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What to watch for in WPIAL sports for March 4, 2021: Top scorers step into spotlight
We have reached the final night of the first round. On Thursday, all of the brackets will be sliced from the sweet 16 to the elite eight in the 2021 WPIAL boys and girls open basketball playoffs. Round 1 action Thursday will feature games from boys 4A, boys 3A, girls...
Trib 10: Belle Vernon, Trinity keep top spots in power rankings as playoffs begin
The regular season is in the books (woo hoo!) and the WPIAL has started with a unique open tournament. Sure, all were welcomed, but the pretenders have been quickly weeded out. While there wasn’t a whole lot of movement in the power ranking this week, with the quarterfinals and semifinals...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball State Rankings for March 3, 2021
Most of the districts across Pennsylvania have concluded their regular season and are now participating in the all-important district playoffs. In the past, teams could gain a berth into the PIAA postseason by reaching the district semifinals or in some cases, even the quarterfinals. For this year, that is a...
Bethel Park’s Olivia Westphal too much for Shaler in Class 6A clash
Shaler started Wednesday’s Class 6A first-round girls basketball playoff game playing a box-and-one defense against Bethel Park senior Olivia Westphal. The junk defense didn’t last long because no matter what the Titans did, they couldn’t slow down the district’s top scorer. The Duquesne recruit scored 33 points as Bethel Park...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 3, 2021: Bracket opens up for Jeannette
With one night in the books and another to come Thursday, Wednesday marks the midway point of the first round in the 2021 WPIAL boys and girls open basketball playoffs. Round 1 action Wednesday will feature games from boys 5A, boys 2A, girls 6A and girls 3A. Boys round one...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball State Rankings for March 2, 2021
A Columbia loss to Penns Manor forces the only change among the elite 30 teams in the state as the regular season winds down and the district playoffs begin. The Comets’ win over the Crimson Tide dropped Columbia from the Class 2A rankings, the only change outside of position shuffling...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 2, 2021: Round of 16 action tips off
After two days of old-school preliminary round play in the 2021 WPIAL boys and girls open basketball playoffs, it’s time to lift the lid on the Sweet 16. First-round action Tuesday will features games from boys 6A, boys A, girls 4A and girls 2A. Boys first round • Two years...
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...
