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Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for Feb. 22, 2026Video
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week – Payton Newman School – Neshannock Class – Senior Height – 5-foot-9 Position – Forward #Earned – Payton Newman has been a three-sport star in recent years at Neshannock. She played volleyball in the fall, basketball in the winter and softball in...
Trib HSSN basketball team of the week for Feb. 22, 2026Video
Trib HSSN basketball team of the week – South Allegheny Gladiators boys Coach – Tony DiCenzo (14th season) Record – 15-8 overall, 7-3 and third place in Section 3-3A #Earned – There is an old boxing adage that to beat the champion, you have to knock them out. Reigning WPIAL...
Times, sites set for Tuesday’s WPIAL basketball semifinals
The Final Four of the 2026 WPIAL boys and girls basketball playoffs will conclude Tuesday. The district semifinals wrap up with two games each in boys Class 5A, boys 3A, girls 6A and girls 2A. The district championships at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center will take place next Thursday through Saturday....
2026 WPIAL basketball quarterfinals recapVideo
We are halfway through the WPIAL boys and girls basketball playoffs with two rounds in the books and two more coming in the next week. While there were some scares for the top seeds in the quarterfinals, only one district No. 1 is not moving on to the semifinals after...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 21, 2026: North Catholic, Knoch to duke it out again
Welcome to the first day of the final four in the WPIAL basketball playoffs with teams in boys Class 4A and A and girls Class 5A and 3A taking center stage for the semifinals. After fighting all year for first place, then splitting their two head-to-head games and sharing the...
Upper St. Clair grinds out Class 6A quarterfinal win over North Allegheny
There were times during the WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball quarterfinal between Upper St. Clair and North Allegheny that it looked like both teams hadn’t played a real game in nearly two weeks. Then there were times against two strong half-court defenses that both teams executed well on offense. In...
Times, sites set for Monday’s WPIAL basketball semifinals
A new week will begin with the second day of the 2026 WPIAL boys and girls basketball final four on Monday. The district semifinals continue with two games each in boys Class 6A, boys 2A, girls 4A and girls Class A third round showdowns. The district semifinals will conclude Tuesday....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 20, 2026: Ex-coach to take on top-seeded Chartiers Valley
Welcome to the final day of the quarterfinals in the WPIAL basketball playoffs with teams in boys Class 5A and 3A and girls Class 6A and 2A claiming the spotlight. He was the man who followed a legend as boys coach at Chartiers Valley. Brandon Sensor took over for Timmy...
Times, sites set for Saturday’s WPIAL basketball semifinals
The first day of the 2026 WPIAL boys and girls basketball final four is now set for Saturday. The district semifinals begin with two games each in boys Class 4A, boys Class A, girls 5A and girls 3A third round showdowns. The district semifinals will continue Monday and Tuesday. Here...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania boys basketball rankings for Feb. 19, 2026
The battle cry for the elite boys basketball teams in Pennsylvania could be, “We are through the first round of the district playoffs and all is well.” Thanks in part to byes and small playoff fields, the top 30 teams in the Trib HSSN boys basketball rankings pretty much remain...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania girls basketball rankings for Feb. 19, 2026
The top girls basketball teams around the state are taking care of business in the early days of the district postseason. That or they are biding their time until they return to the court thanks to byes earned from their regular season success. Whatever the case, only one team lost...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 19, 2026: Recent champs to clash in Class 6A quarterfinals
Welcome to the second day of the quarterfinal round in the WPIAL basketball playoffs with teams in boys Class 6A and 2A and girls Class 4A and A taking center stage. Over the last five years in WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball, three schools have won district gold. Two of...
Aliquippa wins appeal, will play Class 3A football for next 2 years
The ongoing saga between the PIAA and Aliquippa over what football classification the Quips should play in took another turn Wednesday. On appeal, the PIAA overturned its earlier decision to keep Aliquippa in Class 4A, thus allowing the Quips to play the next two football seasons in Class 3A. “Yes,...
