Basketball

Mike Darnay | Mon Valley Independent
                                Penn Hills’ Hannah Pugliese defends McKeesport’s Malina Boord during a WPIAL Class 5A playoff game last season.
Penn Hills girls look to fine-tune game heading into playoffs
February 11, 2024
Making adjustments late in the season has served the Penn Hills girls basketball team well.

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Gabby Baldasare is the new girls basketball coach at Pine-Richland.
Playoff-bound Pine-Richland girls embrace underdog role
Heading into the playoffs, the Pine-Richland girls basketball team has embraced an underdog mentality.

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Norwin’s Kendall Berger celebrates after hitting a 3-pointer against North Allegheny on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, at Norwin.
WPIAL bracketology: Don Rebel, Chris Harlan forecast the 2024 girls basketball playoff pairings
February 10, 2024
The 2024 WPIAL girls basketball playoff field is set with 81 teams in the six classifications.

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Lincoln Park’s Brandin Cummings celebrates after scoring against Laurel Highlands during a PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal last season.
High school roundup for Feb. 10, 2024: Lincoln Park tops Imani Christian in battle of defending champs
Brandin Cummings scored 27 points and Meleek Thomas added 26 to lead Lincoln Park to an 83-74 victory over Imani Christian in a nonsection matchup of defending WPIAL and state champions Saturday night.

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Norwin girls basketball players go through the handshake line after Thursday night’s 46-39 victory over visiting Seneca Valley. The Knights moved into the No. 1 spot in Class 6A.
TribLive HSSN WPIAL girls basketball rankings: Week ending Feb. 11, 2024
WPIAL girls basketball rankings

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Franklin Regional’s Connor Crossey drives past Latrobe’s JaTawn Willims during a Feb. 2 game against Latrobe. The Panthers held at No. 2 in Class 5A this week.
TribLive HSSN WPIAL boys basketball rankings: Week ending Feb. 11, 2024
WPIAL boys basketball rankings

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Norwin’s Lauren Palangio celebrates with Bella Furno after scoring against McKeesport on Dec. 21.
                                Christopher Horner | TribLive
Norwin girls ramp up fun factor while racking up wins
Norwin leads the league in smiles.

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                                Franklin Regional’s Angelina Brush works past Plum’s Pascale Olczak during a game last season.
Resurgent Franklin Regional girls stay in playoff chase to the end
Franklin Regional picked up a big 45-42 win over Penn Hills on Jan. 26 to stay afloat in the WPIAL Class 5A playoff race.

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Hampton’s Peter Kramer shoots over Highlands’ Jordyn Tavarez on Jan. 2.
Hampton’s Peter Kramer eager to return to playoff action
Hampton standout senior guard Peter Kramer is hoping to go from an ineligible postseason to an indelible one.

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Shady Side Academy’s Eli Teslovich scores past Deer Lakes’ Billy Schaeffer on Jan. 17.
Eli Teslovich, Shady Side Academy teammates do best work at full speed
Eli Teslovich is always thinking on the break. The 6-foot-1 Shady Side Academy senior guard has the clearest mind when he’s on the move.

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North Hills freshman Nathan Schanbacher shoots a free throw against Chartiers Valley on Friday.
With playoff pressure off, North Hills outduels Chartiers Valley
When Moon defeated Mars on Thursday, some of the air came out of the balloon for Friday’s meeting between North Hills (11-9) and Chartiers Valley (11-11). Before the Mars loss, the Indians-Colts game was a win-and-you’re-in contest.

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The North Allegheny bench celebrates after Grace Heliger (22) hit a 3-pointer against Hempfield on Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, at North Allegheny.
High school roundup for Feb. 9, 2024: Pine-Richland boys in, New Castle, Seneca Valley out on wild final day
Pine-Richland lost to Butler on Friday night but was the big winner anyway when the Section 1-6A boys basketball standings were finalized.

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Mt. Lebanon’s Liam Sheely scores against Upper St. Clair’s Tyler Robbins on Feb. 2.
WPIAL clinched: Field for boys basketball playoffs set
The stretch run of the WPIAL boys basketball season is over and the postseason field is completely set with 87 playoff teams.

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Norwin’s Ava Christopher celebrates with Bailey Snowberger after scoring against North Allegheny on Jan. 25.
WPIAL clinched: Girls basketball playoff field finalized
February 9, 2024
The 2024 WPIAL girls basketball playoff field is now complete.

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Belle Vernon’s Zion Moore shoots a fallaway jumper over Elizabeth Forward’s Isaiah Turner on Friday.
Elizabeth Forward gears up for playoffs with thrilling OT win over rival Belle Vernon
Both coaches – Elizabeth Forward’s Nolan Larry and Belle Vernon’s Joe Salvino – saw an eerie resemblance between Friday night’s game and last season’s section finale between the two rivals.

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Gateway’s Mykel Bruce-McCrommon blocks the shot of Latrobe’s John Wetzel on Friday.
Gateway boys edge Latrobe as Wildcats fall short of playoffs
With the outcome of another game that had a direct effect on theirs already decided, the Latrobe boys basketball team took the court and played for pride.

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Sullivan leads Freeport boys to playoff berth with win over Indiana
Brady Sullivan said his favorite spot to shoot from is the right wing but admitted he likes to put up shots from everywhere.

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Fox Chapel’s Jefferson Moorefield-Brown fouls Shaler’s Brandon London on Friday.
Shaler boys down Fox Chapel to clinch outright section title
Shaler came into Friday’s game at Fox Chapel needing a win to clinch the Class 5A Section 2 title outright, and the Foxes needed a victory to tie the Titans for first place.

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Trinity’s Thomas Allison is fired up after his pin at the PIAA Class 3A team championships Friday in Hershey.
Trinity sets up WPIAL finals rematch with PIAA Class 3A consolation win
HERSHEY – Trinity rebounded from a tough loss to Bethlehem Catholic in the PIAA Class 3A quarterfinals at the team championship by trouncing District 12 champion La Salle College, 45-23.

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Central Catholic’s Payton Wehner celebrates with Seamus Mahon after scoring against Butler on Tuesday.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 9, 2024: Central Catholic, North Allegheny go mano a mano for section title
The 2023-2024 WPIAL basketball season began 71 days ago. On Friday, section play concludes with two boys basketball teams deadlocked in the race for the Section 1-6A championship.

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