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High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 22, 2021
High schools Baseball Thursday’s results Class 6A Section 2 Mt. Lebanon 2, Hempfield 1 Class 5A Section 1 Penn-Trafford 10, Gateway 4 Section 2 Fox Chapel 10, Woodland Hills 0 Section 4 South Fayette 12, Upper St. Clair 2 Class 3A Section 2 South Park 14, Steel Valley 4 Section...
Pine-Richland cites ‘pattern of hazing, intimidation’ in letter firing coach Eric Kasperowicz
Ousted football coach Eric Kasperowicz “expressed minimal concern for hazing or empathy for the students” during a 2½-hour interview with Pine-Richland administrators in late-March, according to a letter the school district sent him cutting ties. The three-page letter dated April 14 notified Kasperowicz his contract wouldn’t be renewed and detailed...
Trib 10: Softball shakeup in weekly power rankings
The winds of change that had the temps bouncing up and down last week were calm in the Trib 10 baseball rankings, but strong again in the district softball power rankings. Baseball had a couple of teams slide and some move up; however, all 10 teams are still feeling the...
Jesse Pugh’s 2 homers power Armstrong softball past Franklin Regional
Frustrated that she struck out in her previous at-bat, Jesse Pugh came to the plate with vexation in the top of the fifth. There was some angry aluminum awaiting Franklin Regional senior pitcher Makinzie DeRiggi. With a mighty swing, the freshman slugger from Armstrong sent a moon shot to deep...
A-K Valley baseball notebook: Knoch on winning streak
After losing two straight to Highlands at the beginning of their season, Knoch has put together a little winning streaks turned things around during the past two weeks. With section series wins over Burrell and Freeport, the Knights have won six straight games, including a 10-9 victory over North Hills...
Deer Lakes baseball answers questions with sizzling start
Deer Lakes baseball coach Josh Tysk wasn’t sure how potent the Lancers offense would be this season. With just two returning players in junior Justin Brannagan and senior Ryan Rodgers, there were several unknowns in the lineup. But through eight games, the Lancers are leaving no doubt that they can...
Father of Pine-Richland football player says district using son as ‘scapegoat’ in Kasperowicz saga
The father of a Pine-Richland football player is accusing the school district’s administration of leaking information about his son to create a “scapegoat” for their decision to fire head football coach Eric Kasperowicz. Vince Cruz, whose son is a sophomore on the junior varsity football team, said he retained attorney...
Westmoreland County baseball notebook: Special season might be in store for GCC
One game was all it took for Greensburg Central Catholic to realize it has some promising potential at the plate. The Centurions (5-1), the TribHSSN No. 1 team in WPIAL Class A to open the week, won their first five Section 2 games handily, scoring double-digit runs in each. “After...
Penn-Trafford baseball shows flair for the dramatic with early-season wins
Penn-Trafford still is finding its identity as the baseball season nears the halfway mark. Coach Dan Miller was moving pieces around in his pitching rotation at the beginning of the week as his team won five in a row after a tough, 11-2 nonsection loss to Norwin. “It’s an honest...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 21, 2021
High schools Baseball Wednesday’s results WPIAL Class 3A Section 3 Derry 15, Ligonier Valley 0 Nonsection Rochester at Central Valley, ppd. District 8 City League Carrick at Obama Academy, ppd. Thursday’s schedule Class 6A Section 2 Hempfield at Mt. Lebanon, 4:15 p.m. Class 5A Section 1 Penn-Trafford at Gateway, 7...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 22, 2021: Shenango, Laurel fight for 1st place
Shenango and Laurel are neighboring school districts in Lawrence County. But geography isn’t the only category where these two schools are next to each other. In the WPIAL Section 4-2A softball standings, the Wildcats and Spartans are tied for first place with 5-1 records. Plus, in the latest HSSN softball...
High school roundup for April 21, 2021: North Allegheny duo wins section doubles title
After winning a section singles title earlier this month, North Allegheny’s Chase Davidson doubled his medal haul Wednesday when he teamed up with Shomik Telang to win a Section 2-AAA doubles crown. The duo defeated Anthony Lounder and Rohan Maheshwari of Moon, 6-2, 6-2. Davidson topped Lounder in the section...
