Pennsylvania High School Sports News

Don't try telling Pittston Area left-hander Mike Schwab that the toughest three outs of the game are the last ones.

Jason Mackey / Observer-Reporter Allison Hurley, left, had nine points and Hannah Wilcox scored seven goals during the Peters Township girls lacrosse team's 20-8 win over Sewickley Academy in the WPIAL Division I quarterfinals Friday night.

Jackie Berry made sure of that. After Bald Eagle Area, the team that staged a seven-run last-inning rally to knock the Lady Rams out of the District 6 AA playoffs a year ago, forged a 3-3 tie in the sixth inning Thursday, Berry delivered a knockout blow in the top of the seventh to give Ligonier Valley a 5-4 win and berth in the quarterfinals ... (more)

The Rams defeated Mt. Lebanon, 8-1, on Monday in the first round of the WPIAL Class AAAA baseball playoffs.

Jacoway turned in a distance of 48-41/2, while the runner-up had a 43-10. 6 Hits in seven at-bats over two games for Northwestern outfielder Mitch Wright.

State College won all but three track races and put three runners in the top five in five events to pile up a gigantic team victory with 250.5 points to runner-up Altoona's 142.5. The Lady Little Lions swept all three relays, capped by Victoria Crawford holding off 400 champion Megan Becker of Mifflin County in the 1,600-meter relay to close the ... (more)

Darius Spinks races down the stretch during his leg of the 4-by-400 relay. He helped Washington to a victory in the event.

In the District 2 Class AA final, Scranton Prep freshman Pete Kazmierczak followed a double fault with a powerful ace that helped him and his teammate, Keller McGurrin, win the doubles championship over the top-seeded team from Wyoming Seminary, Henry Cornell-Matt Cartwright, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, Thursday at Kirby Park.

Giordano ripped an RBI triple in the top of the first and Olivia Kosin delivered the first of her three hits - a two-run single - as the Lady Crusaders claimed their first championship and the third seed in the District 2 Class AA playoffs with a 9-0 win over Riverside.

The Rough Riders' senior outfielder has a big league connection in big brother Anthony Recker, a catcher for the Mets.

West York pitcher Joe Prego, center, celebrates Tuesday s title win with first baseman Brandon Kinneman, right, and third baseman Carson Fries.

The Warren Dragons suffered a setback against Mercyhurst Prep Wednesday afternoon, losing 4-3 to the Lakers in a non-region contest at Ainsworth Field.

Senior Day brought out the best in the Weatherly baseball team, which halted a 15-game losing streak in a big way with a 16-1, four-inning victory over visiting Moravian Academy.

Three-time defending District 6 Class AA champion Philipsburg-Osceola doesn't have the easiest road to another crown this season.

After focusing on lacrosse the last three years, Pete Auteri approached La Salle skipper Joe Parisi last December about a possible switch to baseball.

It ended up working out for the Rams who beat Clearfield 8-4 in the final regular season tuneup before the District 6 Class AA playoffs begin on Thursday.

Caleb Pepperday took the loss for P-O after surrendering seven runs on nine hits and walking six with one strikeout.

Salisbury boys will go for their twelfth Colonial League baseball championship Thursday against Southern Lehigh at 7 p.m. at Limeport Stadium.

Portage rallied twice Tuesday, the second time in the bottom of the seventh, to claim the WestPAC softball championship with an 11-10 victory over Shade.

Meyersdale and North Star squared off for the second straight year Tuesday night at Salisbury's Stanley "Chief" Thomas Memorial Field in the WestPAC baseball championship game.