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PIHL standings through Jan. 12, 2025
Here are the latest 2024-25 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday. The point system in the PIHL this year gives three points for a regulation win, two points for an overtime win and one point for an overtime loss. Class 3A Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime Wins-Overtime...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for Jan. 12, 2025Video
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week – Iyanna Wade School – Clairton Class – Senior Height – 5-foot-4 Position – Point guard What coach says – “Iyanna has taken advantage of her athletic ability,” said Carlton Wade, Clairton coach and Iyanna’s father. “Against those two teams, she used...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Jan. 13, 2024
The frigid temps remain outdoors, but indoors there is plenty of red hot winter high school sports action this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have WPIAL, District 6 and District 10 boys and girls basketball, WPIAL boys and girls wrestling, WPIAL boys and girls swimming...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 11, 2025: Saturday showcases set on hardwood
It will be a full day of high school basketball action at a pair of area colleges Saturday. Four boys basketball games are scheduled for LaRoche College in the PBC Classic: • Shady Side Academy takes on Bishop Canevin at 1 p.m. • Seton LaSalle challenges Our Lady of the...
South Allegheny blitzes South Park in battle for 1st place
It was youth basketball night at South Park on Friday as futures Eagles showed up for support and to entertain the crowd at halftime. It was appropriate for this night because the showdown for first place in Section 3-3A looked like the South Park boys playing the South Allegheny men....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 10, 2025: More 1 vs. 2 showdowns set for Friday
What a week it has been for showdowns in WPIAL basketball as we get closer to the midway point of section play in the regular season. On Tuesday, we saw the top two teams collide in boys Class 6A as Imani Christian Academy visited Upper St. Clair, followed on Thursday...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania girls high school basketball rankings for Jan. 8, 2025
A year ago, five districts earned a piece of the championship pie in Hershey with only District 12 winning multiple PIAA titles. Cardinal O’Hara won the Class 6A title while Archbishop Wood brought the 5A golden trophy back to the Philadelphia area. The other four championships went to Blackhawk in...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 9, 2025: Reigning WPIAL champs collide in Class 3A girls basketball
On Tuesday, the spotlight fell on a WPIAL 6A boys basketball showdown between No. 1 Imani Christian and No. 2 Upper St. Clair in a battle of 2024 district champions. Now on Thursday, a similar matchup is set in girls basketball. Reigning WPIAL Class 3A champion Shady Side Academy hosts...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania boys high school basketball rankings for Jan. 8, 2025
For the first time in 20 years and only the fourth time in the 124-year history of the boys hoops state playoffs, District 7 teams captured gold in half of the six classifications. It was a repeat performance for Lincoln Park in Class 4A and Imani Christian Academy in Class...
Trib 10: Pair of Class 5A teams top 1st edition of basketball power rankings
Welcome to the first edition of the Trib 10 power rankings for the 2025 high school basketball season. It’s a weekly look at the top teams from around the district with absolutely no classification boundaries. A year ago, Lincoln Park began and ended the season as the Trib 10 boys...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 8, 2025: Southmoreland running section gauntlet
It might not be like the Pittsburgh Steelers’ gauntlet of three games at Philadelphia, at Baltimore and home to Kansas City in an 11-day span, but it will still be challenging. Inclement weather last Friday forced a change to the original schedule that now has a WPIAL boys basketball Section...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 7, 2025: Game of the year in big-school boys basketball
A week into the new year, it’s safe to say the biggest WPIAL basketball game of 2025 — or perhaps even this season — is set to tip off Tuesday. The top two teams in Class 6A, who a year ago both won WPIAL boys basketball championships, collide for first...
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week for Jan. 6, 2025Video
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week – Brady Mayo School: Beaver Class: Senior Height: 6-foot-1 Position: Guard #Earned: The senior guard is coming off a physically taxing 2024 football season in which he helped Beaver to a share of the Class 3A Western Hills Conference title, despite missing...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week for Jan. 6, 2025
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week – Keystone Oaks Golden Eagles Coach: Gary Goga (4th season) Record: 2-0 in Section 2-3A, 9-2 overall #Earned: It has been a struggle for Gary Goga since taking over the Keystone Oaks boys basketball program. In the three previous seasons, the Golden...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Dec. 20, 2024: Neighboring rivals to collide in WPIAL finals rematch
A year ago, defending WPIAL 3A boys basketball champion Deer Lakes battled A-K Valley rival Burrell twice in the regular season. The Lancers swept the Section 3-3A series from the Bucs, winning at home by 22 points and claiming victory at Burrell by only three points. Deer Lakes won the...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Dec. 19, 2024: Last batch of girls basketball section openers to tip off
While girls basketball teams in Class 5A, 4A, 3A and A have at least two section games under the belt, Thursday marks the section openers for teams in Class 6A and Class 2A. There are three games in Section 1-6A highlighted by perennial power North Allegheny (1-4) visiting Seneca Valley...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Dec. 18, 2024: Section competition heats up on mat
While most WPIAL wrestling teams will have a section match or two in the books before the holidays, there are those schools in four-team sections that will wait until January to begin their section schedule. That includes defending Class 3A champion Connellsville, which is in Section 8-3A this year with...
Montour fends off Chartiers Valley rally with strong showing at free-throw line
The Montour Spartans have a lot going for them. They have experience with five senior starters, they have versatility with several playmakers that can fill different roles, and they have size with 6-foot-11 senior Ama Sow. But the difference Tuesday night for the Spartans was their sweet touch down the...
Trib HSSN Head of the Class 2024: Football coaches of the year in each classification
The 2024 WPIAL football season stood out for many reasons, including plenty of turnaround seasons and dominant performances by the coaches of these district programs. A tip of the cap to these honorable mention coaches: • Greg Perry of Mt. Lebanon, whose team lost its first five games and was...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Dec. 17, 2024: Tough test awaits Chartiers Valley boys
Following a victory over South Fayette on Jan. 6, 2023, the Chartiers Valley boys basketball team sat in first place in Section 4-5A and had an overall record of a perfect 12-0. Then things went south for the Colts, who lost seven of their final 10 games and finished in...
Former Plum basketball coach Ron Richards maintains love of the game by officiatingVideo
One of the biggest upsets in WPIAL basketball in the last decade did not occur on the court but around the court. The biggest surprise was a successful and animated head coach crossing over to the “other side” and becoming a top-notch high school basketball official. That is the amazing...
Trib HSSN Head of the Class 2024: Football players of the year in each classification
Back in the day, when students did well in the classroom, they were moved to the front of the class. Like a gold star on the forehead, the tradition continues as Trib HSSN is once again moving that prized student to the head of the class. There were plenty of...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Dec. 16, 2024
Twas the week before Christmas and all through the devices in the house, there was plenty of stirring as section play in WPIAL boys and girls basketball and wrestling continues on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Our stocking stuffers for you are WPIAL and District 6 boys and girls...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Dec. 16, 2024: Avonworth, Shady Side Academy set for rematch
Over the last two girls basketball seasons, Avonworth and Shady Side Academy have built up a rivalry based on success. In each of the last two seasons, the Antelopes have won the Section 2-3A title while the Bulldogs captured the Section 3-3A crown. In 2023, Avonworth defeated Shady Side Academy...
PIHL standings through Dec. 15, 2024
Here are the latest 2024-25 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday. The point system in the PIHL this year gives three points for a regulation win, two points for an overtime win and one point for an overtime loss. Class 3A Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime Wins-Overtime...
