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Indiana works out of 1 last jam, beats Montoursville for PIAA title
UNIVERSITY PARK — Indiana built some breathing room early in Friday’s PIAA Class 4A baseball championship game against District 4 titlist Montoursville at Penn State’s Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. But when a four-run lead was whittled down to one, and the Warriors loaded the bases with no outs in...
16 WPIAL girls lacrosse players honored as All-Americans, academic all-Americans
Seventeen WPIAL girls lacrosse players and one coach were recognized by USA Lacrosse this week with postseason honors. Eight were named all-American, eight were academic all-Americans and Hempfield senior Heather Harshman was named the Jackie Pitts award winner, which recognizes players who go above and beyond in service to their...
Faith Christian stops Freedom’s surprise playoff run in state title game
UNIVERSITY PARK - It was not the start Freedom hoped for Friday morning in the PIAA Class 2A baseball championship game against District 1 champion Faith Christian at Penn State’s Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. The Lions collected three hits and took advantage of a pair of Bulldogs errors in...
Union blasts its way to 1st PIAA softball championship
All throughout the postseason, Union softball has been the home team. When the Scotties finally got the chance to bat first and set the tone of the game, they took advantage. Union scored six runs in the first and six more in the sixth inning to defeat Northeast Bradford, 12-2,...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 12, 2025
High schools Baseball PIAA tournament Championships At Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, Penn State Class 6A Friday’s schedule North Penn (22-5) vs. Cedar Cliff (20-6), 4:30 p.m. Class 5A Thursday’s results Upper Dublin 8, Shaler 2 Class 4A Friday’s schedule Montoursville (20-4) vs. Indiana (25-1), 1:30 p.m. Class 3A Thursday’s...
Upper Dublin too much for Shaler in PIAA Class 5A final
UNIVERSITY PARK — In the PIAA Class 5A finals two years ago, the Shaler baseball team made an epic comeback from down five runs to stun Strath Haven and claim the program’s second state championship. The Titans hoped for some similar magic Thursday evening after they dug themselves a six-run...
Fox Chapel’s Harran Zureikat, nation’s top-ranked kicker, commits to Georgia
Fox Chapel’s Harran Zureikat, the No. 1-ranked kicker in the country by Kohl’s Kicking Camps, made a verbal commitment Thursday to Georgia. The five-star rising senior chose the Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference over offers from Pitt, Penn State, Akron, Boston College and Maryland. He received the offer from Georgia...
Unbeaten in state title games, Riverside tops Mount Carmel for program’s 6th PIAA crown
UNIVERSITY PARK - Riverside baseball is on top of the PIAA mountain once again. The Panthers weathered a late-inning storm from District 4 champion Mount Carmel in Thursday’s Class 3A baseball championship game at Penn State’s Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Riverside played small ball and pushed across two runs...
PIAA Class 4A baseball championship preview: Indiana vs. Montoursville
For two decades, the PIAA has crowned a state champion in Class 4A. The first 4A state champion was Penn Manor from District 3 in 2005. Since then, five teams from District 7 have won state championships in Class 4A. Seneca Valley was the first to do it in 2007....
PIAA Class 2A baseball championship preview: Freedom vs. Faith Christian
The PIAA has been deciding a champion in Class 2A baseball for more than 45 years. The first 2A baseball state champion was West Perry from District 3 in 1979. WPIAL teams have captured 12 PIAA 2A crowns with Riverside leading the way with four. Others from District 7 to...
PIAA Class A softball championship preview: Union vs. Northeast Bradford
There have been 25 PIAA Class A softball champions crowned since Minersville from District 11 won the inaugural classification championship in 1999. The first WPIAL team to win a PIAA Class A title was Vincentian Academy in 2008. Since then, District 7 teams have won three state crowns with Chartiers-Houston...
Eden Christian falls short to Southern Fulton in PIAA Class A baseball final
STATE COLLEGE – For the third time since 2021, Eden Christian Academy fell short of hoisting its first PIAA baseball championship trophy after falling to Southern Fulton, 14-3, on Thursday at Penn State’s Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. The Warriors (19-6) had one goal in mind — finishing the job...
Neshannock repeats as undefeated PIAA Class 2A softball champion
While the opponent was the same as a year prior, Neshannock softball faced a challenge they had not seen often during this season — a deficit. But the same as a year ago, a big inning for the Lancers broke open the game en route to a Neshannock championship. Neshannock’s...
