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What to watch for in WPIAL sports for April 22, 2024: Shaler, North Hills play for 1st place
As the final full week of April begins, the races for section titles and the chase for playoff spots heat up around the WPIAL baseball and softball diamonds. A year ago in WPIAL Section 3-5A baseball, Shaler and rival North Hills were both 5-1 in the section and tied for...
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week for April 21, 2024Video
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week: Gio Lonero School: Seton LaSalle Class: Senior Positions: Pitcher, shortstop What coach says: “With Gio, its business as usual,” Seton LaSalle coach Brad Bestic said of Gio’s success at the plate. “He exudes this confidence that puts him in the headspace that he...
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week for April 21, 2024
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week: Pine-Richland Rams Coach: Kurt Wolfe (19th season) Records: Pine-Richland is 8-1 in Section 1-6A, 12-2 overall #Earned: In one of the most impressive weeks since the advent of the section series in WPIAL baseball, Pine-Richland swept its scheduled three-game series and concluded another...
High school sports schedules for April 22, 2024
High schools Baseball Monday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Allderdice at Butler, 7 p.m. Seneca Valley at North Allegheny, 7 p.m. Section 2 Baldwin at Canon-McMillan, 4 p.m. Central Catholic at Norwin, 4 p.m. Hempfield at Mt. Lebanon, 4 p.m. Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional at Armstrong, 3:45 p.m....
Westmoreland high school notebook: Football rivalry games put on hold this season
High school football season isn’t scheduled to begin until Aug. 23, but fans might be disappointed to know two long-time neighborhood clashes are being put on hold. The annual battles — Greensburg Salem/Hempfield and Latrobe/Derry — will not be renewed this season, whereas one in the Mon Valley is being...
After strong start in Myrtle Beach, Thomas Jefferson baseball keeps rolling
The Thomas Jefferson baseball team began the season with three wins and a 29-run outburst at the Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach. The Jaguars returned home and continued their winning ways. TJ rang up a 10-0 record through the first month of the season, outscoring the opposition by an 82-12...
Fisher’s Files: Baldwin track coach Ed Helbig surprised by hall of fame honor
Baldwin coach Ed Helbig has been battling serious health issues since June. But he received great news away from the hospital setting this past winter. Helbig was selected for induction into the Baldwin Athletic Hall of Fame. “I was totally surprised,” Helbig said. “When I found out the group that...
Sewickley Academy track team collecting medals
The Sewickley Academy track team kicked off its 2024 schedule April 4 in a seven-team meet at Hampton. The Panthers ended the meet with 23 medal-worthy performances, led by sophomore Herlynn Niepa’s first-place finish in the girls 100-meter dash thanks to her time of 13.16. Niepa also placed fifth in...
Momentum keeps building for Quaker Valley girls track team
The Quaker Valley track and field program is thriving. Big time. The QV girls team has won the past two WPIAL Class 2A championships. The Quakers defended their title with ease last year at the WPIAL finals at Peters Township, rolling past Winchester Thurston, Knoch and Derry. The QV girls...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Warriors boys track looks to build off Wildcat Invitational win
Penn-Trafford’s boys track and field team hopes winning the Wildcat Invitational on April 13 propels the Warriors to a second consecutive trip to the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs. The Warriors edged Hempfield, 81-77, at the meet earlier this month at Latrobe’s Memorial Stadium. The boys clinched their second-consecutive playoff trip...
Penn-Trafford boys lacrosse coming together
It took the Penn-Trafford boys lacrosse team a month to find its groove. But after a three-game losing streak in late March, the Warriors won five of their last six games. The lone loss was to Class 3A Butler in a nonsection match. Penn-Trafford (4-1, 7-4) finds itself a game...
Penn Hills rugby program adds girls team
Matt Rosemeyer has consistently worked over the past few years to develop the rugby community in Penn Hills. The Big Red rugby team has added another wrinkle this season. Penn Hills now has a girls team for the first time. The Big Red girls will be participating in 7s, instead...
Gateway boys volleyball making playoff push in Section 2-2A
The Gateway boys volleyball team found itself squarely in the mix of the Class 2A rankings from the Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association. The Gators have been in the top 10 since the start of the season, and were fifth in the Week 5 rankings released April 15. “We are...
