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Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school baseball rankings for May 23, 2026
This week’s PIAA baseball rankings are like a hockey puck being dumped deep into the zone, allowing for wholesale changes. While there were hardly any changes in the two smallest classifications, and a couple of switches in Class 4A and 3A, there was monumental movement in the top two classes....
Winchester Thurston’s DaShae Cochran wraps up high school career with state title in 400
SHIPPENSBURG — Winchester Thurston senior DeShea Cochran said she was disappointed with her second-place performance in the WPIAL Class 2A 400-meter dash. She made up for it Saturday at the PIAA Track and Field Championships at Shippensburg University’s Seth Grove Stadium. The Delaware State commit won gold in the 400....
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Fox Chapel’s Caroline Grimsley and Riverview’s Lukas Duncan
Caroline Grimsley School: Fox Chapel Class: Senior Sport: Lacrosse Claim to fame: Grimsley had three goals and three assists for the No. 4-seeded Foxes (13-3) in an 11-5 win over No. 3 Upper St. Clair in the WPIAL Class 3A third-place game to see who would advance to the PIAA...
Laurel’s Alexis Geiwitz keeps shot dry, wins PIAA gold
Laurel senior Alexis Geiwitz overcame sloppy conditions to win the PIAA Class 2A shot put Saturday at Shippensburg. Geiwitz’s winning toss of 41 feet, 6 ¼ inches came on her first throw. Heavy rains overnight and into Saturday morning made for sloppy conditions. Geiwitz overcame a disappointing performance in the...
Shady Side Academy’s Javon Johnston leaps to PIAA gold in triple jump
Javon Johnston competed in two events at the PIAA track and field championships. The first one went pretty well, but Johnston decided to save his best for last. Johnston, a sophomore at Shady Side Academy, captured the gold medal in the Class 2A triple jump Saturday, this after placing third...
Hempfield, Mt. Pleasant softball, Greensburg CC baseball run on batteries
When someone told hard-throwing pitcher Julia Varhola she was like the quarterback of the Hempfield softball team, she paused momentarily — and passed to a wide-open teammate. “No, the quarterback is my catcher,” Varhola said, referring to senior Ella Berkebile. “She is a leader back there. We have good chemistry.”...
Peters Township fantastic freshman Katie Froelich wins another state track gold
Peters Township’s Katie Froelich won a second distance title at these PIAA track and field championships Saturday, and her latest triumph was historic. Froelich became the first WPIAL freshman to win two gold medals in individual events at the state meet in 40 years after exiting Shippensburg University’s Seth Grove...
Westmoreland County athletes of the week: Hempfield’s Lauren Howard and Greensburg Central Catholic’s Alec Martin
Lauren Howard School: Hempfield Class: Senior Sport: Softball Claim to fame: Howard, known as “Lou” to family and friends, had one of her best games of the season as the No. 1-seeded Spartans plowed past No. 4 Canon-McMillan, 13-0 in five innings, in the WPIAL Class 6A semifinals. Howard went...
Norwin notebook: Track team sends 5 through to states
Norwin sent five athletes through to the WPIAL Class 3A Track & Field Championships in Shippensburg. Annie Czajkowski qualified in the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs, and Karina Karadus made it in the 100-meter hurdles. Czajkowski took fourth in the 1,600 (4:57.29) and 3,200 (10:45.50) runs at the WPIAL championships at...
Norwin baseball playoff win won’t soon be forgotten
Despite bowing out in the WPIAL semifinals, the Norwin baseball team won’t soon forget what got them there. Their ears are still ringing from the noise. Norwin was down 3-0 heading to the bottom of the seventh in its Class 6A quarterfinal against Central Catholic at Gateway. The Knights’ season...
Motivated Sean Cartwright shines for Franklin Regional at WPIAL meet
Sean Cartwright was not a happy camper after his first race at the WPIAL Class 3A Track and Field Championships. Second place in the 110-meter hurdles was not what he planned. His attitude changed about an hour later when the Franklin Regional junior stood atop of the podium after winning...
Franklin Regional notebook: Former Panthers goalkeeper on comeback trail
Aris Lamanna is on the comeback trail. The former Franklin Regional standout soccer goalkeeper announced recently that she has been cleared for physical activity with no restrictions after she underwent shoulder surgery in November. Six months of rehabilitation are in the past as she eyes a successful third season of...
