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WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball championship breakdown: Upper St. Clair vs. Pine-Richland
WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball championship No. 1 Upper St. Clair vs. No. 6 Pine-Richland 8 p.m. Friday at Peters Township On the air: TribHSSN.TribLive.com (video stream) Winner plays: District 6, 8 or 10 champion in PIAA quarterfinals, March 20 How they got here: Upper St. Clair defeated No. 17...
WPIAL Class A boys basketball championship breakdown: Bishop Canevin vs. Rochester
WPIAL Class A boys basketball championship No. 1 Bishop Canevin vs. No. 2 Rochester 8 p.m. Friday at North Allegheny On the air: TribHSSN.TribLive.com (video stream) Winner plays: District 6 or 10 champion in PIAA quarterfinals, March 19 How they got here: Bishop Canevin received a first-round bye; defeated No....
Burrell’s Hornack, Oswalt reach PIAA Class AA wrestling finals
HERSHEY — Burrell’s Cooper Hornack achieved something he’s never accomplished on Friday. The freshman wrestler reached the finals in a state event. Hornack and senior teammate Ian Oswalt advanced to the finals at the PIAA Class AA wrestling championships Friday at the Giant Center. They will wrestle during the 5...
How to watch the WPIAL basketball finals on Trib HSSN
The first four of 12 WPIAL basketball championship games will be played tonight at a pair of high school gymnasiums, and a quartet of teams will be rewarded for persevering during an unprecedented 2020-21 season. Teams endured covid-19 protocols and shutdowns that provided a bigger challenge than any on-court opponent....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 12, 2021: Championship weekend tips off
Welcome to the start of championship weekend here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We cap off our coverage of the 2021 WPIAL basketball playoffs with the first of four championship games at North Allegheny and Peters Township on Friday evening. Here are some meat-free championship factoids for the...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 11, 2021
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Finals Friday’s schedule Upper St. Clair (18-1) vs. Pine-Richland (13-5) at Peters Township, 8 p.m. Class 5A Finals Saturday’s schedule Chartiers Valley (22-2) vs. New Castle (19-2) at North Allegheny, 8 p.m. Class 4A Semifinals Thursday’s results North Catholic 77, Belle Vernon...
Courtney Dahlquist pushes top-seeded Trinity past Woodland Hills, back to title game
Woodland Hills knew it needed to play a near-perfect game to have a chance in its WPIAL Class 5A girls basketball semifinal against top-seeded Trinity. Digging themselves a huge early hole was a trap these Wolverines could not escape. Senior Courtney Dahlquist scored a game-high 21 points, including 11 in...
South Allegheny drops Aliquippa, advances to 1st WPIAL finals
For the first time in program history, the South Allegheny boys basketball team will play for a WPIAL championship. The top-seeded Gladiators took the lead for good late in the third quarter before pulling away for a 62-50 victory over No. 4 Aliquippa in the WPIAL Class 3A semifinals Thursday...
11th-seeded Ellwood City stuns Neshannock, makes 1st WPIAL final since 1986
From the opening tip, Ellwood City coach Steve Antuono Sr. paced the sidelines watching the game with intensity, while wearing his emotions on his sleeve. As the time ticked off in the fourth quarter, he and his Wolverines let that emotion spill out onto the floor. The weight of 35...
West Greene tops Eden Christian to get another crack at Rochester in finals
Jersey Wise and her teammates in West Greene’s senior class will get another crack at a WPIAL Class A championship. Anna Durbin scored 18 points, Wise added 16, and the No. 2 Pioneers came away with a 54-49 victory over No. 3 Eden Christian in the WPIAL semifinals Thursday night....
Rottmann’s shooting helps North Catholic knock off No. 1 Belle Vernon in semifinals
Every game this season, it’s been a different North Catholic player showing up in big spots, Trojans coach Dave DeGregorio said. It was Max Rottmann’s time to shine Thursday. Rottmann hit four 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, including the winner with 3.8 seconds remaining to give No. 5 North Catholic...
Chartiers Valley scorches nets, beats Latrobe to set up rematch with Trinity
Latrobe girls basketball coach Mark Burkhardt looked up at one of the baskets after Thursday night’s playoff game at Chartiers Valley and, half-jokingly, wondered how often the school has to change the nets. “I don’t know how they keep them up in here,” Burkhardt said. With the way second-seeded Chartiers...
