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Trib 10: Baseball power rankings shaken up despite poor week of weather
Sometimes, building the Trib 10 rankings puzzle is like pulling teeth, while other times, the pieces all fall into place. Both were the case this week, even though there weren’t a lot of district games played due to cold temps and rainy weather. For the third week in a row,...
Leechburg softball team proud to uphold playoff streak
Anna Cibik found herself in an unfamiliar position last week. The Leechburg senior starting pitcher, also one of the leading hitters for the playoff-bound Blue Devils, exacerbated an existing foot injury during her team’s Section 3-1A win over Monessen on April 26 and was held out of the section victory...
Westmoreland County softball notebook: Southmoreland captures elusive section title
Southmoreland has been a playoff regular in recent seasons, and the Scotties won a WPIAL championship in 2018. But, strangely, something has eluded the Scotties softball team for the past two decades: a section title. That changed this season as the team secured at least a tie for the Section...
Close games sharpen Greensburg Central Catholic softball for battles ahead
It’s funny how a regular-season schedule can sometimes balance itself out. Greensburg Central Catholic softball went from winning games that barely lasted four innings to winning some that could have gone to extra innings. It has brought a sense of equilibrium to the third-ranked team in WPIAL Class 2A. A...
Top A-K Valley squads chase WPIAL team track titles
Rain and cold temperatures at the start of May prompted the WPIAL to make changes to the schedule of the Class 3A and Class 2A track and field team championships. The postponements could lead to better performances. Originally set for Tuesday, the meets now will be Thursday, and several Alle-Kiski...
2023 all-state boys basketball team includes 29 WPIAL players
Aquinas Academy’s Vinnie Cugini and Steel Valley’s Makhai Valentine earned all-state player of the year honors Wednesday as two of the most prolific scorers in WPIAL boys basketball. Cugini, who averaged 43.7 points and broke the WPIAL record for career points, was chosen as the player of the year in...
High school roundup for May 2, 2023: Hempfield boys lacrosse earns 1st playoff berth
Cade Horton tied a school record with nine goals as Hempfield defeated Baldwin, 24-1, in Section 1-3A boys lacrosse Tuesday to clinch the first playoff berth in program history. Jake Phillips added seven goals and Logan Wolfe had three for the Spartans. Peters Township 14, Upper St. Clair 12 –...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 3, 2023: Tennis playoffs try to dodge raindrops
Once again, the weather is not playing nice. While nicer days are coming later this week, Wednesday’s forecast is cold and wet again. Thus, barring games played on turf or under a dome, another busy day on the district baseball and softball diamond will need to be rescheduled. However, for...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 2, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Tuesday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Butler at Seneca Valley, ppd. North Allegheny at Pine-Richland, ppd. Section 2 Canon-McMillan at Central Catholic, ppd. Mt. Lebanon at Baldwin, ppd. Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional at Plum, ppd. Section 2 Connellsville at Peters Township, ppd. Trinity at...
Derry boys volleyball to celebrate program’s 50th anniversary with reunion
The Derry boys volleyball program is celebrating its 50th season with a reunion in July. The program, which began in 1974, has been one of the stronger and more consistent teams in the WPIAL. The Trojans have won 19 section titles, been a WPIAL finalists 11 times and won in...
WPIAL team track, boys tennis events postponed Tuesday because of rain
Tuesday’s cold, wet weather led the WPIAL to postpone tennis and team track and field events until later in the week. The first round of the boys and girls team track championships was delayed to Thursday. The meets will remain at the same locations. Most first-round matches in the Class...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 2, 2023: 1st place on the line in boys volleyball
While there are plenty of WPIAL baseball and softball games Tuesday that would be great to discuss, unless schools have a dome or a good snow plow, those games will likely be bumped back until later in the week when we are scheduled to have … get this, May-like weather....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 1, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Monday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Pine-Richland at North Allegheny, ppd. Seneca Valley at Butler, ppd. Section 2 Baldwin at Mt. Lebanon, ppd. Central Catholic at Canon-McMillan, ppd. Hempfield at Norwin, ppd. Class 5A Section 1 Armstrong at Fox Chapel, ppd. Penn-Trafford at Gateway, ppd. Plum...
