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Bethel Park’s walk-off win caps fierce pitchers’ duel with West AlleghenyVideo
Bethel Park’s Zack Sackett stood in the first-base dugout at Matulevic Field and watched two of the WPIAL’s gutsiest pitchers duel for 41 outs Tuesday without allowing a run. Inning after inning in a WPIAL Class 5A semifinal, West Allegheny right-handler Gavin Miller and Bethel Park lefty Eric Chalus kept...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 26, 2021: Champions crowned in lacrosse, volleyball
The week long gold rush begins Wednesday as the WPIAL will crown champions in four spring sports over the next seven days. On Wednesday, boys volleyball and girls lacrosse take center stage with championship matches in both Class AAA and AA. In girls lacrosse, Shady Side Academy will play for...
High school roundup for May 25, 2021: South Park surges into 3A baseball finals
Austin Lafferty homered and drove in two runs and Derek Kalafatis went 2 for 2 with two RBIs as No. 3 South Park took a 5-0 lead after three innings and rolled to an 8-2 WPIAL Class 3A baseball semifinal victory over No. 2 Avonworth on Tuesday afternoon. Winning pitcher...
Union takes down Leechburg, advances to WPIAL Class A title game
The Union softball team has another crack at unseating West Greene from its WPIAL Class A throne. The Scotties advanced to next week’s championship game at Cal U. with Tuesday’s 7-2 semifinal victory over Leechburg at Mars. “This is fantastic,” Union coach Doug Fisher said of his team’s run to...
Hempfield baseball team rolls into WPIAL title game with win over Norwin
Hempfield is headed to a WPIAL baseball championship game for the first time in school history. Christian Zilli had three hits, four RBIs and closed out Hempfield’s 12-2 rout of Norwin following Jake Kramer’s strong start for the third-seeded Spartans in the Class 6A semifinals on Tuesday at Latrobe. Hempfield...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 25, 2021
High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Tuesday’s results North Allegheny 10, Butler 0 Hempfield 12, Norwin 2 Finals North Allegheny (19-3) vs. Hempfield (15-7), TBA Class 5A Semifinals Tuesday’s results Franklin Regional 9, Peters Township 1 Bethel Park 1, West Allegheny 0 Finals Franklin Regional (18-1) vs. Bethel...
MP’s Brunson, Burrell’s Oswalt are Westmoreland County Scholar/Athlete winners
It was quite a day for Mt. Pleasant senior Haylie Brunson. Earlier in the day, she helped the Vikings softball team defeat Avonworth, 8-0, and reach the WPIAL Class 3A championship game. Then, Tuesday night, she was the female winner of the 65th annual Westmoreland County Scholar/Athlete Award at the...
Smithnosky powers top-seeded Mt. Pleasant past Avonworth into Class 3A finalsVideo
Taking ownership of another WPIAL playoff game, senior Mary Smithnosky propelled Mt. Pleasant into the Class 3A championship with her arm and her bat. The top-seeded Vikings stood on the shoulders of Smithnosky, who tossed a one-hitter and went 3 for 3 with a home run and four RBIs, in...
Riverview returns to WPIAL baseball title game for 1st time in 20 years
For the first time in 20 years, Riverview is headed for the WPIAL Class A baseball final. The Raiders jumped on Jefferson-Morgan for four runs in the top of the first inning and kept adding on, defeating the Rockets, 12-2, in five innings at Plum High School. Tyler Zellefrow and...
Franklin Regional baseball survives early scare, mows down Peters Township to reach 5A finals
Franklin Regional starting pitcher Brian Pirone flirted with danger for two innings Tuesday as the Panthers took on Peters Township in the WPIAL Class 5A baseball semifinals. The No. 13 Indians (10-11) got to the right-hander for a run in the first inning and loaded the bases in the first...
North Allegheny returns to WPIAL finals after 10-run win over Butler
North Allegheny’s Joe Manesiotis surely was a little surprised when Butler intentionally walked the batter ahead of him to load the bases. The senior already was 3 for 3 with three RBIs before delivering the game-ending hit, a run-scoring single in the sixth that brought on the 10-run rule as...
Walk-off win propels Armstrong softball to Class 5A title game
The Armstrong softball team hit eight home runs and scored 27 runs over its first two WPIAL Class 5A playoff victories. It was a different offensive story Tuesday against Fox Chapel in a semifinal game at Mars. The No. 7 River Hawks found runs at more of a premium against...
Inspirational soccer standouts honored with ‘Moe’ Rosensteel scholarships
The Kaitlyn “Moe” Rosensteel Scholarship Foundation planned to award one scholarship to a deserving WPIAL girls soccer player in the name of the late Ringgold and travel soccer standout and West Virginia Wesleyan recruit who was killed in June of 2019 by a lightning strike at Mammoth Park in Mt....
