Sports

Trib HSSN PIHL player of the week: Canon-McMillan goalie Mario Eafrati

February 10, 2020

Team success usually hinges on good goaltending, and good goaltending coupled with team success usually leads to the netminder being in the spotlight.

Trib HSSN PIHL team of the week: Greensburg Salem

It’s been an extended playoffs of sorts over the last few weeks for the Greensburg Salem hockey team.

South Park’s Kierra Moelber pressures Seton LaSalle’s Chloe Lestitian during their game Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, at Seton LaSalle High School.

Seton LaSalle girls ‘hungry’ to get back on track as playoffs start

It wasn’t the finish the Seton LaSalle girls basketball team anticipated.

Mt. Pleasant’s Dayton Pitzer points out to the crowd after defeating Freedom’s Bryson Miller for the 182-pound Class AA championship final during the PIAA state wrestling tournament on Saturday, March 9, 2019 at the Giant Center in Hershey.

Injury keeps Mt. Pleasant’s Dayton Pitzer from defending state wrestling title

When the WPIAL wrestling committee releases the Class AA section tournament pairings Tuesday, at least one big-name wrestler will be missing.

Burrell’s Ashley Smith lines up her throw during a match at Nesbit Lanes in Plum on Jan 8, 2020.

Bowling teams turn attention to WPIBL championship tournaments

The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Bowling League regular season has concluded, and the top individual bowlers and teams are shifting their focus to championship opportunities at the local, regional and state levels.

Butler’s Ethan Morton celebrates after scoring against North Allegheny Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, at North Allegheny High School. Morton scored 21 points in Butler’s 61-51 win.

WPIAL bracketology: Chris Harlan, Don Rebel predict 2020 boys basketball playoff pairings

February 9, 2020

It’s that time of year, WPIAL bracketology 2020.

Chartiers Valley’s Megan McConnell celebrates with Aislin Malcolm during the fourth quarter of their game against Moon Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, at Moon Area High School.

WPIAL bracketology: Chris Harlan, Don Rebel predict 2020 girls basketball playoff pairings

It’s that time of year, WPIAL bracketology 2020.

High school scores, schedules for Feb. 9, 2020

High schools

Pine-Richland’s Seth Bolin celebrates with Eli Jochem after Jochem torches North Allegheny for a touchdown on the second play of the game Friday, Oct. 25, 2019 at Pine-Richland High School.

Pine-Richland schedules Week Zero football game in New Jersey

Twice, Pine-Richland’s football team used Week Zero to play out-of-state opponents from Ohio, and once the team faced a school from Florida.

Brentwood’s Abby Wolf (1) tosses up a shot against Our Lady of the Sacred Heart’s Ashley Norling (44) in the second half of the WPIAL Class 2A girls championship game Feb. 28, 2019, at Petersen Events Center.

Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Girls basketball No. 9

There were a lot of changes to the WPIAL basketball championships over the last 10 years.

Final night of WPIAL regular-season basketball brings intriguing Monday matchups

The WPIAL basketball steering committee will meet Monday to begin the process of putting the brackets together for all 12 boys and girls basketball postseason tournaments.

WPIAL Girls Basketball Player of the Week — Week ending Feb. 8

In December, Bethel Park sophomore Emma Dziezgowski drove for a layup and ended up going down with a season ending knee injury.

Bethel Park’s Mallory Locke drives past Mt. Lebanon’s Patrice Smithduring their game Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, at Bethel Park High School.

Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings for Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020

Three weeks remain before the PIAA girls basketball brackets are finalized as the regular season concludes and the district playoffs begin.

WPIAL Girls Basketball Team of the Week: Week ending Feb. 8

When the regular season’s stretch run began two weeks ago, Penn Hills was below .500 and in the middle of the Section 3-5A hunt.

St. Joseph’s Trinity Lockwood-Morris and Andrew Sullivan are basketball players are St. Joseph.

St. Joseph’s Sullivan, Lockwood-Morris named Trib HSSN scholar-athletes of the month for January

The TribLive High School Sports Network is recognizing some of the best and brightest student-athletes in Western Pennsylvania.

Fox Chapel hockey hopes to ride momentum into postseason

In 20 years of being involved in hockey, Fox Chapel coach Cam Raidna never experienced anything like what his team pulled off Thursday night against Kiski Area.

Greensburg Salem hockey in hunt for a playoff berth

Greensburg Salem’s hockey team has four games remaining in the regular season, but the Lions are acting as if they are in the midst of the playoffs already.