Basketball
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week — Week ending Jan. 25, 2020
January 27, 2020
There are various ways and reasons teams are successful in WPIAL basketball.
Knoch, North Catholic enter, Mars exits latest Trib HSSN boys hoops state rankings
Seven teams started the week ranked among the elite in the state, but a bump or two in the road had all seven headed to the exits in the hopes of returning soon.
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week — Week ending Jan. 25, 2020
Two big wins last week not only clinched a playoff spot for Leechburg with two weeks left, it also kept them in the hunt for a piece of the Section 3-A title.
Deaths of former classmate, Kobe Bryant put win in perspective for Penn-Trafford boys
January 26, 2020
It was a day of reflection and proper perspective for the Penn-Trafford boys basketball team.
Bethel Park bumped from top spot in 6A in latest PIAA girls basketball rankings
It was another week of lots of wins for the teams in the Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings.
WPIAL team wrestling playoffs, key section basketball this week on Trib HSSN
The WPIAL team wrestling playoffs take place while the stretch run of the high school basketball regular season begins this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network.
WPIAL Girls Basketball Team of the Week: Week ending Jan. 26
A year ago, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart was not the favorite in Class 2A, yet the Chargers raised eyebrows by beating Burgettstown, Serra Catholic, Bishop Canevin and Brentwood to win the school’s first WPIAL girls basketball crown.
Girls basketball games and WPIAL team wrestling playoffs make for Monday madness
Monday begins the stretch run of the WPIAL basketball season as two weeks left in section play.
WPIAL Girls Basketball Player of the Week — Week ending Jan. 26
After winning a combined seven games the three previous seasons, New Brighton is in the hunt for a playoff spot, tied for fifth place in Section 1-2A. The Lions are one game out of a playoff spot heading into the final two weeks of the regular season.
High school roundup for Jan. 26, 2020: Highlands tops Allderdice
In a rare Sunday boys basketball game, Highlands earned a 70-52 win over Allderdice (13-4) at the Pittsburgh Basketball Club Classic at Montour.
Norwin girls defeat Hempfield in Shootout at Seton Hill
Norwin plans to play in front of big crowds and in potentially foreign gyms with large courts as a season of high expectations continues toward the WPIAL and PIAA postseason.
Hannah Potter makes surprise comeback for Kiski Area girls basketball
When Hannah Potter suffered a broken wrist in Kiski Area girls basketball’s opener, she and others thought her season would be lost because of the nature of the injury and the recovery time needed.
High school roundup for Jan. 25, 2020: Bethel Park girls top Woodland Hills in tournament finale
Bethel Park, Class 6A’s No. 2 team girls basketball team, got out to a hot start and never looked back in a nonsection victory over Class 5A No. 2 Woodland Hills, 58-40, on Saturday in the finale of the Joey Fabus Memorial Classic at Bethel Park.
Trib WPIAL girls basketball rankings: Week ending Jan. 25, 2020
January 25, 2020
WPIAL rankings
Kiski Area’s Potter returns to lineup after recovery from wrist injury
Hannah Potter is back.
High school roundup for Jan. 24, 2020: Butler’s Ethan Morton scores 2,000th point
Butler’s Ethan Morton joined an elite group of WPIAL basketball greats Friday night, scoring the 2,000th point of his career.
Big third quarter the difference as North Catholic beats Seton LaSalle
January 24, 2020
The showdown for first place in Section 2-3A was tight in the first half, as North Catholic led Seton LaSalle by five at the break.
Brayden Reynolds, Chartiers Valley slam Thomas Jefferson
Brayden Reynolds had never dunked in a game before.
No. 1 Fox Chapel handles Hempfield, clinches playoff berth
Fox Chapel made it official Friday night.
Mars uses ‘Max Effort’ to get past section foe Franklin Regional
It was Military Appreciation Night at Franklin Regional, and players from both teams, the Panthers and Mars, wore T-shirts in pregame warm-ups emblazoned with the words, “Max Effort,” across the chest.
