Basketball
Westmoreland Senior Spotlight: Norwin’s Brianna Zajicek
January 31, 2022
Norwin’s girls basketball team is 10-4 overall, 6-1 in section play, heading into the back half of the season.
High school roundup for Jan. 30, 2022: No. 1 North Hills rolls past No. 4 Upper St. Clair
January 30, 2022
Royce Parham had 28 points and Will Blass added 12 to lift top-ranked North Hills to a 75-47 victory over No. 4 Upper St. Clair (11-5) in a boys basketball game Sunday at the Pittsburgh Basketball Club Classic at Montour.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Jan. 31, 2022: Basketball section titles on the line
Welcome to the final day of the first month of the year and the start of the stretch run of the 2022 WPIAL basketball regular season.
Trib HSSN WPIAL Girls Basketball Team of the Week: Week ending Jan. 30, 2022
The focus at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart and across the WPIAL has been on the record-setting winning streak of the OLSH boys basketball team, breaking the nearly 40-year-old WPIAL record with 54 straight wins, and counting.
Trib HSSN WPIAL Girls Basketball Player of the Week: Week ending Jan. 30, 2022
In this day and age, high school basketball coaches often will say teaching unselfishness to their players is the key to a successful team.
Quaker Valley duo taking WPIAL by storm
Quaker Valley basketball players Adou Thiero and Markus Frank have established themselves as one of the top tandems in Western Pennsylvania.
Thiero scores 40, leads undefeated Quaker Valley to comeback win vs. Highlands
January 29, 2022
Highlands was looking to spill Quaker Valley from the undefeated ranks Saturday afternoon, building up a 19-point lead at one juncture.
TribHSSN girls basketball rankings for Jan. 29, 2022
Class 6A
Much improved from last season, Hampton boys basketball still has work to do
After treading water through the first half of their Section 4-5A basketball schedule, the Hampton Talbots were looking to make a big splash and strong playoff push down the season’s home stretch
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 29, 2022: Basketball showcases set
It will be a busy weekend of high school hoops at Montour as the PBC Classic holds a two-day event with six boys basketball games Saturday and six more Sunday.
WPIAL boys basketball playoff clinchings for Jan. 28, 2022
January 28, 2022
Less than three weeks remain in section play in the WPIAL boys basketball regular season.
Latrobe tightens up on defense, shuts down Greensburg Salem
Latrobe’s girls basketball team played its third consecutive game without leading scorer Anna Rafferty on Friday, and the Wildcats didn’t miss a beat.
Kiski Area boys make late run to get past Gateway in Section 3-5A
With four minutes left in Friday’s Section 3-5A boys basketball matchup between Gateway and Kiski Area, the visiting Gators held a one-point advantage and hoped to make a run to put the game on ice.
Leechburg boys stage furious comeback before Imani Christian hangs on for win
Imani Christian’s bus was late to the Leechburg gym with a misunderstanding of the start time.
Jeannette coach Adrian Batts gets 200th career win
Jeannette boys basketball coach Adrian Batts has never missed the WPIAL playoffs in 12 seasons leading the Jayhawks and he is on pace to reach the postseason again this year.
Southmoreland seizes control of Section 3-4A with win against Belle Vernon
The road to then Section 3-4A title again will travel through Alverton after the Southmoreland girls pulled away from Belle Vernon on Thursday night.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 28, 2022: OLSH on brink of making history
On the final Friday night of high school basketball in January, 57- and 37-year-old WPIAL boys basketball records are in serious jeopardy of being smashed by a bolt of lightning.
WPIAL girls basketball playoff clinchings for Jan. 27, 2022
January 27, 2022
Just over two weeks remain in section play in the WPIAL girls basketball regular season.
Keystone Oaks beats Shady Side Academy to shore up playoff positioning
As play began on Thursday, there was a major logjam behind Avonworth in WPIAL Section 3-3A girls basketball. Five teams were separated by only two games with just over two weeks remaining.
Valley boys basketball team learning how to win
The Valley boys basketball program is struggling through another difficult season.
