Tag: Yough

Yough’s Kam Pritts tags out West Hempfield’s Anthony Terzolino at third base during their American Legion game Saturday, June 13, 2020, at Lint Field.
Yough rallies for win against West Hempfield in summer baseball opener
June 13, 2020
It was opening day for the Westmoreland County American League baseball season Saturday, and players from Yough and West Hempfield couldn’t have been happier.

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Belle Vernon players, from left, Alyssa Larson, Erica Amoroso and Megan Christner run to greet Emily Frederick after she hit a two-run single in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat Yough in the 2015 WPIAL Class AAA championship game.
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Softball No. 1
June 10, 2020
From classification expansion to field renovations forcing a change in the venue for the district championships, there was a lot going on with the WPIAL softball championships this past decade.

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Hempfield’s Emma Hoffner (26) high-fives Laura Fox after Fox scored during the sixth inning of their PIAA Class 6A quarterfinal against McDowell Thursday, June 6, 2019, at North Allegheny High School.
Travel softball teams returning to action, trying to get used to coronavirus guidelines
June 3, 2020
Travel softball will return to Pennsylvania later this month and players and coaches, particularly those who missed out on the high school season, are bubbling with anticipation to play again.

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Saint Vincent’s Alona Sleith set the single-season school record for home runs last season.
Saint Vincent’s Sleith hangs up cleats to get head start on coaching career at alma mater
June 1, 2020
Regrets?

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Hempfield pitcher Callie Sowers won’t have to face section rivals on consecutive days next season. The WPIAL isn’t applying the same new scheduling rule to softball that it is to baseball.
Westmoreland high school notebook: Softball teams still taking it 1 game at a time
May 30, 2020
Baseball is going to two-game, home-and-home series on consecutive days for section games next season.

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Yough’s Hannah Christner hit .340 last season.
Senior Spotlight: Catcher Hannah Christner was a hit for Yough softball
May 29, 2020
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Sara Krofcheck and Steven Manon are Yough’s nominees for the Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete Excellence Awards.
Yough seniors no strangers to hard work
May 20, 2020
Editor’s note: This is the last in an 18-part series profiling nominees for the Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete Excellence Awards.

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Jim Rocco coached the Penn-Trafford boys for five seasons.
Westmoreland High School notebook: Ex-P-T coach Rocco looking forward to keeping up with his kids
May 16, 2020
Jim Rocco said he dedicated his soul to basketball. But he won’t sell his soul to the game with other important commitments in his life.

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Southmoreland High School cheerleaders anticipate a penalty throw against Freeport in girls WPIAL basketball playoffs on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 at Penn-Trafford High School.
Fay-West schools team up with rivals for ‘Spirit Week’ event
April 29, 2020
Five schools in the Fay-West slice of Western Pennsylvania are teaming up for a virtual “Spirit Week,” a show of solidarity during the coronavirus shutdown.

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Hempfield’s Emma Hoffner (26) is one of several WPIAL players on the Ohio Outlaws 18U team.
Westmoreland high school notebook: WPIAL names dot Outlaws roster
April 25, 2020
Travel softball has turnover, just like the high school level. But some teams, like the Ohio Outlaws 18U squad, have managed to sew together the same group for an extended time. It is a valued trait in the current circumstances.

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