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Trib HSSN WPIAL boys basketball rankings for week ending Jan. 31, 2026
Here is a look at this week’s Trib HSSN boys basketball rankings. Teams are listed with overall record and last week’s ranking. Class 6A 1. New Castle, 17-1, 1 2. Upper St. Clair, 18-1, 2 3. Central Catholic, 16-2, 3 4. Pine-Richland, 10-9, NR 5. Seneca Valley, 10-7, 4 Out:...
Late heroics lift Franklin Regional wrestling past Norwin for 2nd straight WPIAL 3A team title
Franklin Regional junior Sal Colangelo did not panic when he gave up an early takedown with a title on the line. Colangelo used a second-period takedown and rallied to defeat Norwin sophomore Dom Butera, 5-3, at 107 pounds to clinch the Panthers’ second consecutive WPIAL Class 3A title, 31-27. It...
Derry upends defending champ Burrell in Class 2A to claim 1st WPIAL team wrestling title
The Derry wrestling program has a rich history. It has produced numerous PIAA and WPIAL champions and placewinners. But missing from the Trojans’ trophy case and wall of fame before Saturday was a WPIAL team title. Well, the Trojans changed that. The Trojans turned in a dominating performance at Peters...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Kiski Area’s Jada Blanciak, Cheswick Christian’s Brady Rochkind
Jada Blanciak School: Kiski Area Class: Junior Sport: Basketball Claim to fame: Blanciak scored 26 points as Kiski Area (10-8, 4-5) earned a 44-24 win against Section 2-5A opponent Greensburg Salem on Jan. 24. She then dropped 15 points in a 63-31 victory over West Mifflin on Friday night. When...
Westmoreland H.S. notebook: Jeannette’s Kymon’e Brown gets football offer from Robert Morris
Jeannette two-sport senior athlete Kymon’e Brown appears to be leaning toward football over basketball for college. That is because more schools are leaning in on him. Brown, the shifty playmaking quarterback and defensive back, now has three NCAA Division I scholarship offers. Robert Morris reached out last week, following spread-out...
Norwin notebook: Tristyn Tavares taking talents to Cal (Pa.)
Norwin will miss him, but will cherish the high school football career he left behind. Standout quarterback Tristyn Tavares announced he will play at Cal (Pa.). A four-year starter, Tavares was a first-team all-conference selection in Class 6A. He threw for 1,243 yards and 13 touchdowns and rushed for 738...
Franklin Regional notebook: Panthers wrestlers again advance in postseason
The Franklin Regional wrestling team reached the WPIAL Class 3A semifinals in the team tournament for the third consecutive season. The Panthers won the team title in 2025 and placed third in 2024. “This group of guys, they have high goals,” Franklin Regional coach Matt Lebe said. “For them, they...
Shady Side Academy notebook: Hockey alum to play for Team USA
Shady Side Academy graduate Gwyneth Philips, a native of Athens, Ohio, will play for Team USA in women’s hockey at the upcoming Olympic games. Philips graduated from the school in 2019. She played collegiately at Northeastern University in Massachusetts. During her time in college, she finished with a .958 save...
Fox Chapel boys feel sense of urgency as playoffs approach
Fox Chapel boys basketball coach Zach Skrinjar appreciates what he has seen from the seniors on the team. They realize the Foxes have little margin for error over the final few weeks of the season if they want to escape from the WPIAL’s Section 1-6A to make the postseason. “They’ve...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 30, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys Friday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Seneca Valley 50, Butler 30 Pine-Richland 51, New Castle 49 Woodland Hills 60, North Allegheny 52 Fox Chapel 60, North Hills 48 Section 2 Hempfield 68, Canon-McMillan 40 Mt. Lebanon 61, Connellsville 56 Upper St. Clair 76, Imani Christian 52...
WPIAL clinched: Boys basketball playoff qualifiers through Friday, Jan. 30, 2026
After a frosty start, the stretch run has just over a week left as the WPIAL boys basketball playoff field is building with 53 teams that have now clinched a district postseason berth. A reminder of the playoff format this season as sections with eight or more teams send the...
High school roundup for Jan. 30, 2026: Pine-Richland stuns New Castle, Fox Chapel beats North Hills in chaotic 6A playoff race
Joe McGivney scored a career-high 22 points to lead Fox Chapel to a 60-48 victory over North Hills for a key win in a crowded Section 1-6A boys basketball playoff race. John Rehak added 13 for the Foxes (11-8, 6-6). Nathan Schanbacher scored 15 points and Jackson Long had 14...
