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2023 WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball championship breakdown: Upper St. Clair vs. North Allegheny
WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball finals No. 1 Upper St. Clair vs. No. 2 North Allegheny 7 p.m. Friday, Petersen Events Center On the air: Video livestream: TribHSSN.TribLive.com WPIAL titles: Upper St. Clair 6 (1973, ‘93, ‘94, ‘96, 2003, ‘08); North Allegheny 5 (1972, 2017, ‘18, ‘20, ‘21) Upper St....
2023 WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball championship breakdown: Avonworth vs. Laurel
WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball final No. 4 Avonworth vs. No. 2 Laurel 3 p.m. Friday, Petersen Events Center On the air: Video livestream: TribHSSN.TribLive.com WPIAL titles: Avonworth 6 (1976, ‘79, ‘92, ‘93, ‘94, 2005); Laurel 0 Avonworth (18-5) Coach: Nick Dizon Projected starting lineup No., Name, Ht., Cl., Pos....
2023 WPIAL Class 3A boys basketball championship breakdown: Deer Lakes vs. OLSH
WPIAL Class 3A boys basketball final No. 5 Deer Lakes vs. No. 6 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 5 p.m. Friday, Petersen Events Center Video livestream: TribHSSN.TribLive.com WPIAL titles: Deer Lakes 0; OLSH 4 (2022, ’21, ’20, ’19) Deer Lakes (16-8) Projected starting lineup Coach: Albie Fletcher No., Name,...
How to watch the 2023 WPIAL basketball championships on Trib HSSN
Twelve WPIAL basketball championship games will be contested this week at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center, and if you can’t be there in person, the TribLive High School Sports Network has you covered. Trib HSSN will provide free and exclusive live video stream broadcasts of all 12 championship games, presented by...
2023 WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball championship breakdown: Peters Township vs. Penn Hills
WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball final No. 1 Peters Township vs. No. 2 Penn Hills 9 p.m. Thursday, Petersen Events Center On the air: Video livestream: TribHSSN.TribLive.com; Radio: KDKA (1020 AM, 100.1 FM); WJPA (95.3 FM) WPIAL titles: Penn Hills 5 (2018, ’03, ’00, 1994, ’87), Peters Township 1 (2009)...
PIHL sets quarterfinal matchups for Penguins Cup playoffs
A year ago, the PIHL Penguins Cup was raised by Peters Township in 3A, Thomas Jefferson in 2A, Norwin in A and Neshannock in Division 2. Following four first-round games this week in Class A, the rest of the playoff field is now set for the puck to drop in...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball State Rankings for March 1, 2023
We are about a week away from the 2023 PIAA girls basketball playoffs. Most of the teams ranked in the weekly Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings have one or two games left in their quest for district gold, which ends for most this weekend. Four ranked teams from last...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball State Rankings for March 1, 2023
The district boys basketball playoffs across the state are winding down and will be in the books this weekend. The top 30 teams are staying on the golden path with only four teams dropping out from last week’s Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings. Lower Merion in 6A, Hampton and...
Trib 10: New team takes top spot in boys power rankings heading into championship weekend
A week after calm waters led to zero changes in the early playoff edition of the weekly Trib Ten, the winds of change have hit both the boys and girls weekly power rankings. Heading into the 2023 WPIAL basketball championships this weekend at the Petersen Events Center, there were four...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 1, 2023
High schools WPIAL playoffs Boys Class 6A Thursday’s schedule Third-place game Mt. Lebanon (16-8) at Upper St. Clair (15-9), 8 p.m. Saturday’s schedule Championship New Castle (22-2) vs. Central Catholic (15-9) at Petersen Events Center, 7 p.m. Class 5A Thursday’s schedule Championship Peters Township (22-3) vs. Penn Hills (20-3) at...
High school roundup for March 1, 2023: Connor Spratt hits 1,000 points, Seton LaSalle takes 5th
Connor Spratt scored 25 points, including the 1,000th of his high school career, as No. 9 Seton LaSalle defeated No. 3 Shady Side Academy, 62-44, in the WPIAL Class 3A fifth-place game Wednesday night. Luke Masua and Ian March each added 10 points for the Rebels (14-11). Eli Teslovich scored...
2023 WPIAL Class A boys basketball championship breakdown: Imani Christian vs. Union
WPIAL Class A boys basketball final No. 1 Imani Christian vs. No. 2 Union 5 p.m. Thursday, Petersen Events Center Video livestream: TribHSSN.TribLive.com WPIAL titles: Imani Christian 0, Union 1 (2003) Imani Christian (17-6) Projected starting lineup Coach: Omar Foster No., Name, Ht., Cl., Pos. 1, R.J. Sledge, 5-11, so.,...
