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Trib HSSN State Softball Rankings for April 27, 2021
Following a week of many changes, the HSSN state rankings have settled into a nice groove in the final week of April. Last week was likes a Chutes and Ladder game with teams sliding out of the rankings and others climbing up into the state Top 5. This past week,...
WPIAL Clinched for April 27, 2021: Baseball playoff field starting to fill up
Most WPIAL baseball teams are now down to one more week of section series games. However, in these unique times, some teams are now in catch-up mode due to covid-related shutdowns. The district is expected to decide early next week the makeup of the 2021 WPIAL baseball playoffs. Whether the...
Free passes help Mt. Lebanon sweep Baldwin
Tuesday was a beautiful day in Southwestern Pennsylvania to get out and run, jog or walk around a nearby park. The Mt. Lebanon baseball team chose the last of those three choices. The Blue Devils converted four walks and four hit batters into seven runs and held on to beat...
Riverview runs away with key section victory over Sewickley Academy
The Riverview baseball team was ready to run wild Tuesday in the second game of a Section 3-A series with Sewickley Academy. The Raiders rolled to a 16-1 mercy rule victory, racking up 13 stolen bases and 13 hits, scoring two runs in both the first and second inning before...
Burrell’s Cooper Hornack earns All-American status
In his first season of high school wrestling, Burrell freshman Cooper Hornack made a name for himself by winning a WPIAL Class AA 106-pound title and making a run to the PIAA finals. His success didn’t stop there. This past weekend, Hornack traveled to Virginia Beach with Burrell teammates Shawn...
Undefeated OLSH tops Class 2A boys basketball all-state team
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart’s perfect season just keeps getting a little better. Chargers junior Jake DiMichele, senior Dante Spadafora and coach Mike Rodriguez all drew statewide recognition Tuesday when the Pa. Sports Writers All-State Team for Class 2A boys basketball was announced. In all, four WPIAL players earned...
Penn-Trafford names football hall of fame class
Penn-Trafford announced its 2020-21 Warrior Football Hall of Fame class on Tuesday. The latest inductees are: • Tony Babeo (1992) • Jeff Filkovski (’86) • Jason Kacinko (2005) • Kevin Mullen (’05) • Jeremy Schropp (’94) • Dan Schneider (’64, Trafford High School) • Coach Eli Visnick (’93-09) • 1972...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 26, 2021
High schools Baseball Monday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Central Catholic 7, Seneca Valley 4 North Allegheny 8, Butler 1 Pine-Richland 10, Allderdice 0 Section 2 Hempfield 4, Canon-McMillan 0 Mt. Lebanon 7, Baldwin 3 Norwin 7, Upper St. Clair 3 Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional 17, Gateway...
High school roundup for April 27, 2021: Bethel Park tops Fox Chapel in Class 5A duel
John Chalus went 3 for 3 and Bethel Park capitalized on four errors to defeat Fox Chapel, 5-0, in nonsection baseball Monday afternoon. Nathan Vargo pitched five shutout innings with six strikeouts to earn the win for the Black Hawks (9-2). Dante DiMatteo singled twice for the Foxes (7-6). Avonworth...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 27, 2021: Perennial softball powers in unusual spot
Baldwin and Canon-McMillan have been the two dominant programs in WPIAL softball’s highest classification for over a decade. On Tuesday, the teams meet in Canonsburg, and for the first time in a long time, a regular season matchup between the Highlanders and Big Macs isn’t for first place in the...
Trib HSSN Baseball Players of the Week for April 26, 2021
Back in the mid-1960s, the Patty Duke Show was a TV show based on the adventures of two identical cousins who looked alike and acted alike, both played by actress Patty Duke. The 2021 South Park baseball team has their own version of identical cousins. No Drew and Austin Lafferty...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week for April 26, 2021
There is nothing lucky about coming to bat 19 times in a week and reaching base 18 times. That is the mark of a good hitter, a very good hitter. That is what Chartiers-Houston senior Bella Hess produced in four games last week. Based on her season to date, Hess...
Middle of lineup lifts West Allegheny past Shaler in section showdown
Luke Lambert hit a two-run homer, and Devan Zirwas broke a 2-2 tie with a sixth-inning triple then scored what proved to be the game-winning run as West Allegheny held on to defeat host Shaler, 5-4, Monday afternoon. The victory puts the Indians in sole possession of first place in...
