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What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 25, 2025: Favorites, underdogs alive in Class 5A boys semifinals
The final pieces of the district basketball championship puzzle will be determined Tuesday on the final night of WPIAL semifinals action with boys Class 5A and 3A and girls Class 6A and 2A final four contests. In the boys Class 5A playoffs, the left side of the tournament went as...
Resurgent New Castle drops Mt. Lebanon to return to Class 6A title game
While celebrating a WPIAL semifinal win Monday night, New Castle’s Ralphie Blundo thought back to this time last year, when he and his teammates were already done for the winter. They’d missed the playoffs entirely. “It was almost embarrassing,” said Blundo, a senior who’d reached the WPIAL finals as both...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 24, 2025
High schools Basketball WPIAL playoffs Boys Class 6A Semifinals Monday’s results Upper. St. Clair 59, Central Catholic 39 New Castle 67, Mt. Lebanon 56 Finals Saturday’s schedule Upper. St. Clair (23-2) vs. New Castle (21-3) at Petersen Events Center, 5 p.m. Third place Wednesday’s schedule Central Catholic (14-10) vs. Mt....
High school roundup for Feb. 24, 2025: WPIAL’s top scorer earns trip to The Pete as Clairton tops Geibel
WPIAL leading scorer Iyanna Wade finished with 22 points and got a strong effort from her supporting cast to lead No. 3 Clairton past No. 2 Geibel Catholic, 52-32, in the Class A girls basketball semifinals Monday. Karma Fuqua scored 16 points and JuJu Childs added 10 for the No....
Upper St. Clair handles Central Catholic to earn chance at Class 6A WPIAL repeat
Late in the third quarter of a WPIAL boys Class 6A semifinal Monday, the lights completely went out for a few moments in the gym at Peters Township. Unfortunately for Central Catholic, their hopes of gold for the second time in three years went to black a lot earlier. Upper...
Fast-starting Blackhawk fends off Elizabeth Forward comeback bid in Class 4A semifinals
It was always going to be difficult for the Elizabeth Forward girls basketball team to knock off Blackhawk in the WPIAL Class 4A semifinals. Coming off a state championship last season, the No. 1 Cougars are as good as ever, only losing to Mt. Lebanon and Shady Side Academy this...
‘Oh my goodness!’ Dunk propels Jeannette boys past Sewickley in Class 2A semifinals
All the talk about Sewickley Academy’s height was canceled out by Jeannette’s post players in the WPIAL Class 2A semifinals. Jeannette sent a message with one defining play: Xavier Odorisio-Farrow’s drive and slam over 6-foot-8 Mamadou Kane in the third quarter sent the crowd into a frenzy and helped send...
At full strength, Oakland Catholic rolls past North Catholic into Class 4A finals
Oakland Catholic junior forward Josie Fontana plans to soak up the experience at Petersen Events Center this weekend. Fontana made a two-minute cameo her freshman season during the Eagles’ loss to South Fayette. Second-seeded Oakland Catholic earned a trip to the WPIAL Class 4A title game by smothering North Catholic,...
11 new members set to join Armstrong Sports Hall of Fame
The Armstrong Sports Hall of Fame will celebrate its Class of 2025 on April 27. A distinguished collection of the county’s athletic greats — Ted Faber, W. David Hoff, Tye Desiderio, Gary Montebell, Terra Schall, Joe Diani, Paul Noonan, Denny Wolfe, Jackie Huth, J. Gary DeComo and Al King —...
Westmoreland County basketball notebook: Norwin familiar with semifinal opponent
Norwin is approaching its next opponent with caution. The Knights (14-7), a win away from a second straight trip to the WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball final, will take on Canon-McMillan (14-8) in the semifinals at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Mt. Lebanon. While Norwin cruised in the first Section 2...
Westmoreland County WPIAL girls basketball playoff capsule for Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025
WPIAL basketball playoffs Girls Class 6A Semifinals 4-Canon-McMillan (14-8) vs. 1-Norwin (14-7) 6 p.m. Tuesday at Mt. Lebanon Winner plays: Winner of 6-Mt. Lebanon (14-9)/2-Upper St. Clair (17-6) 5 p.m. Saturday in championship at Petersen Events Center Players to watch: Madison Clair, Canon-McMillan; Bella Furno, Norwin Layup lines: Canon-McMillan defeated...