PIAA Class 5A softball state championship preview: Penn-Trafford vs. Greencastle-Antrim
Class 5A Penn-Trafford (23-3) vs. Greencastle-Antrim (22-3) 4 p.m. Friday at Beard Field at Nittany Lion Softball Park, Penn State District-place: Penn-Trafford 7-2; Greencastle-Antrim 3-3 PIAA titles: Penn-Trafford 1 (2019); Greencastle-Antrim 1 (2009) Road to State College: Penn-Trafford — Defeated 6-1 Central Mountain, (3-2), 3-1 Red Land (6-5) and 7-3...
Penn-Trafford playoff run wakes up the echoes of 2019 state championship team
Former Penn-Trafford outfielder Brooke Cleland recalls catching the final out at Beard Field and squeezing her glove around the softball. It was like time stopped for a millisecond. Then, in a rush of emotion and noise unlike anything she and her teammates had ever experienced, it became official: The Warriors...
Central Catholic linebacker Colsen Gatten picks Duke
Central Catholic linebacker Colsen Gatten, one of the top players in WPIAL football’s Class of ‘26, will play his college ball at Duke. The 6-foot-1½, 220-pound rising senior announced his commitment Wednesday on social media. Gatten had 51 tackles and three interceptions for the WPIAL Class 6A champs last season....
Aliquippa school board votes to oust championship basketball coach Nick Lackovich after all
Four-time WPIAL champion boys basketball coach Nick Lackovich is out at Aliquippa after all. In the conclusion of a three-week saga, the Aliquippa school board voted 5-4 on Wednesday night not to renew the contract of Lackovich, who also led the Quips to a pair of PIAA championships. On May...
PIAA Class 5A baseball championship game preview: Shaler vs. Upper Dublin
This will be the eighth season the PIAA has hosted a Class 5A baseball championship. Four of the previous seven winners were from the WPIAL. Latrobe was the first champion crowned in 2017. Bethel Park won back-to-back state gold in 2021-2022 and Shaler won the 5A title two years ago...
PIAA Class 3A baseball championship game preview: Riverside vs. Mount Carmel
The PIAA has been deciding a champion in Class 3A baseball for nearly a half-century. The first 3A baseball state champion was Hatboro-Horsham from District 1 in 1977. The second winner in 1978 was Penn Hills from the WPIAL. There have been 14 Class 3A state champs from the WPIAL...
PIAA Class 2A softball championship game preview: Neshannock vs. South Williamsport
The first PIAA Class 2A softball champion was crowned 46 years ago when Minersville from District 11 won the 1979 championship. The first WPIAL team to win a 2A softball state title was 10 years later when Sto-Rox captured the 1989 crown. Five years later, Central Columbia became the first...
PIAA Class A baseball championship game preview: Eden Christian vs. Southern Fulton
There have been 25 PIAA Class A baseball champions crowned since Camp Hill from District 3 won the inaugural classification championship in 1999. Since then, there have been five state Class A champions from the WPIAL, including Vincentian Academy twice (2016 and 2018), Serra Catholic (2011), Neshannock (2004) and Greensburg...
Multiple heroes have Penn-Trafford on brink of 2nd state softball title
If you hit, you play. That is Denny Little’s mantra for the Penn-Trafford softball team, and the ninth-year coach has an abundance of talented hitters to pencil onto his lineup card. “You take your nine best hitters, and you find a place for them,” Little said, not giving away any...
Southmoreland quarterback Anthony Smith transfers to Seton LaSalle
Rising sophomore quarterback Anthony Smith is leaving Southmoreland after a record-breaking first season. Smith, who became the second freshman in WPIAL history to pass for more than 2,000 yards last fall, has enrolled at Seton LaSalle. He was with the Rebels on Wednesday for a 7-on-7 workout at Woodland Hills....
5 WPIAL baseball teams to play for PIAA championships
Last year, WPIAL teams were shut out of the PIAA baseball gold rush. District 7 had two teams win state crowns in each of the previous three years. Buckle up, as five WPIAL teams — including four of district champions — are trying to capture gold this week at Penn...
3 WPIAL teams advance to PIAA softball finals
The 2025 WPIAL softball championship games are set for Thursday and Friday at Nittany Lion Softball Park at Penn State University. Only one defending champion is back in an effort to repeat, and is part of the only title game rematch from 2024. Undefeated Neshannock looks to not only repeat,...
