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Behind 3 WPIAL champions, North Catholic lifts 3rd straight Trib Cup in Class 3A

The North Catholic victory tradition continued to ring loud and clear this past school year. Steady contributions across all three seasons, along with a couple of championship runs, helped the Trojans win a third straight Trib HSSN Cup for Class 3A in 2021-22. “North Catholic has a long standing tradition...
2022 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Avonworth’s Peyton Faulkner

Editor’s note: The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 15 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. Peyton Faulkner has been there for the highs and the lows of...
2022 TribLive HSSN Softball All-Stars

In WPIAL softball, there’s no requirement for underclassmen to wait their turn. Just take a look at this year’s champions. Many of them relied on freshmen and sophomores in key roles on their journey to the WPIAL or state finals. Among them, Neshannock freshman pitcher Addy Frye led the Lancers...
Impact players made season successful for PIHL girls league runners-up

The inaugural season of the highly anticipated PIHL girls division has been completed. One of the top squads in the league was Team Central, which finished as PIHL runner-up with an 8-4 record. Coached by RMU youth hockey coordinator Joe Cummings, the Central girls won six of seven regular-season games...
2022 Trib HSSN Head of the Class: Softball Player and Coach of the Year for each classification

This spring, those sitting at head of the softball class had a clear view of so many individual and team standout performances. A perfect season, two schools winning both district and state gold, two schools winning their first WPIAL championships and one school closing the book on a historic title...
Trib HSSN Final 2022 Softball State Rankings

Six new PIAA champions were crowned last week at Penn State, thus concluding the 2022 softball season. Two of the champions finished the season with perfect records. District 2 champion Pittston Area completed a 25-0 season with a victory over Armstrong in the 5A championship game. It was the Patriots’...
Avonworth softball makes adjustment, rallies to win school’s 1st state title

UNIVERSITY PARK – Avonworth found itself in a two-run hole heading to the bottom of the fourth inning Thursday in the PIAA Class 3A Championship game at Penn State’s Beard Field. But a small adjustment by the Avonworth batters at the plate helped the Antelopes rally for a 7-2 victory...
2022 PIAA Class 3A softball championship preview: Avonworth vs. Lewisburg

PIAA Class 3A softball championship Lewisburg (19-3) vs. Avonworth (20-5) 12:30 p.m. Thursday at Beard Field, Penn State Path to Penn State Lewisburg – This is Lewisburg’s best softball season in decades. After winning the District 4 championship for the first time since 1996, the Green Dragons rolled to three...
7 WPIAL teams set for PIAA softball semifinals

After a strong start in the opening round of the PIAA softball postseason, the wins kept coming for WPIAL teams in the quarterfinals. Seven teams from District 7 have reached the state softball final four. Outside of Class A, every classification has a WPIAL softball team into the semifinals, including...
12 WPIAL softball teams advance to PIAA quarterfinals

While opening day of the PIAA baseball playoffs was a mixed bag for district teams, the WPIAL softball qualifiers got a chance to strut their stuff in the first round. The WPIAL was a strong 12-7 in opening round games Monday, with all six new district champions winning and moving...
19 WPIAL teams prepare for PIAA softball playoffs

The 2022 PIAA softball playoffs start Monday with 19 WPIAL teams searching for state gold, including recently crowned district winners Seneca Valley, Armstrong, Beaver, Avonworth, Neshannock and Union on the hunt for more treasures. The state playoffs are made up of four rounds with the championships to be played at...
Avonworth tops Deer Lakes to claim WPIAL Class 3A softball crown

Avonworth softball is back on top of the WPIAL Class 3A mountain. The top-seeded Antelopes were strong at the plate, on defense and in the pitching circle, with sophomore standout Alivia Lantzy leading the way, in an 8-1 victory over Deer Lakes in the championship game Wednesday afternoon at Lilley...
Deer Lakes softball players hope to add another title to program’s legacy

Anna Bokulich remembers Deer Lakes’ 2015 WPIAL softball championship well. The Deer Lakes junior, along with a number of other young, up-and-coming players in the Deer Lakes area youth program, including seniors Shayne Cerra, Keeghan Cook and Lydia Guthrie, were on hand to see the Lancers rout Mohawk, 13-5, to...
2022 WPIAL Class 3A softball championship preview: Avonworth vs. Deer Lakes

WPIAL Class 3A softball championship 1-Avonworth (16-4) vs. 3-Deer Lakes (13-3) Noon Wednesday at Lilley Field, Cal (Pa.) On the air: Trib HSSN (Video) Road to the finals Avonworth — When the Antelopes lost their final three games of the regular season, it might have looked like the undefeated Section...
Avonworth slams door on Southmoreland in WPIAL Class 3A softball semifinals

Scoreless during another pitching gem, Avonworth’s Alivia Lantzy decided to take matters into her own hands. The sophomore blasted a triple to deep right-center field that barely stayed in Boyce-Mayview Field. The big fifth-inning hit scored Layne Shinsky and Syd Savatt, and Leah Kuban added a home run in the...
Westmoreland softball playoff capsules: Games of Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Class 5A semifinals 11-Chartiers Valley (15-4) vs. 2-Penn-Trafford (17-2) 5 p.m. at West Mifflin Winner plays: Winner of 4-North Hills (16-3) vs. 1-Armstrong (18-4) on June 2 (time TBD) in championship at Cal (Pa.) Players to watch: Marie Kinchington, Chartiers Valley; Cam Ponko, Penn-Trafford Extra bases: Chartiers Valley stunned No....

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