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Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week for March 1, 2021
Michael Dunn’s father is one of the most respected basketball coaches in the WPIAL. Joe Dunn has had plenty of success in his 26 years as a head coach at Seton LaSalle, Mt. Pleasant and Trinity. He is now an assistant coach at Trinity under Tim Tessmer. Michael Dunn’s sister...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week for March 1, 2021
The Sewickley Academy boys basketball program has high expectations each year based on a solid foundation of success. However, coming into the final week of the regular season, the Panthers were at .500 and dealing with a difficult postseason tuneup against last week’s Trib HSSN team of the week, Greensburg...
After 5 decades away from WPIAL, Ligonier Valley boys win playoff opener
The open tournament format the WPIAL is using for its basketball postseason has allowed some schools to participate for the first time in a while. The Brownsville boys basketball team was playing in a WPIAL playoff game for the first time in three years. However, its Class 3A preliminary round...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Team of the Week for week ending Feb. 28, 2021
Chartiers-Houston entered its final girls basketball section game Feb. 20 with a chance to win and force a four-way tie for second place in Section 3-2A. The Buccaneers lost at Fort Cherry, 35-30, dropping the team into fifth place. “The loss to Fort Cherry was heartbreaking and really difficult to...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports March 1, 2021: Basketball playoffs enter March Madness
Day 2 of the 2021 WPIAL boys and girls open basketball tournament officially becomes March Madness. The preliminary round concludes with 22 boys and girls games Monday with all but one of them starting at 6 p.m. The Steel Valley at Charleroi boys game is an 8 p.m. tip. Boys...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Week for week ending Feb. 28, 2021
Emma Seto did what she has done all season — lead the way for the Brownsville girls basketball team. The junior capped off a big week with a clutch performance Saturday in the Falcons’ WPIAL Class 3A preliminary round playoff victory over Steel Valley. It was the first playoff win...
PIHL standings through Feb. 28, 2021
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday. The PIHL has announced that games for Wheeling Park and Wheeling Central Catholic have been postponed until March 1. Also the Pa. Cup state hockey championships are set for April 24. Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss...
TribLive High School Sports Network broadcasts: Week of March 1, 2021
The Madness has begun. As we turn from February to March, we continue our exclusive coverage of all the WPIAL winter sports every day this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have video and audio coverage of every WPIAL boys and girls high school basketball playoff game...
Chartiers Valley wrestlers come together during unsual season
Last year, the Chartiers Valley wrestling team won the fifth-place match in team sectionals and qualified for the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs. This year, with only two teams from each section qualifying for the smaller district wrestling team tournament, the Colts missed out on the team postseason. “From a dual...
Carlynton athletic director stresses life lessons learned from sports
Nate Milsom is in his ninth year as athletic director at Carlynton after serving as assistant AD for three years. Milsom has been married for almost as long as he’s been an athletic director. He and his wife of nearly nine years have a 7-year-old daughter Juliana and a 4-year...
Seton LaSalle girls take down Jeannette in opening round of WPIAL playoffs
It has been eight years since the Jeannette girls basketball team last won a WPIAL basketball playoff game. It took only eight minutes Saturday afternoon before the harsh reality set in that the Jayhawks postseason drought would continue. Junior Ava Dursi scored 22 points while senior teammate Emma Walsh chipped...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Feb. 27, 2021: Playoffs tip off
The curtain rises on the biggest block party in district history: The 2021 WPIAL boys and girls open basketball tournament. Twenty of the 42 preliminary round games will be played Saturday with all but two of those game set for noon tipoffs. Boys play-ins Three classifications will be featured in...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 26, 2021: Diving, gymnastics take center stage
A busy weekend of playoff and championship action on the mats and courts begins with two days of events in the pool and on the beam, vault and bars. The pool is at North Allegheny, the host site of the 2021 boys and girls diving championships. The Class AA championships...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 25, 2021: Latrobe, Woodland Hills girls to battle for section supremacy
Whether or not they receive a section plaque from the WPIAL because all the section games weren’t played, the section crown is scheduled to be decided in Section 4-5A girls basketball on Thursday. Woodland Hills (11-4) is 10-1 in section play and will finally conclude its section schedule when it...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball State Rankings for Feb. 24, 2021
With the regular season winding down and district playoffs coming up, the latest HSSN boys basketball state rankings become a little more intriguing with the elite teams shuffling in and out. Four teams exited the top 5, two in Class 5A. Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast dropped out after spending most of...
Trib 10: Trinity girls climb to top of power rankings
Belle Vernon continues to hold on to the top spot for the boys, but there is a change at the top for the first time this season on the girls side of the Trib 10 HSSN basketball power rankings. After ending Chartiers Valley’s record 64-game win streak last month, the...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 24, 2021: Perennial powers meet in girls hoops
Thirty years ago, Penn Hills and North Allegheny were doing battle for supremacy in WPIAL Class AAAA girls basketball. The Indians defeated the Tigers, 68-49, to win their sixth consecutive district championship. Penn Hills would defeat North Allegheny again in the 1992 title game, 65-41, for a record seventh straight...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball State Rankings for Feb. 23, 2021
After a few quiet weeks in a row, there were plenty of changes in this week’s Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings. Six teams lost and fell from the fab five, including former No. 1 Central Dauphin in 6A, Mohawk and Taylor Riverside in 3A, Keystone and Windber in 2A...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 23, 2021: Playoff brackets to be unveiled
Welcome to the biggest party ever thrown by the WPIAL. Everybody was invited, and 235 boys and girls district basketball teams accepted a berth in the 2021 open basketball playoffs. Every game through the preliminary round, first round, quarterfinals and semifinals will be played at the home court of the...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week for Feb. 22, 2021
After rolling past Propel Braddock Hills in the season opener, Greensburg Central Catholic faced an early season test in Section 3-2A against rival Jeannette on the road. It did not go well for the visitors. The Centurions trailed after each quarter and lost a tough 47-46 decision to the Jayhawks...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week for Feb. 22, 2021
For most WPIAL basketball teams, the final week or so of the regular season is a sprint to the finish with the hopes of a section title or at least a district playoff berth waiting at the finish line. For Quaker Valley, the end of this crazy 2021 season has...
WPIAL bracketology: HSSN’s Chris Harlan, Don Rebel forecast girls basketball playoff seeds
The WPIAL basketball regular season is entering its final days, but there’s no need for playoff scenarios this winter. There are no win-and-you’re-in games this week. No anxious moments for players and coaches on the bubble, knowing their postseason fate rests in hands of others. This year, there’s no bubble....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Feb. 22, 2021: Class 6A girls basketball powers clash
The final week of this unique WPIAL basketball regular season tips off Monday. One of the marquee matchups is a clash between the top two teams in Section1-6A girls basketball. North Allegheny and Norwin were a combined 28-2 heading into their nonsection games Saturday, but both were handed rare defeats....
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Team of the Week for week ending Feb. 21, 2021
For most of this season, the Oakland Catholic basketball team has been trying to stay above water. A four-game losing streak in late January dropped the Eagles under .500. However, February has been a bit brighter for Oakland Catholic, which improved to 9-8 thanks to a couple of big wins...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Week for week ending Feb. 21, 2021
The Clairton girls basketball story this century is one of great highs and the lowest of lows. The Bears begin the third decade of the 21st century riding a sweet three-year high. Twenty years ago, Clairton won the first of back-to-back championships with a 64-50 triumph over Monessen in the...
