Basketball
Quaker Valley’s Adou Thiero is embracing a bigger role
February 28, 2021
For the past three years, Adou Thiero’s role for the Quaker Valley boys basketball team has been evolving.
Seton LaSalle girls take down Jeannette in opening round of WPIAL playoffs
February 27, 2021
It has been eight years since the Jeannette girls basketball team last won a WPIAL basketball playoff game.
Hampton’s Murray siblings show drive to succeed
For years, Brennan and Meghan Murray have squared off at the basketball hoop in the driveway of their Hampton home.
Shady Side Academy boys beaming with confidence after big wins, playoff seeding
At the beginning of this season, no one expected the Shady Side Academy boys basketball team to be much of a threat.
Fox Chapel basketball teams prepare to make run through WPIAL playoffs
When the WPIAL announced seedings for the girls and boys basketball tournaments Feb. 23, both Fox Chapel teams found themselves in unique positions.
Pine-Richland boys basketball team jells in coach’s 1st season
The last time the WPIAL had an open basketball tournament in 1984 Bob Petcash was a senior at Ambridge and played for a Bridgers team that made the Class 4A final, where it lost to Farrell.
Norwin notebook: Swim teams have season to remember
Norwin will remember the 2020-21 swimming and diving season for more than a global pandemic.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Feb. 27, 2021: Playoffs tip off
February 26, 2021
The curtain rises on the biggest block party in district history: The 2021 WPIAL boys and girls open basketball tournament.
A-K Valley basketball playoff capsules: Games for Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021
Saturday’s games
Leechburg looks to continue playing fast as playoffs approach
February 25, 2021
Throughout this season, the Leechburg boys basketball team has set out to do one thing: Get out and run.
Westmoreland boys basketball notebook: Deep bond for Mt. Pleasant senior, freshman
Nate Kubasky is a senior and Dante Giallonardo, a freshman, but the Mt. Pleasant boys basketball teammates share a common bond as they prepare to play in the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs. They each lost a loved one to cancer.
May tipoff confirmed for Roundball Classic all-star games
The Roundball Classic was canceled last spring due to the onset of the coronavirus outbreak. But the high school basketball all-star event is returning — and in full force.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 25, 2021: Latrobe, Woodland Hills girls to battle for section supremacy
Whether or not they receive a section plaque from the WPIAL because all the section games weren’t played, the section crown is scheduled to be decided in Section 4-5A girls basketball on Thursday.
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball State Rankings for Feb. 24, 2021
February 24, 2021
With the regular season winding down and district playoffs coming up, the latest HSSN boys basketball state rankings become a little more intriguing with the elite teams shuffling in and out.
Trib 10: Trinity girls climb to top of power rankings
Belle Vernon continues to hold on to the top spot for the boys, but there is a change at the top for the first time this season on the girls side of the Trib 10 HSSN basketball power rankings.
Penn-Trafford boys pass test against Franklin Regional
Penn-Trafford is known for playing close basketball games and competing with some of the best in the WPIAL.
Sisters team up — or in one case, square off — on A-K Valley hardwood
When Kalleigh Nerone took the court for her second varsity game Jan. 11, the freshman guard at Highlands found herself going up against a unique opponent.
Westmoreland girls basketball notebook: Mt. Pleasant’s Tiffany Zelmore quietly emerges
As far as scorers go, Mt. Pleasant might have the best-kept secret in WPIAL Class 4A girls basketball.
Alle-Kiski Valley girls basketball notebook: Deer Lakes ready for Southmoreland
Deer Lakes last played a game Feb. 9 at North Hills.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 24, 2021: Perennial powers meet in girls hoops
February 23, 2021
Thirty years ago, Penn Hills and North Allegheny were doing battle for supremacy in WPIAL Class AAAA girls basketball.
