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What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 21, 2022: Heavyweight rematch in 4A basketball
What better way to begin the second half of section play in WPIAL boys basketball than with two of the top three teams in Class 4A clashing for a second time this season? The showdown for first place in Section 2-4A takes place in Midland as No. 3 Lincoln Park...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 20, 2022: 2nd half of girls hoops season begins
The second half of section play in WPIAL girls basketball begins with a busy Thursday around the district. One of the great races shaping up for the final three weeks is in Section 2-5A. The top four teams are separated by only one game. Mars is 5-1 in section play,...
Trib 10: List of undefeated teams getting shorter in WPIAL basketball
As we hit the midway point of section play in WPIAL basketball, there are fewer and fewer perfect teams in the district. There are six boys and six girls teams that are undefeated in mid-January. While those dozen district teams hit the hardwood with big bull’s-eyes each week, so do...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 19, 2022: Hall of Fame class to be unveiled
It is the highest honor an athlete, a coach or a team can achieve: being elected to a Hall of Fame. That honor will come to several folks Wednesday when District 7 officials announce the inductees into the WPIAL Hall of Fame, Class of 2022. The WPIAL will unveil the...
Upper St. Clair’s Tanner O’Grady shoots down Mt. Lebanon with buzzer-beater
Following the winter storm on Sunday, snowmen made appearances on many landscapes throughout the district. On Tuesday, it was time for the iceman to reappear. Upper St. Clair senior Tanner O’Grady hit his second buzzer-beating shot of the season, this time breaking a tie as time expired as USC defeated...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball State Rankings for Jan. 18, 2022
There were several state ranked girls basketball teams that tasted defeat this past, but only a few slipped out of the Trib HSSN state Top 5. There were several cases of teams losing to teams from out of state or from higher classifications that did not affect their ranking, or...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball State Rankings for Jan. 18, 2022
As the winter storm has come and gone, most of the teams in the weekly Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings have remained the same. Only two teams fell out of the Top 5 in their respective classifications, one in Class 5A and the other in 3A. Cathedral Prep is...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 18, 2022: WPIAL board set to unveil realignment
A lot more eyes than usual will be on the monthly WPIAL board of control meeting Tuesday. The board will finalize the new conference alignment for all fall sports, including football, soccer, golf, cross country, girls volleyball, girls tennis and field hockey. Each sport’s steering committee met after the PIAA...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week for Jan. 17, 2022
In 1987, Penn Hills captured its first WPIAL boys basketball championship with a 64-44 win over Central Catholic. Thirty-five years and three more district crowns later, the Indians are starting to look like a team that might be in the hunt for one for the thumb. In his second year...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week for Jan. 17, 2022
Two years ago, a freshman at Laurel Highlands burst onto the boys basketball scene as Rodney Gallagher helped lead the Mustangs to a surprise district championship run. Now another ninth grader from a Fayette County school is making headlines as his high school career is off to a Notorious start...
Mt. Lebanon weathers storm, drops rival Upper St. Clair
Section 2-6A rivals Mt. Lebanon and Upper St. Clair did not play at all last season due to mask policy. This season, both teams were ranked in the Trib HSSN Top 5 heading into their Monday night showdown for first place. Trailing the entire first half, Mt. Lebanon (6-0, 13-0)...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 17, 2022: Rivals Upper St. Clair, Mt. Lebanon to meet
With the snowstorm sweeping through the area the last 24 hours, many a scholastic event has been postponed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. However, the weather has not canceled all of the games slated for Monday. One of the top girls basketball games is still on and can be...
PIHL standings through Jan. 16, 2022
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday, Jan. 16. * — indicates clinched a playoff spot x — indicates eliminated from playoff chase Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points Class AAA North Allegheny, 12-1-1 = 25 Peters Township, 10-4-1 = 21...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Week: Week ending Jan. 16, 2022
What happens when a team has two bright stars lead it down a path to greatness and one of those guiding lights graduates? In the case of the Rochester girls basketball team, the remaining star is shining brighter than ever. The Rams haven’t missed a beat as they continue to...
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...
