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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: •...
Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings for Jan. 5, 2022
The first Trib HSSN state girls basketball rankings are out for the 2021-22 season. The WPIAL leads all districts with eight ranked teams, including North Allegheny at No. 1 in 6A. District 3 begins the new season with five ranked teams, followed by District 4 with four. Districts 6 and...
Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings for Jan. 5, 2022
After letting the new basketball season simmer for a couple of weeks, it is time to debut the first Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings for the 2021-2022 season. Of the six defending PIAA champions, five start this season in the top five: Reading (6A), Cathedral Prep (5A), Allentown Central...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Jan. 4, 2022: Boys basketball section action tips off
Tuesday has been a day a lot of WPIAL boys basketball teams in the two smallest classifications have had circled on their new calendars. Section play finally tips off. Half of Class 3A and all of 2A and A will begin playing their section schedules. Unlike last year, these are...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week for Jan. 3, 2022
Five years ago, the North Hills boys basketball team reached the WPIAL semifinals, losing to eventual Class 6A champion Pine-Richland. The Indians finished 19-7. Since then, the Indians have fallen on hard times, missing the playoffs each year except for the open tournament last year. Since 2017-2018, North Hills has...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week for Jan. 3, 2022
Last year in 13 games for Propel Braddock Hills, Ben Mayhew scored a total of 77 points. Last week in the two games at the Bentworth Holiday Tournament, Mayhew matched that total with 77 points as the Lions split two games against Bentworth and Waynesburg. “Ben is constantly in the...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for week ending Jan. 2, 2022
After years of success, the Beth-Center girls basketball program struggled last season, finishing with a 3-11 record that included 10 straight losses. Even in a year where all were welcome to participate in the WPIAL basketball playoffs, the Bulldogs passed on playing in the open tournament. This season has been...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 3, 2022: Big night for girls basketball
Welcome to the first day of high school sports in 2022. The new year begins with a bang as there are 48 WPIAL girls section basketball games, including section openers in classes 2A and A, Monday. Six of the past seven WPIAL girls basketball champions in the highest classification have...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for week ending Jan. 2, 2022
A lot of attention deservedly has been paid to the Union boys basketball team this season. A preseason top-five team, the Scotties were 7-0 before losing to Class 2A power Neshannock in the finals of the Neshannock Holiday Tournament. However, there is another Scotties basketball team that is proving to...
This week on Trib HSSN: Week of Jan. 3, 2022
Happy New Year from all of us at Trib Total Media and HSSN! Now that the holidays are behind us, we begin the New Year with plenty of winter scholastic sports this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have video and audio coverage of over 40 high...
Trib HSSN Head of the Class: Coach of the year in each of WPIAL football’s 6 classes
The students are expected to execute a good lesson plan, but it takes a top teacher to develop the plan and find ways to get the most from their students. The same could be said on the football field. Yes, teams need good players to be successful, but coming up...
Trib HSSN Top 21 Stories of 2021: Pine-Richland coach Eric Kasperowicz ousted
The year 2021 wasn’t one giant leap for mankind, but it was one big step back toward “normalcy” for all of us, especially the high school athletes from around the WPIAL. They were able to do what they love to do, compete on area fields, courts, mats and pools. They...
