Softball
Shaler tops North Allegheny to win slow-pitch softball league title
October 28, 2022
The Shaler and North Allegheny slow-pitch softball teams finished the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League regular season as the top two squads in the 14-team standings.
Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League teams ready for playoff tournament
October 17, 2022
Montour, North Allegheny, Bethel Park, Baldwin and Shaler each recorded doubleheader sweeps Sunday as the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League nears the conclusion of its regular season and prepares for its playoff tournament.
Slow-pitch softball teams enter final week of WPISL regular season
October 10, 2022
Bethel Park, Baldwin, Mt. Lebanon, Shaler, Penn-Trafford and North Hills each recorded doubleheader sweeps in game play from last Wednesday to Sunday as teams jockey for position in the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League.
Several teams score doubleheader sweeps as slow-pitch softball league pushes toward playoffs
October 3, 2022
West Allegheny, Penn-Trafford, Montour, Mt. Lebanon, Baldwin and North Allegheny all recorded doubleheader sweeps in game play from last Thursday to Sunday as the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League continues its stretch run to the playoff tournament.
Belle Vernon softball standout Maren Metikosh makes Division I college choice
August 23, 2022
One of the top softball players in the WPIAL has found her new home.
Mt. Pleasant softball standout Katie Hutter’s long recruiting journey ends happily at Bowling Green
August 1, 2022
A teeth-gritting, 315-pound dead-lift had some angst behind it. Some pent-up irritation even.
Hard work pays off with league championship for 15U Penn Hills softball squad
July 31, 2022
Steve DeCarlo has spent seven years with Penn Hills teams of various age groups in the Eastern Fastpitch Softball League.
Breaking down changes to the 2023-24 WPIAL softball alignment
July 25, 2022
The WPIAL released new section alignments for the next two-year cycle in all sports, and changes will be implemented starting this fall.
Beaver’s Payton List tabbed Trib HSSN Girls Athlete of the Year
July 2, 2022
Specialization in one sport became the thing to do for high school athletes in the early years of this century.
Westmoreland notebook: Belle Vernon slugger Maren Metikosh class of 4A softball
Maren Metikosh has a name that rolls off the tongue. It is pure alliteration for broadcasters and announcers at Belle Vernon softball games.
Beaver’s Payton List, Mt. Lebanon’s Deirdre Flaherty top all-state softball awards
June 30, 2022
Mt. Lebanon catcher Deirdre Flaherty and Beaver pitcher Payton List topped the list of players earning all-state honors Thursday from the Pennsylvania High School Softball Coaches Association.
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Mt. Pleasant’s Abby Swank
June 27, 2022
Coming into 2022, Mt. Pleasant’s softball team was without six seniors from the previous season.
Burrell’s Katie Armstrong earns 2022 Valley News Dispatch Softball Player of the Year honors
June 25, 2022
2022 Valley News Dispatch Softball All-Stars
State playoff loss puts heartbreaking ending on successful season for North Hills softball
Sophia Roncone didn’t bend when facing the pressure of the first round of the PIAA Class 5A softball playoffs. What the North Hills senior pitcher did was turn in one of the best performances of her career.
Chartiers Valley softball season punctuated by memorable playoff wins
Success isn’t always measured by championships.
2022 Trib HSSN Head of the Class: Softball Player and Coach of the Year for each classification
June 24, 2022
This spring, those sitting at head of the softball class had a clear view of so many individual and team standout performances.
Trib 10: 4 WPIAL baseball, softball teams end season with PIAA gold
June 22, 2022
The 2022 WPIAL baseball and softball season are in the books.
Fox Chapel’s Izzy Zober to compete on inaugural U12 Israeli national softball team
June 21, 2022
Fox Chapel’s Izzy Zober and Franklin Regional’s Grace Stark are making softball history.
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week for the week ending June 20, 2022
June 20, 2022
Perfection is hard to achieve.
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week: Week ending June 19, 2022
The deer may be home, home on the range, but the Antelopes are celebrating in that rare golden field, where only district and state champions go to play.
