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WPIAL clinched: Baseball qualifiers, playoff picture through May 4, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL baseball playoff field is growing and sits at 64 teams with four days left in the regular season. The top four teams in each section qualify for the playoffs with all tied teams advancing if they split their head-to-head meetings. Coverage of the 2025 WPIAL baseball playoffs...
WPIAL clinched: Softball qualifiers, playoff picture through May 4, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL softball playoff field is taking shape and sits at 69 teams with a week left in the regular season. The top four teams in each section qualify for the postseason from Class 5A down. In 6A, the top six teams clinch a WPIAL playoff berth. If there...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for May 5, 2025: Spring sports ramp up playoff push as season winds down
Welcome to the final week of the regular season in WPIAL baseball, softball, lacrosse and boys volleyball. In district baseball, things are tight near the top of Class 5A Sections 1 and 2. In Section 1, while it doesn’t look like there will be a four-way tie for first place...
Veteran coach Gene Brisbane to be honored at Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete banquet
Gene Brisbane has been coaching high school and college athletes since being hired at his alma mater, Hempfield, in 1974. “I was preparing for my first year when the late Bill Abraham called me in and said, ‘Gene, you’re coaching female girls basketball this year.’ I really did not want...
A closer look at 2025 Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete honorees
Winners of the annual Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete Excellence Award, sponsored by Judge Michael Stewart, will be announced at a banquet Wednesday, at Ferrante’s Lakeview. Athletic directors or representatives from the 18 county high schools selected 12 finalists for the award and one male and one female winner. Here are the...
Trib HSSN softball player of the week for May 4, 2025
Trib HSSN softball player of the week — Emersyn Jones School — Knoch Class — Freshman Position — Shortstop, third base, pitcher #Earned — The Saxonburg secret is no more. The Knoch softball program is enjoying great success this spring having clinched the Section 1-4A crown and sitting at 17-1...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of May 5, 2025
We end the spring sports regular season on a wet note as section play wraps up and the postseason begins with a little bracketology later this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have video and audio coverage of WPIAL baseball, softball, boys and girls lacrosse and...
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week for May 4, 2025Video
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week: Ryan Piekutoski School: Seneca Valley Class: Senior Position: Pitcher, third baseman, first baseman #Earned: Coming into the final Section 1-6A series of the regular season, Seneca Valley needed help to catch North Allegheny but also had to win the series against rival Butler...
With college plans set, Meredith Fallgren helps Quaker Valley girls lacrosse make playoff push
Quaker Valley junior Meredith Fallgren landed an early Christmas present last December. Fallgren is a midfielder/defender on the QV girls lacrosse team who four months ago made an early commitment to continue her academic and athletic careers at Christopher Newport University, located in Newport News, Va. “CNU was the first...
Captains help Quaker Valley develop in inaugural flag football season
Quaker Valley is well-versed in the athletic landscape with an array of multi-sport student-athletes in attendance at the Leetsdale high school. The four captains on the QV girls flag football team — freshmen Mia Duckstein (HB/QB/S) and Ava Hajok (C/WR/S), sophomore Maya Sidani (WR/LB) and junior Willa Herman (QB/LB) —...
Quaker Valley boys lacrosse eyes deeper run in WPIAL postseason
Quaker Valley’s boys lacrosse team started out 4-0 this spring before suffering its first loss, a close 6-5 decision to Indiana in mid-April. The Quakers rolled past Canon-McMillan, 11-9; West Allegheny, 20-1; Winchester Thurston, 14-2; and North Catholic, 10-4, in their first four games. Following the Indiana game, QV lost...
Sewickley Academy, Quaker Valley earn seeds for WPIAL team tennis playoffs
The Sewickley Academy boys tennis team has been led again this season by senior Severin Harmon, a four-year starter who plans to attend Dartmouth in the fall. Harmon has been the team’s No. 1 singles player throughout his career. He also competed at the No. 1 position on the QV...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Top track performers rank among WPIAL’s best
Here is a list of some of Penn-Trafford’s top track and field performers and how they rank in the WPIAL this season. The top 24 advance to WPIAL individual championships May 14 at Slippery Rock. Some of the standout performers are Jack McGhee (800, 1600 and 3200), Ekulous Lett and...