No. 11 Ellwood City tops Southmoreland, continues underdog run to softball finals
Ellwood City coach Gary Rozanski has seen his teams win WPIAL championships before but never has judged them on aesthetics. It’s not about how it looks. It’s about finding ways to advance. “It’s about playing your best ball and getting hot at the right time,” Rozanski said. “Who takes better...
Another dominant performance for Seton LaSalle in 2A baseball semifinals
Veteran Serra Catholic coach Brian Dzurenda didn’t have much to say after his team lost to Seton LaSalle in the WPIAL Class 2A semifinals at West Mifflin, but what he did share said it all. “They were just better than us.” Seton LaSalle dominated all aspects of the game in...
Westmoreland WPIAL softball capsules for May 26, 2021
Wednesday’s games Class 6A Semifinals 2-Norwin (14-2) vs. 6-Canon-McMillan (8-9) 2 p.m. at West Mifflin Coaches: Brian Mesich, Norwin; Michele Moeller, Canon-McMillan Winner plays: Winner of 1-Bethel Park (16-0)/5-Pine-Richland (9-8) on June 2 or 3 in WPIAL championship at Cal (Pa.) Players to watch: Sydney Lokay, Sr., P, Norwin; Olivia...
Westmoreland WPIAL baseball playoff capsules for Tuesday, May 25, 2021
WPIAL baseball playoffs preview Tuesday’s games Class 5A Semifinals 1-Franklin Regional (17-1) vs. 13-Peters Township (10-10) 4 p.m. at Latrobe Coaches: Bob Saddler, Franklin Regional; Rocky Plassio, Peters Township Winner plays: Winner of 2-Bethel Park (17-3)/3-West Allegheny (17-3) on June 1 or 2 in WPIAL championship at Wild Things Park,...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 25, 2021: Baseball teams fight for finals berths today
Wet weather, maybe more accurately, the threat of wet weather forced the WPIAL to shuffle the deck on the lineup for Monday. All of the district changes have created Semifinals Tuesday around the WPIAL with a dozen baseball games to decide who will play for gold next week at Wild...
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week for May 24, 2021
This winter, high school sports fans from across the WPIAL watched as the Ellwood City boys basketball team stunned the experts with a district championship run from the No. 11 seed in Class 3A. Is there any of that Wolverines magic golden dust left over to sprinkle on the No....
Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week for May 24, 2021
The Peters Township baseball program has an outstanding tradition with great success in the district and state postseason. Under the now-retired former coach, Joe Maize, the Indians won back-to-back WPIAL championships in 2007-2008, were the district runner-up once and reached the state finals twice, bringing home silver both times. However,...
Montour celebrates 1-run win over Quaker Valley in WPIAL 4A quarterfinals
With two runners on, no outs and trailing by a run, Montour’s Mason Sike was told to be ready to lay down a bunt. To his surprise, the bunt sign never came. “I was really thinking it was going to happen, and he gave me the green light,” said Sike,...
High school roundup for May 24, 2021: New Castle uses long ball to upend No. 2 West Mifflin
Dom Fornataro and Don Cade hit two-run home runs to lead No. 7 New Castle to a 6-3 upset win over No. 2 West Mifflin in a WPIAL Class 4A baseball quarterfinal Monday afternoon. Winning pitcher Rocco Bernadina went the distance, allowing six hits and striking out seven, and went...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 24, 2021
High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule North Allegheny (18-3) vs. Butler (14-6) at Shaler, 2 p.m.; Norwin (14-3) vs. Hempfield (14-7) at Latrobe, 6:30 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Franklin Regional (17-1) vs. Peters Township (10-10) at Latrobe, 4 p.m.; Bethel Park (17-3) vs. West...
Elizabeth Forward hits 3 home runs, rallies past Knoch in Class 4A quarterfinal
Elizabeth Forward, the top seed in the WPIAL Class 4A softball playoffs, hit 15 home runs in 17 regular season games. The Warriors added three to that total Monday in a 7-5 come-from-behind victory over No. 8 Knoch in a quarterfinal game at Plum. “We can hit the long ball...
West Mifflin rallies past Burrell in Class 4A softball
The West Mifflin softball team’s return to Plum was a successful one. The Titans fell to Indiana on an extra-inning walk-off at Plum in the first round of the 2018 WPIAL Class 4A playoff. On Monday, West Mifflin rallied from a two-run first-inning deficit to top Burrell, 6-2, in a...
