High School category, Page 102
Franklin Regional sophomore ties school’s high jump record, aims higher
A long-standing track and field record at Franklin Regional was tied April 9. Now that sophomore Sean Cartwright has tied the high jump mark of 6 feet, 6 inches, which was set by Bob Curtis in 1976, he wants to own it this year and he has more than a...
Bethel Park athletes hitting stride at early-season invitationals
Bethel Park’s track and field program has been riding the momentum displayed by team members during the winter indoor season. “We had a very successful indoor season where we had 11 student-athletes qualify for the Adidas Indoor Nationals,” Bethel Park coach Mark Jacobs said. “So we are hoping to keep...
Bethel Park notebook: Basketball stars set for Roundball Classic
The 21st Roundball Classic all-star weekend will be May 24-25 at North Allegheny. There will be seven all-senior games over two days — four boys and three girls — with players from the WPIAL, City League and District 10. Bethel Park’s Sadie Orie and Ella Sabatos were chosen to the...
Fox Chapel Herald notebook: Fox Chapel names hall of fame Class of 2025
The Fox Chapel Area Sports Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2025. Six inductees will be honored during a banquet May 31. The inductees are: • Jason Lennon, Class of 1991, Soccer/baseball • Dan Tublin, 2010, Volleyball • Jason Kolod, 2011, diving • Erin Mathias, 2014, basketball • Brian...
Fox Chapel duo takes section doubles crown
Fox Chapel freshman Frank Siegel received the proper tutelage for playing effectively at the net. When Fred would go to the park and play with his older brother, Will, he didn’t expect him to take any heat off the ball. “He would hit balls at me when I was at...
Fox Chapel boys volleyball determined to make run at playoff spot
Fox Chapel boys volleyball coach Phil O’Keeffe was on board with the WPIAL volleyball steering committee’s decision to make it more challenging to qualify for the postseason. That’s all well and good when the lineup is relatively healthy. But the Foxes had more than a dozen players out with the...
Penn Hills flag football picking up wins, ‘proving people wrong’
Ani’yah Hickman knows that being a three-year veteran of the Penn Hills girls flag football team will require taking on different roles at a moment’s notice. Hickman was one of three players called on to play quarterback because of various injuries afflicting Penn Hills on April 13 at Woodland Hills...
Penn Hills boys volleyball looks to build momentum after streak-snapping win
There’s no slowing down when finding success while playing Class 3A boys volleyball in the WPIAL. Penn Hills halted a long losing streak in section play when the Indians tripped up Plum in four sets April 8. The Indians (3-4, 1-2) fell back to earth during their next match when...
Norwin notebook: Track and field teams sweep at Tri-State Coaches meet
Norwin made it a clean sweep at the Tri-State Track and Field Coaches Association Championships at West Mifflin, cruising to boys and girls team titles. Ryan Schiller won the 110- and 300-meter hurdles and helped the 1,600-meter relay to victory. His time of 38.85 seconds in the 300 hurdles is...
WPIAL champ North Allegheny tennis gets key late-season boost
North Allegheny junior Evan Kaufman’s left shoulder was in such bad shape last spring that he had to serve underhanded during the state playoffs. Nearly one year later, after surgery and extensive physical therapy, Kaufman is back on the court, providing a late-season boost to the defending WPIAL Class 3A...
High school roundup for April 18, 2025: Neshannock softball stands alone atop section
Addy Frye gave up two unearned runs and struck out 13 in a complete game and Payton Newman singled, doubled and drove in three runs to lead Neshannock to a 6-2 win over Laurel in a matchup of Section 1-2A softball rivals Friday. Jaidon Nogay doubled and drove in two...
A-K Valley high school notebook: Several area baseball teams hunting section titles
The final three weeks of the WPIAL baseball season are shaping up to be quite intense for several A-K Valley teams that are in the hunt for section titles. • Plum (10-2, 5-1) is second in Section 1-5A with two-game series remaining against Kiski Area (2-8, 1-5), Franklin Regional (8-3,...
Apollo-Ridge softball bounces back after 1st section loss
When the Apollo-Ridge softball players came to practice Tuesday, coach Ashtin Kirkwood said she saw a team in good spirits despite a loss to South Allegheny the day before. The first meeting between the Section 2-2A leaders went to the Gladiators, who rallied from a two-run deficit with a big...
