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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...
Trib10: Ranked teams hold their ground as playoffs begin
There were no drastic falls during the final week of the 2025 WPIAL basketball regular season, but there were some slips here and there in preparation for the Path to the Pete. There were some adjustments as some teams dropped and some rose up in the latest Trib 10 power...
High school roundup for Feb. 12, 2025: Allderdice boys, girls reach City League finals
Lukas Stead and Asher Schwartz scored 12 points apiece as Allderdice defeated Westinghouse, 81-23, in the City League semifinals Wednesday. Matt Kassis added 11 points and Keith Taylor and Trey Schachter had 10 points each for the Dragons (14-9). Jaymeer Wilson and Souljah Cook scored six points each for Westinghouse...
Plum heats up, wins WPIBL boys team championship
Once the Plum boys bowling team hit its stride Wednesday, nothing was getting in its way. After losing their first game of the semifinals, the Mustangs reeled off wins in the next four games to claim the WPIBL boys team championship at AMF Mt. Lebanon. Plum, which finished second in...
Springdale boys return to postseason looking to ‘make some magic’
When Scott Ruppert took over the Springdale boys basketball team three weeks before the season started, the first thing he did was reach out to his players and provide them each with a goal sheet. Every one of his seniors wrote the same goal: make it to the playoffs. “That...
A-K Valley high school basketball playoff preview capsules for Feb. 13, 2025
WPIAL basketball playoffs Girls Class 4A Preliminary round 17-Highlands (6-15) at 16-Yough (11-11) 7 p.m. Thursday Winner plays: At No. 1 Blackhawk (20-2), 7 p.m. on Monday in first round Players to watch: Tyarah Woody, Highlands; Hailey Bock, Yough Layup lines: Highlands made the playoffs despite starting the season 0-8....
Westmoreland County girls basketball notebook: Yough seeks elusive playoff win
Yough’s motivation for the playoffs lies in its drive to improve, a long-standing goal on Cougar Mountain. The girls basketball team is back in the WPIAL postseason, but the question is: Do the Cougars have staying power? Yough has not won a playoff game since 2009. “The girls are very...
Westmoreland County high school basketball playoff preview capsules for Feb. 13, 2025
Boys Class 5A Preliminary round 17-Indiana (10-12) at 16-Franklin Regional (11-11) 7 p.m. Thursday Winner plays: At No. 1 Montour (21-1), 7 p.m. Tuesday in first round Players to watch: Aaron Webb, Indiana; Connor Crossey, Franklin Regional Layup lines: Indiana finished fourth in Section 2 behind Kiski Area, Penn Hills...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 11, 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),...
High school roundup for Feb. 11, 2025: Peters Township rallies to knock off Mt. Lebanon
John Ripepi scored the game-winning goals with 3:22 left in the regulation to lift Peters Township to a 4-3 victory over first-place Mt. Lebanon in PIHL Class 3A hockey Tuesday night. Blacke Evancic and Luca Maietta also scored in the third period as Peters Township (6-10-2) came back from 3-1...
Latrobe promotes assistant to replace departing athletic director
A former Wildcat wide receiver and safety and a member of the Latrobe Class of 2016 is moving up as the district’s athletic director beginning Wednesday. The school board on Tuesday promoted Tyler Gustafson, who is in his fourth year serving as assistant athletic director. He succeeds Zac Heide, who...
High school wrestling notebook: Postseason heats up with individual tournaments
High school wrestling across the commonwealth makes a big with switch this weekend with the start of the individual tournaments. Instead of wrestling for their team and teammates, which they’ve done for the past 10 weeks, wrestlers compete for themselves. The ultimate goal for many is to wrestle March 8...