Norwin girls atone for semifinal loss to North Allegheny, beat Mt. Lebanon for 3rd place
Apparently, the difference between third and fourth place for Norwin was getting back into character. “The last game left a sour taste in our mouths, so we wanted to come out and play better,” Lady Knights center Lauren Palangio said. “We needed to come out and play more for each...
Penn-Trafford makes baseball coaching change
Two weeks before the start of the baseball season, Penn-Trafford has named a new coach. Lou Cortazzo, who spent the past eight years as an assistant in the Penn-Trafford program, was named interim coach to replace Dan Miller. Penn-Trafford athletic director Kerry Hetrick informed the Tribune-Review that Cortazzo was the...
Westmoreland WPIAL basketball playoff capsules: Games for March 2, 2023
WPIAL basketball playoffs Boys Class 2A Consolation round Third-place game Greensburg Central Catholic (17-6) at Bishop Canevin (20-5) 6 p.m. Thursday, Upper St. Clair High School, Upper St. Clair Winner: Clinches third place out of the WPIAL for the PIAA playoffs. The loser is the fourth seed. Players to watch:...
Kiski Area, Freeport, Fox Chapel swimmers chasing gold at WPIAL championships
Title defenses, breakout performances and cheering crowds, oh my. Pitt’s Trees Pool will be alive Thursday and Friday as the site of the WPIAL Class 3A and 2A swimming championships. In the Alle-Kiski Valley, the Fox Chapel girls seek a championship in Class 3A after giving North Allegheny all it...
2023 WPIAL Class 2A girls basketball championship breakdown: Shenango vs. Freedom
No. 1 Shenango vs. No. 2 Freedom 7 p.m. Thursday, Petersen Events Center On the air: Video livestream: TribHSSN.TribLive.com; Radio: WBVP (1230 AM), WBVP (99.3 FM), WMBA (1460 AM) WPIAL titles: Shenango 0; Freedom 0 Shenango (21-4) Coach: Ricci LaRocco Projected starting lineup No., Name, Ht., Cl., Pos. 12, Amara...
A-K Valley WPIAL basketball playoff capsules: Games for March 2, 2023
WPIAL basketball playoffs Girls Class 4A Third-place consolation 6-Highlands (16-8) at 4-Quaker Valley (16-8) 7 p.m. Thursday at Quaker Valley High School, Leetsdale Winner plays: District 10 runner-up in PIAA first round March 11 (site/time TBD) Loser plays: District 5/District 6 champion in PIAA first round March 11 (site/time TBD)...
Mt. Pleasant swimmers in position to collect more WPIAL gold
After capturing the program’s first WPIAL title last season, the Mt. Pleasant girls swim team hopes to defend its title beginning Thursday at Pitt’s Trees Pool. Last season, the Vikings had five titles and nine other medal-winning performances to lead them to their WPIAL title. This season, Mt. Pleasant returns...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 1, 2023: State playoff bids on the line
The first day of March gives us a day off between the semifinals and the start of the WPIAL basketball championship games. However, it is not a day off from district postseason action as the consolation games continue. There are eight boys games and two girls games on Wednesday. Of...
High school roundup for Feb. 28, 2023: Fox Chapel grabs PIAA playoff spot
Jefferson Moorefield-Brown scored 19 points to lead No. 11 Fox Chapel to a 64-45 victory over No. 12 McKeesport in the seventh-place game Tuesday night, claiming the WPIAL’s seventh and final spot in the PIAA playoff field in Class 5A. Caden Kaiser added 11 the Foxes (15-11). Aemond Knight and...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 28, 2023
High schools WPIAL playoffs Boys Class 6A Tuesday’s results Semifinals New Castle 58, Mt. Lebanon 41 Central Catholic 65, Upper St. Clair 41 Thursday’s schedule Third-place game Mt. Lebanon (16-8) vs. Upper St. Clair (15-9) Saturday’s schedule Championship New Castle (22-2) vs. Central Catholic (15-9) at Petersen Events Center, 7...
Northgate beats Bishop Canevin, earns 1st WPIAL finals trip since 1988
The other three teams still alive in the WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball semifinals Tuesday night had much more storied recent histories than sixth-seeded Northgate. Second-seeded Bishop Canevin had won the previous two WPIAL Class A championships. Aliquippa had been to the WPIAL semifinals six straight seasons and Greensburg Central...
Motivated Central Catholic slams Upper St. Clair to reach Class 6A title game
Same round, same venue, much different results for Central Catholic. A year after losing to Fox Chapel in the Class 6A semifinals at Peters Township, the Vikings relieved the bad memory, then created a new script as they soundly defeated Upper St. Clair at the same site Tuesday, 65-41, to...
South Fayette keeps repeat bid alive with dominant win over Woodland Hills
All season long, the South Fayette Lions have been beating to their own drum. The defending champs in Class 5A, the Lions have only lost twice all season. Those losses, to Class 6A Norwin and St. Thomas Aquinas from New Jersey, were by a combined four points. After another runaway...
