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South Side rebounds for playoff spot
The South Side softball team righted itself just in time to clinch a playoff spot. After a three-game losing streak put their playoff aspirations in jeopardy, the Cyclones closed the regular season with three straight wins, and in the process, claimed a spot in the AA bracket after missing the postseason in 2023. They finished the spring with a 9-6 mark in Conference 4 play and 10-7 overall.
Western Beaver softball falls to top-seeded Armstrong in first-round matchup
WEXFORD — Even though Western Beaver came out on the losing end Monday evening in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs, falling to Armstrong 9-5, they still had plenty to be proud of as the Golden Beavers went punch-for-punch with the top-seeded Riverhawks at North Allegheny High School. “The year didn’t go exactly as we wanted it to because we gave up a few cheap ones early on in the season,” Western Beaver head...
2024 WPIAL baseball postseason outlook for Beaver Valley teams
The 2024 WPIAL Baseball Playoffs begin on Monday, May 13 with a number of Beaver County schools vying for WPIAL gold. Lets take a look at the field of teams in this year’s playoff brackets. Class 6A. Beaver County Schools: No Beaver County Schools. Class 5A. Beaver County Schools:...
New Philadelphia baseball wins sectional title with mercy-rule win over East Liverpool
NEW PHILADELPHIA — New Philadelphia, which is a defending Division II district baseball champion, is headed back to district play after registering an impressive 10-0 six-inning shutout of East Liverpool in a sectional title game Tuesday evening at Tuscora Park. “Back in the district and it feels good,” New...
Western Beaver's patient approach leads to 11-5 win over Sewickley Academy
HARMONY — Tuesday night marked the lone matchup between two Beaver Valley schools in the 2024 WPIAL baseball playoffs as No. 12 Sewickley Academy matched up against No. 5 Western Beaver in the Class 1A first round. After the Panthers put the Golden Beavers on the ropes in the top of the 4th...
Baseball Recap: Chalker has no trouble against Wellsville
Chalker had to endure a three-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. Everything went their way against the Wellsville Tigers on Tuesday as the Chalker Wildcats made off with an 11-1 victory. The high-scoring effort was just what Chalker needed considering they were shutout in their previous game.
Sewickley Academy athletes to play football for Moon under co-op agreement
Sewickley Academy students will be playing football for Moon next fall under a plan the private school announced Tuesday. Pending approval from the WPIAL and PIAA, the schools will form a cooperative sponsorship of a sport — known informally as a co-op — for middle school and high school football starting in the fall. Sewickley Academy fields teams in eight other boys sports but doesn’t have its own football program.
West Allegheny softball rolls to playoff-opening win over Fox Chapel, 12-1
WEXFORD — Not many players throughout their high school careers can say that they eclipsed 100 career hits. Then there are a select few who can do it in the monumental fashion that West Allegheny’s Aubrey Police did Monday night at North Allegheny High School as she collected her 100th career hit in the Indians 12-1 victory in the first round of the WPIAL 5A playoffs over Fox Chapel. ...
Baseball Recap: Chartiers-Houston triumphant thanks to a strong effort from Luke Camden
With a playoff game on the line, Chartiers-Houston rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They walked away with a 7-4 victory over the Freedom Area Bulldogs. The win made it back-to-back victories for Chartiers-Houston. Luke Camden was incredible, going 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBI, and a double. The...
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