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What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 20, 2025: Top seeds in Class 6A softball finally set for playoff debuts
When Hempfield and Seneca Valley last hit the softball field, it was two weeks ago and they met for the Class 6A regular season title. The Spartans blanked the Raiders, 1-0, to claim sole possession of first place. Will rust take its toll on either team as they finally hit...
With quick turnaround, rivals Hempfield, Norwin to meet in WPIAL 6A baseball semifinals
A surprise semifinal matchup Tuesday night will mark the fourth meeting of the season between a pair of Westmoreland County baseball teams. No. 4 seed Norwin (13-8) will take on No. 8 Hempfield (9-12) at 7 p.m. at Boyce-Mayview Park in Upper St. Clair for a spot in the WPIAL...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 19, 2025
High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Monday’s results Hempfield 3, North Allegheny 1 Norwin 5, Butler 4 Canon-McMillan 3, North Hills 0 Seneca Valley 4, Mt. Lebanon 3 Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Hempfield (9-12) vs. Norwin (13-8) at Boyce Mayview Park, 7 p.m.; Canon-McMillan (15-6) vs. Seneca Valley (15-6)...
High school roundup for May 19, 2025: Hempfield baseball knocks off No. 1 North Allegheny
Josh Cayer went the distance, allowing one run on two hits with eight strikeouts, as No. 8 Hempfield stunned top-seeded North Allegheny in the WPIAL Class 6A baseball quarterfinals Monday at Boyce Mayview Park. Drew Jones had two hits and Owen Shuglie drove in two runs as the Spartans (8-13)...
Mohawk uses 4-run rally to defeat Southmoreland in Class 3A quarterfinals
Southmoreland softball coach Todd Bunner brought his team together in left field at the Montour softball field Monday for one last time. After his talk, he huddled the players, and they all put their hands together and yelled “family.” No. 2 Mohawk scored four runs with two outs in the...
Top-seeded South Park knocks off rust, shuts out Deer Lakes in Class 3A
Twelve days went by between the South Park softball team’s final regular-season game and Monday’s WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinals against Deer Lakes at Fox Chapel. The Eagles’ high-powered offense took a couple of innings to get going against the Lancers. If it was a little rust, South Park hitters shook...
Former Latrobe standout Austin Butler hired as Hempfield boys basketball coach
Though his playing career appears to be entering its twilight years, Austin Butler’s coaching career is just stepping into the jump circle. Butler, the former Latrobe basketball star who played for two Division I programs and professionally overseas, was hired Monday night to be the next coach at Hempfield. Butler,...
Westmoreland County softball notebook: Norwin eyes another playoff upset
Put the ball in play. It sounds simple enough, and Norwin believes it is the key to overtaking Seneca Valley in the WPIAL 6A semifinals. The Knights (10-11) will take on No. 2 seed Seneca Valley (15-3) and ace flamethrower Lexie Hames at 4 p.m. Tuesday at North Allegheny for...
A-K Valley baseball playoff preview capsules: Games for May 20, 2025
WPIAL baseball playoffs Class 3A Quarterfinals 1-Riverside (14-2) vs. 8-Burrell (13-8) 7 p.m. Tuesday at North Allegheny Winner plays: Winner of 4-Waynesburg Central (16-3)/5-South Park (13-6) on Wednesday in semifinals (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Christian Lucarelli, Riverside; Ryan Wass, Burrell Extra bases: The Panthers were WPIAL runners-up last...
Westmoreland baseball playoff preview capsules: Game for May 20, 2025
WPIAL baseball playoffs Class A Quarterfinals 5-Greensburg Central Catholic (18-2) vs. 4-Bishop Canevin (11-6) 4 p.m. Tuesday at West Mifflin Winner plays: Winner of 1-Serra Catholic (17-3)/8-Jefferson-Morgan (14-3) on Wednesday in the semifinals (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Anthony Grippo, Greensburg Central Catholic; Jackson Maddix, Bishop Canevin Extra bases:...
No. 1 Pine-Richland turns tables on Latrobe, rallies for 1-run win in WPIAL 5A quarterfinals
Usually, it is Latrobe finding ways to win one-run baseball games. But it was top-seeded Pine-Richland that captured some late drama against the Wildcats on Monday in the WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinals, using a last-inning rally to win its second straight one-run game and advance in the playoffs. Drew Boivin...
Swinging bunt helps Norwin rally past Butler and into Class 6A semifinals
Norwin celebrated a walk-off win in nine innings thanks to a swinging bunt that rolled only a few feet. In a way, it summed up the Knights’ grittiness. “There are no style points,” Norwin coach Craig Spisak said after the fourth-seeded Knights rallied late to defeat No. 5 Butler, 5-4,...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for May 19, 2025: Class 6A baseball playoffs begin
The start of the second week of the WPIAL postseason marks a busy few days filled with district quarterfinal and semifinal action. It also finally marks the start of the Class 6A baseball playoffs. With only eight teams qualifying for the postseason in the highest classification, all four quarterfinals will...
