The PIAA softball tournament began Monday and continues with Monday’s semifinals.
See the full PIAA brackets below. Results and upcoming matchups will be updated througho...
Clare Kotwica’s sacrifice fly got North Catholic on the board, but the Trojanettes could not scratch over another run and fell 2-1 in Monday’s PIAA Class 4A softball tour...
The PIAA tournaments start this week, and one of the big surprises out of the WPIAL, North Catholic (15-6), is the last Butler County team still dancing
Here’s what to kn...
The WPIAL softball playoffs reach the championship round on Memorial Day week.
See the latest WPIAL, District 9 and District 10 tournament brackets, including championshi...
CALIFORNIA, Pa. — Seneca Valley missed its chance at a big inning. Hempfield did not.
That’s the short version of Wednesday’s WPIAL Class 6A softball championship game.
T...
Hempfield’s softball team has become accustomed to overwhelming its opponents.
Thirteen of the Spartans’ 20 victories this season have come via the mercy rule. Two no...
Moniteau’s softball season ended with a 7-3 loss to Keystone in a District 9 Class 2A consolation on Monday.
Lily Staab and Danilynn Wallace both had a pair of hits, but ...
DUBOIS — Opposing teams found it difficult to keep up with Karns City softball’s bats this season.
In Monday’s District 9 Class 3A championship game against Saint Marys, ...
WEXFORD — It’s a new year and Seneca Valley softball has a new leader, but the Raiders have landed in an enviable spot once again.
Abby Kalkowski allowed just a pair ...
WEXFORD — Facing adversity during the course of a game does not faze North Catholic’s softball team.
The Trojanettes are relishing in simply being on the field.
“A lot of...
NORTH HUNTINGDON TWP — Sitting down the first inning’s initial two batters during Monday’s WPIAL Class 4A first-round softball playoff was an easy task for Ali Smith and ...
They say too much of anything is bad. Flexibility on a sports team is certainly an exception, and Karns City has a heavy dose of it in Addison Burrows and Abigail Dunlap....
A season-ending injury is, physically and mentally, a bitter pill for an athlete to swallow.
The adversity that struck Graysen Rottman is far worse.
Last summer, the curr...
JACKSON TWP — No one is supposed to play in traffic. Abby Kalkowski did a nice job of it, regardless.
Seneca Valley’s senior pitcher stranded 10 runners — six in scoring ...
KARNS CITY — No one can eat unless someone sets the table.
Seniors Liz Danik and Lindsey Wise set the table at the top of Knoch softball’s batting order. When they do, th...
Bob Rottman knew he had something special when Lily Staab joined Moniteau varsity softball as a freshman in 2023.
“She was varsity-ready that year, and that wasn’t just f...
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Karns City softball coach Mike Grazioli learned his lesson — don’t give the bunt sign to Nicole Huff.
Not after the third inning of Thursday’s game ag...
JEFFERSON TWP — It wasn’t the perfect game. But it was close.
Marlee Fraser tossed a one-hitter, Knoch fielded the ball flawlessly and collected 12 hits in posting a 10-0...
Chris Gardner and his Knoch softball assistant coaches know by now that Emersyn Jones is prone to thump pitches over outfielders’ heads.
Having watched the then-freshman ...
For the past four seasons, the Butler County-area softball scene starred Seneca Valley’s Lexie Hames, who graduated after last season and moved on to play at Clemson.
Ano...
JACKSON TWP — Lexie Hames is graduated. Seneca Valley’s softball success did not leave with her.
Last year’s all-state pitcher/slugger and Butler Eagle Female Athlete of ...
The Seneca Valley School Board recently approved the promotion of Joe DeCristoforo to head coach of the varsity and junior varsity softball teams.
He takes over for Marle...
Logan Downes remembers wrestling against one girl growing up in the 1990s and 2000s. Kara Sroka remembers just three or four notable travel softball programs in the Pitts...
Seneca Valley’s Lexie Hames was at the forefront of Butler County softball players who made the Pennsylvania High School Softball Coaches Association All-State teams.
The...
In 2022, Lexie Hames took to the pitching circle for the first time as a freshman for Seneca Valley’s varsity softball team.
She admits there were things she needed to le...
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 ...
Two Slippery Rock softball players made All-Region 5 last week.
Junior catcher Lilly Campbell was selected to the first team, and sophomore third baseman Savannah Smith w...
Perhaps the ultimate sign of respect for Lexie Hames’ career came from one of her closest rivals.
So dominant was she so early at Seneca Valley, Hempfield Area coach Tina...
The postseason awards continue to roll in for Lexie Hames, the Seneca Valley senior star who wrapped up one of the best softball careers in recent Butler County memory.
H...
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 ...
