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High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 19, 2024

High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Friday’s schedule Times TBA Pine-Richland (7-15) at Mt. Lebanon (18-4); North Allegheny (11-11) at Baldwin (16-6); Canon-McMillan (10-12) vs. Central Catholic (14-8) at Gateway; Butler (15-6) at Upper St. Clair (17-5) Class 5A First round Monday’s results Moon 73, Woodland Hills...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 20, 2024: Class 5A champs begin title defense

Welcome to the final day of the WPIAL basketball first round with girls Class 5A and 4A along with boys 2A games getting their crack at the postseason spotlight. In the previous seven postseasons of WPIAL Class 5A girls basketball, only one school not named Chartiers Valley or South Fayette...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week for Feb. 19, 2024Video

Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week: Woodland Hills Wolverines CoachL Jared Zych (first season) Record: 5-5 in Section 2-5A, 9-13 overall #Earned: The Wolverines finished in fourth place in Section 2-5A behind Shaler, Fox Chapel and Penn Hills. They did not bring a lot of momentum into the...
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week for Feb. 19, 2024Video

Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week: Jacob Guillen School: Aquinas Academy Class: Junior Height: 6-foot-3 Position: Guard What coach says: “Some of the strengths of Jake’s games are frankly his strength,” Aquinas Academy coach George Yokitis said. “He is about 6-3 and a sturdy 210 pounds or so....
Bethel Park beats buzzer, gets past South Fayette in Class 5A slugfest

Bethel Park relied on various defenses Monday night to slow down a South Fayette team that had been averaging nearly 60 points per game this season. However, in the end of what felt like a heavyweight boxing championship rather than a WPIAL boys basketball Class 5A first-round playoff game, the...
Monessen builds momentum with Class A 1st round win over Leechburg

Monessen girls basketball coach Janine Vertacnik wanted to start postseason play off with a bang, and the No. 5 Greyhounds did just that with an overwhelming 63-15 home victory over No. 12 Leechburg in the Class A first round Monday night. “We wanted a strong start and we wanted to...
High school roundup for Feb. 19, 2024: Derry stops OLSH run of consecutive WPIAL finals at 7

Nate Papuga led all scorers with 25 points, and Stanley Rajkovich added 16 points and 12 rebounds as No. 12 Derry upset No. 5 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, 54-53, in a WPIAL Class 3A first-round boys basketball game Monday night. The Trojans (14-6) allowed just two field goals...
2nd-seeded Franklin Regional boys end playoff win drought with victory over Mars

Senior Colin Masten signed a couple of autographs for some wide-eyed kids. Seniors Cooper Rankin and Cam Rowell talked with some college coaches who are recruiting them. Their teammates and coaches ate chocolate-chip cookies as they mingled with the crowd. These are fun times for the Franklin Regional boys, who...
Kiski Area upsets No. 5 Peters Township in WPIAL Class 5A playoffs

During halftime of Monday’s WPIAL Class 5A playoff game at Peters Township, Kiski Area athletic director John Peterman said watch out for No. 20. “If Noah (Thimons) makes his first shot of the second half, he’ll go on a run,” Peterman said. Thimons nailed that first shot and three more...
No. 1 Deer Lakes ramps up defensive pressure, rolls past Sto-Rox in Class 3A 1st round

Leading up to Monday’s first-round playoff game, the past week was all about defense for Deer Lakes coach Albie Fletcher. He felt the team had lost its identity a bit on that side of the ball, which became their calling card on their run to last year’s WPIAL Class 3A...
Burrell boys pull 1st-round upset, knock off 6th-seeded Seton LaSalle

Sometimes all it takes is one win to kick-start a playoff run. For Burrell, its postseason started by upsetting sixth-seeded Seton LaSalle in a WPIAL Class 3A first-round boys basketball game Tuesday. A year ago, the Bucs’ season came to a halt in the opening round against Yough. This time,...
Alle-Kiski Valley high school basketball playoff preview capsules for Feb. 20, 2024

WPIAL basketball playoffs Girls Class 5A First round 9-Plum (13-9) at 8-North Hills (13-8) Tuesday, 7 p.m., North Hills Middle School Winner plays: Winner of 16-Penn Hills (12-11) and 1-Oakland Catholic (22-0) Section finish: Plum 2nd, Section 1; North Hills T-1st, Section 2 Players to watch: Megan Marston, Plum; Gianna...
Westmoreland high school basketball playoff preview capsules for Feb. 20, 2024

WPIAL basketball playoffs Boys Class 2A First round 15-Frazier (11-11) at 2-Greensburg Central Catholic (20-2) 7 p.m. Tuesday Winner plays: Winner of 10-Eden Christian (11-10)/7-Shenango (12-10) on Friday in quarterfinals (time, site TBD) Section finish: Frazier 4th, Section 4; GCC 1st Section 3 Players to watch: Dailan McManus, Frazier; Tyree...
WPIAL sets conference, section alignment for next 2 fall seasons

The WPIAL wanted more competitive balance in its conferences and sections, so some teams might have a longer drive next season as a result. Updated fall sports alignments for the 2024 and ’25 seasons were approved Monday by the WPIAL board, giving teams a first look at their upcoming opponents....
Deer Lakes aims to contend in PIHL Division 2 playoffs

With a 12-1 win over Trinity on Feb. 8, Deer Lakes officially clinched a spot in the PIHL Division 2 playoffs. The Lancers will be the fourth-place team out of the Gold Division, but after battling against the top three teams ahead of them — Bishop Canevin, Burrell and Neshannock...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Burrell’s Leah McCandless

When someone accomplishes a feat no other person has, it’s said they’re in rarefied air. Leah McCandless of the Burrell bowling team is breathing that air after she became the only girl in the WPIBL this season to roll a 300 game. McCandless’ perfect game came in the third match...

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