Tag: Derry Area

Mt. Pleasant’s Katie Hutter celebrates after driving in two runs during a PIAA Class 3A first round playoff game against Bald Eagle Area on Monday, June 7, 2021, at Peterswood Park.
2022 WPIAL Class 3A softball preseason breakdown
March 22, 2022
Last spring was a celebration as district athletes returned to the diamonds after the 2020 season was canceled because of the covid-19 shutdowns.

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North Allegheny, Seton LaSalle top preseason boys volleyball polls
March 21, 2022
It should come as no surprise that defending WPIAL and PIAA Class 3A champion North Allegheny, and WPIAL 2A winner Seton LaSalle top the Western PA Volleyball Coaches Association preseason polls.

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Ligonier Valley senior Nick Roddy (right) took second and Blackhawk sophomore Brecken Finkbeiner was sixth at the PIAA Class 2A diving championships March 18, 2022, at Bucknell’s Kinney Natatorium.
Ligonier Valley’s Nick Roddy takes silver at PIAA diving championships
March 18, 2022
LEWISBURG — Ligonier Valley senior Nick Roddy missed out on a chance to dive at the Class 2A state championships as a sophomore in 2020 as the PIAA canceled the entire Class 2A meet at the onset of the covid-19 pandemic.

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Fox Chapel’s Sophie Shao competes in the girls 200 individual medley during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships March 3 at Pitt’s Trees Pool.
A-K Valley, Westmoreland County swimmers thrilled to return to state meet at Bucknell
March 15, 2022
A sense of normalcy is back at the PIAA swimming and diving championships, and for the numerous qualifiers from the Alle-Kiski Valley and Westmoreland County schools, it only adds to the anticipation.

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Derry’s Shelby Glick (left) hit .333 last season.
Derry softball team needs influx of talent
March 11, 2022
At the Derry softball field, the “help wanted” sign is out.

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Derry’s Ryan Hood is expected to be the team’s top pitcher this season.
Derry baseball team wants to build on ‘special year’
After a baseball season in which they notched their first WPIAL section title since 1992 and won their first playoff game since 2005, the Derry Trojans are looking for more.

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Mt. Pleasant’s Dayton Pitzer is shown beating Bentworth’s Vitali Daniels in the 215-pound bout during the WPIAL Class 2A individual championship Feb. 19, 20022, at Canon-McMillan. Pitzer won the title at the Class 2A Southwest Regional Championship on Saturday.
Mt. Pleasant’s Dayton Pitzer dominates en route to title at Class 2A Southwest Regionals
March 5, 2022
Complacency never is a problem for Mt. Pleasant senior wrestler Dayton Pitzer.

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Latrobe’s Emma Blair (right) has 14 double-doubles in 18 games this season.
Westmoreland girls basketball notebook: Latrobe’s Blair is double-double machine
February 16, 2022
When the ball goes up, Emma Blair is ready for it to come down.

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Derry enters the field during a 2019 game against Freeport. Renovations at Trojan Stadium will begin this summer.
Westmoreland notebook: Work to upgrade Derry’s Trojan Stadium begins this summer
February 8, 2022
The entrance to Derry’s Trojan Stadium is going to look quite different in the near future.

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Derry girls coach Gene Brisbane is down to seven players but has the Trojans in playoff contention.
Short-handed Derry perseveres through trying season
February 7, 2022
Down to seven players, a hobbled leading scorer and a section schedule wearing thin on opportunities, the Derry girls basketball team played on with flickering playoff hopes.

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