Basketball
Deep, unselfish Shady Side Academy boys basketball team set to build on strong season
December 12, 2021
Despite the pandemic-related starts and stops to last year’s scholastic basketball season, the Shady Side Academy boys had a surprisingly successful campaign.
High school girls basketball roundup for Dec. 11, 2021: Mankins sisters lift Greensburg Salem to tournament title
December 11, 2021
Greensburg Salem used pressure defense and the scoring of the Mankins sisters to defeat Greensburg Central Catholic 48-30 to win the Greensburg Salem Tip-Off Tournament on Saturday.
Hempfield ekes out victory over scrappy Franklin Regional
The wheels were set in motion for a double-digit victory.
Upper St. Clair beats buzzer to win WPIAL finals rematch with Pine-Richland
Upper St. Clair edged Pine-Richland nine months ago to win the 2021 WPIAL 6A boys basketball championship. The sequel took place Saturday in another championship game, this time of the Upper St. Clair Tip-off Tournament.
George Guido: New coaches get past 1st game jitters
The moments before the start of the basketball season can be mentally taxing on a coach.
Marston, Susko pace Plum girls basketball past Freeport in season opener
Sophomore guard Megan Marston scored 17 of her game-high 21 points in the second half, and junior forward Dannika Susko added 12 points and nine rebounds as the Plum girls basketball team topped Freeport 43-33 in the second game of the Freeport Tip-Off Tournament on Friday at Freeport Middle School.
High school boys basketball roundup for Dec. 10, 2021: OLSH runs winning streak to 41
Jake DiMichele scored a game-high 33 points as Our Lady of the Sacred Heart ran its winning streak to 41 games with a 65-54 season-opening win over Franklin Regional at the Hempfield tournament Friday night.
High school girls basketball roundup for Dec. 10, 2021: Blackhawk sets school record for 3-pointers
December 10, 2021
Casey Nixon hit five 3-pointers and scored 17 points to lead Blackhawk to a 70-39 victory over Ellwood City (0-1) in the Montour tip-off tournament Friday night.
Guarded optimism for Penn-Trafford after season-opening win against GCC
Playing its first game without senior forward Ben Myers, who has been a staple in the lineup, Penn-Trafford had a different look to its boys basketball team in the season opener.
Greensburg Central Catholic girls hang on vs. Mt. Pleasant
Chris Skatell, in his coaching debut at Greensburg Central Catholic, beat longtime pal Scott Giacobbi of Latrobe on Friday night, and Skatell said the Centurions were fortunate to come out on top on the opening night of high school girls basketball.
Deer Lakes boys hold off pesky Moon at Highlands Tip-Off Tournament
Deer Lakes had the lead for all but about two minutes in the second half of its season opener Friday.
Starting 5: A-K Valley basketball teams, players and storylines to watch in 2021-22
December 9, 2021
Starting 5s
Trib HSSN 2021-22 WPIAL Class A girls basketball preseason breakdown
It has been a broken record for three straight years and counting. Rochester and West Greene dominate the rest of Class A in the regular season and district playoffs and reach the WPIAL finals. Then the page turns to the Rams getting the better of the Pioneers in the finals and taking home the gold while West Greene takes silver back to Greene County.
Trib HSSN 2021-22 WPIAL Class A boys basketball preseason breakdown
The Bishop Canevin boys basketball program finally won its first WPIAL championship last season and is the preseason favorite to repeat. But with plenty of talent back and some notable transfers around the classification, it won’t be easy for the Crusaders to win gold again.
Dozen new A-K Valley high school basketball coaches set for season to tip off
Rich Mull certainly wasn’t alone when he officially took over the head coaching duties of the Plum girls basketball team in August.
Starting 5: Westmoreland basketball teams, players and storylines to watch
Teams to watch
Trib HSSN 2021-22 WPIAL Class 2A girls basketball preseason breakdown
December 8, 2021
Neshannock girls basketball coach Luann Grybowski says her team has “unfinished business.”
Trib HSSN 2021-22 WPIAL Class 3A boys basketball preseason breakdown
December 7, 2021
West Allegheny became the poster boys of “anybody can win it” when it comes to the WPIAL basketball playoffs after taking the 2007 boys Class AAA crown as the No. 16 seed. Well, West A has company on that poster after No. 11 seed Ellwood City went on a shocking postseason run that earned the Wolverines their first district hoops title last winter.
Trib HSSN 2021-22 WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball preseason breakdown
After beating Mohawk twice in the regular season, North Catholic looked ready to be fitted for a WPIAL girls basketball crown for the 21st time. However, in a district title game eyebrow-raiser, the Warriors upset the Trojans, 54-48, to bring the first basketball championship back to Bessemer.
Standout sophomores have Yough boys basketball team ready to compete
December 6, 2021
It’s hard for Yough boys basketball coach Jim Nesser to hold back his excitement for the upcoming season.
