High School category, Page 10
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 13, 2026: Newly crowned section champ Derry headlines 1st night of 1st-round action
Welcome to opening night of Round 1 action in the WPIAL basketball playoffs with the spotlight shining on boys Class 4A, girls 5A and girls 3A first-round games. This has been a memorable season for the Derry boys basketball team, winning its first section championship in 69 years. The No....
High school roundup for Feb. 12, 2026: Montour gets past McKeesport in Class 5A prelims
Brandon Bennett scored 19 points, including the go-ahead layup with less than a minute to play, to lead No. 17 Montour to a 53-52 victory over McKeesport in a WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball preliminary round game Thursday night. Zane Schachter added 15 points and Robert Schmitt had 10 for...
Home crowd helps carry Latrobe boys past Mars in basketball playoff openerVideo
With its 14-point lead shaved to five with just more than a minute to play, Latrobe had to buckle up and hold on down the stretch to win its playoff opener Thursday night. The Wildcats made a bunch of free throws, yes, but they had something Mars didn’t with the...
Greensburg Central Catholic boys rally in last minute to beat Union in 2A play-in
Greensburg Central Catholic had not led for the first 31 minutes of their WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball preliminary-round game Thursday. JT Stawovy had not scored in the game for the Centurions. Both of those changed with 46 seconds left in the fourth quarter. Stawovy got a backdoor, reverse layup...
Hempfield outduels Plum to win WPIBL girls team bowling championship
As the qualifying rounds of the WPIBL girls team championships progressed Thursday at AMF Mt. Lebanon, Plum and Hempfield began to distance themselves from the pack. It was no surprise, then, when they ended up meeting in the finals for the second year in a row. When the dust settled,...
Butler’s Jackson Jungling repeats as WPIAL rifle champ
Butler junior Jackson Jungling repeated as WPIAL rifle champion Thursday at Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen’s Club, shooting a perfect 100-10x in the first round and edging out Trinity’s Ryan Walther for the title. Jungling shot a 100-8x in the second round for a total of 200-18x. That just beat out Walther’s...
A-K Valley high school basketball playoff preview capsules for Feb. 13, 2026
Boys Class 4A First round 9-Burrell (10-12) vs. 8-Belle Vernon (13-9) 7 p.m. Friday Winner plays: 1-Quaker Valley (18-3) on Wednesday in quarterfinals (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Ryan Wass, Burrell; Luca Ghilani, Belle Vernon Layup lines: Burrell finished third in Section 1 behind Knoch and North Catholic. The...
Westmoreland County high school basketball playoff preview capsules for Feb. 13, 2026
Girls Class 5A First round 10-Latrobe (11-8) at 7-Fox Chapel (14-8) 7:30 p.m. Friday Winner plays: Winner of 15-Penn Hills (11-11)/2-Thomas Jefferson (20-2) on Wednesday in quarterfinals (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Maggie Maiers, Latrobe; Nina Kulikowski, Fox Chapel Layup lines: Latrobe finished third in Section 2, three games...
Cheswick Christian Academy seniors hit 1,500 career points in back-to-back games
There are many low-probability events with unlikely odds of occurring across the universe. The odds of all the planets lining up within one degree occurs once every 13.4 trillion years. Chances of being struck by lightning twice in a lifetime are about 1 in 9 million. The odds of being...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 11, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Monday’s schedule First round Norwin (11-11) at Fox Chapel (13-9), 7 p.m.; Pine-Richland (11-11) at Mt. Lebanon (14-8), 7:30 p.m.; Imani Christian (6-16) at North Hills (15-7), 7 p.m. Quarterfinals Thursday, Feb. 19 Norwin/Fox Chapel winner vs. Upper St. Clair (21-1), TBA;...
Plum bowling repeats as WPIBL boys team champion
In the first game of the stepladder semifinals of the WPIBL boys team championships Wednesday at AMF Mt. Lebanon, Plum struggled. It most definitely was not a sign of things to come. Plum bounced back from a one-game blip, won the next four games and repeated as WPIBL boys team...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 12, 2026: Basketball playoffs tip off with 6 play-in games
Let the games of the 2026 WPIAL basketball playoffs begin. The new name is “play-in” games, and the old school name was “pigtail” matchups, but they are officially called “preliminary round” contests and there are six of them, all on the boys side and all set for Thursday. Three of...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania girls high school basketball rankings for Feb. 11, 2026
There were a few changes to the Trib HSSN girls high school basketball rankings as the regular season concluded and the district postseason is about to begin. Three teams, two of them from District 6, fell out of the state Top 5. Gone for now are Hollidaysburg in 5A, Marion...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania boys high school basketball rankings for Feb. 11, 2026
The challenges for the elite boys basketball teams throughout Pennsylvania are about to change from regular season hurdles to district postseason challenges that could be season ending. Playoffs are about to begin in all 12 districts with two immediate goals: doing what it takes to qualify for the state playoffs...
