High School category, Page 307

Welcome to the final night of the 2024 WPIAL basketball semifinals with final four games in boys Class 6A and 2A, along with girls 5A and 4A. Three of the final four teams in boys Class 6A have won recent district championships. Top-seeded Mt. Lebanon won it all five year...

High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Mt. Lebanon (20-4) vs. Baldwin (17-6) at Bethel Park, 7 p.m.; Central Catholic (15-8) vs. Upper St. Clair (18-5) at Gateway, 8 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Monday’s results Moon 67, Thomas Jefferson 65 Franklin Regional 69, Shaler 40 Championship...

Lydia Betz led all scorers with 21 points as No. 3 North Allegheny knocked off No. 2 Peters Township, 43-30, in the WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball semifinals Monday night. Grace Heliger scored eight points and Kellie McConnell added seven for the Tigers (22-2), who will meet Norwin for the...

After missing a pair of free throws with 47.8 seconds to go, Aiden Reesman re-toed the line with 6.5 seconds to go with a chance to give the top-seeded Moon Tigers the lead in the waning seconds of a WPIAL Class 5A semifinal Monday night at the AHN Arena at...

Measuring the St. Joseph offense Monday night was easily accomplished by looking at the Gia Richter scale. The Spartans’ 5-foot-4 junior guard was limited late in the first half by foul trouble. When Richter returned after halftime, her contributions shook the foundation of St. Joseph’s 65-56 win over Aquinas Academy...

It took Franklin Regional overtime to defeat Shaler in a nonsection game back on Jan. 19. The Panthers (22-2) didn’t mess around Monday in the WPIAL Class 5A semifinals at Mt. Lebanon. Franklin Regional was hotter than the unseasonably warm temperatures across Western Pa. and scorched Shaler, 69-40, to advance...

The path wasn’t easy, but defending champion Deer Lakes is headed back to the WPIAL boys basketball finals after a second straight overtime win. Nathaniel Moore made a game-tying layup with 2.9 seconds left in regulation, and No. 1 seed Deer Lakes ignored its earlier misses at the foul line...

Macky Bennis and his teammates hooted and hollered with Burrell’s rabid fans Monday night at North Allegheny. And why not? Moments earlier, the Burrell boys basketball team, the only double-digit seed remaining in the WPIAL playoffs, continued its improbable postseason run by knocking off yet another higher-seeded challenger. This time,...

If you give the Union girls basketball team an inch, it usually takes a mile. That was the case Monday in a WPIAL Class A semifinal at North Allegheny. The No. 1 Scotties built a big lead in the first half and didn’t give No. 4 Riverview any momentum in...

Early on, Chartiers Valley took charges. After some key adjustments, Norwin took charge. Top-seeded Norwin overcame a close first half and scored 39 second-half points to rip past No. 5 Chartiers Valley, 63-47, in a WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball semifinal Monday night at Peters Township’s AHN Arena. The Knights...

WPIAL basketball playoffs Boys Class 2A Semifinals 3-Northgate (18-5) vs. 2-Greensburg Central Catholic (22-2) 6 p.m. Tuesday at Gateway Winner plays: Winner of 3-Fort Cherry (19-5)/2-Aliquippa (19-5) in championship 1 p.m. March 2 at Petersen Events Center Coaches: Cam Williams, Northgate; Christian Hyland, GCC Players to watch: Kaden Kemp, Northgate;...

WPIAL basketball playoffs Boys Class 4A Seventh-place game 8-Knoch (15-10) at 3-Montour (20-4) 7 p.m. Tuesday Winner: Earns seventh place in the WPIAL and a PIAA playoff berth Coaches: Alan Bauman, Knoch; Bill Minear, Montour Players to watch: Zane Pacek, Knoch; Jake Wolfe, Montour Layup lines: Knoch lost to North...

Drew Griffith initially was ruled ineligible to run in Sunday’s boys one mile event at the Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association championship meet at Penn State. The Butler senior distance star and Notre Dame commit had a performance time entered that was achieved at a meet which included competitors...

Hempfield competitive spirit coach Suzannah Mayer trusts her team has gotten the routine down. The Spartans have attended the Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA) national championships held in Disney World every year since competitive spirit returned to Hempfield in 2013. They make sure to take an early flight a couple of...

Franklin Regional’s boys swimming and diving team captured its 28th section title this season, a year after capturing No. 27. The Panthers finished 5-0 with a one-game edge over the second-place finisher, Penn-Trafford. This year, Franklin Regional has a new coach in Dan Taylor. He took over after Vic Santoro...

Handling the rigors of a high school sport and maintaining a 4.0 GPA is a tough balancing act. Burrell’s Chloe Walton achieved her 4.0 by managing her time wisely between academics and swimming. “Chloe is someone that always places academics first and athletics second,” coach Samantha Callen said. “I, as...

Monday is Day 2 of Round 3 of the 2024 WPIAL basketball playoffs with semifinal games in boys 5A and 3A, along with girls 6A and A. Something has to give in the boys 5A semifinals cat fight between No. 1 Moon and No. 4 Thomas Jefferson in a battle...

With the WPIAL championships coming up later this week, the focus will soon turn to the Road to Hershey and the start of the 2024 PIAA girls basketball postseason. The state playoffs begin with first round action March 8-9. Here is an update on the WPIAL teams that have qualified...

With the Path to the Pete concluding later this week, the focus will soon turn to the Road to Hershey and the start of the 2024 PIAA boys basketball postseason. The state playoffs begin with first round action March 8-9. Here is an update on the WPIAL teams that have...

Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week: Bobby Fadden School: Mohawk Class: Sophomore Height: 6-foot-1 Position: Guard What coach says: “We had a rough first half as a team putting the ball in the hoop against Yough,” Mohawk coach Mike O’Lare said. “Bobby made a play at the end...

The Path to the Pete continues as the WPIAL basketball postseason hits a summit on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Playoff coverage continues this week with semifinal games Monday and Tuesday and championship contests Thursday through Saturday. We are on the ice for a pair of PIHL playoff games...

Here are the latest 2023-24 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday, along with the latest PIHL playoff qualifiers. The PIHL Penguins Cup Class A playoffs begin this week: • Moon at Mars at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry on Tuesday at 9:20 p.m. • Greensburg Salem at Plum...