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Ligonier Valley holds off Sharpsville to advance to PIAA quarterfinals
The Ligonier Valley softball team is moving on in the PIAA Class 2A tournament after another special performance from junior pitcher Maddie Griffin. In a pitchers’ duel with Sharpsville’s Breanna Hanley, Griffin allowed only two runs and three hits while striking out nine as the Rams (20-2) earned a 3-2...
Hempfield baseball bounces back from WPIAL finals loss to win state playoff opener
ERIE – After an early morning departure from Hempfield Area High School and a long trip to Erie, pitcher Phil Fox wasn’t going to waste time against McDowell. The standout pitcher consistently threw three pitches for strikes and worked ahead in the count to throw five shutout innings. Christian Zilli...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for June 7, 2021: Baseball, softball teams start PIAA playoffs
A total of 38 WPIAL baseball and softball teams hit the ground running for state gold as the Path to Penn State begins Monday. Weather permitting, the first round of the PIAA baseball and softball playoffs begin throughout the state. The 12 newly crowned WPIAL champions will play somewhere inside...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week: June 7, 2021
It was a championship performance for the ages. Bethel Park junior catcher Sandra Soltes had three hits, two home runs including a grand slam, three runs and eight RBIs in the Black Hawks’ 9-2 win over Canon-McMillan to win the WPIAL Class 6A softball crown. “My performance to me has...
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week: June 7, 2021
Every once in a while, the stars align and a special group of young athletes comes up through the program to make good teams great and great teams champions. The sign of a strong program is when that special group comes and goes, yet the titles keep coming. Take as...
High school sports scores, schedule for June 6, 2021
High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs First round Monday’s schedule Class 6A Neshaminy vs. Parkland at Methacton, 4 p.m.; Hazleton vs. North Penn at Mountain Top, 4:30 p.m.; Emmaus vs. Governor Mifflin at DeSales University, 7 p.m.; La Salle College vs. Hatboro-Horsham at Archbishop Wood, 5 p.m.; Wilson vs. Spring-Ford at...
This week on Trib HSSN: Week of June 7, 2021
The district gold rush has come to an end. Now, with two weeks left in the season, the focus turns to the chase for state gold on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have coverage of the first round and quarterfinals of the PIAA baseball and softball playoffs as...
Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week: June 7, 2021
Shenango had a fantastic regular season, winning 16 of 18 games, including the final 14 while outdistancing the rest of a tough Section 2-2A by two games. They were the No. 2 seed in the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs and beat Northgate, Neshannock and Carmichaels on the road to the...
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week: June 7, 2021
Billy Cook was sitting in unfamiliar territory last week. He was calling the shots as New Castle head coach in a WPIAL baseball championship game. Turns out he had the best seat in the house to watch history play out at Wild Things Park in Washington. Senior pitcher Rocco Bernadina...
Hempfield baseball’s PIAA journey begins in Erie against McDowell
Tim Buzzard and his Hempfield Area baseball team are starting to get used to extended seasons. This is the third time in eight seasons the Spartans have qualified for the PIAA playoffs, and their hope the journey takes them two more weeks and ends with a trip to State College....
Alle-Kiski Valley PIAA softball capsules for June 7, 2021
PIAA softball playoffs Monday’s games Class 5A First round 7-1 North Hills (16-5) vs. 7-4 Fox Chapel (13-8) 6:30 p.m. at North Allegheny Coaches: Libby Gasior, North Hills; Chris Olbrich, Fox Chapel Winner plays: Winner of 6-1 Bellefonte (18-2)/7-3 Chartiers Valley (14-8) on Thursday in the quarterfinals, (site and time,...
Alle-Kiski Valley PIAA baseball capsule for June 7, 2021
PIAA baseball playoffs Monday’s game Class A First round 10-1 Kennedy Catholic (9-10) vs. 7-2 Riverview (11-7) 1 p.m. at Slippery Rock University Coaches: Steve Pinney, Kennedy Catholic; Bill Gras, Riverview Winner plays: Winner of 9-1 Dubois Central Catholic (10-11)/7-3 Eden Christian (17-5) on Thursday in the quarterfinals (Time and...
Westmoreland PIAA baseball capsules for June 7, 2021
PIAA baseball playoffs Monday’s games Class 6A 7-2 Hempfield (15-8) vs. 10-1 McDowell (14-6) 1 p.m. at Mercyhurst University Coaches: Tim Buzzard, Hempfield; Mark Soboleski, McDowell Winner plays: Winner of 3-1 Wilson (22-2)/1-5 Spring-Ford (18-3) game, Thursday at a site and time to be determined in the quarterfinals Players to...
