Sports
East Allegheny girls cruise past Charleroi
February 19, 2020
The Charleroi Cougars girls basketball team has excelled this season in competitive, close games. East Allegheny made sure Wednesday night’s Class 3A first-round WPIAL matchup wouldn’t be one of those.
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Girls basketball No. 4
There were a lot of changes to the WPIAL basketball championships over the last 10 years.
Freedom girls shut down Derry, earn first playoff win since 2015
For nearly 13 minutes, Derry struggled to make shots — or even get shots — against a physical, face-guarding Freedom team that prides itself on defense and soccer-like toughness.
Thanks to bye week, no changes in HSSN basketball power rankings
Consider this week’s Trib 10 a reminder of how the power rankings were last week when we concluded the regular season.
WPIAL basketball quarterfinals tip off in four brackets Thursday
After nearly a week of first-round games, the Path to the Pete moves on to Round 2.
Seton LaSalle girls get revenge on Deer Lakes
For the second year in a row, the Deer Lakes and Seton LaSalle girls basketball teams met in the first round of the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs.
Clutch performance gives Norwin’s Turek WPIBL boys singles title
Norwin senior CJ Turek is doing some of the best bowling of his four-year high school career, and on Wednesday, he picked up some hardware to prove it.
Alle-Kiski Valley basketball playoff preview capsules: Games of Feb. 20, 2020
Today’s games
A-K Valley girls basketball notebook: Scrimmages keep Fox Chapel sharp
When the Fox Chapel girls basketball team plays No. 1 Bethel Park on Friday in the WPIAL 6A quarterfinals at North Hills, 11 days will have passed since its regular-season finale, a 49-31 victory over Armstrong on Feb. 10.
Westmoreland County girls basketball notebook: Freeport at full strength for rematch with Southmoreland
Coach Fred Soilis hopes playing at full strength will give his Freeport team a much better chance against unbeaten Southmoreland — and maybe even produce a different result.
Westmoreland County basketball playoff preview capsule: Games of Feb. 20, 2020
Thursday’s game
22 WPIAL football players selected for PSFCA East-West Game
Two WPIAL quarterbacks, Seneca Valley’s Gabe Lawson and Baldwin’s Mason Stahl, were chosen to lead the West all-stars in the PSFCA East-West Game on Memorial Day weekend.
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 18, 2020
Basketball
High school roundup for Feb. 18, 2020: Central Catholic boys clamp down on Penn-Trafford
Behind balanced scoring and strong team defense, No. 7 Central Catholic held off No. 10 Penn-Trafford for a 50-35 victory in a WPIAL Class 6A first-round game Tuesday night at Norwin.
Senior-led Bethel Park tops North Allegheny, celebrates 1st playoff win since 2016
The similarities to two years ago had crossed their minds — same gym, same playoff round — but Bethel Park’s seniors made sure the similarities ended there.
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Boys basketball No. 5
There were a lot of changes to the WPIAL basketball championships over the last 10 years.
Cruse comes up big in clutch as California upsets Greensburg Central Catholic
February 18, 2020
Down five at halftime, the 12th-seeded California girls basketball team dialed up the intensity for a 36-35 victory over No. 5 Greensburg Central Catholic in the opening round of the WPIAL Class A playoffs Tuesday at Peters Township.
WPIAL basketball first round concludes Wednesday with boys 4A, girls 3A matchups
There were four first-round byes award by the WPIAL basketball steering committee in the boys Class 4A playoffs. They went to Uniontown, winners of Section 3 with the No. 4 seed, Section 1 co-champions Highlands and Knoch, which drew the top two seeds, and Section 2 co-champion Quaker Valley at No. 3.
Petrarca, Peters Township boys hold off Hempfield rally
A poor first half and the hot shooting of Peters Township senior Sam Petrarca did in the Hempfield boys basketball team Tuesday night.
