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Sean Endler adds to Plum’s bowling trophy collection with Western Regional title
Not only has Plum dominated boys singles competition in Western Pennsylvania high school bowling the last two years, the Mustangs also believe in spreading the titles around. Sean Endler won the Western Regional championship at AMF Noble Manor Lanes on Friday, finishing first in the five-game qualifying round and defeating...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 2, 2023
High schools WPIAL playoffs Boys Class 6A Thursday’s result Third-place game Upper St. Clair 55, Mt. Lebanon 54 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 Penn Hills 70, Peters Township 65 Class 4A Friday’s schedule Championship...
High school roundup for March 2, 2023: Upper St. Clair claims last PIAA berth in Class 6A
Julian Dahlem hit two free throws with six seconds left to lead No. 2 Upper St. Clair to a 55-54 victory over No. 4 Mt. Lebanon (16-9) in the Class 6A third-place game Thursday night, earning the third and final PIAA playoff spot for the district. Peja Strobl scored 14...
Penn-Trafford girls edge Hampton, earn spot in state tournament
Penn-Trafford has a year-end girls basketball banquet coming up, but coaches, players and their families won’t be talking about what might have been. No, a new topic has suddenly entered the chat with this team: state playoffs. The Warriors were not ready to surrender their season yet as they held...
Penn Hills second to none in WPIAL finals victory over Peters Township
Penn Hills is underrated no more. Indians coach Chris Giles always insisted his team was OK with the No. 2 seed it received from the basketball committee, but there’s now no doubt who’s best in the WPIAL. Noah Barren scored 22 points and Daemar Kelly had 21 as Penn Hills...
Mt. Pleasant girls put on clinic at WPIAL swim championships
The Mt. Pleasant girls swim team is halfway to back-to-back WPIAL Class 2A titles. Fronted by four WPIAL Day 1 titles — two individual and two relay— with four WPIAL records, the Vikings sit atop the standings by 50 points over Quaker Valley. “It was a great first day for...
6 records fall on 1st day of WPIAL swimming championships
Being the smaller classification but featuring more schools, Class 2A had the afternoon session Thursday at the WPIAL swimming and diving championships at Pitt’s Trees Pool. The smaller classification stole the show on the first day, setting six WPIAL meet records in 12 events. Last year’s Class 2A girls team...
Fox Chapel’s Shao keeps adding to WPIAL swimming medal count
Fox Chapel senior and Brown commit Sophie Shao had another big day at the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships at Pitt’s Trees Pool. With two more individual titles during Day 1 on Thursday, her total WPIAL-title haul in her four years now stands at nine, individually and relays. Shao defended...
No. 1 Shenango captures 1st WPIAL girls basketball championship
Julz Mohrbacher made an impact at both ends of the floor Thursday night during the WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball championship. The Freedom forward had 15 points, seven steals, five assists and eight rebounds. Her fifth foul, however, proved to be the stat the changed the game and helped No....
Imani Christian surges past Union to win 1st WPIAL title, reigniting public-private debate
Playing against Imani Christian is always a tall task, but as 6-foot-11 sophomore Alier Maluk swung from a Petersen Events Center rim Thursday night, the gigantic challenge became clear. Their championship opponent, in fact, called it unfair. Maluk punctuated a decisive third-quarter run with a breakaway two-handed dunk as No....
Deer Lakes boys look for repeat performance against powerful OLSH in Class 3A final
Right before Christmas, Deer Lakes ended the longest winning streak in Pennsylvania boys basketball history at 74 when it traveled to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart and won 70-55. Now the Lancers will be tasked with trying to end the Chargers’ WPIAL title streak when they face the four-time...
2023 WPIAL Class 4A boys basketball championship breakdown: Lincoln Park vs. North Catholic
WPIAL Class 4A boys basketball final No. 1 Lincoln Park vs. No. 6 North Catholic 9 p.m. Friday, Petersen Events Center Video livestream: TribHSSN.TribLive.com On the air: KDKA (1020 AM, 100.1 FM), WBVP (1230 AM, 99.3 FM), WMBA (1460 AM) WPIAL titles: Lincoln Park 5 (2021, ’19, ’18, ’14, ’12);...
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...
