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Late, 2-out rally by Blue Mountain denies Montour its 1st PIAA softball title
UNIVERSITY PARK — Montour could taste its first PIAA softball title. The Spartans were four outs away from celebrating, but Blue Mountain had other ideas. The District 11 champions scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, all with two outs, and rallied to defeat the WPIAL runner-up...
Aliquippa outside linebacker Cameron Lindsey stays home, commits to PittVideo
As Cameron Lindsey thanked family, friends, teammates and coaches — all those who had helped him get to the special moment — the soon-to-be Aliquippa senior linebacker, overcome with emotion, paused to collect himself. For Lindsey, a 6-foot-1, 205-pound star outside linebacker, decision day had arrived. In front of a...
Riverside makes history as undefeated PIAA baseball champion
UNIVERSITY PARK — In his 55 years as baseball coach at Riverside, Dan Oliastro has seen quite a bit, but he’d never seen this. Nobody else in the WPIAL had either. Riverside finished off an undefeated season with a state championship win over Camp Hill, 4-0, Thursday in the PIAA...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 14, 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 Strath Haven (22-4) vs. Shaler (22-4) at Penn State, 4:30 p.m. Class 4A Championship Friday’s schedule Bellefonte (19-5) vs. Dallas (17-7) at Penn...
What to watch for in PIAA sports on June 15, 2023: ‘Western’ teams meet for 2A softball, A baseball titles
Twelve state champions will be crowned on the diamonds of Penn State University over the next two days. Check out our front page for previews of the four PIAA championship games Thursday involving WPIAL teams: Hempfield softball in 6A, Montour softball in 4A, Shaler baseball in 5A and Riverside baseball...
PIAA Class 4A softball championship preview: Montour vs. Blue Mountain
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 Montour in Class 4A. Since expansion to six classifications, the WPIAL has had only two teams win PIAA 4A gold: Mt....
PIAA Class 3A baseball championship preview: Riverside vs. Camp Hill
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 Riverside in Class 3A. The Panthers are the first WPIAL team to be playing for the PIAA 3A crown since South...
PIAA Class 5A baseball championship preview: Shaler vs. Strath Haven
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 Shaler in Class 5A. The WPIAL has won three 5A state baseball title games in five years of 5A baseball. Latrobe...
Hempfield to face state’s most dominant ace: North Penn lefty Julia Shearer
A forbidding challenge awaits Hempfield with unbeaten North Penn (27-0), the District 1 champion that features senior ace pitcher Julia Shearer and her ridiculous numbers: 27-0 record, 0.23 ERA, 346 strikeouts and 13 walks in 159 innings. Hempfield (21-3) likely will have to scrape together offense against the left-hander, who...
WPIAL awards streaming rights to NFHS Network; future of free viewing of championships in doubt
High school sports fans likely will have to pay to watch WPIAL football and basketball championships after the league awarded video streaming rights for its playoffs to the NFHS Network. The WPIAL informed Trib Total Media of the decision Wednesday. The network is associated with the National Federation of State...
PIAA Class 6A softball championship preview: Hempfield vs. North Penn
PIAA softball playoffs Class 6A Championship Hempfield (21-3) vs. North Penn (27-0) 4 p.m. Thursday at Beard Field, Nittany Lion Softball Park, Penn State University TV: PCN Tickets: piaa.org (Hometown ticketing) District seeds: Hempfield 7-1; North Penn 1-1 PIAA titles: Hempfield 4 (1999, 2016, ‘17, ‘18); North Penn 4 (1976,...
Hempfield softball notebook: Freshman Lauren Howard scoring runs at record pace
Lauren Howard is as promising a freshman as any Hempfield has put in the starting lineup. The third baseman known as “Lou” already has her name in the program record book. Howard scored two runs in Monday’s semifinal win to break a record shared by Ali Belgiovane (2017) and Laura...
Battery power fuels Hempfield softball on electric run to state finals
If Hempfield wins a fifth PIAA softball championship Thursday at Penn State, it will likely happen in an electric atmosphere. But a win will probably be battery powered. If its four previous state titles are any indication, the pitcher-catcher combo will play a key role for the Spartans (21-3) in...
