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This week on Trib HSSN for week of Jan. 30, 2023
We say so long to January and hello to both February and the “Stretch Run” of the 2022-23 high school basketball season this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has a week full of WPIAL and District 6 boys and girls high school basketball to go...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Jan. 30, 2023: Stretch run begins in girls basketball
There are two weeks left in the WPIAL girls basketball regular season, and the “Stretch Run” begins with a bang on Monday night. There are six games involving the top two teams in their section fighting for at least a share of the section lead. Section 2-5A goes one better...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 28, 2023: Weekend schedule packed with basketball showcases
Some of the top district boys and girls basketball teams will be in action this weekend at Montour as part of the Pittsburgh Basketball Club Hall of Fame Classic. There are 13 boys games with eight on Saturday and five on Sunday. Here is the Saturday schedule: • Brashear vs....
Mt. Lebanon gets past Baldwin in tightly contested section clash
The Section 2-6A battle between first-place Mt. Lebanon and third-place Baldwin had all the making of overtime on Friday. Through three quarters, the game was tied as the visiting Blue Devils’ score by quarters was 10, 10, 16 while the Highlanders’ scoring line read 16, 10, 10. In the fourth...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 26, 2023: Peters Township, Thomas Jefferson boys set for rematch
When the first half of WPIAL boys basketball section play ended last week, there was a three-way tie for the top spot in Section 1-5A. Two of those three teams go head to head to highlight a busy Fray-day of district boys section hoops. The first game between Peters Township...
WPIAL clinched: 36 teams qualify for team wrestling tournament
The WPIAL team wrestling regular season is complete with teams having finished their section schedule on Wednesday. The top three teams from each section qualified for the 2023 WPIAL team wrestling playoffs, which start Monday. The brackets will be released Thursday. Here are the teams that clinched a playoff berth....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 26, 2023: Class 6A girls basketball powers to meet
They have been the most successful girls basketball programs in the highest classification over the last eight years. On Thursday, they meet for the second time this season in a clash for the top spot in Section 1-6A as Norwin (14-2) visits North Allegheny (10-4). The Knights won the last...
Trib 10: Shakeup hits girls power rankings
This week, the tide has turned with plenty of movement on the girls side of the weekly Trib 10, while things settled a bit in the boys power rankings. A week after four boys teams fell out of the Trib 10, only one change was made with Highlands replacing Butler....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 25, 2023: Wrestling teams to vie for section titles
The final night of section wrestling is upon us with plenty of matches to determine section championships or at least a share of the section crown heading into the team district playoffs. In Class 2A, Burgettstown in Section 1, Frazier in Section 2, Highlands in Section 5 and Burrell in...
WPIAL clinched: Final few playoff spots up for grabs as wrestling regular season concludes
The WPIAL team wrestling regular season is nearly complete with teams finishing their section schedules on Wednesday. The top three teams from each section qualify for the 2023 WPIAL team wrestling playoffs starting on Monday. If three or more teams have identical records against each other, the following tie-breaking system...
Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings for Jan. 24, 2023
There were not a lot of changes with four teams dropping out and four new schools entering the weekly Trib HSSN state rankings. Abington in Class 6A and McKeesport in 5A, along with Christian School of York and North Clarion in Class A all lost their grip on a Top...
Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings for Jan. 24, 2023
A pair of top-ranked teams and five schools lost their spot in the Top 5 across the state as the second half of the regular season began last week. We have a new No. 1 team in both Class 3A and 2A in the latest Trib HSSN boys basketball state...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 24, 2023: Last undefeated team to face challenge
Then there was one. Over the course of the last two weeks, undefeated boys and girls basketball teams started to drop from the ranks of the unbeaten. Blackhawk girls, Bishop Canevin boys, New Castle boys, Lincoln Park boys and then on Saturday, South Allegheny boys team tasted defeat for the...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week for Jan. 23, 2023Video
Maybe they should call him Magic Mike. Coach Mike O’Lare has transformed his magical touch from the girls to the boys basketball program at Mohawk. “I was blessed the last few years with the girls to have teams that played a high level of basketball,” O’Lare said. “For me to...
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...
