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With tiny enrollment but tons of talent, Imani Christian claims PIAA Class A basketball crown
HERSHEY — One of the smallest high schools in the state won the biggest basketball trophy in Pennsylvania, yet few will call this an underdog story. Imani Christian has a tiny enrollment, but the East Hills private school is big in basketball talent. This was evident when 6-foot-11 sophomore Alier...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball State Rankings for March 22, 2023
The Road to Hershey is complete with 12 teams from across the state headed to the Giant Center this weekend to play for a PIAA championship. Some teams are looking to add to their golden basketball collection while others are hoping to bring their first state basketball title back home....
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball State Rankings for March 22, 2023
The PIAA boys basketball championship games are set. Six title games will be played over three days in Hershey. Twelve teams head to Chocolate Town in search of state supremacy and PIAA gold. They are also looking to seal the deal on being No. 1 in the Trib HSSN boys...
Trib 10: 7 WPIAL teams headed to Hershey featured in power rankings
The WPIAL will be sending seven teams to Hershey to play for a PIAA basketball championship this weekend. Four boys teams and three girls squads have survived four rounds and are successfully completing their journey on the Road to Hershey. The total of seven is down two from the nine...
PIAA Class A boys basketball championship breakdown: Imani Christian vs. Berlin Brothersvalley
Imani Christian vs. Berlin Brothersvalley 2 p.m. Thursday, Giant Center, Hershey On the air: TV: PCN PIAA titles: Imani Christian 0, Berlin Brothersvalley 0 Imani Christian (22-6) Coach: Omar Foster Probable starting lineup No., Name, Ht., Yr., Pos. 1, R.J. Sledge, 5-10, soph., G 4, Avery Wesley, 6-0, soph., G...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 22, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Wednesday’s results Nonsection Apollo-Ridge 11, Leechburg 6 Beaver Falls at Northgate, (n) Bentworth 7, West Greene 1 Beth-Center 24, Clairton 0 Bethel Park 1, Canon-McMillan 0 Burgettstown 11, Fort Cherry 7 Burrell 4, Kiski Area 3 Canon-McMillan 10, Bethel Park 5 Carmichaels 4, Albert Gallatin 1...
High school roundup for March 22, 2023: Bethel Park beats Canon-McMillan in pitchers’ duel
Evan Holewinski and Sebastian Schein combined on an eight-inning, two-hit shutout to lead Bethel Park to a 1-0 victory over Canon-McMillan in nonsection baseball Wednesday. Holewinski went five innings and Schein pitched three innings of hitless relief for the Black Hawks (1-0). Jason Nuttridge had two hits and scored the...
Westmoreland softball notebook: Perennial power Hempfield off to strong start
Hempfield plans to play deep into the WPIAL and PIAA 6A postseason. Those are the standards set every year by the perennial power. An impressive opener drove that point home. The Lady Spartans (2-0) downed defending WPIAL 5A champion and PIAA runner-up Armstrong, 6-3. Pitcher Riley Miller, who was injured...
PIAA Class 4A boys basketball championship breakdown: Lincoln Park vs. Neumann-Goretti
Lincoln Park vs. Neumann-Goretti 8 p.m. Thursday, Giant Center, Hershey On the air: TV: PCN. Radio: WBVP-AM 1230, WMBA-AM 1460. Streaming audio: TribHSSN.TribLive.com PIAA titles: Lincoln Park 2 (2014, 2019), Neumann-Goretti 4 (2012, ’14, ’15, ’18) Lincoln Park (29-1) Coach: Mike Bariski Probable starting lineup No., Name, Ht., Yr., Pos....
Franklin Regional softball ready to again light up scoreboards
Franklin Regional took a trip south to open the softball season. Expectations for the Panthers are pointing due north. Twelve times last season — over 20 games — the team scored double-digit runs, using extra-base hits to fuel a fluid and fun offense. Coach Jim Armstrong can still hear the...
Deer Lakes joins select group of A-K Valley basketball teams to reach PIAA finals
Chants of “We want chocolate” were music to the ears of the Deer Lakes boys basketball players Tuesday as they finished off a 61-56 victory over Penn Cambria in the PIAA Class 3A semifinals. The win earned the WPIAL champion Lancers (21-8) a trip to Hershey for their first appearance...
26th Cager Classic gives players fun, no-pressure atmosphere for high school finales
Butler girls basketball coach Mark Maier got a taste of the Cager Classic when his oldest daughter, Makenna, played in the event last year. Now Maier is getting his first opportunity to participate in the long-standing All-Star game. Maier will coach the East girls team at the 26th Cager Classic...
