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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...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 11, 2023: Wrestlers to battle for section top spots
Threes are wild on Wednesday when two of the three teams tied for first place in Section 3-3A go head-to-head on another busy night of WPIAL team wrestling. Both Penn-Trafford and Franklin Regional are tied with Norwin for first place in the section. The visiting Warriors are 4-7 overall but...
Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings for Jan. 10, 2023
Three new teams have been added to the elite 30 girls basketball teams across the state otherwise known as the weekly Trib HSSN state rankings. Wyomissing in Class 4A, Greenville in 3A and Marian Catholic in 2A are new to the top 5, while Cathedral Prep, Eastern York and Bellwood-Antis...
Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings for Jan. 10, 2023
There was very little movement in the second edition of the Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings for the 2023 season. Two classifications are the exact same as last week: Class 6A and 4A. Two classes have the same five teams, but only the order is shuffled: Class 5A and...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 10, 2023: Upper St. Clair, Mt. Lebanon vie for section top spot
The latest chapter in one of the best rivalries in WPIAL boys basketball will be written Tuesday when Upper St. Clair visits Mt. Lebanon with first place in Section 2-6A at stake. A year ago, each team won on its home floor during the regular season before colliding in the...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week for Jan. 8, 2023
While most WPIAL basketball teams spent the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day participating in a traditional holiday tournament, the Thomas Jefferson boys basketball team did not. The Jaguars spent most of the week in their gym practicing, and practicing, and practicing some more. It wasn’t a form of...
PIHL standings through Jan. 8, 2023
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday. Class 3A Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points Seneca Valley, 10-2-1 = 21 North Allegheny, 9-3-2 = 20 Peters Township, 9-3-0 = 18 Central Catholic, 8-4-1 = 17 Cathedral Prep, 8-5-0 = 16 Pine-Richland,...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week for Jan. 9, 2023
There are several high school athletes who do very well at more than one sport during the school year. Then there is Joe Roth. His story has become a familiar one since he started his scholastic career two years ago. The Ellwood City junior excels at two sports during the...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for Jan. 8, 2023
It was a bit of a rough start to the new year for the Charleroi girls basketball team. Three days in, the Cougars had a three-game winning streak snapped as they lost to Waynesburg Central, 65-55. This despite the scoring of junior McKenna DeUnger, who had more than half of...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for Jan. 8, 2023
The 2020-21 Shady Side Academy girls basketball team finished the covid-shortened season with a record of 1-10. Less than two years later, the Bulldogs have completely turned things around. Heading into the second week of January, they are 10-1 overall, tied for first place in Section 3-3A and are No....
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Jan. 9, 2023
We drop the puck on our 2023 high school hockey coverage, along with plenty of big high school basketball games this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has a week full of WPIAL boys and girls section basketball games, plus more mat action with district scholastic...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Jan. 9, 2023: Section 3-5A girls basketball showdown on tap
Call them the terrific trio of Section 3-5A in WPIAL girls basketball. Oakland Catholic leads the way with a 4-0 section record, followed closely by McKeesport and Penn-Trafford, each a half-game back at 3-0 in section play. Combined, the trio has an overall record of 28-4. Beginning Monday and continuing...
