4 Pine-Richland field hockey players earn all-state recognition
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Tuesday, December 16, 2025 | 12:00 AM
Pine-Richland’s Anna Merlack works against Mechanicsburg’s Kate Engle during during a PIAA Class 4A playoff game Nov. 5, 2024. (Chaz Palla | TribLive)
Four members of the WPIAL Class 3A field hockey champions were honored by the Pennsylvania High School Field Hockey Coaches Association.
Pine-Richland, which defeated North Allegheny to win the title, had Anna Merlack make the Class 3A second team and three other players — Alyssa Baculik, Kaelin Koehler and Maddy Merlack — earn honorable mention honors.
Ellis School and Peters Township also had girls on the honorable mention lists. Ellis School forward Kate Habershaw was picked in Class A, and Peters Township’s Julia Anderson was chosen in Class 2A.
Paul Schofield is a TribLive reporter covering high school and college sports and local golf. He joined the Trib in 1995 after spending 15 years at the Daily Courier in Connellsville, where he served as sports editor for 14 years. He can be reached at pschofield@triblive.com.
Tags: Ellis School, Peters Township, Pine-Richland
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