Basketball

Clairton’s Iyanna Wade competes against Geibel on Dec. 16, 2024.
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Feb. 10, 2025
February 9, 2025
Let the games begin! This is a special week celebrated by lovers all around. Sure, Valentine’s Day is Friday, but I speak for the round ball lovers as we prepare for the start of the 2025 WPIAL basketball playoffs this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network.

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Beaver’s Jake Peluso celebrates after hitting a 3-pointer against Avonworth on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Ohio Twp.
WPIAL bracketology: Chris Harlan, Don Rebel forecast the 2025 boys basketball playoff pairings
The 2025 boys basketball playoff field is set with 85 teams in the six classifications.

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Montour’s Ama Tening Sow dunks against Chartiers Valley on Jan. 21.
WPIAL boys basketball rankings: Week ending Feb. 9, 2025
February 8, 2025
Class 6A

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Norwin’s Ava Christopher steals the ball from Upper St. Clair’s Ryan Prunzik during their game Jan. 27 at USC.
WPIAL girls basketball rankings: Week ending Feb. 9, 2025
Class 6A

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Greensburg Central Catholic’s Erica Gribble drives to the basket past Shady Side Academy’s Cam Capel during their game Feb. 3, 2025, at GCC.
Westmoreland H.S. athletes of the week: GCC’s Erica Gribble and Franklin Regional’s Max Firestine
The Westmoreland County Athletes of the Week is presented by Smail Kia. Look for the tags and look for the savings at Smail Kia in Greensburg.

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Penn Hills’ Aiden Thompson dunks over Hampton defenders on Jan. 22.
As regular season wraps up, Penn Hills boys in position to reach goals
The Penn Hills boys basketball team fought into the position coach Chris Giles hoped they could land at. The Indians already had their ticket to the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs punched before their final section game with Kiski Area.

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Plum’s Taylie Auth (right) looks to get off a shot as Shaler’s Bayleigh Perezdefends during a game Dec. 20 at Plum High School.
After 3 key section wins, Plum girls look ahead toward WPIAL playoffs
The Plum girls basketball team is in playoff mode as the regular season has come to a close, and coach Rich Mull and his players are looking forward to what lies ahead.

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Woodland Hills’ Scoop Smith
High school roundup for Feb. 7, 2025: Woodland Hills scoops up playoff spot in section finale
Scoop Smith and Donshae Mosley scored 14 points apiece to lead Woodland Hills to a 59-34 victory over North Hills in Section 1-6A boys basketball Friday night.

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Tipoff between Peters Township and Bethel Park on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025.
Peters Township ends Bethel Park’s playoff hopes
February 7, 2025
The mission for the Bethel Park boys basketball team was clear. To qualify for the WPIAL postseason in Section 3-5A, they needed to win at home over Peters Township on the final night of section play and have Thomas Jefferson lose to section champion Baldwin.

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Montour’s Ama Tening Sow and Moon’s Michael Santicola meet before tipoff Friday, Feb. 7, 2025.
Top-ranked Montour closes out section schedule with win over scrappy Moon
Montour held off a Moon comeback at home Friday night, closing out its Section 4-5A schedule with a satisfying 60-50 win.

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Penn-Trafford’s Kamryn Pieper blocks the shot of Indiana’s Addy Hutton on Thursday.
WPIAL clinched: Girls basketball playoff field finalized with 84 teams
The WPIAL girls basketball regular season is nearly in the books and the district playoff field has been finalized with 84 teams punching their ticket to ride into the district playoffs.

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Upper St. Clair’s Tyler Robbins elevates to dunk against Imani Christian’s Malcolm Frye on Jan. 7.
WPIAL clinched: Boys basketball playoff field set with 85 teams
The stretch run is over and the WPIAL boys basketball playoff field is set with 85 district teams set to begin the Path to the Pete.

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Penn Hills’ Aiden Thompson scores against Hampton on Jan. 22.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 7, 2025: Every section title and playoff-clinching scenario in boys basketball
February 6, 2025
For some WPIAL boys basketball teams on this final night of section play, it’s kind of like dancing the hokey pokey.

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North Catholic’s Sam Weir celebrates with Brady Wehner after scoring against Oakland Catholic on Dec. 11, 2024, in Cranberry.
High school roundup for Feb. 6, 2025: North Catholic, Oakland Catholic share section title
Sam Weir scored 12 points as North Catholic clinched a share of the Section 1-4A girls basketball title with a 75-23 victory over Derry on Thursday night.

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Highlands’ Tyarah Woody drives on Burrell’s Mikayla Coury on Jan. 16.
WPIAL clinched: Girls basketball playoff field nearly set with 83 teams
With the exception of a couple of more section games, the 2025 WPIAL girls basketball regular season is nearly in the books with 83 teams punching their ticket to ride into the district playoffs.

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Belle Vernon coach Joe Salvino sends a message from the bench during the Leopards’ game at Hempfield on Dec. 21, 2024.
Belle Vernon coach Joe Salvino, 2nd on all-time WPIAL boys basketball wins list, to retire
Belle Vernon boys basketball coach Joe Salvino, the second-winningest coach in WPIAL history with 741 victories, is walking away.

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Franklin Regional’s Connor Crossey pressures Latrobe’s Max Butler during their game on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Murrysville.
Westmoreland County boys basketball notebook: WPIAL playoff field nearly set
The local boys basketball playoff field is just about set.

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Franklin Regional senior Jonah Johnston puts up a shot against Gateway on Jan. 24.
High school roundup for Feb. 5, 2025: Playoff-bound Franklin Regional picks up section win
February 5, 2025
Jonah Johnston scored 19 points to lead playoff-bound Franklin Regional to a 72-39 win over Albert Gallatin in Section 1-5A boys basketball Wednesday night.

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Montour’s Ama Tening Sow celebrates after dunking against Chartiers Valley on Jan. 21.
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school boys basketball rankings for Feb. 5, 2025
As the sands in the regular season basketball hourglass are winding down, the cream of the crop in the state is rising to the top.

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Shady Side Academy’s Leah Buford works against Greensburg Central Catholic’s Nolan Althof on Monday.
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania girls high school basketball rankings for Feb. 5, 2025
We are midway through the first week of the second month with the district girls basketball playoffs throughout Pennsylvania just around the corner.

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