Penn-Trafford celebrates their 24-21 victory against Moon in the 5A WPIAL championship on Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021, at Heinz Field on the North Shore in Pittsburgh. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Pirates’ Jason Delay tags Marlins’ Nick Fortes at home on Friday, July 22, 2022, at PNC Park. Fortes was initially called out, but after review, the call was overturned due to Delay blocking the plate. Fortes’ run advanced the Marlins’ lead 7-1 in the sixth inning. The Marlins won 8-1. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
The Cardinals' Albert Pujols stands in the dugout before hitting his 703rd home run and 2,216th RBI, passing Babe Ruth for the second-most RBIs, during his team's game against the Pirates on Monday, October 3, 2022, at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Penn-Trafford’s field hockey team celebrates after defeating Fox Chapel 1-0 in the 2A championship on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, at Washington and Jefferson’s Cameron Stadium in Washington, Pa. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
The ball gets past Charleroi goalkeeper Addison Conrad on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, at Charleroi High School. Yough won 9-1. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Butler’s Tristan McGarrah competes in the 3A boys pole vault during the PIAA track and field championship on Friday, May 27, 2022, at Shippensburg University. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
The Pirates' Oneil Cruz runs away from Jack Suwinski as Suwinski sprays him with water after their 3-2 win against the Cardinals on Monday, October 3, 2022, at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. Cruz was walked with bases loaded to end the game. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Ohio State’s Kyle Young looks to pass the ball against Villanova during the second round of the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament on Sunday, March 20, 2022, at Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena. Villanova won 71-61. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Moon's flag football players react to the camera during the championship game against Shaler on Sunday, May 22, 2022, at Heinz Field on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Steelers wide receiver Diontae Johnson runs with the ball during their game against the Detroit Lions on Saturday, August 21, 2021, at Heinz Field on the North Shore of Pittsburgh. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
North Hills High School’s Royce Parham and Fox Chapel High School’s Jeff Moorefield-Brown watch a rebound on Saturday, March 5, 2022, at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh’s Oakland. Fox Chapel won 43-36. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Shaler’s Emily Bacasa, left, and Hannah Warren pause in between plays against Moon during the Steelers Girls Flag Football Championship game on Sunday, May 22, 2022, at Heinz Field on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Aliquippa’s Damar Freeman reacts after his team's 76-58 loss against Devon Prep in the PIAA class 3A boys basketball championship on Saturday, March 26, 2022, at Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Steelers long snapper Christian Kuntz (46) celebrates after tight end Pat Freiermuth made a first down against the Browns on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, at Heinz Field on the North Shore in Pittsburgh. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Deer Lakes’ Carson McCoy reacts after finishing first in the 2A boys 800 during the PIAA track and field championship on Saturday, May 28, 2022, at Shippensburg University. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Hampton’s Zach Panza, right, celebrates with his team after scoring a goal during the 3A championship on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, at Highmark Stadium on the South Side of Pittsburgh. Hampton won 1-0. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Quaker Valley’s Markus Frank, left, looks to the basket as Neumann-Goretti’s Masud Stewart, middle, and Sultan Adewale try to block him in the PIAA 4A boys basketball championship on Thursday, March 24, 2022, at Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. Quaker Valley lost 93-68. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
From left, Neumann-Goretti’s Amirah Hackney, Freedom’s Renae Mohrbacher, and Neumann-Goretti’s D’Ayzha Atkinson battle for the ball in the PIAA class 3A girls basketball championship on Saturday, March 26, 2022, at Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Fox Chapel High School’s student section celebrates their boys basketball team’s 37-32 victory against Central Catholic High School on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Peters Township High School. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Central Catholic’s Donovan Hinish cheers on his teammate Josh Altsman as he approaches the end zone on Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, at Baldwin High School in Whitehall, Pa. Altsman fumbled the ball, but Hinish recovered it for the touchdown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Illinois coach Brad Underwood shouts to his team as they play Chattanooga during the first round of the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament on Friday, March 18, 2022, at Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Winchester Thurston’s Grant Robinson follows the ball on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, at Eden Christian Academy in Sewickley, Pa. Winchester Thurston won 1-0. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Steel Valley’s Nijhay Burt reacts after intercepting a ball from Serra Catholic on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, at William V. Campbell Athletic Field in Munhall, Pa. Steel Valley won 28-7. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Lincoln Park's Meleek Thomas reacts as he celebrates his team's 62-58 victory against Neumann Goretti in the PIAA 4A championship on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Giant Center in Hershey. (Emily Matthews/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
