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Gateway’s Adam Memije gains revenge in WPIAL Class 3A tennis finals; newcomer Max Henson of Belle Vernon wins 2A title
Gateway’s Adam Memije and Belle Vernon’s Max Henson took home gold at the WPIAL tennis finals Friday at Bethel Park. Memije, the No. 2 seed in Class 3A, took down top seed Advaita Sircar of North Allegheny in three sets. The Gateway senior dropped the first set, 7-5, before claiming...
High school roundup for April 10, 2025: Norwin evens up section series with Canon-McMillan
Trevor Vitsas went 3 for 4 with an RBI and Jake Knight drove in two runs to lead Norwin to a 4-3 victory over Canon-McMillan on Thursday night, evening their three-game Section 2-6A baseball series at a game apiece. Winning pitcher Brayden Wardzinski gave up six hits in six innings...
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week for April 10, 2025 
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week – Belle Vernon Leopards Coach: Tony Watson (fifth season) Record: Belle Vernon is tied for first place in Section 2-4A with a 6-0 record (8-0 overall). #Earned: Like most baseball teams in the district, whatever games Belle Vernon managed to play this past...
Lady Spartan/Wildcat Invitational to feature record number of teams
Inclement weather pushed back the 2024 Lady Spartan/Wildcat Invitational by a day. But Hempfield coach Ron Colland said the 2025 annual track meet should go on as planned Friday at Latrobe’s Memorial Stadium. This is the 33rd Lady Spartan and 22nd Wildcat invitational. More than 32 teams have registered to...
Rematch set for WPIAL Class 3A boys tennis singles championship
Advaita Sircar of North Allegheny and Gateway’s Adam Memije will meet for the WPIAL Class 3A boys singles tennis title for the second straight year. Last year, Sircar beat Memije in a three-set battle. This year, they’ll square off again at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Bethel Park. In Wednesday’s semifinals,...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 10, 2025: Class 6A teams battle for supremacy in 3-game section series
The weather forecast for Thursday calls for slightly higher temperatures with the mercury sneaking back into the 50s; however, rain is likely to put a damper on most of the scheduled WPIAL baseball and softball games. However, there is hope for teams to play ball if the game is scheduled...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school softball rankings for April 9, 2025
As we head toward mid-April, it would be nice to say the action on the softball diamonds is heating up as much as the mercury. Yes, that would be nice. However, while the weather continues to be funky, the top softball teams in the state keep plugging away in the...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school baseball rankings for April 9, 2025
Between the rain drops and the chill in the air, baseball was played this past week throughout the state with issues for the top teams in the bookend classifications but little movement in the middle four classes. Two teams each fell out of the weekly Trib HSSN state baseball rankings...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 10, 2025
High schools Baseball Thursday’s results Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny at Butler, ppd. North Hills 3, Central Catholic 1 Section 2 Mt. Lebanon at Hempfield, ppd. Norwin 4, Canon-McMillan 3 Class 5A Section 4 Thomas Jefferson at Connellsville, ppd. Class 4A Section 3 Indiana at Derry, ppd. Class 3A...
Mt. Lebanon’s Graham Keen shuts down Hempfield
Graham Keen played a big role in helping the Mt. Lebanon baseball team reach the WPIAL 6A championship game last year. The then-freshman and senior David Shields, who was drafted and signed by the Kansas City Royals, gave the Blue Devils a solid one-two punch. The 6-foot-5 sophomore right-hander pitched...
Westmoreland County softball notebook: Pitchers also starring for hard-hitting Franklin Regional
Franklin Regional is playing sharp softball, and the proof is in its record: The Panthers are 7-2 overall and sit atop Section 2-5A at 4-0. Veteran coach Jim Armstrong admits the team has taken on an offensive identity in recent years with more emphasis on hitting. Can you fault him...
A-K Valley softball notebook: Knoch bolstered by ‘barnburner’ victory over North Catholic
The Knoch softball team had won five straight games by shutout and had scored 59 runs in those games before arriving at Monday’s nonsection home matchup against North Catholic. The Knights quickly found out that the game with the Trojanettes wouldn’t turn out the same way. North Catholic broke open...
Contagious hitting sends Penn-Trafford past Latrobe
When Giuliana Youngo saw Cam Ponko’s home run sail over the fence in center field, she wanted in on the action. “When one of us starts hitting, it makes everyone else better,” Youngo said. “We focus a lot on our hitting.” Ponko and Youngo, both seniors, blasted back-to-back solo shots...
