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Westmoreland County boys basketball notebook: Greensburg Central Catholic savors signature win
Greensburg Central Catholic made a splash at the Shootout at Seton Hill last weekend, posting one of the most impressive regular-season wins in coach Christian Hyland’s five-year tenure. GCC (18-2), the No. 2-ranked team in Class 2A, took complete control in the second half and raced past Class 5A No....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 31, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results Class 5A Section 1 Peters Township 84, Ringgold 41 Class 4A Section 2 Blackhawk 71, Hopewell 69 Class 3A Section 1 Ellwood City 67, New Brighton 31 Section 3 Valley 63, Apollo-Ridge 32 Nonsection Moniteau 65, Laurel 54 Waynesburg 48, West Greene 37 City...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 1, 2024: Drama in Section 2-4A girls basketball as February begins
Welcome to the start of the February Frenzy, a month where district playoffs take place and WPIAL winter sports champions will be determined. It might be a short month, but it will be packed with excitement, beginning Thursday with a full slate of WPIAL girls basketball section games. The Blackhawk...
High school roundup for Jan. 31, 2024: Bethel Park slips past North Allegheny in dramatic WPIAL wrestling quarterfinal
Ryan Walsh won a 6-5 decision over Mason Hartung in the final bout of the night at 189 pounds to lead Bethel Park to a 26-19 victory over North Allegheny in a back-and-forth battle in the WPIAL Class 3A team wrestling quarterfinals Wednesday night. Landon Hartman (285) recorded the only...
Mt. Pleasant freshman scores clutch win to top Derry in WPIAL quarterfinal thriller
The nervous energy mounted in front of a packed crowd at Derry. The seventh-ranked Trojans were mounting a comeback against No. 4 Mt. Pleasant as they trailed by three points, and it came down to the final bout. It was seasoned Trojan junior Giovanni Beatrice against Vikings freshman Tristan Wtorkiewiecz...
Franklin Regional moves on to 3A wrestling semis with pair of convincing wins
Franklin Regional wrestling coach Matt Lebe paced back-and-forth in front of his match early in his team’s WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinal-round showdown against Latrobe. The No. 3-ranked Panthers lost the first two bouts against No. 4 Wildcats on Wednesday, and they had their coach nervous. But the feisty Panthers (18-0)...
Burrell wrestling moves step closer to getting back to top of WPIAL Class 2A
The Burrell wrestling team topped Hampton and Bentworth in the first two rounds of the WPIAL Class 2A team tournament Wednesday at Burrell High School. The victories continued the Bucs’ streak of consecutive seasons in the WPIAL semifinals that stretches back more than two decades. But, as is the standard...
Trib 10: 2 new teams enter boys power rankings
The elite district girls teams continue to be dialed in with no changes in the Trib 10 for the third straight week. Three girls teams suffered losses: North Allegheny lost to No. 2 Norwin, Greensburg Central Catholic fell to No. 7 McKeesport, and North Catholic came up short against PIAA...
St. Joseph girls basketball team wants to keep rolling
Senior Maggie Bernat understands where the veteran St. Joseph girls basketball team stands as it enters the final stretch of the regular season. Closing in on another section championship, the Spartans also hope to keep pace with the likes of Union and Aquinas Academy at the top in Class A...
‘We want it’: Norwin girls basketball players excel during small moments in quest for championships
Norwin leads the league in smiles. Watch the girls play basketball and you see an infinite loop of happy moments. High-fives and fist-bumps interrupted by hugs and pats on the back. It looks like fun to play for this team. Senior guard Ava Kobus makes a high-arcing 3-pointer that seems...
Westmoreland County girls basketball notebook: Franklin Regional back in playoff chase after 1-9 start
Franklin Regional’s girls basketball team picked up a big 45-42 win over Penn Hills on Jan. 26 to stay afloat in the WPIAL Class 5A playoff race. But the Panthers weren’t finished. With senior point guard Angelina Brush back and healthy, they dispatched of Kiski Area, 53-38, to move to...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 30, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Butler 70, New Castle 57 North Allegheny 72, Pine-Richland 53 Central Catholic 60, Seneca Valley 25 Section 2 Baldwin 67, Canon-McMillan 57 Mt. Lebanon 64, Hempfield 49 Upper St. Clair 68, Norwin 30 Class 5A Section 1 Peters Township 79,...