Results for the 2025 Butler Invitational
North Allegheny’s Jack Bertram (4:13.36) and West Allegheny’s Grace Fritzman (4:59.21) won the signature mile runs at the Butler Invitational on Thursday. Fritzman also won the 3,200. Quaker Valley won the boys team title with Davin Gartley sweeping the hurdles and Jonah Montagnese winning the 3,200. Pine-Richland took two firsts:...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 17, 2025
High schools Baseball Thursday’s results Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny 5, Central Catholic 4 North Hills 3, Seneca Valley 2 Section 2 Mt. Lebanon 3, Canon-McMillan 2 Norwin 13, Woodland Hills 0 Class 5A Section 4 Montour 2, Thomas Jefferson 1 Class 4A Section 3 Indiana 12, Derry 2...
Trib HSSN softball team of the week for April 17, 2025Video
Trib HSSN softball team of the week – Pine-Richland Rams Coach: Sam Hartzberg (fourth year) Record: Pine-Richland is tied for third place in Class 6A with a 7-3 section mark and an overall record of 8-3 with four consecutive wins, including two over previously unbeaten Seneca Valley. #Earned: It was...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 18, 2025: Clash between softball rivals highlights schedule
It is a very limited high school sports schedule on this Good Friday, but there is one juicy noteworthy softball contest on the district schedule. In WPIAL softball, the top two teams in Section 1-2A meet when Neshannock visits Laurel at 5 p.m.. The Lancers are No. 1 in Class...
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week for April 17, 2025Video
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week – Waynesburg Central Raiders Coach: Perry Cunningham (first season) Record: Waynesburg Central is alone in first place in Section 4-3A with a record of 6-0, 10-1 overall. #Earned: Waynesburg Central has been good enough to qualify for the WPIAL baseball playoffs in each...
High school roundup: Calle Henne hits grand slam, Pine-Richland scores 8 in 7th to stun Seneca Valley
Calle Henne hit the game-tying grand slam and Iliana Aggelou delivered the walk-off RBI single as Pine-Richland scored eight times in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat Seneca Valley, 9-8, in Section 1-6A softball Thursday. It was the second win over Seneca Valley this season for Pine-Richland (8-3,...
Knoch’s Fennell shines at Butler Invitational track meet
Knoch’s Kara Fennell has tumbled and flipped since she was about 3 years old, a lifelong gymnast whose skills are worthy of medals. Except nowadays those are track and field medals. Fennell bettered her own school record and won the girls pole vault title at the Butler Invitational by clearing...
Penn-Trafford baseball uses extra-base hits to sink Hempfield in nonsection matchup
Oftentimes, Penn-Trafford’s approach is to move baserunners over, create opportunities and scrape runs together, one at a time. The small-ball formula can look clinical when this baseball team does it. It worked out well last spring when the Warriors won a WPIAL championship. The Warriors, though, were in the mood...
Championship coach Mark Stanley of Union hangs up whistle
Following two decades on the sidelines at two Lawrence County schools, one of the most successful coaches in WPIAL boys basketball is hanging up his whistle for good. Union coach Mark Stanley had decided to step away from coaching after finishing his 11th season in his second stint as court...
21 WPIAL, 2 City League girls basketball players earn all-state honors, led by Class A player of the year Iyanna Wade
Twenty-one WPIAL girls basketball players and two from the City League were named to the 2024-25 Pennsylvania sports writers all-state girls basketball team Thursday, including nine first-team honorees. In addition, Clairton senior guard Iyanna Wade was named the Class A Player of the Year, and South Fayette’s Bryan Bennett was...
Mt. Pleasant champion swimmer David Mutter finds new college home
Mt. Pleasant All-American swimmer David Mutter rebooted his recruitment when Alabama pulled his scholarship at the beginning of the year because of SEC- and NCAA-imposed roster cuts. But the standout has a new college target. Mutter, a specialist in the butterfly, committed to St. Bonaventure (N.Y.) and will soon sign...
Veteran coach Daryn Freedman takes Ambridge boys basketball job, likes program’s potential
The standings paint the Ambridge boys as a distressed basketball team: only seven section wins in four years and none this winter. Daryn Freedman says he sees more. “I had gone down there and recruited a couple of players between my years at Penn State (Greater Allegheny) and Point Park,...
