Sports
Alle-Kiski Valley girls basketball notebook: Burrell looks to snap streak
February 11, 2026
Ten years ago next week, Burrell girls basketball began postseason play as a WPIAL No. 2 seed and capped a four-year run as a top team in WPIAL Class AA.
Greensburg Salem coach Rick Klimchock retires
“Coach K” is OK with his decision.
Family ties strong with Westmoreland County playoff basketball teams
When the Franklin Regional girls edged past Shaler, 45-43, last week to clinch a WPIAL Class 5A playoff spot, Panthers coach Bernie Pucka and his daughter, Chloe, did interviews for a local broadcast.
Westmoreland County high school basketball preview capsules for Feb. 12, 2026
Boys
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 10, 2026
February 10, 2026
High schools
High school roundup for Feb. 10, 2026: Ambridge wins to wrap up WPIAL regular season
Jared Astorino scored 26 points to lead Ambridge to a 75-57 nonsection boys basketball victory over St. Joseph to wrap up the WPIAL regular season Tuesday night.
Hempfield wins school’s 7th WPIAL team rifle championship
With six shooters hitting the 100 mark, Hempfield became the fifth school to win seven WPIAL team rifle championships Tuesday at the Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen’s Club.
High school wrestling notebook: PIAA team finals brought surprises
The PIAA Class 3A team championship finals had surprise opponents.
WPIAL individual wrestling rankings: Feb. 10, 2026
Trib HSSN Live
WPIAL team wrestling rankings: Feb. 10, 2026
Final team rankings
Trib 10: Top seeds populate power rankings as playoffs begin
Seedings are everything in the WPIAL brackets, but they don’t mean a thing when it comes to the Trib 10.
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 9, 2026
High schools
High school roundup for Feb. 9, 2026: Shady Side Academy star Karis Thomas hits 2,000-point mark in playoff tuneup
Karis Thomas scored 25 points, becoming the 47th WPIAL girls basketball player to reach the 2,000-point mark for her career, as Shady Side Academy (20-2) tuned up for the playoffs with a 54-34 victory over Obama Academy (9-2) in nonsection girls basketball Monday night.
A-K Valley teams won’t have to wait long for WPIAL playoffs to start
February 9, 2026
Alle-Kiski Valley basketball teams and their fans don’t have to wait long to kick off their respective WPIAL playoff tournaments.
Jeannette earns top seed, 2 all-Westmoreland matchups set in WPIAL basketball brackets
It seemed logical enough.
For WPIAL basketball committee, top seeds weren’t easy decisions
When building a playoff bracket, you have to start at the top.
Breaking down the 2026 WPIAL boys basketball playoff brackets
Here’s a closer look at the 2026 WPIAL boys basketball playoffs.
Breaking down the 2026 WPIAL girls basketball playoffs
Here’s a closer look at the 2026 WPIAL girls basketball playoffs.
Pairings set for 2026 WPIAL boys, girls basketball playoffs
Upper St. Clair, Chartiers Valley, Jeannette and Neighborhood Academy are favored to defend their WPIAL boys basketball titles after earning top seeds in their respective classifications when WPIAL officials released the 2026 postseason brackets Monday afternoon.