Girls flag football could be coming to Penn-Trafford
Is flag football coming to Penn-Trafford? If the powder puff games April 25 were an indication, there is a chance the sport will be sponsored by the school district in the future. It was a test run that was a complete success. “It was a big hit,” Penn-Trafford athletic director...
Gateway’s Dino Nadarevic betters meet record at South Fayette Invitational
For the second year in a row, Dino Nadarevic established a new meet record at the South Fayette Invitational on April 26. The Gateway senior throwing standout won the shot put with a top attempt of 58 feet, 4.5 inches, almost a foot further than the record 57-6 he tallied...
Sewickley Herald notebook: Sewickley Heights hockey player part of championship team
The South Pittsburgh Rebellion 2010 hockey team recently won the 2025 14U Tier 2 MidAm Championship at the Ice Castle. One of the players on the team was Royce Wiegand, a resident of Sewickley Heights. Wiegand and his teammates advanced to the 14U Tier 2 USA Hockey National Championships held...
Herlynn Niepa leads Sewickley Academy athletes at South Fayette Invitational
Sewickley Academy’s track and field program finished with a pair of medalists April 26 at the 2025 South Fayette Invitational. Despite competing in brisk weather conditions, junior Herlynn Niepa placed fourth in the girls high jump event by clearing a height of 4 feet, 11 inches, Niepa also specializes in...
WPIAL puts 19 on all-state boys basketball teams
The WPIAL had 19 boys basketball players earn all-state honors Sunday, and two were voted as the player of the year for their PIAA classifications. Neighborhood Academy senior Courtney Wallace was named as the top player in Class A, and Aliquippa’s Josh Pratt earned the honor for 3A in a...
High school sports scores, schedules for May 3, 2025
High schools Baseball Saturday’s results Nonsection New Castle at Shenango, ppd. Lacrosse Girls Saturday’s result Class 2A Section 2 Chartiers Valley 16, South Fayette 5 Softball Saturday’s results Class 4A Section 2 Elizabeth Forward 8, West Mifflin 1 Nonsection Harbor Creek at Neshannock, ppd. Tennis Boys WPIAL team championships Class...
WPIAL boys volleyball playoff clinchings through May 3, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL boys volleyball regular season has one week left before the district playoffs, and the postseason field currently sits at 17. The top three teams in each section will qualify for the WPIAL playoffs. If ties of two or more teams for a playoff berth cannot be broken...
WPIAL girls lacrosse standings, playoff clinchings through May 3, 2025
Here are the latest WPIAL girls lacrosse standings for the 2025 regular season along with the latest playoff qualifiers through Saturday. The top six teams in each section in both Class 3A and 2A will qualify for the district postseason. Only section records are shown. #-Clinched section championship *-Clinched playoff...
WPIAL boys lacrosse standings, playoff clinchings through May 3, 2025
Here are the latest WPIAL boys lacrosse standings for the 2025 regular season along with the latest playoff qualifiers through Saturday. The top four teams in each section in Class 3A and the top six teams in each section in Class 2A will qualify for the district postseason. Only section...
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Greensburg Central Catholic’s Eva Denis, Ligonier Valley’s Duncan Foust
Eva Denis School: Greensburg Central Catholic Class: Senior Sport: Track & field Claim to fame: Denis is having a record-breaking season for the Centurions. An NCAA Division I Delaware commit, she broke the stadium record in the 100-meter dash and was named combined MVP at the Westmoreland County Coaches Association...
WPIAL softball rankings: Week ending May 4, 2025
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Seneca Valley, 14-2, 2 2. Hempfield, 18-1, 1 3. North Allegheny, 12-7, 3 4. Pine-Richland, 12-6, 4 5. Canon-McMillan, 10-8, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Penn-Trafford, 15-1, 1 2. West Allegheny, 13-4, 5 3. Shaler, 12-4, 3 4. North Hills, 14-3, 4...
WPIAL baseball rankings: Week ending May 4, 2025
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny, 12-6, 1 2. Seneca Valley, 11-6, 3 3. Canon-McMillan, 13-5, 4 4. Norwin, 12-7, 2 5. Butler, 10-7, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Shaler, 12-4, 1 2. Pine-Richland, 15-2, 2 3. Plum, 15-2, 3 4. Bethel Park, 14-4, 5 5....
