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Trib HSSN Girls Basketball State Rankings for Feb. 15, 2023
There were as many teams that lost their spot at the top of the rankings as there were that fell out of the weekly Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings from last week. Even though several teams tasted defeat, most were losses against other state-ranked teams and did not cost...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball State Rankings for Feb. 15, 2023
As the sands of the regular season hour glass disappear, it is district playoffs time around the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It’s time for the elite teams across the state to buckle up and make a run toward district gold. Five teams fell out of the Trib HSSN boys basketball state...
High school roundup for Feb. 15, 2023: Allderdice, Obama Academy reach City League finals
Ethan Amish poured in a game-high 23 points and defending champion Allderdice advanced to the City League championship with an 84-35 win over Perry. Sam Kelly and Logan Golle netted 12 each for the Dragons (19-3) and Jack Segall scored 10. Quinsean Reese had 12 points and Ahmad Arrington finished...
Hempfield repeats as WPIBL boys team champion
Hempfield repeated as WPIBL boys team champion Wednesday, defeating Butler, 2-1, in the best-of-three finals at Sims Lanes in Beaver Falls. It was a rematch of last year’s finals, also won by the Spartans in three games. On Wednesday, all three games came down to the final frame. In Game...
Senior grabs starting spot, makes impact in paint for Highlands girls
Ava Nitowski scored 14 points and added 11 rebounds Jan. 4 as the Highlands girls basketball team topped rival Freeport by 11. The double-double was a memorable performance and a strong start to the new year for the 6-foot senior first-year starter, who helped the Golden Rams win 14 games...
Monessen girls surge into playoffs as section champs, WPIAL contenders
Monessen was 2-4 and had just opened Section 2-A play with a loss at West Greene. But then, right as rain, the streak happened. The Greyhounds won 13 in a row, captured their first section title since 2012 and established themselves a contender in WPIAL Class A girls basketball. All...
A-K Valley basketball playoff preview capsules for games of Feb. 16, 2023
WPIAL basketball playoffs Boys Class 4A Preliminary round 17-West Mifflin (9-12) at 16-Knoch (8-14) 7 p.m. Thursday at Knoch High School, Saxonburg Winner plays: 1-Lincoln Park (21-1), 7 p.m. Monday at Lincoln Park Players to watch: Jordan Lucas-Johnson, West Mifflin; Teegan Finucan, Knoch Layup lines: West Mifflin tied for fourth...
Westmoreland basketball playoff preview capsule for games of Feb. 16, 2023
WPIAL basketball playoffs Girls Class 3A Preliminary round 17-Beaver Falls (9-11) at 16-Yough (10-11) 7 p.m. Thursday at Yough High School, Herminie Winner plays: 1-Shady Side Academy (20-2), noon Saturday at Fox Chapel High School Players to watch: Avina Norman, Beaver Falls; Laney Gerdich, Yough Layup lines: Beaver Falls clinched...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 14, 2023
High schools WPIAL championships Boys Class 6A Quarterfinals Feb. 24 schedule Norwin (14-8) at New Castle (20-2), 7 p.m.; Butler (14-7) at Mt. Lebanon (15-7), 7 p.m.; Seneca Valley (9-12) at Upper St. Clair (14-8), 7 p.m.; Baldwin (12-10) vs. Central Catholic (13-9) at Gateway, 7 p.m. Class 5A First...
High school roundup for Feb. 14, 2023: Penn-Trafford hockey trips up South Fayette
Xavier Solomon and Nate Loughner each had two goals and two assists to lead Penn-Trafford to a 5-1 victory over second-place South Fayette in PIHL Class 2A hockey Tuesday night. Cam Kiste added a goal, Jack Blank had two assists and Jackson Kerrigan stopped 17 shots in net for Penn-Trafford...
Plum hires former Mars football coach, athletic director Scott Heinauer as interim AD
The Plum School Board on Tuesday appointed former Mars athletic director and football coach Scott Heinauer as interim athletic director and coordinator of student activities. Heinauer is expected to begin his duties soon and work with outgoing athletic director Brian Miller to guide the Plum athletes still involved in the...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week for Feb. 14, 2023
This season has been a see-saw for the Seton LaSalle boys basketball team. Good thing for the Rebels that they were on the upswing as the regular season concluded. Following a 1-7 start, Seton LaSalle won seven straight games, including five consecutive section games, to finish in third place in...