Believing key for WPIAL Class AAA wrestlers at PIAA championshipsVideo
Wrestlers who want to win a PIAA championship just can’t rely on their skills. They better believe. That belief starts with hard work in practice — those grueling sessions when you give your best and then some. It carries over into tight matches. Self-belief and executing what you’ve been taught...
WPIAL Class 2A girls basketball championship breakdown: Neshannock vs. Serra Catholic
WPIAL Class 2A girls basketball championship No. 1 Neshannock vs. No. 2 Serra Catholic 5 p.m. Friday at North Allegheny On the air: TribHSSN.TribLive.com (video stream) Winner plays: Winner of District 5 champion vs. District 9 champion in PIAA quarterfinals, March 19 How they got here: Neshannock defeated No. 16...
Rochester handles Aquinas Academy to make 3rd straight WPIAL finals
Going into the WPIAL girls basketball playoffs, Rochester went 18 days without a game due to covid-19 precautions and their bye as the No. 1 seed in the Class A bracket. There has been no rust. Two games later, the Rams have two 75-point outputs and have outscored their first...
Kiski Area’s Sammy Starr is feeling confident heading into state tournament
One year ago, Kiski Area wrestler Sammy Starr found himself at the state tournament for the first time. He lost his first-round matchup to Nazareth senior Nathan Stefanik in a close 4-3 decision. Then, after winning two matches in the 152-pound consolation bracket, Starr fell to Pine-Richland’s Cole Spencer, 8-3,...
WPIAL Class 4A girls basketball championship breakdown: Beaver vs. Quaker Valley
WPIAL Class 4A girls basketball championship No. 1 Beaver vs. No. 2 Quaker Valley 5 p.m. Friday at Peters Township’s AHN Arena On the air: 1230 AM, 99.3 FM, 1460 AM; TribHSSN.TribLive.com (video stream) Winner plays: District 8, 9 or 10 champion in PIAA quarterfinals, March 20 How they got...
‘Iceman’ McGowan leads Greensburg Central Catholic into Class 2A final
His knees encased in twin glaciers, an exhausted Christian McGowan limped out of the Norwin gymnasium Wednesday night after a postgame interview and joined his teammates on the bus. The “Iceman” from Greensburg Central Catholic had just given the Centurions (16-3) all he had — and then some — in...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 10, 2021
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Finals Friday’s schedule Upper St. Clair (18-1) vs. Pine-Richland (13-5) at Peters Township, 8 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Wednesday’s results Chartiers Valley 63, Mars 55 New Castle 69, Laurel Highlands 60 Finals Saturday’s schedule Chartiers Valley (22-2) vs. New Castle (19-2) at...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for March 11, 2021: Sparks will fly in Class 4A final four
Three nights of exciting semifinal playoff basketball come to a conclusion Thursday evening. The championship basketball field is finalized with eight more WPIAL final four games. The last evening of third-round hoops on Trib HSSN features semifinals games from boys 4A, boys 3A, girls 5A and girls A. Boys semifinals...
Trib 10: Boys power rankings shaken up as WPIAL finals approach
As the WPIAL playoffs are winding down, the top teams are proving they have the power. Through nearly three rounds of the lengthy district postseason, there have been more changes to the boys Trib 10 than to the girls power rankings. Pine-Richland, South Allegheny and Neshannock are in the rankings...
Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings for March 10, 2021
Most of the teams ranked in the latest Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings are living up to the classic rock anthem by Bachman-Turner Overdrive as they are “taking care of business” during the district playoffs. There is no tomorrow at this point. With only district champs qualifying for this...
Chartiers Valley finally gets past Mars, sets up grudge match with New Castle
The weight of the world is now off the shoulders of the Chartiers Valley boys basketball team. After losing in the WPIAL Class 5A semifinals the last two years to Mars, the Colts found out the the third time was a charm after beating the Fightin’ Planets, 63-55, Wednesday to...
Greensburg Central Catholic overcomes Sto-Rox to get back to WPIAL title game
Christian Hyland was the Centurions’ senior point guard the last time Greensburg Central Catholic made the WPIAL basketball finals. Now he is headed to the title game as the second-year coach of his alma mater. Hyland, 25, drew on his experiences from that year and passed them on to his...
Upper St. Clair holds off Norwin in Class 6A semifinal battle
The coaches — Upper St. Clair’s Pete Serio and Norwin’s Brian Brozeski — met at halfcourt with a mutual respect, it was clear, for each other’s program. The girls basketball game that just unfolded provided each with what’s sure to be a lasting memory. No. 2 Upper St. Clair, playing...