Girls flag football catching on at Shaler
The Shaler girls flag football team may not have everything figured out quite yet this season, but its all part of the process as coach Rob Heinrich helps the program adjust to rule changes. Flag football changed this season, going from a five-on-five competition to seven-on-seven. Heinrich started to get...
Chartiers Valley’s Brendan Hallisey chasing another WPIAL gold medal
Instead of staying on the prototypical path of competitive team sports a child takes when growing up, Brendan Hallisey decided he wanted something more extreme. Doing simple flips in his backyard gave way to a new favorite activity, parkour. As Hallisey’s passion for parkour grew, he started taking lessons at...
Behind deep junior class, Chartiers Valley girls lacrosse vies for postseason success
When Melissa Moran was searching for what would come next in her life, after a lacrosse career at Duquesne, she decided to take a chance coaching the Chartiers Valley youth lacrosse program. A few years later, she was appointed head coach of the varsity girls lacrosse team at Chartiers Valley...
Daysaun Spencer, Meghan Schruben display athleticism for Brentwood track and field
Youth is being served this season in the Brentwood track and field program. Brentwood’s Daysaun Spencer and Meghan Schruben were a triple medalists April 13 at the Chartiers-Houston track invitational. Spencer won both the boys long jump and triple jump events with distances of 21 feet, 1.5 inches and 41-4,...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 20, 2024
High schools Baseball Saturday’s results Class 3A Section 1 Mohawk 21, Beaver Falls 6 Class 2A Section 2 Seton LaSalle 13, New Brighton 0 Nonsection Ambridge 10, Eden Christian 6 Avella at Chartiers-Houston, ppd. Connellsville 18, Yough 3 Cumberland Valley 13, North Allegheny 3 Juniata Valley 10, McKeesport 6 Ligonier...
High school roundup for April 20, 2024: North Allegheny softball rallies past Baldwin
Carlyn Vaupel went 4 for 4, including a double and solo home run, as North Allegheny overcame a five-run deficit to defeat Baldwin, 10-8, in Section 1-6A softball Saturday. Anne Melle singled and doubled for the Tigers (5-3, 5-3). Maddy Schumacher went 2 for 4 with a home run and...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Knoch’s Marlee Fraser, Springdale’s John Hughes
Marlee Fraser School: Knoch Class: Sophomore Sport: Softball Report card: Knoch sophomore pitcher Marlee Fraser tossed a two-hitter with 10 strikeouts and also had the winning double as the Knights beat Freeport, 1-0, in a nonsection game Wednesday. On Friday, she struck out 10 and scattered 11 hits in a...
Westmoreland high school athletes of the week: Southmoreland’s Amarah McCutcheon and Penn-Trafford’s Matt Sarnowski
Amarah McCutcheon School: Southmoreland Class: Senior Sport: Softball Claim to fame: McCutcheon is one of the premier power hitters in the WPIAL, and she proved it with a career-high three home runs in a 15-0 win over South Allegheny. In that game, the Scotties launched seven homers, including four in...
WPIAL softball rankings, week ending April 21, 2024
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Seneca Valley, 11-0, 1 2. Hempfield, 8-1, 2 3. Pine-Richland, 6-5, 4 4. North Allegheny, 5-3, 3 5. Norwin, 6-6, NR Out: Canon-McMillan (3-4, 5) Class 5A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Shaler, 9-0, 1 2. West Allegheny, 13-1, 2 3. Armstrong, 9-1,...
WPIAL baseball rankings: Week ending April 21, 2024
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny, 9-1, 1 2. Hempfield, 12-1, 2 3. Mt. Lebanon, 10-3, 3 4. Pine-Richland, 12-2, 5 5. Seneca Valley, 6-4-1, 4 Out: none Class 5A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Shaler, 10-2, 1 2. West Allegheny, 6-2, 2 3. Penn-Trafford, 9-1, 4...
Earpieces let high school catchers receive in-game coaching
In a stressful moment behind the plate, when the other team was trying to rally, Franklin Regional catcher Ryan Catello started hearing voices in his helmet. Well, at least one. The calming voice said, “Hey, it’s got to be strikes on this guy,” while reminding him the bottom of the...
Bethel Park’s Artemis Conaboy picks up where she left off last season
Artemis Conaboy’s favorite track and field event is the 400-meter dash. “I love the length of the race and the how anyone can win and catch up at different points of the race,” said the athletic Bethel Park senior. Well, Conaboy picked up where she left off last season at...