Fox Chapel Herald notebook: Winter teams learn section assignments
The Fox Chapel and Shady Side Academy winter sports teams got a peak at the sections they will compete in for the next two-year enrollment cycle when the WPIAL announced realignment May 19. The Foxes’ wrestling program will be in Group 2 of Section 2, along with Armstrong, Fox Chapel,...
Fox Chapel lacrosse teams play their way into high-stakes games
Caroline Grimsley wasn’t ready to be done putting on her Fox Chapel lacrosse uniform. Grimsley will attend the University of Tampa next year and won’t be playing lacrosse in college. The Foxes senior, who has 264 points including 142 goals in her career, helped the Foxes reach the WPIAL Class...
Heart-and-soul hurdler leads Bethel Park contingent at WPIAL meet
Bethel Park was represented by 10 athletes at the WPIAL Class 3A track and field championships May 14 at Slippery Rock University. The Black Hawks were led by stellar performers such as top-five district hurdler Autumn Flowers, record-breaking pole vaulter Brady McCarthy, freshman standout Tayler Bruckner and several others. Flowers...
Bethel Park baseball sticks together during up-and-down season, earns playoff spot
Bethel Park advanced to the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs with a 12-8 regular-season record and third-place finish in Section 2. It was a season of mini-streaks for the Black Hawks, who started out 6-0, lost six in a row, then won four consecutive games prior to the WPIAL playoffs. “I...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 22, 2026
High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship Wednesday’s schedule Butler (19-3) vs. North Allegheny (14-7) at EQT Park, 4 p.m. Class 5A Championship Wednesday’s schedule Upper St. Clair (13-8) vs. South Fayette (14-9) at EQT Park, 7 p.m. Third place Wednesday’s schedule Montour (17-6) vs Thomas Jefferson (18-5) at...
North Allegheny players make PIAA semifinals in singles, doubles
A remarkable season for North Allegheny boys tennis continued Friday with No. 1 singles player Advaita Sircar and No. 1 doubles team Ashwin Sudhakar and Matt Kampi moving into Saturday’s PIAA Class 3A semifinals. Defending champion Max Henson of Belle Vernon and WPIAL runner-up Will Meagher of Quaker Valley and...
Trio of Westmoreland County 1,600 runners pleased to medal at state championships
SHIPPENSBURG — An athlete doesn’t always have to win to be happy with his or her performance at the PIAA track and field championships. Doing their best and getting on the podium is usually satisfying for most. Hempfield senior Jonathan Stetchock, Southmoreland senior Megan Mehall and Norwin senior Annie Czajkowski...
Kiski Area’s Bell answers call, wins silver in triple jump at PIAA Class 3A meet
Kiski Area’s Alaysia Bell said her favorite class is English, adding the thing she enjoys most about it is writing essays. Bell wrote the ending of her sophomore season Friday, and she was all smiles when talking about it afterwards. Bell used a giant final leap to finish as the...
Sewickley Academy won’t share section with Lincoln Park after all
Upon further review, defending WPIAL and PIAA champion Sewickley Academy won’t share a boys basketball section with perennial power Lincoln Park after all. When WPIAL realignment was announced Tuesday, the Panthers, who voluntarily decided to move up to Class 4A after winning double gold in Class 2A last year, were...
Shenango junior comes out firing, wins PIAA javelin gold
Shenango junior Anna McKinley does not usually nail her first throw of a meet. She sure did Friday at the PIAA Track and Field Championships. McKinley won the PIAA Class 2A javelin with a winning throw of 139 feet, 10 inches, and joined her older sister Tori, who won the...
Penn Hills beginning search for new football coach
The Penn Hills School District is beginning the search for a new football coach in the wake of Charles Morris’ resignation. In a letter from Dr. Bernard Taylor Jr., principal at Penn Hills High School, sent Thursday, the district stressed that it is doing its best to provide the players...
Peters Township, Quaker Valley runners kick off PIAA track meet with golden performances
SHIPPENSBURG — Peters Township freshman Katie Froelich found herself in a familiar place Friday, and she can thank some familial assistance for putting her there. Engaged in yet another duel with South Fayette sophomore Angela Zeng, Froelich needed a strong final kick to hold off Zeng and climb to the...
WPIAL sets dates, times for baseball, softball championships: A first look at the matchups
There’s been a little of everything over the past two weeks in the WPIAL baseball and softball playoffs. Class 5A baseball has a matchup of Cinderellas with 10th seed South Fayette facing 12th seed Upper St. Clair. South Park has two of the most dominant arms in the district with...
