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PHIL standings: Week of March 15, 2021
The latest PIHL standings through Sunday, March 14, 2021. The PIHL Penguins Cup playoffs are set to start April 5, and the Pa. Cup state championships are set for April 24. Team, Wins-Losses-Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points Class AAA Canon-McMillan, 14-2-1 = 29 Pine-Richland, 13-4-0 = 26 Peters Township, 12-3-0...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Week for week ending March 14, 2021
In the fall, Paige Julian will head off to West Liberty to continue her basketball career. She will leave the Mohawk girls basketball program in a much better place than when she started as a freshman. The Warriors went from having won two playoffs games in the four years before...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Team of the Week for week ending March 14, 2021
After playing the role of the bridesmaid twice in the last three years, Beaver finally knows what it feels like to be the blushing bride. It feels perfect. The Bobcats captured their first WPIAL girls basketball championship by beating section rival Quaker Valley, 45-29, on Friday in the Class 4A...
Trib High School Sports Network broadcasts: Week of March 15, 2021
The Madness comes to a close as the final gold of the district winter sports season is distributed this week on the Trib High School Sports Network. Four more WPIAL championship basketball games can be viewed Monday before coverage of the PIAA basketball playoffs begins over the weekend. HSSN’s coverage...
PIAA girls basketball tournament pairings update
Ten WPIAL girls basketball teams were still alive through two rounds of the PIAA postseason last year when their title dreams, like the rest of the world, came to a sudden stop because of the covid-19 outbreak. The state basketball playoffs never resumed. Now six freshly minted WPIAL champions are...
PIAA boys basketball tournament pairings update
A good piece of advice is to always finish what you start. That is what the PIAA hopes to do over the next couple of weeks after the 2020 state basketball playoffs were halted after two rounds because of the covid-19 pandemic. So the district champion-only shorter version of the...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 13, 2021: Hardwood heavyweights collide
Championship weekend continues with basketballs, wrestling mats and pompoms here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We continue our exclusive coverage of the 2021 WPIAL basketball finals with four more championship games at North Allegheny and Peters Township on Saturday evening. We also have the PIAA Class AAA wrestling...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 12, 2021: Championship weekend tips off
Welcome to the start of championship weekend here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We cap off our coverage of the 2021 WPIAL basketball playoffs with the first of four championship games at North Allegheny and Peters Township on Friday evening. Here are some meat-free championship factoids for the...
Courtney Dahlquist pushes top-seeded Trinity past Woodland Hills, back to title game
Woodland Hills knew it needed to play a near-perfect game to have a chance in its WPIAL Class 5A girls basketball semifinal against top-seeded Trinity. Digging themselves a huge early hole was a trap these Wolverines could not escape. Senior Courtney Dahlquist scored a game-high 21 points, including 11 in...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for March 11, 2021: Sparks will fly in Class 4A final four
Three nights of exciting semifinal playoff basketball come to a conclusion Thursday evening. The championship basketball field is finalized with eight more WPIAL final four games. The last evening of third-round hoops on Trib HSSN features semifinals games from boys 4A, boys 3A, girls 5A and girls A. Boys semifinals...
Trib 10: Boys power rankings shaken up as WPIAL finals approach
As the WPIAL playoffs are winding down, the top teams are proving they have the power. Through nearly three rounds of the lengthy district postseason, there have been more changes to the boys Trib 10 than to the girls power rankings. Pine-Richland, South Allegheny and Neshannock are in the rankings...
Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings for March 10, 2021
Most of the teams ranked in the latest Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings are living up to the classic rock anthem by Bachman-Turner Overdrive as they are “taking care of business” during the district playoffs. There is no tomorrow at this point. With only district champs qualifying for this...
Chartiers Valley finally gets past Mars, sets up grudge match with New Castle
The weight of the world is now off the shoulders of the Chartiers Valley boys basketball team. After losing in the WPIAL Class 5A semifinals the last two years to Mars, the Colts found out the the third time was a charm after beating the Fightin’ Planets, 63-55, Wednesday to...
Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings for March 9, 2021
Some of the 12 district tournaments across the state are already completed while others are winding down. Only the district champions can be a part of this year’s PIAA postseason. So the district playoffs this year are truly one and done. As we inch closer to the Road to Hershey,...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for March 10, 2021: Star-studded semis in Class 5A boys
One set of final fours is in the books and another batch is ready to go Thursday. So it seems fitting that the middle of the WPIAL semifinals take place in the middle of the work week. The second of three nights of final four basketball takes place on Trib...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week for March 8, 2021
Upper St. Clair has been Trib HSSN’s No. 1-ranked boys basketball team in Class 6A from start to finish in the regular season. That doesn’t mean success in the postseason was going to come easy. So when the playoff battles began, there was no surprise that the football player on...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 9, 2021: Butler, USC meet again
Many coaches feel the toughest loss to deal with is the one that comes one step from achieving a team goal like playing for a WPIAL championship. Those harsh defeats begin to mount Tuesday. The first of three nights of final four basketball tips off with semifinals games from boys...
Dunn leads Woodland Hills rally past Thomas Jefferson in Class 5A quarters
When Woodland Hills needed a second-half spark, it turned to point guard Jazmine Dunn. Now, Thomas Jefferson is done. Dunn ignited a big second half Monday as the Wolverines rallied to defeat the Jaguars, 58-54, to advance to the WPIAL Class 5A semifinals. Woodland Hills coach Von Pitts said he...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week for week ending March 7, 2021
When the WPIAL playoff brackets were released in boys Class 3A, an Ellwood City team that finished strong with four straight wins and was tied for second in the deep Section 1-3A was the No. 11 seed. After preliminary- and first-round wins, were the Wolverines disrespected with a double-digit seed?...
PIHL standings through March 7, 2021
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday, March 7. The PIHL Penguins Cup playoffs are set to start April 5. Also the Pennsylvania Cup state hockey championships are set for April 24. Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points Class AAA Canon-McMillan,...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports March 8, 2021: Elite Eight brings thrills
The final step to the WPIAL Final Four takes place on the final night of the district basketball quarterfinals. We wrap up the Elite Eight on Monday with quarterfinals games from boys Class 4A, boys Class 3A, girls Class 5A and girls Class A. Boys round of 8 • In...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Team of the Week for week ending March 7, 2021
After the quarterfinal round of the WPIAL girls basketball playoffs ends Monday, there will be two double-digit seeds left who are looking to be the Cinderella of the 2021 postseason. The lowest seed alive is Beaver Falls. The Tigers are the No. 14 seed and entered the postseason having lost...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Week for week ending March 7, 2021
In a program with the greatest girls basketball tradition in the WPIAL and the past four district titles, being expected to help bring the school its 20th championship could be a bit intimidating for a freshman. Somebody must have forgotten to tell that to Alayna Rocco. The 5-foot-10 freshman has...
TribLive High School Sports Network broadcasts: Week of March 8, 2021
The Madness is winding down with plenty of gold at the end of the rainbow as HSSN prepares for champions to be crowned in the district and state this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. As we have for the first two rounds, we have exclusive video...
South Fayette wrestling program takes lessons from difficult season
The South Fayette wrestling program recently completed the 2020-2021 season without a berth in the WPIAL Class AAA team tournament and with only one wrestler advancing to the individual sectionals. “I would say we somewhat underachieved, not based on the win-loss record in the section, but based on the performances...
