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5 days ago |
post-gazette.com | Keith Barnes |Mike White
The WPIAL baseball playoffs are set, and a handful of teams will be trying to make it to a championship game for the third year in a row, while one is seeking a fourth consecutive title game appearance. The WPIAL released playoff pairings and seedings Friday, and the postseason begins Monday with a few preliminary-round games. First-round games begin Monday.
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1 week ago |
post-gazette.com | Mike White
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1 week ago |
post-gazette.com | Mike White
Associated Press Forty-two years ago, Burkett and Piatt dominated — and both went on to pitch in major leagues Mike White For the Post-Gazette Riverside High School’s Christian Lucarelli and Zach Hare are one of the most talented and successful pitching duos in the WPIAL in a number of years. But who might be the best WPIAL pitching combo ever? You could make a case for two kids from Beaver High School 42 years ago. John Burkett and Doug Piatt were a most formidable duo for Beaver in 1983....
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1 week ago |
post-gazette.com | Mike White |Keith Barnes
In his 57 years as Riverside’s coach, Dan Oliastro claims he never has had a pitching duo like Christian Lucarelli and Zach Hare. But the uniqueness of Lucarelli and Hare goes way beyond Riverside High School. Take the talent, statistics, team success and future potential of Lucarelli and Hare, put them all together, and Riverside has two aces that trump just about any pair in recent WPIAL history. Heck, this could be considered a twosome for the ages.
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1 week ago |
post-gazette.com | Mike White
Do a Google search on suggested hobbies for 81-year-olds, and you’ll get a list of ideas like gardening, cooking, puzzle making, fishing, volunteering, learning a new language and that wonderful activity birdwatching. There is nothing about taking a group of teenagers and setting a record for most WPIAL championships by a high school baseball coach.
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The WPIAL baseball playoff pairings and seedings are out. Playoffs start next week. Here's a playoff preview - with predicted champs for all classes, list of top seeds and other notes: https://t.co/4xnY24QEuu
On KDKA radio with Dan Zangrilli as we reveal WPIAL baseball brackets.
After covering the state semifinals in 1998 when Don Kelly hit an inside-the-park homer ... And after seeing him have two hits and an RBI when Mt. Lebanon won the state final ... I was going to predict that Don Kelly would be the manager of the Pirates someday. But I forgot.
