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High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 28, 2025
High schools Baseball Friday’s results Class 5A Section 2 Moon 7, Peters Township 6 Ripken Experience At Myrtle Beach, S.C. Revere (OH) 11, West Greene 2 City League Obama Academy 21, Perry Traditional Academy 0 Nonsection Chartiers Valley 9, Hopewell 1 Indiana 9, Beaver 3 Shady Side Academy 13, Penn...
High school roundup for March 28, 2025: Moon baseball holds on for win over Peters Township
Jarrod Golden went 2 for 3 with a triple as Moon held on to defeat Peters Township, 7-6, in Section 2-5A baseball Friday night. Max Thomas drove in three runs for the Tigers (2-4, 2-1). James Tygard went 3 for 5 with a double and two RBIs and Colin Stofik...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 29, 2025: 2 teams take their shot at state gold on final day of basketball season
Welcome to final day of the state finals in Hershey and the 2025 high school basketball season. Two more WPIAL teams will hit the Giant Center court playing for state basketball gold Saturday. For one of those district teams, it’s their first appearance in the PIAA basketball title game in...
Upper St. Clair goes cold against powerful Perkiomen Valley in era-ending state final
HERSHEY — The outcome was decided long before the clock reached zeroes, but Upper St. Clair coach Pete Serio insisted the lopsided score couldn’t drain the emotion out of Friday’s loss. He knew an era was ending. “I was going to get emotional whether we won or lost because I...
Sewickley Academy misses last-second shot in 1-point PIAA finals loss to Linville Hill
HERSHEY – Two seconds were almost enough. With that little bit of time left, Sewickley Academy got a short jumper in the paint by Mamadou Kane, but it bounced away at the buzzer Friday leaving the Panthers one shot short in a 55-54 loss to Linville Hill in the PIAA...
Battle-tested South Allegheny looks to finish PIAA run against West Catholic
The final game of the season has arrived for the South Allegheny boys basketball team, and the Gladiators have a chance to do something only 11 other teams will do this season. Win it. While the majority of teams end their season with a loss, the Gladiators can end their...
South Fayette set to face juggernaut Archbishop Wood for PIAA title
The ongoing debate about boundary and non-boundary schools has surfaced again in these PIAA basketball championships. Of the 24 teams that qualified for the state championship in Hershey, only seven are public schools despite the fact nearly 70% of all high schools in the state are public schools with set...
Behind defending section singles champion Landon Harclerode, Valley tennis off to unbeaten start
Landon Harclerode feels he is playing the best tennis of his life this spring. “In the offseason, I had to put my racket down and take a break,” said the Valley senior, who plays No. 1 singles. “I focused on getting stronger and faster to improve my game.” Those improvements...
2025 PIAA Class 2A boys basketball championship breakdown: Sewickley Academy vs. Linville Hill
PIAA Class 2A boys basketball final Sewickley Academy vs. Linville Hill 2 p.m. Friday, Giant Center, Hershey On the air: NFHS Network PIAA titles: Sewickley Academy 3 (1997, 2010, 2017), Linville Hill 0 Sewickley Academy (26-2) Coach: Mike Iuzzolino Projected starting lineup No., Name, Ht., Yr., Pos. 2, Caiden Battles,...
Burrell’s Isaac Lacinski added to WPIAL team at Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic
Burrell’s Isaac Lacinski was added to the WPIAL All-Star Team for the Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic on Saturday at Peters Township. When two-time state champ Asher Cunningham of State College, a Penn State recruit, pulled out of the event, there was an opening at 172 pounds on Team Pennsylvania, which will...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 27, 2025
High schools Baseball Thursday’s results Class 4A Section 2 Belle Vernon 12, Uniontown 0 Class 2A Section 1 Burgettstown 8, Chartiers-Houston 4 Class A Section 2 Aquinas Academy 12, Summit Academy 2 Section 3 Eden Christian 13, Clairton 1 Ripken Experience At Myrtle Beach, S.C. Metrolina Christian Academy 12, West...
Trib 10: Pine-Richland, Seneca Valley top 1st edition of baseball, softball power rankings
The diamond power rankings are back. Each week this spring, Trib HSSN will rank the Top 10 baseball teams and softball squads without any classification limits. Before we look at this year’s inaugural rankings, let’s look back at the end of the 2024 season. In baseball, there were no district...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 28, 2025: Sewickley Academy, Upper St. Clair get their crack at PIAA gold
Welcome to Day 2 of the 2025 PIAA basketball championships. On Friday, two more WPIAL teams have a shot at winning state basketball gold in Hershey and both teams have captured PIAA crowns in the past. First in the boys 2A finals, Sewickley Academy (24-5) will go up against District...
