You can bet the more it rained Thursday, the happier Scott Crimone became.

Crimone is Keystone Oaks' baseball coach. The Thursday rain postponed the Keystone Oaks-South Park game to today. It also allowed Keystone Oaks' Jared Skolnicki to pitch - and he rained on South Park's perfect season.

Skolnicki, a senior left-hander and a Kent State recruit, pitched a five-hitter to lead Keystone Oaks to a 3-0 victory over South Park in a PIAA Class AAA quarterfinal at Butler’s Pullman Park. It was the first loss of the season for South Park (25-1), which was trying to become the first WPIAL team to win a PIAA title with an undefeated record.

Skolnicki (pictured) went into today's game with a 10-1 record and had allowed only four runs (three earned) all season. His only loss was to South Park, 1-0, in the WPIAL semifinals. If the game was played Thursday, Skolnicki would’ve been ineligible to pitch because he pitched seven innings Monday in a first-round game. Under PIAA rules, a pitcher who works more than five innings needs three days off before he can pitch again.

Skolnicki struck out six this time against South Park and walked one.

Keystone Oaks (20-5) took a 2-0 lead in the top of the sixth. Skolnicki singled - his third hit of the game - and Ryan Ribeau singled. With one out, Tyler Lehman hit a grounder to first, but Shane Fetsko’s throw to second was wild, allowing Skolnicki to score. Nick Riggle followed with an RBI single.

In the seventh, Keystone Oaks loaded the bases after three walks by Nick Yobbi, South Park’s third pitcher of the game.  Ben Canty then scored on a wild pitch.

What a win for Keystone Oaks, which is having the best season in school history. The Eagles had never made the PIAA playoffs before this year.

Keystone Oaks will play in the semifinals Monday. But Skolnicki can't pitch. Does Keystone Oaks hope for rain again?

NA beats Seneca

In the first game of the PIAA doubleheader at Pullman, North Allegheny defeated Seneca Valley, 4-2, in 10 innings. It was the fourth meeting between the two this year - and how is this for strange? Seneca Valley won the first two meetings, both by 3-2 scores. North Allegheny won the past two, both by 4-2 scores.

Seneca Valley played without three-year starting center fielder Jon Dorogy, who sustained a pulled hamstring in the first round Monday. Still, Seneca Valley took a 2-0 lead in the first inning and chased NA starter Mitch Machi in the second.

James Meeker came on for Machi in the second, and was terrific the rest of the way, holding Seneca scoreless while allowing only four hits. Meeker was maybe the biggest key to the win - along with Matt Waugaman.

 Waugaman had an RBI triple in the third and a run-scoring single in the sixth to tie the game. It stayed 2-2 until the top of the 10th. Brandon Bergstrom (who has to be one of the best defensive shorstops in the WPIAL) was at first with two outs. Waugaman then hit a double in the left-center field gap. On the relay throw to home plate, Seneca Valley catcher Brad Gresock came up the third-base line to take the throw. At first, Bergstrom thought about using a hook slide around the sprawled-out catcher.

But Bergstrom then leaped over Gresock as he tried to make a tag. Bergstrom’s knee and thigh hit Gresock in the head, but Gresock never tagged Bergstrom. The run put North Allegheny ahead, 3-2, and Jim Divosevic followed with an RBI single to give the Tigers a two-run cushion.

“I knew I couldn’t run right over him. I thought I would have to hook slide,” said Bergstrom, who had three singles in the game. “When I decided to jump, my thigh hit his head. It was bad luck.”

Gresock lay on the ground for a minute or so after the play before being removed from the game.

“The umpire made 100 percent the right call,” said Seneca Valley coach Eric Semega.

For Waugaman, it was his third RBI. He finished with a single, double and triple, just four days after he hit a two-run homer against Hempfield in a PIAA first-round game.

The USC Trojans recruited Delvon Simmons when he was a star football player at McKeesport High School. It just took a few years for USC to land Simmons.

Simmons played the past two seasons at Texas Tech, but has transferred to USC. Simmons was rated among the top defensive linemen in the country at McKeesport and played two seasons at Texas Tech. He started at defensive tackle last season, but decided to leave Texas Tech after the spring semester.

Former McKeesport coach Jim Ward helped Simmons through the transfer process. Simmons visited USC a few weeks ago and also visited Miami.

"USC has a need at that defensive line position," said Ward. "He actually visted there when he was in high school so he was familiar with the place."

Simmons (pictured during his high school days) was one two McKeesport players who signed with Texas Tech in 2011. The other was defensive end Branden Jackson.

"Branden Jackson is thriving at Texas Tech. He loves it there," said Ward. "With Delvon, I just think there was so much change involved with all the coaches that he didn't like. He thought he would look at other opportunities that he might have."

