Michael Love stories, Page 137
Deer Lakes’ Yourish sets gold standard at WPIAL track meet
Deer Lakes senior Josh Yourish already had won a trio of silver medals at WPIAL meets. One of those silvers came in the 1,600-meter run during Thursday’s WPIAL Class AA championships at Slippery Rock. But gold was what Yourish craved, and gold is what he got in the 800. Seeded...
Quaker Valley and Sewickley Academy athletes arrive at WPIAL track and field championships
Members of the Quaker Valley and Sewickley Academy track and field teams take part in the WPIAL Class AA championships Thursday at Slippery Rock University. The top five finishers in each event automatically qualify for the PIAA championships May 24 and 25 at Shippensburg University. Also, those in the top...
Apollo-Ridge softball eliminated by two-time finalist Frazier
The Frazier softball team has played in the past two WPIAL Class 2A championship games, and it hopes to make it three straight in a couple of weeks. The Commodores, the WPIAL champions in 2017 and last year’s runner-up, got off to a good start toward that goal Wednesday as...
Quaker Valley baseball opens playoffs against South Park
The Quaker Valley baseball team begins its playoff journey Wednesday afternoon at Seneca Valley High School against South Park in the first round of the WPIAL 4A tournament. It is one of the earliest starts with first pitch at 2 p.m. The Quakers picked up the No. 10 seed after...
Burrell girls sprint relay unit aims for another golden performance at WPIAL meet
Every year at this time, members of the Burrell girls 400-meter relay are focused on getting to the top of the podium at the WPIAL Class AA track and field championships. It has happened 11 times before, including the past four years and five out of the last six. Seeded...
Quaker Valley boys tennis team returns to state playoffs
The WPIAL runner-up Quaker Valley boys tennis team begins play in the PIAA Class AA tournament Tuesday at noon against District 6 champion Juniata. It is the Quakers’ third trip to states in the past four seasons. In 2016, QV finished as the No. 3 team from the WPIAL and...
Coaches association releases final boys volleyball rankings
The WPIAL boys volleyball playoff brackets were revealed Monday morning, and the first-round matches are set for Tuesday. In advance of the playoff announcement, the Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its final Class AAA and AA rankings for the 2019 season. All season, the 39 WPIAL coaches voted for...
WPIAL releases boys volleyball playoff brackets
North Allegheny and Derry are the top seeds for the WPIAL Class AAA and AA boys volleyball playoff tournaments. The WPIAL released the brackets Monday morning. Joining the Tigers as the top seeds in Class AAA are No. 2 Bethel Park, No. 3 Shaler and No. 4 Latrobe. Only the...
Quaker Valley girls lacrosse to find out quarterfinal opponent
The WPIAL Class AA girls lacrosse playoff tournament begins Monday, and Quaker Valley, the No. 2 seed, has a bye to the quarterfinals. The Quakers host their first playoff contest Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. They will face the winner of Monday’s match between No. 7 Franklin Regional and No. 10...
Gateway boys lacrosse to host 1st WPIAL playoff game in program history
The Gateway boys lacrosse team achieved another first in its seventh season as a full member of the WPIAL. The Gators, who finished third in Section 1, were awarded the No. 7 seed for the Class AA playoff tournament and host a postseason game for the first time. They were...
Challenging section slate prepares No. 4 Gateway for postseason
The Gateway baseball team went 9-3 in Section 1-5A to secure the program’s fourth consecutive trip to the WPIAL playoffs. Gators coach Mark Wardzinski said he was proud of his players for staying the course through a plethora of close and competitive games. “The guys finished the (regular) season with...
Plum’s Parker ready to compete for WPIAL shot put title
Logan Parker knows Slippery Rock well. The Plum sophomore and team leader in the shot put, threw at a camp there last summer. He returned to the campus April 20 for the Rock Relays and threw a career-best 51 feet, 5½ inches. “At the beginning of the meet, I felt...
Sewickley Academy softball to find out playoff matchup
The Sewickley Academy softball team will discover its playoff fate Thursday when the WPIAL releases the playoff brackets for all six classifications. The Panthers finished second in Section 1-1A with an 8-2 record. Their only two losses came at the hands of section champion Union (10-0). Bishop Canevin (6-4) finished...
