Recap: 3/27/24

BASEBALL

SECTION 1-5A

Penn-Trafford 3, #5 Fox Chapel 2

Penn-Trafford baseball avenges tight loss to Fox Chapel by walking it off in rematch

Plum 6, Armstrong 5

Plum (4-1, 2-0)

Colin Watson – 3 hits (2 doubles)

Ryan Lafferty – 3 hits (2 doubles), 2 RBIs

Jack Anderson – 3 hits, 2 RBIs

Armstrong (1-2, 0-2)

Mason Schrecengost – Homerun

Franklin Regional 11, Penn Hills 0

Franklin Regional (4-3, 2-0)

Maxwell Bernadowski – Winning Pitcher, 9 strikeouts, 3 RBIs

N.J. Ramchandran – 2 RBIs

Owen Sinclair – Double, RBI

Brady Yarabinetz – Double

NON-SECTION

#3 (6A) Mt. Lebanon 1, #2 (6A) Seneca Valley 0

Mt. Lebanon (2-1)

Nolan Smith – 2 for 3, RBI

Graham Keen – Winning Pitcher

Seneca Valley (0-1)

Ryan Piekutoski – Triple

#4 (6A) Hempfield 15, Blackhawk 4

Hempfield (3-0)

Adam Hess – 2 RBIs

Carson Shuglie – 2 RBIs

Max Short – 2 RBIs

Chase Sikorski – 2 RBIs

Dylan Firestone – Winning Pitcher, Double

#5 (6A) Pine-Richland 5, North Catholic 2

Pine-Richland (3-1)

Anthony Mengine – 2 RBIs

Jake Waddell – 2 for 3

Drew Boivin – Winning Pitcher

Nathan Kush – Save

Butler 7, Baldwin 0

Butler (2-0)

Boden Lenyk – Double, 2 RBIs

Liam McElroy – Double, RBI

Nolan Stefaniak – Winning Pitcher, Double

Kiski Area 8, Gateway 7 (F/9)

Gateway (0-3)

Noah Colberg – Double, 2 RBIs

Mars 5, Knoch 1

Mars (1-0)

Charles Bickel – Winning Pitcher, 4 RBIs

Shane Klinefleter – 2 for 2, RBI

Norwin 13, Connellsville 2 (F/5)

Norwin (2-0)

Benjamin Geissler – 2 hits

Keegan Carr – 2 hits

Matthew O’Neil – 2 hits

Nate Siberman – 2 hits

Ty Cupp – 2 hits

Nolan Ryan – 2 hits

*16 hits as a team

Connellsville (1-3)

Matthew Firestone – 2 RBIs

Ringgold 8, Trinity 7 (F/8)

Trinity (1-1)

Matthew Robaugh – Homerun

Gibson Havanis – 2 doubles

SOFTBALL

SECTION 1-6A

#1 Hempfield 8, Mt. Lebanon 0

Hempfield (2-0, 2-0)

Lauren Howard – 3 for 4, 2 RBIs

Claire Mitchell – Triple, 2 RBIs

Mt. Lebanon (0-3, 0-1)

Sarah Stroh – Double

Butler 6, #3 Norwin 1

Butler (2-1, 1-1)

Shaylee Karenbauer – 3 for 3, Triple

Lily Vicari – Double, 2 RBIs

Norwin (2-2, 1-1)

Josey Michalski – Homerun

NON-SECTION

#2 (5A) Armstrong 12, Freeport 0

Armstrong (2-0)

Isabel Prazenica – 2 doubles

Shelby Cloak – Homerun, 2 RBIs

Jessica Pugh – Double

Emma Paul – Double

Natalie Ziegler – Double

Jordyn Klingensmith – Double

Plum 8, #5 (5A) Franklin Regional 2

Plum (2-1)

Jaiden Gentile – Double, Triple

Danielle Pici – Double

Liana Yusko – Double

Riley Stephens – Double

Franklin Regional (2-3)

Toryn Fulton – 3 for 3, double

Connellsville 5, Latrobe 4

Connellsville (4-1)

Cali Leichliter – Homerun

Tagan Basinger – Double

Kira Jansen – Scored winning run

Knoch 11, Mars 6

Mars (1-4)

