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Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week for week ending March 28, 2021
Senior Dante Spadafora and junior Jake DiMichele made up one of the higher-scoring and more successful dynamic duos the WPIAL has seen in a long time. As point guard, Spadafora set the table and DiMichele dined and feasted on opposing defenses, averaging more 30 points in what turned out to...
Trib HSSN What to Watch for: Monday, March 29, 2021
Cooler but drier weather is expected Monday as a handful of WPIAL team begins their section schedule early. Twenty-eight district baseball teams are slated to begin section play. Some of the standout games include a clash of Class 4A powers as Quaker Valley hosts Montour. The visiting Spartans are ranked...
Carlynton girls show glimpses of bright future during .500 season
The Carlynton girls basketball team had turned itself around, going from a struggling program a decade ago to one that was a legit championship contender over the last six years. Since 2015, the Cougars won at least 19 games four times, participated in the state playoffs four times and reached...
Run to WPIAL finals helps Chartiers Valley boys carry on winning tradition
Brandon Sensor just completed his third year as boys basketball coach at Chartiers Valley. It is a program built on tradition that hasn’t skipped a beat the last three winters. The Colts are 59-17 in those three years with their district title hopes ending in the WPIAL semifinals in 2019...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for March 27, 2021: PIAA champions to be crowned
The champions-only version of the PIAA basketball playoffs has one day left with four more state title games to be played at the Giant Center in Hershey on Saturday. Two boys and two girls championship games will be held Saturday at noon, 2:30 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Here...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for March 26, 2021: Teams chasing PIAA glory
The champions-only version of the PIAA basketball playoffs has one day in the books with eight more state title games to be played at the Giant Center in Hershey over the next two days. Two boys and two girls championship games will be held Friday and Saturday at noon, 2:30...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for March 25, 2021: State championship weekend tips off
The champions-only version of the PIAA basketball playoffs comes to a close with 12 state title games played at the Giant Center in Hershey. Two boys and two girls championship games will be held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at noon, 2:30 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Here are...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball State Rankings for March 24, 2021
The stage is set for six new PIAA champions to be crowned this week in Hershey with two boys state title games each on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Kennedy Catholic, Lincoln Park and Math, Civics & Sciences were looking to “repeat” as champions until losses in the quarters and semifinals...
Trib 10: Girls power rankings crowded at the top with 4 teams vying for state gold
The Fantastic Five from the WPIAL still alive for a state championship take the final exit on the Road to Hershey as they head to the Giant Center and the PIAA finals this week. The only boys District 7 champion to survive two rounds of the state playoffs is the...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball State Rankings for March 23, 2021
The end is almost here. Three days and 12 games remain in the crazy 2021 high school basketball season. Now that we’re down to the final few, you would think there would be few changes in the Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings. That would be accurate for the top...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 23, 2021: 4 more teams try to reach Hershey
With three WPIAL basketball teams punching their ticket to Hershey on Monday, four more district teams have a chance to join them later in the week in Chocolate Town. Semifinals on Tuesday feature WPIAL champions from boys 6A, boys 2A, girls 5A and girls A playing for a spot in...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week for March 22, 2021: Lincoln Park’s Brandin Cummings
Nelly Cummings had a great career at Lincoln Park. The 2017 graduate averaged 22 points and 6 assists per game for his career, averaging 30 points per game his senior year. He was named all-state three times. He just ended his junior season at Colgate in the NCAA tournament. Those...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week for March 22, 2021: The St. Clair Six
There were so many great stories from quarterfinals weekend in the state playoffs involving WPIAL basketball champions. We had blowout victories, comfortable wins, nail-biting triumphs, heartbreaking losses and a team eliminated before it took the court because of two dreaded words: positive test. While Bishop Canevin had to forfeit its...
Mohawk girls mow down another undefeated opponent, earn trip to Hershey
The good news for Mohawk girls basketball is that the team is going to Hershey to play for the PIAA Class 3A championship. The bad news is that its opponent on Thursday, West Catholic, has already tasted defeat this year. The WPIAL champion Warriors knocked off their second straight undefeated...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Week for week ending March 21, 2021
They have been the dynamic duo behind three straight WPIAL Class A girls basketball championships. Now as their time together is winding down, the only thing left for them to accomplish together is to lead Rochester to a state championship. Alexis Robison is the senior and closing out a gold...
Trib HSSN What to Watch for: Monday, March 22, 2021
It was an emotional PIAA quarterfinals weekend for the WPIAL basketball champions. From blowout wins by the Lincoln Park boys, OLSH boys and North Allegheny girls, to heartbreak losses for the Beaver girls and Ellwood City boys and the Bishop Canevin boys having to forfeit before they hit the court...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Team of the Week for week ending March 21, 2021
Three losses in a 25-day period seemed to take the spotlight away from a team that had won two straight WPIAL crowns, claimed the most recently completed PIAA Class 5A girls basketball championship and was the owner of a record 64-game winning streak. For the first time in more than...
TribLive High School Sports Network broadcasts: Week of March 22, 2021
The champions-only edition of the Road to Hershey winds down as we head into the final four of the state basketball playoffs this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have semifinals state playoff action Monday and Tuesday with the winners heading to Hershey. HSSN could have...
PIHL standings: Week of March 22, 2021
Here are the latest PIHL standings through Sunday. The PIHL Penguins Cup playoffs are set to start April 5 The Pa. Cup championships are set for April 24. * — clinched playoff spot Team – Wins – Losses – OT/Shootout Loss = Total Points Class AAA *Canon-McMillan, 15-3-1 = 31...
3 WPIAL champions to compete in 2021 PIAA boys basketball semifinals
The WPIAL boys basketball champions split six games in the PIAA quarterfinals in an emotional weekend of state basketball playoffs. Upper St. Clair won a game for the ages with just six players while Lincoln Park and OLSH rolled to lopsided wins. Meanwhile, it was time to check into the...
Matchups set for 2021 PIAA girls basketball semifinals
The WPIAL girls basketball champions were close to a quarterfinals sweep on the Road to Hershey. Only Beaver did not survive as the Bobcats lost a heartbreaker in overtime to District 10 power Villa Maria Academy, 29-28, on Saturday. The other five District 7 champs are Final Four bound Monday...
Chartiers Valley girls cruise past Warren in PIAA quarterfinals
Despite a “flawed” game plan, Chartiers Valley scored 26 of the final 37 points in the first half, then used a 13-0 run in the third quarter to blow open a tight game and roll to a 61-38 victory Saturday afternoon. The win lifts the three-time WPIAL champions and defending...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for March 20, 2021: State quarterfinals roll on
Quarterfinal weekend in the 2021 PIAA basketball playoffs continues Saturday with 24 more state boys and girls games, including six contests involving WPIAL champions. The District 7 champs hitting the court Saturday afternoon are Upper St. Clair (6A), Ellwood City (3A) and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (2A) boys...
Bishop Canevin boys forfeit state playoff game at last minute after positive covid test
For Bishop Canevin, it was none and done. With the Berlin Brothersvalley boys basketball team on the floor for warmups 15 minutes before the scheduled 6:30 p.m. start, Bishop Canevin officials announced there would be no game and the host Crusaders would have to forfeit. The parents of one of...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 19, 2021: Champs begin state title quests
While the PIAA basketball playoffs actually began Tuesday and Wednesday with first-round games, the state playoff action tips off for WPIAL champions Friday. The District 7 champs hitting the court Friday evening are New Castle (5A), Lincoln Park (4A) and Bishop Canevin (A) boys along with North Allegheny (6A), Mohawk...
