Basketball

Lincoln Park’s Brandin Cummings celebrates with Meleek Thomas as time expires in the WPIAL Class 4A championship game against Hampton on Thurday, Feb. 29, 2024, at Pitt.
PIAA Class 4A boys basketball championship preview: Lincoln Park vs. Archbishop Carroll
March 20, 2024
Lincoln Park is making a return trip to Hershey, where the team hopes to celebrate a second straight state title behind the talented tandem of Brandin Cummings and Meleek Thomas.

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Aliquippa’s Quentin Goode scores against Fort Cherry’s Corey Bouchelle during a PIAA Class 2A semifinal on Tuesday.
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania boys high school basketball rankings for March 20, 2024
The PIAA boys basketball championships are set as 12 teams have completed the Road to Hershey and will play for state gold Thursday through Saturday.

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Blackhawk’s Alena Fusetti scores during the 2023 PIAA Class 4A championship game against Lansdale Catholic.
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania girls high school basketball rankings for March 20, 2024
The Road to Hershey is complete as 12 girls basketball teams are headed to Chocolate Town to play for a state championship.

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Lincoln Park’s Rhaki Lum steal the ball from Hampton’s Robert Coll during a PIAA Class 4A semifinal game Monday at North Allegheny High School.
Road to Hershey: 4 WPIAL boys basketball teams still in hunt for state gold
For the second straight year, the WPIAL will send four district teams to Hershey to play for a state basketball championship.

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The 1997 Franklin Regional boys basketball team.
Franklin Regional playoff run rekindles memories of ‘perfect storm’ 1997 team
Rob Greenleaf called it a “perfect storm,” his 1997 Franklin Regional boys basketball team that made the state finals in Hershey.

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McKeesport players huddle up as Cathedral Prep celebrates after their PIAA Class 5A semifinal Tuesday, March 19, 2024.
Cathedral Prep puts wraps on McKeesport in Class 5A semifinals
March 19, 2024
McKeesport’s girls basketball team has prided itself on defense all season long, and it maintained its tenacity without the ball Tuesday night in a PIAA Class 5A semifinal matchup against Cathedral Prep.

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Blackhawk’s Aubree Hupp
Blackhawk knocks off undefeated Wyomissing to make return trip to PIAA finals
ALTOONA – Blackhawk sophomore forward Aubree Hupp and Wyomissing junior post player Amaya Stewart had to carry much of the load offensively while both sides struggled to make shots during their PIAA Class 4A girls basketball semifinal Tuesday at the Altoona High School Fieldhouse.

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Franklin Regional head coach Jesse Reed talks with Cooper Rankin, Fin Hutchison and Connor Crossey during their PIAA Class 5A second round state playoff game against Selinsgrove on Tuesday, Mar. 12, 2024, at Altoona.
Franklin Regional coach Reed comes full circle with state title game vs. Imhotep Charter
Franklin Regional ripped off the band-aid from its WPIAL boys basketball championship loss to Moon and promptly avenged the defeat with a 60-43 win over the Tigers in Monday’s PIAA Class 5A semifinals.

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McKeesport’s Kaylee Charles scores against Penn-Trafford on Feb. 5.
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Team of the Week for March 18, 2024
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week: McKeesport Tigers

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Blackhawk’s Aubree Hupp drives to the basket against North Catholic’s Alayna Rocco during the WPIAL Class 4A championship game March 2 at Petersen Events Center.
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Week for March 18, 2024
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week: Aubree Hupp

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Aliquippa’s Josh Pratt celebrates with Tikey Hayes and Brandon Banks as time expires against Greensburg Central Catholic in the WPIAL Class 2A championship game on Saturday, Mar. 2, 2024, at Petersen Events Center.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 19, 2024: Aliquippa, Fort Cherry set for rematch
March 18, 2024
Welcome to Semifinals Tuesday and the final stop on the Road to Hershey with PIAA basketball final four games in boys Class 6A, 3A and 2A, along with girls 5A, 4A and A.

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Imani Christian’s Nate Brazil shoots a free throw against Bishop Carroll in the PIAA Class A semifinals Monday, March 18, 2024.
Behind 48 points from Nate Brazil, Imani Christian returns to PIAA Class A title game
At the 4:26 mark of the first quarter in the PIAA boys Class A semifinal between WPIAL champion Imani Christian and District 6 winner Bishop Carroll, the Saints called timeout after Nate Brazil scored his fifth and sixth point of the game to put him over 1,000 points in his career.

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Lincoln Park’s Brandon Cummings throws down over Hampton’s Brock Borgo during a PIAA Class 4A semifinal game Monday at North Allegheny High School.
Lincoln Park handles Hampton again to return to state championship game
Hershey Kisses rained down on the floor for the second straight year as Lincoln Park basked in the glory of punching its ticket to the PIAA Class 4A championship game.

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Franklin Regional’s Cam Rowell dunks over Moon defenders during their PIAA Class 5A semifinal Monday at Peters Township.
Franklin Regional gets revenge on Moon in PIAA Class 5A semifinals
Franklin Regional built a big lead Monday night only to see Moon erase it entirely, which was reminiscent of how the Panthers lost in the WPIAL final a few weeks ago.

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Kennedy Catholic’s Layke Fields scores past Greensburg Central Catholic’s Erica Gribble during a PIAA Class 2A semifinal game Monday at North Allegheny High School.
Greensburg Central Catholic runs into Kennedy Catholic roadblock in PIAA semifinals again
Greensburg Central Catholic girls basketball players came up the stairs at North Allegheny to start the second half wearing their team backpacks.

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Lincoln Park’s Meleek Thomas scores against Montour’s Ama Tening Sow during their PIAA Class 4A playoff game Friday, March 8, 2024, in Midland.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for March 18, 2024: Basketball teams to play for PIAA finals berth
March 17, 2024
Welcome to Semifinals Monday on the Road to Hershey with PIAA basketball final four games in boys 5A, 4A and A, along with girls 6A, 3A and 2A.

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Union’s Hayden Smith defends on Imani’s Nate Brazil during a PIAA Class A first round game Friday, March 8, 2024, at Norwin High School.
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week for March 17, 2024
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week: Nate Brazil

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Hampton senior Peter Kramer reacts after drawing an and-one during the fourth quarter of Hampton’s victory over Knoch on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, at Hampton High School.
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week for March 17, 2024
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week: Hampton Talbots

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Greensburg Central Catholic hope to celebrate a victory over Kennedy Catholic the way they celebrated a victory in the WPIAL Class 2A title game.
Greensburg Central Catholic girls get long-awaited rematch with Kennedy Catholic
A red light turned to green when the buzzer sounded Friday night at Forest Hills. It finally was all right for Greensburg Central Catholic to talk about Kennedy Catholic.

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Franklin Regional’s Cameron Rowell (left) and Cooper Rankin (right) fight against Shaler’s Brandon London for a loose ball on Friday, March 15, 2024, at Gateway.
Westmoreland PIAA basketball playoff capsules: Games for Monday, March 18, 2024
PIAA basketball playoffs

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