Ringgold beats Bishop Canevin in overtime thriller in PIHL Varsity D2 title game
There’s no such thing as a bad shot in overtime – a point Ringgold’s Caden Doran proved in the PIHL Varsity Division 2 championship game Tuesday night at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex. Doran scored on a shot from just inside the blue line 9:58 into the extra period as Ringgold...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 22, 2023: Recent WPIAL champs meet on diamond
A pair of recent WPIAL baseball champions collide in one of 23 WPIAL nonsection baseball games set for Wednesday. Beaver won the 2019 Class 4A district championship when it routed rival Blackhawk, 13-2. After the 2020 season was postponed due to covid-19, New Castle won it all in 4A in...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 21, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Tuesday’s results Nonsection Armstrong 10, Indiana 2 Fort Cherry 9, Bishop Canevin 8 Freedom 17, Carlynton 0 Freeport 8, Apollo-Ridge 0 IMG Academy 10, OLSH 0 Leechburg 6, River Valley 5 McGuffey 17, Frazier 7 McKeesport 1, Greensburg Central Catholic 0 Mohawk 7, Sharpsville 4 Neshannock...
High school roundup for March 21, 2023: Aliquippa advances to state finals
Cameron Lindsey scored 19 points to lead Aliquippa to a 56-28 victory over Otto Eldred in the PIAA boys basketball Class 2A semifinals Tuesday night. The Quips jumped out to a 12-5 lead in the first quarter and blew the game open with a 23-7 run in the third. They...
Union’s postseason run rolls on with PIAA semifinal win
If ever an adage was suited for Class A athletics, bet on the old “we-wear-many-hats” proverb. Just ask Union girls basketball coach Rob Nogay what goes into creating a successful season at Pennsylvania’s smallest high school level. Generally, with limited resources, the multi-tasking never ends. “I got this job four...
South Fayette fends off Oakland Catholic again to reach PIAA championship game
When South Fayette and Oakland Catholic battled for the WPIAL girls basketball Class 5A crown, the Lions left little doubt about who was champion with a 15-point victory. Late in the rematch Tuesday for a berth in the PIAA 5A finals, there was plenty of doubt as to who would...
Blackhawk avenges WPIAL finals loss, upends North Catholic to reach state title game
Kassie Potts is listed at 5-foot-4 on the Blackhawk roster, but Cougars coach Steve Lodovico said she plays with the heart of a 7-footer. At times, Potts’ performance Tuesday night seemed larger than life. Potts scored a game-high 19 points and combined with a superb defensive effort, Blackhawk avenged its...
South Fayette shuts out Armstrong to capture 1st Penguins Cup championship
Armstrong came into the PIHL Class 2A Penguins Cup championship game as the top-seeded team in the tournament, having scored 19 goals in its two playoff wins. Armstrong had also won two previous titles, the last coming in 2018. None of that mattered to second-seeded South Fayette. The Lions scored...
Deer Lakes makes more history with berth in 1st PIAA final
Neither team had ever reached the state finals, so the Deer Lakes and Penn Cambria boys basketball teams knew history would be made one way or the other Tuesday night. The Lancers made sure they weren’t just a footnote. Billy Schaeffer made a go-ahead 3-pointer midway through the fourth quarter...
Penguins Cup champion Kiski writing remarkable postseason story
The last couple of weeks for the Kiski Area hockey team have been a whirlwind. The Cavaliers went from suffering a 10-2 loss in a showdown with PIHL Class A Blue Division leader and eventual winner Fox Chapel on Feb. 13 to a 4-1 victory over the same Fox Chapel...
In happy ending to bus saga, Penguins invite Monessen girls basketball team to game
While Monessen turned down an offer from the Pittsburgh Penguins to pay for a coach bus for the girls basketball team’s first-round PIAA playoff game, there apparently were no hard feelings from the hockey team. No penalty box for the Greyhounds. On Monday, the Penguins invited Monessen players and coach...
OLSH basketball coach Don Eckerle ‘good to go’ after collapsing at PIAA semifinal game
On a hectic game day, with all of the preparation that needs to be done, coaches can neglect themselves at times, said longtime basketball coach Don Eckerle. That happened to him Monday night. The Our Lady of the Sacred Heart girls coach collapsed after a state semifinal game at Kiski...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Week for March 20, 2023
The Road to Hershey is supposed to be difficult. If you don’t think so, ask the Oakland Catholic basketball team. Following two dramatic wins last week, the Eagles are flying high into the state semifinals. “In the playoffs as a senior, I don’t want my season to end.” Alexa Washington...
