Basketball

North Hills junior forward Royce Parham (44) argues a call during the third quarter of North Hills’ 76-71 victory over Kiski Area in the WPIAL Class 5A first round Friday.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 22, 2023: Quarterfinal action ready to tip off
February 21, 2023
Welcome to the WPIAL basketball elite eight.

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North Catholic’s Alayna Rocco drives past Greensburg Salem’s Ashley Smith on Jan. 5.
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball State Rankings for Feb. 21, 2023
It’s been said that one is the loneliest number, unless you are No. 1 in the weekly Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings from last week.

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Fox Chapel’s Jefferson Moorefield-Brown handles the ball as Thomas Jefferson’s Noah Prosser defends in a WPIAL Class 5A first-round playoff game Friday, Feb. 17, 2023.
A-K Valley basketball playoff capsules: Games for Feb. 22, 2023
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Highlands’ Chandler Thimons blocks the shot of Elizabeth Forward’s Charles Meehleib during WPIAL boys Class 4A first-round action Monday, Feb. 20, 2023, at Highlands High School.
Sites, times set for Thursday’s WPIAL basketball quarterfinals
The WPIAL continues its three days of second round boys and girls basketball playoff games Thursday.

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Steel Valley interim boys basketball coach Lauren Varacalli talks to her team during a WPIAL Class 3A first-round victory over McGuffey on Monday.
Amid coaching controversy, Steel Valley opens playoffs with win over McGuffey
Whenever Steel Valley’s Makhai Valentine glanced into the stands Monday night, he wasn’t looking for friends or family. That’s where his suspended head coach was sitting, five rows behind the team’s bench.

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Penn Hills’ Sierra Moten makes a pass through traffic during the first half of a victory over Gateway on Jan. 24.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 21, 2023: Longtime rivals meet in 5A girls basketball
February 20, 2023
The curtain falls on the first round of the 2023 WPIAL playoffs Tuesday.

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Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Team of the Week for Feb. 20, 2023
The year before Megan Zitner took over as coach of the Burgettstown girls basketball team, the Blue Devils finished 3-19 in 2013.

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Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Week for Feb. 20, 2023
A team that wins its section outright and is victorious in 19 of 22 games during the regular season expect to be rewarded with a higher seed.

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South Allegheny’s Jeston Beatty (center) celebrates with teammates after defeating Beaver in a WPIAL Class 4A first-round playoff game Monday, Feb. 20, 2023.
Jeston Beatty hits big shot in final seconds to send South Allegheny past Beaver
Over the last few seasons, South Allegheny has made a habit out of seeing late leads slip away only to respond in the final seconds and come away victorious.

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Belle Vernon’s Zion Moore gets to the basket against Quaker Valley in a WPIAL Class 4A first-round playoff game Monday, Feb. 20, 2023.
Belle Vernon comes alive in decisive opening-round win over Quaker Valley
In a game where Belle Vernon’s Zion Moore scored 32 points to lead the Leopards over Quaker Valley, 81-55, in a WPIAL Class 4A first-round playoff matchup Monday night, coach Joe Salvino was impressed with his squad’s togetherness first and foremost.

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Deer Lakes’ Nate Litrun (4) and Ellwood City’s Nate Williams (2) battle for a rebound during a WPIAL Class 3A playoff game Monday.
Experienced Deer Lakes runs past Ellwood City in boys Class 3A first round
Experience in a WPIAL playoff game can be the difference between a win or loss.

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Highlands’ Bradyn Foster dunks on a fast break against Elizabeth Forward during a WPIAL Class 4A first-round game Monday, Feb. 20, 2023, at Highlands High School.
Highlands dominates Elizabeth Forward in Class 4A first round
The WPIAL Class 4A boys basketball playoffs are chock-full of contenders, and Highlands showed why it is one of them in its first-round game Monday night.

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St. Joseph’s girls storm to dominant first-round victory over Geibel
Junior Julie Spinelli hit a 3-pointer for St. Joseph just 14 seconds into Monday’s WPIAL Class A first-round girls basketball game with Geibel Catholic at St. Joseph’s Walter Dlubak Athletic Center.

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Yough senior Mikalah Chewning
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Yough’s Mikalah Chewning
Coming into this season, the Yough girls basketball team hadn’t made the playoffs in 13 years.

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Monessen’s Davontae Clayton shoots against Western Beaver in a WPIAL Class A first-round playoff game Friday, Feb. 17, 2023.
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week for Feb. 19, 2023
February 19, 2023
The Monessen boys basketball team had just orchestrated a smash hit of a regular season, finishing with 20 wins in 22 games and finishing with five straight wins after a 15-game winning streak earlier in the season.

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McKeesport’s Travarese Rowe scored 20 points in a first-round win.
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week for Feb. 19, 2023
McKeesport boys basketball senior Travarese “Dunny” Rowe likes to entertain people. Whether with family and friends or on the basketball court, he doesn’t disappoint when he’s putting on a show.

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Belle Vernon boys basketball coach Joe Salvino has won more than 700 games in his career.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Feb. 20, 2023: Big night for 1st-round matchups
There are five days making up the first round of the 2023 WPIAL basketball playoffs, and Monday is the busiest.

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Laurel Highlands’ Keondre Deshields grabs a rebound over Uniontown’s K’Adrian McLee. Laurel Highlands faces Freeport on Monday night in a first-round Class 4A game.
Trib HSSN broadcast listings: Week of Feb. 20, 2023
WPIAL boys and girls basketball playoff teams that haven’t been forced to exit yet will continue along on the path to the Pete this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network.

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Allderdice’s Major Rainey dunks past Obama’s Harris Keivan (1) and Torrien Perkins during the boys City League championship on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023, at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse.
Allderdice boys slam Obama Academy for City League championship
Major Rainey’s dunk that put an exclamation point on Allderdice’s City League boys basketball championship victory Sunday fit the game’s flow perfectly.

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Deer Lakes’ Bryce Robson (5) denies a pass attempt from Shady Side’s Eli Teslovich (3) during the fourth quarter of the team’s loss to Shady Side Academy on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, at Shady Side Academy.
A-K Valley basketball playoff preview capsules for games of Feb. 20, 2023
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