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week for Feb. 14, 2023
Bishop Canevin guard Shea Champine was asked about his unique first name. He said he asked his mother and she explained that she thought it was different and she liked it. Most of the Crusaders opponents find Champine’s game unique and very few have been able to slow him down....
High school wrestling notebook: Individual postseason starts Friday
There is no rest for the wrestlers in Class 2A. The start of the postseason individual tournament gets underway around the state Friday. WPIAL teams begin Saturday at three sites: Sections 1 and 2 at Burgettstown, Sections 3 and 4 at Keystone Oaks and Section 5 and 6 at Greensburg...
Freeport Area swimmers in good position to make waves at WPIALs
The Freeport Area girls swim team earned a fifth-place finish at last year’s WPIAL Class 2A championship meet at Pitt’s Trees Pool. A major piece from that team, Alexis Schrecongost, graduated and now is swimming for Division I Toledo. But many of the other key members of the team return...
WPIAL Individual Wrestling Rankings: Feb. 15, 2023
TribLive HSSN Individual Rankings Class 3A 107:1. Santino Slaboda, Butler (30-0); 2. Tanner Mizenko, Canon-McMillan (30-8); 3. Owen Campbell, Plum (21-4); 4. Gus Stedeford, North Allegheny (23-9); 5. Dylan Barrett, Penn-Trafford (26-11); 6. Ejiro Montoya, Mt. Lebanon (22-3). 114: 1. Luke Willochell, Latrobe (27-2); 2. Connor Smith, Seneca Valley (22-6);...
WPIAL brings back play-in games to determine state basketball playoff qualifiers
No more sitting and waiting. Many WPIAL basketball teams will have their state-playoff hopes in their own hands this winter with the return of a consolation bracket. Rather than the traditional follow-the-winner tiebreaker system used for years, the WPIAL will hold play-in games to decide some PIAA tournament qualifiers. The...
Choosing Hampton’s seed becomes tricky decision with leading scorer ineligible
The chairman of the WPIAL basketball committee largely avoided one of Monday’s most-interesting debates, since it was a topic close to his heart. Where to seed the Hampton boys? As a section champion with a 20-2 record, Hampton has a resume worthy of a top two seed. But the Talbots...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 13, 2023
High schools WPIAL Monday’s results Boys Nonsection Armstrong 76, Indiana 44 Beaver 61, Mars 58 Burgettstown 56, South Side 53 Butler at Gateway, ppd. Central Valley 55, Mohawk 53 Cornell 50, Freedom 47 Eden Christian 73, Freeport 70 Keystone Oaks 70, Bethel Park 56 Knoch 56, Shady Side Academy 53...
High school roundup for Feb. 13, 2023: Jack Dunbar leads Peters Township in playoff tuneup
Jack Dunbar dropped 41 points and drained seven 3-pointers, battling James Wesling in a duel of top scorers, as Class 5A top seed Peters Township geared up for the playoffs with an 85-79 victory over Baldwin in nonsection boys basketball Monday night. Jake Ziegler and Nate Miller each scored 14...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for Feb. 12, 2023Video
There was a point during the regular season that the logjam atop Section 2-3A had little to no separation. Avonworth, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart and Keystone Oaks were fighting for a section crown with little room for error on game night. However, following a Jan. 9 loss to...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for Feb. 12, 2023Video
When Gabby Baldasare took over the Pine-Richland girls basketball program last summer, like most coaches, she had a learning curve to go through. She had a bunch of green and white pieces of clay that needed to be shaped and molded into a winning team. One of those pieces was...
Breaking down the 2023 WPIAL boys basketball playoff brackets
A closer look at the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs, which begin Thursday night: Class 6A Favorite: New Castle was bumped up to the WPIAL’s largest classification this winter, but that move hasn’t slowed the Red Hurricanes. They’re led by a pair of 17-point scorers in seniors Jonathan Anderson and Isaiah...
Norwin girls lead Westmoreland County contingent into playoffs as No. 3 seed
For most of December and even late into January, the Norwin girls looked like the favorite to win WPIAL Class 6A. The Lady Knights were ranked No. 1 for much of the basketball regular season, but a couple of losses to Upper St. Clair and North Allegheny put a dent...
Handful of A-K Valley basketball teams get No. 5 seeds in WPIALs
The WPIAL boys and girls basketball “second season” now is set as the 12 brackets were revealed Monday afternoon. The Highlands and Deer Lakes boys and St. Joseph and Knoch girls lead the Alle-Kiski Valley qualifiers as all four drew No. 5 seeds in their respective tournaments. “We definitely have...