Bishop Canevin’s Ngai Avery, center, celebrates with his team after their 64-47 victory against St. John Neumann in the PIAA class 1A boys basketball championship on Thursday, March 24, 2022, at Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Mt. Lebanon’s Ashleigh Connor tries to get the ball around Plymouth-Whitemarsh’s Jordyn Thomas in the PIAA class 6A girls basketball championship on Saturday, March 26, 2022, at Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. Mt. Lebanon lost 60-40. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
A runner competes in the 400 meter dash on Friday, April 29, 2022, during the Mars Invitational track and field meet at Mars Area Middle School in Mars, Pa. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
New Castle pitcher Anthony Miller, center, celebrates with his teammates after their 3-1 victory against Montour on Monday, June 14, 2021, at Neshannock High School in New Castle, Pa. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
The Pirates’ catcher Tyler Heineman prepares to tag the Cubs’ Rafael Ortegal out at home on Monday, June 20, 2022, at PNC Park . The Pirates won 12-1. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Deer Lakes celebrates their 61-60 victory against OLSH in the WPIAL Class 3A championship on Friday, March 3, 2023, at Petersen Events Center. OLSH's Dereon Greer can be seen laying on the court after the down-to-the-buzzer defeat. (Emily Matthews/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
A young fan holds up a foam finger and a Pirate Parrot plush toy during the Pirates’ home opener against the Cubs on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at PNC Park on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Omir Santos, 12, of Orlando, a batboy for the Mahoning Valley Scrappers baseball team and the son of first base coach Omir Santos, Sr., sits on the bench as he watches the Scrappers play the Batavia Muckdogs at Eastwood Field in Niles, Ohio on June 16, 2019
South Fayette's Maddie Webber and Erica Hall embrace after their team's 61-54 loss to Archbishop Wood in the PIAA 5A championship on Saturday, March 25, 2023, at Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (Emily Matthews/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
Blackhawk's Alena Fusetti looks to make a basket against Lansdale Catholic in the PIAA 4A championship on Saturday, March 25, 2023, at Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. Blackhawk lost 53-45. (Emily Matthews/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
People watch as Burgettstown's Gaven Suica, left, and Mount Pleasant's Jamison Poklembo wrestle in the 133-pound championship on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023, at Burgettstown High School. Poklembo won the match 3-1 in a sudden victory. (Emily Matthews/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
North Catholic celebrates their 51-35 victory against Blackhawk in the WPIAL Class 4A championship on Saturday, March 4, 2023, at Petersen Events Center. (Emily Matthews/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
Neshannock's Aaralyn Nogay reacts after receiving her medal after her team's 12-2 victory against Laurel in the 2A WPIAL championship on Thursday, June 1, 2023, at PennWest California's Lilley Field. EMILY MATTHEWS | NEWS
Hopewell's Landon Fox celebrates after hitting an RBI against Cathedral Prep in the PIAA quarterfinals on Thursday, June 8, 2023, at Slippery Rock University's Jack Critchfield Park. Hopewell won 4-2. (Emily Matthews/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
Union's Mallory Gorgacz tries to tag Tri-Valley's Cassidey Snyder in the PIAA 1A softball championship game on Friday, June 16, 2023, at Penn State's Beard Field. Snyder was called safe. (Emily Matthews/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
The Riverhounds’ Jelani Peters (27) celebrates with his team after scoring his second, team’s third, goal of the game against Miami FC on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at Highmark Stadium in Pittsburgh’s Station Square. The Riverhounds won 4-1. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Imani Christian celebrates after scoring against Union during the WPIAL 1A boys' championship on Thursday, March 2, 2023, at Petersen Events Center. Imani Christian won 64-41. (Emily Matthews/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger talks to his team before a play against the Browns on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, at Heinz Field on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Neshannock’s Neleh Nogay keeps her eye on the ball as she loses control of it against Southern Columbia’s Cassidy Savitski in the PIAA 2A girls basketball championship on Friday, March 25, 2022, at Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. Neshannock won 62-56. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Steel Valley celebrates after Makhai Valentine (1) scores a three-pointer to win the game against Seton Lasalle on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, at Mt. Lebanon High School. Steel Valley won 56-54. (Emily Matthews/Pittsburgh Union Progress)