Basketball
WPIAL clinched: Girls basketball playoff qualifiers through Jan. 29, 2026
January 29, 2026
The 2026 WPIAL girls basketball regular season is down to a little over week left as the district playoff field is starting to take shape with 50 teams having punched their ticket to participate in the February Frenzy.
Plum’s Stephans hits 1,000 points in defeat of Penn-Trafford girls
January 28, 2026
Riley Stephans stepped to the top of the arc and accepted a pass from Tamia West.
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania girls high school basketball rankings for Jan. 28, 2026
While folks across the state wait for any sign of a thaw out from Mother Nature’s kind gift delivered Saturday, the top girls basketball teams have dug their heels in the snow and refuse to slide back into the pack.
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania boys high school basketball rankings for Jan. 28, 2026
While the citizens of this great state have had plenty of issues to deal with in recent days, the storm and bone chilling temps have not phased the elite boys basketball teams across the commonwealth from their mission of stacking victories.
Westmoreland County girls basketball notebook: 5 teams punch playoff tickets
The WPIAL basketball steering committee will meet Feb. 9 to determine playoff seedings and pairings for the playoffs.
High school roundup for Jan. 27, 2026: Liam Sheely scores 31 off the bench in Mt. Lebanon win
January 27, 2026
Coming off the bench, Liam Sheely scored 31 points for the second straight game, leading Mt. Lebanon to a 55-51 victory over Norwin in Section 2-6A boys basketball Tuesday night.
Springdale gets past Riverview in game between rivals that got chippy
The Riverview and Springdale boys basketball teams battled intensely for 32 minutes. It was natural for some of the emotions to spill over following their Section 2-2A battle.
Trib 10: Power-ranked boys, girls basketball teams take a few losses
As the district continues to dig out from all that snow, boys and girls basketball teams try to avoid the deep freeze and keep playing red hot hoops.
WPIAL clinched: Boys basketball playoff qualifiers through Jan. 27, 2026
After a frosty start, the stretch run is underway as the 2026 WPIAL boys basketball playoff field is starting to build.
Chartiers Valley digs out of snow, cools off Lincoln Park
After falling for just the second time this season Friday night at Moon, defending WPIAL Class 5A champion Chartiers Valley managed just over an hour of time together between Saturday and Tuesday night.
WPIAL boys basketball playoff clinchings through Jan. 25, 2026
January 25, 2026
The stretch run is underway as the 2026 WPIAL boys basketball playoff field is starting to build.
WPIAL girls basketball playoff clinchings through Jan. 25, 2026
The 2026 WPIAL girls basketball regular season is down to the final weeks, and the playoff field is starting to take shape with plenty of missing pieces to the postseason puzzle.
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Jan. 26, 2026
As everyone digs out from the weekend snowstorm, the “stretch run” of WPIAL basketball will heat things up during the final two weeks of the high school basketball regular season this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network.
‘Really special’: 3 Bernotas sisters team up for Baldwin girls basketball
Not one, not two, but three.
Big season brewing for Thomas Jefferson boys, girls basketball
Thomas Jefferson junior Noah Sear has no fear on the basketball court.
High school roundup for Jan. 24, 2026: Obama Academy ends Knoch’s winning streak
January 24, 2026
Eric James scored 12 points, including the game-winning putback at the buzzer, to lead Obama Academy (10-6) to a 53-51 victory over Trib HSSN Class 4A No. 1 Knoch (15-3) on Saturday at the PBC Hall of Fame Classic at North Hills.
Trib HSSN WPIAL girls basketball rankings for week ending Jan. 24, 2026
Here are this week’s WPIAL girls basketball rankings. Teams are listed with overall record and last week’s ranking.
Trib HSSN WPIAL boys basketball rankings for week ending Jan. 24, 2026
Here are this week’s WPIAL boys basketball rankings. Teams are listed with overall record and last week’s ranking.
In meeting of 2 of WPIAL’s brightest stars, Lincoln Park pulls away from Gateway
Lincoln Park pulled away from Gateway in an action-packed 61-48 victory in the Pittsburgh Basketball Club Hall of Fame Classic on Saturday afternoon in Montour.
Fox Chapel Herald notebook: Foxes’ Lyla Jablon surpasses scoring milestone
Lyla Jablon is tasked with doing much more than scoring for the Fox Chapel girls basketball team. The senior guard has been asked to try and set the tempo for a team with a young roster hoping to make a run at the playoffs in Section 1-5A.
