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George Guido: A-K Valley teams set to open PIAA baseball, softball playoffs
There are four A-K Valley teams ready to enter the PIAA softball/baseball playoffs Monday at three sites. It also marks the complete resumption of scholastic activities following the first phases of the pandemic in March 2020 when the plug was pulled on the PIAA basketball playoffs after two rounds. Here’s...
Westmoreland H.S. notebook: Local baseball, softball players earn honors
Westmoreland County was well represented on the Big 5/6 Conference all-section baseball and softball teams. The Big 5/6 recognizes team and individual accomplishments in the WPIAL’s two largest classifications. In baseball, WPIAL Class 5A champion Franklin Regional dominated the Section 1 team with five first-team selections: seniors Louie Kegerreis (SS),...
Penn Hills lineman caps high school career with East-West All-Star appearance
Claude Vangelus wasn’t a refined offensive lineman when he started with the Penn Hills High School football program. Relying primarily on his size, Vangelus entered high school with learning to do. All of his progression over four years led to Vangelus being selected to participate in the recent Pennsylvania Scholastic...
Redeemer Lutheran track team shows program’s growth at national meet
The National Christian School Athletic Association track and field meet May 22 at Geneva College provided good perspective for Redeemer Lutheran junior runner Christian Loewe. Competing against schools from multiple states, athletes from the Rams’ young track program got an idea of what kind of progress they’ve made. Loewe, who...
Pine-Richland girls lacrosse standouts play in national tournament
A quartet of Pine-Richland girls lacrosse players spent Memorial Day weekend playing alongside some of the best high school players in the country and came home with an enjoyable and worthwhile experience. Caroline Gentile, Mary Dziubek, Zoe Katres and Erica Hudock played for Team Pittsburgh at the USA Lacrosse Women’s...
Norwin notebook: Knights baseball, softball teams reflect on seasons
Postseason runs that were expected to last a lot longer ended rather abruptly in the WPIAL semifinals for the Norwin baseball and softball teams. The baseball Knights were roughed up by rival Hempfield, 12-2, while the softball team fell to Canon-McMillan, 7-4. Both were No. 2 seeds. Neither team qualified...
Hampton’s Galuska keeps his cool at states, medals in 400
Hampton senior Gage Galuska was a little slower — and a lot colder — at the PIAA Class AAA track and field championships. But the WPIAL 400-meter champion left Shippensburg University with a warm feeling. He brought home a state medal and a season full of memories. The Edinboro football...
Hampton girls lacrosse star racks up eye-popping stats in abbreviated career
Hampton girls lacrosse coach Kelsey Viets felt disbelief as she tabulated star midfielder Megan Cook’s career statistics. “You look at the stats on paper and you think, ‘There’s no way this kid did this in three years,’” Viets said. “It’s truly incredible.” Despite losing her junior season to the covid...
Future remains bright for Shady Side boys lacrosse after WPIAL championship loss
Shady Side Academy coach Cam Thompson and the Bulldogs boys lacrosse team set their expectations high every year. WPIAL championship or bust. Whether the team had just lost a season due to the coronavirus pandemic didn’t matter, Thompson and his team had their eyes set on WPIAL gold and they...
Bethel Park girls lacrosse sees effort pay off with 1st section title in 9 years
What goes around comes around. “The last time I won a section championship, one of my assistant coaches, Taylor Connors, was a senior on that team,” said Becky Luzier, Bethel Park’s girls lacrosse coach. “It was special to get to have this experience with her this year as a peer.”...
‘Championship atmosphere’ made WPIAL finals memorable for Bethel Park baseball
WPIAL Class 5A runner-up. It’s not what they were striving to achieve. It is, nonetheless, a worthy feat that capped a sensational season for the Bethel Park baseball team. The top two squads in 5A met June 1 in the league championship game at Wild Things Park in Washington. Top-seeded...
Trib HSSN Baseball State Rankings for June 4, 2021
A historic shuffling of the deck in the Trib HSSN state baseball rankings as the district playoffs conclude and the state playoffs begin. Never before have the HSSN state rankings done an all-out line change with five new teams in one class turning over. In Class 4A, the five ranked...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 4, 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.; District 12 champion vs. Hatboro-Horsham at Archbishop Wood, 5 p.m.; Wilson vs. Spring-Ford at...
