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High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 28, 2025
High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 3A Wednesday’s results Championship Riverside 1, Quaker Valley 0 Third place South Park 4, Mohawk 3 Class 2A Wednesday’s results Championship Freedom 1, OLSH 0 Third place Riverview 2, Laurel 0 Class A Wednesday’s results Championship Serra Catholic 9, Carmichaels 0 Third place Eden...
High school roundup for May 28, 2025: South Park takes 3rd place in Class 3A baseball
Winning pitcher Cooper Hochendoner hit the go-ahead two-run triple in the bottom of the fourth inning to lead No. 5 South Park to a 4-3 victory over No. 11 Mohawk in the WPIAL Class 3A baseball third-place game Wednesday. Ryan Spitznagel singled and doubled and Andrew Mittleider had two hits...
Hare Medal: Riverside pitcher throws perfect game vs. Quaker Valley in WPIAL 3A championship gameVideo
Zach Hare was chasing a WPIAL title, while also knowing that folks were marveling at his no-hit streak. The Riverside senior hadn’t allowed a hit in almost two weeks, a dominant stretch of pitching that upped the pressure Hare was feeling as he warmed up Wednesday for the finals. But...
Strong pitching, clutch hits keep season alive for Riverview with 3rd-place win over Laurel
WASHINGTON — With its season on the line, the Riverview baseball team stood tall against Laurel in a WPIAL Class 2A third-place game Wednesday afternoon at Washington & Jefferson’s Ross Memorial Park. Raiders sophomore pitcher Lukas Duncan again was effective in a complete-game effort, and Riverview got just enough offense...
2025 WPIAL Class 3A softball championship breakdown: South Park vs. Mohawk
No. 1 South Park vs. No. 2 Mohawk Noon Thursday at Lilley Field, Cal (Pa.) On the air: Audio: Trib HHSN: Video NFHS Network WPIAL titles: South Park 1 (2003), Mohawk 1 (2024) South Park (20-0) Coach: RJ Matetic Projected starting lineup 21, Kylie Mettrick, CF, Sr. 13, Sydney Dubyak,...
Freedom outduels OLSH to win 1st WPIAL 2A championship
Second-seeded Our Lady of the Sacred Heart and No. 8 Freedom entered Wednesday’s WPIAL Class 2A championship game at EQT Park in Washington looking to win their first WPIAL baseball title. They had both been to the title game before, but this time, the lowest seed to make a WPIAL...
Big inning helps Eden Christian top Greensburg Central Catholic in WPIAL Class A consolation game
Eden Christian Academy erupted for five runs in the bottom of the third to cap a nine-run uprising over the first three innings as the Warriors cruised to a 10-2 victory in the WPIAL Class A third-place consolation baseball game Wednesday afternoon against Greensburg Central Catholic at Washington & Jefferson’s...
Tyler Skaggs tosses no-hitter to give Serra Catholic its 5th WPIAL baseball titleVideo
Tyler Skaggs threw a no-hitter in the WPIAL Class A championship game to lead Serra Catholic past Carmichaels, 9-0, on Wednesday at EQT Park in Washington. Skaggs became the third pitcher in three straight years to throw a no-hitter in the district finals and the second Eagles hurler and sixth...
Rain forces WPIAL to postpone softball championship games to Thursday
Wet weather forced the WPIAL to postpone Wednesday’s scheduled softball championships by a day and move them away from Cal (Pa.). Rain initially led the WPIAL to delay start times for the Class 4A, 5A and 6A finals while trying to wait out the rain Wednesday at Lilley Field. But...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 27, 2025
High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Tuesday’s results Championship Seneca Valley 1, Norwin 0 Class 5A Tuesday’s results Championship Shaler 5, Pine-Richland 2 Third place Bethel Park 17, Peters Township 2 Class 4A Tuesday’s results Championship Indiana 4, Elizabeth Forward 2 Third place Central Valley 7, Belle Vernon 3...
Big inning carries Central Valley past Belle Vernon into Class 4A state playoffs
Central Valley shrugged off an early deficit in the WPIAL Class 4A third-place game Tuesday and rallied past Belle Vernon, 7-3, to earn a spot in the state playoffs. Parker Lind was cruising for the Leopards, who held a 3-1 lead, but once the Kent State recruit came out of...
Westmoreland County softball notebook: Hempfield, Penn-Trafford title games delayed to Thursday, moved
Hempfield and Penn-Trafford will play for WPIAL softball championships a day later than expected — at different sites. Both are scheduled to play Thursday after rainouts Wednesday at Cal (Pa.). Now, top-seeded Hempfield (20-1) will take on No. 2 Seneca Valley (16-3) at 11 a.m. at Norwin in the 6A...
After aces duel to draw, Shaler downs Pine-Richland in 8 innings to win WPIAL 5A crownVideo
Shaler’s Colby Weber and Pine-Richland’s Keegan Deihl waged a pitchers’ duel in the WPIAL finals, but this one was decided only after the two aces ran out of pitches. The game belonged to the bullpens, and Shaler won that battle. Three Pine-Richland relievers combined to allow four walks, a single,...