Plum hires athletic director Drew Karpen away from Highlands
Drew Karpen is Plum Borough School District’s new athletic director and coordinator of student activities following his hiring at the June 13 school board meeting. Karpen served as athletic director and transportation director at Highlands School District. Prior to that, he was an assistant in the North Allegheny athletic department....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 13, 2023
High schools Baseball PIAA championships Class 6A Semifinals Tuesday’s results Father Judge 4, North Penn 1 Mt. Lebanon 7, Cedar Cliff 2 Championship Friday’s schedule Father Judge (17-1) vs. Mt. Lebanon (16-10) at Penn State, 4:30 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Tuesday’s results Strath Haven 2, Greencastle-Antrim 0 Shaler 9, Monsignor...
High school roundup for June 13, 2023: Shaler baseball, volleyball, Mars boys lacrosse heading to state finals
With a trip to the state championship game on the line, the Hershey High School ballpark couldn’t contain the Shaler Titans. Shaler hit four home runs, including three in the second inning, to roll past Bonner Prendergast, 9-3, in the Class 5A semifinals Tuesday. The Titans (13-3) will face Strath...
Mt. Lebanon celebrates Senior Week with win over Cedar Cliff, trip to state finals
Many of Tanner Donati’s classmates traveled to Ocean City, Md., to celebrate their recent high school graduation with a week of sand and sun. He traded that vacation for a trip to Penn State. “It’s been a little tough seeing your friends at the beach,” Donati said. “But if you...
Unflappable Hempfield looks to add to softball program’s championship legacy
Tina Madison looked pensive and anxious as her team hit softballs into nets in a light drizzle Monday at St. Francis (Pa.) University. The Hempfield coach was concerned the downcast weather conditions might affect her team in a PIAA Class 6A semifinal against Cumberland Valley. Truth be told, she wasn’t...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 12, 2023
High schools Baseball PIAA championships Class 6A Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Father Judge (16-1) vs. North Penn (21-5) at Neumann University, 2 p.m.; Cedar Cliff (20-6) vs. Mt. Lebanon (15-10) at Mt. Aloysius, 2 p.m. Championship Friday’s schedule Semifinal winners at Penn State, 4:30 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Strath...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on June 13, 2023: Shaler, Mt. Lebanon try again to earn state final berths
Mother Nature did a great job cooperating through the district baseball and softball postseason and the first two rounds of the state playoffs. That changed on a wet Monday as several statewide baseball and softball games were postponed. They now join PIAA boys volleyball and boys and girls lacrosse semifinals...
Hopewell baseball’s magical playoff run ends in state semifinals
HOMER CITY – Hopewell’s magical baseball season came to an end Monday in the PIAA Class 4A playoffs, one game shy of a trip to State College for the championship game. District 6 champion Bellefonte rallied with a five-run fifth inning to spoil Hopewell’s run, 6-5, at First Commonwealth Bank...
Montour softball makes things happen in PIAA semifinal win over Elizabeth Forward
The Montour softball team doesn’t need much of an opening to make things happen. Elizabeth Forward learned that the hard way as it dropped a 4-1 result to a Spartans team that scored one earned run in the PIAA semifinal matchup Monday at Gateway. “Three unearned runs, you take those...
Union softball team rallies again to make PIAA finals
The Union softball team is working very hard at earning the nickname the Cardiac Kids. For the fourth game in a row, the Scotties fell behind, then rallied not once but twice in the PIAA Class A semifinals to beat District 6 champion Claysburg-Kimmel, 10-8, in a wild battle of...
Hempfield softball surges past Cumberland Valley, advances to Class 6A state final
LORETTO — Hempfield asked for the pregame music to be turned off while it took infield practice Monday after a half-hour rain delay. The Spartans then proceeded to make a lot of noise on the basepaths. Hempfield jumped on District 3 champion Cumberland Valley early and kept the offense coming...
Riverside stays unbeaten, reaches PIAA baseball finals
Riverside baseball coach Dan Oliastro said his group has been a “big-inning team” all year, and he was hoping they could do it one more time. It turned out his Panthers had some more crooked numbers in them, and, combined with outstanding relief pitching from sophomore ace Christian Lucarelli, it...
