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This week on Trib HSSN for week of Feb. 16, 2026
The first round melts into the quarterfinals when it comes to the February Frenzy and the high school basketball postseason this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN continues coverage of the 2026 WPIAL boys and girls basketball playoffs with the conclusion of the opening round and...
PIHL standings, playoff clinchings through Feb. 15, 2026
Here are the latest 2026 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday, plus the latest list of teams that have clinched a playoff spot. The point system in the PIHL this year gives three points for a regulation win, two points for an overtime win and one point for an...
Obama Academy tops rival Allderdice to claim 2nd City League boys basketball titleVideo
The security guards and administrators made it clear that no one would be storming the court during the City League boys basketball championship game at Brashear High School. After six years of chasing a title, Obama Academy guard Naron Jackson II and his teammates brought the party to their purple-clad...
Brian Johnson primed to be next Franklin Regional football coach
Franklin Regional will vote this week to hire Brian Johnson as head football coach, according to the agenda for Wednesday night’s board meeting. Johnson, 43, was the offensive line coach on Lance Getsy’s staff for the past three seasons. Getsy resigned in November after five seasons as head coach. The...
Shaler notebook: Titans flag football quarterback to play in college
Shaler senior Paige Querio didn’t start out playing flag football with any aspirations beyond seeing if she liked the sport or not. The Titans senior started as a defensive player before moving on to playing quarterback. Querio, who also plays soccer, recently committed to play flag football at Mercyhurst University....
Shaler boys show flashes of potential in playoff season
Shaler boys basketball coach Brandon Sensor would have liked to see the Titans go into the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs with more of a running start. But a few results at the tail end of the schedule won’t taint a solid regular season. The Titans returned to the playoffs after...
Sewickley Academy boys, girls ready to take their shot in WPIAL basketball playoffs
Both Sewickley Academy varsity teams extended their seasons in 2025-26. Both squads qualified for the WPIAL playoffs off their performance against section opponents and were scheduled to tip off the postseason Feb. 16 at home. The Sewickley boys ran through the regular season with a near-perfect 21-1 record, outscoring the...
Quaker Valley boys, girls heat up heading into playoffs
The Quaker Valley boys basketball team has been unbeatable since the start of the new year. The Quakers won 11 consecutive times, finished the regular season 19-3 overall and landed the top seed in the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs. “With our consistent play over the season and by capturing the...
Lucas Grimsley adds 1,000-point milestone to stellar Sewickley Academy resume
Sewickley Academy’s talented senior Lucas Grimsley was an all-state selection following the 2024-25 basketball season. Other all-staters in boys basketball for the Panthers were Neil Hoy (1998), Corey Diethorn (2004), George Raftis (2005), Tom Droney (2009, 2010), Chris Groetsch (2016, 2017), Justin Pryor (2017), Nate Ridgeway (2017, 2018), Isaiah Smith...
Fisher’s Files: Quaker Valley boys edge Indiana in playoff tune-up
The high school schedule-maker linked three Quaker Valley teams together Feb. 9 in late regular-season action — two at home, one on the road. All three were victorious: • Sam Chapman, a 6-foot-3 junior guard, scored 17 points, including the game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer, to lift Quaker Valley boys...
Norwin notebook: Another football recruit makes college choice
The NCAA’s National Signing Day came and went Feb. 4, and another Norwin football player made his commitment official. The Knights had one of their most attractive overall classes to college programs in years. Senior Michael DeFazio, a tight end and linebacker, had nine college offers and decided to go...
Norwin boys, girls gear up for WPIAL basketball playoffs
The Norwin girls and boys basketball teams were primed to enter the WPIAL playoffs. The Norwin girls (16-4) are strong candidates to make a run at another title in Class 6A after reaching the finals the last two years. A late-season loss to Canon-McMillan, the top seed, likely took Norwin...
Westmoreland County high school basketball playoff capsules for Feb. 16, 2026
Girls Class 4A First round 13-Lincoln Park (10-12) at 4-Belle Vernon (19-3) 7 p.m. Monday Winner plays: Winner of 12-Hopewell (6-14)/5-Elizabeth Forward (16-6) Thursday in quarterfinals (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Patty Wesolowski, Lincoln Park; Isis Almyty, Belle Vernon Layup lines: It is the battle of Leopards in the...
