Basketball
WPIAL Top 10: Most basketball championships won
April 16, 2020
Here are lists of the Top 10 schools with the most WPIAL basketball championships:
Freshman basketball star Rodney Gallagher gets football offer from Penn State
April 15, 2020
It’s not surprising that Rodney Gallagher received a scholarship offer from Penn State on Wednesday.
Roundball Classic called off
April 14, 2020
The Roundball Classic, an annual high school basketball all-star game scheduled for the end of April, was canceled Tuesday, the latest domino to fall after the PIAA called off its winter sports championships and spring sports last week.
WPIAL Top 10: Most basketball playoff appearances
Here are lists of the Top 10 schools with the most WPIAL basketball playoff seasons:
Shady Side Academy basketball standout Nyla Rozier picks St. Francis
April 13, 2020
Shady Side Academy junior Nyla Rozier made her college choice Monday, committing to St. Francis.
Pair of young stars join senior-heavy Trib 10 boys basketball all-star team
April 10, 2020
This year’s Trib 10 boys basketball all-star team is a senior-heavy group, with two young and talented exceptions.
High school athletes struggle with PIAA’s decision to cancel winter, spring sports
April 9, 2020
Liv Kelly figured this news was coming. It didn’t make it any easier to take.
PIAA officials cancel spring sports season, winter sports championships
For nearly a month, high school student-athletes held out hope they could return to normalcy on the fields, courts and track.
Butler’s Ethan Morton named Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Year
April 8, 2020
Ethan Morton just wants to play basketball.
Impact players from powerhouse teams headline Trib 10 girls basketball all-stars
April 7, 2020
It might not have been as obvious as last season, when Peters Township and Chartiers Valley went undefeated on their way to state titles, but WPIAL girls basketball was dominated by a select group of super teams this season.
Senior spotlight: Highlands’ speedy Sarah Sawhook selects Seton Hill
Editor’s note: Each day, the Tribune-Review will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic. For more athletes’ stories, visit TribHSSN.triblive.com.
Chartiers Valley’s Aislin Malcolm named Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Year
April 6, 2020
Some athletes are motivated by the desire to win. Others are driven by the fear of losing.
Plum’s Kennedie Montue named Valley News Dispatch Girls Basketball Player of the Year
April 5, 2020
Valley News Dispatch Girls Basketball Player of the Year
Highlands’ Johnny Crise named Valley News Dispatch Boys Basketball Player of the Year
Valley News Dispatch Boys Basketball Player of the Year
Southmoreland’s Gracie Spadaro wins Tribune-Review Westmoreland Girls Basketball Player of the Year honors
April 4, 2020
Tribune-Review Girls Basketball Player of the Year
Belle Vernon’s Devin Whitlock named Tribune-Review Westmoreland Boys Basketball Player of the Year
Tribune-Review Boys Basketball Player of the Year
Chartiers Valley headlines Big 56 all-section basketball teams
March 30, 2020
No team in the WPIAL had as successful a 2019-20 season as the Chartiers Valley girls.
PCN to broadcast 2017 basketball title tilt between Pine-Richland, Reading
Led by Miami recruit Lonnie Walker, Reading High came into the 2017 PIAA Class 6A basketball finals with a caravan of fired-up fans hoping to see the school win its first state title.
PIAA keeps winter championships, spring sports on hold
The PIAA kept the fate of unfinished winter championships and the start of spring sports on hold Monday while awaiting further action from Gov. Tom Wolf’s office and the Pennsylvania Department of Health and Department of Education.
North Catholic’s Isaac DeGregorio to walk on at Kentucky
March 28, 2020
North Catholic standout Isaac DeGregorio will continue his basketball career at one of the most successful college programs in the country.
