WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
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 »
The Bethel Park baseball team jumped out to a big lead early, and were able to hold off defending WPIAL and PIAA champions, Canon-McMillan, to come away with an 11-6 Section 3-6A home win on Tuesday. The win pulls the Black Hawks into a first place tie with Peters Township. Bethel Park took control of… More »
The Seneca Valley baseball team kept pace at the top of the Section 1-6A standings on Tuesday night with a 4-1 win against Central Catholic. Junior Jon McCullough got the start and picked up the win, pitching five innings, striking out eight and allowing one earned run. Senior Mike Morrone picked up the save with… More »
Madi Beining was 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA last week against Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference teams, striking out 16 while not walking any and allowing just one run. The junior gave up just five hits in a 6-1 win over Slippery Rock University and five hits in a 4-0 shutout of Mercyhurst University, her third… More »
James Diamond hit .471 (8 for 17) for Westminster during last week’s five-game stretch, totaling three home runs, a double, five RBIs and eight runs scored. He smacked a pair of homers in last Tuesday’s game one loss to Saint Vincent College, becoming the first Titan since 2012 to have a pair of home runs… More »