Sports
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 25, 2021: Baseball teams fight for finals berths today
May 25, 2021
Wet weather, maybe more accurately, the threat of wet weather forced the WPIAL to shuffle the deck on the lineup for Monday.
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week for May 24, 2021
This winter, high school sports fans from across the WPIAL watched as the Ellwood City boys basketball team stunned the experts with a district championship run from the No. 11 seed in Class 3A.
Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week for May 24, 2021
May 24, 2021
The Peters Township baseball program has an outstanding tradition with great success in the district and state postseason.
Montour celebrates 1-run win over Quaker Valley in WPIAL 4A quarterfinals
With two runners on, no outs and trailing by a run, Montour’s Mason Sike was told to be ready to lay down a bunt.
High school roundup for May 24, 2021: New Castle uses long ball to upend No. 2 West Mifflin
Dom Fornataro and Don Cade hit two-run home runs to lead No. 7 New Castle to a 6-3 upset win over No. 2 West Mifflin in a WPIAL Class 4A baseball quarterfinal Monday afternoon.
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 24, 2021
High schools
Elizabeth Forward hits 3 home runs, rallies past Knoch in Class 4A quarterfinal
Elizabeth Forward, the top seed in the WPIAL Class 4A softball playoffs, hit 15 home runs in 17 regular season games.
A-K Valley baseball playoff preview capsule: Game Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Class A semifinals
West Mifflin rallies past Burrell in Class 4A softball
The West Mifflin softball team’s return to Plum was a successful one.
Riverview makes noise in Class A baseball bracket, knocks out No. 2 GCC
The volume seemed to get louder from the Riverview dugout as the game progressed.
Blackhawk scores 10 unanswered runs to cruise by Highlands into Class 4A semifinals
Heading into Monday’s WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinal matchup against Blackhawk, Highlands had been playing some of its best baseball.
Mt. Lebanon wrestler Mac Stout commits to Pitt
An injury kept Mt. Lebanon junior Mac Stout from defending his WPIAL Class AAA 189-pound wrestling title in 2021.
Westmoreland baseball playoff capsule: Game for Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Tuesday’s game
Griffin leads Ligonier Valley softball team into WPIAL semifinals with win over Neshannock
Maddie Griffin didn’t feel she pitched well Monday against Neshannock in the WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinals.
A-K Valley softball playoff capsules: Games for Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Class A
Westmoreland high school softball notebook: Sister pairs contribute for Mt. Pleasant
Sister combinations are nothing new to high school softball, but having multiple combos is a little less common.
WPIAL softball playoff capsules: Games for Tuesday, May 25, 2021
WPIAL softball playoff preview
Rain alters WPIAL baseball, softball playoff schedules Monday
Rain forced the WPIAL to revamp Monday’s playoff schedules for baseball and softball, moving some games to new sites and postponing others to Tuesday.
‘Revitalized’ Gary Goga hired as Keystone Oaks boys basketball coach
Boys basketball coach Gary Goga, who built Peters Township into a WPIAL championship program in his 15 seasons there, is ready for another challenge.
‘It was meant to be,’ says new Woodland Hills boys basketball coach Eugene Wilson
A few weeks after its coach resigned midseason, the Woodland Hills boys basketball team made a trip to Ringgold for a nonsection game this past winter.
