Baseball
Serra Catholic tops Avonworth, reaches WPIAL semifinals for 5th straight season
May 20, 2019
Serra Catholic used a combination of small ball and long ball to beat Avonworth, 7-2, in a WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinal baseball game Monday at Upper St. Clair.
WPIAL baseball playoffs roundup for May 20, 2019: Blackhawk edges Mt. Pleasant in 8th
Ray Knallay’s infield single, his fourth hit of the game, scored Hunter Woodward from third base with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning to propel No. 4 Blackhawk to a thrilling, 7-6 victory against Mt. Pleasant in a WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinal baseball game Monday at Fox Chapel.
WPIAL softball playoffs roundup for May 20, 2019: South Park wins on walk-off
Julie Shinavski’s walk-off single scored Chelsea Carozza in the bottom of the seventh inning as No. 3 South Park defeated No. 5 Beaver, 5-4, in a WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinal softball game Monday evening at Montour.
Greensburg Salem, New Castle to continue quarterfinal game Tuesday
Greensburg Salem baseball coach Bill Wisniewski knew being seeded No. 1 in the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs wouldn’t be easy.
Bach sharp as Yough takes down South Park in Class 4A quarterfinals
Jarett Bach’s first-round start didn’t meet his high standards, but Monday’s was surely one of his best.
Beaver shuts out No. 14 Highlands in Class 4A quarterfinals
Monday’s WPIAL playoff game won’t go down as one of the best games Highlands played this season, but the 2019 season will go down in the record books as the best season of the new millennium.
Westmoreland high school baseball preview capsules for games of Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Tuesday’s games
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week for games of May 13-18
May 19, 2019
The Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week is Our Lady of the Sacred Heart senior Jeff Zick, who threw a three-hit shutout in the Chargers’ WPIAL Class 2A first-round victory over Riverside.
Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week for games of May 13-18
The Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week is Waynesburg Central, a team that won its first WPIAL playoff game in eight years with a Class 3A first-round victory last week.
Westmoreland H.S. baseball capsules for games of Monday, May 20, 2019
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A-K Valley WPIAL baseball playoff capsules: Games of Monday, May 20
WPIAL baseball quarterfinals
TribLive High School Sports Network broadcasts for the week of May 20, 2019
May 18, 2019
The district postseason continues with plenty of action from four spring high school sports only here on the TribLive High School Sports Network.
Highlands baseball uses mix of older, younger players to continue playoff run
As the stress began to build in Highlands’ first postseason appearance in more than a decade and a half, one of the Golden Rams’ most experienced players gave way to one of their youngest.
Ligonier Valley baseball looks to steal win against perennial power Mount Union
Success can be measured a number of different ways in baseball. Of course, there’s wins and losses. Batting average, RBIs and runs scored are others. The Ligonier Valley baseball team measures success 90 feet at a time.
Westmoreland notebook: Baseball, softball teams reap benefits of extra classifications
When the WPIAL went to six classifications three years ago, the idea was to create parity and give more teams a chance to play for championships.
Playoffs heat up for teams in Trib 10 baseball, softball power rankings
May 17, 2019
Postseason power rankings saw very little change in baseball but a big sweep of Class 6A teams kicked to the curb in this week’s Trib HSSN Power Rankings.
New No. 1 team in Class 3A in Trib HSSN state baseball rankings
Most of the teams in the weekly Trib HSSN PIAA baseball rankings survived the conclusion of the regular season and start of the district postseason this past week.