Laura Craska – 2 doubles

Marlee Fraser – 4 for 5, 4 RBIs

Thomas Jefferson 7, West Mifflin 3

Thomas Jefferson (1-2)

Taylor Karpac – 3 doubles

Zoe Krizan – Double, 2 RBIs

Recap + What’s coming up

RECAP

SOFTBALL

NON-SECTION

Southmoreland 1, Latrobe 0

Latrobe (1-1)

Kayla Williams – Complete game, 2 hits allowed, 10 strikeouts

WHAT’S COMING UP

by: Don Rebel

Its back to work for WPIAL baseball and softball teams Wednesday after a washout Tuesday thanks to all-day precipitation.

Fox Chapel (1-0, 2-1) needed extra innings to win its Section 1-5A baseball game Monday at home. Now 48 hours later, the Foxes look to bring out the brooms when they visit Penn-Trafford(0-1, 1-1) on Wednesday.

Mitchell Epstein hit a walk-off sac fly in the bottom of the eighth inning to score Joe Geller, who had doubled, as the Foxes edged the Warriors, 4-3.

Following Tuesday’s rainout, the teams meet again at Penn-Trafford at 4 p.m.

Also in Section 1-5A, Franklin Regional (1-0, 3-3) tries to take two in a row as it visits Penn Hills(0-1, 0-1).

The Panthers crushed the Indians on Monday, 15-1.

BATTLE OF THE HILLS

While most district softball teams play all the teams in their section one time through, then play them again in the second half of section play, that won’t be the case for a pair of Indians.

North Hills will visit Penn Hills on Wednesday in a Section 1-5A opener, then after a couple more section contests for both teams, they will play again in two weeks at North Hills.

Both Indians squads are off to good starts.

North Hills is 3-1 with its only loss coming to Class 6A Pine-Richland.

Penn Hills has been explosive out of the gates, winning its first two nonsection games by a combined score of 28-7.

Recap: 3/25/24

Photo Credit: North Allegheny Sports Network

BASEBALL

SECTION 1-5A

Franklin Regional 15, Penn Hills 1

Franklin Regional (3-3, 1-0)

N.J. Ramchandran – 3 for 4, Double, 4 RBIs

Brady Yarabinetz – 3 RBIs

Josh Hudak – 2 RBIs

Blake Bertucci – 2 RBIs

Penn Hills (0-1, 0-1)

Connor Lehman – Double

#5 Fox Chapel 4, Penn-Trafford 3 (F/8)

Fox Chapel (2-1, 1-0)

Joe Geller – double in 8th inning

Mitchell Epstein – sacrifice fly in 8th inning

Jeremy Haigh – 2 doubles

Penn-Trafford (1-1, 0-1)

Ian Temple – Homerun, Double

Plum 15, Armstrong 4

Plum (3-1, 1-0)

Sean Franzi – Double, 4 RBIs

Anthony Jump – 2 RBIs

Dom Beyer – 2 RBIs

Armstrong (1-1, 0-1)

Logan Badac – Double, RBI

Mason Schrecengost – Double, RBI

NON-SECTION

Allderdice 17, Highlands 11

Allderdice (1-1)

Zack Shook – 5 for 6, triple, 4 RBIs

Nadav Gil – 5 RBIs

Upper St. Clair 15, Baldwin 3

Upper St. Clair (2-2)

Josh Burlingame – 2-run homerun

Eli Mandler – 2 doubles, 2 RBIs

Nico D’Orazio – 2 doubles, 2 RBIs

Aiden Crochet – Double, 2 RBIs

Nolan Wilson – Double, 2 RBIs

Baldwin (0-2)

Matt Nowicki – 2 for 3, Double

#5 (6A) Pine-Richland 9, #3 (5A) Bethel Park 2

Pine-Richland (2-1)

Keegan Diehl – 6 innings, 0 runs allowed, 8 strikeouts

Anthony Engine – 2 RBIs

Evan Johnston – 2 RBIs

Bethel Park (1-1)

Noah LeJeune – Homerun, 2 RBIs

#1 (6A) North Allegheny 10, Central Catholic 3

North Allegheny (2-0)