Alle-Kiski Valley girls basketball notebook: Burrell looks to snap streak
Ten years ago next week, Burrell girls basketball began postseason play as a WPIAL No. 2 seed and capped a four-year run as a top team in WPIAL Class AA. The Bucs that season finished sixth in the WPIAL and went on to upset District 10 champion Harbor Creek and...
Greensburg Salem coach Rick Klimchock retires
“Coach K” is OK with his decision. With 425 wins and 22 playoff trips in his scrapbook, longtime local basketball coach Rick Klimchock is retiring from the high school game after nearly four decades on the sidelines. Klimchock spent the last nine seasons leading the Greensburg Salem girls and told...
Family ties strong with Westmoreland County playoff basketball teamsVideo
When the Franklin Regional girls edged past Shaler, 45-43, last week to clinch a WPIAL Class 5A playoff spot, Panthers coach Bernie Pucka and his daughter, Chloe, did interviews for a local broadcast. They stood side-by-side, taking questions after an exciting yet demanding win. Chloe Pucka, a junior guard, made...
Westmoreland County high school basketball preview capsules for Feb. 12, 2026
Boys Class 5A Preliminary round 19-Mars (9-13) at 14-Latrobe (9-12) 7 p.m. Thursday Winner plays: At 3-Thomas Jefferson (20-2) at 7 p.m. Tuesday in first round Players to watch: Austin Wroblewski, Mars; Ian DeCerb, Latrobe Layup lines: Mars, a returning semifinalist, tied for fourth in Section 4 behind Chartiers Valley,...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 10, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results Nonsection Ambridge 75, St. Joseph 57 City League Brashear 50, Perry Traditional Academy 41 Obama Academy 60, Carrick 37 Southwestern Christian Athletic Conference Harvest Baptist 54, Westmoreland Christian Academy 40 WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Monday’s schedule First round Norwin (11-11) at Fox Chapel (13-9),...
High school roundup for Feb. 10, 2026: Ambridge wins to wrap up WPIAL regular season
Jared Astorino scored 26 points to lead Ambridge to a 75-57 nonsection boys basketball victory over St. Joseph to wrap up the WPIAL regular season Tuesday night. Keldon Carr added 12 points and Shaq West had 11 for the Bridgers (5-16). Ryan McCarthy led St. Joseph (8-13) with 24 points....
Hempfield wins school’s 7th WPIAL team rifle championship
With six shooters hitting the 100 mark, Hempfield became the fifth school to win seven WPIAL team rifle championships Tuesday at the Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen’s Club. The Spartans (798-64x) finished ahead of Butler (798-57x), West Greene (796-56x) and Armstrong (795-63x). The top four teams advance to the state championships. Trinity,...
High school wrestling notebook: PIAA team finals brought surprises
The PIAA Class 3A team championship finals had surprise opponents. While many in the state thought it would be another District 11 (Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton area) final, instead 2026 was dominated by WPIAL teams. Nazareth and Bethlehem Catholic were ranked Nos. 1-2 in the state by Pa Power Wrestling, but it was...
WPIAL individual wrestling rankings: Feb. 10, 2026
Trib HSSN Live Individual Wrestling Rankings WPIAL Class 3A 107: 1. Lee Dreshman, fr., Canon-McMillan (38-4); 2. Michael Johnson, so., West Allegheny (30-3); 3. Bryce Thomas, jr., Moon (27-9); 4. Parker Jennings, so., Trinity (29-7); 5. Riley Smith, jr., Seneca Valley (33-1). 114: 1. Nick McGarrity, jr., Peters Township (31-3);...
WPIAL team wrestling rankings: Feb. 10, 2026
Final team rankings Class 3A rankings Place Team (record) Last week 1. Franklin Regional (22-0) 1 2. Norwin (15-4) 2 3. Connellsville (19-5) 3 4. Canon-McMillan (11-5) 4 5. Trinity (11-3) 5 6. Kiski Area (16-3) 6 7. North Allegheny (11-2) 7 8. Thomas Jeferson (15-3) 8 9. Moon (10-3)...
Trib 10: Top seeds populate power rankings as playoffs begin
Seedings are everything in the WPIAL brackets, but they don’t mean a thing when it comes to the Trib 10. These weekly power rankings arrive right between the end of the regular season and the start of the District 7 postseason. Very little change has taken place in the calm...