Trib HSSN State Baseball Rankings for April 21, 2021
The 2021 Trib HSSN state baseball rankings continue to be in a state of flux. There were wholesale changes in Class 3A, no change in Class 4A and something in between in the other four classifications. There also was a changing of the guard at the top of the rankings...
A-K Valley softball notebook: Dramatic win was worth wait for Deer Lakes
Things didn’t go as planned for the Deer Lakes softball team in a 6-3 section loss at Valley in Section 1-3A on April 9. The setback stopped a three-game winning streak to start the season. The Lancers hoped to quickly get back on track, but an April 12 section game...
Plum softball starting to hit stride in search of elusive playoff victory
When the Plum softball team suffered a 5-0 loss to Section 1-5A rival Franklin Regional on April 7, team members were itching to get back on the field and bounce back from the uncharacteristic shutout. But a game against Woodland Hills two days later was scrapped because of covid issues...
Unbeaten Ligonier Valley softball quite comfortable in new surroundings of WPIAL
Excuse Ligonier Valley if it needs a GPS to navigate its way through through the WPIAL. The softball team, like many programs at the school, is new to District 7, having played for decades in the Heritage Conference of bordering District 6. “We have to look up all these schools,”...
Neil Walker hopes Pine-Richland avoids ‘huge black eye’ from football coach controversy
Retiring pro baseball player Neil Walker, one of Pine-Richland’s most famous alums, hopes the controversial ouster of the school’s football coach doesn’t become “a huge black eye” for the community. The 2004 Pine-Richland graduate spoke Wednesday with reporters and discussed plans to retire after 12 MLB seasons with the Pirates,...
Chief: No allegations of improper behavior in Pine-Richland football probe reported to police
Despite a long-standing practice of conferring with police when allegations are made about improper behavior by students, none of the incidents that led to last week’s firing of championship-winning Pine-Richland football coach Eric Kasperowicz were reported to authorities, according to the chief of the Northern Regional Police Department. Pine-Richland school...
Murrysville girls mind the goal for 16U national championship contendersVideo
Two Murrysville teens will be protecting the net when the Steel City Selects 16U girls’ ice hockey team heads to Denver for the Chipotle-USA Hockey Tier II National Championships at the end of the month. For the team’s starting goaltender, Abby Manzewitsch, 16, it will be the third time in...
High school roundup for April 20, 2021: Montour’s Mia Arndt hits for cycle
Mia Arndt hit for the cycle to lead Montour to an 11-1 Section 3-4A softball victory over Hopewell (2-7, 0-6) on Tuesday. Giacinta Labrie went 3 for 4 with three RBIs and Angelina LaMarca tripled and drove in a pair for the Spartans (5-3, 4-2). Softball Armstrong 6, Indiana 5...
Trib HSSN State Softball Rankings for April 20, 2021
As last week went on, the mercury went down, and then it rose back up. The temperatures were a lot like the state softball rankings, where there was plenty of change in the air last week. A total of 11 teams lost their grip on a top 5 spot throughout...
High school scores, schedules for April 20, 2021
High schools Baseball Tuesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler 5, Pine-Richland 1 North Allegheny 8, Central Catholic 3 Seneca Valley 12, Allderdice 2 Section 2 Hempfield at Mt. Lebanon, ppd. Norwin 5, Canon-McMillan 4 Upper St. Clair 14, Baldwin 1 Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional 7, McKeesport...
Goalie calls his shot as Baldwin blanks Franklin Regional for Pens Cup Class AA title
Baldwin junior goaltender Ed Nowicki told his coach after a semifinal win that he’d get a shutout in the finals. Nowicki lived up to his prediction. He made 29 saves and Baldwin defeated Franklin Regional, 2-0, in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League Class AA Penguins Cup championship game at Robert...
Shaler baseball tops South Fayette on 10th-inning balk
As Shaler and South Fayette’s battled it out for a second straight day, the question became which team would blink first as their Section 3-5A game went into extra innings. It wasn’t a blink, but a twitch that brought home the winning run. Senior Braeden Campbell scored the game-winning run...
Penn-Trafford softball earns dramatic win over LatrobeVideo
Down to its final strike, the Penn-Trafford softball team rallied to finally touch up — and rough up — Latrobe pitcher Jordan Tallman and keep its section winning streak intact. Trailing by a run, the top-ranked Warriors came to life in the top of the seventh as sophomore Kylee Piconi...
