Sports
High school roundup for Feb. 19, 2019: Canon-McMillan rallies past North Allegheny
February 18, 2019
The Canon-McMillan boys basketball team trailed by 10 points after three quarters of a WPIAL Class 6A first-round playoff game against North Allegheny.
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Week: South Side’s Sydney Payne
February 17, 2019
Sydney Payne
A-K Valley lookahead for Week of Feb. 18, 2019
MONDAY
PSNK women complete trying resurrection season
The quarters slipped by, and the minutes and seconds ticked off the clock during Thursday’s Penn State New Kensington women’s basketball game with Penn State Beaver.
Trib HSSN PIHL Team of the Week: Connellsville
Connellsville needed a response after last week’s loss to Carrick, having had a chance to clinch a home game in the Division 2 playoffs in that game.
Coach Berger brings calming influence to Ligonier Valley boys
The coach at Ligonier Valley has changed, but the core group of players remained the same, providing an opportunity for another banner year in boys basketball after last season’s District 6-3A championship and PIAA first-round ouster.
Trib HSSN PIHL Player of the Week: Montour’s Ryan Eisel
During the third period of Monday’s Class A contest between Deer Lakes and Montour, one of the Lancers’ captains skated up to the Montour bench and talked with Montour coach Clay Shell and some of the captains for the Spartans.
A-K Valley basketball playoff capsules: Games of Monday, Feb. 18, 2019
Class 4A
A-K Valley high school notebook: Deer Lakes boys basketball eager to continue run
Deer Lakes is no longer preoccupied with 1985.
Westmoreland high school look-ahead: Week of Feb. 18, 2019
MONDAY
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Team of the Week: Winchester Thurston Bears
The TribLive Girls Basketball Team of the Week is a two-time WPIAL champion in Class A that is on its way to the Class 2A quarterfinals: the Winchester Thurston Bears.
High school schedules for Feb. 18, 2019
High Schools
Derry’s mission: win program’s 1st playoff game
Derry’s motivation for the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs isn’t completely centered on a timeline aspect. The Trojans had not been to the postseason since 2007-08, so this has been quite a significant run.
High school sports broadcasts scheduled this week on Trib HSSN
The Path to the Pete advances from the first round to the quarterfinals while the winter sports championship coverage continues on the mat and in the pool this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network.
Pine-Richland remains atop Trib HSSN’s PIHL power rankings
Every Monday during the 2018-19 PIHL hockey season, the TribLive High School Sports Network releases Power Rankings.
Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings for week of Feb. 17, 2019
Call it the calm before the storm.
4 WPIAL athletes win multiple individual golds at TSTCA indoor championship
Mt. Lebanon junior Patrick Anderson ran the state’s fastest mile Saturday and four WPIAL athletes won multiple individual gold medals at the TSTCA indoor championships in Edinboro.
Deer Lakes basketball coach awaits baby, WPIAL quarterfinal game on same day
Maybe there’s something in the water when it comes to basketball coaches, babies and big games.
Thomas Jefferson lineman Dom Serapiglia commits to Tulsa
Thomas Jefferson center Dom Serapiglia, who won three WPIAL football titles and reached the finals all four years, committed Sunday to Tulsa.