J.D. Costanzo – 2 hits

Charles Mau – 2 hits

David Posey – 2 RBIs

Central Catholic (3-1)

Landon Greene – Homerun

Carson Pettyjohn – Double

Chartiers Valley 6, Moon 5

Moon (0-1)

Troy Sallis – Double

Connellsville 9, Kiski Area 7

Connellsville (1-2)

Chase Sankovich – Double, 2 RBIs

Anthony Piasecki – RBI

Grayden Gillot – RBI

Matthew Firestone – RBI

Butler 13, Knoch 3

Butler (1-0)

Boden Lenyk – 3 for 4, 2 RBIs

Liam McElroy – 2 RBIs

Noah Collins – 2 RBIs

Beaver 1, New Castle 0

New Castle (0-3)

Alex Rodgers – 2 hits

Keelan Stewart – 6 innings, 1 run allowed, 4 hits allowed

#2 (5A) West Allegheny 8, Steel Valley 2

West Allegheny (2-0)

Brady Miller – Double, 3 RBIs

Will Gubba – 2 doubles, 2 RBIs

#2 (6A) Seneca Valley 7, Norwin 4

Seneca Valley (1-0)

Ryan Piekutoski – Triple, 2 RBIs

Owen Yarussi – 2 hits (including a double)

Norwin (1-1)

Ty Cupp – 2 hits (including a double)

Nolan Ryan – 2 hits, 2 RBIs

SOFTBALL

SECTION 1-6A

#1 Hempfield 6, #5 North Allegheny 0

Hempfield softball starts fast with season-opening shutout of North Allegheny

#3 Norwin 7, Canon-McMillan 6

Norwin (2-1, 1-0)

Rachel Minteer – Double, Homerun, 4 RBIs

Isabella Deering – Double

Josey Michalski – Double

Canon-McMillan (0-1, 0-1)

Hailey Swope – 3 for 3, double, homerun, 6 RBIs

#4 Pine-Richland 14, Butler 4

Pine-Richland (2-2, 1-0)

Mackenzie Gillis – 2 doubles

Serafina Julio – 2 doubles

Izzy Sulesky – Double

Butler (1-1, 0-1)

Shylee Karenbauer – 3 for 4

#2 Seneca Valley 8, Baldwin 5

Seneca Valley (4-0, 1-0)

Bella Gross – Double, 2 RBIs

Rylee Kratochvil – Double, 2 RBIs

Baldwin (1-2, 0-1)

Jordan Gerendash – Double

NON-SECTION

#2 (5A) Armstrong 10, Knoch 0

Armstrong (1-0)

Madison Baker – Complete game shutout, 2 hits allowed, 7 strikeouts

Shelby Cloak – Double, Triple

Isabel Prazenica – Double

Jordyn Klingensmith – Double

Belle Vernon 8, Fox Chapel 0

Fox Chapel (0-2)

Mia Dunleavy – 2 for 2, Triple

Penn-Trafford 10, Bethel Park 3

Penn-Trafford (2-1)

Cameron Ponko – Double, Homerun

Lorryn Sepe – Homerun

Mack Keenan – Homerun

Bethel Park (2-2)

Becky Gillenberger – 2 hits, 2 RBIs

Yough 3, Connellsville 2

Connellsville (3-1)

Kirra Davis – Double

Plum 10, Derry 0

Plum softball team bounces back from opening loss to blank Derry

North Hills 4, Hampton 3

North Hills (3-1)

Abigail Sutton – 3-run homerun

Emma Culver – Triple

Addyson Wrigley – 3 for 3

Penn Hills 11, Highlands 0 (F/5)

Penn Hills (2-0)

Isabella DeCarlo – 5 innings, 1 hit allowed, 0 runs allowed

Lauren Sipple – 2 doubles, 3 RBIs

#1 (5A) Shaler 2, Laurel 0

Shaler (2-0)

Bria Bosijevac – Winning Pitcher, 17 strikeouts

Isabella Mubel – Double

Emily Spears – Double

New Castle 8, Shenango 3

New Castle (1-0)

Keara Mangieri – 2 doubles

Olivia Hood – 2 doubles

Aycealea Rose – Triple, Homerun

What’s coming up: 3/25/24

by: Don Rebel

5A CO-CHAMPS OPEN ON THE ROAD

The only section baseball action this week in the three highest classifications is in Section 1-5A where three games get the ball rolling in the only seven-team section in those three classes.