Leechburg softball team ready for 2019 PIAA rematch
For the second time in as many seasons, the Leechburg softball team survived a pressure situation in the WPIAL consolation final to earn a trip the PIAA playoffs. This time, South Side fell victim to a Blue Devils team that roared back from a tough Class 1A semifinal loss. Leechburg’s...
Gateway seniors cap high school career at East-West all-star game
Gateway football seniors Jacques Taylor and Chamor Price teamed up one final time May 30 to cap their high school careers in the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association East-West Football Classic at Landis Field in Harrisburg. While the West team didn’t come out on top — the East scored a...
South Fayette girls lacrosse shakes ‘new team’ label
For five years, the South Fayette girls lacrosse team has been trying to break on through to the other side of consistently playing competitive matches. Mission accomplished. “I feel like this is finally the season that proved us as a competitor as opposed to being the new team,” coach Connie...
All-section selections, playoff win highlight Thomas Jefferson boys volleyball season
Five members of the Thomas Jefferson boys volleyball squad were rewarded for their performance this season by being named all-section. Shawn McSwiggen, a 6-foot-6 junior outside hitter/defensive specialist, and seniors Joaquin Gardner-Gotera, a 6-2 middle hitter, and Brayden Andrisko, a 5-9 libero, were voted to the first team. McSwiggen also...
Baldwin softball hopes to learn from rebuilding year
Baldwin advanced to the WPIAL softball playoffs in 2021 for an 11th consecutive season, although the youthful Highlanders were able to win only four games all year. The team lost to section rival Bethel Park, 9-1, in the first round of the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs to finish 4-10 overall....
Penn-Trafford’s volleyball season ends in PIAA playoffs
The Penn-Trafford boys volleyball team’s appearance in the PIAA Class AAA playoffs ended June 1 after a first-round loss against District 3 runner-up Northeastern. The Warriors dropped a 3-0 decision by scores of 25-20, 25-22 and 25-22. Penn-Trafford reached the PIAA tournament by defeating rival Hempfield in the WPIAL consolation...
Trib HSSN Softball State Rankings for June 5, 2021
There were major changes this week in half of the softball classifications and minimal movement in the other three classes on the brink of the 2021 PIAA softball playoffs. In Class 6A, 5A and 3A, there were 10 teams that fell out of Trib HSSN state softball rankings from last...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 5, 2021
High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs First round Monday’s schedule Class 6A Neshaminy vs. Parkland at Methacton, 4 p.m.; Hazleton vs. North Penn at Mountain Top, 4:30 p.m.; Emmaus vs. Governor Mifflin at DeSales University, 7 p.m.; La Salle College vs. Hatboro-Horsham at Archbishop Wood, 5 p.m.; Wilson vs. Spring-Ford at...
High school roundup for June 5, 2021: NA, Seneca Valley to meet again in PIAA boys volleyball semifinals
There will be a rematch of the WPIAL Class 3A boys volleyball finals in the state semifinals Tuesday. North Allegheny defeated Northeastern in three games and Seneca Valley handled Upper Dublin in four games to set up the fourth meeting between the teams this season. North Allegheny was victorious in...
Sewickley Academy breaks tie with 4 seconds left to top Mt. Lebanon, advance to PIAA girls lacrosse semis
Sewickley Academy led for only 4 seconds Saturday, but it was the last four. Elsa Gordon scored off a pass from Emma DiSantis for what proved to be winning goal to give the Panthers their only lead of the game in an 18-17 comeback victory over Mt. Lebanon in the...
WPIAL champ Mt. Pleasant hopes to carry momentum into PIAA playoffs
Mt. Pleasant won its second WPIAL softball title with a relentless, rapid-fire offensive attack. Frozen ropes and gap shots. Doubles off the wall. The Vikings touched all the bases. “We practiced hitting off tees to get ready for (Ellwood City pitcher Julia Nardone),” Vikings senior third baseman Haylie Brunson said....
Highlands softball team hopes to continue brilliant season in PIAA playoffsVideo
This been a season of firsts for the Highlands softball team. The Golden Rams capped the regular season with their first section championship since 2005 and secured their first playoff victory since that same season. Highlands played in its first WPIAL semifinal May 26 and competed in its inaugural WPIAL...