High school roundup for May 27, 2025: Elizabeth Forward softball blasts its way into state playoffs
Aubri Cimba singled, doubled and drove in three runs as top-seeded Elizabeth Forward pounded out 14 hits in five innings and defeated No. 6 Beaver, 11-1, in the Class 4A softball third-place game to claim the WPIAL’s final spot in the PIAA playoffs Tuesday. Addy Nigut tripled and drove in...
2025 WPIAL Class 5A softball championship breakdown: Penn-Trafford vs. Shaler
WPIAL Class 5A softball final No. 1 Penn-Trafford vs. No. 2 Shaler 3:30 p.m. Thursday at North Allegheny On the air: Audio: Trib HSSN; Video: NFHS Network WPIAL titles: Penn-Trafford 0; Shaler 3 (2014, ’05, 1982) Penn-Trafford (20-2) Coach: Denny Little Projected starting lineup 18, Rilie Moors, LF, Jr. 32,...
Charlie Manzi’s walk-off homer lifts Indiana to 1st WPIAL baseball titleVideo
Charlie Manzi came through in the clutch and paid the price for it. The Indiana junior third baseman smashed an opposite field walk-off homer in the bottom of the 11th inning Tuesday evening to lead the top-seeded Little Indians to a 4-2 victory over No. 3 Elizabeth Forward in the...
Westmoreland high school baseball playoff preview capsule for May 28, 2025
Class A Third-place game Greensburg Central Catholic (18-3) vs. Eden Christian (15-5) Noon Wednesday at Ross Memorial Park, Washington & Jefferson What’s at stake: Both teams have qualified for the PIAA playoffs. For state seeding purposes, the winner is the third-place team from the WPIAL, while the loser is fourth....
Trip to state playoffs on the line when Riverview baseball takes on Laurel in 3rd-place game
Eli DeVita is ready to do whatever he can to help make sure Wednesday’s WPIAL Class 2A third-place consolation is not his final high school game. “We know Laurel is a playoff team and they made it as far as we did,” said DeVita of the No. 12 Spartans who...
2025 WPIAL Class 6A softball championship breakdown: Hempfield vs. Seneca Valley
WPIAL Class 6A softball final No. 1 Hempfield vs. No. 2 Seneca Valley 11 a.m. Thursday at Norwin On the air: Audio: Trib HSSN; Video: NFHS Network WPIAL titles: Hempfield 8 (2023, ‘19, ‘18, ‘17, ‘16, ‘15, ‘09, 1998); Seneca Valley 4 (2024, ’22, 1999, ’92) Hempfield (20-1) Coach: Tina...
Seneca Valley shuts out Norwin for 5th WPIAL baseball titleVideo
Seneca Valley claimed its fifth WPIAL baseball title by winning an old-fashioned pitcher’s duel. Seneca Valley pitchers Ryan Rebholz and Luis Torrenegra combined on a two-hit shutout, and the Raiders claimed their first championship since 2014 with a 1-0 victory against Norwin on Tuesday at EQT Park in Washington. Rebholz...
‘A perfect championship game scenario’: Top seeds Penn-Trafford, Shaler to battle for 5A title
A thunderstorm bears down on Harrison City, and heavy rain pelts the roof of an unassuming maintenance building inside Warrior Stadium. The big bangs keep coming every few seconds, but they aren’t just from thunder. The Penn-Trafford softball team’s bats are clapping softballs off nets inside their makeshift “hitting center”...
2025 WPIAL Class A baseball championship breakdown: Serra Catholic vs. Carmichaels
WPIAL Class A baseball final No. 1 Serra Catholic vs. No. 6 Carmichaels 11 a.m. Wednesday, EQT Park, Washington On the air: Audio: Trib HSSN; Video: NFHS Network WPIAL titles: Serra Catholic 4 (2022, ‘16, ‘10, ‘09), Carmichaels 3 (2008, ‘05, ‘03) Serra Catholic (19-3) Coach: Brian Dzurenda Projected starting...
Seneca Valley, Hempfield again set for championship clash in Class 6A
Ace pitcher Lexie Hames still remembers watching the softball sail out of the park. Two years ago, Hempfield’s Mia Bandiermonte launched a game-winning home run off her in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the Spartans to a 2-1 victory over Seneca Valley in the WPIAL Class 6A...
2025 WPIAL Class 3A baseball championship breakdown: Riverside vs. Quaker Valley
WPIAL Class 3A baseball final No. 1 Riverside vs. No. 7 Quaker Valley 5 p.m. Wednesday, EQT Park, Washington On the air: Audio: Trib HSSN; Video: NFHS Network WPIAL titles: Riverside 6 (2023, ‘17, ‘16, ‘11, ‘06, 1996), Quaker Valley 1 (1984) Riverside (16-2) Coach: Dan Oliastro Projected starting lineup...
2025 WPIAL Class 2A baseball championship breakdown: OLSH vs. Freedom
WPIAL Class 2A baseball final No. 2 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart vs. No. 8 Freedom 2 p.m. Wednesday, EQT Park, Washington On the air: Audio: Trib HSSN; Video: NFHS Network WPIAL titles: OLSH 0, Freedom 0 OLSH (15-7) Coach: Phil McCarren Projected starting lineup 8, Bruno Williams, C,...
