Sports

Hempfield's Maddie Uschock delivers a pitch during a game against Penn Hills on April 12, 2018, at Hempfield.
Hempfield softball overcomes slow start to cruise past Penn Hills
April 12, 2018
Through two innings, No. 1-ranked Hempfield and its 45-game winning streak got tested by a heavy underdog. But then, as has been the case for

Read More...

Hempfield’s DeBone motivated entering track invitational
As the winds gusted across Spartan Stadium on Thursday afternoon, Molly DeBone and her teammates weren't complaining. With temperatures finally reaching the mid-70s, members of

Read More...

Hempfield outslugs Norwin in Section 2-6A win
On an afternoon when the wind was whipping so harshly that it turned routine pop-ups into base hits and deep fly balls into moon-shot home

Read More...

Leechburg's Morgan Pierce celebrates a play with catcher Kristen Knapp (22) during their game against Riverview on Thursday, April 12, 2018 at Riverview Park in Oakmont.
Leechburg softball blanks Riverview for 2nd straight shutout
Having scored 26 runs through the first three games of the season, the Riverview softball team felt pretty good about itself entering Thursday's contest against

Read More...

Freeport's Hunter Turner (25) moves the ball upfield during their game against Knoch on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at Freeport Area High School. Knoch won 15-9.
Freeport boys lacrosse aims to build on success
Freeport senior Braith Kiser knew the Yellowjackets possessed the talent and tactical awareness to compete with the top boys lacrosse teams in the WPIAL, but

Read More...

North Allegheny’s Ayden Owens clears the last hurdle to set a state record and win the gold medal in the Boy's Class AAA 110 hurdles at the PIAA track and field individual championships at Shippensburg University on Saturday, May 27, 2017.
Eight WPIAL athletes to compete at Penn Relays
At least eight athletes from WPIAL schools will participate in the 2018 Penn Relays on April 28-30 at historic Franklin Field in Philadelphia. Heading the

Read More...

Woodland Hills runs onto the playing field prior to their game against Bethel Park on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, at the Wolvarena. Woodland Hills won 28-23.
Woodland Hills football announces 6-game Week Zero event
Woodland Hills and five other WPIAL football teams will take part in a two-day Week Zero event at the Wolvarena this fall. There are six

Read More...

Curtis Bray won the 1987 Gatorade Pennsylvania and National Player of the Year awards for his play on the football field at Gateway High School. He was the first defensive player to win the national award.
Gateway trio among WPIAL Hall of Fame class
Gateway's Terry Smith will be inducted into the WPIAL Hall of Fame alongside two athletes he knows very well. Smith, former Gators teammate Curtis Bray

Read More...

Deer Lakes' Jake McCaskey (27) gets a hit during their game against Freeport on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at Freeport Community Park.
High school scores, summaries, schedules for April 11, 2018
High schools Baseball Wednesday's results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler 10, Shaler 5 North Allegheny 1, Seneca Valley 0 Pine-Richland 6, Central Catholic 2

Read More...

Hempfield's Tommy Katonka scores during the bottom of the sixth inning against Penn-Trafford Wednesday, April 11, 2018, at Hempfield High School.
High school roundup for April 11, 2018: Big inning leads Hempfield past Penn-Trafford
Hempfield picked the perfect time for a big inning in its section opener Wednesday afternoon. Trailing by two runs, the Spartans scored six times in

Read More...

Ringgold's Ryan Varley
Trib HSSN athletes of the week: Ringgold’s Ryan Varley, South Park’s Kaitlyn Morrison
April 11, 2018
Ryan Varley School: Ringgold Sport: Baseball Class: Senior Claim to fame: It had been nine years since Ringgold qualified for the WPIAL baseball playoffs, until

Read More...

Hempfield hosting softball doubleheader in Thursday’s 3 things to watch in high school sports
Thursday is expected to be such a perfect day weather-wise with partly sunny skies and temps rising to the 70's, so let's play two. That

Read More...

Dickton Dominates as Blackhawk Beats Ambridge
For the third straight game, Bree Dickton recorded double-digit strikeouts in leading her team to a 6-1 victory against Ambridge in a Class 4A Section 3 matchup on Wednesday. Dickton recorded twelve strikeouts and scattered six hits in giving up one run to the Bridgers. Dickton also added some punch at the plate with a […]

Read More...

Seneca Valley's Cory Greiner delivers to North Allegheny's Ben Surman, who later had the game's lone RBI in a Section 1-6A baseball game April 11, 2018, at Seneca Valley.
North Allegheny baseball edges Seneca Valley in Section 1 showdown
Over the last 15 years, North Allegheny and Seneca Valley have combined for seven WPIAL baseball crowns. On Thursday, less than 24 hours after both

Read More...

Freeport softball scores 8 runs in 7th to rally past rival Burrell
For the second time in as many days, the Freeport softball team rallied late to pick up a Section 1-3A victory. On Tuesday, the Yellowjackets

Read More...

Hempfield pitcher Maddie Uschock high-fives Samantha Kline during their game against Norwin Wednesday, April 11, 2018, at Hempfield High School.
Hempfield softball withstands Norwin rally for Section 2 win
Senior pitcher Maddie Uschock fired a strike over the plate and froze Norwin junior Sara Russell for the game's final out to rubber-stamp another Hempfield

Read More...

Freeport spreads out game balls after Section 1 win over Deer Lakes
Following every victory, Freeport baseball coach Ed Carr takes out a sharpie and jots down a player's name and a key contribution on a baseball

Read More...

Riverview's Carys Kenny-Howell
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Fox Chapel’s Jonathan Simon, Riverview’s Carys Kenny-Howell
Jonathan Simon School: Fox Chapel Class: Junior Sport: Baseball Report card: Simon was the starting pitcher and helped lead Fox Chapel (1-1) to a 9-5

Read More...

Greensburg Central Catholic head coach Joe Eisaman talks with his team during a timeout in a game against Penn Hills on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017, at Penn Hills High School. Penn Hills won 55-39.
Joe Eisaman leaving after 5 seasons as Greensburg Central Catholic girls coach
Joe Eisaman is leaving Greensburg Central Catholic after five seasons as girls basketball coach. Eisaman resigned Wednesday morning, citing he wanted to andquot;pursue other opportunities.andquot;

Read More...

Yough's Jarett Bach
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Yough’s Jarett Bach, Latrobe’s Sarah Blair
Jarett Bach School: Yough Sport: Baseball Year: Junior Claim to fame: Bach allowed one hit and struck out 13 batters in 52⁄3 innings to lead

Read More...

1 1,545 1,546 1,547 1,548 1,549 1,983