Basketball

Senior captains drive Seton LaSalle girls to successful season

February 14, 2020

Seton LaSalle’s girls basketball team has been driven by the force of three seniors in its lineup this season.

Baldwin’s Jenna Lutz competes against Hempfield on Feb. 3, 2020.

Sole senior Jenna Lutz energizes Baldwin girls basketball program

It has been a frustrating yet gratifying senior season for Baldwin hoopster Jenna Lutz.

Penn-Trafford swimmer Corina Paszek will continue her career at Clarion.

Penn-Trafford swimmer Paszek eyes school record, PIAAs

Penn-Trafford senior swimmer Corina Paszek, who committed to compete for Clarion next season, will have a couple of incentives at the WPIAL Class AAA championship meet Feb. 27-28 at Pitt.

Plum’s Connor Moss looks for an open pass against Armstrong on Friday, Jan. 17, 2020.

Q&A with Plum’s Connor Moss

Plum’s Connor Moss eclipsed 1,000 career points Feb. 5 after scoring 25 in a 52-51 nonconference win over Baldwin. Moss joins another junior, the girls team’s Kennedie Montue, in hitting the milestone. Moss scored more than 20 points 13 times this season and had more than 30 points four times.

Springdale junior Demitri Fritch drives to the basket during a practice on Dec. 26, 2019 as second-year coach Aaron Epps looks on.

A-K Valley basketball playoff capsules: Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020

Boys

Tony Henderson shoots a 3-pointer over Canon-McMillan’s Ethan Beachy during a state playoff game last season. Henderson is Allderdice’s leading scorer this season with 17.2 points per game.

Allderdice boys set sights on seventh straight City League basketball title

Taking over for a six-time champion usually isn’t an easy task.

Christian Hyland has the Greensburg Central Catholic boys in the playoffs in his first season at the helm.

Westmoreland boys basketball playoff capsules: Games for Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020

WPIAL boys basketball playoff preview capsules

WPIAL basketball playoffs tip off, district gymnastics championships start Friday

February 13, 2020

Love is in the air. Sure, it’s Valentine’s Day, but for area high school basketball fans, Friday is the first date night with playoff basketball.

Bishop Canevin celebrates beating East Allegheny in the Class 3A girls WPIAL basketball final Saturday, March 3, 2018 at Petersen Events Center.

Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Girls basketball No. 7

There were a lot of changes to the WPIAL basketball championships over the last 10 years.

Southmoreland’s Riley Comforti will lead the Scotties into their WPIAL Class 3A first-round playoff game against Beaver Falls.

Westmoreland basketball playoff capsules: Friday, Feb. 14, 2020

Boys

Fox Chapel’s Eli Yofan shoots a 3-pointer over Norwin’s Nick Fleming during their game Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, at Fox Chapel Area High School.

A-K Valley boys basketball notebook: Highlands, Knoch, Fox Chapel plan to stay sharp during bye week

Earlier this week, Highlands, Knoch and Fox Chapel were named among the top two seeds in each of their brackets for the WPIAL basketball playoffs.

Belle Vernon Area’s Mitch Pohlot (32) drives past Uniontown’s defense Jan. 24, 2020.

Belle Vernon’s Pohlot takes part in national slam dunk competition

When Mitchell Pohlot rises to meet the rim for slam dunk, his thought process is simple.

Apollo-Ridge’s Klay Fitzroy gets set for a jumpshot during practice on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020.

Apollo-Ridge boys snap five-year playoff drought

Just last year, the Apollo-Ridge boys basketball team was on the verge of breaking a four-year playoff drought, but when it came down to the waning moments of the regular season, the Vikings barely missed.

Ligonier Valley’s Matt Marinchak practices Monday, Dec. 2, 2019.

Ligonier Valley boys seeded first for District 6 playoffs

Ligonier Valley was awarded the top seed in the District 6-3A boys basketball playoffs, according to pairings released Thursday by the District 6 committee.

Deer Lakes freshman Bryce Robson and the Lancers will play top-seeded Lincoln Park in the opening round of the WPIAL Class 3A boys basketball playoffs.

A-K Valley basketball playoff capsules: Friday, Feb. 14, 2020

Friday’s games

Bishop Canevin’s Dom Elliott puts up a shot during a drill Nov. 26, 2019, at Bishop Canevin High School.

Bishop Canevin boys hope to continue historic season with deep playoff run

There probably aren’t many people as invested in the Bishop Canevin boys basketball program as second-year coach Geno Palmosina. He was a ballboy for the Crusaders in his youth, then played for them as a high-schooler.