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Deer Lakes hoping to send large contingent to WPIAL track and field championships
Going into the WPIAL Class 2A team championships on May 1 at Shenango, Deer Lakes’ boys track and field team was hoping to put on a good showing and maybe come away with a split. “We didn’t go into the meet thinking we could defeat section champions Hopewell and...
Shaler scores walk-off win over Franklin Regional in WPIAL Class 5A 1st round
With one swing and a sharp ping to center, trepidation turned to triumph for Alyssa Schaffold. The Shaler sophomore cracked a bases-loaded single up the middle to score junior Olivia Sachs in the bottom of the seventh as the fifth-seeded Titans walked off No. 12 Franklin Regional, 3-2, in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A softball playoffs Monday at Plum.
Trib HSSN softball team of the week for May 12, 2024
Trib HSSN softball team of the week – Penn-Trafford Warriors. Coach: Denny Little (eighth season) #Earned: Coming into this week, Penn-Trafford had already concluded its section schedule by winning its final four section contests and finishing in second place in Section 2-5A with an 8-2 record, one game behind section winner and 5A playoff top seed Armstrong and two games in front of third-place Latrobe. The Warriors wrapped up the regular season this week with two nonsection wins, beating 5A No. 8 seed Connellsville, 13-3, on Monday, and then knocking off 6A No. 3 seed North Allegheny on Wednesday, 2-1, to double their win total from last season. Penn-Trafford is the No. 4 seed in the upcoming 5A playoffs and will face Bethel Park (10-9) at West Mifflin in the first round of the district playoffs Monday.
Penn-Trafford notebook: Warriors softball seeded 4th for WPIAL playoffs
The Penn-Trafford softball team was seeded fourth for the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs when the brackets were released May 9. The Warriors (12-5) drew No. 13 Bethel Park for a first round game that was scheduled for Monday. The winner advanced to play the winner of No. 5 Shaler and...
No. 12 Freeport softball upsets No. 5 Southmoreland in WPIAL Class 3A 1st round
Freeport made the WPIAL softball playoffs 12 straight seasons before missing out last spring. The Yellowjackets so far are enjoying their return to the postseason. The No. 12 seed got on the board first in Tuesday afternoon’s Class 3A first-round matchup with No. 5 Southmoreland at Gateway before withstanding a rally by the Scotties.
Despite coaching change, injury, Plum grad Emily Innes set up for success with Washington gymnastics
As gymnasts, Emily Innes and Jen Llewellyn know plenty about leaping. Innes, a Plum grad, twice qualified for Junior Olympic nationals as a Level 10 performer. Llewellyn was a three-time All-American at Oregon State. But when it came to their athlete-coach relationship, a different leap was required: a leap of...
Penn-Trafford softball escapes with victory over Bethel Park in 1st round
Since Denny Little took over as coach of the Penn-Trafford softball team in 2017, his teams had made it a habit of playing in the Class 5A quarterfinals. That tradition ended last season, when the rebuilding Warriors qualified for the playoffs but were bounced in the first round by eventual champion Trinity.
Westmoreland high school athletes of the week: Southmoreland’s Makayla Etling, Franklin Regional’s Max Bernadowski
Claim to fame: Etling, a catcher for the playoff-bound Scotties (14-2), has been on an offensive tear as the team’s leadoff hitter. Over a four-game stretch, she is 13 for 17 with four doubles, two triples, four home runs and 13 RBIs. Etling, who said she does not pay...
A pair of generational javelin throwers meet up as Oakmont's Rusak surpasses mark set by Hall of Famer Smith
They met for the first time last week on the Oakmont Regional track ‒ two record holders separated by 43 years, Oakmont senior Travis Rusak and Oakmont alum and Hall of Famer Charlie Smith from the Class of 1981. Something quite remarkable had happened, and it was fitting the two track stars should...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Springdale’s Owen Scheuring
As the regular season wound down, the Springdale baseball team was in the midst of fighting for a playoff spot in Section 2-A. Senior shortstop Owen Scheuring said the team was focused on what it needed to accomplish to get in. “We want to take care of our own business...
After narrowly missing out on section title, Penn-Trafford girls lacrosse turns attention to playoffs
One of the goals for the Penn-Trafford girls lacrosse team this season was to win a section title. The Warriors came up just one goal and one win short of achieving that. Now the Warriors’ focus is on the WPIAL playoffs, winning a game and advancing to the PIAA tournament, which would be the ultimate goal.
'This is a really special place to be right now': Forbes, Allen help Oakmont notch walk-off win over St. Paul
ASHBURNHAM — Expectations were amped up when the Oakmont Regional and St. Paul baseball teams took the field for a tantalizing matchup with the regular season winding down. The closely contested contest lived up to the advance billing and ended with senior Ben Forbes driving a 1-1 offering into left-center for a bases-loaded single with two out in the seventh inning to lift the Spartans to a 3-2, walk-off win Monday afternoon. ...
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