McMURRAY – West Greene and Jefferson-Morgan were battling through a steady rain, looking for a big hit or a break of some kind to snap a 3-3 tie late in Tuesday afternoon’s game. A dry softball also was coveted. “The water was splashing up and just covering the ball every time it ...
Doug Fisher is having the type of run any coach would be jealous of having. For the last eight years, the coach of Union's softball team has taken his team to the finals of the WPIAL playoffs. And this year is no different. Fisher's top-seeded Lady Scotties blasted five home runs, ...
McMURRAY – Dave Briggs could sense his Carmichaels softball team was getting impatient as it waited to get back on the field. The Lady Mikes’ WPIAL Class A semifinal game against Greene County rival West Greene was scheduled for Wednesday but rain postponed it twice until the two teams ...
McMURRAY – Take your thumb and fourth finger and spread as far as you can from each other. That's how close to a foul ball Payton Gilbert's base hit was in the bottom of the eighth inning. The softball landed in fair territory down the right-field line and scored Katie Brudnock with the ...
Tyler Groves recovered after a shaky first inning on the mound and helped himself out with his bat as Waynesburg Central defeated Freeport, 6-2, in a WPIAL Class 3A first-round baseball playoff game last Thursday at Gateway High School. Groves gave up run-scoring singles to Chase Walker and ...
CANONSBURG – All season long, Jefferson-Morgan head softball coach Rick Rush stressed his belief in his softball team. Monday afternoon, his fifth-seeded Lady Rockets shut out fourth-seeded Sewickley Academy 5-0 to advance to the WPIAL Class A semifinals. “I’m happy,” he said. ...
