Sports
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week — Week ending Jan. 25, 2020
January 27, 2020
Two big wins last week not only clinched a playoff spot for Leechburg with two weeks left, it also kept them in the hunt for a piece of the Section 3-A title.
PIHL high school hockey standings through Jan. 26, 2020
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Jan. 26.
Upper St. Clair’s Josh Matheny named to list of country’s top under-18 swimmers
Upper St. Clair junior swimmer Josh Matheny is focused on this year’s U.S. Olympic Team Trials after earning a top honor recently from USA Swimming.
Colgate football adds another recruit from Mt. Lebanon
Mt. Lebanon senior Evan Jones, an all-conference running back for the Blue Devils, announced his commitment Sunday to Colgate.
Deaths of former classmate, Kobe Bryant put win in perspective for Penn-Trafford boys
January 26, 2020
It was a day of reflection and proper perspective for the Penn-Trafford boys basketball team.
Trib HSSN PIHL Player of the Week: Week ending Jan. 26, 2020
When Hampton defeated Pine-Richland in a shootout to hand the Rams their only loss of the 2018-19 PIHL season, Jacob McGee stopped 41 of the 44 shots he faced.
Trib HSSN PIHL Team of the Week: Week ending Jan. 26, 2020
Last season, the Pine-Richland Rams lost one game.
Bethel Park bumped from top spot in 6A in latest PIAA girls basketball rankings
It was another week of lots of wins for the teams in the Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings.
WPIAL team wrestling playoffs, key section basketball this week on Trib HSSN
The WPIAL team wrestling playoffs take place while the stretch run of the high school basketball regular season begins this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network.
WPIAL Girls Basketball Team of the Week: Week ending Jan. 26
A year ago, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart was not the favorite in Class 2A, yet the Chargers raised eyebrows by beating Burgettstown, Serra Catholic, Bishop Canevin and Brentwood to win the school’s first WPIAL girls basketball crown.
Girls basketball games and WPIAL team wrestling playoffs make for Monday madness
Monday begins the stretch run of the WPIAL basketball season as two weeks left in section play.
WPIAL Girls Basketball Player of the Week — Week ending Jan. 26
After winning a combined seven games the three previous seasons, New Brighton is in the hunt for a playoff spot, tied for fifth place in Section 1-2A. The Lions are one game out of a playoff spot heading into the final two weeks of the regular season.
High school roundup for Jan. 26, 2020: Highlands tops Allderdice
In a rare Sunday boys basketball game, Highlands earned a 70-52 win over Allderdice (13-4) at the Pittsburgh Basketball Club Classic at Montour.
High school scores, schedules for Jan. 26, 2020
High schools
Westmoreland high school notebook: Soccer teams face changes to sections
A new PIAA enrollment cycle means realignment of WPIAL sections in all sports. Soccer has not joined the six-classification movement, but there are notable changes that will affect the local scene.
Team Blue rallies from 4-goal deficit to win PIHL Class AAA All-Star Game
In most situations, a four-goal deficit would be worrisome.
Norwin girls defeat Hempfield in Shootout at Seton Hill
Norwin plans to play in front of big crowds and in potentially foreign gyms with large courts as a season of high expectations continues toward the WPIAL and PIAA postseason.
Team Blue uses late surge to win PIHL Class AA All-Star Game
It took Team Blue a while to find some offensive chemistry in Sunday’s PIHL Class AA All-Star Game.
Hannah Potter makes surprise comeback for Kiski Area girls basketball
When Hannah Potter suffered a broken wrist in Kiski Area girls basketball’s opener, she and others thought her season would be lost because of the nature of the injury and the recovery time needed.
Thomas Jefferson’s Pazo, North Catholic’s Shaffer lift Team Blue to PIHL Class A All-Star Game win
Thomas Jefferson junior Eddie Pazo and North Catholic junior Quinten Shaffer had a hat trick each to lead Team Blue to a 9-5 win over Team Gold in the PIHL Class A All-Star Game Sunday at RMU Island Sports Center.
