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High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 13, 2025
High schools Basketball WPIAL playoffs Boys Class 6A First round Monday’s schedule Woodland Hills (11-11) at Seneca Valley (11-11), 7 p.m.; North Hills (7-15) at Butler (15-6), 7 p.m.; Norwin (10-11) at Mt. Lebanon (15-7), 7 p.m. Quarterfinals Wednesday’s schedule Woodland Hills/Seneca Valley winner at Upper. St. Clair (20-2), TBA;...
Knoch boys dominate West Mifflin in WPIAL 1st round
The Knoch boys basketball team entered the WPIAL playoffs with the third-best scoring defense in Class 4A at 46.1 points allowed a game. The Knights were on their defensive game, and then some, in a first-round contest against West Mifflin on Friday at Knoch High School. The No. 12 Titans...
High school roundup for Feb. 14, 2025: Mars stuns No. 4 Shaler in Class 5A girls 1st round
Cecilia Christy scored 13 points to lead No. 13 Mars to a 44-23 upset of No. 4 Shaler (20-3) in the WPIAL Class 5A girls basketball first round Friday night. Alexis Cashdollar and Carmella McDole both had 11 points to help the Fightin’ Planets (14-9) advance to the quarterfinals Wednesday...
Resilient Obama Academy, powerful Allderdice to meet in 4th straight City League girls final
The Obama Academy girls basketball team was forced to use many different lineups throughout the regular season. The Eagles were limited by injuries and had to send many underclassmen onto the floor. Obama Academy (10-10) opened the season with six straight losses but found its footing in league play. The...
Seeking 5th straight City League title, Allderdice boys to be tested by tough Obama Academy defense
Allderdice boys basketball coach Devin Crummie would prefer to see his team on the move during the City League championship game Sunday at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. But the Dragons likely will need to be more methodical against Obama Academy. The Eagles, who are attempting to halt Allderdice’s streak of four...
Thomas Jefferson girls dominate Latrobe in WPIAL 1st round
The No. 6 Thomas Jefferson girls basketball team was doing everything right in the first half of its WPIAL Class 5A first-round contest. The Jaguars were shooting the ball well, passing with confidence and playing lockdown defense. But despite all those positives, they were up by only eight points, and...
Bethel Park stuns Franklin Regional, which comes up short after furious rally
An enormous fourth-quarter comeback fizzled into a crushing defeat for the Franklin Regional girls basketball team as its first playoff appearance in six years ended with a near miss. A mid-game sigh turned into a ray of hope for the Panthers, but it ended in tears. The fifth-seeded Panthers, section...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 14, 2025: Playoffs heat up with 1st-round matchups
On the first day of the opening round of the 2025 WPIAL basketball playoffs, one of the top players in the district may be on the sidelines for one of the favorites in girls Class 5A. Senior Natalie Wetzel is listed as questionable with a lower-body injury, to use playoff...
Change to man-to-man defense allows Franklin Regional boys to run away with 1st round victory over Indiana
With Indiana up early and an uncomfortable few minutes starting to fester for Franklin Regional, coach Jesse Reed put his team on pause and made a switch. It was more like he flipped a switch. “We came out in a zone,” Reed said. “We went back to our man (-to-man),...
High school roundup for Feb. 13, 2025: 21st-seeded Springdale wins playoff openerVideo
Patrick Wylly scored 15 points as No. 21 Springdale took a 10-point lead at halftime and went on to a 42-33 victory over No. 12 Jefferson-Morgan in a WPIAL Class 2A preliminary round boys basketball playoff game Thursday night. Robby Simmen and Liam Dexter each added seven points for the...
Yough girls outlast Highlands in 2OT to end postseason win drought
In a game filled with twists and turns — turnovers, fouls, momentum shifts and clutch moments — Yough battled through adversity and came from behind to secure a grueling 53-47 double-overtime win over Highlands in a preliminary-round game of the WPIAL Class 4A girls basketball playoffs Thursday. It was Yough’s...
A-K Valley WPIAL basketball playoff capsules: Games for Friday, Feb. 14, 2025
WPIAL basketball playoffs Friday’s games Boys Class 4A First round 9-Highlands (6-13) at 8-Elizabeth Forward (17-5) 7 p.m. Friday Winner plays: At No. 1 Belle Vernon (18-4), Wednesday in quarterfinals (time TBD) Players to watch: Troy Bielak, Highlands; Tyler Basic, Elizabeth Forward Layup lines: Highlands is in the playoffs for...