Exquisite timing helps Shaler avenge loss to Woodland Hills
“Exquisite” was the fancy word Brandon London’s teammates urged him to work into his postgame interview. He’d already scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds Tuesday night, but the Shaler senior decided to deliver once more for his guys. London used the eloquent adjective to describe the rare 3-pointer he...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 31, 2024: New contenders take mat in Class 3A wrestling
On the final day of January, the WPIAL team wrestling playoffs take center stage with first-round and quarterfinal matches. What a difference a year has made in Class 3A. The two finalists from a year ago, Canon-McMillan and Waynesburg, did not qualify for the 2024 postseason. Of the final four...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania Girls Basketball Rankings for Jan. 30, 2024
As we get closer to the district playoffs, the elite girls basketball teams around the state have become laser focused. There was only one change of teams from last week’s Trib HSSN state rankings. In Class A, Meadowbrook Christian School from District 4 lost for the first time and fell...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania Boys Basketball Rankings for Jan. 30, 2024
Unlike the girls rankings this week, there were plenty of change on the boys side as January concludes and the “stretch run” begins. Six teams were bounced from the weekly Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings, with two teams each dropping out in Class 5A and 4A. Hershey, Unionville, Uniontown,...
WPIAL clinched: Boys basketball playoff qualifiers through Jan. 30, 2024
The “stretch run” in WPIAL boys basketball is upon us with less than two weeks left in the regular season. The WPIAL will release the boys basketball brackets Tuesday, Feb. 13. Here is the latest list of teams that have earned a district playoff berth through Tuesday. Class 6A 5...
High school roundup for Jan. 30, 2024: Belle Vernon deals section loss to Uniontown
Zion Moore scored 25 points and Trevor Kovatch added 19 to lead Belle Vernon to a 69-65 boys basketball victory Tuesday night, handing Uniontown its first Section 3-4A loss. Tommy Davis added 11 for the Leopards (10-5, 5-2). Jeremiah Hager scored 21, Jamire Braxton added 17 and Notorious Grooms had...
Greensburg Central Catholic presses home-court advantage in win over rival Jeannette
It seems like only yesterday to Greensburg Central Catholic boys basketball coach Christian Hyland that he was playing in the Centurions’ bandbox gymnasium for championship-caliber teams that generally were torturing visiting opponents. Now, some 10 years later, Hyland is coaching at his alma mater. And his teams are making things...
Franklin Regional boys avoid close call with Kiski Area this time
At the start of January, Franklin Regional and Kiski Area clashed at the home of the Cavaliers in a game that saw the home team evaporate a 23-point deficit to take a late lead. But the Panthers’ Cam Rowell sank a late shot to prevent the collapse. In Round 2...
Yough boys tough out victory over No. 4 Washington, move into tie for 1st
Yough could feel the tread on a 15-point advantage wearing thin as Washington crept closer with a third-quarter turnaround. But the host Cougars never gave up control, relying on their defense and a big fourth quarter from Terek Crosby for a 43-35 victory over the fourth-ranked Little Prexies on Tuesday...
Serra Catholic staves off Springdale comeback bid to score key section win
The Donald McGhee Fieldhouse was rocking late as the Springdale boys basketball team was attempting a dramatic comeback from down double digits in the fourth quarter. But Isiah Petty went to the free throw line and made sure all the work Serra Catholic had done in the second half wouldn’t...
Wrestling notebook: PIAA announces interesting changes to championship schedule
The PIAA recently released the time schedule for the individual wrestling championships March 7, 8 and 9 at Giant Center in Hershey with some interesting changes. With the addition to the girls championship, the PIAA decided to run the semifinals for the Class 3A and 2A boys and girls simultaneously...
TribHSSN WPIAL Wrestling rankings: Week of Jan. 29. 2024
Trib HSSN Live.com WEEK 7 2023-24 Class 3A Top 10 Team (This year’s record) Last week’s rankings 1. Trinity (8-0) 1 2. Connellsville (9-2) 2 3. Franklin Regional (16-0) 3 4. Latrobe (7-3) 4 5. North Allegheny (16-3) 5 6. Bethel Park (9-1) 9 7. Norwin (11-5) 6 8. Fox...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 29, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s results Class 3A Section 2 Sto-Rox 65, Steel Valley 50 Section 3 Shady Side Academy 84, Ligonier Valley 37 Class 2A Section 4 Fort Cherry 85, Beth-Center 56 Nonsection Propel Andrew Street at Environmental Charter, (n) Propel Montour 64, Calvary Christian 29 City League Obama...
