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Season was a ‘huge learning experience’ for Baldwin boys basketball team
February 12, 2019
Among the top 10 players on the Baldwin boys basketball team in 2018-19 were two seniors, two juniors, four sophomores and two freshmen.
Baldwin swimmers find success during season of rebuilding
Kim Klinger jumped back into the pool and immediately was faced with a somewhat daunting task.
Dedication, positivity keys to success for TJ competitive spirit cheerleading squad
Thomas Jefferson’s competitive spirit cheerleading squad experienced several “firsts” this season.
Deer Lakes boys get better of rival Freeport in regular-season finale
Monday's regular-season finale between the Freeport and Deer Lakes boys basketball teams wasn't the traditional section matchup many had come to know, but that didn't quell the intensity or spirited atmosphere at Deer Lakes High School. In front of active and loud student sections and others who packed the gym,
No. 4 Freeport girls hold off Deer Lakes in final playoff tuneup
February 11, 2019
Freeport and Deer Lakes had their WPIAL playoff spots locked up weeks ago, so the former section rivals' meeting in their regular-season finale provided a last opportunity for postseason preparation. Situational basketball can loom large in the playoffs, and Freeport leaned on its defensive calling card when it needed one
High school scores, schedules for Feb. 11, 2019
High schools Basketball Boys Monday's results Hoops for a Cure At Pine-Richland Erie 63, Lincoln Park 53 Pine-Richland 93, Sewickley Academy 60 WPIAL Nonsection Brownsville 55, California 54 Butler 67, Hampton 54 Canon-McMillan 65, Washington 43 Carlynton 56, Sto-Rox 53 Central Catholic 62, Fox Chapel 58 (OT) Chartiers-Houston 47, Fort
High school roundup for Feb. 11, 2019: Mt. Lebanon boys take down Chartiers Valley
Two teams with high expectations for the WPIAL playoffs played in a postseason tune-up Monday night, and Class 6A No. 3 Mt. Lebanon got the best of Class 5A No. 5 Chartiers Valley, 77-53, in a nonsection boys basketball game. Hayden Mitchell had 22 points to lead the Blue Devils
Lunden’s goal lifts Franklin Regional over Hempfield in key PIHL Class AA game
In a flash, Trent Lunden flipped the puck into the net, and the game was over. Just like that Monday night, Franklin Regional rallied late against Hempfield to tie the score and send the game into overtime, where Lunden lit the lamp at 1 minute, 4 seconds to give the
TribLive HSSN to reveal WPIAL basketball playoff pairings Tuesday night
andquot;Who are we going to playandquot; Coaches, players and fans from 150 boys and girls basketball teams are ready to know the answer to that question. They will learn their opening-round opponents Tuesday night when the WPIAL releases its postseason tournament brackets with times, dates, sites and matchups. The TribLive
Latrobe boys hoping for top seed when WPIAL releases basketball playoff pairings
Latrobe has been in a number of close games. Like, let's-take-this-and-run games. All the while, the Wildcats have spent the majority of the boys basketball regular season as the No. 1-ranked team in WPIAL Class 6A. They have not lost to a WPIAL team since last year's quarterfinals. They have
WPIAL committees to determine basketball, wrestling matchups Tuesday
If the WPIAL football playoff brackets unveil is like Christmas for high school fans, then the basketball tournament release is like Easter. Coaches, players, fans and the media's thoughts and guesses to what the district basketball brackets will look like will become reality Tuesday evening. The WPIAL will gather coaches
Coach-in-waiting Kim Niedbala resigns at West Allegheny
West Allegheny needs a football coach after all. Kim Niedbala, the West A assistant tabbed to replace Bob Palko, tendered his resignation Sunday citing andquot;a family decision.andquot; The school district had decided last February to make Niedbala the team's coach-in-waiting during this past season, Palko's last with the Indians. andquot;It's
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week: West Allegheny’s Jackson Faulk
Jackson Faulk School: West Allegheny Class: Junior As a 5-foot-10 freshman two years ago, Jackson Faulk began his high school career through the struggles of a long season. West Allegheny finished the 2016-17 season in the basement of Section 2-5A with an overall record of 1-21. But things have been
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week: Winchester Thurston Bears
The Trib HSSN Team of the Week ended the regular season last week with three victories to extend its winning streak and finish in first place in Section 1-2A -- the Winchester Thurston Bears. The chase for the section crown was a hectic one with five teams separated by as
Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings for week of Feb. 10, 2019
The elite boys basketball teams across the commonwealth are finding their grove as the regular season flips to the postseason. There were only two big changes in this week's Trib HSSN state rankings, one at the top of Class 2A and two teams falling out of the weekly state poll.
High school scores, schedules for Feb. 10, 2019
February 10, 2019
High schools Basketball Boys Sunday's result Hoops for a Cure At New Castle New Castle 61, Beaver Falls 45 Monday's schedule Hoops for a Cure (at Pine-Richland) Lincoln Park vs. Erie, 6:30 p.m. Sewickley Academy at Pine-Richland, 8 p.m. WPIAL Nonsection Albert Gallatin at Connellsville, 7:30 p.m. Armstrong at Knoch,
Trib HSSN PIHL Player of the Week: Jack Duggan, Sewickley Academy
Entering Sewickley Academy's game against Beaver last Monday, only one Panther had more than 10 goals this season. Thanks to a five-goal performance from senior forward Jack Duggan, that number is now two. Duggan's five-goal, two-assist performance in a 12-3 win not only was his best game of the season,
Highlands cheer team has perfect ending, wins national title
The Highlands competition cheer squad might have been singing the blues following a rough outing at January's WPIAL competitive spirit championships, but the Rams were rocking in Cleveland to close the month. The Rams put their WPIAL woes behind them, regrouped and traveled north to the banks of Lake Erie
A-K Valley lookahead for Week of Feb. 11, 2019
MONDAY Girls basketball: Deer Lakes and Freeport don't share the same section -- or even the same classification -- anymore, but will meet up in the first game of a girls-boys doubleheader at Deer Lakes. Both the host Lancers and visiting Yellowjackets qualified for the WPIAL playoffs, Deer Lakes in
