Sports
Alle-Kiski Valley baseball playoff previews: Games of May 16, 2019
May 16, 2019
WPIAL baseball playoffs
Norwin QB Jack Salopek commits to Western Michigan
Call it a quarterback sneak.
Blackhawk shuts out Knoch in WPIAL playoff opener
May 15, 2019
A play in the top of the first inning proved pivotal in Wednesday night’s WPIAL Class 4A playoff baseball game between Blackhawk and Knoch.
High school scores, schedules for May 15, 2019
High Schools
WPIAL softball playoffs roundup for May 15, 2019: Hempfield beats Baldwin on walk-off
Kelsi Terzolino ripped a one-out single to right in the bottom of the seventh inning to give four-time WPIAL champion Hempfield a 2-1 walk-off win over Baldwin in a WPIAL Class 6A first-round playoff game at Gateway.
WPIAL baseball playoffs roundup for May 15, 2019: Highlands upsets No. 3 Thomas Jefferson
Highlands’ first WPIAL playoff game in 16 years turned out pretty sweet.
Mt. Pleasant baseball stuns No. 5 Ringgold
Mt. Pleasant picked a good time to play its best baseball game of the season.
No. 5 Norwin rolls past Bethel Park in WPIAL Class 6A quarterfinals
Slightly perturbed by its WPIAL playoff seeding, Norwin took out its frustration on — and laid the aluminum to — Bethel Park.
Apollo-Ridge softball eliminated by two-time finalist Frazier
The Frazier softball team has played in the past two WPIAL Class 2A championship games, and it hopes to make it three straight in a couple of weeks.
Westmoreland baseball playoff preview capsules: Games of May 16, 2019
Thursday’s games
Ellwood City baseball strikes late to oust Deer Lakes
It’s not often a strikeout results in the winning run scoring.
Late surge lifts No. 7 Burrell past McGuffey in opening round of WPIAL playoffs
Burrell leaned on ace Luke Virag over the first handful of innings of its WPIAL playoff opener as the Bucs’ offense felt out an unfamiliar pitcher.
No. 6 Beaver ousts Belle Vernon in Class 4A 1st round
For the fifth consecutive season, Belle Vernon’s WPIAL playoff run ended quicker than anticipated.
St. Joseph tops Monessen for 1st playoff win in 18 seasons
For the first time in 18 seasons, St. Joseph has advanced in the WPIAL baseball playoffs.
Condor cam goes live with parents tending to one egg at Aviary
The National Aviary’s Andean condor webcam is activated and the watch is on as an egg is expected to hatch within the next month.
Five things to watch at the WPIAL Class AAA boys track and field championships
The WPIAL track and field championships are Thursday at Slippery Rock, the first time at the venue after the event spent more than 20 years at Baldwin.
Softball teams adjust after 1st-round playoff games get postponed
A familiar nemesis popped up as Springdale prepared to play its first WPIAL softball playoff game in nearly two decades: Mother Nature.
Lower Burrell awards summer paving contract
Lower Burrell Council recently awarded a $110,895 contract to A. Folino Construction for this year’s summer paving projects in the city.
Franklin Regional’s Kranick commits to play soccer at Oakland
Auston Kranick was glad to be collateral damage. That is how recruiting sometimes can work.