Norwin trio getting serious ahead of WPIAL girls wrestling championships
There is a change in attitude of the three girls from Norwin as they prepare for Saturday’s WPIAL wrestling championships at North Allegheny. This year, the young ladies are putting in the extra work at practice, going to club workouts and some went to Fargo, N.D., to improve their style....
Girls complete Plum sweep of WPIBL team championships
Plum completed a sweep at the WPIBL girls team bowling championships Thursday at AMF Mt. Lebanon Lanes. A day after the Mustangs won the boys team title, the girls team defeated Hempfield in a three-game final to repeat as WPIBL champions. Plum was the top team all day, dominating qualifying...
Butler’s Jackson Jungling wins WPIAL rifle title with perfect score
Butler’s Jackson Jungling shot a perfect score of 200-20x to win the WPIAL rifle championship Thursday at Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen’s Club in Canonsburg. Jungling is Butler’s third champion, the first since Kayla Fry shared the title in 2007. He is the first champion with a perfect score since West Greene’s...
Rod Steele won’t return as West Mifflin football coach
West Mifflin intends to hire a football coach next week, but it won’t be incumbent Rod Steele. Steele was originally a finalist to retain his job but said Thursday he withdrew his name from consideration last month. All West Mifflin coaching jobs were open to applicants, with current coaches able...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week for Feb. 13, 2025Video
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week – Woodland Hills Wolverines Coach – Steve Scorpion (first season at Woodland Hills, eighth season overall) Records – 11-11 overall, 6-8 in Section 1-6A #Earned – In its first year in Class 6A, Woodland Hills barely had a pulse at the midway...
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week for Feb. 13, 2025Video
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week – Calvin Winfrey III School – Uniontown Class – Senior Height – 6-foot-1 Position – Point guard What coach says – “Calvin had a great week and scored for us when we needed it,” Uniontown coach Rob Kezmarsky said. “Cal does what...
Westmoreland County boys basketball notebook: Norwin ready for rematch
Section rematches in the first round usually are taboo for the WPIAL basketball steering committee. But they bent the rules slightly this year when building the playoff brackets. There are only two eight-team sections in 6A, which limits what the committee can do with matchups. But the WPIAL said it...
Westmoreland County high school basketball playoff preview capsules for Feb. 14, 2025
Boys Class 4A First round 11-Derry (12-9) at 6-Central Valley (18-4) 7 p.m. Friday Winner plays: At No. 3 Beaver (18-4) (time TBD) on Wednesday in quarterfinals Players to watch: Stanley Rajkovich, Derry; Isaiah Jeter, Central Valley Layup lines: Derry finished third in Section 3 behind Belle Vernon and Elizabeth...
Two-time champ Deer Lakes shows its playoff experience in beating Quaker Valley
Deer Lakes is still unbeaten in the WPIAL playoffs under coach Albie Fletcher, a remarkable three-year streak that added another win Friday night. The Lancers’ postseason poise was evident in this one. Seventh-seeded Deer Lakes upped its defensive intensity and scored 21 consecutive points in a decisive run that spanned...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 12, 2025
High schools Basketball WPIAL playoffs Boys Class 6A First round Monday’s schedule Woodland Hills (11-11) at Seneca Valley (11-11), 7 p.m.; North Hills (7-15) at Butler (15-6), 7 p.m.; Norwin (10-11) at Mt. Lebanon (15-7), 7 p.m. Quarterfinals Feb. 20 schedule Woodland Hills/Seneca Valley winner at Upper. St. Clair (20-2),...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 13, 2025: Let the playoff games begin
Let the games begin! The 2025 Path to the Pete begins Thursday with eight “pigtail” games. The term pigtail was often used by the first WPIAL executive director Charles “Ace” Heberling. Now, they are known as preliminary round games and there will be six boys and two girls contests to...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school girls basketball rankings for Feb. 12, 2025
Only two teams lost their spot in the Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings this week as we transition from regular season to postseason. On the fall for now were Hollidaysburg from District 6 in Class 5A, replaced by undefeated Penn-Trafford, and DuBois Central Catholic from D-9 in Class A,...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school boys basketball rankings for Feb. 12, 2025
The regular season has come to an end and as teams prepare for their respective district playoffs, there wasn’t much change from last week to this week’s Trib HSSN boys basketball rankings. Two teams from the powerful District 12 slipped out of the Top 5 for now, one from 6A...
