Basketball

Brothers Adam Bilinsky (1) and Ty Bilinsky (5) play against Latrobe on Friday, Jan. 10.
Building blocks in place for Norwin boys basketball
February 7, 2020
Norwin’s boys basketball team bolted out to a 6-0 record and won eight of its first nine games this season.

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Fox Chapel boys head coach Zach Skrinjar works with Eli Yofan during practice Nov. 20, 2019, at Fox Chapel High School.
Coach Zach Skrinjar’s passion drives Fox Chapel boys basketball
Now in his 11th season as coach of the Fox Chapel boys basketball team, Zach Skrinjar remains one of the most successful and underrated coaches in the WPIAL.

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Rochester’s Victoria Schinke (right) celebrates with teammates after defeating West Greene in the WPIAL Class A championship game Friday, March 1, 2019, at Petersen Events Center.
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Girls basketball No. 10
There were a lot of changes to the WPIAL basketball championships over the last 10 years.

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North Catholic’s Jake Tomer celebrates with Jackson Paschall during their game against Seton LaSalle Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, at Seton LaSalle High School.
North Catholic boys running full speed ahead into playoffs
North Catholic is coming into the playoffs running, that much is for sure.

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Bethel Park’s Maddie Dziezgowski scored 28 points Thursday night.
High school roundup for Feb. 6, 2020: Upper St. Clair helps Bethel Park claim section title
Coming into the final night of Section 2-6A play, the Upper St. Clair girls basketball team couldn’t finish first.

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Key WPIAL basketball section finales make for an exciting Friday on hardwood
February 6, 2020
It has been the most dominant section in its class for a decade, so there is no surprise that nothing has been settled coming down to the final night of section play in Section 2-4A.

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The South Park girls basketball team celebrates after winning the WPIAL Class 3A Section 2 title over Seton LaSalle on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, at Seton LaSalle High School.
WPIAL clinched: Girls basketball clinchings through Feb. 6, 2020
The WPIAL girls basketball regular season is all but over with only a couple of section games remaining to be played Friday and Saturday.

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Avonworth wins game, Freedom clinches playoff spot
The Freedom Bulldogs came into their last section game controlling their playoff destiny. And while the game against Avonworth resulted in a 41-38 loss, Freedom (14-7, 8-6) ended the night having clinched at least a tie for fourth place in Section 1-3A due to a Neshannock loss to Mohawk.

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South Park’s Taylor Glowa (12) celebrates her three-pointer during the fourth quarter against Seton LaSalle Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, at Seton LaSalle High School.
South Park girls overcome obstacles, beat Seton LaSalle for section crown
The No. 5 South Park Eagles girls basketball team entered the 2019-20 season as the defending Section 2-3A champions but not without hurdles.

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BVA’s Rachel Wobrak (4) celebrates with teammates after defeating Elizabeth Forward on Feb. 6, 2020 at Belle Vernon Area High School.
Wobrak enjoys senior night to remember as Belle Vernon rallies past Elizabeth Forward
Belle Vernon senior Rachel Wobrak knew she wanted her senior night to be a game to remember.

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Penn-Trafford’s Maura Suman grabs a rebound against Latrobe’s Anna Rafferty (22) and Rachel Ridilla (12) on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, in WPIAL basketball at Greater Latrobe High School.
Inspired effort from Maura Suman helps Penn-Trafford top Latrobe, clinch playoff spot
Play for pap.

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Shaler Area senior Mekhi Reynolds averages more than 21 points per game.
Shaler notes: Mekhi Reynolds puts in work, hits 1,000-point mark
Seeing Mekhi Reynolds, it wasn’t a matter of if to Shaler Area boys basketball coach Rob Niederberger.

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Penn Hills’ Wes Kropp (3) pulls up for a shot against Woodland Hills at Woodland Hills.
Penn Hills boys hitting stride as playoffs approach
At the beginning of the season, Penn Hills boys basketball coach Dan DeRose knew what type of offense he was going to have this season but wasn’t sure how his defense would look.

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Norwin’s Ty Bilinsky leaps over Fox Chapel defender Shane Susnak after the pair lost a fight for the ball Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020 in WPIAL basketball at Norwin Senior High School.
Fox Chapel, Norwin set off shot-clock debate in high school basketball community
Plenty of people who viewed a short video clip last week of Fox Chapel holding the basketball for nearly a minute against Norwin had a strong opinion of what they had just watched.

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Franklin Regional’s Luke Kimmich shoots from the corner against Hampton’s defender Matt Govi on Friday night, Jan. 17, 2020 at Franklin Regional High School.
Westmoreland boys basketball notebook: Huge game looms for Franklin Regional
At Franklin Regional, the thought of missing the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs is just that, a thought — and a bad one, at that.

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Plum’s Connor Moss (2) competes against Mars Jan. 7, 2020 at Plum High.
A-K Valley Boys Basketball Notebook: Multiple players eclipse 1,000-point plateau
It has been a special week for a few players in the A-K Valley as they eclipsed the 1,000-point mark in their careers.

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Knoch guard Ryan Lang drives to the hoop against Highlands on Jan. 7, 2020.
Knoch boys basketball staying focused down stretch run
On Jan. 28, the No. 2 Knoch Knights dropped a Section 1-4A contest to No. 1 Highlands, losing just their second game of the season.

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Upper St. Clair’s Luke Gensler celebrates one of his first half 3-pointers Friday, Jan. 10, 2020, at Upper St. Clair High School.
USC boys, Central Valley girls back in this week’s Trib 10 power rankings
February 5, 2020
A couple of bad Knights led to a couple of changes in the boys and girls Trib 10 from last week.

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PIAA wrestling, girls basketball section finales share Thursday spotlight
A handful of WPIAL girls basketball sections appear to be headed toward a deadlock for the section crown.

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Riley Comforti scored 32 points to lead Southmoreland to an upset win over Washington on Wednesday night.
High school roundup for Feb. 5, 2020: Southmoreland trips up Washington
Riley Comforti scored 32 points to lead Southmoreland to a 62-58 upset overtime victory over first-place Washington in Section 4-3A boys basketball Wednesday night.

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