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Trib HSSN Pennsylvania Girls Basketball Rankings for Jan. 30, 2024
As we get closer to the district playoffs, the elite girls basketball teams around the state have become laser focused. There was only one change of teams from last week’s Trib HSSN state rankings. In Class A, Meadowbrook Christian School from District 4 lost for the first time and fell...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania Boys Basketball Rankings for Jan. 30, 2024
Unlike the girls rankings this week, there were plenty of change on the boys side as January concludes and the “stretch run” begins. Six teams were bounced from the weekly Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings, with two teams each dropping out in Class 5A and 4A. Hershey, Unionville, Uniontown,...
WPIAL clinched: Boys basketball playoff qualifiers through Jan. 30, 2024
The “stretch run” in WPIAL boys basketball is upon us with less than two weeks left in the regular season. The WPIAL will release the boys basketball brackets Tuesday, Feb. 13. Here is the latest list of teams that have earned a district playoff berth through Tuesday. Class 6A 5...
High school roundup for Jan. 30, 2024: Belle Vernon deals section loss to Uniontown
Zion Moore scored 25 points and Trevor Kovatch added 19 to lead Belle Vernon to a 69-65 boys basketball victory Tuesday night, handing Uniontown its first Section 3-4A loss. Tommy Davis added 11 for the Leopards (10-5, 5-2). Jeremiah Hager scored 21, Jamire Braxton added 17 and Notorious Grooms had...
Greensburg Central Catholic presses home-court advantage in win over rival Jeannette
It seems like only yesterday to Greensburg Central Catholic boys basketball coach Christian Hyland that he was playing in the Centurions’ bandbox gymnasium for championship-caliber teams that generally were torturing visiting opponents. Now, some 10 years later, Hyland is coaching at his alma mater. And his teams are making things...
Franklin Regional boys avoid close call with Kiski Area this time
At the start of January, Franklin Regional and Kiski Area clashed at the home of the Cavaliers in a game that saw the home team evaporate a 23-point deficit to take a late lead. But the Panthers’ Cam Rowell sank a late shot to prevent the collapse. In Round 2...
Yough boys tough out victory over No. 4 Washington, move into tie for 1st
Yough could feel the tread on a 15-point advantage wearing thin as Washington crept closer with a third-quarter turnaround. But the host Cougars never gave up control, relying on their defense and a big fourth quarter from Terek Crosby for a 43-35 victory over the fourth-ranked Little Prexies on Tuesday...
Serra Catholic staves off Springdale comeback bid to score key section win
The Donald McGhee Fieldhouse was rocking late as the Springdale boys basketball team was attempting a dramatic comeback from down double digits in the fourth quarter. But Isiah Petty went to the free throw line and made sure all the work Serra Catholic had done in the second half wouldn’t...
Wrestling notebook: PIAA announces interesting changes to championship schedule
The PIAA recently released the time schedule for the individual wrestling championships March 7, 8 and 9 at Giant Center in Hershey with some interesting changes. With the addition to the girls championship, the PIAA decided to run the semifinals for the Class 3A and 2A boys and girls simultaneously...
TribHSSN WPIAL Wrestling rankings: Week of Jan. 29. 2024
Trib HSSN Live.com WEEK 7 2023-24 Class 3A Top 10 Team (This year’s record) Last week’s rankings 1. Trinity (8-0) 1 2. Connellsville (9-2) 2 3. Franklin Regional (16-0) 3 4. Latrobe (7-3) 4 5. North Allegheny (16-3) 5 6. Bethel Park (9-1) 9 7. Norwin (11-5) 6 8. Fox...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 29, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s results Class 3A Section 2 Sto-Rox 65, Steel Valley 50 Section 3 Shady Side Academy 84, Ligonier Valley 37 Class 2A Section 4 Fort Cherry 85, Beth-Center 56 Nonsection Propel Andrew Street at Environmental Charter, (n) Propel Montour 64, Calvary Christian 29 City League Obama...
High school roundup for Jan. 29, 2024: Lincoln Park girls stay undefeated with win over South Fayette
Maddie Syka scored 22 points to lead Lincoln Park to a 45-42 victory over South Fayette in a matchup of top teams in Section 4-5A girls basketball Monday night. Sarah Scott and J’La Kizart added 10 points apiece for the Leopards (18-0, 7-0). Erica Hall scored 12 points for South...
