Baseball

Indiana’s Charlie Manzi celebrates as he rounds the bases after hitting a 2-run home run against North Catholic during the WPIAL Class 4A championship game May 29, 2024.
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school baseball rankings for April 23, 2025
April 24, 2025
It may say mid-April on the calendar, but the top high school baseball teams in Pennsylvania are playing like its late May or early June.

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Fox Chapel’s Caroline Grimsley works against Shady Side Academy’s Ananda Minutolo during their game on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, at SSA.
High school roundup for April 23, 2025: Jeannette pitcher racks up stunning 1-day strikeout total
Jeannette’s Grace Stein struck out 33 batters in 14 innings as the Jayhawks swept Greensburg Central Catholic in a Section 3-A softball doubleheader Wednesday.

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Bethel Park’s Matthew Hughes pitches against Moon on Wednesday, April 23, 2025.
Bethel Park gets past Moon for rare 2-game sweep in Section 2-5A baseball
April 23, 2025
Section 2-5A in WPIAL baseball has become the land of the splits.

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Burrell’s Cadyn Crawford (17) celebrates with Stephen Hasson after scoring the tying run during the sixth inning against Freeport on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, at Burrell.
Reliever Ryan Wass shines, Burrell rallies in 6th to defeat rival Freeport
Ryan Wass has been Burrell baseball’s steady shortstop for two seasons. As a relief pitcher, he’s anything but a pushover.

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Canon-McMillan’s Troy Stimpson scores past Hempfield catcher Ian Kovalcik on Wednesday.
Canon-McMillan rides ‘hit train’ to win over Hempfield
Between innings Wednesday, ace pitcher M.J. Maruschak soft-tossed with a teammate behind his team’s dugout to stay loose. It is a tradition he has adopted, along with throwing and catching a medicine ball.

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Hempfield’s Allie Cervola
Trib 10: Baseball power rankings shaken up while softball stays solid
The elite district baseball and softball teams took different courses to the same result this past week with nine of the 10 teams from the latest Trib 10 keeping their spot in the power rankings.

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North Allegheny’s Augie Maslo
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 23, 2025: Section series continue with critical matchups
The mercury throughout the district has risen to the point where the last thing on anybody’s mind is a snowball.

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Pine-Richland’s Sam Heckert drives in a run with a single against Shaler on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Pine.
Pine-Richland puts pressure on Shaler, wins opener of key section series
April 22, 2025
The foul poles on Pine-Richland’s baseball field stand 360 feet from home plate — deeper than those at PNC Park — so there’s a lot of outfield grass to cover.

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Fox Chapel’s Dom Rothmeyer scores past Upper St. Clair goalie Tyler Newton on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Fox Chapel.
High school roundup for April 22, 2025: Thomas Jefferson outslugs Trinity in matchup of softball contenders
Adalina Bracco had two hits and three RBIs to lead Thomas Jefferson to a 12-8 win over Trinity in a matchup of Section 4-5A softball title contenders Tuesday.

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Seneca Valley’s Micah Olayer stands in against North Allegheny on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.
Seneca Valley rallies past North Allegheny, tightens up section race
The North Allegheny baseball team has been living on the edge this season with six section wins in six games by an average margin of victory of 1.66 runs.

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Greensburg Salem’s Dom Rosensteel (8) rounds third and scores a run in the fourth inning against Derry on Tuesday.
Greensburg Salem plays near-perfect game in section win over Derry
Greensburg Salem moved into a second-place tie with Knoch in Section 3-4A on Tuesday by playing an almost-perfect game.

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Leechburg starting pitcher Mason Bertino delivers against Winchester Thurston on Tuesday.
Leechburg’s Mason Bertino contributes to 2nd no-hitter this month in win vs. Winchester Thurston
Two pitchers combined for a no-hitter, and Leechburg’s baseball team moved into sole possession of first place in its WPIAL section with a ninth consecutive victory on Tuesday, 9-3 against visiting Winchester Thurston.

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Plum’s Enzo Mele steals second base past Penn Trafford’s Brayden Stone on April 7, 2025 at Plum High School.
Westmoreland County baseball notebook: Penn-Trafford bolsters resume with nonsection slate
Penn-Trafford is in the thick of the Section 1-5A race, but its nonsection baseball schedule has been beneficial.

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Shaler’s Colby McGuire collides with West Allegheny’s Brock Cornell on April 9.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 22, 2025: Pine-Richland, Shaler square off with 1st place on line
April 21, 2025
Six years ago, these two programs were both crowned 2019 WPIAL baseball champions, one in Class 6A and the other in 5A.

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Penn Hills’ Addison Helsel chases Fox Chapel’s Brinna Hnatow during a rundown Monday.
High school roundup for April 21, 2025: Keara Mangieri belts 3 homers in New Castle win
Pitt recruit Keara Mangieri went 4 for 4 with three home runs and six RBIs to lead New Castle to a 14-3 win over Moniteau in nonsection softball Monday.

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Chartiers Valley takes on Peters Township earlier this season.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for April 21, 2025: Peters Township, Upper St. Clair to clash
April 20, 2025
While the WPIAL baseball schedule is light on the day after Easter, there is a key contest in a section that is looking like many of the roads in the district nowadays — all jammed.

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Plum’s Ryan Lafferty celebrates after an RBI triple against Penn-Trafford on April 7, 2025 at Plum High School.
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week for April 20, 2025
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week: Ryan Lafferty

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Franklin Regional’s Adrianna Martz with a two-run hit against Latrobe Friday, April 4, 2025 at Greater Latrobe High School.
This week on Trib HSSN for week of April 21, 2025
All the eggs have been found (hopefully) and the ears to the solid chocolate bunny have magically disappeared as we hit the second half of section play in various spring sports this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network.

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Chartiers Valley takes on Peters Township in an April 8 game.
Chartiers Valley looking for bats to come alive for playoff push
Five days after Chartiers Valley stopped a three-game losing streak with an 11-5 win that saw the team’s bats come alive against Section 2-5A opponent Peters Township, the Colts dropped an important section game against Moon on April 14.

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Penn-Trafford pitcher Dom Delio delivers against Latrobe during their Section-5A opener March 24,
High school roundup for April 19, 2025: Penn-Trafford picks up win over North Allegheny
April 19, 2025
Dom Delio threw five scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out four, to lead Penn-Trafford to a 9-1 win over North Allegheny in nonsection baseball Saturday.

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