Baseball
Quartet of ‘pleasant surprises’ helps Penn-Trafford baseball climb to No. 2 ranking in Class 6A
April 23, 2019
Even the best baseball teams don’t completely know what they have until the section schedule gets rolling.
Tough nonsection slate paying off for Greensburg Central Catholic baseball
Going into the season with seven new starters, Greensburg Central Catholic baseball coach Dennis Reist beefed up the schedule with an early run of difficult nonsection opponents and hoped Mother Nature would cooperate.
High school roundup for April 22, 2019: Mars blanks No. 4 Shaler
April 22, 2019
Shane Fox tossed a three-hit shutout and knocked in the lone run of the game as Mars defeated No. 4-ranked Shaler, 1-0, in a Section 2-5A baseball game Monday afternoon.
Upper St. Clair baseball ends losing skid against Canon-McMillan
What a difference 19 days makes.
Deer Lakes baseball ‘learning how to win’ in turnaround
The same result kept happening to Deer Lakes during the early stages of baseball season.
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week: Quaker Valley’s Christian Johnson
April 21, 2019
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Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week: Union
Westmoreland lookahead for Week of April 22, 2019
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High school sports broadcasts planned this week on Trib HSSN
With a belly full of treats left behind by our furry, hopping friend, we leave Easter behind and focus on the second half of section play in spring high school sports this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network.
Fun times for Ligonier Valley baseball under 1st-year coach Marabito
April 20, 2019
The old pie in the face is a time-honored tradition in baseball, however hokey and overplayed it might be. Players of all levels often get splattered with the sweets during postgame interviews.
WPIAL baseball rankings for week of April 21, 2019
Baseball rankings
Bethel Park, Serra Catholic, California join Trib HSSN state baseball rankings
There were big changes to the weekly Trib HSSN PIAA baseball rankings with 10 teams falling out of the Top 5 from a week ago.
Hot bats power Pine-Richland baseball team on winning streak
April 19, 2019
After battling to a hard-fought 5-4 win over North Allegheny, the Pine-Richland baseball team is unbeaten in its last seven games. Prior to the win the over rival Tigers, the Rams had outscored their opponents 41-4 in the previous five games.
Gateway baseball making run at Section 3-5A title
Gateway baseball coach Mark Wardzinski said at the start of the season his relatively young team had the pieces in place to make a run at the Section 3-5A championship and qualify for the WPIAL playoffs for the fourth year in a row.
New philosophy has Penn-Trafford baseball excelling at plate
In the lead up to the 2019 season, Penn-Trafford baseball coach Dan Miller was preparing for the worst and hoping for the best.
Shady Side Academy baseball team confident in core
The Shady Side Academy baseball team recently returned from a spring training trip to Florida Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports with hopes of improving on last year’s 8-10 record that included a 5-5 section record and a second-round loss in the WPIAL playoffs.
High school roundup for April 18, 2019: No. 4 Knoch takes down No. 3 Greensburg Salem
April 18, 2019
In a battle of baseball teams in the top five of the TribHSSN Class 4A rankings, No. 4 Knoch upended No. 3 Greensburg Salem, 9-6, in a Section 1 clash Thursday afternoon.
No. 4 Penn-Trafford breaks out bats to defeat rival Norwin
Jordan and Owen Sabol play for rival baseball teams. The former is a senior center fielder for Penn-Trafford, the latter a senior shortstop at Norwin.
Hampton baseball continues hot start in Section 2-5A
After a slow start, the Hampton baseball team finds itself in a good situation — one that’s partly due to situational hitting.
West Allegheny stays No. 1 in baseball, new team atop softball power rankings
It was another week of big changes in the TribLive High School Sports Network weekly Power Rankings for baseball, but no teams exited or entered the softball Top 10.