WPIAL clinched: Girls basketball playoff qualifiers through Jan. 29, 2024
The 2024 WPIAL girls basketball playoff field is taking shape in the “stretch run” as the regular season has less than two weeks remaining. The WPIAL will release playoff brackets Tuesday, Feb. 13. Here is the updated list of teams that have earned a district playoff berth through Monday. *indicates...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week for Jan. 29, 2024Video
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week: South Allegheny Gladiators Coach: Anthony DiCenzo (12th season) Record: 3-3 in Section 4-4A, 12-5 overall Last year: South Allegheny finished as co-section champions in Section 4-4A with a record of 8-2, tied with Quaker Valley. The Gladiators were the No. 8 seed...
Bishop Canevin fires 1st-place boys basketball coach in middle of his 1st season
The Bishop Canevin boys basketball team is close to clinching a section title, but the Crusaders will finish their season with a different coaching staff. First-year coach Damien Cornish said he and his assistants were let go Monday after meeting with school administrators who told him “the player and parent...
Greensburg CC girls adjust, top Serra Catholic to clinch share of section title
The first four or five minutes of the second half “dictate how it goes,” Greensburg Central Catholic girls basketball coach Chris Skatell tells his players. He believes that is when many games are won or lost. That stretch of time went pretty well for the No. 1-ranked Centurions on Monday...
WPIAL team wrestling championships: Kiski Area beats Moon to move into 1st round
All Kiski Area senior Evan Artman had to do during the final bout of the match against Moon was win. Artman did more. He pinned Moon’s Kaiden Kessler in the second period of the WPIAL Class 3A team championship preliminary round to clinch a playoff victory 33-24 and send the...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 30, 2024: Shaler boys out to defend section top spot
With time ticking away in January and the high school basketball regular season, the “stretch run” of section play begins in boys hoops Tuesday. The chase for section supremacy in Section 2-5A has become a three-team race. Shaler (16-2) is alone in first place with a 5-1 section record. The...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week for Jan. 29, 2024Video
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week: Joe Roth School: Ellwood City Class: Senior Height: 6-foot-5 Position: Guard/forward What coach says: “Thirty-one points against Neshannock and 51 against Mohawk shows what type of competitor he is,” first-year Ellwood City head coach Dan Bradley said. “He plays his best against...
Latrobe swim team driven by last year’s results, looking to finish even better
The only way last season could have been improved for the Latrobe swim team is if the Wildcats had done just a little better in the WPIAL and PIAA championships. The girls team went undefeated at 13-0 overall and 5-0 in section meets, and the boys finished 8-5, good for...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Mt. Pleasant’s Logan Snively
Mt. Pleasant’s boys swimming program has enjoyed plenty of success the last few seasons. This year, the Vikings sit at 7-1 overall with a perfect section record of 3-0. It’s success senior Logan Snively is happy with, but he also hopes the group continues to build on it. “Every team...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Kiski Area’s Abby King
Abby King has learned much in her four years with the Kiski Area swim team. Her progression, mentally and physically, has given her a better understanding of how to swim, but more importantly, how to keep things in perspective. “I got real beat down when I didn’t qualify for WPIALs...
PIHL all-star games roundup: 3 games end in tie as area’s top players take the ice
The PIHL held five all-star games Sunday at Robert Morris’ Island Sports Center. Here are the highlights: Class 3A Blue 2, Gold 2 — Eli Rankin (Upper St. Clair) and Drew Alexander (Peters Township) scored, and Evan Benscoter (Central Catholic) and Conner Ribstein (Mt. Lebanon) had assists for Blue. Cenzo...
High school sports roundup for Jan. 28, 2024: No. 1 Moon tops Montour at Hall of Fame Classic
Aiden Reesman scored 23 points and Elijah Guillory added 19 as Class 5A top-ranked Moon beat Montour, 71-61, in the PBC Hall of Fame Classic on Sunday at North Allegheny. Charlie Depner added 16 points for Moon, which improved to 14-3 overall. Jake Wolfe had 21 points, and Kaleb Platz...
High school sports scores, schedules for Jan. 28, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys Sunday’s results PBC Hall of Fame Classic At North Allegheny Allderdice 56, Mars 45 Chartiers Valley 66, Pine-Richland 59 Moon 71, Montour 61 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 61, Carlynton 25 Shootout at Seton Hill Franklin Regional 44, Obama Academy 35 McKeesport 62, Armstrong 56...
