VENETIA — Mapletown made plenty of noise in its first WPIAL softball playoff appearance since 2008, but Sewickley Academy foiled the Lady Maples’ upset bid at Peterswood Park on Monday.Kaylee PattersonÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ two-out RBI single in the bottom of the seventh brought in Kamryn Lightcap with the ...
PLUM — Connellsville only had five hits, but two accounted for five runs in a 7-4 victory over Hampton on Wednesday in the first round of the WPIAL Class AAAAA softball playoffs at Plum High School.The Lady Falcons (12-6) won their first playoff game since a 6-2 win over North Allegheny in ...
WHITEHALL — Beth-Center was battling and hanging in the game against heavily-favored Seton-La Salle during their WPIAL Class AA first-round playoff game on Wednesday.Then the Lady Rebels’ Lexi Wagner stepped to the plate in the bottom of the fourth inning and finally put away the feisty ...
LATROBE — Bailey Parshall should rip her fingernail more often.Belle VernonÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ lefty ace did just that during pregame warm-up drills, and then recorded all 15 outs via the strikeout to lead the Lady Leopards to a 12-0 win in five innings in the first round of the Class AAA softball ...
IMPERIAL — Elizabeth Forward played in what is regarded as the toughest section in Class AAAA softball and that clearly prepared it well for the postseason.The Lady Warriors played stellar all-around game in putting away New Castle, 15-0 in four innings, in their WPIAL first-round playoff ...
WHITEHALL — The Waynesburg Central parlayed two big innings at the plate and excellent defense into its first postseason victory since 2014 after a 7-3 win over Freedom in the first round of the WPIAL Class AAA softball playoffs at Baldwin High School on Tuesday afternoon.“Our offense has ...