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What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 27, 2025: State championship weekend tips off in Hershey
The Road to Hershey, a little bit of a longer journey this season, is now complete as 24 boys and girls basketball teams converge on the Giant Center in Chocolate Town for the first of three days of PIAA basketball championship games. Six WPIAL teams are headed east with two...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school baseball rankings for March 26, 2025
Welcome to the first edition of the Trib HSSN state baseball rankings for the 2025 season. We first begin by going back to the end of the 2024 season. Last year’s PIAA baseball champions were Landisville Hempfield in 6A, Governor Mifflin in 5A, Holy Ghost Prep in 4A, Neumann-Goretti in...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school softball state rankings for March 26, 2025
The high school softball season is underway, and it’s time for the first weekly Trib HSSN state softball rankings of the year. We start with a recap of the 2024 softball campaign. This year’s defending champions are North Penn in 6A, Thomas Jefferson in 5A, Blue Mountain in 4A, Harbor...
Successful coach, dangerous scorer light fuse for Shady Side Academy
In the 2020 and 2021 WPIAL girls basketball seasons, Shady Side Academy finished with a combined record of 8-25. However that was B.B. — before Burke. Jonna Burke stunned many when after the 2021 season, she decided to leave her alma mater of Bethel Park and take over the struggling...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 26, 2025: Hempfield, Mt. Lebanon to meet on softball diamond
In 2009, the Hempfield softball team defeated Shaler in the WPIAL 4A championship game, 3-2, to capture the school’s second district softball crown. A year later, Mt. Lebanon knocked off Shaler in the 2010 district 4A finals, 7-2, earning the school its second softball title. In the last 13 seasons...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school girls basketball rankings for March 25, 2025
Twelve girls basketball teams are headed to center stage, which this week is the Giant Center in Hershey, as they prepare to play for PIAA gold. The girls championship field in Chocolate Town is a balanced group compared to the boys. The WPIAL and District 12 are sending three teams...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school boys basketball rankings for March 25, 2025
Outside of Class 6A, there was very little movement from the semifinals to the state championship games in the Trib HSSN state rankings. Three second-ranked teams in 3A, 2A and A lost and were replaced by the No. 3-ranked teams from last week. While 5A and 4A remained the exact...
Trib 10: Sizing up the 6 WPIAL teams left on the Road to Hershey
Then there were three. Three boys teams and three girls squads are headed east to Hershey to play for the ultimate high school basketball prize, the PIAA championship. As those six teams prepare to play for state gold, they also rise up the ladder in the latest Trib 10 power...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 25, 2025: South Hills rivals open section play with doubleheader
Weather permitting, the first WPIAL baseball section series of the season conclude Tuesday with plenty of action in each classification outside of Class 6A. As a refresher, the district baseball committee began playing back-to-back home and away section games against the same opponent mostly on Monday and Tuesday of each...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for March 24, 2025
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week – Karis Thomas School: Shady Side Academy Class: Junior Height: 5-foot-7 Position: Guard #Earned: As freshmen and sophomores, Karis Thomas and Maggie Spell made for an awesome backcourt that helped Shady side Academy first become a district runner-up in 2023, then a...
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week for March 24, 2025
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week – Lucas Grimsley School: Sewickley Academy Class: Junior Height: 6-foot-4 Position: Forward #Earned: A new coach and some new faces has helped turn around a program that had fallen on hard times. Two years ago, the Sewickley Academy boys team finished 3-18...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for March 24, 2025: Baseball section play commences
With a chance of rain and temps in the mid-50’s, it’s time to open up section play around the diamonds Monday. Four defending WPIAL baseball champions begin section play, with three ready to enjoying some home cooking. • In Section 1-5A, Penn-Trafford hosts Latrobe, which has moved up this season...
2025 PIHL season concludes with state champions crowned
The east continues to be the beast when it comes to high school hockey in the keystone state. For the sixth straight season, the Flyers Cup winners defeated the Penguins Cup winners in two of the three Pennsylvania Cup state title games. In the annual event Saturday at the RMU...
3 WPIAL girls basketball teams headed to PIAA championship game
When it comes to programs that have dominated their sports at the state playoff stage, few in history can compare to what the Archbishop Wood girls basketball program has been able to accomplish. The Vikings have now reached the PIAA girls basketball championship game in 12 of the last 16...
WPIAL trio joins 6 District 12, 3 District 3 teams in PIAA boys basketball finals
Over the last 15-plus years, District 12 boys basketball teams have enjoyed great success when it comes to the PIAA postseason. Over the last three state playoffs, teams from the Philadelphia Catholic League or Philly Public School League have won eight PIAA boys hoops titles, including four in 2022. This...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for March 23, 2025Video
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week – South Fayette Lions Coach – Bryan Bennett (11th season) Records – 12-0 and champions in Section 3-5A, 28-2 overall #Earned – Following the WPIAL championship game loss to Peters Township in which they scored only 12 points in the second half...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week for March 23, 2025Video
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week – South Allegheny Gladiators Coach – Tony DiCenzo (13th season) Records – 10-0 and champions in Section 3-3A, 27-3 overall #Earned – History was made three weeks ago when South Allegheny defeated Aliquippa in the WPIAL Class 3A boys basketball championship game...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of March 24, 2025
We close out the month of March with warm thoughts as we focus on spring sports this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of WPIAL baseball, softball and boys and girls lacrosse. Plus five Rebel Yell podcasts with WPIAL boys and...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for March 21, 2025: PIAA finals berths up for grabs
The Road to Hershey has one final stop as the state basketball semifinals conclude with the boys 6A, 3A and 2A, along with girls 5A, 4A and A Final Four taking center stage. Two of Saturday’s PIAA semifinal games are rematches of WPIAL championship games. Gladiators vs. Quips Three years...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 21, 2025: Chartiers Valley, 5 other teams look to punch tickets to Hershey
Welcome to the first day of spring as we focus on the last remnants of the winter high school sports season. The Road to Hershey has reached the final four with the Friday spotlight shining on boys Class 5A, 4A and A along with girls Class 6A, 3A and 2A....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 20, 2025: Coming off memorable section race, Franklin Regional to meet Fox Chapel
Last season, one of the craziest section races in WPIAL baseball history ended in a four-way tie for the crown. Fox Chapel, Franklin Regional, Penn-Trafford and Plum all finished with 9-3 records and tied for first place in Section 1-5A. Now two of those four teams collide in a nonsection...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania boys high school basketball rankings for March 19, 2025
While there are two more Trib HSSN state rankings to come this basketball season, the five teams in each classification have been finalized. The order may or may not change heading into the state finals and then following the PIAA title games, but the final five are set in each...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania girls high school basketball rankings for March 19, 2025
The top girls basketball teams from last week’s Trib HSSN state rankings teams fared pretty well in the PIAA quarterfinals. Only five teams lost their spot in the top 5, but at this time of year, they have lost it for good following a season-ending loss. It was a 50-50...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 19, 2025: North Allegheny, Pine-Richland square off on diamond
They are two of the baseball powers in the WPIAL and have been throughout this century. Combined, North Allegheny and Pine-Richland have produced 13 district championships, including four in the last eight years. It was eight years ago when the two met in the first WPIAL Class 6A baseball championship...
Trib 10: Power-ranked teams rolling through state playoffs
The WPIAL has enjoyed great success through three rounds of the PIAA postseason and the Trib 10 teams are a big reason why. In the first four years of the six classification era between 2017-2021, a total of nine WPIAL boys basketball teams reached the state championship game. Over the...
