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Sewickley Academy boys, girls put best foot forward at Win Palmer Memorial Classic
Sewickley Academy’s boys basketball team held what appeared to be a precarious 24-20 halftime lead Feb. 1 against visiting Aliquippa. The Panthers, however, roared past the Quips, 56-34, in the final game of the weekend at the Win Palmer Memorial Classic at Sewickley Academy. “I thought our guys did a...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 7, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys Saturday’s results Class 4A Section 2 Beaver 66, Ambridge 42 Class 3A Section 2 Washington 44, McGuffey 37 Section 3 South Allegheny 68, Seton LaSalle 62 South Park 52, Apollo-Ridge 41 Section 4 Southmoreland 63, Brownsville 41 Class 2A Section 1 Jeannette 71, Frazier 28 Section...
High school roundup for Feb. 7, 2026: Payton Newman in playoff form as Neshannock hands 1st loss to Beaver Falls
Payton Newman collected 33 points, 15 rebounds and seven steals and hit the game-winning layup with 16 seconds left in overtime to lead Trib HSSN Class 2A No. 1 Neshannock to a 73-71 girls basketball victory over Class 3A No. 2 Beaver Falls on Saturday at The Bash at New...
Oakland Catholic gymnast wins WPIAL all-around crown; Thomas Jefferson takes 2nd straight team title
Oakland Catholic’s Madeleine Wingerter took home the all-around title at the WPIAL gymnastics championships Saturday at Moon. Thomas Jefferson, meanwhile, was crowned the team champion for the second year in a row. Wingerter used three second-place finishes to claim the Advanced Division championship. “I was really shocked,” Wingerter said, “but...
WPIAL bracketology: Everyone looks like a girls basketball longshot compared to South FayetteVideo
The girls basketball playoff field is set with 81 teams in six classifications. Class 6A girls will have one first-round match before kicking into full gear in the quarterfinals. Both Class 5A and 2A have perfect fields of 16, 3A is one short with 15 teams, 4A is two short...
WPIAL bracketology: Top seeds in Class 6A and 4A boys basketball up for debateVideo
The boys basketball playoff field is set with 87 teams in six classifications, with seemingly half the field in the Class 2A bracket. The Class A boys will go right into the quarterfinals round with eight teams, Class 5A and 2A are a tad bloated with 19 teams each, Class...
Trib HSSN WPIAL girls basketball rankings for the week ending Feb. 7, 2026
Here are the Trib HSSN WPIAL girls basketball rankings for the week ending Feb. 7, 2026. Teams are listed with overall record and last week’s ranking. Class 6A 1. Pine-Richland, 15-7, 4 2. Canon-McMillan, 17-4, 3 3. Seneca Valley, 13-6, 2 4. Norwin, 16-4, 1 5. Upper St. Clair, 11-10,...
Trib HSSN WPIAL boys basketball rankings for the week ending Feb. 7, 2026
Here are the Trib HSSN WPIAL boys basketball rankings for the week ending Feb. 7, 2026. Teams are listed with overall record and last week’s ranking. Class 6A 1. Upper St. Clair, 20-1, 2 2. New Castle, 19-1, 1 3. Central Catholic, 19-2, 3 4. North Hills, 15-7, NR 5....
Franklin Regional caps unbeaten season by outlasting Norwin for PIAA Class 3A title
JOHNSTOWN — To win a team championship, it takes a group of heroes. And for the third consecutive week, Franklin Regional had a few more than Norwin. The Panthers (22-0) won their third PIAA Class 3A wrestling title by defeating section rival Norwin, 29-24, on Saturday at 1st Summit Arena....
Franklin Regional, Norwin to wrestle for PIAA Class 3A title
JOHNSTOWN – The Franklin Regional and Norwin wrestling teams will meet in a third consecutive title match Saturday afternoon. Franklin Regional has won the previous two meetings between the rivals, 30-28 on Jan. 21 for the Section 9-3A title and 31-27 in the WPIAL finals Jan. 31. This one is...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Apollo-Ridge’s Madison Hughley, Burrell’s Ryan Wass
Madison Hughley School: Apollo-Ridge Class: Sophomore Sport: Basketball Claim to fame: Hughley scored 26 points to lead the Vikings (12-10, 6-4) to a 59-46 Section 4-2A win over Frazier on Monday night. She then scored 17 points in a 40-36 win against Riverview on Wednesday and 21 in a victory...
