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Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for week ending Jan. 16, 2022
Jenn O’Shea made the move from Fox Chapel to the Montour three years ago, taking over a girls basketball team that won only five games in 2019. Montour won seven games two years ago, then improved to 13-10 last year while earning a berth in the WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinals....
This week on Trib HSSN: Week of Jan. 17, 2022
As a winter storms sweeps through the area to start the week, winter sports action will sweep through the district on your destination for high school sports coverage, the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have video and audio coverage of 60 high school boys and girls basketball games from...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 15, 2022: Girls basketball elites to square off
If the weather forecasts are right, Saturday’s scholastic schedule will be the sweet calm before the storm. Two of the top girls basketball teams in Class 6A will square off against a pair of elite teams in 5A in two nonsection games slated for Saturday afternoon. Class 5A top-ranked Chartiers...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 14, 2022: Big-school battles in Section 1-6A
How good is Section 1-6A in WPIAL boys basketball? The answer is very good. Through the first month of the season, North Hills has proven to be the top team, sitting on its first-place perch with a 5-0 section record and a perfect 10-0 overall mark. The fight for second...
No. 1 Chartiers Valley holds off No. 2 Moon in Class 5A showdown
The big Section 1-5A girls basketball showdown between undefeated Moon and three-time defending champion Chartiers Valley became a game of runs. Or, it turned into a game of droughts. The host Colts took over sole possession of first place with a 49-45 victory over the Tigers. The win came despite...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 13, 2022: Chartiers Valley, Moon to square off
They are ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the latest Trib HSSN girls basketball rankings in Class 5A. They are No. 2 and No. 3 in the latest HSSN girls hoops state rankings in 5A. Finally, they are No. 2 and No. 4 in the hot-off-the-presses latest weekly Trib...
Trib 10: Elite teams hold serve in WPIAL basketball power rankings
The second power rankings of the 2022 basketball season are almost a carbon copy of the initial Trib 10 posted a week ago. That is called the elite of the WPIAL hardwood taking care of business. There was only one change in each of the boys and girls weekly Trib...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 12, 2022: Dual meet season hits stretch drive
There are only two more Wednesday nights of subsection duals remaining before the WPIAL wrestling team sectionals, followed by the district team playoffs. In Section 1A-3A, Highlands (3-0) visits Armstrong (2-1). The Golden Rams hope to keep winning with a looming showdown against Kiski Area coming up next week. First...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball State Rankings for Jan. 12, 2022
The latest Trib HSSN state girls basketball rankings are a tad different from last week with four changes in the Top 5 and a pair of new No. 1 teams. The four teams that only lasted one week in the state Top 5 were Nazareth and Upper St. Clair in...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball State Rankings for Jan. 12, 2022
There were very few changes from the first to the second edition of the weekly Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings. Only two teams fell out of the Top 5 in their respective classifications and both were from District 6. Penn Cambria dropped out in 4A and Conemaugh Valley in...
Bethel Park gets down and dirty on defense to knock off Upper St. Clair
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. There were stretches of the Upper St. Clair at Bethel Park boys basketball battle for first place in Section 2-6A on Tuesday that looked like a young child’s finger painting. To Black Hawks coach Josh Bears, the game looked like a priceless...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 11, 2022: Latrobe, McKeesport girls to meet in main event
While it is a busy night of section boys basketball games, one of the top contests around the WPIAL is a girls hoops showdown in Class 5A. In fact, this bout is receiving top billing in what was a girls-boys doubleheader. Now when the Latrobe boys and girls basketball teams...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week for Jan. 10, 2022
Eight games into last season, the Carlynton boys basketball team was 4-0 in Section 2-2A, 7-1 overall. The Cougars finished the regular season in second place with a record of 12-4 and were the No. 7 seed in the 23-team Class 2A playoffs. Carlynton was stunned in the first round...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week for Jan. 10, 2022
Last year, they were the supporting cast to a senior team that ended a 16-year drought and won WPIAL gold. The current group of Upper St. Clair boys basketball starters proved to be quick studies and are now excelling in their role as leads in another successful season. The Panthers...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 10, 2022: Big night for girls basketball
A busy night of WPIAL girls basketball is highlighted by a couple of games for first place. One of those contests is in Section 2-3A as South Park hosts Brownsville. The Eagles (7-2, 3-0) are No. 3 in the latest Trib HSSN Class 3A rankings. South Park had won six...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for Jan. 10, 2022
After enjoying one of the best seasons in program history, a lot of question marks surrounded Trinity girls basketball during the summer. Several talented players graduated from a Hillers team that finished 21-2 and lost to Chartiers Valley in the WPIAL Class 5A championship game. In July, head coach Kathy...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for Jan. 10, 2022
They are the Fabulous Five of WPIAL girls basketball. Chartiers Valley has five Division I players who have been together and winning championships their entire scholastic career. Aislin Malcolm is heading to Pitt, Perri Page to Columbia, Marian Turnbull to Northeastern, and Helene and twin sister Hallie Cowan to Seton...
2021-22 PIHL standings through Jan. 9, 2022
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Jan. 9, 2022: Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points Class 3A North Allegheny, 11-1-0 = 22 Peters Township, 10-4-1 = 21 Pine-Richland, 9-3-0 = 18 Baldwin, 6-3-3 = 15 Seneca Valley, 7-5-0 = 14 Bethel...
This week on Trib HSSN: Week of Jan. 10, 2022
The winter high school sports action picks up a week into 2022 with section play on the courts, mats and ice, and in the pool on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have video and audio coverage of more than 50 high school boys and girls basketball games from...
Quaker Valley edges Montour to stay unbeaten, win another section slugfest
It wasn’t pretty at times, but in the end, it was just perfect for Quaker Valley. Senior Markus Frank scored a game-high 24 points, including the tying basket and the winning free throw with 15 second left, as the visiting Quakers remained undefeated with a 47-46 comeback win over previously...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 8, 2022: Competitive spirit squads go for gold
It is only the eighth day of the New Year, but already, the WPIAL will be handing out gold at the first winter championships of the 2022 season. Let me see those spirit fingers! Saturday marks the 10th anniversary of the WPIAL Competitive Spirit championships, once again returning to Hempfield....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 7, 2022: Boys basketball unbeatens collide
Once you reach the one-month mark of the WPIAL basketball regular season, the “battle of unbeaten” matchups become rare. However, two Section 2-4A teams who are a combined 13-0 collide on the first “Frayday” of 2022. First place will be up for grabs when Montour (7-0) hosts Quaker Valley (6-0)....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 6, 2022: Moon girls basketball faces test
So far, there has been a full Moon in the sky over Class 5A in WPIAL girls basketball. The Tigers are a perfect 9-0 and tied for the top spot in Section 1-5A with three-time defending champion Chartiers Valley. Emma Theodorsson led Moon with 20 points on Monday in a...
Trib 10: Neighbors top season’s 1st WPIAL basketball power rankings
We allowed three weeks for teams to flex their muscles at the start of the 2022 season. Now it’s time to see which teams are showing off the most early season power. The weekly Trib 10 power rankings slot the elite teams from around WPIAL boys and girls basketball. With...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 5, 2022: Favorites emerge on mats
Wednesday is another busy night of dual meets in WPIAL team wrestling with over 30 sub-section matches scheduled. With only a couple of weeks left in the team regular season, positioning in the sub-sections becomes more important. There are four matches that will affect the top of these sub-sections: •...
