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WPIAL Class 4A baseball championship preview: Montour vs. New Castle
Baseball Class 4A 1-Montour (15-5) vs. 7-New Castle (13-9) 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Wild Things Park, Washington Road to the finals • Montour — As the top seed, the Spartans received a first-round bye and might have had a little rust heading into their quarterfinal matchup against Quaker Valley. The...
WPIAL Class 3A baseball championship preview: Hopewell vs. South Park
Baseball Class 3A 1-Hopewell (16-5) vs. 3-South Park (15-4) 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Wild Things Park, Washington Road to the finals • Hopewell — The top-seeded Vikings faced a challenge from No. 8 Deer Lakes in the quarterfinals, earning a 5-2 victory. They also shut out No. 16 Waynesburg, 4-0,...
WPIAL Class 4A softball championship preview: Highlands vs. Beaver
2-Beaver (16-0) vs. 5-Highlands (16-4-1) 6:45 p.m. today at Lilley Field, Cal (Pa.) Road to the finals • Beaver — After receiving a bye into the quarterfinals, the Bobcats began their postseason journey with a 7-3 victory over No. 7 Yough behind a pair of RBIs from Anna Blum and...
WPIAL Class 5A softball championship preview: North Hills vs. Armstrong
Softball Class 5A 7-Armstrong (15-4) vs. 8-North Hills (15-5) 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Lilley Field, Cal (Pa.) Road to the finals • Armstrong — The River Hawks came out strong in the first round, scoring 16 runs in a 16-3 rout of No. 10 South Fayette. They continued to roll...
WPIAL Class A softball championship preview: West Greene vs. Union
Softball Class A 1-West Greene (17-2) vs. 3-Union (12-7) Noon Wednesday at Cal (Pa.) Road to the finals • West Greene — The four-time defending WPIAL champs don’t often play close games, let alone fall behind, so a semifinal matchup against South Side was a notable stop on the road...
WPIAL Class 3A softball championship preview: Mt. Pleasant vs. Ellwood City
Softball Class 3A 1-Mt. Pleasant (16-3) vs. 11-Ellwood City (14-4) 2:15 p.m. Wednesday at Lilley Field, Cal (Pa.) Road to the finals • Mt. Pleasant — Mt. Pleasant has yet to yield a run in the postseason, beating Derry, 6-0, and Avonworth, 8-0. Pitcher Mary Smithnosky is 2-0 with 23...
Seneca Valley assistant could be Pine-Richland’s next coach, source says
Steve Campos, an assistant football coach at Seneca Valley, is expected to be the recommended candidate to fill the vacant head coach job at Pine-Richland, according to a source. The school board has called a special meeting for Wednesday to replace ousted coach Eric Kasperowicz. According to the source, when...
WPIAL 2A softball consolation game preview: Ligonier Valley vs. Frazier
WPIAL softball playoffs Class 2A 3rd place game Ligonier Valley (18-2) vs. Frazier (16-4) 4 p.m. Tuesday at Norwin Coaches: Mark Zimmerman, Ligonier Valley; Don Hartman, Frazier Players to watch: Maddie Griffin, Jr., P, Ligonier Valley; Madison Bednar, So., P, Frazier What’s at stake: Both teams have qualified for the...
High school sports scores, schedules for May 31, 2021
High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship Tuesday’s schedule North Allegheny (19-3) vs. Hempfield (15-7) at Wild Things Park, 7:30 p.m. Class 5A Championship Tuesday’s schedule Franklin Regional (18-1) vs. Bethel Park (18-3) at Wild Things Park, 4:30 p.m. Consolation Wednesday’s schedule Peters Township (10-11) vs. West Allegheny (17-4)...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on June 1, 2021: Baseball title games galore
Three days, 12 championship games, one network. That is all the math needed for diamond championship week starting Tuesday and continuing through Thursday in WPIAL baseball and softball. The spotlight shines on Wild Things Park in Washington on Tuesday with the first three district baseball games. The Class A finals...
Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week for May 31, 2021
The Montour baseball team won the tough Section 2-4A title by two games. It was a blue collar team with white collar success. It won 13 of 18 games, but many were nail-biters that were a preview of the Spartans’ postseason. “We have been in so many close games this...
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week for May 31, 2021
Most coaches are worried about team rust if they go 10 to 14 days between games. Union went nearly a month between baseball games. Practice and scrimmages must make perfect. The Scotties played what turned out to be their final regular-season game April 28, then opened the Class A playoffs...