Westmoreland County athletes of the week: Ligonier Valley’s Adleigh Myers, Jeannette’s Markus McGowan
Adleigh Myers School: Ligonier Valley Class: Senior Sport: Basketball Claim to fame: Myers etched her name into Rams’ program history with a record-breaking performance. She scored 40 points in a 49-14 victory over East Allegheny, breaking her coach, Christy (Clark) Hajjar’s single-game mark of 38 set in 1991. Myers made...
Norwin notebook: Linebacker commits to Division I Lehigh
Norwin senior linebacker Josh Lenart has committed to a Division I program, pledging to Lehigh of the FCS Patriot League. Lenart said Lehigh felt like home. “Lehigh is where I see myself for the next four years,” he said. “The biggest thing for me was that I wanted to go...
Fox Chapel Herald notebook: Former Foxes football coach picked for PSFCA Hall of Fame
Former Fox Chapel football coach Tom Loughran was one of seven coaches chosen for the Pennsylvania State Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame. The ceremony will be held at 3 p.m. May 24 at Cumberland Valley High School Performing Arts Center. Loughran retired in December 2022 after serving as the...
Penn Hills senior using extra energy to turn in memorable senior season
All of the pieces seem to have settled into place for Penn Hills wrestler Daemon Phipps. The 121-pound senior feels comfortable at his weight class and with his skillset. By spending less energy cutting weight, Phipps has found he is more prepared when someone tries to drag him into deep...
Fox Chapel hockey steadily adapting to physicality of PIHL’s top competition
The Fox Chapel hockey team has gotten a good look at what the level of competition is like in the PIHL’s Class 3A. Foxes coach Ryan Loebig believes his team has learned plenty of lessons. Fox Chapel most recently lost 4-1 on the road to Upper St. Clair. The Foxes...
Fox Chapel girls look to enter playoffs with momentum
Fox Chapel girls basketball coach Marty Matvey wanted his team to have a visual representation of what could be ahead. Before the Foxes finished up the regular season, Matvey had the team look at the resumes of other teams in Class 5A to provide some motivation to close the season...
Fox Chapel boys buckle down late in season
Fox Chapel boys basketball coach Zach Skrinjar felt it was necessary to have a meeting with players and coaches following a loss to Pine-Richland on Jan. 20 at home. The Foxes lost 56-44 and had a stretch of four consecutive games against Section 1-6A opponents ahead of them against opponents...
Penn Hills notebook: Swimmer Sipple savors senior season
Anthony Sipple always has the challenge of trying to keep pace with his family’s history with the Penn Hills swimming program. Sipple, who also plays golf and baseball for the Indians, doesn’t consider his time in the pool as his main focus with sports. He does, however, still want to...
Plum senior Brooke Price ready for final push to WPIAL swimming championships
Brooke Price is ready. The Plum senior knows what the rush of swimming at the WPIAL championships at Pitt’s Trees Pool feels like as well as the work that must be done to be ready. The Mustangs are in prep mode for WPIALs, set for Feb. 26 and 27, and...
After securing 1st section title, Plum girls look ahead to WPIAL playoffs
The Plum girls basketball team already had clinched at least a tie for the program’s first section championship. That came Jan. 30 in a convincing 52-34 win at playoff-bound Penn Hills on the heels of a close nonsection victory over WPIAL power Penn-Trafford two days earlier. The outright title was...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Feb. 7, 2026: Final basketball playoff berths up for grabs
There are still a couple of WPIAL playoff berths to be determined Saturday with a handful of boys and girls basketball makeup games set to conclude section play. • In Section 2-3A, McGuffey can clinch a boys basketball playoff berth with a win at home over Washington. • In Section...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 6, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys Friday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Fox Chapel 75, Butler 51 North Hills 65, Woodland Hills 61 Seneca Valley 41, Pine-Richland 40 Section 2 Canon-McMillan 66, Connellsville 38 Central Catholic 49, Imani Christian 32 Hempfield 66, Norwin 64 (OT) Upper St. Clair 45, Mt. Lebanon 42...
High school roundup for Feb. 6, 2026: Greensburg Salem rallies from double-digit deficit in 4th quarter to clinch playoff spot
Ty Harkcom scored 21 points and Greensburg Salem rallied from an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat West Mifflin, 51-40, and clinch a playoff spot in Section 3-4A boys basketball Friday night. Soloman Cain added 13 points for the Golden Lions (10-11, 5-7), who outscored the Titans 25-3 in the fourth...
Moon gets past Montour in OT in hard-fought regular-season finale
AJ Buford’s layup with seconds remaining in overtime lifted Moon to a dramatic 48-45 win over Montour on the Spartans’ senior night Friday. Jackson Bauman found Buford cutting to the hole to seal the game. “It was a tough look,” Buford said. “Loic (Kalau) came up, so I had to...
