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Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week for Feb. 23, 2025Video
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week: Union Scotties Coach: Mark Stanley (9th season in second stint, 18 years total at Union) Records: 10-4 in Section 4-2A, 18-6 overall #Earned: In its first year moving up from Class A to 2A, Union finished in third place in a competitive...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Feb. 24, 2025
The Path to the Pete is nearly complete with a few more days of final four action before the hardwood gold starts flowing on this final week of February on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have some audio broadcasts of select WPIAL boys and girls semifinals, consolation and...
PIHL standings, playoff clinchings through Feb. 23, 2025
Here are the latest 2024-25 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday, along with the latest playoff qualifiers. 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. *- indicates clinched a...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 22, 2025: Big-time scorers collide in Class 4A semifinals
The first of three days of WPIAL basketball semifinal action takes place Saturday with boys Class 4A and A and girls Class 5A and 3A taking center stage. The final four in boys 4A is a scorer’s delight. The top three boys basketball scoring leaders this winter will be leading...
Bishop Canevin outduels Keystone Oaks in back-and-forth battle of section foes
In a wild game of back-and-forth runs, the third meeting between Section 2-3A foes Bishop Canevin and Keystone Oaks was the most exciting of the three. However, in the end, the result was the same as the Crusaders defeated the Golden Eagles, 67-58. “Just win. That’s what they say, and...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 21, 2025: Penn-Trafford looking for another upset
Welcome to the final night of elite eight WPIAL basketball action with the quarterfinal focus on boys Class 5A and 3A and girls Class 6A and 2A. In the eight-year history of Class 5A, never has one of the top two seeds in the boys bracket not advanced to the...
Upper St. Clair shakes off slow start, rolls past Woodland Hills into Class 6A semifinals
At first glance, it would appear the 13-day layoff for WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball top seed Upper St. Clair played a role in the very slow start to its quarterfinal playoff game against visiting Woodland Hills on Thursday. Whatever the case, the Panthers were able to find their scoring...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Feb. 20, 2025: Class 6A boys teams set for quarterfinal clash
It’s the middle of three nights of the district basketball quarterfinals with the spotlight shining on the elite eight of boys 6A, boys 2A, girls 4A and girls Class A. Upper St. Clair is the defending WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball champion, however prior to the Panthers taking home the...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school girls basketball rankings for Feb. 19, 2025
Only two teams lost their spot in the latest Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings this week as the first round of the 12 district postseasons wrap up. The undefeated season for Penn-Trafford in District 7 ended with a quarterfinal loss to Thomas Jefferson in Class 5A. One week after...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school boys basketball rankings for Feb. 19, 2025
District playoff byes and early round victories have left this week’s Trib HSSN boys basketball rankings looking a lot like last week’s. One exception, though, is in Class 5A, where two ranked teams were stunned in the opening round of their respective district postseason. No. 2-seeded Baldwin from the WPIAL...
South Fayette shuts down upset hopes early in 5A quarterfinal win over Baldwin
A lot of young kids like to spend their vast amounts of energy at the park, running around, going down the slides and enjoying the monkey bars and jungle gyms. When South Fayette junior Ryan Oldaker was young, her playground was the gym at Mt. Lebanon High School. On Wednesday,...
Trib 10: Power-ranked teams survive and advance … with 1 exception
While there were a few bracket busters here and there in the first round of the WPIAL basketball playoffs, only one affected the teams in the Trib 10. It had been a ho-hum opening round for the District 7 power teams with many receiving first-round byes or rolling past teams...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 19, 2025: Basketball brackets reach quarterfinals
Welcome to the first of three nights of WPIAL basketball quarterfinals action. Outside of Class 6A and boys Class A, all the teams playing in second round games have a bit of a safety net. For now, there is no sudden end to the season. Teams that don’t reach the...
Chartiers Valley punishes Thomas Jefferson’s mistakes in Class 5A 1st-round win
Early in the first two quarters of their WPIAL Class 5A first-round boys basketball playoff game, No. 13 Thomas Jefferson was able to go toe to toe with No. 4 Chartiers Valley. However, lapses and mistakes at the end of those two quarters allowed the Colts to gallop free and...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for Feb. 17, 2025Video
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week – Mars Fightin’ Planets Coach: Zachary Stitt (second season) Record: 6-6 in Section 3-5A, 14-9 overall #Earned: The Mars girls basketball team started the week looking for momentum and ended it busting brackets. After completing Section 3-5A play with a 6-6 record,...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for Feb. 17, 2025Video
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week – Greta O’Brien School: Avonworth Class: Senior Height: 5-foot-9 Position: Guard #Earned: Whether it was ending the regular season at the start of the week or starting the postseason at the end of the week, Greta O’Brien was a dominant force who...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 18, 2025: WPIAL title rematch in the Class 5A 1st round
The two met for gold two years ago. On Tuesday, they battle for a berth in the PIAA Class 5A playoffs and a spot in the WPIAL boys basketball quarterfinals. No. 11 Penn Hills (12-9) travels to face No. 6 Peters Township (15-7) in a battle of second-place finishers in...
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week for Feb. 16, 2025Video
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week – Isaiah Jeter School – Central Valley Class – Senior Height – 6-foot-3 Position – Shooting guard What coach says – “Just how easily he made it look to score 34 points in one half against a long, athletic team that guards...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Feb. 17, 2025: Woodland Hills, Seneca Valley play rubber match
They say that opposites attract. If that’s the case, then Woodland Hills and Seneca Valley were destined to meet for a third time in the postseason. That matchup is one of three Class 6A boys basketball first round playoff games and one of 22 WPIAL basketball postseason games Monday. Both...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week for Feb. 16, 2025Video
Trib HSSN boys basketball teams of the week – Knoch Knights Coach – Alan Bauman (fifth season) Records – 17-6 overall, 10-2 in Section 1-4A #Earned – Knoch entered the final week of the regular season with a chance to earn at least a share of the Section 1-4A title,...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Feb. 16, 2025
The Path to the Pete is cooking into its second week with the rest of the district basketball first round and three days of the quarterfinals this week here at the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have plenty of WPIAL boys and girls basketball playoff action with some middle...
PIHL standings, playoff clinchings through Feb. 16, 2025
Here are the latest 2024-25 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday, along with the latest playoff qualifiers. 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. *- indicates clinched a...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 14, 2025: Playoffs heat up with 1st-round matchups
On the first day of the opening round of the 2025 WPIAL basketball playoffs, one of the top players in the district may be on the sidelines for one of the favorites in girls Class 5A. Senior Natalie Wetzel is listed as questionable with a lower-body injury, to use playoff...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week for Feb. 13, 2025Video
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week – Woodland Hills Wolverines Coach – Steve Scorpion (first season at Woodland Hills, eighth season overall) Records – 11-11 overall, 6-8 in Section 1-6A #Earned – In its first year in Class 6A, Woodland Hills barely had a pulse at the midway...
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week for Feb. 13, 2025Video
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week – Calvin Winfrey III School – Uniontown Class – Senior Height – 6-foot-1 Position – Point guard What coach says – “Calvin had a great week and scored for us when we needed it,” Uniontown coach Rob Kezmarsky said. “Cal does what...
