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PIAA Class 6A baseball championship preview: North Allegheny vs. La Salle College
History is being made in Happy Valley this week as the WPIAL sends 10 baseball and softball teams to Penn State University to compete in the PIAA championships. This is the fourth year the PIAA has had six championships in baseball and softball. In 2017, the WPIAL sent seven teams....
PIAA Class 5A softball championship preview: Armstrong vs. Lampeter-Strasburg
History is being made in Happy Valley this week as the WPIAL sends 10 baseball and softball teams to Penn State University to compete in the PIAA championships. This is the fourth year the PIAA has had six championships in baseball and softball. In 2017, the WPIAL sent seven teams....
Clutch pitching carries Bethel Park past star-studded Red Land to PIAA baseball titleVideo
UNIVERSITY PARK — Red Land has a future MLB first-rounder batting leadoff and some ex-Little League World Series stars behind him. So, Bethel Park staked its title hopes on an old adage that good pitching beats good hitting. In the state finals, the Black Hawks proved that’s still true. Bethel...
Beaver finishes undefeated season with wild title-game win over Tunkhannock
UNIVERSITY PARK – Perfection. That’s what the Beaver softball team was chasing this season, and the Bobcats achieved it by winning the school’s first PIAA title Thursday afternoon. Winning pitcher Payton List scored the winning run on a throwing error in the top of the ninth inning, and Beaver’s defense...
Ligonier Valley softball marvels at community support after special season ends in state finals
UNIVERSITY PARK — It wasn’t the ending the Ligonier Valley softball team had hoped for, but the 2021 season was still memorable. The Rams dropped a 1-0 decision to Line Mountain in the PIAA Class 2A championship game Thursday at Penn State University’s Beard Field. It was the first time...
PIAA Class 3A softball championship preview: Mt. Pleasant vs. Mid Valley
PIAA softball preview Class 3A Championship Mt. Pleasant (20-3) vs. Mid Valley (22-2) 1:30 p.m. Friday, Beard Field, Nittany Lion Softball Park, Penn State University, University Park Coaches: Chris Brunson, Mt. Pleasant; Michael Piercy, Mid Valley Players to watch: Courtney Poulich, Sr., 1B, Mt. Pleasant; Maranda Runco, So., P, Mid...
Weight-training program powers Mt. Pleasant softball’s run to state finals
Each grapefruit the Mt. Pleasant softball team smashes out of the park seems to go farther than the last. It’s obvious this team likes home runs. Juicy home runs. With eight dingers — as they like to call them in softball circles — the Vikings (20-3) have shown a flair...
North Allegheny’s Paige Morningstar named top high school athlete in country
After leading North Allegheny to WPIAL and state championships in volleyball and basketball, Paige Morningstar received a prestigious honor Thursday. She was named the top girls high school athlete in the country by MaxPreps. A 6-foot Louisville recruit, Morningstar helped the Tigers an 18-0 record and a fourth straight PIAA...
Slow start dooms Eden Christian baseball in 1st PIAA finals appearance
UNIVERSITY PARK — As a first-time state finalist, Eden Christian will remember Thursday’s game for years to come, even if they’d like to forget the first two innings. Eden Christian committed three early errors, walked in a couple of runs and saw Halifax score eight times in those first two...
Line Mountain finally pushes run across in 9th inning to top Ligonier Valley in state title gameVideo
UNIVERSITY PARK – To win a PIAA softball title, three things are important: strong pitching, timely hitting and solid defense. Ligonier Valley got solid pitching again from junior Maddie Griffin, and the defense was flawless, but the Rams offense struggled to find their groove against Line Mountain senior Kya Matter...
North Allegheny grad Rick Mihm reaches finals in 200 IM at U.S. Olympic trials
The U.S. Olympic Swim Trials continued Thursday morning and local products Zoe Skirboll, Bailey Bonnett and Rick Mihm took to the pool in preliminary events in Omaha. Mihm, a North Allegheny graduate and freshman on the men’s team at Stanford University, is off to Thursday evening’s semifinals in the men’s...
North Hills girls soccer coach dies
The North Hills athletic community took a hit with the announcement of the sudden death of soccer coach Rick Kabbert. The 52-year old Kabbert coached the Indians high school girls team last fall after two years with the North Hills Middle School boys program. “Rick was dedicated, committed and passionate...
