Pennsylvania High School Sports News

The Heartland Athletic Conference baseball all-star selections and individual awards for the 2013 season have Midd-West well-represented in Division I, with three all-stars and a top individual award.

Berks County twice rallied from three-run deficits to tie and then took a one-run lead in the seventh inning but couldn't hold on, losing 9-8 to Tri-Cape in the first round of the Carpenter Cup Classic baseball tournament Tuesday at Ashburn Field in FDR Park.

The Warren softball team had another fantastic season, compiling a 16-2 record, outscoring its opposition 182-13 and finishing as the runner-up to PIAA runner-up Fort LeBoeuf in District 10 for the third straight season.

Just when Gettysburg had pulled itself back into the game, Greencastle-Antrim's bats took over and the Blue Devils won by the mercy rule.

Spring Grove remained the only unbeaten team left in the York-Adams American Legion Baseball League on Monday with a 6-0 triumph at Dallastown.

Five Centre County softball seniors will play and three former Philipsburg-Osceola standouts will be honored at the annual Pennsylvania Softball Coaches Association All-Star Game at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday at Lock Haven University.

"Years later, you run into people you played against or people who watched you play and say, 'I remember you,' " Coleman said.

A point guard who will play collegiately at Illinois, Neiswender was officially selected to the team following the final round of tryouts in Alabama.

With what Canon-McMillan did last Friday – crawl out from under that rock and realize the Big Macs beat Neshaminy, 4-3, in 12 innings for their first state title – Moeller's bunch, a group that shows more visible jubilation than a toddler on Christmas, blowing up Twitter at every turn, has become a hot commodity.

Work on the site of the Giant Eagle Express along Route 19 at Circle Drive in Peters Township has stopped.

The junior shortstop helped lead Valley View to the PIAA Class AAA softball championship, going 1 for 3 with a double and two RBIs in the semifinal game against Nazareth Academy and 1 for 3 with two runs scored against Fort LeBoeuf in the final.

For four years, Jenn Slagus has dominated the discus in one of the area's most decorated high school careers, winning four conference and four District 2 titles.

While covering Friday's round at the U.S. Open, I saw Michael Phelps walking Merion Golf Club's 14th hole with a drink in his hand and a woman by his side.

Reading Eagle Winning pitcher Cole Weinhold hit a two-run single to highlight a four-run third inning, leading Conrad Weiser to a 5-4 victory at Shillington in a Berks Legion game Saturday.

Each of the 10 Reading Eagle Athlete of the Year award finalists will continue playing their top sport at the college level.

Gina Chieffallo struck out 11 as Valley View captured the PIAA Class AAA softball championship with a 5-0 victory over Fort LeBeouf.

It started in the District 1 Class AAAA tournament when the Knights, after coming in as the North region's No.

Clarion University sophomore center fielder Drew Pirritano was recently named a recipient of a NCAA Division II Atlantic Region ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove.

Northeastern's Malik Jefferson and Stephen Braswell carry the PIAA AA boys' volleyball championship trophy to their fans on June 8, 2013.

Alayna Astuto, left, and Giorgiana Zeremenko hoist the PIAA championship trophy after Canon-McMillan defeated Neshaminy, 4-3, in 12 innings.