Talented Norwin keeps rolling, beats Upper St. ClairVideo
There is so much talent on the Norwin baseball but not enough starting spots to go around. Eric Chorba didn’t start against North Allegheny on April 23, but he still managed to contribute to the victory. Chorba got the start Monday against Upper St. Clair and helped No. 1 Norwin...
Griffin tosses perfect game as Ligonier Valley blanks Apollo-Ridge
The Apollo-Ridge softball team scored at least nine runs in all six of their wins this season, including 11 each in convincing Section 2-2A victories last week over Serra Catholic and Seton LaSalle. But the Vikings had no answer Monday for Ligonier Valley standout junior pitcher Maddie Griffin in a...
Burrell extends winning streak to 3 with section victory over Freeport
After a slow start, Burrell is improving, and with each win, its confidence is growing. On Monday, as the Bucs (4-7, 2-5 Section 1-4A) battled Freeport (2-11, 0-7), their confidence grew even more as junior right-hander Joey Druga threw six innings of four-hit ball and struck out five as Burrell...
Elizabeth Forward ace Kailey Larcinese attacks Yough lineup, throws no-hitterVideo
The fin was up in the water early. With her rise ball forcing Yough hitters to flail and swat at air for the first three innings, Elizabeth Forward softball pitcher Kailey Larcinese had the Cougars right where she wanted them. “It was blood in the water,” Yough coach Dutch Harvey...
New coach Frye will keep bar set high for Franklin Regional girls volleyball
A young coach with enthusiasm to match, Rachel Frye inherits a girls volleyball program at Franklin Regional with a championship past — a very recent past. The Panthers won their first WPIAL title last fall and went on to place second in the PIAA in Class AAA. Ninth-year coach Mike...
6 WPIAL players chosen for Class A all-state boys basketball team
Six weeks after Bishop Canevin’s Dom Elliot and Kevaughn Price shared a championship court with Rochester’s Devon Hemer and JD Azulay, the four WPIAL Class A finalists are together again. They were among six WPIAL boys basketball players who earned all-state honors Monday in a vote of sports writers. All...
Lizzy Groetsch, Aislin Malcolm among 20 WPIAL girls basketball players named all-state
North Allegheny’s Lizzy Groetsch and Chartiers Valley’s Aislin Malcolm each added another statewide honor to their resumes. Groetsch, a senior, and Malcolm, a junior, each earned Pennsylvania Player of the Year honors in their classifications when girls basketball all-state teams were announced Monday. Groetsch was named the state’s top player...
Seton LaSalle takes over top spot in WPIAL Class AA volleyball coaches rankings
The Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its Week 5 rankings Monday morning, and there is a change at the head of the Class AA Top 10. Seton LaSalle leapfrogged Ambridge and North Catholic into the No. 1 spot after a week in which the Rebels scored a 3-0 nonsection...
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week: April 26, 2021
The WPIAL baseball head coaching list consists of many new faces this season. Even some rich, traditionally strong programs built around longtime managers have new head coaches, including Hopewell. Morgan Singletary is enjoying success in his first year as head coach after being an assistant for a few years. “Overall,...
Trib HSSN What to Watch for: Monday, April 26, 2021
The final series between the big three in Section 3-5A baseball is set for Monday and Tuesday of this week. If you are keeping score at home, through the first two weeks, it is even-steven. Two weeks ago, West Allegheny and South Fayette split their two head-to-head games with each...
Trib HSSN softball team of the week: April 26, 2021
On May 16, 2019, Montour couldn’t wait to get back to work preparing for a new season after a 7-4 loss in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A softball playoffs. “It’s been a tough year and a half because of losing last season to the pandemic,” Montour coach...
High school schedules for April 26, 2021
High schools Baseball Monday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler at North Allegheny, 7 p.m. Central Catholic at Seneca Valley, 4 p.m. Pine-Richland at Allderdice, 7 p.m. Section 2 Baldwin at Mt. Lebanon, 4:15 p.m. Upper St. Clair at Norwin, 7 p.m. Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional at...
