Basketball
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week for Jan. 8, 2024
January 8, 2024
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week: Joey Dopirak
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Derry’s Brady Angus
Derry’s boys basketball team ended last year with a loss to Mohawk in the first round of the WPIAL playoffs.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Jan. 8, 2024: Top girls teams in Section 3-5A face off
January 7, 2024
Monday begins a new week of district high school basketball with another busy night of girls hoops around the WPIAL.
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Jan. 8, 2024
We begin to settle back in after the holidays with plenty of high school hoops and pucks this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network.
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for Jan. 7, 2024
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week: Iyanna Wade
Focus on defense fuels 8-1 start for Gateway boys basketball
The Gateway boys basketball team kicked off 2024 in winning fashion Jan. 2 with a 62-46 victory over McKeesport in its Section 3-5A opener.
After strong start, Sewickley Academy boys look ahead to section play
Sewickley Academy’s boys basketball team closed out the month of December most impressively.
Steady approach helps Penn Hills boys, girls basketball coaches hit 100-win mark
Robert Cash always wants his team to approach every task with the same intensity, and the Penn Hills girls varsity girls basketball coach attempts to hold himself to the same standard.
High school roundup for Jan. 6, 2024: Lincoln Park falls to Neumann-Goretti in state title rematch
January 6, 2024
Larenzo Jerkins scored 23 points to lead Neumann-Goretti to an 80-67 win over Lincoln Park in the BK Classic in Erie on Saturday night, avenging a loss to the Leopards in last year’s PIAA Class 4A championship game.
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Latrobe’s Elle Snyder, Derry’s Anthony Mucci
Elle Snyder
Trib HSSN boys basketball rankings for Jan. 6, 2024
Class 6A
WPIAL girls basketball rankings: Week ending January 7, 2024
Class 6A
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Valley’s Keyziyah Clay, Knoch’s Adah Fuller
Adah Fuller
Fox Chapel starting to see light at end of injury-filled tunnel
Marty Matvey doesn’t need to give pep talks on weathering adversity. The crushing presence of reality has allowed the Fox Chapel girls basketball coach to allow the Foxes to learn that skill on the job.
High school roundup for Jan. 5, 2024: Big night for Neighborhood Academy’s Courtney Wallace; Woodland Hills shocks Shaler
Courtney Wallace had a triple-double with 15 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, hitting the 1,000-point mark for his career, to lead Neighborhood Academy to a 72-49 victory over Aquinas Academy in Section 3-A boys basketball Friday night.
No. 1 Deer Lakes boys frustrate No. 2 Burrell as all 5 Bucs starters foul out
January 5, 2024
All week, Deer Lakes boys basketball coach Albie Fletcher used the phrase “up tempo” when preparing his players for their matchup with Burrell.
Greensburg Central Catholic girls lean on their stars to hold off Serra Catholic
January 4, 2024
As Greensburg Central Catholic’s girls team watched its 10-point lead get shaved to five points in the fourth quarter by host Serra Catholic, the Centurions had their stars step up to say, “not so fast.”
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 5, 2024: Butler, New Castle square off in heavyweight bout
One of the great WPIAL boys basketball rivalries highlights the first Fray-day of 2024 as New Castle hosts Butler.
Westmoreland County boys basketball notebook: Penn-Trafford plays at coach’s alma mater
Doug Kelly was feeling nostalgic and sentimental as he was time-warped back to his high school days at Elkins (W.Va.) during a recent visit to his old stomping grounds.
Belle Vernon boys get off to fast start then hang on to hand Southmoreland its 1st loss
January 3, 2024
From its worst start of the season to nearly its best finish, Southmoreland had an up and down kind of night.
