There are few things Blackhawk junior Brendan McKay hasn’t done on a baseball diamond. Last week, he pitched a one-hitter in defeating Mars 2-0. The lefthander struck out 16 in the win, walking just one. ...
No WPIAL baseball player hit more regular-season home runs than Belle Vernon’s Dom Francia. None had more RBIs, either.
Francia, a senior catcher, finished the regular season as the WPIAL home run leader ...
When it came to WPIAL hitters this season, Serra Catholic’s Dylan Kugler had no peers.
Kugler, a senior catcher, finished the regular season as the No. 1 hitter in the WPIAL with a hefty .610 average. ...
When a batter faced Riverview senior Anthony Malky this season, there was a good chance the at-bat was going to end with a K.
Malky finished the regular season as the WPIAL leader in strikeouts with ...
Name: Austin Logan High School: Beaver Grade: 12 Sport: Baseball
Ambridge sophomore pitcher Kelly Haslett pitched well beyond her years this season and she continued that tradition in the playoffs. Haslett tossed a no-hitter in a first-round win over No. 14 Laurel Highlands ...
Name: Tiffany Edwards School: Deer Lakes Sport: Softball Grade: Sophomore Position: Pitcher
Name: Joe Palumbo High School: Fox Chapel Grade: 12 Sport: Baseball Position: Shortstop
There are many more games left to be played in the WPIAL playoffs, but it would be surprising if any pitcher puts forth a better performance than Hempfield’s Zack Martinelli did Monday.
Martinelli fired ...
Name: Robert DiMaggio High School: Western Beaver Grade: 12 Sport: Baseball
Duquesne junior Brittney Edwards was named the Most Outstanding Field Performer at the 2013 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championship held at the Irwin Belk Track and Field Center in Charlotte, N.C.
Edwards placed ...
Duquesne senior Kristy Pietrone was named to the 2013 Atlantic 10 Women's Rowing All-Conference team as a second-team selection.
Pietrone is finishing her degree in education. She is the coxswain of ...
Duquesne senior Maria De Iulis was named to 2013 Atlantic 10 Women's Rowing All-Conference team as a second-team selection.
De Iuliis is a speech and language major. She sits in seven seat and is a tri-captain. ...
Duquesne senior Rachael Ross was named to the 2013 Atlantic 10 Women's Rowing All-Conference team as a first-team selection.
Ross, a fifth-year pharmacy major, is a fourth-year rower and team captain ...
Point Park freshman center fielder Taylor Geary was named to the All-Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Team in softball.
Geary, a South Allegheny graduate, was the starting center fielder ...
Point Park senior first baseman Courtney Manovich was named to the All-Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Team in softball.
Manovich, a Franklin Regional graduate, had a great senior season ...
Point Park junior second baseman Ashley Morran was named the 2013 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Softball Player of the Year and also was selected to the KIAC all-conference team.
Morran, ...
Pitt-Greensburg senior outfielder/pitcher Steve Anderson, a Hempfield graduate, was named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Baseball Player of the Week.
In the AMCC tournament first round ...
Bethany senior Brad Kubis, a Hopewell graduate, was named the Presidents' Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week.
In his final pitching appearance for the Bison, Kubis scattered seven hits and struck ...
Saint Vincent freshman infielder/outfielder Sarah Swettlen earned Second-Team laurels on the All-Presidents' Athletic Conference softball team.
For Swettlen, the honor caps off her rookie campaign in ...