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Baldwin upends No. 1 Mt. Lebanon to reach 1st WPIAL final in 39 years
Last week, Baldwin defeated North Allegheny in a boys Class 6A quarterfinal to end an eight-game postseason losing streak by winning their first playoff game in 21 years. It only took the Highlanders four days to win another one. Another Baldwin bucket list item was taken care of Tuesday when...
Armstrong hands 1st loss to No. 1 Oakland Catholic, reaches 1st WPIAL final
Oakland Catholic came into the Class 5A tournament the only undefeated team in the entire WPIAL and the top seed in the bracket. Armstrong was also hot coming in, toting a school-record 15-game winning streak. The River Hawks prevailed 49-40 at Fox Chapel on Tuesday night, ending the Eagles’ perfect...
Aliquippa beats Fort Cherry, gets another shot at a football-basketball WPIAL double
For Aliquippa’s senior class, pulling double duty for the second consecutive year was at the front their minds. Winning a WPIAL football and boys basketball title in the 2022-2023 school year was already difficult enough, but the Quips will look to repeat the feat yet again after downing Fort Cherry...
South Fayette knocks off McKeesport to earn 3rd straight trip to WPIAL Class 5A finals
The AHN Arena at Peters Township saw a defensive battle in the Class 5A girls semifinal between No. 6 South Fayette and No. 2 McKeesport. When the dust settled, the Lions earned their third straight trip to Pitt’s Petersen Events Center with a 49-41 win over the Tigers. South Fayette...
Big man’s big game boosts Upper St. Clair past Central Catholic into WPIAL finals
Tyler Robbins’ first basket came a few minutes after halftime, but Upper St. Clair’s big man had already altered the outcome of Tuesday’s semifinal in other ways. Mainly by altering a bunch of shots. The 6-foot-9 junior had six blocks and grabbed 19 rebounds in a 61-46 win over defending...
Oh, baby: Hyland attends birth of daughter, then guides GCC boys to WPIAL title game
It was a hectic but incredibly rewarding Tuesday for Greensburg Central Catholic boys basketball coach Christian Hyland. The fifth-year coach became a dad for the first time, and now his team will get to play for its first WPIAL championship. Less than an hour after Hyland and his wife, Kellie,...
Latrobe junior Luke Willochell looks to join impressive list
Before Latrobe junior Luke Willochell can think about joining Frazier senior Rune Lawrence as the next four-time WPIAL champion, he has to take care of business Friday and Saturday at the WPIAL Class 3A championships. Willochell is the only wrestler in this weekend’s tournament at Canon-McMillan with a shot at...
Trib HSSN WPIAL wrestling rankings for Feb. 28, 2024
WEEK 11 Individual rankings Class 3A 107: 1. Nolan Rice (33-7), Connellsville; 2. Nick McGarrity (36-1), Peters Township; 3. Nico Kapusta (21-6), Hempfield; 4. Dylan Barrett (30-7), Penn-Trafford. 114: 1. Landon Sidun (35-1), Norwin; 2. Santino Sloboda (32-0), Butler; 3. Leo Joseph (30-7), Latrobe; 4. Caiden Harbert (32-10), West Allegheny....
A-K Valley high school basketball playoff preview capsules for Feb. 28, 2024
WPIAL basketball playoffs Boys Class 5A Fifth-place game 11-Bethel Park (13-12) at 8-Fox Chapel (14-11) 8 p.m. Wednesday Winner plays: The winner of the District 8-9-10 subregional March 9, in PIAA first round (site/time TBD) Loser plays: District 3 runner-up March 9, in PIAA first round (site/time TBD) Coaches: Dante...
Westmoreland high school basketball playoff preview capsules for Feb. 28, 2024
WPIAL basketball playoffs Boys Class 3A Consolation tournament Derry (15-7) vs. Shady Side Academy (17-8) 6 p.m. Wednesday at Fox Chapel Winner: Earns fifth place in the WPIAL for the PIAA tournament Players to watch: Stanley Rajkovich, Derry; Seamus Riordan, Shady Side Academy Layup lines: Derry secured a state playoff...