South Park’s Troy Cunningham named MVP as West sweeps PSFCA East-West games
The West All-Stars swept two games at the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association East-West football all-star games Sunday at Cumberland Valley’s Chapman Field. In the small school game, the West defeated the East, 14-0. Carson Nagle (Bald Eagle Area) threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Hamilton Gates (Bishop Guilfoyle) and...
Trib HSSN softball player of the week for May 18, 2025 
Trib HSSN softball player of the week: Bria Bosiljevac School: Shaler Class: Junior Position: Pitcher #Earned: Wet weather affected plenty of WPIAL baseball and softball postseason play last week. Bosiljevac rained on the playoff parade of Class 5A foes to lead No. 2-seed Shaler into the district semifinals. In a...
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week for May 18, 2025 
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week: Johnny Bertucci Jr. School: Riverview Class: Senior Position: Pitcher, outfielder, infielder #Earned: Bertucci was the leading rusher this past for the Riverview football team, but his biggest rush comes when he is having success on the baseball diamond. The Raiders have qualified for...
Westmoreland baseball playoff preview capsules: Games for May 19, 2025
WPIAL Class 6A Quarterfinals 4-Norwin (12-8) vs. 5-Butler (12-8) 4 p.m. Monday at North Allegheny, Wexford Winner plays: Winner of North Allegheny/Hempfield on Tuesday in the semifinals Players to watch: Brayden Wardzinski, Norwin; Boden Lenyk, Butler. Extra bases: Wardzinski is 5-0 for Norwin. Senior Nate Silberman is committed to play...
H.S. baseball notebook: Greensburg CC inspired by Warren Schaeffer’s rise with Rockies
If Warren Schaeffer can achieve his dream, so can anybody from Greensburg Central Catholic. The former Centurions star’s meteoric rise in the Colorado Rockies’ coaching ranks has caught the attention of the current team just in time for the WPIAL Class A playoffs. Schaeffer, who helped lead GCC to a...
After claiming 2 WPIAL gold medals, Gateway’s Dino Nadarevic turns attention to state meet
Dino Nadarevic had already claimed one WPIAL title last Wednesday at the Class 3A track and field championships before he went for more. With a gold medal in the shot put already placed around his neck, Nadarevic, a Gateway senior, smashed the school record in the discus and dominated the...
Hard-hitting Sewickley Academy earns lofty seed for WPIAL softball playoffs
Sewickley Academy’s softball team was assigned the No. 4 seed for the WPIAL Class A playoffs. The top three seeds went Union, Carmichaels and West Greene. “We are very excited and honored to have earned the four seed,” Sewickley coach Bob Sirko said. “I am happy the girls have been...
Sewickley Academy girls lacrosse celebrates sophomore’s milestone, playoff berth
The Sewickley Academy girls lacrosse team had a busy final week of the regular season, playing four games in five days. The Panthers went 3-1, which included an impressive 7-5 upset victory against Moon and an exciting 9-7 win against North Hills during which sophomore midfielder Emma Eannarino scored her...
Quaker Valley girls track team completes 4-year WPIAL team title sweep
Since the spring of 2022, only one team has won the girls championship at the WPIAL Class 2A team track and field finals. The Quaker Valley girls defeated North Catholic (101-49), Carlynton (97-53) and Laurel (97-53) in the championship meet May 6 at Peters Township Middle School, giving the Quakers...
New coach overhauling Quaker Valley football program
Tom Eshenbaugh has a strong background in business leadership. He hopes to utilize that knowledge to help restore the Quaker Valley football program to the land of respectability. Eshenbaugh, 45, recently was named head coach of the QV varsity football team. Along with his business ties in the private sector,...
Penn-Trafford’s Logan Kerstetter goes back-to-back in javelin at WPIAL championships
History repeated itself for Penn-Trafford senior Logan Kerstetter. For the second consecutive season, Kerstetter went into the WPIAL Class 3A track and field championship May 14 at Slippery Rock’s Mihalik-Thompson Stadium as an underdog in the javelin. And for the second consecutive season, Kerstetter won the title. He was one...
Sewickey Academy boys lacrosse takes next step in playoff season
Thanks to a 10-2 record and third-place finish in Section 2, the Sewickley Academy boys lacrosse team received the No. 5 seed for the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs. The Panthers posted an 8-2 record in section play to end up behind only Mars (10-0) and Hampton (9-1). “We are extremely...


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