High school sports scores, schedules for June 16, 2021
High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs Class 6A Finals Friday’s schedule La Salle College vs. North Allegheny at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, Penn State, 4:30 p.m. Class 5A Finals Thursday’s schedule Bethel Park vs. Red Land at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, Penn State, 4:30 p.m. Class 4A Finals Friday’s...
PIAA Class 2A softball finalists Ligonier Valley, Line Mountain similar
There are a lot of similarities between the Ligonier Valley and Line Mountain softball teams. In many ways, they mirror one another. Both are making their first trip to the PIAA championship game and seeking their first state title. Both have dominating pitchers and, recently, the offenses have come up...
Mt. Pleasant softball hopes to answer one last call
Mt. Pleasant softball coach Chris Brunson has been receiving dozens of phone calls and texts from fellow coaches and colleagues in the area with good luck wishes, salutes and plaudits. Longtime Hempfield coach Bob Kalp was among them, as was Penn-Trafford coach Denny Little. Both know something about winning PIAA...
Highlands softball savors triumphs during historic season
A weird feeling came over Jen Koprivnikar on Tuesday. For the first time since February, the Highlands softball coach didn’t have a practice to run or a game to plan. The Golden Rams’ historic season came to a close Monday with a 4-0 loss to Beaver Area in the PIAA...
PIAA softball notebook: Mt. Pleasant catcher Shawley battles through pain
Lexis Shawley became such a regular with Allegheny Health Network that the medical system decided to use her in one of its commercials. Shawley, the senior catcher for the state finals-bound Mt. Pleasant softball team, has had multiple surgeries — six of them over a five-year period to be exact...
PIAA Class 2A softball preview capsule: Ligonier Valley vs. Line Mountain
PIAA softball preview Class 2A Championship Ligonier Valley (22-2) vs. Line Mountain (22-3) 11 a.m. Thursday, Beard Field, Nittany Lion Softball Park, Penn State, University Park Coaches: Mark Zimmerman, Ligonier Valley; Butch Fessler, Line Mountain Players to watch: Kailey Johnston, Sr., 1B, Ligonier Valley; Kya Matter, Sr., P, Line Mountain...
PIAA Class 4A softball championship preview: Beaver vs. Tunkhannock
History is being made in Happy Valley this week as the WPIAL sends a record 10 baseball and softball teams to Penn State to compete in the PIAA championships. This is the fourth year the PIAA has crowned six championships in both baseball and softball. In 2017, the WPIAL sent...
PIAA Class 5A baseball championship preview: Bethel Park vs. Red Land
History is being made in Happy Valley this week as the WPIAL sends a record 10 baseball and softball teams to Penn State to compete in the PIAA championships. This is the fourth year the PIAA has crowned six championships in both baseball and softball. In 2017, the WPIAL sent...
PIAA Class A baseball championship preview: Eden Christian vs. Halifax
History is being made in Happy Valley this week as the WPIAL sends a record 10 baseball and softball teams to Penn State to compete in the PIAA championships. This is the fourth year the PIAA has crowned six championships in both baseball and softball. In 2017, the WPIAL sent...
Belle Vernon’s Devin Whitlock gets 1st Division I offer
Devin Whitlock reeled in his first Division I football scholarship offer, and he hopes it will be the first of many to come. The multi-talented rising senior at Belle Vernon announced an offer from Youngstown State, an FCS program that often tries to cast a net over the WPIAL to...
Future 1st-round MLB Draft pick awaits Bethel Park in PIAA final vs. Red Land
At around 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Bethel Park pitcher Eric Chalus will take the mound for the PIAA Class 5A championship at Penn State’s Medlar Field and face Red Land’s leadoff hitter. That idea alone has him excited. The fact that Red Land’s leadoff hitter is a projected first-round MLB Draft...
Mars’ Ellie Coffield wins 2nd straight Gatorade player of year award
Ellie Coffield knows a little something about repeat performances. The recent Mars graduate led her high school soccer team to back-to-back WPIAL and PIAA Class 3A championships to cap an amazing prep career. Now, she is the recipient of the Gatorade Pennsylvania Girls Soccer Player of the Year for the...
Seneca Valley adds former Pine-Richland football assistants Lehmeier, Sasson
Assistant football coaches Tim Sasson and Ryan Lehmeier were left searching for new jobs when their time together at Pine-Richland abruptly ended. So, they offered themselves as a packaged deal to any school needing an offensive line coach and an offensive coordinator. They found their fit at Seneca Valley. The...
