High School category, Page 457
Back from ankle injury, Aaron Donald happy to work with kids at 4th annual camp
Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald had a new topic to talk about during his Living in the Pocket Youth Skills Football Camp on Saturday at Highmark Stadium. How to recover from an injury. The Penn Hills and Pitt product is on the mend for the first time in...
Scrappy Plum Junior Legion team shows promise under new coach
The Plum Junior Legion baseball team picked up a key Westmoreland County league victory June 14 with a 10-9 triumph over Connellsville at Plum High School. It was the third win for Plum this season and one head coach Markus Cestra hoped would help the team build additional momentum towards...
Norwin notebook: Knights to compete in Cunningham Memorial tournament
Norwin will once again have a team in the third annual Tre Cunningham Memorial Basketball Tournament June 22-24 at Jeannette. The boys’ varsity-level event honors the memory of Cunningham, a terrific three-sport athlete at Jeannette who was killed in a motorcycle accident in 2020. Norwin will open against Yough at...
North Allegheny grad finds success as baseball coach in West Virginia
Brad Comport, a 2009 North Allegheny graduate, is coaching one of the up-and-coming programs in West Virginia high school baseball. Comport is wrapping up his second season as head coach at University High School near Morgantown. Comport led the Hawks to their first playoff appearance since 2004, reaching the state...
Hampton boys lacrosse adds to winning culture with playoff season
When Andy DeMichiei took over the Hampton boys lacrosse program, he wanted to build the culture that would restore the Talbots program to the success it had for over a decade. The Talbots have continued to build that culture as Hampton finished third in the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs this...
Fox Chapel athletes wrote success stories during 2022-23 school year
Fox Chapel had plenty of team and individual successes during the 2022-23 school year. When it comes to the Foxes sports programs, there were plenty of memorable moments to reflect on and a few somber moments for the school’s supporters. Here’s a look at a few notable events that happened...
After building Leechburg boys soccer program, coach moves on to Freeport
Brad Walker admitted it was difficult to part with a Leechburg boys soccer program he had built from the ground up, but, at the same time, he is excited for a new opportunity. After four years with the Blue Devils, Walker will be the new boys soccer coach at Freeport...
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Belle Vernon’s Quinton Martin endorses fragrance line
Football is leading Quinton Martin to dollars and scents. The Belle Vernon star verbally committed to Penn State in April and took his official visit to State College earlier this month. In between, Martin signed a name, image and likeness deal with a men’s fragrance company. Martin will endorse smell-goods...
Successful 2nd season for PIHL girls league ends with Southeast on top
In the second season of PIHL girls hockey, the Southeast team enjoyed a playoff bonanza. Southeast entered the postseason with a 5-6-0-1 record after back-to-back losses to its East and Northeast opponents in the last two games of the regular season. The odds seemed stacked against the Southeast girls, who...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 16, 2023
High schools Baseball PIAA championships Class 6A Championship Saturday’s schedule Father Judge (17-1) vs. Mt. Lebanon (16-10) at Penn State, 4:30 p.m. Class 4A Championship Saturday’s schedule Bellefonte (19-5) vs. Dallas (17-7) at Penn State, 1:30 p.m. Class 2A Championship Saturday’s schedule Bald Eagle Area (21-4) vs. Mount Union (24-2)...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on June 17, 2023: Mars lacrosse, Shaler volleyball go for gold
The final day of the 2022-2023 high school sports season got a little busier after wet weather led to the postponement of five state baseball and softball games Friday. Check out our front page for previews of the two PIAA championship games involving WPIAL teams: Shaler softball in 5A and...
Highlands’ Reigard, Fox Chapel’s Katz, Kiski Area honored with Positive Athlete awards
Each year, Positive Athlete Western Pennsylvania seeks out those high school student-athletes who are making a difference in the arena of their chosen sport and also in the classroom and in their community. The Alle-Kiski Valley is home to many of those whose goal it is to make where they...
Historic year for Union girls ends with loss to Tri-Valley in PIAA softball championship game
UNIVERSITY PARK – A historic softball season — and a historic year for Union girls athletics in general — came to an end Friday afternoon as the Scotties lost the PIAA Class A softball championship game to Tri Valley, 6-3, at Penn State’s Beard Field. The Scotties (20-4) were appearing...