High school roundup for March 27, 2025: Julia Varhola throws perfect game for Hempfield’s 2nd straight no-hitter
Julia Varhola threw a five-inning perfect game, striking out 12, and went 2 for 3 at the plate with two RBIs to lead Hempfield to a 13-0 victory over Uniontown (2-2) in nonsection softball Thursday. It was the second no-hitter in as many days for the Spartans (6-0). Riley Miller...
Pitcher Alle Scarpa, Greensburg Salem pass test against Mt. Pleasant
Alle Scarpa was called for an illegal pitch in the fifth inning Thursday, but that wasn’t the only bout of adversity the pitcher from Greensburg Salem faced at Mt. Pleasant. “I had some trouble adjusting to the mound because there was a hole (in front of the rubber),” the southpaw...
Loyalsock’s inside-outside duo too much for Shady Side Academy in state title game
Shady Side Academy had a one-point lead after halftime, but the Bulldogs couldn’t find a way to contain Loyalsock Township’s two big scorers. Big in points and big in height. Loyalsock’s Lacey Kriebel scored 23 points and Alaina Dadzie had 21 as the District 4 champion defeated Shady Side Academy,...
Upper St. Clair’s husband-wife tandem looking to make history at PIAA championships
In each of the last two years, history was nearly made by Berlin Brothersvalley, a small District 5 school located outside of Somerset. The Mountaineers boys basketball team, coached by Brentwood grad Tanner Prosser, reached the PIAA Class A championship game in 2023 and 2024, but lost both years to...
Reaching PIAA finals has extra meaning for coach Mike Iuzzolino, Sewickley Academy boys
As an all-state basketball player at Altoona, Mike Iuzzolino made a deep run in the state playoffs as a junior in 1985. His team was undefeated until a crushing semifinal loss to Brashear. That was 40 years ago. He later achieved a basketball resume far better than most as a...
Riverview off to strong start in quest to advance in WPIAL baseball playoffs
The Riverview baseball team made the WPIAL Class A championship game in 2021. The Raiders, the No. 7 seed in the tournament, ran into a hot pitcher that day at Wild Things Park and fell 3-0. It has been the team’s mission since then to return to the title contest,...
Neighborhood Academy makes winning late-game stand in PIAA Class A final
HERSHEY — Shamar Simpson missed his first five shots from beyond the arc, but his sixth was golden. A 3-pointer by Simpson with 40 seconds left keyed a late-game stand as Neighborhood Academy defeated Sankofa Freedom Academy, 60-51, in the PIAA Class A final Thursday at Giant Center. Neighborhood Academy’s...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 26, 2025
High schools Baseball Wednesday’s results Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional 18, Penn Hills 0 Class 4A Section 2 Belle Vernon at Uniontown, ppd. Class 3A Section 3 Burrell 9, Yough 5 Section 4 Waynesburg 13, Brownsville 5 Seton LaSalle 5, Keystone Oaks 4 Class A Section 1 Carmichaels 14,...
2025 PIAA Class 3A girls basketball championship breakdown: Shady Side Academy vs. Loyalsock Township
PIAA Class 3A girls basketball final Shady Side Academy vs. Loyalsock 6 p.m. Thursday, Giant Center, Hershey On the air: NFHS Network livestream PIAA championships: Shady Side Academy 0; Loyalsock Township 0 Shady Side Academy (28-1) Coach: Jonna Burke Projected starting lineup No., Name, Ht., Yr., Pos. 1, Laila Banner,...
2025 PIAA Class A boys basketball championship breakdown: Neighborhood Academy vs. Sankofa Freedom
PIAA Class A boys basketball final Neighborhood Academy vs. Sankofa Freedom Academy 2 p.m. Thursday, Giant Center, Hershey On the air: NFHS Network livestream PIAA titles: Neighborhood Academy 0; Sankofa Freedom Academy 1 (2019) Neighborhood Academy (28-1) Coach: Jordan Marks Projected starting lineup Pos., Name, Ht., Yr., Pos. 0, Courtney...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 27, 2025: State championship weekend tips off in Hershey
The Road to Hershey, a little bit of a longer journey this season, is now complete as 24 boys and girls basketball teams converge on the Giant Center in Chocolate Town for the first of three days of PIAA basketball championship games. Six WPIAL teams are headed east with two...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school baseball rankings for March 26, 2025
Welcome to the first edition of the Trib HSSN state baseball rankings for the 2025 season. We first begin by going back to the end of the 2024 season. Last year’s PIAA baseball champions were Landisville Hempfield in 6A, Governor Mifflin in 5A, Holy Ghost Prep in 4A, Neumann-Goretti in...