Pennsylvania blanks Maryland in annual Big 33 football game
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania defeated Maryland, 20-0, in the 64th Annual Big 33 Classic on Monday afternoon at Central Dauphin Middle School. Bralen Henderson, a 6-foot-3, 265-pound defensive end from Central Catholic, opened the scoring with a 14-yard fumble return for a touchdown with 3 minutes, 56 seconds left in the...
Zilli leads Hempfield into WPIAL Class 6A baseball championship game
Dinner time at the Zilli house used to turn into a competition, which confirms a couple of things. One, Christian Zilli learned how to win at a young age. And, two, Christian Zilli eats his vegetables. “It’s not OK to lose in our household,” said Zilli, a Hempfield senior shortstop...
Kegerreis swinging hot bat as Franklin Regional heads into WPIAL baseball final
Louie Kegerreis is seeing the baseball better than he has all year, but he isn’t just laser-focused on incoming pitches. The Franklin Regional senior wants to do his part to win a championship. His relentless preparation and team-first mentality is a pleasant bonus to Panthers coach Bobby Saddler, who could...
WPIAL Class A baseball championship preview: Riverview vs. Union
4-Union (10-5) vs. 7-Riverview (11-6) 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Wild Things Park, Washington Road to the finals • Union — The Scotties have plowed through their competition in the Class A bracket. After receiving a first-round bye as the fourth seed, they took down a promising Our Lady of the...
WPIAL Class 5A baseball championship preview: Franklin Regional vs. Bethel Park
1-Franklin Regional (18-1) vs. 2-Bethel Park (18-3) 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Wild Things Park, Washington Road to the finals • Franklin Regional — The biggest test for the Panthers came in the quarterfinals. They were locked in a 5-5 tie with Mars when the game was delayed a day because...
WPIAL Class 6A baseball championship preview: Hempfield vs. North Allegheny
1-North Allegheny (19-3) vs. 3-Hempfield (15-7) 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Wild Things Park, Washington Road to the finals • Hempfield — The Spartans will make their WPIAL finals debut after handling No. 2 Norwin in the semifinals. Seton Hill commit Christian Zilli had three hits, including a pair of two-run...
High school sports scores, schedules for May 30, 2021
High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship Tuesday’s schedule North Allegheny (19-3) vs. Hempfield (15-7) at Wild Things Park, 7:30 p.m. Class 5A Championship Tuesday’s schedule Franklin Regional (18-1) vs. Bethel Park (18-3) at Wild Things Park, 4:30 p.m. Consolation Wednesday’s schedule Peters Township (10-11) vs. West Allegheny (17-4)...
Central Valley’s Dudley earns MVP honors at PSFCA East-West all-star football game
Central Valley senior Ameer Dudley capped off his high school career with an MVP performance Sunday afternoon. The PIAA champion quarterback who led the Warriors to the Class 3A state title last fall, was named the West Team MVP after the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association East-West All-Star small school...
This week on Trib HSSN: Week of May 31, 2021
The final district gold rush of the 2020-21 school year takes place at Wild Things Park in Washington for baseball and Lilly Field at Cal (Pa.) for softball this week, only here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Post-holiday, we have exclusive video coverage of all twelve of the...
New Jeannette girls basketball coach admires dedication to program
Bill Flow called the Jeannette girls basketball program “a sleeping giant.” While the road back to relevance in the WPIAL appears long for Jeannette, the program’s new coach thinks with the proper encouragement and nurturing, it can turn a corner. A Norwin graduate, Flow is bringing extensive experience and waves...
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week: May 31, 2021
While most teams were one or two games into the district postseason last week, Class 4A Beaver was just getting started. The Bobcats softball team had to wait 12 days from its final regular-season game to their quarterfinals contest thanks to a first-round bye as the No. 2-seed. “I was...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week: May 31, 2021
All season, the talk in WPIAL Class 4A softball has been the pitching dominance of Kailey Larcinese of Elizabeth Forward and Payton List of Beaver. While they certainly deserve their share of the headlines, it might be time to add Highlands pitcher Jaycee Haidze to that list. “Jaycee works hard...
Penn Hills notebook: Young runners shine for Indians track team
Penn Hills only had one athlete qualify for the PIAA Class AAA track and field championships last week, but Indians coach Lee Zelkowitz was pleased with contributions from younger runners as well. The Indians’ young 1,600-meter relay team reached the medal stand. Freshmen Caroline McDevitt and Maliah Powell teamed up...