Simmons and Jackson were actually two of three WPIAL players who signed with Texas Tech in 2011. The others was Clairton's Desimon Green. Green never made it to Texas Tech and now plays at California, Pa.

"He was never homesick at Texas Tech. That was never an issue," Ward said of Simmons. "I don't think distance has ever been a factor with him."

Pitt basketball fans longing for better outside shooting, your wishes might be granted in the form of Maverick Rowan.

Rowan is a freshman at Lincoln Park, a charter school in Midland, Beaver County. He made a verbal commitment to Pitt tonight.

Rowan is a terrific outside shooter, making seven 3-pointers in one game this season and averaging three 3-pointers a game. He averaged 22.3 points during the regular season, third-best in the WPIAL, and was one of only 26 players in the country named to the MaxPreps.com freshmen All-American team. I've seen him play a few times over the past few years, both in high school and on the AAU circuit. His parents named him after the character in the 1980s movie "Top Gun." It's appropriate because this Maverick is a gunslinger with a deadly shot. He is tall and slender with long arms  and can really stroke the 3-pointer.

Now he needs more muscle and some improvement on the defensive end, but he still has three more years of high school left for that. But he can most certainly shoot. He has put a lot of workout time and effort into being a top player.

Rowan has been playing AAU basketball this spring for the Ohio Basketball Club. Mike Bariski, athletic director and assistant basketball coach at Lincoln Park, said Ohio State has been extremely interested in Rowan. Bariski said North Carolina and some other big-time schools have also showed interest.

If you want to see Rowan play, check out some of his highlights from the Ohio Basketball Club on YouTube.

With Rowan being only a freshman, you might not think he will be at Pitt until the 2016 season. But Rowan will be 17 next month (he repeated 8th grade). So is there any way he could possibly "reclassify," graduate high school early and get to Pitt earlier than the 2016-17 season? Just a thought. Or if you want to get crazy from the other end, think of this: He stays at Lincoln Park all four years, goes to a prep school for a year, redshirts his freshman year in college. Then he would be a 22-year-old freshman. OK, that's crazy. But just an idea.

Rowan isn't the only future Division I college athlete in his family, though. His sister, Madie, will play next season at the University of New Hampshire. She averaged 18 points a game this past season for Central Valley. Madie also attended Lincoln Park, but because Lincoln Park is a charter school without a basketball team, she was allowed to play for the team in the district where the Rowans live.

(Madie and Maverick are pictured in front of the Lincoln Park Leopard)

But maybe you remember the Rowans' father. Ron was a star at Beaver Falls High School in the early 1980s. He signed with Notre Dame, transferred to St. John's and played seven games in the NBA with the Portland Trail Blazers. He then had a long and successful pro career overseas.

Ron had a most memorable moment for St. John's in 1986 when he hit the winning shot late in the game against Syracuse in the Big East Conference tournament championship. Go to the 19-second mark in this YouTube video to see Rowan's shot.

The University of Michigan's football recruiting class of 2014 is ranked No. 1 in the country so far by ESPN. Tonight, the Wolverines' class added a Western Pennsylvania flavor.

Thomas Jefferson linebacker Chase Winovich, a heavily-recruited outside linebacker, announced tonight he will attend Michigan. His other top choices were Pitt and Ohio State, but it appeared that the final decision came down to Michigan and Pitt.

Winovich is 6 feet 4, 220 pounds and led Thomas Jefferson in tackles last season. He had scholarship offers from schools across the country.

Here are some of Winovich's comments about his decision and a few other things:

On how long he knew he wanted to go to Michigan: “It was after my third trip to Michigan a few weeks ago that I woke up the next morning, went out to breakfast, made a trip to my brothers’ house [in Toledo] when it really hit me. I said ‘Michigan is the place where I belong.’ I just got that feeling. It wasn’t something that was forced, either.”

On Ohio State, where he also visited: "It might be great for some other kids, but it just didn't fit me. Coach [Luke] Fickell, coach [Urban] Meyer and coach [Mike] Vrabel are awesome and great guys. But it just doesn't feel right."

Winovich has been to Pitt "four or five times." His last visit to Pitt came only a few days ago.

On turning down Pitt: "I went down to Pitt with an open mind. I wanted to give Pitt as fair a shot as I did Ohio State and Michigan. I found out that I really liked Pitt. They're class 'A' people. That's what is tough. It's your home city. Their coaches are so genuine in their approach to everything."

Winovich said he had a number of reasons why he chose Michigan.

On one of the factors that gave Michigan the edge over Pitt: “I think what might have helped sway Michigan was the fact that I think they have a legitimate shot at winning a national championship."

On anything else he wants to say: "I just want to say thanks to my family, friends and teammates. None of this would've been possible without them."