High School category, Page 75

JJ Mancuso offered up a simple explanation for how North Allegheny suddenly scored 17 runs in two days, snapping a string of light-hitting losses. Sometimes, it’s not too complicated. “We swung the bats much better, obviously,” said Mancuso, who fueled a seven-run rally with two hits in one inning as...

Jett Dunaway gave up one run on three hits and struck out a pair in a complete-game victory to give Connellsville a 10-1 nonsection baseball win, handing Indiana its first loss of the season. Grayden Gillott, Matthew Firestone and Noah Zawisian each knocked in two runs for the Falcons (9-5)....

How did the runners, jumpers and throwers react to the hot weather that greeted them at the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association Track and Field Championships on Thursday at Latrobe’s Memorial Stadium? Some turned in record performances. Norwin senior Ryan Schiller broke the meet records and his own school records in...

Kiski Area’s Gianna Devito was happy with her performance at the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association Track and Field Championships on Thursday at Latrobe’s Memorial Stadium. For the second time this week, Devito cleared 5 feet, 5 inches and won the high jump. She also competed in the triple jump and...

Hempfield waited 11 months and two days for this opportunity. Nearly one year of stewing over a semifinal loss that, in the Spartans’ eyes, cost them another WPIAL softball championship. Norwin upset mighty Hempfield to advance to the final for the first time, sending the No. 1 seed home shocked...

Five seasons ago, the second-longest WPIAL team championship streak came to an end. Between 2004-2018, Sewickley Academy dominated the boys tennis courts, winning 15 straight WPIAL Class 2A championships. The following season in 2019, the school decided to move up in classification and the Panthers lost in the opening round...

When it comes to the WPIAL team track and field championships, three programs have dominated this decade. The North Allegheny girls and Quaker Valley girls are each trying to win a fourth straight WPIAL championship this spring while the Butler boys hope to repeat and make it four district titles...

High schools Baseball Wednesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Butler 4, Central Catholic 1 North Allegheny 8, Seneca Valley 1 Section 2 Canon-McMillan 12, Hempfield 1 Mt. Lebanon 7, Woodland Hills 0 Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional 6, Armstrong 0 Plum 7,Kiski Area 6 Penn-Trafford 15, Penn Hills 0...

It may say mid-April on the calendar, but the top high school baseball teams in Pennsylvania are playing like its late May or early June. You’ll excuse us if the weekly Trib HSSN state baseball rankings this week look a lot like how they looked last week. There were victories...

The eggs have all been collected and the baskets have all been found, now the only treats softball teams from across the state care about are the victories they are looking to stack. Five PIAA softball teams ranked in last week’s Trib HSSN state softball rankings were bumped for now....

One WPIAL softball team is trying to maintain its spot atop the classification while the other school is fighting to get back into the playoffs. They may end up in vastly different places in the standings, but they have the same goal Thursday: Beat your biggest rival. With less than...

Jeannette’s Grace Stein struck out 33 batters in 14 innings as the Jayhawks swept Greensburg Central Catholic in a Section 3-A softball doubleheader Wednesday. In the first game, a 4-1 Jeannette win, Stein threw a no-hitter with 18 strikeouts and three walks. She also doubled and drove in a run....

Section 2-5A in WPIAL baseball has become the land of the splits. There have been 15 section series played between the seven teams and 11 of them have ended up with the teams splitting their two-game series. Two of the four sweeps have been handed out by Bethel Park, including...

Ryan Wass has been Burrell baseball’s steady shortstop for two seasons. As a relief pitcher, he’s anything but a pushover. Wass was superb on the mound Wednesday, giving Burrell an opportunity for a payback victory against Freeport. Trailing for much of the game, the Buccaneers rallied for three runs in...

When speaking to athletes who have won titles at the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association track and field championships, they usually talk about how special it is to be the best in the county. The annual meet is set for Thursday at Latrobe Memorial Stadium beginning with field events at 12:30...

Between innings Wednesday, ace pitcher M.J. Maruschak soft-tossed with a teammate behind his team’s dugout to stay loose. It is a tradition he has adopted, along with throwing and catching a medicine ball. Down time is not an option for the right-hander. The entire Canon-McMillan baseball team looked loose in...

Kiski Area’s Lauren Ciuca broke 11 minutes in the 3,200-meter run at last week’s Butler Invitational. Her time of 10:59.76 set a school record and put her on the awards podium in third out of 64 who ran the event that day. She wasn’t too far behind the winner, West...

Gateway’s reign atop the WPIAL Class 3A doubles field continued Wednesday as a Gators tandem won the district title for a third straight season. Senior Zidaan Hassan had a gold medal placed around his neck for a third time and celebrated with junior partner Logan Memije for a second consecutive...

Hempfield and Seneca Valley, let’s try this again. The Class 6A softball rivals’ first section matchup at Hempfield has been postponed twice because of inclement weather, but the game has been rescheduled again for 4 p.m. May 6 at Robert D. Kalp Field. Hempfield (13-0, 9-0) is ranked No. 1,...

High schools Baseball Tuesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Butler 11, Central Catholic 5 Seneca Valley 4, North Allegheny 1 Section 2 Canon-McMillan 7, Hempfield 1 Mt. Lebanon 16, Woodland Hills 4 Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional 3, Armstrong 0 Penn-Trafford 17, Penn Hills 0 Plum 17, Kiski Area...

The elite district baseball and softball teams took different courses to the same result this past week with nine of the 10 teams from the latest Trib 10 keeping their spot in the power rankings. Only a few of the top district baseball teams went unscathed this past week, leading...

The mercury throughout the district has risen to the point where the last thing on anybody’s mind is a snowball. However, the North Allegheny baseball team might be feeling like it is caught in a snowball rolling down following a heartbreaking loss to Section 1-6A rival Seneca Valley. The loss...

The foul poles on Pine-Richland’s baseball field stand 360 feet from home plate — deeper than those at PNC Park — so there’s a lot of outfield grass to cover. The Rams might call it their home-field advantage. “The biggest thing is just putting the ball in play and putting...

Third-seeded Landon Harclerode and Tyler Quinn of Valley won a three-set semifinal Tuesday and will play for a WPIAL Class 2A doubles championship Wednesday afternoon at Bethel Park. Harclerode and Quinn defeated No.7 Gabe Nettleton and Michael Dubetsky of Indiana, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, and will face top-seeded Jonah Jasek and...