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Franklin Regional notebook: Aidan Fisch named Gold Standard Teammate at Pitt
Pitt doesn’t just like Fisch on Fridays. Franklin Regional alum Aidan Fisch was honored at a Pitt postseason awards ceremony as the recipient of the men’s basketball Gold Standard Teammate of the Year. The award goes to “the student-athlete from each team who most effectively inspired his or her team...
Hampton 3-sport standout picks basketball, makes college choice
Sophia Kelly’s answer was exactly what Mercyhurst women’s basketball coach Brooklyn Kohlheim wanted to hear. Kelly, a senior three-sport star from Hampton, was on a recruiting call with the Division II school when Kohlheim posed a question. “I said, ‘You’re really, really good at soccer. You’re really, really good at...
After cold start, Hampton boys tennis team warming up
Hampton boys tennis coach Grant McKinney peeked outside on a wintry Monday in late March and figured practice was a long shot. “It was really cold, and it was snowing,” McKinney said. “I texted the guys and said, ‘We may not have a chance to practice.’ Both Ethen and the...
Herald notebook: Fox Chapel’s Dering, Turnquist earn strength, conditioning awards
Fox Chapel senior swim team members David Dering and Lydia Turnquist were named All-American Athlete Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year Award recipients in swimming earlier this month. The National Strength and Conditioning Association recognizes high school and collegiate athletes whose athletic accomplishments reflect their dedication to strength and...
Plum girls lacrosse in hunt for Section 2 championship
The Plum girls lacrosse team reached the midpoint of its Section 1-2A slate in contention for the section title. The Mustangs, who are gearing up for their next game, a nonsection clash with Class 3A Penn-Trafford on Friday, improved to 4-1 in section play and 5-2 overall with an intense...
New coach Palaschak hopes to keep Norwin boys volleyball team among WPIAL’s best
Norwin first-year boys volleyball coach Mike Palaschak pays attention to rankings because, well, he kind of has to. He participates in the voting for the weekly Western PA Volleyball Coaches Association poll, which ranks the top 10 WPIAL teams in Class 3A and 2A. So, he couldn’t help but notice...
George Guido: Shot clock would fix game that isn’t broken
The PIAA has delayed a final decision on whether to use a shot clock in high school basketball until at least the 2024-25 season. That’s when the next two-year enrollment cycle begins. In the interim, the PIAA plans to survey member schools to see what they think. The National Federation...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Burrell’s Bella Stewart, Kiski Area’s Jacob Smith
Bella Stewart Class: Freshman School: Burrell Sport: Softball Report card: Burrell freshman catcher Bella Stewart was 3 for 4 with a double and four RBIs in helping the Bucs (4-0, 3-0) earn a 6-3 win over Highlands in a Section 1-4A game Wednesday. She also was on the receiving end...
A-K Valley Sports Hall of Fame inductee was top Fox Chapel wrestler before PSU football career
Rich Kriston is recognized as one of the best heavyweights in the storied history of the Fox Chapel wrestling program. Kriston won three consecutive section titles from 1970-72 and was the first of 25 section champions at Fox Chapel in the ’70s. After two years of covid-related postponements, Kriston, who...
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Norwin receiver gets Division I attention
Jackson Pons has two years of high school football left at Norwin, the same number of Division I football scholarship offers he has. Pons, a sophomore wide receiver and defensive back who transferred back to Norwin from Central Catholic, was offered recently by Mississippi State, a FBS program that plays...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 15, 2022
High schools Baseball Friday’s results Class 4A Section 1 Knoch 15, Burrell 5 Nonsection University (WV) 9, Albert Gallatin 2 Freeport 11, Apollo-Ridge 7 West Mifflin 8, Keystone Oaks 3 Neshannock 11, Union 1 South Park at Ringgold, ppd. Washington at Waynesburg, ppd. Beth-Center at McGuffey, ppd. Saturday’s schedule Class...
High school roundup for April 15, 2022: Burrell’s Armstrong fans 16
Katie Armstrong pitched a complete-game four-hitter, striking out 16 and walking none, to lead Burrell to a 1-0 victory over Knoch in Section 1-4A softball Friday. Braelyn Jones went 2 for 3, doubling and scoring the game’s only run in the second inning for the Bucs (4-0, 3-0). Brynne Smith...
