Hempfield graduate Bridget (Guy) Williams competes in the pole vault for Virginia.
Bridget (Guy) Williams is headed to the U.S. Olympic trials women’s pole vault finals after clearing 14 feet, 9 inches during qualifying Thursday in Eugene, Ore.
Latrobe’s Hanna Green, meanwhile, advanced to the semifinals in the 800-meter run.
Williams, a Hempfield grad, needed to finish in the Top 12 to advance to the finals Saturday. She’ll need to finish Top 3 to qualify for the U.S. Olympic team in Tokyo, Japan.
Williams, who was seeded fifth coming into the trials, is tied for seventh. Five competitors cleared 14-9 without a miss. One other vaulter cleared it with one miss but one fewer attempt. Ten of the 12 qualifiers cleared 14-9.
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Mt. Lebanon’s Mac Stout wrestles J.P McCaskey’s Andrew Vogelbacher in the 170-pound weight class in the PIAA wrestling tournament in Class AAA on Thursday, March 5, 2020, at the Giant Center in Hershey.
An injury kept Mt. Lebanon junior Mac Stout from defending his WPIAL Class AAA 189-pound wrestling title in 2021.
But his success on the mat didn’t stop Stout from being heavily recruited by NCAA Division I programs.
Stout announced on Instagram Sunday that he’s committing to Pitt, where his brother Kellen finished his career by qualifying for the 2020 NCAA Tournament. His brother Luke is Princeton’s starting 197-pound wrestler.
Indiana senior Sara Zimmerman said she wasn’t ready for her high school softball career to end.
Thanks to her sister Olivia, her season continues.
Freshman pitcher Olivia Zimmerman launched a two-run homer in the top of the sixth inning, and then shutdown No. 2 Latrobe over the final two innings as Indiana pulled off a stunning 7-6 victory in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs Tuesday at Valley High School.
The victory puts No. 15 Indiana (11-7) in the quarterfinals on Thursday against Section 1 rival Armstrong, which pounded South Fayette, 16-3. Armstrong defeated Indiana twice this season.
Indiana, which finished fourth in the section and had dropped its last two games, wasn’t intimidated by the Wildcats. They didn’t play like a fourth-place team.
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Washington hopes to build up its softball program in years to come, athletic director Mike Bosnic said Thursday, but this spring’s season will end after only one game.
The softball team will forfeit the remainder of its schedule.
“We feel that the program is headed in the right direction,” Bosnic said. “We have a feeder program now in place. We’re going to be in a lot better shape in the future. It’s just the covid (shutdowns and quarantines) just decimated us.”
The junior/senior high school building has had four shutdowns this spring, he said.