Sports
Highlands’ Johnny Crise adds Robert Morris football offer to basketball offer
May 7, 2019
Johnny Crise doubled up on his Robert Morris scholarship opportunities.
WPIAL team tennis championship matchups set
The WPIAL team tennis championship matchups feature Fox Chapel against Shady Side Academy for the Class AAA title and Quaker Valley taking on Indiana for the Class AA crown.
Franklin Regional’s Williams commits to Yale baseball
Franklin Regional’s standout shortstop and top entrepreneur is heading to the Ivy League.
3rd WPIAL baseball team forfeits after violating pitch-count rule
Two weeks after defeating section-leading Hopewell, Beaver Falls gave the victory back.Penn-Trafford to get new turf at Warrior Stadium, possibly at baseball, softball fields
If all goes according to plan, Penn-Trafford could have artificial turf infields on its baseball and softball diamonds in the near future.
Butler basketball star Ethan Morton will make his college decision this week
Butler basketball star Ethan Morton holds nearly two dozen scholarship offers, having added one after another since Cleveland State gave him his first three summers ago.
GCC softball gets momentum-building win over playoff-bound Jeannette
Greensburg Central Catholic was hoping to take momentum into the WPIAL Class A softball playoffs. To peak at the right time, as the expression goes.
Alle-Kiski notebook: Playoff fates await Kiski Area, Knoch baseball
It might not be the most ideal situation, but it’s certainly the most dramatic.
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Burrell’s Jack Henderson and Knoch’s Amanda Fischer
Jack Henderson
Jeannette seniors looking for one last run in baseball playoffs
Next week is what Jeannette’s baseball team has been thinking about since last May — the start of the WPIAL playoffs.
From ‘Baby Shark’ to great white, Heilman develops into reliable ace, leader for Freeport
Jarrett Heilman first heard “Baby Shark” in ninth-grade social studies, when teacher Daniel Stell played the children’s song and its accompanying dance over the projector in the classroom. And when he threw a complete game later that afternoon in a junior varsity game against Knoch, a phenomenon was born.
George Guido: Unfamiliar teams in baseball, softball playoffs
When the WPIAL baseball and softball pairings are released later this week, some unfamiliar schools will be bracketed.
Yough softball hosting Frazier in ‘Strikeout Cancer’ event
Last year, the Yough softball team raised $6,000 for a pair of classmates who were stricken with cancer. The students since have recovered and are doing better.
Pole vaulters help Hempfield clinch WPIAL track championship
If members of the Hempfield boys track and field team needed any extra motivation to win WPIAL Class AAA team championship, maybe it came in their seeding by the WPIAL committee.
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Belle Vernon’s Hunter Martin, Mt. Pleasant’s Carolyn Alincic
Hunter Martin
WPIAL baseball playoff clinchings through May 6, 2019
May 6, 2019
On Friday, the WPIAL will unveil the brackets for the 2019 district baseball playoffs.
High school roundup for May 6, 2019: No. 3 North Allegheny shuts out No. 2 Pine-Richland
Jarod Orwell homered to help No. 3 North Allegheny defeat No. 2 Pine-Richland, 2-0, in a Section 1-6A baseball game Monday night.
WPIAL softball playoff clinchings through May 6, 2019
In a couple of days, the WPIAL will unveil the brackets for the 2019 district softball playoffs.
Hempfield captures boys WPIAL track championship in final event
It was a classic finish in the WPIAL Class AAA team championship Monday at Peters Township.
High school scores, schedules for May 6, 2019
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