Mike White's story on Shaler's Brianna Schwartz:
"Shaler's Brianna Schwartz heads the list of top 1,600-meter runners in WPIAL history -- but with an asterisk.
She could use her feet to erase the asterisk.
Schwartz will be one of the athletes to watch Thursday at the WPIAL individual track and field championships. She already could be considered among the best distance runners in recent WPIAL history and is on the cusp of adding to her lore."
Gannon's Miranda Walters, a Shaler graduate, was named to the All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) women's lacrosse teams. Walters was selected to the second team.
Walters was named to the All-PSAC second team for the third consecutive season. The senior defender played in every match this season, headlining a Gannon defense that ranked sixth among PSAC teams in saves per match (8.11) and seventh in goals against average (12.28). She recorded 27 ground balls, 11 draw controls and 10 caused turnovers.
California University of Pennsylvania junior outfielder John Orr, a Shaler graduate, was honored with the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Champion Scholar Award for the conference baseball championship.
The PSAC Champion Scholar Awards are modeled after the NCAA's Elite 89 award and honor the student-athlete with the top grade point average who is competing at the site of each of the PSAC's 23 team championship finals. The selection criteria for the Champion Scholar Awards is identical to that of the NCAA Elite 89 awards, which honor the student-athlete with the top GPA at each of the championship finals sites of the 89 NCAA championships across all three divisions - I, II and III.
Nick Tolomeo's feature on Shaler's softball team:
"The Shaler Area softball team looks younger than usual this season but its spot in the standings looks awfully familiar.
The youthful Titans were 10-4 overall and 9-2 in Class AAAA Section 3 heading into their section finale that was scheduled for Wednesday against Pine-Richland. They were a half-game behind section-leader North Allegheny (11-1, 10-1)."
“Unfortunately we ended up in second place,” said Shaler girls’ track coach Dave Interthal. The Titans lost to North Allegheny 76-74 on April 15.
“At the NA meet their kids really performed very well,” said Interthal. “On that day we won 12 events and they won six, but they had all but two second place finishes.”
The Shaler girls were able to get second in the 100-meter dash and also the long jump.
“We won [April 23] by 80 points over North Hills and 78 over Fox Chapel,” said Interthal, noting that the Shaler girls have accomplished much this season. “We won by over 50 over Seneca Valley and over 50 against Butler. Those two are really solid programs.”
Shaler is competing today at West Mifflin versus Gateway, Hampton, Latrobe, and Uniontown.
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