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2023 WPIAL Class A baseball preseason breakdown
It’s a realignment year in WPIAL baseball and once again, the higher classifications have taken a hit. While Class 6A is down one team from the last two-year cycle, Class 5A is down one whole section after shrinking from 25 teams to 19 teams for the 2023 and 2024 seasons....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 18, 2023: New Castle, Reading to meet for 1st time in state playoffs
Two state boys basketball powers will collide for the first time in the PIAA postseason Saturday afternoon when New Castle takes on District 3 champion Reading. The Red Hurricane are looking for their 50th all-time state playoff victory (49-24) when they meet the Red Knights at Altoona at 2 p.m....
2023 WPIAL Class 2A baseball preseason breakdown
It’s a realignment year in WPIAL baseball and, once again, the higher classifications have taken a hit. While Class 6A is down one team from the last two-year cycle, Class 5A is down one whole section after shrinking from 25 teams to 19 teams for the 2023 and 2024 seasons....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 17, 2023: Penn Hills to meet Cathedral Prep
Cathedral Prep once owned the WPIAL and City League in the PIAA boys basketball playoffs. In a four-year span from 2012-15, the Ramblers were a combined 8-1 against Districts 7 and 8 teams with the only loss coming in the 2013 Class 4A quarterfinals to New Castle, 80-70. However, Cathedral...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball State Rankings for March 16, 2023
Like sand through an hourglass, so go some of the top teams in the state to a season-ending loss on the Road to Hershey. Eleven teams that were ranked in the pre-state playoff Trib HSSN state girls basketball rankings lost in the first two rounds and are instant spectators to...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball State Rankings for March 16, 2023
The PIAA boys basketball playoffs are two rounds old now and the dominoes are starting to fall for teams the Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings. Nine teams total saw their seasons and their ranking status come to an end with a loss in the first or second round. For...
2023 WPIAL Class 3A baseball preseason breakdown
It’s a realignment year in WPIAL baseball and once again, the higher classifications have taken a hit. While Class 6A is down one team from the last two-year cycle, Class 5A is down one whole section after shrinking from 25 teams to 19 teams for the 2023 and 2024 seasons....
What to watch for in Western Pennsylvania high school sports on March 16, 2023: PIHL semifinals wrap up
Neshannock won the 2022 PIHL Division 2 championship by edging Bishop Canevin in the finals, 2-1. The Lancers were eliminated from this year’s postseason in the quarterfinals by Connellsville, 8-1. So it will be two degrees of Neshannock on Thursday when Bishop Canevin (18-1) faces Connellsville (13-5-1) in a D-2...
Trib 10: First 2 rounds of state playoffs shake up power rankings
The first two rounds of the PIAA basketball playoffs have forced a couple of changes in both the boys and girls power rankings. Central Catholic and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart boys, along with Avonworth and Laurel girls, saw their seasons end and hopes of state gold go with...
PIAA sets sites, times for Friday basketball quarterfinals
The PIAA basketball playoffs hits the midway point with the quarterfinals on Friday featuring Class 5A, 4A and A boys along with 6A, 3A and 2A girls third-round games. Here are the sites and times for the state quarterfinals on Friday on The Road to Hershey. Boys 5A Penn Hills...
2023 WPIAL Class 4A baseball preseason breakdown
It’s a realignment year in WPIAL baseball and once again, the higher classifications have taken a hit. While Class 6A is down one team from the last two-year cycle, Class 5A is down one whole section after shrinking from 25 teams to 19 teams for the 2023 and 2024 seasons....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 15, 2023: Central Catholic to face stern test from State College
The Road to Hershey continues Wednesday with more PIAA second-round basketball action. Class 6A district champions collide at Central Cambria as WPIAL winner Central Catholic (17-9) goes up against District 6 champ State College (24-2) at 6 p.m. The Little Lions have won 10 consecutive games since losing to District...
