Sports

Brentwood's AJ McPherson competes during an early-season meet in the 2018 season
Brentwood athletes excel at early-season invitationals
April 28, 2018
Track and field is a sport that highlights individual achievements for the most part. Brentwood coach Mike Cramer believes it's been a team effort on

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Brandon Griener has been a key contributor for the Brentwood baseball team in 2018.
Brentwood baseball finds success despite challenges
Brentwood's baseball team has played a sporadic schedule, thanks to the inclement weather bogging down the spring season in Western Pennsylvania. But the Spartans were

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Penn-Trafford's Nick Tarabrella competes at North Allegheny's tournament Saturday, March 24, 2018, at North Allegheny.
Penn-Trafford’s Tarabrella shows versatility on volleyball court
Penn-Trafford's Nick Tarabrella has made a name for himself on the turf during his high school career. The senior was a standout forward for the

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Sewickley Academy's third singles player Will Nocito competes during the WPIAL team finals Friday, April 27, 2018, at Shady Side Academy.
High school scores, summaries, schedules for April 27, 2018
High schools Baseball Friday's results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler 6, North Allegheny 2 Central Catholic 12, Shaler 4 Pine-Richland 2, Seneca Valley 0

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softball on field
High school roundup for April 27, 2018: Vincentian upsets No. 1 Union
April 27, 2018
Aidan Thomson's two-run single in the bottom of the seventh inning lifted No. 3 Vincentian Academy to a 4-3 victory over No. 1 Union in

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Deer Lakes' Jake McCaskey fields a ball against Freeport on Friday April 27, 2018, at Deer Lakes High School.
Deer Lakes’ extra-inning win over Freeport moves Lancers into playoff position
Andrew Bokulich didn't get his bunt attempts down in the bottom of the ninth inning, but he gladly will take the ultimate result of his

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Members of the Burrell 400-meter relay, from left, Madi Walsh, Taylor Johnson, McKenzie White, Allee Kuhns and Oliva Kelly, warm up before practice Friday, April 27, 2018.
Burrell sprint relay takes aim at WCCA title
Taylor Johnson understands the tradition. She knows the standard that has been set by past members of the Burrell girls 400-meter relay, including the team's

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Fox Chapel sophomore Grace Sisson is a distance runner for the Foxes.
The Herald Spotlight Athlete: Fox Chapel’s Grace Sisson
Grace Sisson, a sophomore on the Fox Chapel track and field team, is off to a strong start this spring. She took first in the

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Franklin Regional's Anup Nadesan plays against Fox Chapel during WPIAL second round team championships at Fox Chapel High School.
Trio of freshmen bolster Franklin Regional singles lineup
If the odds remain true, the next time three freshmen start the season in the top three singles spots for the Franklin Regional boys tennis

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Fox Chapel Sports Hall of Fame inductee Dave Borland
Fox Chapel grad Borland, set for HOF, shined in 2 sports
This is the second in a series of profiles on the 2018 inductees into the Fox Chapel Sports Hall of Fame. The banquet will be

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Plum girls lacrosse gaining confidence during playoff push
Plum girls lacrosse is in a similar position to its inaugural WPIAL season a year ago, hovering around the fourth and final postseason spot in

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Plum's Matthew Allman (23) goes for a block against Hempfield Tuesday, April 10, 2018, at Plum.
Plum volleyball going through growing pains
Plum held its annual boys volleyball tournament April 21, and the Mustangs didn't advance to the playoff round, but they got a good look at

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Gateway High School's Jeremiah Josephs (2) rushes the ball down field against Woodland Hills on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017.
Education, defensive system led Gateway’s Josephs to commit to Miami (Ohio)
Gateway junior defensive back Jeremiah Josephs expects to be busy this fall, so he doesn't need the distractions. He and his Gators teammates are locked

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WPIAL athletes to wrap up Penn Relays competition in Saturday’s 3 things to watch in high school sports
The oldest and largest track and field competition in the U.S. concludes Saturday at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. Some of the top track and field

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Leechburg baseball closes in on playoff berth with win over St. Joseph
Leechburg had to wait more than an hour to record the game's final out Friday afternoon against rival St. Joseph. But getting the difficult 21st

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Freeport Pitcher, Brodey Cowan, adjust his helmet after hitting a double and batting in a run for the Yellow Jackets timing the score at 1-1 against Deer Lakes.
Freeport’s Cowan pitches immaculate inning against Deer Lakes
Freeport senior Brodey Cowan achieved a rarity on the mound in the Yellowjackets' 2-1 loss to Deer Lakes on Friday: the immaculate inning. Cowan struck

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Jeannette girls' varsity basketball team (from left) Haily Rundle, Sam Shaw, Chloe Stein, Jada Bass, Alexa Williams, Arionna Clark, Dymond Crawford, Hannah Streussnig and Payt'n Detar, pose for a photo with head coach Janine Vertacnik on Monday, Nov. 27, 2017 at Jeannette High School.
Vertacnik resigns as Jeannette girls basketball coach
Janine Vertacnik resigned as girls basketball coach at Jeannette to pursue other coaching opportunities. Vertacnik had two stints at Jeannette, the first from 2006-10 when

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Penn-Trafford's pitcher Sami Schickel winds up a throw against Norwin while playing in intermittent rain showers during WPIAL girls' softball on Friday, April 27, 2018 at Penn-Trafford High School.
Penn-Trafford softball defeats Norwin in rare home game
Because of the broken-record narrative of weather-related postponements and almost daily schedule changes, Penn-Trafford was on its campus softball field for just the third time

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Kiski Area's Megan Andree (8) delivers a pitch during their game on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at Plum.
Kiski Area’s Andree pitches perfect game in win over Gateway
Kiski Area junior Megan Andree threw a perfect game Friday against Gateway, but she didn't even know it until she was in the handshake line

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Canon-McMillan's Erica Haught went 2 for 4 with two home runs as the Big Macs won a Section 1-6A softball game over Mt. Lebanon April 27, 2018, at Mt. Lebanon.
Canon-McMillan softball powers past rival Mt. Lebanon
It was scheduled to be a softball game between two of the top three teams in Section 1-6A between Canon-McMillan and Mt. Lebanon. But the

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