‘Almost flawless’: Mt. Pleasant’s Olivia Kovach offers picture-perfect performance at WPIAL meet
Mt. Pleasant’s Olivia Kovach put on a picture-perfect performance at this year’s WPIAL individual gymnastics championships. Her coach indicated it was near-seamless. Kovach dethroned three-time champion Abby Rexrode from Baldwin in winning the WPIAL Advanced Division all-around title Feb. 8 at Moon. “It was something I really wanted this year,”...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Franklin Regional’s Henry Patts
In sports, people often root for the underdog but expect the favorite to win. For Franklin Regional wrestling, winning the WPIAL Class 3A title Feb. 1 wasn’t a surprise. “One of the most electric feelings I’ve ever felt in my life,” senior wrestler Henry Patts said. “No one thought we...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Burrell’s Calio Zanella
Wrestling is one of those high school sports that has the distinct feature of having team and individual championships. So there’s always the dichotomy of exceling individually and needing to perform as a group to get the team to the playoffs. Burrell senior wrestler Calio Zanella knows what it takes...
Kiski Area’s Ellie Arnold caps freshman season with WPIAL gymnastics gold
Kiski Area’s Ellie Arnold recently wrapped up an unforgettable freshman season in gymnastics. The 14-year-old won the WPIAL all-around championship in the Intermediate II Division on Feb. 8 at Moon. Arnold, who also is a leading athlete in the Kiski Area girls soccer program, finished first on the vault with...
High school sports schedules for Feb. 24, 2025
High schools Basketball WPIAL playoffs Boys Class 6A Semifinals Monday’s schedule Upper. St. Clair (21-2) vs. Central Catholic (14-9) at Peters Township, 7 p.m.; New Castle (20-3) vs. Mt. Lebanon (17-7) at North Allegheny, 8 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Montour (23-1) vs. Chartiers Valley (21-3) at Mt. Lebanon,...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Feb. 24, 2025: Upper St. Clair, Central Catholic to again meet in playoff clash
Welcome to the second of three days of WPIAL basketball semifinal action Monday with boys 6A, boys 2A, girls 4A and girls A in the spotlight. It is becoming a postseason tradition — Upper St. Clair facing Central Catholic in the boys 6A semifinals. Their meeting Monday marks the third...
PIAA seeding to be decided among WPIAL girls basketball teams
The Path to the Pete is heating up with eight more girls basketball semifinals games in Class 6A, 4A, 2A and A on Monday and Tuesday before the six WPIAL championship games are set for later this week at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center. At the same time, consolation games will...
WPIAL boys basketball teams battle for seeding in PIAA playoffs
The Path to the Pete is heating up with eight more boys basketball semifinals games in Class 6A, 5A, 3A and 2A on Monday and Tuesday before the six WPIAL championship games are set for later this week at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center. At the same time, consolation games will...
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week for Feb. 23, 2025Video
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week: Bobby Fadden School: Mohawk Class: Junior Height: 6-2 Position: Guard What coach says: “Bobby is able to score in many different ways,” Mohawk coach Mike O’Lare said. “He made three 3s and was 9 of 10 from the foul line in the...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week for Feb. 23, 2025Video
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week: Union Scotties Coach: Mark Stanley (9th season in second stint, 18 years total at Union) Records: 10-4 in Section 4-2A, 18-6 overall #Earned: In its first year moving up from Class A to 2A, Union finished in third place in a competitive...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Feb. 24, 2025
The Path to the Pete is nearly complete with a few more days of final four action before the hardwood gold starts flowing on this final week of February on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have some audio broadcasts of select WPIAL boys and girls semifinals, consolation and...
PIHL standings, playoff clinchings through Feb. 23, 2025
Here are the latest 2024-25 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday, along with the latest playoff qualifiers. 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 overtime loss. *- indicates clinched a...
Westmoreland County basketball notebook: Jeannette relies on playoff experience
Kymon’e Brown served up a pointed answer in an interview after his Jeannette Jayhawks pulled off an improbable rally to squeeze past Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in the WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinals. It was aimed at doubters. “Don’t count us out,” Brown said after Jeannette’s 55-50 win that...
Westmoreland County basketball playoff preview capsule for Feb. 24, 2025
WPIAL basketball playoffs Boys Class 2A Semifinals 3-Jeannette (21-2) vs. 2-Sewickley Academy (20-4) 7:30 p.m. Monday at Fox Chapel Winner plays: Winner of 8-Union (18-6)/4-Neshannock (21-2) at 5 p.m. on Friday in championship at Petersen Events Center Players to watch: Adam Ikamba, Sewickley Academy; Markus McGowan, Jeannette Layup lines: Sewickley...
