The high school baseball diamond will look a little different at the start of the 2027 season.
The National Federation of State High School Associations announced Tuesday...
It was the Year of the Pitcher.
It’s not uncommon for a high school baseball team’s best athlete to also be a stud pitcher, but Butler County’s aces took things to anothe...
District 10 all-region teams were announced this week, with multiple Slippery Rock athletes earning honors.
Region 2 baseball all-star honors went to catcher Connor Zorn ...
Zane Pacek has a towering stature ready-made for the basketball court.
The rising Knoch senior has been a key part of the Knights’ front court the past three seasons, hel...
Two Freeport baseball players were named to the 2025 Pennsylvania State Baseball Coaches Association All-State Class 3A team Thursday afternoon.
Infielder Michael Hanz wa...
Slippery Rock third baseman Jacob Kunsman was the Rockets’ sole representative on the All-District 10 team, announced recently.
Kunsman, a junior, also made Region 2 firs...
ALTOONA — Having allowed just one run in its previous three games, Seneca Valley was relying on another strong pitching effort in Thursday’s state quarterfinal playoff ag...
The 2025 PIAA baseball championship quarterfinals will be held Thursday, and Seneca Valley is still rolling along.
The Raiders (18-6) advanced via a first-round home win ...
JACKSON TWP — Pitch well, make contact, hit for power, field flawlessly ... Such are the goals of any baseball team.
Seneca Valley did it all while posting a 7-1 PIAA Cla...
The PIAA released the 2025 state baseball, softball, boys volleyball and boys and girls lacrosse brackets this weekend.
Four Butler County teams have made states, which ...
NORTH FRANKLIN TWP, Washington County — On a day when Ryan Rebholz needed to be great, he was even better.
But late in Tuesday’s WPIAL Class 6A Baseball Championship game...
The WPIAL baseball tournament continues this week with the last quarterfinals and all semifinals.
The Butler Golden Tornado, Seneca Valley and Mars are the last Butle...
Slippery Rock baseball’s season came to an end Friday following a 2-1 loss to Cathedral Prep in the District 10 Class 4A semifinals.
No stats were provided.
Cathedral Pre...
DUBOIS — Adam Manuel ignored the pain in his ankle and focused on a moment he’d waited his entire varsity career for approaching the batter’s box.
“Hit the ball,” the Kar...
SLIPPERY ROCK — Through four innings Tuesday, Slippery Rock’s baseball team had scored a single run. While the offense came to life late to plate five more tallies, the R...
WEXFORD — Rather than let one half-inning undo it, Seneca Valley went with the flow.
Not long after, junior Mason Fisher’s two-out, sixth-inning bloop single dropped in s...
MONROEVILLE — In Mars’ eyes, seeding doesn’t matter.
Attitude? Absolutely.
The 15th-seeded Planets knocked off No. 2 seed Plum in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A ba...
If Karns City baseball’s going to make a long playoff run, it might have to do it without arguably its best player, Adam Manuel.
But Monday in the semifinals of the Distr...
WEXFORD — Aaron Lunn didn’t bother watching Trevor Vitsas run through first base.
The senior Butler relief pitcher didn’t need to. He threw his hands to his head, knowing...
The KSAC released its all-conference baseball, softball and track and field teams Monday.
Moniteau senior Ashton Grossman earned Field MVP honors after a big year in pole...
MONROEVILLE — Early success against a pitching ace can set the tone for an entire baseball game.
Freeport was certainly hoping so when it scored a pair of runs in the fir...
The Big 56 baseball and softball all-section teams were released Wednesday.
Seneca Valley senior Ryan Piekutoski was named the Class 6A Section 1 player of the year.
Her...
WEXFORD — Working on a three-hit shutout, Ambridge left-hander Joe Leseiko was forced to sit down due to an hour-and-40-minute lightning and rain delay Wednesday at North...
WPIAL spring sports playoff schedules were released Thursday and Friday. Several Butler County teams made it to their respective tournaments, heading into the bracket...
Yet more rain this spring has impacted the first round of the WPIAL baseball and softball playoffs.
Every Tuesday district baseball and softball game was postponed to Thu...
Nathan Lemke doesn’t get many at-bats.
But the Seneca Valley senior makes them count.
Lemke replaced No. 3 hitter Ryan Piekutoski early in the Raiders’ game against Butle...
SLIPPERY ROCK — Slippery Rock was in need of some late heroics after going hitless while stranding seven runners in the first four innings.
Jacob Kunsman led the charge.
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Karns City baseball is on the kind of hot streak any coach would love.
The Gremlins mercy-ruled Keystone 10-0 in five innings Monday night at Pullman Park in the second s...
Ryan Piekutoski had been close to doing some serious damage his first four at-bats.
He finished the job in his final plate appearance.
Piekutoski smashed a 0-1 pitch in t...
Josh Sharpless doesn’t want young pitchers to throw the way he did.
“I think if they pitched like me, they wouldn’t be very good,” said Sharpless, the senior director...
