Sports
Westmoreland high school baseball notebook: Derry hopes to continue riding wave into title game
May 19, 2026
Max Doherty, Cason Long and the rest of the Derry baseball team are trying to put into perspective what they have accomplished.
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Sewickley Academy bumping up to Class 4A as WPIAL announces section alignment for next 2 basketball seasons
Four reigning WPIAL champions will be changing classifications as the WPIAL announced its section alignments for the next two school years Tuesday.
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What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 19, 2026: High-scoring 5A rivals collide
The quarterfinals conclude with four games each in WPIAL 5A and 3A baseball and 5A and 4A softball along with the Class 6A softball semifinals on another busy Tuesday.
High school roundup for May 18, 2026: North Allegheny baseball beats Hempfield in 6A quarters to avenge loss
May 18, 2026
Liam Cooper threw a complete-game three-hitter with four strikeouts and no walks as No. 3 North Allegheny defeated No. 6 Hempfield, 2-0, in the WPIAL Class 6A baseball quarterfinals Monday, avenging a loss to the Spartans in last year’s playoffs.
Western Beaver walks off Bishop Canevin in madcap Class A quarterfinal
The WPIAL Class A quarterfinal between Western Beaver and Bishop Canevin on Monday at Joe Maize Field in Peters Township had everything – hits and strikeouts of course, but also plenty of walks, wild pitches, errors, misplayed fly balls, a 7-6-4 force out and a straight steal of home plate.
Derry tops Hampton to reach WPIAL semis for 1st time since 1984
Many of the Derry baseball players like to spend their free time fishing together.
Norwin baseball mounts wild 7th-inning rally to beat Central Catholic
Norwin took five innings to get a hit and didn’t score after loading the bases with no outs in the bottom of the sixth, but still managed to beat Central Catholic, 4-3, by scoring four runs in the bottom of the seventh of a WPIAL Class 6A quarterfinal Monday night.
Mt. Pleasant softball shakes off sluggish start, rallies past Burrell in WPIAL quarterfinals
When the Class 3A softball playoff bracket was released, Burrell coach Brandon Daughtry glanced ahead and saw that Mt. Pleasant would have nearly two weeks off and thought maybe there would be some rust for them to shake off.
Lukas Duncan’s strong pitching helps Riverview rally, advance to Class 2A semis
Riverview pitcher Lukas Duncan was in pain after his team’s game Monday, the result of being hit by a pitch in his left arm in the sixth inning.
‘This is my game:’ Kingston Krotec leads Hopewell to upset of Valley in Class 4A quarters
The Vikings are rolling. To be clear, that’s the Hopewell Vikings.
Tyler Samide, GCC show no signs of rust in WPIAL quarterfinal win vs. Jefferson-Morgan
It had been 11 days since the Greensburg Central Catholic baseball team played a game.
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