Worthy challenger awaits No. 1 Greensburg Central Catholic in WPIAL finals
Greensburg Central Catholic has won going away in the playoffs. It hasn’t been close. The Centurions have been dominant, trailing only once, for a blink of an eye — Northgate actually led 1-0 in a 77-10 first-round runaway — while winning three playoff games by a combined 124 points. The...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for Feb. 26, 2024Video
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week: Laurel Highlands Mustangs Coach: Stewart Davis (second season) Record: 10-2 in Section 3-4A, 20-2 overall #Earned: The spectacular turnaround for the Mustangs from 1-19 two years ago to 20-2 this season continued last week with a pair of postseason victories. In the...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for Feb. 26, 2024Video
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week: Emma Paul School: Armstrong Class: Senior Height: 5-foot-5 Position: Guard #Earned: Paul finished in the top 10 in scoring in the WPIAL and was second in Class 5A with 470 points and an average of 21.4 points per game. Last week in...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 28, 2024: Baldwin looks to crash 6A party
Welcome to the final night of the 2024 WPIAL basketball semifinals with final four games in boys Class 6A and 2A, along with girls 5A and 4A. Three of the final four teams in boys Class 6A have won recent district championships. Top-seeded Mt. Lebanon won it all five year...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 26, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Mt. Lebanon (20-4) vs. Baldwin (17-6) at Bethel Park, 7 p.m.; Central Catholic (15-8) vs. Upper St. Clair (18-5) at Gateway, 8 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Monday’s results Moon 67, Thomas Jefferson 65 Franklin Regional 69, Shaler 40 Championship...
High school roundup for Feb. 26, 2024: North Allegheny beats Peters Township for spot in 6A finals
Lydia Betz led all scorers with 21 points as No. 3 North Allegheny knocked off No. 2 Peters Township, 43-30, in the WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball semifinals Monday night. Grace Heliger scored eight points and Kellie McConnell added seven for the Tigers (22-2), who will meet Norwin for the...
Moon gets past Thomas Jefferson in star-studded semifinal
After missing a pair of free throws with 47.8 seconds to go, Aiden Reesman re-toed the line with 6.5 seconds to go with a chance to give the top-seeded Moon Tigers the lead in the waning seconds of a WPIAL Class 5A semifinal Monday night at the AHN Arena at...
St. Joseph surges past Aquinas Academy to get over semifinal hump
Measuring the St. Joseph offense Monday night was easily accomplished by looking at the Gia Richter scale. The Spartans’ 5-foot-4 junior guard was limited late in the first half by foul trouble. When Richter returned after halftime, her contributions shook the foundation of St. Joseph’s 65-56 win over Aquinas Academy...
Franklin Regional boys roll over Shaler in WPIAL semifinals
It took Franklin Regional overtime to defeat Shaler in a nonsection game back on Jan. 19. The Panthers (22-2) didn’t mess around Monday in the WPIAL Class 5A semifinals at Mt. Lebanon. Franklin Regional was hotter than the unseasonably warm temperatures across Western Pa. and scorched Shaler, 69-40, to advance...
Deer Lakes boys defeat Neshannock in OT, advance to WPIAL Class 3A title game
The path wasn’t easy, but defending champion Deer Lakes is headed back to the WPIAL boys basketball finals after a second straight overtime win. Nathaniel Moore made a game-tying layup with 2.9 seconds left in regulation, and No. 1 seed Deer Lakes ignored its earlier misses at the foul line...
Burrell logs another upset, beats No. 2 Mohawk in semifinals
Macky Bennis and his teammates hooted and hollered with Burrell’s rabid fans Monday night at North Allegheny. And why not? Moments earlier, the Burrell boys basketball team, the only double-digit seed remaining in the WPIAL playoffs, continued its improbable postseason run by knocking off yet another higher-seeded challenger. This time,...
Top-seeded Union girls overpower Riverview, earn return trip to WPIAL Class A final
If you give the Union girls basketball team an inch, it usually takes a mile. That was the case Monday in a WPIAL Class A semifinal at North Allegheny. The No. 1 Scotties built a big lead in the first half and didn’t give No. 4 Riverview any momentum in...
Norwin girls find 2nd wind, top Chartiers Valley to reach WPIAL 6A final
Early on, Chartiers Valley took charges. After some key adjustments, Norwin took charge. Top-seeded Norwin overcame a close first half and scored 39 second-half points to rip past No. 5 Chartiers Valley, 63-47, in a WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball semifinal Monday night at Peters Township’s AHN Arena. The Knights...
Westmoreland high school basketball playoff preview capsules for Feb. 27, 2024
WPIAL basketball playoffs Boys Class 2A Semifinals 3-Northgate (18-5) vs. 2-Greensburg Central Catholic (22-2) 6 p.m. Tuesday at Gateway Winner plays: Winner of 3-Fort Cherry (19-5)/2-Aliquippa (19-5) in championship 1 p.m. March 2 at Petersen Events Center Coaches: Cam Williams, Northgate; Christian Hyland, GCC Players to watch: Kaden Kemp, Northgate;...
A-K Valley high school basketball playoff preview capsule for Feb. 27, 2024
WPIAL basketball playoffs Boys Class 4A Seventh-place game 8-Knoch (15-10) at 3-Montour (20-4) 7 p.m. Tuesday Winner: Earns seventh place in the WPIAL and a PIAA playoff berth Coaches: Alan Bauman, Knoch; Bill Minear, Montour Players to watch: Zane Pacek, Knoch; Jake Wolfe, Montour Layup lines: Knoch lost to North...
