Basketball
Norwin girls find 2nd wind, top Chartiers Valley to reach WPIAL 6A final
February 26, 2024
Early on, Chartiers Valley took charges.
A-K Valley high school basketball playoff preview capsule for Feb. 27, 2024
WPIAL basketball playoffs
WPIAL girls basketball PIAA qualifiers through Feb. 25, 2024
February 25, 2024
With the WPIAL championships coming up later this week, the focus will soon turn to the Road to Hershey and the start of the 2024 PIAA girls basketball postseason.
WPIAL boys basketball PIAA qualifiers through Feb. 25, 2024
With the Path to the Pete concluding later this week, the focus will soon turn to the Road to Hershey and the start of the 2024 PIAA boys basketball postseason.
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week for Feb. 25, 2024
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week: Bobby Fadden
Penn Hills girls show resolve in close loss to top seed
Penn Hills girls basketball coach Robert Cash thought his team deserved better than being seeded 17th in the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs. But the Indians were forced into a preliminary round game against Thomas Jefferson, which they won, 59-43.
Penn Hills boys get glimpse of bright future in playoff loss
Penn Hills senior guard Robby Thomas wanted to find the right mental space for playing against rival Gateway in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A postseason. The defending WPIAL champion Indians came into this postseason as a younger team that had something to prove.
Experience helps Shaler boys navigate WPIAL playoff bracket
Whether teams are playing man defense or zone defense doesn’t matter to Shaler senior forward Brandon London.
Hampton cools off Avonworth’s red-hot scorer for spot in WPIAL 4A final
February 24, 2024
Hampton’s Peter Kramer has faced his share of unorthodox defenses over the years, schemes designed specifically to shut him down as a scorer.
Cheswick Christian boys edge Pittsburgh Christian Academy for SWCAC title
The Cheswick Christian Academy boys basketball team defeated Pittsburgh Christian Academy, 42-39, on Saturday at a packed Steve Warden Gymnasium to take home its first SWCAC title since 2015.
Neighborhood Academy tops Rochester, makes finals in program’s 4th year in WPIAL
Jordan Marks has spent plenty of time at the Petersen Events Center. Before becoming the head coach at Neighborhood Academy, Marks cut his teeth as a video coordinator under former Pitt coach Jamie Dixon.
Shady Side Academy pulls away from Beaver Falls to earn trip to WPIAL finals
Beaver Falls senior Avina Norman has been a force in the postseason for the Tigers, averaging 20.5 points per game in leading the team in scoring in both first-round and quarterfinal victories.
Sophomore Erica Gribble hits milestone as No. 1 Greensburg CC reaches WPIAL finals
She came off a curl and caught the basketball on the wing, in front of her team’s bench, and let it fly with 21.4 seconds left in the third quarter.
Yough’s Terek Crosby scores 2,000th point in playoff loss to Shady Side
Standout senior guard Terek Crosby of Yough scored his 2,000th career point Saturday in a 61-47 loss to Shady Side Academy in a WPIAL Class 3A consolation game at Fox Chapel.
WPIAL announces playoff sites, times for Tuesday basketball semifinals
Fox Chapel, Gateway and Peters Township will host WPIAL semifinal doubleheaders Tuesday night.
After strong finish, Franklin Regional girls look toward promising future
A couple more games. Maybe another week of section play would have done the trick.
Playoff heartbreaker ends eventful season for Hampton girls
A season of ups and downs came to an end for the Hampton girls basketball team Feb. 20 with a loss to No. 2 seed McKeesport in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs.
1st-round jitters can’t stop Fox Chapel in wild win over North Hills
Zach Skrinjar has a theory about the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs. Despite there being some mismatches on paper in terms of high seeds against lower seeds, the veteran Fox Chapel boys basketball coach believes the first round is the most difficult.
Late-season surge has Bethel Park girls excited about program’s future
Bethel Park’s girls basketball team ended its season in a most positive way — with six consecutive victories.
North Hills girls end long droughts with section title, playoff win
When Tony Grenek took over the North Hills girls basketball program before the 2022-2023 season, he did so assuming that, in time, he’d be able to pull the program out of the continual depths it had resided for for years.
