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Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week for May 31, 2021
May 31, 2021
Most coaches are worried about team rust if they go 10 to 14 days between games. Union went nearly a month between baseball games.

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Pennsylvania blanks Maryland in annual Big 33 football game
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania defeated Maryland, 20-0, in the 64th Annual Big 33 Classic on Monday afternoon at Central Dauphin Middle School.

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Hempfield shortstop Christian Zilli drives in two runs with a double against Central Catholic during a WPIAL Class 6A quarterfinal on May 22, 2021, at West Mifflin High School.
Zilli leads Hempfield into WPIAL Class 6A baseball championship game
Dinner time at the Zilli house used to turn into a competition, which confirms a couple of things.

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Franklin Regional’s Louie Kegerreis gives up a thumbs up to the dugout after driving in two run against Latrobe on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, at Haymaker Field in Murrysville.
Kegerreis swinging hot bat as Franklin Regional heads into WPIAL baseball final
Louie Kegerreis is seeing the baseball better than he has all year, but he isn’t just laser-focused on incoming pitches.

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Riverview junior Vince Shook throws a pitch during a game against Sewickley Academy on April 27.
WPIAL Class A baseball championship preview: Riverview vs. Union
4-Union (10-5) vs. 7-Riverview (11-6)

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Bethel Park pitcher Eric Chalus delivers against West Allegheny during a WPIAL Class 5A semifinal on Tuesday, May 25, 2021, at Matulevic Field in Shaler.
WPIAL Class 5A baseball championship preview: Franklin Regional vs. Bethel Park
1-Franklin Regional (18-1) vs. 2-Bethel Park (18-3)

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North Allegheny’s Spencer Barnett watches his home run against Butler during a WPIAL Class 6A semifinal on Tuesday, May 25, 2021, at Matulevic Field in Shaler.
WPIAL Class 6A baseball championship preview: Hempfield vs. North Allegheny
1-North Allegheny (19-3) vs. 3-Hempfield (15-7)

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High school sports scores, schedules for May 30, 2021
May 30, 2021
High schools

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Central Valley quarterback Ameer Dudley looks to pass during the WPIAL Class 3A championship game against Elizabeth Forward on Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, at North Allegheny.
Central Valley’s Dudley earns MVP honors at PSFCA East-West all-star football game
Central Valley senior Ameer Dudley capped off his high school career with an MVP performance Sunday afternoon.

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Shortstop Christian Zilli and his Hempfield teammates face North Allegheny in the WPIAL Class 6A championship game Tuesday.
This week on Trib HSSN: Week of May 31, 2021
The final district gold rush of the 2020-21 school year takes place at Wild Things Park in Washington for baseball and Lilly Field at Cal (Pa.) for softball this week, only here on the TribLive High School Sports Network.

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Jeannette girls basketball coach Bill Flow, a Norwin graduate
New Jeannette girls basketball coach admires dedication to program
Bill Flow called the Jeannette girls basketball program “a sleeping giant.”

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Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week: May 31, 2021
While most teams were one or two games into the district postseason last week, Class 4A Beaver was just getting started.

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Highlands’ Jaycee Haidze connects on a pitch during the Rams’ game against Valley on April 5, 2021, in Harrison.
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week: May 31, 2021
All season, the talk in WPIAL Class 4A softball has been the pitching dominance of Kailey Larcinese of Elizabeth Forward and Payton List of Beaver.

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Penn Hills notebook: Young runners shine for Indians track team
Penn Hills only had one athlete qualify for the PIAA Class AAA track and field championships last week, but Indians coach Lee Zelkowitz was pleased with contributions from younger runners as well.

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Pine-Richland’s Gianna Rotelli competes at the WPIAL championships May 19, 2021, at Slippery Rock.
Rotelli’s WPIAL runner-up finish among several meet highlights for Pine-Richland track team
Because of her small stature, Gianna Rotelli feels she is overlooked sometimes when she enters track and field events.

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Gateway boys volleyball players, from left, juniors Gabriel Sha, Gunnar Hayes and Ryan Bozicevic, will return to help form the core of the 2022 Gators squad.
Gateway boys volleyball looks toward future with talented returning lineup
The Gateway boys volleyball team was the underdog as the No. 14 seed when it traveled to Ambridge on May 18 to take on the No. 3 Bridgers, WPIAL champions in 2018 and ’19, in the first round of this year’s Class AA tournament.

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Baldwin’s Lena Barakat won the 800-meter run at the 2021 WPIAL championships.
Baldwin senior peaks at WPIALs, wins gold in 800
Lena Barakat is one of the smaller athletes in the Baldwin girls track and field program.

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Baldwin’s C.J. Lucas took fifth at the pole vault at the 2021 WPIAL championships.
Section title caps successful season for Baldwin boys track
Baldwin’s boys track and field team capped its spring season by winning the Section 6-AAA championship in nail-biting fashion.

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Sewickley Academy’s Jack Wentz works against Quaker Valley’s Bodhi Wilson during their game on May 3, 2021, at Nichol Field.
Sewickley Academy boys lacrosse caps historic season
After a year off because of the coronavirus pandemic and so many unknowns coming into the season, the Sewickley Academy boys lacrosse team entered the campaign with no expectations. And yet the Panthers just completed one of the best seasons in the program’s recent history.

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Quaker Valley’s Jack Gardinier celebrates after scoring against Montour during a WPIAL Class 4A playoff game on May 24, 2021, at Fox Chapel High SChool.
Quaker Valley baseball finishes season strong
When baseball season started in late March, Quaker Valley got off on the wrong foot, losing back-to-back games against eventual Section 2 champion Montour by a combined 10 runs.

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