Sports
Penn Hills notebook: Basketball alumnus Daemar Kelly heads to St. Francis
May 11, 2024
Daemar Kelly was a 1,000- point scorer and catalyst for the Penn Hills boys basketball team that won the Class 5A WPIAL championship. After a year at Quinnipiac, Kelly announced he would be transferring.
Pine-Richland girls lacrosse carries momentum into playoffs
Pine-Richland girls lacrosse coach Shannen Drennon said her team is firing on all cylinders.
Tough section tests prepare Riverview for WPIAL baseball playoffs
The Riverview and Greensburg Central Catholic baseball teams met May 6 and 7 with second place in Section 3-2A on the line.
Plum notebook: Mustangs wrestlers make college decisions
Antonino Walker and fellow Plum seniors celebrated their high school wrestling careers and wrestling futures as they finalized decisions to compete at the next level.
Sharp defense fuels championship optimism for Hampton softball
Because first-year coach Kate Hedderman runs a batting cage facility in Hampton, she was confident the Talbots would hit the ball this season.
Fox Chapel distance runner makes big strides in 3,200-meter run
Nicky Clump wasn’t intimidated by sliding his way through the pack at the start of races when he started with distance running. Ever since Clump can remember, he would go out running with his dad, David “Andy” Clump.
Fox Chapel softball adjusts to speed of game to earn playoff berth
Fox Chapel’s young softball team passed the first major test of the season by qualifying for the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs.
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Belle Vernon junior officially a ‘Rising Star’
One of the WPIAL’s most prolific scorers over the past couple of years will be part of Roundball Classic history.
WPIAL baseball committee seeds 5A bracket by ‘throwing out the numbers,’ focuses on matchups
The WPIAL for many decades released playoff brackets that had no seed numbers, a tradition that ended several years ago.
High school roundup for May 10, 2024: Neshannock gears up for playoffs with win over North Allegheny
Winning pitcher Addy Frye doubled, homered and drove in three runs and struck out nine in seven innings in the circle as Class 2A No. 1 seed Neshannock geared up for the playoffs with a 5-3 nonsection softball win over Class 6A No. 2 seed North Allegheny on Friday.
Breaking down the 2024 WPIAL baseball playoffs
Class 6A
Latrobe gets WPIAL finals rematch with Hopewell in Class 4A 1st round
It shouldn’t be hard for Latrobe baseball coach Matt Basciano to get his team up for its WPIAL Class 4A first-round playoff game.
Defending champ Shaler, undefeated Mars earn top seeds for WPIAL volleyball playoffs
A pair of regular-season matchups between the top two teams in WPIAL Class 3A boys volleyball solved nothing.
Red-hot Valley learns playoff seed, gets ready for ‘whole new season’
Boasting an 11-game winning streak, the Valley baseball team certainly is rolling at the right time.
Roundball Classic’s Rising Stars game to feature some of area’s top juniors, sophomores
For the first time officially, the annual Roundball Classic all-star basketball event will feature multiple underclassmen games for juniors and sophomores.
WPIAL releases brackets for 2024 baseball playoffs
Defending champions Mt. Lebanon and Riverside were tabbed as favorites to repeat when the WPIAL on Friday released brackets for the upcoming baseball playoffs.
High school roundup for May 9, 2024: Ligonier Valley ace tunes up for playoffs with no-hitter, 16 Ks
Looks like Ligonier Valley pitcher Cheyenne Piper is ready for the playoffs.
