High school roundup for March 23, 2024: Pine-Richland hockey wins state title in OT

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Saturday, March 23, 2024 | 9:35 PM


Josh Lanyard completed a hat trick to tie the score with the goalie pulled with 1:37 to play and AJ Verszyla netted the game-winner in overtime as Pine-Richland rallied to defeat LaSalle College, 5-4, in the Pennsylvania Cup Class 3A finals Saturday.

It’s the fourth state title for Pine-Richland, its first since 2019.

Colten Andrighetti also scored and Cullen Campbell had three assists for the Rams, who jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second period.

Alistair St. Hilaire had a goal and an assist for LaSalle College.

Pennridge 7, Thomas Jefferson 5 – Shand Dachowski and James Rush each had two goals and an assist to lead Pennridge to the Class 2A Pennsylvania Cup title.

Kevin Pico had a goal and three assists for Pennridge, which scored twice in the last nine minutes of the second period to take the lead for good.

Nathan Weiss and Scott Allan had a goal and an assist apiece and Jacob Stock, Lucas Blose and Liam Mahoney also scored for Thomas Jefferson, which took a 2-0 lead in the first period.

Hershey 4, Chartiers Valley 2 – Hershey scored four unanswered goals, two in the second period and two more in the third, to win the Class A Pennsylvania Cup championship.

Carson Hummer, Blake UmbergerTyler Lucas and Kyle Kloss scored for Hershey.

Noah Callender scored a pair of first-period goals for Chartiers Valley.

Baseball

Avonworth 6, Sidwell Friends 5 – Hunter Blackson tripled, walked three times and scored three times and Mason Metz and Ryan Hetko each drove in two runs to lead Avonworth (1-1).

Grayslake North 15, Chartiers-Houston 5 – Chris Filas and Mitchell Hughes each went 4 for 4 to lead Grayslake North. Aaron Walsh went 3 for 3 and Brady Robaugh drove in two runs for Chartiers-Houston (0-3).

North Hills 10, Avonworth 0 – Same Henc singled and doubled, Logan Hunt had two hits and an RBI and Connor Davis drove in two runs to lead North Hills (2-0). Austin Bakowski and Tristan Weimann combined on a five-inning no-hitter. Brandon Sapolsky doubled for Avonworth (1-1).

West Mifflin 4, Severn 3 – Zane Griffaton went 3 for 4 with a double and an RBI and Justin Dillon pitched four scoreless innings to lead West Mifflin (3-0). Chase Maggio doubled and drove in a run for the Titans.

Softball

Avonworth 3, Vineland (NJ) 0 – Sydney Savatt and Alivia Lantzy combined on a shutout and Lantzy singled, homered and drove in a pair to lead Avonworth (1-1).

Elizabeth Forward 6, Avonworth 4 – Julia Resnik went 2 for 3 with a home run and three RBIs to lead Elizabeth Forward (2-0) to the nonsection win against Avonworth (0-1). Shelby Telegdy doubled twice and drove in a run and also picked up the win on the mound, striking out five in four innings.

Moore Catholic (NY) 6, Jefferson-Morgan 3 – Jordan Felci struck out 11 as Moore Catholic (NY) defeated Jefferson-Morgan (0-2) in Myrtle Beach. Emilee Bazzoli struck out six for Jefferson-Morgan.

West Allegheny wins three – West Allegheny (4-0) swept three games in Myrtle Beach. In an 11-3 win over Stevenson, Averi Zdinak singled, doubled and drove in three and Eliana Vicari-Baker had a single, triple and two RBIs. In a 16-0 win over Dublin Jerome, Aubrey Police doubled and homered and drove in three and Ava Benish singled, tripled and plated three. In an 11-9 win over Dublin Coffman, Police tripled, homered and drove in five runs.

West Mifflin 4, Serra Catholic 0 – Rylie Dobnak threw a one-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts to lead West Mifflin (2-1) to a nonsection win. Aubrey Jaskulski doubled and tripled and Adlee Salopek doubled and drove in a pair for the Titans. Maria Goldman had a hit for Serra Catholic (0-1).

Boys volleyball

North Allegheny tournament — District 3’s Central York, a PIAA semifinalist from last season, defeated the host Tigers in the finals of the North Allegheny tournament.Ambridge, Canon-McMillan, North Catholic, Penn-Trafford and Peters Township advanced to the quarterfinals. Canon-McMillan made the semifinals.

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