WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Dante Dalesandro continued his impressive senior season during Washington & Jefferson’s 3-0 week. He paced the Presidents with a .571 batting average (4-for-7) while totaling seven RBI and three runs scored. The senior outfielder also sported a .636 on-base percentage and a 1.143 slugging percentage. Dalesandro accounted for all four of Washington & Jefferson’s runs… More »
The Hampton baseball team jumped out to a 5-0 lead against visiting South Fayette on Thursday, and held onto a 5-4 win to stay in sole possession of first place in Section 2-5A. The Talbots scored one run in the fourth and had a big four run fourth inning to create some breathing room. South… More »
Down by two and to its last out, Trinity senior Cameron Meier belted a three-run home run to lift the Hillers to a 10-9 win at West Allegheny on Wednesday afternoon. Trinity had no runners on with two outs, but an error extended the inning for Meier’s heroics. Wednesday’s offensive output was the seventh straight… More »
In a Section 2-6A showdown, the North Allegheny softball team locked up a playoff berth with a 7-4 win over the Norwin Knights on Wednesday night. The Tigers overcame an early 3-0 deficit with a 13-hit attack that saw all nine batters reach base and six different players score runs. The visiting Knights wasted little… More »
The North Allegheny softball team fell to the Seneca Valley Raiders on Tuesday afternoon, 3-2, in Section 2-6A action. The Raiders rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the late innings to stay in a third-place tie with Hempfield in the section. Despite the loss, the Tigers remain in first place with a ½ game lead… More »
Krystyna Burdelski went 2-0 with a 1.16 ERA and 1.67 WHIP in a pair of complete games last week for Westminster College. She fired a one-hit shutout in Westminster’s 9-0 (5 inn.) game two victory over Presidents’ Athletic Conference rival, Bethany College, last Thursday. Over 15 starts this season, Burdelski is 7-8 with a 3.01… More »
Marina Manuppelli hit .692 (9-for-13) in a pair of doubleheader sweeps last week for Geneva College. She finished the week with 11 RBIs, three doubles, a home run and a pair of runs scored. Manuppelli drilled a three-run walk-off homer in last Wednesday’s 5-4 game one victory over Carnegie Mellon University. In last Tuesday’s sweep… More »
Dawson Porter hit .545 (6-for-11) with a double last week for Westminster College. The freshman finished the week with a .615 on-base percentage. He totaled two RBIs and a pair of runs scored while also swiping a base. Porter is hitting .351 in 12 appearances (10 starts) for the Titans this season. The Armstrong graduate… More »
Penn State-Behrend freshman Thomas Zbezinski threw his third complete game in a 10-2 win over Pitt-Bradford on Thursday. He struck out six and allowed two earned runs to improve to 5-1 on the mound. The Pine-Richland graduate was named Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Pitcher of the Week for his performance. (photo courtesy of Penn State-Behrend)
The top-ranked Class 5A softball team couldn’t get anything going through the first four innings against Franklin Regional. After not getting a hit, Penn-Trafford erupted for 11 in the final three innings, scoring four runs in the fifth and three more in the seventh to come away with a 7-1 Section 1-5A road win to… More »