Fox Chapel wrestlers gearing up for postseason tournaments
The Fox Chapel wrestling team is grateful to have a few weeks between the end of its dual season and the start of the individual wrestling tournaments. The Foxes’ lineup accrued a large number of bumps and bruises throughout the season. Fox Chapel coach Michael Frank said he has been...
Charleroi boys beat Mt. Pleasant in meaningful matchup with history
Joe Dunn was back in the house Friday night at Mt. Pleasant. So were some of his former players. Including Mark Katarski. The two men went head-to-head in a boys basketball matchup of Section 4-3A teams fighting to stay in the WPIAL playoff race. Dunn’s Charleroi Cougars, behind Xavion Thomas’...
Moon shows postseason form in decisive win over section rival Mars
After a first quarter that was a bit back and forth Friday night at Moon, the host Tigers raced away with a fourth-straight win, beating Mars, 76-38, in Section 4-5A play. The Tigers (16-3, 7-3) pulled away from the Fightin’ Planets (9-10, 5-4) with a 26-11 second quarter that saw...
Latrobe boys use size to claw past Franklin Regional in must-win game
Latrobe had a contest at halftime called “Can the Cats” where children tried to throw small, rubber cats into a trash can. When the second half got underway, Latrobe’s boys basketball team canned Franklin Regional. Latrobe looked like a team playing with desperation, using a dogged defensive effort and its...
Knoch dominates Deer Lakes for section win
Knoch didn’t just knock on Deer Lakes’ door. The Knights barged in and outdueled the Lancers on their senior night with a 50-29 victory and kept themselves in first place in Section 1-4A. Teegan Finucan spearheaded the Knights, delivering 18 points. “He’s locked in for every game,” teammate Liam Avon...
Burrell boys zone in, earn key section victory over Freeport to improve playoff hopes
Ryan Wass and the Burrell boys basketball team wanted to keep the ball in constant motion. The Buccaneers felt they had identified a weakness in the Freeport defense before their Section 1-4A battle Friday night at Freeport Middle School. Burrell’s plan was to cycle the ball to soft spots in...
Top seeds set to battle for WPIAL team wrestling titles
The WPIAL wrestling committee got it right. The top four seeds in Class 3A and Class 2A reached the team tournament final four Saturday at AHN Arena in Peters Township. Action begins 10 a.m. with the Class 2A semifinals. The Class 3A semifinals begin at 1:30 p.m. No. 1 Burrell...
GCC’s Erica Gribble, Quaker Valley’s Oumou Thiero nominated for McDonald’s All-American Game
Two of the WPIAL’s premier girls basketball players are nominated for the country’s most prestigious all-star game. Erica Gribble, a senior point guard at Greensburg Central Catholic, and senior swing forward Oumou “Mimi” Thiero of Quaker Valley are nominees from the East for the McDonald’s All-American Game. Both are living...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 29, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys Thursday’s results Class 6A Section 2 Upper St. Clair 55, Connellsville 33 Class 5A Section 1 Laurel Highlands 51, Franklin Regional 36 Class 4A Section 1 North Catholic 81, Highlands 43 Class 2A Section 1 Clairton 86, California 37 Section 2 Eden Christian 97, Leechburg 25...
High school roundup for Jan. 29, 2026: Geibel Catholic’s Emma Larkin threatens WPIAL single-game scoring record
Emma Larkin scored the second-most points in a game in WPIAL girls basketball history Thursday night, finishing with 62 in a 106-19 Geibel Catholic victory over Mapletown (2-17, 1-10) in Section 2-A. Larkin’s total tied with Wilkinsburg’s Maude Searcy (1990), just behind the 65 scored by Clairton’s Iyanna Wade in...
WPIAL clinched: Girls basketball playoff qualifiers through Jan. 29, 2026
The 2026 WPIAL girls basketball regular season is down to a little over week left as the district playoff field is starting to take shape with 50 teams having punched their ticket to participate in the February Frenzy. A reminder of the playoff format this season as sections with eight...
Burrell girls clinch playoff spot with win over rival Freeport
The Burrell girls basketball team was comfortably in contention for a WPIAL playoff spot heading into its Section 1-4A matchup Thursday at Freeport. All the Bucs needed to officially clinch that postseason berth was a win over the Yellowjackets. Mission accomplished. Freshman Chase Coury led Burrell with 19 points, and...
Derry’s Dylan Pitzer gets preferred walk-on offer from Pitt football team
Coaches who have worked with him say Dylan Pitzer might have only scratched the surface of his capabilities as a football player. The 6-foot-7, 275-pounder at Derry has gained momentum with NCAA Division II offers, with IUP, Clarion and Glenville State extending offers to the two-way lineman. But a Division...