2023 WPIAL Class 5A baseball preseason breakdown
It’s a realignment year in WPIAL baseball and, once again, the higher classifications have taken a hit. While Class 6A is down one team from the last two-year cycle, Class 5A is down one whole section after shrinking from 25 teams to 19 teams for the 2023 and 2024 seasons....
What to watch for in high school sports for March 14, 2023: PIAA basketball second round tips off
The second round on the Road to Hershey tips off Tuesday. The first round of the PIAA basketball postseason was a clean sweep for the four Class 6A girls basketball teams from the WPIAL. North Allegheny, Upper St. Clair, Norwin and Mt. Lebanon were all victorious by an average margin...
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week for March 13, 2023
Northgate senior Stephen Goetz stayed home from school Monday with a little stomach virus. Ironic, because he made McConnellsburg feel queasy in the first round of the PIAA boys basketball Class 2A playoffs. Goetz had a monster performance Saturday in leading the Flames past the Spartans. “We told him to...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for March 13, 2023
Standing at 5-foot-4, senior Knoch girls basketball player Nina Shaw may be easy to overlook off the basketball court. But on the hardwood, Shaw has a giant presence and has been a big part of the Knights success the last couple of years. “Her confidence level is very high right...
2023 WPIAL Class 6A baseball preseason breakdown
It’s a realignment year in WPIAL baseball and, once again, the higher classifications have taken a hit. While Class 6A is down one team from the last two-year cycle, Class 5A is down one whole section after shrinking from 25 teams to 19 teams for the 2023 and 2024 seasons....
Defending champions to be challenged in PIHL Penguins Cup semifinals
A year ago, the PIHL Penguins Cup was raised by Peters Township in 3A, Thomas Jefferson in 2A, Norwin in A and Neshannock won the Division II championship. Three of those four are still alive as the league heads into its weeklong Frozen Four. The PIHL will have four days...
What to watch for in high school sports for March 13, 2023: Dominant PIHL teams to battle
A week of PIHL Penguins Cup Frozen Four high school hockey games begins Monday with the Class 3A semifinals. Over the last 10 years, the most dominant PIHL Class 3A programs have been North Allegheny and Peters Township. North Allegheny won Penguins Cup titles in 2013, 2019 and 2021 while...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for March 12, 2023
Nine days earlier, the Penn-Trafford girls basketball team had to win to keep their season alive, and they did, beating Hampton in the WPIAL seventh-place consolation game. On Saturday in the opening round of the PIAA basketball playoffs, again the Warriors had to win to survive and advance, and they...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week for March 12, 2023
Falling behind early on the road in a PIAA basketball playoff game is not a good recipe for success. Trailing by double-digit points heading into the fourth quarter of a state playoff game is usually a countdown to your season being over. The Neshannock boys experienced both of those not-so-enjoyable...
Trib HSSN broadcast listings: Week of March 13, 2023
With spring sports season beginning this weekend, our focus remains on the winter sports postseason this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN continues our coverage of the Penguins Cup high school hockey playoffs with video streams off all eight PIHL semifinals contests. We will also continue...
PIAA boys basketball playoffs continue in 2nd round for 23 WPIAL teams
There were 36 WPIAL boys basketball teams taking part in the 2023 PIAA playoffs, and after the first round on opening weekend, the field of District 7 representatives has been cut to 23 teams. Here are the sites and times for the second-round games on Tuesday and Wednesday on The...
21 WPIAL teams learn sites, times for 2nd round of PIAA girls basketball playoffs
The WPIAL started with 37 girls basketball teams participating in the PIAA playoffs and after first-round play on opening weekend, the field of District 7 representatives has been sliced to 21 teams. Here are the sites and times for second-round games Tuesday and Wednesday on The Road to Hershey. Girls...
Gritty New Castle stops Erie in PIAA 1st-round battle
New Castle leaned on past state playoff successes and a tough defense to eliminate District 10 champion Erie, 60-50, in a PIAA Class 6A first-round battle Saturday afternoon at the Ne-Ca High Fieldhouse. One year after reaching the Class 5A state championship game, the Red Hurricane and their four starting...
