Basketball
After postseason upset, St. Joseph girls eager to build
March 22, 2022
While St. Joseph’s girls basketball team didn’t achieve the ultimate WPIAL prize of a district basketball title, it did pull off the win of the postseason.
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week for March 21, 2002
March 21, 2022
As a junior in 2021, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart guard Jake DiMichele averaged more than 30 points in leading the Chargers to another WPIAL and a PIAA championship in what was a perfect season.
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week: March 21, 2022
In a one-week span last March, the Bishop Canevin boys basketball team went from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows.
Burrell boys coach encouraged by breakthrough season
Burrell boys basketball’s impressive turnaround has surprised a lot of people around the WPIAL.
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Week: March 20, 2022
March 20, 2022
Down through the years, there are plenty of examples of elite WPIAL basketball players who kicked it into another gear in their final high school postseason as their outstanding scholastic careers were winding down.
This week on Trib HSSN: March 21-27, 2022
The transition becomes official in both seasons and scholastic sports as we move from the conclusion of winter sports to the start of spring sports this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network.
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Team of the Week: March 20, 2022
Before this season, the PIAA playoffs started a week after the district championships were played.
Fox Chapel falls to Archbishop Wood in PIAA semifinals
March 19, 2022
Fox Chapel’s run in the PIAA boys basketball playoffs fell just short of a trip to Hershey.
Chartiers Valley tops McKeesport, returns to PIAA girls basketball finals
Sometimes experience just matters and will conquer all, especially when it comes to the PIAA girls basketball playoffs.
Freedom stuns WPIAL champion North Catholic to earn trip to PIAA basketball finals
March 18, 2022
As Freedom girls basketball coach John Kaercher would have it, “These dogs had their day.”
High school roundup for March 18, 2022: Quaker Valley advances to PIAA finals
Quaker Valley rallied from an eight-point fourth quarter deficit to advance to the state title game for the second time in school history after a 67-60 win over Archbishop Carroll in the PIAA Class 4A semifinals Friday night.
What to watch for in high school sports for March 19, 2022: Teams chasing PIAA finals berths
Welcome to Semifinals Saturday in the PIAA basketball playoffs.
PIAA boys basketball preview capsule: Fox Chapel vs. Archbishop Wood, Saturday, March 19, 2022
Class 6A
What to watch for in high school sports for March 18, 2022: Basketball semifinals tip off
March 17, 2022
Welcome to Semifinals Friday in the PIAA basketball playoffs.
Quaker Valley rises to top of Trib 10 basketball power rankings
For the second week in a row, there is a change at the top of the boys and girls Trib 10 power rankings, and the field of district teams still alive for state gold continues to dwindle.
PIAA semifinal games to be broadcast on Trib HSSN
The PIAA basketball playoffs have reached the final four this weekend here on the TribLive High School Sports Network.
PIAA reveals sites, times for state basketball semifinals
Peters Township will host a PIAA semifinal Saturday between the Chartiers Valley and McKeesport girls, one of four all-WPIAL pairings in the final four of the state basketball tournament.
Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings for March 16, 2022
March 16, 2022
We have seen in the past, complete turmoil takes over this time of year when it comes to the state rankings with so many head-to-head clashes.
McKeesport in PIAA semifinals for 1st time since ’98 after defeating Moon
The McKeesport and Moon girls basketball teams had a lot of similarities ahead of their PIAA Class 5A quarterfinal matchup Wednesday night.
High school roundup for March 16, 2022: Fox Chapel boys advance to PIAA semifinals
J.P. Dockey blocked an Isaac Harris’ 3-point attempt with a second remaining as Fox Chapel narrowly defeated District 11 champion Northampton, 39-37, in a close quarterfinal game in the PIAA Class 6A playoffs in Chambersburg.