Recapping the 2025-26 WPIAL boys and girls basketball 1st roundVideo
It took five days, starting with six preliminary round games, but the first round of the 2026 WPIAL boys and girls basketball playoffs are in the books. Some opening round eyebrow-raisers included victories by the Ringgold boys, Deer Lakes boys, Shady Side Academy boys, Ligonier Valley boys and Peters Township...
Times, sites set for Friday’s WPIAL basketball quarterfinals
The opening round of the WPIAL boys and girls basketball playoffs is in the rearview mirror with three straight evenings of second round action ahead. The district quarterfinals conclude Friday with boys Class 5A, boys 3A, girls 6A and girls 2A second round contests setting the stage for the WPIAL...
Trib 10: Upset bug bites 2 power-ranked teams in 1st round
The first round is in the rearview mirror with minimal damage done to the elite teams throughout the WPIAL. These weekly power rankings fall right between the end of the first round and the start of the district quarterfinals. There were two teams that were stunned in the opening round...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 18, 2026: Quarterfinals begin with defending champs in spotlight
Welcome to the first day of the second round in the WPIAL basketball playoffs with teams in boys Class 4A and A and girls Class 5A and 3A claiming the spotlight. Last year, the Belle Vernon boys basketball team was in the same quadrant in the Class 4A bracket heading...
4 Fayette County schools returning to WPIAL football
The WPIAL plans to release the new conference alignments for the 2026 and 2027 fall sports season in the next week or two. There is plenty of excitement, per usual, when it comes to what the high school football landscape will look like for the next two seasons. There is...
Ligonier Valley knocks off Keystone Oaks in 1st round, earns ‘program-defining’ winVideo
Last year, Ligonier Valley made the 54-mile trip to Keystone Oaks for a Class 3A boys basketball first-round playoff game. The Rams were bounced from the postseason in a 15-point loss to the Golden Eagles. So when the teams were matched up again Tuesday in the opening round of this...
WPIAL brings in Peters Township athletic director as new second in command
The WPIAL offices will have a new face as the league has hired Brian Geyer as the new full-time associate executive director. Geyer has resigned as athletic director at Peters Township. He is now second in command of the district behind executive director Vince Sortino. Sortino moved up to district...
Times, sites set for Thursday’s WPIAL basketball quarterfinals
While the opening round of the WPIAL boys and girls basketball playoffs concludes Tuesday, the sites and times are now set for Quarterfinals Thursday. The district quarterfinals continue Thursday with boys Class 6A, boys 2A, girls 4A and girls A second round contests, plus one of the four girls 6A...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 17, 2026: Moon, Penn-Trafford collide as 1st round wraps up
Welcome to the final day of the opening round of the WPIAL basketball playoffs with teams in boys Class 5A and 3A and girls Class 2A taking center stage. In the fall, Moon made the long trip east through Pittsburgh to battle Penn-Trafford in a Class 5A football quarterfinal. The...
Liam Sheely’s 2nd-half onslaught lifts Mt. Lebanon past Pine-Richland in Class 6A 1st roundVideo
The postseason stage has been the site of many outstanding players taking their games to the next level. With his team trailing by eight points in the third quarter, Mt. Lebanon senior Liam Sheely took over, and the results were jaw-dropping. Sheely scored 21 of his 29 points in the...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Feb. 16, 2026: Mt. Lebanon hosts Pine-Richland in marquee matchup
In the past, several U.S. presidents had to deal with north vs. south issues in a growing country. On this Presidents’ Day, there is a north-south issue that will be settled on the basketball floor as first round action continues, this time for Class 6A boys, 2A boys, 4A girls...
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week for Feb. 15, 2026Video
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week – Deng Mu School – Brentwood Class – Senior Height – 6-foot-8 Position – Forward #Earned – The family plan for Deng Mu was to come over from Uganda, a country located in East Africa, to the United States before he reached...