Only two games separated the top four playoff teams a year ago in Section 1, with Penn-Trafford and Plum finishing as co-champs with 9-3 records.

Both the Warriors and Mustangs are on the road Monday against the other two playoff teams from the section.

Penn-Trafford (1-0) visits Fox Chapel (1-1) at 4 p.m. while Plum (2-1) is at Armstrong (1-0) at 3:45 p.m.

The other section game pits Penn Hills (0-0) visiting Franklin Regional (2-3) at 4 p.m.

6A SOFTBALL BEGINS

With only nine teams in WPIAL Class 6A softball, district officials decided for this two-year cycle to go with one nine-team section instead of two sections with five and four teams each.

The bloated section opens up play Monday.

Defending 6A champion Hempfield opens up at home Monday against North Allegheny.

This is not only the section opener, but the season opener for the Spartans and Tigers.

Norwin (1-1) visits Canon-McMillan (0-0) in a rematch of a WPIAL quarterfinal game a year ago. The Knights beat the Big Macs in that postseason matchup, 8-5.

WPIAL runner-up Seneca Valley (3-0) visits Baldwin (1-1) while Pine-Richland (1-2) heads north to Butler (1-0).

Recap: 3/21/24

Photo Credit: @Shaler_Baseball

BASEBALL

#1 (5A) Shaler 6, Franklin Regional 0

Shaler (3-0)

Colby Weber – Winning Pitcher, 6 innings, 1 hit allowed, 8 strikeouts

Landon Schiffhauer – 2 doubles, 3 RBIs

Colby McGuire – 3 hits (including a double)

Franklin Regional (0-2-1)

Blake Bertucci – 2 hits

Central Catholic 11, Germantown Friends 1

Central Catholic (1-0)

Max Clister – 3 for 3, double, RBI

Yaniel Heredia – 2 for 2, 3 SBs, 2 runs

Carson Pettyjohn – Winning Pitcher, 4 innings, 1 run allowed, 2 hits allowed, 5 strikeouts

Thomas Jefferson 8, Peters Township 3

Peters Township (2-1)

Carter Shanafelt – 3 for 3

SOFTBALL

Connellsville 3, Greensburg Salem 1

Connellsville (2-0)

Mackenzie Victor – Winning Pitcher, 1 run allowed (unearned), 3 hits allowed, 8 strikeouts

Kirra Davis – Triple

Pine-Richland 11, North Hills 3

Pine-Richland (1-2)

Izzy Suleski – 2 doubles, homerun, 5 RBIs, Winning Pitcher

Delaney Jamison – Homerun

Mackenzie Gillis – 2 hits (including a double)

North Hills (2-1)

Abigail Sutton – 3 for 3, 2 homeruns, double

Southmoreland 10, Penn-Trafford 0

Penn-Trafford (0-1)

Mack Keenan – 2 hits

Souderton 3, Franklin Regional 0

Franklin Regional (0-2)

Toryn Fulton – Hit

Adrianna Martz – Hit

Iyarah Hicks – Hit

Olivia Cowell – Hit

Hackettstown (NJ) 8, Franklin Regional 8

Franklin Regional (0-2-1)

Toryn Fulton – 2 hits, RBI

Iyarah Hicks – Double

Chloe Lancaster – Double

Recap: 3/20/24

SOFTBALL

Burrell 21, Kiski Area 11

Kiski Area (0-1)

Isabella Delia – Double, 2 RBIs

Grace Yeager – 3 RBIs

Norwin 6, Mt. Pleasant 2

Norwin (1-0)

Diem Wardzinski – game-tying RBI in 7th inning, Homerun

Josey Michalski – go-ahead two-run homerun

Brookelyn Kotch – 3 hits (including a triple), Winning Pitcher

*scored 5 runs in the 7th inning

North Hills 15, Bethel Park 2

North Hills (2-0)