After title game loss, Hempfield vows to ‘come out on fire next year’
UNIVERSITY PARK — As Hempfield players made their way through the outfield and back to their waiting charter bus early Thursday evening, they took one last panorama of Beard Field at Nittany Lion Softball Park. As they left Penn State, they could have chanted, “We Are!” As in, “We Are!”...
Due to rainy weather, PIAA postpones Mt. Lebanon baseball, Shaler softball title games
Due to rainy weather in the forecast, the PIAA has postponed until tomorrow five of the six baseball and softball championship games scheduled for Friday. The one game that will go on as scheduled Friday will see Class A WPIAL champion Union (20-3) take on Tri Valley (23-2) at 11...
Mars hires Cornell assistant from Oakmont as new girls basketball coach
Mars has reached into the college ranks for its next girls basketball coach. Zack Stitt, who was an assistant coach with Cornell’s women’s team last season, was named new head coach of the Fightin’ Planets’ girls basketball team, the school announced Thursday. Stitt replaces longtime Mars coach Dana Petruska, who...
High school, scores, summaries and schedules for June 15, 2023
High schools Baseball PIAA championships Class 6A Championship Friday’s schedule Father Judge (17-1) vs. Mt. Lebanon (16-10) at Penn State, 4:30 p.m. Class 5A Championship Thursday’s schedule Shaler 9, Strath Haven 8 Class 4A Championship Friday’s schedule Bellefonte (19-5) vs. Dallas (17-7) at Penn State, 1:30 p.m. Class 3A Championship...
WPIAL slayer Bellefonte among teams chasing PIAA titles Friday
Five more state champions will be crowned on the diamonds of Penn State University on Saturday. Check out our front page for previews of the two PIAA championship games involving WPIAL teams: Shaler softball in 5A and Mt. Lebanon baseball in 6A. There are three others state title games set...
Shaler erases 5-run deficit, celebrates PIAA title with walk-off win
UNIVERSITY PARK — Starting pitcher Derek Leas lasted only nine batters before his coach pulled him from the mound, but this state championship will be remembered for its improbable comebacks. In fact, this one was so unpredictable that Leas was the game’s starter, closer and winning pitcher. And that wasn’t...
PIAA Class A softball championship preview: Union vs. Tri Valley
This is the sixth season the PIAA has hosted six state championship softball games. The WPIAL is sending four teams to the state softball championships at Penn State, including Union in Class A. The PIAA Class A final has not been kind to WPIAL teams. Since Class A was formed...
Hempfield sophomore pitcher Riley Miller stands tall in PIAA finals defeat
UNIVERSITY PARK — She’s cool. She’s calm. She’s collected. Hempfield sophomore pitcher Riley Miller has been in a lot of tough situations, going against a lot of outstanding pitchers during her two-year career, and has stood tall. Even though Hempfield lost to North Penn, 1-0, in the PIAA Class 6A...
PIAA Class 5A softball championship preview: Shaler vs. Northern York
This is the sixth season the PIAA has hosted six state championship softball games. The WPIAL is sending four teams to the state softball championships at Penn State, including Shaler in Class 5A. This is the fifth straight year that one of the 5A softball participants is from the WPIAL....
PIAA Class 6A baseball championship preview: Mt. Lebanon vs. Father Judge
This is the sixth season the PIAA has hosted six state championship baseball games. The WPIAL is sending three teams to the state baseball championships at Penn State, including Mt. Lebanon in Class 6A. The WPIAL is 1-1 in 6A state baseball title games. Canon-McMillan beat Bensalem, 10-3, to win...
Freeport teammates Madyson Kirsch, Rowan Wible make big impact in PIHL girls league
Madyson Kirsch familiarized herself with the new PIHL girls league last June when she and her father, Jim, attended the inaugural championship game at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry Township. It helped spark her desire to be part of the league’s return this spring. “From there, I knew I...
Hempfield can’t crack North Penn ace in 1-0 PIAA championship game loss
UNIVERSITY PARK — Walled off by a gifted pitcher and unable to manufacture offense with runners on base, Hempfield lost a state softball championship for the first time. Happy Valley wasn’t very for the Spartans, who finally met their match in the PIAA tournament. “We didn’t get that big hit...
