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What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Feb. 23, 2022: Basketball quarterfinals begin
One round is in the books, now it’s time to move on to Round 2 on the Path to the Pete. The first of three straight basketball quarterfinals nights shines a spotlight on boys 4A, boys A, girls 6A and girls 3A. In boys 4A, they have met several times,...
Scorching start carries Upper St. Clair past Penn-Trafford in Class 6A
There is a term thrown around a lot around tournament time: one and done. It points out the suddenness of a loss that could end a season. On Tuesday, the one and done may have pertained to the first quarter for Penn-Trafford. Defending WPIAL Class 6A champion Upper St. Clair...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball State Rankings for Feb. 22, 2022
Wash, rinse, repeat. Well, it wasn’t that simple, but thanks to the combination of early district playoff wins and district byes for some, there was little change to the latest edition of the Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings. Only West Middlesex slipped out of the rankings, as they were...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball State Rankings for Feb. 22, 2022
This past week was the quiet before the ranking storm. While the waters were still and steady this week, that should change as we go deeper into the district playoffs and begin the state playoffs in the next few weeks. For the time being though, only one school lost its...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 22, 2022: First round ends with appealing matchups
Welcome to the final day of the first round in the 2022 WPIAL basketball playoffs. Five years ago, Pine-Richland (11-11) won the first WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball championship with a 72-61 victory over Butler. The title run was the second in a row for the Rams, who captured the...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Week for Feb. 21, 2022
When Journey Thompson started her high school career at Peters Township, she was a starter on a perfect team. The Indians finished 30-0 in winning both the 2019 WPIAL and PIAA championships. The scholastic journey is almost over for Thompson, who has finally guided Peters Township (13-10) back on the...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week for Feb. 21, 2022
Lincoln Park sophomore Brandin Cummings has always been close with his older brother Nelly, who starred with the Leopards and graduated in 2017 before playing his college ball at Bowling Green and Colgate. Both won WPIAL championships as a freshman at Lincoln Park. That was Nelly’s only district title. Brandin...
Logan Bernesser powers Shaler past South Fayette in overtime win
Shaler senior Logan Bernesser registered a double-double in a dominating first-round performance. The 6-foot-6 forward scored a game-high 26 points, had 14 rebounds and seven blocked shots in leading Shaler past host South Fayette, 68-64, in overtime in an opening-round game Monday night. On defense, Bernesser not only blocked shots,...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week for week ending Feb. 20, 2022
Outside of Quaker Valley and Montour, the top two seeds in the WPIAL Class 4A boys basketball playoffs, the hottest team in the classification coming into the postseason was Section 1 third-place finisher Deer Lakes. The Lancers disposed of Section 1-4A champ North Catholic and Section 3-3A co-champ Shady Side...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Team of the Week for week ending Feb. 20, 2022
While most of last season’s WPIAL basketball champions continued to enjoy great success this winter, that wasn’t the case for the Mohawk girls basketball program. They had nearly an entire new starting lineup this season along with a new coach. Former Vincentian Academy coach Ronald Moncrief took over for Mike...
Trib HSSN broadcast schedule for week of Feb. 21-26
The February Frenzy is off and running with winter sports postseason action galore all week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have video and audio coverage of the WPIAL and District 6 boys and girls basketball playoffs with first-round and quarterfinal action. This weekend also has the WPIAL...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Feb. 21, 2022: Class 5A, 3A boys playoff matchups on tap
Welcome to Day 2 of Round 1 in the 2022 WPIAL basketball playoffs. One of the highlights of the 2021 WPIAL hoops postseason was the incredible run to a championship by Ellwood City. The Wolverines were the No. 11 seed in the Class 3A playoffs, but won five district playoff...
PIHL standings, Penguins Cup playoff clinchings through Feb. 20, 2022
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday, Feb. 20. Eight teams in each classification qualify for the PIHL playoffs. *- indicates clinched a playoff spot x- indicates eliminated from playoff chase #-Indicated ineligible for Penguins Cup Playoffs Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss =...
Chartiers Valley wrestlers find individual success
This season has been a wild ride on the mat for the Chartiers Valley wrestling team. The Colts have enjoyed historic highs and struggled through some tough lows. They missed the WPIAL team playoffs for a second straight year after finishing 0-4 in the tough Section 4-3A. “We definitely had...
Development of young Chartiers Valley players provides optimism for future
What a difference a goal or two would have made for the Chartiers Valley hockey team. No team in the PIHL had more overtime or shootout losses then the Colts, who also were near the top in the league in one-goal losses. “We would definitely like to have swapped outcomes...
Keystone Oaks shakes off slow start, tops Brownsville in Class 3A first round
The Keystone Oaks girls basketball program had not lost an opening playoff game, preliminary or first round, since 2006. That is why there were some nervous moments in the first 13 minutes of the game as Brownsville led by as many as eight points. However, host Keystone Oaks used a...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports Feb. 19-20, 2022: Allderdice boys, girls to play for City League titles
The WPIAL basketball championships return to the Petersen Events Center on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in two weeks after a one-year absence due to the pandemic. The City League boys and girls finals are also headed back to The Pete with the two title games slated for...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 18, 2022: Basketball playoffs tip off
Welcome to the Path to the Pete. Opening night of the 2022 WPIAL boys and girls basketball playoffs is set for Friday with nine Class 4A and A first-round boys games and four Class 3A first-round and three 2A preliminary round girls contests. One other girls basketball game set for...
Catch WPIAL basketball playoffs, wrestling championships live on Trib HSSN
The curtain rises on the 2022 WPIAL basketball playoffs, plus it’s Day 1 of the 2022 WPIAL Class 2A individual wrestling championships coming up Friday on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have video and audio coverage of eight boys and eight girls postseason roundball preliminary and first-round games....
Trib 10: Power rankings get facelift on eve of WPIAL playoffs
The regular season is over and now the curtain is about to rise on the district postseason. The 20 teams power ranked below will all take different journeys on the Path to the Pete, but their goal is the same: to raise WPIAL gold and be top-ranked in the Trib...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball State Rankings for Feb. 15, 2022
By this weekend, most of the 12 high school districts that make up the PIAA will be done with the regular season and starting their district playoffs. They will do so with some changes in the latest edition of the Trib HSSN state top 5 girls basketball rankings. Four teams...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball State Rankings for Feb. 15, 2022
Three boys basketball teams are on the outs and two new squads are now sitting on top of their classification as we hit the midway point of the February frenzy with the latest Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings. North Catholic, Executive Education Academy Charter and Elk County Catholic all...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week for Feb. 14, 2022
Mark Stanley returned as head coach of the Union boys basketball program to begin his second stint before the 2017 season. His added family touch to the program seems to have paid off as the Scotties have reached the WPIAL quarterfinals four times, the district semifinals twice and the championship...
This week on the TribLive High School Sports Network: Week of Feb. 14, 2022
Give all your love to your sweetheart Monday, then prepare for the start of the high school basketball and individual wrestling postseason this weekend on the Trib High School Sports Network. We have video and audio coverage of the end of the regular season in WPIAL, District 6 and District...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Team of the Week for Feb. 13, 2022
Dana Petruska started her coaching career at Mars in 1986. After the 2005 season, she took over at her alma mater and coached Deer Lakes for nearly a decade before returning to coach the Fightin’ Planets in 2015. Now she is in elite company after picking up her 500th career...