High school roundup for April 9, 2025: Tristin Weimann carries North Hills past Central Catholic
Winning pitcher Tristin Weimann struck out eight in six shutout innings and drove in the only run of the game to lead North Hills to a 1-0 victory over Central Catholic in Section 1-6A baseball Wednesday. Christian Cordeiro went 2 for 2 and Ryan Tatar struck out eight for the...
Gamble pays off as Colby Weber sparks Shaler to rare 2-game sweep of West Allegheny
Shaler ace Colby Weber left the mound Monday after throwing only 19 pitches, a strategic gamble by his coach that paid off handsomely two days later. His short relief stint kept Weber eligible to pitch again Wednesday, and the 6-foot-6 senior struck out 11 as Shaler defeated host West Allegheny,...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 8, 2025
High schools Baseball Tuesday’s results Class 5A Section 2 Peters Township 3, Chartiers Valley 2 South Fayette at Bethel Park, ppd. Trinity at Upper St. Clair, ppd. Section 4 Baldwin 16, McKeesport 1 Thomas Jefferson at Connellsville, ppd. Class 4A Section 1 Ambridge 5, Hampton 0 Hopewell 8, North Catholic...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 9, 2025: North Hills neighbors collide in Class 5A softball
Another chilly, but a tad warmer day will be the backdrop for a busy midweek schedule of WPIAL softball section contests. One of the key matchups is a battle of a pair of northern power programs colliding when North Hills (8-1) hosts Shaler (4-2) at 3 p.m. The rivals finished...
Trib 10: Baseball power rankings get a healthy shakeup
Consistency is the key to a very successful season in any sport. It is also important to maintain a spot in the weekly Trib 10. What we are discovering is the elite softball teams in the district have been consistent into the second week of April. However, for their diamond...
High school roundup for April 8, 2025: Ambridge braves elements, blanks Hampton
Joe Leseiko threw a four-hit shutout with eight strikeouts and one walk to send Ambridge to a 5-0 victory over Hampton in Section 1-4A baseball Tuesday afternoon. Liam Baker singled and doubled and Jonathan Janicki had two hits and an RBI for the Bridgers (5-3, 3-2). Chad Moore had a...
Peters Township breaks the ice with 3-run homer in win over Chartiers Valley
Chartiers Valley and Peters Township not only had to battle each other in a big Section 2-5A district baseball game Tuesday, they had to deal with the elements as well. “Conditions were not great. We just got back from a week in Florida where it was 85 (degrees) every day,”...
Quaker Valley graduate Adou Thiero declares for NBA Draft after junior season at Arkansas
Quaker Valley graduate Adou Thiero, who emerged as a double-digit scorer for Arkansas, has declared for the NBA Draft. The 6-foot-8, 220-pound junior forward averaged 15.1 points and 5.8 rebounds per game this winter for the Razorbacks. Thiero played his first two college seasons at Kentucky before following coach John...
Westmoreland County high school baseball notebook: Strong pitching just the beginning for undefeated Belle Vernon
As one of only six undefeated baseball teams in the WPIAL at the start of the week — the only undefeated team in Westmoreland County — Belle Vernon once again is leaning on a treacherous pitching rotation to win games. But it doesn’t stop there. “Our starting pitching has always...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 8, 2025: Class 5A baseball matchups impact section standings
This week of WPIAL baseball section series began with first place in three of the four sections in Class 5A directly affected by head-to-head matchups. Those three series and plenty of other continue on a chilly Tuesday. In Section 1-5A, the week began with Franklin Regional (7-1 overall) and Plum...
Aliquippa linebacker Daiveon Taylor commits to Kent State
Aliquippa linebacker Daiveon Taylor committed to Kent State on Monday, completing a recruiting journey that saw him first pick West Virginia. Taylor announced his decision on social media. A 6-foot-2, 220-pound junior, Taylor was rated by Rivals.com as a three-star prospect. The recruiting website ranked him 29th overall among all...
High school roundup for April 7, 2025: Central Catholic pitching stops North Hills
Winning pitcher Joshua McFadden gave up one run on two hits and struck out seven in six innings and Yaniel Heredia earned the save as Central Catholic defeated North Hills, 3-1, in Section 1-6A baseball Monday. Landon Greene went 2 for 3 with a pair of RBI for the Vikings...


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