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8 WPIAL teams learn times, sites for PIAA boys basketball semifinals
The first three rounds of the 2025 PIAA boys basketball playoffs are in the books, and the WPIAL is trying to make history. District 7 is guaranteed a spot in the Class 3A and 2A state championship game, and has one team left in each of the other four classifications....
6 WPIAL girls basketball teams set for PIAA semifinal matchups
Heading into the PIAA girls basketball semifinals, there are two guarantees for the six remaining teams from the WPIAL. There will be two District 7 teams playing for state gold in Class 5A and 3A, and there will be no district teams in the 2A and Class A title games....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 15, 2025: Class 2A boys bracket still packed with WPIAL teams
The Road to Hershey concludes the quarterfinal pit stops Saturday with boys Class 6A, 3A and 2A along with girls Class 5A, 4A and A taking center stage. This 2025 PIAA boys Class 2A postseason certainly has a 2017 vibe to it. Eight years ago, the WPIAL had four teams...
2025 WPIAL Class A baseball preseason breakdown
There has always been a good balance in Class A baseball. Over the last dozen years, there have been nine different WPIAL champions. A team has never won three district Class A titles in a row, something Bishop Canevin will be trying to do this season. There are seven current...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania girls high school basketball rankings for March 13, 2025
Unlike the boys side of the state rankings, the elite girls teams have survived the first two rounds and are moving on to the PIAA quarterfinals this weekend. Both Class 5A and Class A saw two Trib HSSN girls basketball teams from last week’s state rankings lose to fall out...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania boys high school basketball rankings for March 13, 2025
Two rounds into the 2025 PIAA boys basketball playoffs, there was little movement in three classes and major upheaval in the other three classifications. Class 6A, 5A and 3A remained the same with one team dropping and one entering heading into the state elite eight. However, there were major changes...
2025 WPIAL Class 2A baseball preseason breakdown
Since 2017, either Seton LaSalle or Serra Catholic has reached the WPIAL Class 2A baseball championship game every year. In fact, in the six 2A baseball title games played since 2017, the Rebels and Eagles have squared off against each other in three of them, including in the last two...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 14, 2025: Chartiers Valley continues on the Road to Hershey
The Road to Hershey has reached the quarterfinals with the Friday spotlight shining on boys Class 5A, 4A and A, along with girls Class 6A, 3A and 2A. The Chartiers Valley boys basketball team is on an unexpected golden ride this postseason. The Colts finished in second place in Section...
PIAA schedule set for Saturday’s basketball quarterfinals
The first two rounds are in the books in the PIAA basketball playoffs and the WPIAL is holding strong in five of the six classes among boys 6A, 3A, 2A and girls 5A, 4A, A. WPIAL champion Upper St. Clair and district finalists South Allegheny and Aliquippa are still alive...
Trib 10: WPIAL boys teams faring better in PIAA playoffs than girls
The PIAA postseason is through two rounds and from a WPIAL standpoint; the boys are enjoying the trip on the Road to Hershey a lot more than the girls at this point. The boys still have 12 District 7 teams alive for state gold, with at least one from each...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 13, 2025: Penguins Cup semifinals wrap-up
The Road to Hershey takes a break between the PIAA basketball second round and the quarterfinals, but there are still big things happening on the ice and in the pool Thursday. The high school hockey playoffs continue at the Robert Morris University Sports Center on Neville Island on Thursday with...
2025 WPIAL Class 3A baseball preseason breakdown
It was a game that would not end. The 2024 WPIAL Class 3A baseball championship game lasted over four hours and a record 14 innings before Avonworth knocked off defending champion Riverside, 4-3. If the late great Chicago Cubs star Ernie Banks was at Wild Things Park, he would have...
WPIAL champion Peters Township fends off another challenge from Thomas Jefferson
When two top basketball teams collide, the margin of difference is often very slim. In the fourth meeting of the season between Peters Township and Thomas Jefferson, the game came down to the last four possessions. The Indians scored points on each of theirs while the Jaguars missed on good...
7 WPIAL teams set for Friday’s PIAA basketball quarterfinals
That big thump sound you heard was a lot of WPIAL teams hitting a permanent stop on the season Tuesday and being forced to exit the Road to Hershey. District 7 had 19 teams entering the second round of the PIAA boys 5A, boys 4A, boys A, girls 6A, girls...
2025 WPIAL Class 4A baseball preseason breakdown
Last season, North Catholic won the Section 4-4A championship by two games, but only received a No. 6 seed when the Class 4A playoff brackets came out. The Trojans went to work and showed great team balance over the next four rounds of postseason play. The pitching and defense was...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 12, 2025: 7 WPIAL teams still alive in PIAA Class 2A boys bracket
Welcome to the second night of the second round of the PIAA basketball playoffs with action taking place in the boys Class 6A, 3A and 2A playoffs along with the girls Class 5A, 4A and A brackets. Of all the 12 PIAA basketball brackets, boys Class 2A saw the most...
Upper St. Clair surges past Canon-McMillan into PIAA quarterfinals
Upper St. Clair senior Rylee Kalocay always has a message for her teammates in the huddle after player introductions. On Tuesday night, her message was a little longer than usual. “It sometimes a lot quicker, but this game was really meaningful for us because it was the last time we...
2025 WPIAL Class 5A baseball preseason breakdown
Realignment has grown the most competitive classification last season, with nine new teams in Class 5A baseball. One of the new kids on the block happens to be one of the top baseball programs this century. Pine-Richland, owner of six district championships in the last 20 years, is moving from...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week for March 10, 2025Video
Trib HSSN boys basketball teams of the week – Latrobe Wildcats Coaches: Brad Wetzel (23th season) Records: 10-4 and tied for second place in Section 1-5A, 21-6 overall #Earned: Following a WPIAL Class 5A first-round playoff victory over Kiski Area, Latrobe fell to top-seeded Montour in the district quarterfinals, 60-52....
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for March 10, 2025Video
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week – Payton Newman School: Neshannock Class: Junior Height: 5-foot-7 Position: Guard/Forward #Earned: By her own admission, Payton Newman had a slow start to junior season. But that sluggish beginning is a distant memory because of the way she is winding down her...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 11, 2025: Chartiers Valley, Montour ready for Round 4
Welcome to the second round of the PIAA basketball playoffs with action taking place in the boys Class 5A, 4A and A brackets, along with girls Class 6A, 3A and 2A tournament games. They say familiarity breeds contempt. If that is true, it will be time to buckle up at...
What to watch for in Western Pa. sports for March 10, 2025: PIHL semifinals get underway
While the PIAA basketball playoffs take time off between the first and second rounds, the puck drops on the first of four nights of high school hockey Final Four action Monday. Class 3A hockey all season has been competitive and up for grabs during the entire regular season, so there...
Semifinals set in PIHL Penguins Cup playoffs
In the blink of an eye, the chase for the 2025 Penguins Cup has been whittled down to the final four teams in each classification. You can watch all eight PIHL semifinals games from the RMU Sports Center Monday through Thursday on Trib HSSN. Here is the semifinals schedule for...
2025 WPIAL Class 6A baseball preseason breakdown
There is one big question entering the 2025 WPIAL baseball season. Which Class 6A pitcher will throw a no-hitter in the district championship game in late May? The incredible precedent has been set over the last two seasons. In 2023, sophomore left-hander David Shields threw a no-hitter for Mt. Lebanon...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of March 10, 2025
The March on the road to Hershey combines with Penguins Cup pucks as the winter sports season is down to the final two weeks on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have coverage of the PIHL Penguins Cup high school hockey playoffs with all eight semifinals games spread over...