Savannah Bodnar – 2 homeruns, 5 RBIs

Makenzie Roskwitalski – Double

Lily Adamski – Double

Abigail Sutton – Double, Winning Pitcher

Bethel Park (1-1)

Belinda Bova – 3 for 3, Double

West Allegheny 10, Mt. Lebanon 0

West Allegheny (1-0)

Ava Benish – Homerun, 2 RBIs

Cali Fiscus – Double, 2 RBIs

Aubrey Police – Double

Autumn Bielecki – 6 shutout innings, 2 hits allowed, 4 strikeouts

Western Beaver 15, New Brighton 0 (F/3)

Western Beaver (1-0)

Abby Tomkowski – Homerun, Double, 3 RBIs

Maddie Syka – 3-run homerun

Izzie Lefebvre – Double

Carleigh Smith – Double

BASEBALL

Penn-Trafford 9, Mt. Pleasant 0

Penn-Trafford (1-0)

Travis Kovarik and Hunter Brown – combined for 1-hit shutout

Travis Kovarik – 9 strikeouts

Ian Temple – Homerun, 2 RBIs

Chuck Fontana III – Double, 2 RBIs

Jason Sabol – Homerun

Bethel Park 11, Canon-McMillan 1

Bethel Park (1-1)

Ryan Tierney – 2 doubles

Ryan Walsh – 3 RBIs

Ethan Stanhoff – 2 RBIs

Canon-McMillan (0-1)

Nico Patragas – Homerun

Cam Russell – 2 hits

Baseball & Softball Recap: 3/19/24

BASEBALL

NON-SECTION

#5 (6A) Pine-Richland 15, Gateway 6

Pine-Richland (1-0)

Peyton Ford – 3 for 5, Homerun, 5 RBIs

Anthony Annichine – Homerun, 2 RBIs

Logan Plummer – Homerun, 2 RBIs

Benjamin Husted – Double, Triple, RBI

Gateway (0-2)

Grady Dunsmore – Single, Double

Miles Beavin – Single, Double

Ellwood City 6, New Castle 5

New Castle (0-1)

Dominic Miller – Double, 2 RBIs

Peters Township 11, Ringgold 6

Peters Township (2-0)

TJ Taylor – Homerun, 4 RBIs

Will Somers – 2 singles, 2 RBIs

Luke Trunzo – Winning pitcher

South Fayette 8, Central Valley 0

South Fayette (1-0)

Tyler Skeen – Double, RBI, Winning Pitcher

Anthony Diodata – 2 Hits

Bo Stover – 2 Hits

SOFTBALL

NON-SECTION

Latrobe 11, #4 (6A) Pine-Richland 3

Latrobe (1-0)

Kayla Williams – 2 Homeruns (including a grand slam), 5 RBIs, Winning Pitcher, 9 Strikeouts

Mya McHugh – Homerun

Macie McHugh – 3 for 4

Sarah Blossey – 3 for 4

Pine-Richland (0-1)

Marissa DeLuca – 2 RBIs

Mia Maiola – Triple

Connellsville 9, Derry 8 (F/8)

Connellsville (1-0)

Iris Burd – 15 strikeouts, Winning Pitcher

Kirra Davis – Double

*Trailed by 4 runs in the 7th inning

Hempfield’s Riley Miller chooses Kent State for softball

Photo Credit: TribLive HSSN

Proximity to home had a little something to do with Riley Miller’s college decision.

For complete article, click here.

PIAA Releases Classifications for 2024-25, 2025-26

On Tuesday, the PIAA released updated enrollments numbers for all sports for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons. These lists are not finalized as teams have until Friday to decide to “play up” in classification. There will also be teams forced to move up because of the PIAA competitive-balance rule which is not determined until after each season is over. But for now here is what we have for classifications for the next two seasons:

Football

Boys Soccer

Girls Soccer

Girls Volleyball

Boys Basketball

Girls Basketball

Baseball

Softball

Seneca Valley pitcher Lexie Hames commits to Clemson

No surprises here: Seneca Valley ace softball pitcher Lexie Hames is headed to a top-tier NCAA program.

For complete article, click here.