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Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week for Jan. 23, 2023
When he’s not torturing opponents on the hardwood, North Hills junior Royce Parham said he likes to get together with his buddies, hang out and shoot the breeze. If he’s as good at shooting the breeze as is his shooting a basketball, then his pals are in for some good...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for Jan. 22, 2023
Former Perry star basketball player Eddie Benton has returned home to the Pittsburgh area after several years as an assistant coach of the women’s basketball teams at Cincinnati and Mississippi State. Oakland Catholic is thrilled with his homecoming. In his first year, Benton has Oakland Catholic soaring in Class 5A,...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for Jan. 22, 2023
Freedom junior Shaye Bailey enjoys painting. She painted her bedroom in a Partridge Family bus pattern featuring the colors purple and gray. She might want to redo her room adding some gold, lots of gold. Bailey and several of her Bulldogs teammates took home the gold this past fall in...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Jan. 23, 2023: Section play heats up in girls basketball
Last year, the Freedom girls basketball team reached the WPIAL Class 3A title game before falling to North Catholic, 48-43. Also in the 2022 playoffs, the Shenango girls hoops team reached the WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinals before losing to eventual champion Neshannock. On Monday, the Bulldogs and Wildcats meet for...
PIHL standings through Jan. 22, 2023
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday: Class 3A Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points Central Catholic, 11-5-1 = 23 Peters Township, 10-3-1 = 21 Seneca Valley, 10-4-1 = 21 North Allegheny, 9-4-3 = 21 Cathedral Prep, 9-6-0 = 18 Upper...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Jan. 23, 2023
Time is winding down on section play in WPIAL team wrestling and district basketball in the final full week of January as the action picks up in both sports plus more, this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has a week full of WPIAL, District...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 21, 2023: Basketball teams ready for a challenge
Mostly everybody loves a challenge. That will be the case for nearly two dozen area boys and girls basketball teams Saturday as they participate in The Challenge at three different sites. Here is the schedule for The Challenge at Allderdice: • Girls: Oakland Catholic (13-2) at Allderdice (7-9) at 12:30...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 20, 2023: 2nd half of section season tips off
While there are plenty of nonsection basketball games on the WPIAL boys basketball schedule, some teams will tip off the second half of the section schedule Friday. The first half of the section schedule ended in a three-way tie for first place in Section 3-3A. Two of those tied teams...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 19, 2023: North Catholic girls to face test
The second half of section action in WPIAL girls basketball begins Thursday, highlighted by a battle for first place in Section 1-4A. Section leader and defending 3A champion North Catholic (11-3) will visits Highlands (9-4). The Trojans have a perfect 6-0 section record at the midway point, one game ahead...
Trib 10: Big shakeup in boys basketball power rankings
Yikes! While the girls saw very little movement in the weekly Trib 10, the power rankings underwent a serious overhaul on the boys side. Only three of the 10 teams ranked last week made it through this past week without a loss. Central Catholic did a lot of the damage,...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 18, 2023: Girls basketball powers to square off
They are two of the best girls basketball programs in the WPIAL and currently sit at No. 1 and No. 2 in the upcoming Trib 10 power rankings. Class 6A top-ranked Norwin travels to face the No. 1 team in 4A, Blackhawk, in a nonsection midweek showdown on Wednesday. Norwin...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball State Rankings for Jan. 17, 2023
There was nearly a change per classification with two teams dropping from the top spot in a very active week in the weekly Trib HSSN state rankings. Perkiomen Valley (6A) and Malvern Villa Maria Academy (5A) from District 1 joined Wyomissing (4A), Greensville (3A) and Portage (2A) in losing their...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball State Rankings for Jan. 17, 2023
It was a rough week for elite boys basketball teams in District 7. New Castle, Chartiers Valley, Lincoln Park and Bishop Canevin were all knocked from the ranks of the unbeaten. In fact, the Red Hurricane and Colts lost twice to drop out of the top 5. The Crusaders’ first...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 17, 2023: Fayette County rivals to battle for 1st place
Rivalry Tuesday, the unofficial halfway point of section play in the 2023 season, has key midseason games everywhere in WPIAL boys basketball. None may be bigger though then the fight for first in Fayette County. Defending champion Laurel Highlands hosts Uniontown in a battle of 4-0 teams in Section 3-4A....
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week for Jan. 16, 2023
Central Catholic was even in section play and a game below .500 after the first six days of 2023. Then the Vikings engineered one of the most impressive weeks of basketball the district has seen in a long time. The team went 3-0 against two top-ranked and undefeated opponents and...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week for Jan. 16, 2023
In 1978, Geibel Catholic won the WPIAL Class A boys basketball championship, beating Shannock Valley, 53-44. Two years later, the tiny private school in Connellsville won gold again, defeating Fairchance-Georges in the 1980 Class A title game, 73-56. Some 43 years later, the modern-day Gators, led by senior scoring sensation...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Jan. 16, 2023: Beaver heads to Blackhawk for 1st-place battle
One of the best rivalries in WPIAL girls basketball headlines the start of another busy week of high school hoops in District 7. Beaver visits Blackhawk in a midseason battle for first place in Section 2-4A. The two powers are a combined 21-3 through the middle of January. Undefeated Blackhawk...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for Jan. 15, 2023
As we hit the midway point of section play in the season, only four WPIAL basketball teams can claim to be perfect. On the boys side, Lincoln Park, South Allegheny and Union remain undefeated, whereas Blackhawk remains the only unbeaten girls team. While some may get nervous every time they...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for Jan. 15, 2023
When she was 8 years old, Rylee Kalocay had the chance to throw out the first pitch at a Pittsburgh Pirates game. The Upper St. Clair sophomore has been throwing strikes through the opposing team’s basket ever since. Kalocay pumped in 52 points last week in a pair of Panthers...
PIHL standings through Jan. 15, 2023
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday, Jan. 15: Class 3A Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points Seneca Valley, 10-3-1 = 21 North Allegheny, 9-3-3 = 21 Peters Township, 10-3-0 = 20 Central Catholic, 9-5-1 = 19 Cathedral Prep, 8-6-0 =...
Trib HSSN broadcast listings: Week of Jan. 16, 2023
As we head into the second half of January and district basketball section play, we have plenty of video and audio action from the hardwoods, mats, pools and ice this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has a week full of WPIAL boys and girls section...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 14, 2023: Tournament action on hardwood
Mid-January seems like a perfect time to get away and hit the road. That’s exactly what five district basketball teams are doing this weekend. The undefeated Blackhawk (11-0) girls team heads north to the Big Apple where it will take on Nazareth Regional (5-5) out of Brooklyn on Saturday in...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 13, 2023: Quaker Valley, South Allegheny to square off
Friday the 13th. It’s a day superstitious folks fear. However, two WPIAL boys programs that haven’t relied on luck in recent years of success collide for first place in Section 4-4A when Quaker Valley visits South Allegheny. After losing in the WPIAL 4A finals to New Castle in 2017, 2018...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 12, 2023: Another chapter in South Fayette-Trinity rivalry
What makes a great rivalry? One key ingredient is geography. When two schools are close to each other and battle in the same section, the heat is turned up on each meeting. Then there is a history of postseason interaction. When two schools from the same section collide in the...
Trib 10: New team tops boys basketball power rankings
Five teams from the Trib 10 took a tumble this past week, but it was not enough to drop them out of the weekly power rankings. Tumultuous Tuesday in WPIAL boys hoops saw top-ranked New Castle and No. 4 Chartiers Valley fall to unranked opponents, Central Catholic and Moon. The...
