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The 2023-24 WPIAL girls basketball playoff field is taking shape entering the final two weeks of the regular season. The WPIAL will release the playoff brackets Feb. 13. Here is the updated list of teams that have earned a district playoff berth through Sunday. Class 6A (2 of at least...

The stretch run of the 2023-24 WPIAL boys basketball season has arrived with two weeks left in the regular season. The WPIAL will release the boys basketball brackets Feb. 13. Here is the latest list of teams that have earned a district playoff berth through Sunday: Class 6A (2 of...

January gives way to February as we hit the “stretch run” of the 2024 high school basketball season and the final month of the scholastic hockey campaign this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We begin the final two weeks of section play in high school hoops...

Welcome to the stretch run of the 2023-24 high school basketball season and the final two weeks of section play. While there are key girls basketball games Monday in all six classifications, four sections will have games with first place on the line. All four games pit a team alone...

Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week: Lincoln Park Leopards Coach: Ryan Kacsur (sixth season) Record: 6-0 in Section 4-5A, 17-0 overall Last year: Lincoln Park finished in third place in Section 4-5A, behind district champion South Fayette and Trinity. It was the first time the program qualified for...

Here are the latest 2023-2024 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday. Don’t miss live and archived PIHL action every week at TribHSSN.TribLive.com. Class 3A Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points Seneca Valley, 13-3-0 = 26 Pine-Richland, 10-4-1 = 21 North Allegheny, 9-3-2 = 20...

While there are a couple of events involving plenty of district boys and girls basketball teams, the most important high school basketball game is a Saturday afternoon special between the two top teams in WPIAL girls basketball Section 2-A. Front-running Monessen is 5-0 atop the section as it prepares to...

Searching for its first section crown in nearly 40 years, Baldwin entered Friday’s road game at Mt. Lebanon tied for first place in Section 2-6A with the Blue Devils and Upper St. Clair. The Highlanders knew they had a tough hill to climb on the road against a team that...

It’s a busy night of WPIAL boys basketball on the final Fray-day of January with all 21 district sections now into the second half of section play. One of the marque matchups is a battle for first place in Section 2-4A as North Catholic (10-5) hosts Lincoln Park (13-3). The...

The WPIAL team wrestling regular season is complete with teams having finished their section schedules Wednesday. There will be 18 qualifying teams in each classification with the top three teams from each section participating in the WPIAL team wrestling playoffs, which start Monday. The brackets will be released Thursday. Here...

The second half of section play begins for many girls basketball teams Thursday with a 6A showdown headlining a busy night on the hardwood. Norwin can take a huge step toward an outright Section 1-6A championship with a win Thursday over visiting North Allegheny. The Knights lead the section with...

For the second straight week, the top girls basketball teams in the district continue to flex their collective muscles in showing off their true power. There was zero movement as the 10 girls teams in last week’s power rankings were spotless this past week. The boys teams could not say...

We hit midweek in the final full week of January with high school action on both the hardwood and the mats. The top four teams in each section qualify for the WPIAL basketball playoffs, and there are two section boys hoops games Wednesday with fourth place up for grabs. In...

As the mercury continues to slide up, taking most of the state out of sub-freezing cold, the top girls basketball teams in the PIAA are also heating up on the hardwood with only two teams falling out of the rankings in the latest Trib HSSN weekly top 5. Archbishop Carroll...

As we wind down to the final full week of January, the elite boys basketball teams across the state continue to rack up victories. However, there was some movement in the weekly Trib HSSN boys basketball rankings, especially in Class 5A. Four teams were bounced from the rankings this past...

South Fayette and Thomas Jefferson have big section games looming later this week that will determine first place in their respective Class 5A sections. In a nonsection tune-up Tuesday before those section showdowns, one team brought its A game while the other was a no-show. South Fayette won its fifth...

Two of the top girls basketball teams in WPIAL Class 5A were scheduled to meet in a battle for first place last week. However, Mother Nature had different plans as the game was postponed because of snow. The stakes are still high though as they finally collide Tuesday. Lincoln Park...

Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week: Central Catholic Vikings Coach: Brian Urso (fifth season) Record: 4-1 in Section 1-6A, 9-5 overall Last year: Central Catholic finished in second place in Section 1-6A with a record of 7-3, two games behind New Castle. Following a regular season split, the...

One of the tightest races in WPIAL girls basketball takes center stage as the top four teams go head-to-head Monday. Only one game separates the top four teams in Section 2-5A. North Hills (8-7) sits in first place, one game ahead of Armstrong (12-4), Hampton (9-6) and Mars (8-6). The...

Here are the latest 2023-24 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday. Don’t miss live and archived PIHL action every week at TribHSSN.TribLive.com. Class 3A Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points Seneca Valley, 12-3-0 = 24 Bethel Park, 9-4-1 = 19 Mt. Lebanon, 9-4-1 =...

Things are warming up on and off the hardwood as we swing back into section play in boys and girls high school basketball action this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We begin the second half of section play in high school hoops with several girls and boys...