Trib 10: State champions climb atop final power rankings

By: Don Rebel
Sunday, March 30, 2025 | 9:36 PM

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Six WPIAL basketball teams invaded Hershey this weekend with state championship dreams.

Now that finals are in the books, four teams returned west with silver while two are celebrating first ever PIAA titles.

South Fayette fell to Peters Township in the WPIAL girls basketball championship game to end a three-year run on top, but now a new run might be underway as the young Lions ended Archbishop Wood’s four-year reign to win the PIAA 5A state crown.

Neighborhood Academy captured double gold as the school celebrated a first WPIAL and PIAA Class A boys basketball championship.

The Lions won 28 of 30 while the Bulldogs were victorious in 29 of 30 games this season.

Here are the final Trib 10 basketball power rankings with the overall records from this season, followed by where that team was ranked last week.

These rankings have zero classification boundaries.

Boys Trib 10

1. Neighborhood Academy Bulldogs, (29-1), (1)

2. Upper St. Clair Panthers, (26-3), (4)

3. Chartiers Valley Colts, (26-4), (5)

4. South Allegheny Gladiators, (27-4), (2)

5. Aliquippa Quips, (23-6), (6)

6. North Catholic Trojans, (22-7), (7)

7. Sewickley Academy Panthers, (24-6), (3)

8. Greensburg Central Catholic Centurions, (26-4), (8)

9. Jeannette Jayhawks, (25-3), (9)

10. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Chargers, (21-8), (10)

Out: – None

Girls Trib 10

1. South Fayette Lions, (29-2), (2)

2. Shady Side Academy Bulldogs, (28-2), (3)

3. Peters Township Indians, (26-4), (4)

4. Upper St. Clair Panthers, (23-7), (1)

5. Oakland Catholic Eagles, (25-4), (7)

6. Blackhawk Cougars, (25-4), (8)

7. North Catholic Trojans, (25-5), (5)

8. Union Scotties (25-1), (9)

9. Greensburg Central Catholic Centurions, (22-6), (10)

10. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Chargers, (25-5), (6)

Out: – None