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WPIAL clinched: Girls basketball playoff qualifiers through Jan. 30, 2025
The stretch run of the WPIAL girls basketball season is underway as the district postseason field continues to take shape. A change in the playoff format this season has sections with eight or more teams sending the top five teams to the playoffs while sections with seven or fewer schools...
Norwin boys let their play do the talking in important victory over Hempfield
Norwin is talking the talk. Knights first-year boys basketball coach Cam Auld has a computer spinner wheel with his players’ names on it. When he gives it a flick and the arrow lands on a name, that player has to give the next pregame speech. It was Alex Graney’s turn...
Burrell girls buckle down to defeat Freeport
After a first quarter in which the Burrell and Freeport girls basketball teams combined for 26 points, scoring was a little harder to come by the rest of the way in Thursday’s Section 1-4A clash of rivals at Burrell High School. But the homestanding Bucs scored enough and made the...
A-K Valley boys basketball notebook: Deer Lakes, Knoch, North Catholic to battle for Section 1-4A title
Friday’s anticipated rematch between the Deer Lakes and Knoch boys basketball teams will go a long way in determining a Section 1-4A champion. It also will give the WPIAL basketball committee an idea of where the Section 1 contenders should be seeded for the district playoffs. But this game will...
Westmoreland County boys basketball notebook: Ligonier Valley sharpshooter joins 1,000-point club
Ligonier Valley has a hoop-a-Hollick. “I have loved basketball since middle school,” said senior guard Parker Hollick, who this week became the boys basketball program’s latest 1,000-point scorer. Hollick needed 29 to reach the milestone and netted 33 on Wednesday in a win over Brownsville. Twenty-seven boys have now scored...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 30, 2025: Upper St. Clair in position to finish off section title race
While it appears the chase for the section title in Section 1-6A boys basketball is going to come down to the last night of section play, the lights could be turned out Thursday on the race for a championship in Section 2-6A. Upper St. Clair (18-1) can clinch the section...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 29, 2025
High schools Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results Class 5A Section 2 Plum 46, Armstrong 37 Class 3A Section 4 Ligonier Valley 81, Brownsville 55 Class 2A Section 1 Jeannette 61, Clairton 51 Nonsection Avella 62, Beth-Center 32 Beaver 60, Lincoln Park 49 Monessen 72, Cornell 43 Nazareth Prep 76, Perry 19...
High school wrestling roundup for Jan. 29, 2025: Thomas Jefferson storms into Class 3A semifinals
Maddox Shaw (152), Brayden White (160), Bode Marlow (172) and Zach LaBryer (189) recorded four consecutive pins and a pin by Shep Turk (285) gave Thomas Jefferson the lead for good in a 39-33 victory over Trinity in the WPIAL Class 3A team wrestling quarterfinals Wednesday. Zach Rehak (107) also...
High school basketball roundup for Jan. 29, 2025: Oakland Catholic ends North Catholic section winning streak
Madi Pullen sank the go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute, leading No. 3 Oakland Catholic to a 39-37 victory over No. 1 North Catholic in Section 1-4A girls basketball Wednesday night, ending the Trojanettes’ 112-game section winning streak that dated to 2016. Alayla Bivins scored 12 points to lead the...
Despite being down 2 starters, Burrell wrestling rolls into Class 2A team semifinals
Calio Zanella was sporting a nose plug to stymie the bleeding, highlighting one of the major challenges facing Burrell’s wrestling team this week. The top-seeded Buccaneers are battling illness as they attempt to defend their WPIAL Class 2A crown. Burrell was missing two starters, but the Buccaneers didn’t allow that...
Derry reaches WPIAL team wrestling semifinals with dominant performance
It was quite a dominating performance by the Derry wrestling team Wednesday. The second-ranked Trojans rolled over Avella and Burgettstown to advance to the WPIAL Class 2A semifinals at 10 a.m. Saturday at AHN Arena at Peters Township. It is the first time since 2018 that Derry has reached the...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school girls basketball rankings for Jan. 29, 2025
In the final Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings of January, the cream is starting to rise to the top in preparation for the upcoming district playoffs coming in a couple of weeks. There was very little movement in the Top 5 this week compared to last week. In fact,...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school boys basketball rankings for Jan. 29, 2025
The battle for top spots took a turn to the west this past week in the latest Trib HSSN boys basketball rankings. A week ago, District 12 had three No. 1 teams atop the state rankings; however, with Roman Catholic slipping to No. 2 behind Upper St. Clair in 6A...
