Basketball
High school roundup for Feb. 22, 2020: Woodland Hills girls fend off Moon upset bid
February 22, 2020
The Moon Tigers had a lot going for them in a WPIAL Class 5A girls basketball quarterfinal Saturday afternoon.
Jake Hoffman scores 40 as defending champ Mt. Lebanon pounds Bethel Park
Mt. Lebanon senior Jake Hoffman started the regular season with a statistical anomaly: four straight games in which he scored exactly 30 points.
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Boys basketball No. 3
There were a lot of changes to the WPIAL basketball championships over the past 10 years.
Strong 2nd half carries Upper St. Clair past Pine-Richland, into semifinals
Maybe it is the team’s gritty style. Maybe it is coaching adjustments, or maybe it is just the names on the roster.
Avonworth girls push past South Park into WPIAL semifinals
The Avonworth girls basketball team understood that if it wanted to return to the WPIAL Class 3A semifinals, the Antelopes would have to play to their strength — their size.
Belle Vernon boys basketball upsets Quaker Valley, clinches PIAA spot
Listed at 5-foot-9, Devin Whitlock was the shortest player on the floor in Saturday’s game between Quaker Valley and Belle Vernon, but what he lacks in size he makes up for in many other areas.
Central Catholic boys upset No. 2 Fox Chapel in WPIAL quarterfinals
Central Catholic boys basketball first-year coach Brian Urso never doubted his team Saturday afternoon.
New Castle boys hold on to beat No. 2 seeded Knoch
When the playoffs roll around, New Castle instantly becomes a tough team to beat and Knoch learned that the hard way Saturday afternoon at North Allegheny.
Ethan Morton, No. 1 Butler outlast Peters Township in double-overtime barnburner
It took four quarters, two overtimes and 32 points and a buzzer beater from Ethan Morton for No. 1 Butler to finally escape a tough No. 9 Peters Township (14-10) team, but escape they did in a 78-76 victory in the quarterfinals of the WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball playoffs.
Highlands rolls past Ringgold in Class 4A boys quarterfinal
So much for problems getting untracked after a 15-day layoff.
Marinchak brothers move Ligonier Valley into District 6 semifinals
Top-seeded Ligonier Valley survived the first game of its final season in the District 6 boys basketball playoffs Friday night, but it took a big scoring surge in the fourth quarter, led by the Marinchak brothers, to do it.
Brayden Reynolds’ clutch shot sparks Chartiers Valley past Shaler
February 21, 2020
Chartiers Valley coach Brandon Sensor thought Shaler did a pretty good job on his standout guard Brayden Reynolds through the first three quarters of Friday’s WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinal game.
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Girls basketball No. 3
There were a lot of changes to the WPIAL basketball championships over the last 10 years.
Michael Carmody’s big game leads Mars past South Fayette
Mars didn’t have its A game Friday night in its 2020 playoff debut, but the Fightin’ Planets survived and advanced to their fourth straight Class 5A final four.
High school roundup for Feb. 21, 2020: Thomas Jefferson shrugs off West Allegheny
With top-seeded Penn Hills falling victim to a quarterfinals upset, the Path to the Pete in WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball took a left turn Friday night.
Wrestling and diving and hoops, oh my. All the action Saturday on Trib HSSN
The second round of the WPIAL basketball playoffs concludes Saturday afternoon with quarterfinals games in boys 6A, boys 4A, girls 5A and girls 3A.
Winchester Thurston shocks Springdale to earn second playoff win in school history
Sometimes, it’s not the third but the fourth time that’s the charm, and the Winchester Thurston Bears experienced just that Friday night at Shaler.
Laurel Highlands scores with 3.5 seconds left, stuns No. 1 Penn Hills in WPIAL quarterfinals
Laurel Highlands coach Rick Hauger called for a timeout, but the crowd was still raucous from Penn Hills’ game-tying 3-pointer.
Phenomenal freshman leads Upper St. Clair girls to upset win over Norwin
It’s not to be confused with the 1950s harmony group, the Four Freshmen, but four freshmen starters contributed to a big upset Friday night.
Shenango mans up, knocks off Jeannette in boys Class 2A quarters
Shenango had planned to come out in a 3-2 zone defense against Jeannette in the WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball quarterfinals, but coach Bob McQuiston had an 11th hour change of heart.
