WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
This wasn’t the same Hempfield softball team that dominated its opponents over the last few years, but they were dominate enough to capture its fourth straight WPIAL championship on Wednesday with a 2-1 win in 10 innings against section rival Latrobe at Seton Hill University. This was a rematch of last year’s final, but the… More »
Ally Bezjak was not ready for her season to end. In the Class 5A WPIAL Consolation Game, Bezjak drove in three runs, including the game-winning run in the eighth inning to lift Albert Gallatin to a 4-3 win against Connellsville at Seton Hill University on Tuesday. Bezjak’s single in the eighth inning qualified the Colonials… More »
The Baldwin girls softball team came one game shy of competing for the Class 6A WPIAL Championship. Although the Highlanders will not be able to earn gold on that level, they will have an opportunity to do so at the state level after qualifying for the PIAA tournament with a 7-1 win against Norwin in… More »
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Junior Kiley Myers had one of the best games of her career on Thursday. Myers shut out top-ranked Hempfield, 1-0, to end the Spartans section winning streak at 41 games. Myers pitched a complete-game, striking out 15 batters, didn’t allow a walk, and only allowed two hits. She was able to get out of a seventh… More »
For the fourth straight season, the Baldwin softball team can call themselves section champions. The Highlanders accomplished that feat with a 4-3 Section 1-6A win at Canon-McMIllan on Tuesday, giving them the season sweep of the Big Macs. Senior Taylor Dadig led the offense with a home run and three RBIs. Sophomore Cassie Carlson went 2 for… More »
Penn-Trafford and Franklin Regional swapped positions in the Section 1-5A softball standings on Tuesday with a 6-0 home win for the Warriors. Penn-Trafford now sits a half-game ahead of Franklin Regional as the teams split the season series. Both teams have clinched a spot in the playoffs. The Warriors scored all their runs in two… More »
The North Allegheny softball team clinched an outright Section 3-6A title on Tuesday afternoon with a 6-1 win at Seneca Valley. Junior Ashley Adams tossed a complete game and drove in three runs to help propel the Tigers toward victory. In the pitcher’s circle, Adams scattered 11 hits and allowed only one unearned run with five strikeouts…. More »
Hannah Dietz helped Grove City College to a 4-2 mark last week by hitting .412 (7-for-17). Her two-run double Saturday highlighted Grove City’s eight-run first inning against Geneva College. She went 4-for-7 in the two games against Geneva and had at least one hit in five of the six games. She finished the week with a… More »