signed letters of intent and joined the Dukes’ eight-man recruiting class. Carney averaged 26 points at Butler, shot 55% from the field and 90% from...
Numerous athletes looking to defend titles at WCCA meet
The best of Westmoreland County will descend on Latrobe’s Memorial Stadium Saturday for the running of the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association track and field championship. This is the 99th year for the boys and 42nd for the girls. Numerous returning champions are back trying to defend their titles. Heading the...
Former South Fayette softball player Lauren Bernett dies
The James Madison softball program Tuesday was mourning the death of sophomore catcher Lauren Bernett, a South Fayette graduate who helped the Dukes reach the College World Series a year ago. “Our hearts are aching, hearing the news of the loss of one of our student-athletes,” university president Jonathan Alger...
Busy week ahead for Ligonier Valley javelin standout Miles Higgins
It will be a busy week for Ligonier Valley senior Miles Higgins. Higgins, the reigning Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association javelin champion, competed against Derry in a key section dual meet Tuesday, will travel to Philadelphia on Thursday to compete in the Penn Relays on Friday then return Saturday to defend...
Freeport boys lacrosse leans on toughness to navigate Section 2-2A competition
Jarvis Lindsay enjoys the physical part of high school boys lacrosse. There is certainly a great amount of skill involved in passing and scoring and navigating a crowded field, but games can be won with ground-ball pickups and forced turnovers in the course of play. The Freeport coach is enjoying...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 25, 2022
High schools Baseball Monday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Central Catholic 5, Seneca Valley 3 Pine-Richland 5, Allderdice 4 North Allegheny at Butler, ppd. Section 2 Hempfield 12, Canon-McMillan 2 Mt. Lebanon 9, Baldwin 7 Norwin 5, Upper St. Clair 2 Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional 7, Gateway 5...
High school roundup for April 25, 2022: Albert Gallatin gets 1st win by knocking off unbeaten Peters Township
Cyrus Potkul hit a two-run double and Nick Pegg and Johnny Skochelak each had two hits as Albert Gallatin stunned Peters Township, 7-6, in Section 4-5A baseball Monday. It was the first win of the season for Albert Gallatin (1-8, 1-5) and the first loss for Peters Township (11-1, 6-1)....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 26, 2022
High schools Baseball Tuesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny 4, Butler 0 Seneca Valley 7, Central Catholic 5 Pine-Richland 4, Allderdice 2 Section 2 Mt. Lebanon 6, Baldwin 3 Hempfield 7, Canon-McMillan 2 Norwin 7, Upper St. Clair 3 Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional 7, Gateway 0...
Elizabeth Forward softball holds on to beat Belle Vernon
Elizabeth Forward used two big innings, including a five-run fifth, to hang on for a 9-6 win at Belle Vernon in Section 2-4A softball Monday. The Warriors were able to dig deep at the end and withstand a Leopards rally after seeing left fielder Maddisyn Best suffer a head and...