Franklin Regional baseball team sets new goals as PIAA playoffs begin Monday
This isn’t the Franklin Regional baseball team’s first foray into the PIAA playoffs. The 2019 team, which some of the current players were part of, reached the quarterfinals before losing to Lampeter-Strasburg. The Panthers are 3-4 all-time in the PIAA playoffs, 3-1 in the opening round. The 2019 team defeated...
Serra Catholic naming court after longtime girls basketball coach Bill Cleary
Serra Catholic is naming its basketball court after longtime girls coach Bill Cleary, the school announced Friday. “William J. Cleary Court” will be dedicated officially in December, said an announcement from associate principal Robert Childs. Cleary is retiring this summer after more than four decades working at the school as...
Central Catholic defensive tackle Donovan Hinish commits to Notre Dame
Notre Dame bought billboard space around Pittsburgh this spring, touting the many Western Pennsylvania football players who’ve joined the Fighting Irish in recent years. Make room for one more. Central Catholic’s Donovan Hinish announced his commitment to Notre Dame on Friday, choosing the same school that recruited his brother, Kurt,...
Fox Chapel softball ready to continue historic playoff run in PIAA tournament
The Fox Chapel softball team is in the midst of the best playoff run in program history, and as the Foxes enter the first round of the PIAA Class 5A tournament, they are hoping it doesn’t stop soon. The Foxes (13-8) will have a tough challenge Monday at North Allegheny...
Sites, times announced for PIAA 1st-round softball playoff games
The six WPIAL softball champions will start their state tournament runs at Norwin, Peterswood Park or North Allegheny next week. The PIAA scheduled doubleheaders at all three venues. All first-round games are Monday. PIAA softball playoffs Class 6A 1-1 Spring-Ford vs. 11-2 Whitehall at Boyertown, 11 a.m. 2-1 Hazleton vs....
Derry wrestling coach Mike Weinell resigns
Derry is looking for a new wrestling coach after Mike Weinell resigned Thursday. Weinell coached at Derry for 19 years, the last 11 as the head coach. During that span he coached eight state champions, two as an assistant, as well as 10 PIAA finalists, and his team made the...
New Pine-Richland football coach predicts ‘smooth transition’ after meeting players
There were some sleepless nights this week for Steve Campos as Pine-Richland was about to make him the school’s new football coach. But after meeting with the players for the first time Thursday afternoon, Campos predicted he’d sleep soundly later that night. “I told my wife when I came home,...
Penn-Trafford’s Cade Yacamelli pulls in offer from Wisconsin
Another week, another Division I football offer for Penn-Trafford’s Cade Yacamelli. Actually, the rising senior running back and defensive back added two more scholarship offers this week, but one stands out among all of the others. Wisconsin of the Big Ten offered him after he attended a Badgers’ prospect camp....
High school scores, summaries and schedule for June 3, 2021
High schools Lacrosse PIAA playoffs Boys Class 3A Quarterfinals Saturday’s schedule Wissahickon vs. Kennett at Marple Newtown, 1 p.m.; St. Joseph’s Prep vs. Garnet Valley at Avon Grove, 11 a.m.; Wilson vs. Radnor at Avon Grove, 1 p.m.; Conestoga vs. North Allegheny at Manheim Township, 2 p.m. Class 2A Quarterfinals...
Trib 10: WPIAL champs take top spots in baseball, softball power rankings
Twelve newly minted district champions have been crowned, and they are not only hoisting gold, they are also taking up the top six spots in the weekly Trib 10 power rankings. With great power comes the great responsibility of leading WPIAL teams into the state playoffs starting next week. Congrats...
First-round PIAA matchups set for many WPIAL softball teams
The 2021 WPIAL softball playoffs are history with four new champions crowned and two others continuing their title runs. With the WPIAL playoffs done, the final order of the district teams is set for the upcoming PIAA postseason. The state softball playoffs begin Monday with sites and times to be...
Laurel tops Shenango to win 3rd straight WPIAL softball crown
Laurel coach Frank Duddy had a feeling designated player Abbie Miles would have a big game Thursday in the WPIAL Class 2A softball finals against Shenango. And Miles responded with a home run to tie the game in the fourth inning then doubled home what proved to be the winning...