Freeport baseball rallies to top Deer Lakes for section title
The first time the Deer Lakes and Freeport baseball teams played this season, the Lancers earned a low-scoring, one-run victory. Wednesday’s rematch at Freeport Community Park, with the Section 1-3A title on the line, was expected to be that same type of game, and it turned out that way as...
Riverview track athletes shift focus from team to individual goals
It was a successful dual-meet season for the Riverview track and field teams. The Raiders boys and girls captured section championships with undefeated records. It was the boys team’s second section crown in a row, and the girls won a section title for the first time. Both teams fell short...
Quaker Valley baseball’s playoff fate rests in Wednesday’s games
The Quaker Valley baseball team still is alive for a spot in the WPIAL 4A playoffs, but it needs to defeat Ambridge on Wednesday afternoon to remain in the conversation. The Quakers’ Section 2-4A finale against the Bridgers is at 4:15 at Esmark Field. QV is 10-6 overall and 5-6...
WPIAL team tennis championship matchups set
The WPIAL team tennis championship matchups feature Fox Chapel against Shady Side Academy for the Class AAA title and Quaker Valley taking on Indiana for the Class AA crown. Both matches are Wednesday at the Oxford Athletic Club in Wexford. The Class AA match begins at 11:30 a.m., and the...
Hampton’s Russ part of nationally ranked Pitt women’s volleyball recruiting class
Hampton senior Anastasia Russ is a member of the Pitt women’s volleyball recruiting class that received a national ranking for the first time in program history. The rankings, assembled by PrepVolleyball, were released Tuesday, and the seven-member class is No. 19 in the nation. A panel of college coaches representing...
Quaker Valley, South Park boys tennis teams to meet in WPIAL Class AA semifinals
The Quaker Valley boys tennis team will face South Park on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at Mt. Lebanon in the semifinals of the WPIAL Class AA tournament. The Quakers, the Section 2-AA champions, defeated Knoch 5-0 in the first round and Mt. Pleasant 5-0 in the quarterfinals. The other semifinal...
Seniors Charlton, Sheaffer lift Apollo-Ridge past Riverview in Section 2-2A
Apollo-Ridge seniors Mollie Charlton and Sidney Sheaffer were celebrated before Monday’s Section 2-2A softball game against Riverview. They then were able to help their teammates celebrate a victory. Sheaffer hit a home run and drove in three runs, and Charlton limited the Riverview offense to one hit in a 10-0...
Springdale softball gears down for 1st postseason since 2000
Playoffs wasn’t a term that had been used in connection with Springdale softball for some time. The last time the Dynamos reached the WPIAL postseason was 2000. That year, Springdale defeated Brentwood in eight innings in the first round before falling to Chartiers-Houston, 1-0, in the quarterfinals. But this year’s...
Playoff-bound boys volleyball teams maintain positions in rankings
The WPIAL boys volleyball playoff fields will be finalized this week as Thursday marks the final date of section play in both Class AAA and AA. The WPIAL playoff committee will meet next Monday, May 13, to set up the brackets, and the first round is expected to begin as...
Rodriguez defends men’s title in Pittsburgh Half Marathon
Antonio Cardona Rodriguez left with the Pittsburgh Half Marathon championship last year. He competed and trained over the past 12 months with the opportunity to return and defend his title in the back of his mind. On Sunday morning, the 22-year-old from Coamo, Puerto Rico, again found himself on the...
Boniface Kongin runs away with Pittsburgh Marathon title
Kenyan Boniface Kongin, competing in his second Pittsburgh Marathon, captured the men’s 26.2-mile race in 2 hours, 10 minutes and 34 seconds. The 29-year-old crossed the finish line more than three minutes better than his nearest challenger. “I didn’t finish last year. It was a bad day,” Kongin said. “So...
Kenya’s Boniface Kongin captures Pittsburgh Marathon title
Kenyan Boniface Kongin, competing in his second Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon, captured the men’s full 26.2-mile race in a time of 2 hours, 10 minutes and 34 seconds. The 29-year-old hit the tape at the finish line more than three minutes better than his nearest challenger. 26.2 Miles in...
