Sports
Franklin Regional baseball expecting deeper playoff run this season
May 10, 2019
The road to Wild Things Park has been a short one for the Franklin Regional baseball team over the past few years. It’s not like the Panthers know some kind of special short cut. It’s all highway.
Herald spotlight athlete: Fox Chapel’s Robby Shymansky
Robby Shymansky, a senior on the Fox Chapel tennis team, won his second straight WPIAL Class AAA singles title last month. He also finished undefeated in home matches through his four years. He has helped the Foxes to a perfect record this season. He will attend Yale in the fall.
Former volleyball, basketball standout Sullivan earns spot in Fox Chapel HOF
This is the third in a series of profiles of the 2019 Fox Chapel Sports Hall of Fame inductees. The banquet is Saturday, June 8 at the Harmar House. For more information, contact Jim Perry at gymbeck63@aol.com.
Final WPIAL boys volleyball clinchings through May 9, 2019
The regular season is complete, and the field is set for the 2019 WPIAL boys volleyball postseason.
Freeport baseball surprised with top seed in WPIAL Class 3A playoffs
A thrilling victory in Wednesday’s season finale gave Freeport more than just a section championship. Turns out it also provided quite a boost for the postseason.
Breaking down the 2019 WPIAL baseball playoffs
Class 6A
Upper St. Clair, Oakland Catholic seeded No. 1 for WPIAL girls lacrosse playoffs
Oakland Catholic and Upper St. Clair earned the No. 1 seeds in the WPIAL girls lacrosse brackets revealed Friday.
Penn-Trafford, West Allegheny among No. 1 seeds in WPIAL baseball playoff brackets
Penn-Trafford, West Allegheny, Greensburg Salem, Freeport, Shenango and California received No. 1 seeds Friday when the WPIAL revealed baseball playoff brackets.
WPIAL baseball bracketology: Don Rebel predicts playoff seeds
May 9, 2019
The WPIAL will unveil the brackets for the 2019 district baseball playoffs Friday afternoon. Watch the official release at 1 p.m. on the TribLive High School Sports Network.
Butler’s Ethan Morton latest WPIAL basketball recruit headed out of state
The WPIAL doesn’t produce an abundance of major-college men’s basketball recruits, but it has seen its share of three- and four-star prospects in recent years.
High school scores, schedules for May 9, 2019
High Schools
High school roundup for May 9, 2019: Franklin Regional shuts out Penn-Trafford
Franklin Regional ensured it will enter the WPIAL baseball playoffs with momentum Thursday.
Pair of WPIAL teams join Trib HSSN state softball rankings
There was very little rumbling this week in the Trib HSSN state softball rankings as teams close out their regular season and prepare for their respective district playoffs.
Penn-Trafford track and field uses county championships as WPIAL tune-up
The Penn-Trafford track and field team isn’t much of an invitational team.
Butler basketball star Ethan Morton commits to Purdue
Rarely does the WPIAL have a basketball star whose recruitment stretches nearly coast to coast.
Penn-Trafford, Mt. Pleasant set to begin softball playoffs as favorites
Perhaps as clear-cut as No. 1 seeds come, Penn-Trafford and Mt. Pleasant didn’t give the WPIAL softball steering committee much to think about in Class 5A and 4A.
Pine-Richland girls lacrosse shoots for WPIAL 3-peat
The Pine-Richland girls lacrosse team may be entering this year’s WPIAL Class 3A playoffs with a few more losses than in their last two championship-winning seasons, but they still loom large as a threat to win it all.
Breaking down the 2019 WPIAL softball playoffs
Here’s a breakdown of the 2019 WPIAL softball playoffs:
Shaler boys volleyball adopts simple approach for playoffs
Six-foot middle blocker Steve Hoffman fits right in with the Shaler volleyball team.
Shaler girls lacrosse hopes to build on 2019 season
The Shaler Area girls lacrosse team started to turn a corner by the end of the season.
