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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.
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...
14th-seeded Burrell baseball stuns Mt. Pleasant in 1st round of WPIAL Class 3A playoffs
Any team wanting to be successful in the WPIAL playoffs should follow Burrell’s recipe Tuesday at Gateway. The No. 14 Bucs combined timely hitting, sound defense and the crafty pitching of left-hander Stevie Hasson en route to a 6-2 upset of No. 3 Mt. Pleasant in the opening round of the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs.
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...
A-K Valley softball playoff preview capsule: Game for May 16, 2024
11-Freeport (11-6) vs. 4-Mohawk (15-5) Winner plays: Winner of 1-Avonworth (12-3)/9-Yough (8-4) in semifinals (date/site/time TBD) Players to watch: Addy Caruso, Freeport; Addy Moskal, Mohawk. Extra bases: Freeport made the most of its return to the WPIAL playoffs after a one-year hiatus with Tuesday’s upset victory over No. 5 Southmoreland....
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...
Karns City’s Jada Polczynski Named Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference Softball MVP
KARNS CITY, Pa. (EYT/D9) — Jada Polczynski sees it as a team honor, not an individual one. In fact, she thought there were players on her own Karns City softball team who had a better shot than she did to win the Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference MVP. But on...
Knoch stays patient at plate, rallies past Greensburg Salem in 4A 1st round
Staying patient was Knoch’s winning strategy in a playoff opener against Greensburg Salem, especially after falling behind by three runs early. Knoch drew 10 walks, added four timely hits and capitalized on four errors to rally back and defeat Greensburg Salem, 8-3, in a WPIAL Class 4A first-round game Monday at Plum.
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...
Avella gets clutch hits to top Springdale, end 15-year playoff win drought
In the fourth inning of a WPIAL Class A first-round playoff game between Springdale and Avella, Bryce Wright of the Eagles hit a long foul ball to left field that clanged off the light standard and ricocheted back on the field. It was kind of appropriate for the Avella pitcher...
Riverview battle-tested for WPIAL baseball playoffs
The Riverview and Greensburg Central Catholic baseball teams met May 6 and 7 with second place in Section 3-2A on the line. The games turned out to be the competitive battles most everyone expected. But the Raiders didn’t get the results they were looking for. Riverview dropped both games...
Leechburg coach Randy Walters selected to coaching staff for U.S. Tackle National Team
Randy Walters was born and raised in Canada, a product of Grimsby, Ontario. After high school, the current Leechburg head coach quarterbacked the Hamilton Hurricanes to the 1980 Canadian Junior Football League championship game. He then helped the University of Guelph win the 1984 national championship. He then transitioned to...
Kiski Area’s Miller ready for final shot at winning WPIAL track gold
Eliza Miller has a faint memory of her first WPIAL event as a freshman in the fall of 2020 amid the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. “I think it was a meet at Kiski against Norwin,” the Cavaliers senior three-sport standout said Tuesday on the eve of what will be her final WPIAL-sanctioned event in a decorated four-year high school career. “It’s been a really long journey, and I am really excited to compete at WPIALs one more time.”
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