Stallsmith’s 6-RBI game helps Knoch beat Burrell in Section 1-4A
Burrell took Game 1, but the Knoch baseball team returned the favor in a big way Friday afternoon in a Section 1-4A rematch at sun-splashed No Offseason in Russellton. Jacob Stallsmith doubled, singled and drove in six runs as the Knights collected 12 hits in a 15-5 victory over the...
WPIAL executive director Amy Scheuneman joining Pittsburgh Marathon organizer P3R
WPIAL executive director Amy Scheuneman is leaving her job as the district’s top administrator to join P3R, which organizes races in Western Pennsylvania, including the Pittsburgh Marathon. Scheuneman will be P3R’s youth programming director. She revealed her future job Friday, a day after announcing her departure from the WPIAL. In...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 14, 2022
High schools Baseball Thursday’s results Class 5A Section 1 Kiski Area 6, McKeesport 2 Section 3 West Allegheny 11, South Fayette 10 Section 4 Peters Township 7, Thomas Jefferson 1 Class 3A Section 3 Deer Lakes 8, Ligonier Valley 3 Ligonier Valley 7, Deer Lakes 6 Class 2A Section 1...
High school roundup for April 14, 2022: 2 unusual no-hitters and a wild walk-off in WPIAL baseball
Eddie Albert pitched a unique no-hitter, throwing four no-hit innings Thursday in the completion of a game suspended on Monday, leading Upper St. Clair to a 5-0 victory over Canon-McMillan in Section 2-6A baseball. Albert pitched three no-hit innings Monday before the game was suspended. All told, he struck out...
Ringgold’s Pajak, South Fayette’s Schumaker have big days at TSTCA meet
It was a big day for Ringgold sophomore Ryan Pajak and South Fayette senior Melana Schumaker at the Tri-State Track Coaches Association Invitational on Thursday at West Mifflin. Pajak shined in the distance races, winning the 1,600- and 3,200-meter races, while Schumaker was part of three first-place finishes. She won...
Quaker Valley football hires former Riverview coach Jason Cappa
Quaker Valley has hired Jason Cappa as its new football coach, the school announced Thursday. Cappa has worked at Quaker Valley since 2019, serving as offensive and defensive line coach for the football team, middle school softball coach and a paraprofessional in the life skills classroom at the high school....
Fun-loving Latrobe baseball team fills up toy box, win column
Simplistic and fun, some trinkets around the clubhouse represent Latrobe baseball’s approach to the game. There’s the pink Barbie car, with Ken and Barbie nestled in and ready to roll, which is a postgame award that goes to the player or players of the game. The shoebox-sized toy has been...
Burrell baseball’s focus in tough section race: ‘Just compete’
Burrell baseball coach Mark Spohn wanted to get a message across to his players after a hard-to-believe 1-0 loss to rival Valley last Friday. The Bucs didn’t allow a hit – or allowed one hit, depending on the scorekeeper – and a ball didn’t leave the infield. Valley scored one...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for April 14, 2022: Key section volleyball matches on tap
Thursday marks another busy night of WPIAL boys volleyball as section play inches closer to the midway point of the regular season. First place or a share of the section lead is at stake in three matches: Perennial power Bethel Park (3-1) heads south on Route 19 to visit Canon-McMillan...
Softball teams maintain spots in latest Trib 10 power rankings; Beaver, Laurel baseball enter
You can call it staying power, or you can acknowledge that Mother Nature has not permitted enough WPIAL baseball or softball games to be played over the past week. Whatever the case, the inaugural power rankings in district softball were so good, they remain unchanged into the second edition of...
Amy Scheuneman resigning as WPIAL executive director after spring sports championships
Amy Scheuneman’s tenure as WPIAL executive director is ending this spring after two years. Scheuneman, who became the league’s top administrator in the midst of a pandemic, said she is resigning June 1 to accept an undisclosed position elsewhere. She said her new position would be announced Monday. “It would...
WPIAL athletic directors want basketball sections divided by ability not enrollment
What if basketball sections were determined by a team’s talent level rather than its school enrollment? A group of WPIAL athletic directors presented that idea to the WPIAL board in a proposal that would group teams by ability instead of the number of students in the school, an idea meant...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 13, 2022
High schools Baseball Wednesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Central Catholic 4, Butler 3 Pine-Richland 11, Seneca Valley 10 Section 2 Baldwin 5, Hempfield 3 Upper St. Clair 7, Canon-McMillan 0 Mt. Lebanon 10, Norwin 6 Class 5A Section 1 Kiski Area at McKeesport, ppd. Penn-Trafford 7, Gateway 2 Section...
