Baseball
Gateway caps roller coaster season with playoff loss to Mars
May 23, 2021
As the No. 8 and No. 9 seeds in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A baseball playoffs, Mars and Gateway were expected to play a close and competitive game.
Sewickley Academy baseball hoping to build on 1st playoff appearance in 3 years
Coming into this season, players on the Sewickley Academy baseball team wanted to change how they were perceived.
Late-season winning streak gives Penn Hills baseball hope for future
Anthony Scuilli thought the season finale was a good representation of this year’s Penn Hills baseball team.
Avonworth baseball rolls past Valley in WPIAL Class 3A quarters
May 22, 2021
Second-seeded Avonworth used a five-run fourth inning to pull away for a 9-1 victory over No. 7 Valley in the WPIAL 3A baseball quarterfinals Saturday at North Allegheny.
Hempfield baseball survives up-and-down inning, stops Central Catholic
No matter how far this playoff runs goes, Hempfield will remember that nerve-racking yet fun-filled fifth inning from the quarterfinals when the Spartans turned a negative into a positive.
McGuffey baseball beats Derry in WPIAL quarters
McGuffey’s historic baseball season continued Saturday afternoon in the WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinals.
High school roundup for May 22, 2021: Clement brothers lead Butler past Mt. Lebanon
Madden Clement tossed a complete-game three-hitter while his brother, Mattix, went 3 for 4 with two RBIs to lead No. 5 Butler to a 5-1 victory over No. 4 Mt. Lebanon in the WPIAL Class 6A baseball quarterfinals Saturday.
Jake Bazala’s strong outing helps Norwin down Seneca Valley in WPIAL Class 6A quarterfinals
After the baseball season is over, Jake Bazala plans to cut his long, auburn-colored locks and donate them to a good cause.
Franklin Regional tops Mars in suspended Class 5A playoff game
A WPIAL Class 5A baseball quarterfinal between top-seeded Franklin Regional (17-1) and No. 8 Mars (13-7) that started Friday night had to be finished Saturday afternoon after a bank of lights went out at North Allegheny.
George Guido: Fox Chapel hall welcomes new class
A person who showed leadership skills during his high school years and parlayed that into a 6-1/2 year tenure as an Army Ranger will be among six inductees at this year’s Fox Chapel Area School Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet.
Top-seeded Hopewell defeats Deer Lakes in WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinals
Heading into its WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinal matchup against top-seeded Hopewell, the Deer Lakes baseball team knew it had a big challenge.
Franklin Regional baseball works to ‘flush’ late-season loss
For Franklin Regional baseball coach Bobby Saddler and his players, it must have been like having the theme from “Psycho” pierce their ears.
Shady Side Academy baseball looks to future after bounce-back season
Two years ago, the Shady Side Academy baseball team won less than 30% of its games, including two of 12 section matchups. But after a year off because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Bulldogs completely flipped the script.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 22, 2021: Storied programs meet in 6A baseball
May 21, 2021
Central Catholic faces Hempfield, Mt. Lebanon meets Butler, and Norwin battles Seneca Valley in three of the four Class 6A quarterfinals baseball games slated for Saturday afternoon.
Franklin Regional-Mars game suspended when lights go out at North Allegheny
A power failure in the left field light tower at North Allegheny’s baseball field forced Friday’s Class 5A WPIAL quarterfinal between top-seeded Franklin Regional and No. 8 Mars to be suspended with the score tied 5-5 with two outs in the top of the fifth inning.
Upper St. Clair baseball downs Canon-McMillan in another come-from-behind win
Just call them the Cardiac Cats.
High school roundup for May 21, 2021: Serra Catholic tops Laurel in pitchers’ duel
Nico Eremic led off the bottom of the seventh inning with a triple and scored on a Michael Schanck groundout to lead No. 4 Serra Catholic to a 1-0 victory over No. 5 Laurel in a WPIAL Class 2A baseball quarterfinal pitchers’ duel Friday afternoon.
Penn-Trafford baseball team rallies from 5-0 deficit, but West Allegheny wins on walk-off walk
After trailing by five runs in the first inning, Penn-Trafford worked its way into a lead and needed three more outs to record a Class 5A quarterfinal win.
Alle-Kiski Valley WPIAL baseball playoff capsules for May 22, 2021
Today’s Games
Sophomore’s clutch hit carries Bethel Park past Shaler into Class 5A baseball semifinals
Some might consider Bethel Park sophomore John Chalus the little brother of a Division I baseball recruit, but he certainly wasn’t overshadowed Friday.