High school roundup for May 1, 2023: Avonworth baseball blanks Steel Valley
Mason Horwat singled, doubled and drove in a run, Mason Metz had two hits and two RBIs, and three pitchers combined on a four-hit shutout to lead Avonworth (12-4, 8-1) to a 5-0 victory over Steel Valley (2-9, 2-5) in Section 2-3A baseball Monday. Horwat struck out 11 in five...
Trib HSSN softball player of the week for May 1, 2023
Serra Catholic senior Caroline Malandra is a third baseman by trade, but she has had the itch to pitch an inning or two of high school softball before her scholastic career ends. When your star player is leading the district in batting with a .750 average, how can a coach...
Trib HSSN softball team of the week for May 1, 2023
The West Mifflin softball program knows about success. The Titans have won 22 games combined over the last two seasons and reached the WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinals last spring and the district semifinals in 2021. However, you’ll excuse a good portion of the starting lineup for the Titans. This is...
Justin Ferrari’s homer drives Chartiers Valley past West Mifflin
On a less-than-ideal weather day, Chartiers Valley jumped in its Ferrari and cruised to at least a share of the section title. Colts senior Justin Ferrari smacked his first career home run in the top of the eighth, then Chartiers Valley held on in the bottom of the inning to...
West Mifflin softball freezes out Highlands
West Mifflin and Highlands faced off Monday in a key Section 1-4A softball game, but there was an extra opponent each team had to navigate. The elements. Rain, cold temperatures and gusty winds combined to make it feel like March instead of the first day of May, but both teams...
Westmoreland high school notebook: GCC’s Gribble lands Navy offer
Three NCAA Division I college offers and only one year of high school basketball. So goes life for Erica Gribble, the standout freshman at Greensburg Central Catholic who added a third offer over the weekend in the United States Naval Academy. The backcourt standout’s previous offers, which came before she...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Penn-Trafford’s Madison Setzenfand
In some competitions, a third-place finish could be seen as disappointing. When it’s third out of 73 competitors, that’s a different story. That was the case for Penn-Trafford senior Madison Setzenfand, who competed in the discus April 15 at the TSTCA Outdoor Championships at West Mifflin. Her third-place finish was...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Apollo-Ridge’s Jessica Ross
With a strong field of competitors converging on West Mifflin High school, the TSTCA Outdoor Championships on April 15 was one of the highlights of the WPIAL track and field season. It sure was for Apollo-Ridge senior Jessica Ross. “I was super happy with my performance at the TSTCA meet,”...
Freeport Area girls lacrosse continues to find improvement
Freeport Area girls lacrosse mustered two wins this season and is looking for more. Although they have a losing record, their two wins account for a program high for a single season. The Yellowjackets have a young nucleus and continue to be more competitive as the season progresses. The team...
With 2 weeks left, WPIAL boys volleyball teams jockey for positions in section, coaches rankings
Two weeks remain in the WPIAL boys volleyball regular season, and teams in Class 3A and Class 2A are gearing up for the stretch run to the postseason. Shaler and Latrobe remain at the top of their respective classifications in this week’s Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association WPIAL Top-10 polls...
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week for April 30, 2023Video
The week before, North Allegheny senior Andrew Hart was passed up for a start in a Section 1-6A series sweep of Allderdice. Apparently, absence from the hill can make the breaking pitches and the fastball fonder … and harder to hit. The Hart was beating loud and strong for the...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of May 1, 2023
If Mother Nature turns the hose off, we will have key district baseball and softball to kick off a busy month on the diamonds this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN continues our coverage of WPIAL softball and baseball as section action begins to wind...
