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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...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for March 9, 2025Video
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week: Canon-McMillan Big Macs Coach: John Fontana (2nd season) Record: 6-4 and third place in Section 2-6A, 16-9 overall #Earned: It was WPIAL against City League in a first-round PIAA Class 6A girls basketball game with both programs looking to make history with...
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week for March 9, 2025Video
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week: Jacob Guillen School: Aquinas Academy Class: Senior Height: 6-foot-3 Position: Guard #Earned: Early on in his scholastic career, Jacob Guillen played Robin to the WPIAL’s all-time leading scorer Vinny Cugini. Over the last two years, he has become the Black Knight for...
PIAA sets times, sites for Wednesday’s 2nd-round basketball matchups
The first round is history and the second round is set in the PIAA basketball playoffs for boys 6A, 3A and 2A, along with girls 5A, 4A and A. The boys teams from the WPIAL opened strong Saturday in the above classes, going a combined 11-7. Upper St. Clair is...
Upper St. Clair attacks York William Penn inside and outside in PIAA 1st-round win
Against the Upper St. Clair boys basketball team’s offense, opponents are forced to pick their poison. They can play zone in an effort to shut down the Panthers’ big men inside, or they can go man to man to defend their talented guards. On Saturday in a PIAA Class 6A...
Sites, times set for Tuesday’s PIAA 2nd-round basketball games
The second round of the PIAA boys 5A, boys 4A, boys A, girls 6A, girls 3A and girls 2A is set for Tuesday. Well, nearly set. The PIAA is expected to make a decision Saturday about the brawl that ended the Meadville vs. Uniontown boys 5A first-round game with over...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 8, 2025: Upper St. Clair boys hoping for another memorable PIAA win
Four years ago, it was one of the stories of the year, maybe even the decade. The Upper St. Clair boys basketball team had just defeated Pine-Richland to win the 2021 WPIAL Class 6A championship in an “open” tournament in which all district teams were invited to participate because of...
Upper St. Clair girls carry momentum from WPIAL title win into PIAA 1st round
The Manheim Township girls basketball team’s bus made a pit stop on its four-hour journey from Lancaster to Upper St. Clair for a PIAA Class 6A first-round playoff game Friday. The team stopped at an arcade for some afternoon fun before arriving an hour before tip-off. It didn’t take long...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 7, 2025: Moon boys look to make another state playoff run
A year ago, the Moon boys basketball team had just captured the program’s fifth WPIAL championship with a victory over Franklin Regional in the district finals. The Tigers hosted Obama Academy in the first round of the PIAA playoffs and won convincingly, 52-34. They followed that up with wins over...
Trib 10: WPIAL basketball champions vault up latest rankings
The post-WPIAL playoff edition of the weekly Trib 10 is out with the top six spots filled by the freshly minted district champions. All six boys basketball winners and five of the six girls basketball champions were in the power rankings leading up to the WPIAL finals at the Pete....
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania girls high school basketball rankings for March 4, 2025
The transition from the district postseason to the state playoffs was a rough one for the top girls basketball teams across Pennsylvania. Ten teams in all, with every class affected, fell out of the Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings this past week, done in by district semifinals or championship...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school boys basketball rankings for March 4, 2025
The elite boys basketball teams across the state finished their district playoffs strong, for the most part, and now move on to the Road to Hershey. Heading into the district semifinals and/or finals this past week, teams in last week’s Trib HSSN boys basketball rankings finished the deal with a...
What to watch for in Western Pa. sports for March 4, 2025: North Allegheny, Central Catholic to meet in PIHL quarterfinals
Following a heavy dose of high school hockey Monday, there are only two games left in the quarterfinal round of the PIHL Penguins Cup playoffs, and both games are set for Tuesday. In the chase for the Class 3A Penguins Cup, No. 3 North Allegheny (9-8-3-0) will host No. 6...
WPIAL girls basketball postseason rewind: Second seeds come up big in playoffs
The answer is Geibel Catholic. The question: Which was the only No. 2 seed not to win a 2025 WPIAL girls basketball championship? The power of No. 2 prevailed in a golden way in the district girls hoops postseason as five second seeds captured WPIAL titles. The top of the...
WPIAL boys basketball postseason rewind: Only Upper St. Clair completes repeat bid
Five WPIAL boys basketball champions from a year ago qualified for the district postseason this season, although three of them had moved up to higher classifications. Class 2A 2024 winner Aliquippa was now in 3A, 3A winner Deer Lakes bumped up to 4A and Class A two-time champ Imani Christian...
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week for March 3, 2025Video
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week – Courtney Wallace Jr. School: Neighborhood Academy Class: Senior Height: 6-foot-3 Position: Guard #Earned: Courtney Wallace Jr. was the driving force behind a 21-1 regular season in which Neighborhood Academy cruised to the Section 2-A title. He averaged over 25 points per...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for March 3, 2025Video
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week – Erica Gribble School: Greensburg Central Catholic Class: Junior Height: 5-foot-10 Position: Guard #Earned: Erica Gribble has a knack for coming up large when the spotlight is shining brightest. Last year as a sophomore, she averaged just over 20 points per game...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for March 2, 2025Video
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week: Peters Township Coach: Steve Limberiou (third season) Record: 12-0 and first place in Section 4-5A, 23-3 overall #Earned: The maturation and progression of a talented program was set to be on display as Peters Township coach Steve Limberiou entered his third season....