Trib 10: Top teams stand their ground but other changes abound in power rankings
The girls powered along with February basketball in sight while the boys scuffled a bit, leading to a shuffling of the power ranking decks near the bottom of the Trib 10 this past week. All of the girls teams from a week ago enjoyed a perfect week with one big...
Friends, family mourn Springdale grad James Conley who captained 1964 Michigan Rose Bowl winner
James Conley is fondly remembered in the Michigan football community for his contributions as the captain of the 1964 Big Ten championship team that went on to win the Rose Bowl. Conley remained closely connected to the football program, the university as a whole and the surrounding region for the...
After slow start, Knoch girls secure 8th straight postseason appearance
The Knoch girls basketball team began its season with five straight losses, leaving players and coaches looking for a spark to dig themselves out of their early struggles. The turnaround came in the form of a 56-30 home victory over Valley in the Section 1-4A opener Dec. 12. The Knights...
Belle Vernon’s Zion Moore zeroes in on big scoring milestone
Belle Vernon senior basketball star Zion Moore has crept to the doorstep of another milestone. And this is a big one. Moore, one of the WPIAL’s top volume scorers, needs 36 points to reach 2,000 for his career. The Leopards (16-4), the No. 2-ranked team in WPIAL Class 4A, host...
Norwin, Greensburg Central Catholic girls ready to take run at repeat
Norwin and Greensburg Central Catholic won WPIAL girls basketball championships last year and are gearing up for a repeat with the WPIAL playoffs set to begin in about two weeks. Plenty of work remains before the teams can think about another trip to Pitt’s Petersen Events Center, but at least...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 28, 2025
High schools Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Butler 61, Woodland Hills 53 New Castle 70, Seneca Valley 56 Fox Chapel 52, North Allegheny 20 Pine-Richland 65, North Hills 58 (OT) Section 2 Central Catholic 74, Canon-McMillan 53 Imani Christian 63, Hempfield 61 Mt. Lebanon 84, Norwin 60...
Baldwin avenges loss to South Fayette, nears 1st section title since 1986
The boys basketball banner that lists section titles was conspicuously missing from Baldwin’s gym, moved instead to the locker room at coach Jeff Ackermann’s request. Before it goes back on the wall, the Highlanders are hoping to add “2025” next to “1986” as their newest section title. With that goal...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 29, 2025: Road teams face tall task in wrestling playoffs
Wednesday is a busy night of WPIAL boys team wrestling postseason action with first-round and quarterfinal matches at four sites in each classification. So how important is home-mat advantage when it comes to the first two rounds of the district team wrestling playoffs? In this decade, it has meant a...
Belle Vernon runs winning streak to 10 with decisive victory over Elizabeth Forward
Tuesday’s Section 3-4A boys basketball matchup between Belle Vernon and Elizabeth Forward was pegged as a heavyweight bout. After an even opening eight minutes, the Leopards struck hard and repeatedly the rest of the way, recording a unanimous decision and a critical 71-43 victory over the host Warriors. “We were...
High school roundup for Jan. 28, 2025: Quaker Valley knocks off Class 4A No. 1 Avonworth
Dana Kromah scored 22 points as Quaker Valley knocked off Class 4A No. 1 Avonworth, 59-56, in Section 2-4A boys basketball Tuesday night. Nic Cohen added 13 points for the Quakers (13-4, 4-3). Rowan Carmichael scored 20 points and Noah Goetz and Carson Bellinger each added 15 for the Antelopes...
WPIAL clinched: Boys basketball playoff qualifiers through Jan. 28, 2025
The stretch run of the WPIAL boys basketball season is underway as the district postseason field slowly takes shape. A change in the playoff format this season has sections with eight or more teams sending the top five teams to the playoffs while sections with seven or fewer schools will...
Facing a rare halftime deficit, Class 5A No. 1 Montour rallies past Mars
Trailing by eight points at halftime, Class 5A No. 1 Montour went on a second-half scoring spree to defeat Mars, 68-55, on Tuesday night. The Spartans used a 45-24 advantage in the second half to turn a 31-23 deficit into a win. The Fightin’ Planets contained the Spartans in the...
