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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...
WPIAL girls basketball champions set for PIAA quarterfinal matchups
Ten WPIAL girls basketball teams were still alive through two rounds of the PIAA postseason last year when the state postseason came to a halt. Now, six District 7 champions are set for the winners-only version of the PIAA playoffs. All of the WPIAL champions received a first-round bye and...
Matchups set for PIAA boys basketball quarterfinals
The few games that made up the first round of the 2021 PIAA boys basketball playoffs are complete, putting teams where they were last year when the state postseason was first suspended, then later canceled because of the global pandemic. So the district champion-only shorter version of the PIAA playoffs...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball State Rankings for March 17, 2021
With the district playoffs in the rearview mirror and the state playoffs underway with select first-round games, it’s time to shuffle the deck before the PIAA quarterfinals. Or in this case, shuffle the top 5 in the HSSN boys basketball state rankings. With some teams losing in the district playoffs...
Trib 10: WPIAL finals shuffle up power rankings
WPIAL championship game results forced a shuffling of the deck in the first post-district playoff edition of the Trib 10. Belle Vernon had been No. 1 on the boys side, but a semifinals loss dropped them out of the power rankings. Trinity has been on top of the girls since...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 16, 2021: WPIAL champs learn who they’ll play
With the district basketball championships now history, our attention turns from the WPIAL postseason to the PIAA playoffs. The newly crowned 12 WPIAL boys and girls champs won’t enter the PIAA playoffs until the quarterfinals on Friday and Saturday. Meanwhile, the first-round state playoff games conclude Wednesday. Here are the...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball State Rankings for March 16, 2021
With 11 of the 12 district playoffs complete, the attention turns to the champion-only PIAA state brackets. Select first-round games were scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday with the quarterfinals taking place this weekend. Major changes to the Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings took place in Class 3A and 2A...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for March 16, 2021: State playoffs tip off
With the WPIAL basketball championships in the books, the focus turns from the district postseason to the state playoffs. While the freshly golden minted 12 WPIAL boys and girls champs won’t enter the PIAA playoffs until the quarterfinals on Friday and Saturday this week, the state playoffs begin with first-round...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week for March 15, 2021
History was made when Our Lady of the Sacred Heart defeated Greensburg Central Catholic on Saturday to win the 2021 WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball championship with a perfect 21-0 record. The Chargers became one of the few WPIAL boys basketball teams in history to win a district crown with...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week for March 15, 2021
He plays basketball, not hockey, but Sheldon Cox scored a hat trick last week. The New Castle senior had another big game in leading the Red Hurricane to another WPIAL boys basketball championship. When Cox graduates from New Castle in a few months, he will take three gold medals from...
Rochester tops West Greene in WPIAL finals for 3rd straight year
Rochester used big games from their top two scorers to roll to a third straight WPIAL Class A girls basketball championship with a 71-41 victory over West Greene Monday at Peters Township. Senior Alexis Robison scored a game-high 29 points while junior teammate Corynne Hauser added 23 points for Rochester....
South Fayette boys take pride in navigating challenging season
A similar theme that many district basketball coaches have talked about recently is not of the disappointment of team goals not met, but the satisfaction of having a season in an effort to reach those goals. Count South Fayette boys basketball coach Dave Mislan among them. “I guess the best...
Hockey rivals Bishop Canevin, Chartiers Valley unite for special cause
For the Bishop Canevin hockey team, curiosity about a picture hanging on a wall led to a heartwarming fundraiser and a great night of outdoor hockey. On Feb. 15, the Crusaders and Chartiers Valley skated to a 4-4 tie at the South Park outdoor rink. The game was played in...
Trib HSSN What to Watch for: Monday, March 15, 2021
WPIAL championship weekend concludes Monday on the Trib High School Sports Network. Eight teams have been crowned district champions through two days of title contests at North Allegheny and Peters Township high schools. Four more teams will earn district gold and a berth in the champions-only edition of the PIAA...