A-K Valley high school basketball playoff preview capsules for Feb. 16, 2026
WPIAL basketball playoffs Boys Class 6A First round 9-Norwin (11-11) at 8-Fox Chapel (13-9) 7 p.m. Monday Winner plays: 1-Upper St. Clair (21-2) Thursday in quarterfinals (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Alex Graney, Norwin; Grant Fenton, Fox Chapel Layup lines: Norwin tied with Imani Christian for fifth in Section...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 14, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Monday’s schedule First round Norwin (11-11) at Fox Chapel (13-9), 7 p.m.; Pine-Richland (11-11) at Mt. Lebanon (14-8), 7:30 p.m.; Imani Christian (6-16) at North Hills (15-7), 7 p.m. Quarterfinals Thursday’s schedule Norwin/Fox Chapel winner vs. Upper St. Clair (21-1), TBA; Seneca...
High school roundup for Feb. 14, 2026: Derry crowns 8 champs at section tournament
Trib HSSN No. 2 Patrick Bulger knocked off No. 1 Javeon Chambers of Highlands, 10-3, in the 114-pound finals to lead Derry at WPIAL Class 2A Eastern Section tournament Saturday at Greensburg Salem. The Trojans won eight of the 13 weight classes and sent 11 wrestlers through to the WPIAL...
Penn-Trafford wrestler Dylan Barrett cuts weight to take shot at WPIAL, PIAA titles
Penn-Trafford senior wrestler Dylan Barrett’s main goal is to win a PIAA title. But he knew wrestling at 121 pounds was probably not the path to his goal with Norwin junior Landon Sidun, the No. 1 ranked wrestler in the country at that weight class. “His decision was to either...
Sites, times set for Wednesday’s WPIAL basketball quarterfinals
As the WPIAL boys and girls basketball playoffs continue with first-round action Monday and Tuesday, the first night of the second round is set with sites and times. The district quarterfinals will begin Wednesday with boys Class 4A, A and girls 5A and 3A contests now set. Here are the...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Fox Chapel’s Bella Geller, Deer Lakes’ Evan Moore
Bella Geller School: Fox Chapel Class: Freshman Sport: Basketball Claim to fame: Geller finished with 10 points and scored the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:37 left in the fourth quarter to help No. 7-seeded Fox Chapel (15-8) to a 60-58 win over No. 10 Latrobe in the first round of the...
Westmoreland County athletes of the week: Hempfield’s Ava Hickman, Franklin Regional’s Sal Colangelo
Ava Hickman School: Hempfield Class: Junior Sport: Gymnastics Claim to fame: Hickman won first place all-around and on the balance beam and also took third on the bars and sixth on the vault at the WPIAL gymnastics championships. She competed in the gold division. What was it like winning the...
After splitting in regular season, Allderdice, Obama Academy to meet for City League girls crown
Obama Academy girls basketball coach Monique McCoy would prefer to defer any credit. What McCoy would like to see at 4 p.m. Sunday at Brashear High School during the City League girls basketball championship game is for the Eagles to showcase their progress in another matchup with Allderdice. McCoy felt...
Allderdice, Obama Academy to square off again in City League boys championship game
Allderdice boys basketball coach Devin Crummie wants to put to rest any concerns about the City League basketball championships being played at Brashear High School. While the high school venue won’t have the gravitas of a Petersen Events Center or UPMC Cooper Field House, it won’t be lacking in electricity....
Young North Hills girls basketball team punches ticket for return trip to postseason
North Hills is hoping to channel its inner-2005 Pittsburgh Steelers when the WPIAL girls basketball playoffs start. Following a 7-14 regular season and 4-6 mark in Section 1-6A, the Indians received the final seed in Class 6A playoffs, which were set to start Feb. 16. “That old Steelers team in...
Battle-tested North Hills boys basketball hoping experience leads to playoff success
North Hills’ 2025-26 basketball regular season, just like their campaign a year prior, led them to the WPIAL playoffs. But coach Buzz Gabos admits that this season feels a bit different. And that it feels a lot better. A year after finishing with a 7-16 record, North Hills concluded its...
North Allegheny gymnast reaches elite level, still has goals in mind
North Allegheny junior Hannah Seidl tried all kinds of sports and activities when she was younger. But only one turned her world upside down. Seidl has grown from a novice tumbler to a Level 10 gymnast with her sights set on qualifying for nationals. “My mom stuck me in the...
